bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ASSESSMENT OF THE RESISTANCE OF SPRING COMMON WHEAT VARIETIES TO SEPTORIA LEAF BLIGHT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROTECTING PLANTS FROM PATHOGENS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE PREDKAMA ZONE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
Authors: Lukmanova Aizilya , Kadyrova Fanyusya
Published: October 2023

The article analyzes data on the study of the susceptibility of new varieties of spring soft wheat, having different ecological and geographical origins, to septoria, which has become widespread in recent decades in the Middle Volga region. Studies by many authors have shown the harmfulness of this disease, which causes significant damage to the yield and seed quality of grain, which makes it urgent to select more immune varieties for cultivation in industrial crops and for use in plant breeding. Varieties with a consistently low level of development of septoria leaf blight, both by year and by periods of plant development, were identified. The least widespread pathogen Septoria tritici in crops during the formation of the reproductive zone of plants (earing and milky ripeness) were varieties Arhat of the Penza Research Institute of Agriculture, Chernozemnouralskaya selection of the Research Institute of Agriculture of the Central Emergency Plant named after. V.V. Dokuchaev, Ekada 113 – Samara Research Institute of Agriculture named after. N.M. Tulaikova and Yoldyz - selections of the Tatar Research Institute of Agriculture. Based on the results of studying the responsiveness of genotypes to the timing of fungicidal protection, varieties Arhat, Yoldyz, Ekada 70, Simbirtsit with a slow spread of the pathogen, bred in breeding institutions of the Volga region, were identified. These varieties generated the maximum yield in the variant without fungicidal treatment and are valuable for breeding as sources of the trait of resistance to septoria. On the varieties Kazanskaya Yubileynaya, Zlata, Tulaikovskaya Nadezhda, Idelle, Uralosibirskaya, the effectiveness of fungicidal protection was manifested during treatment in the heading phase, and on the varieties Margarita, Ekada 113, Ester, Ekada 66, Tulaikovskaya 108, Ekada 109, Khayat, Chernozemnouralskaya 2, Ekaterina v - phase of milk ripeness.
OTIMIZAÇÃO DE CARTEIRAS COM RETORNOS NÃO GAUSSIANOS: UMA ABORDAGEM BAYESIANA
Authors: Huarsaya Lizeth Jacquelin Rodriguez , Brandão Luiz Eduardo Teixeira , Castro Javier Gutiérrez , Huarsaya Tito Edison Americo
Published: October 2023

A teoria moderna de carteiras estabelece que a alocação ótima de ativos é uma função da média-variância da distribuição dos retornos. Geralmente, assume-se que esses retornos seguem uma distribuição Gaussiana, estimada a partir de dados históricos usando métodos da estatística frequentista. Entretanto, a dinâmica atual dos mercados globalizados pode provocar mudanças de regime ou quebras estruturais na série temporal dos retornos, tornando-os não Gaussianos. Para lidar com o problema das mudanças de regime, propõe-se substituir o mecanismo de otimização baseado no índice de Sharpe pela otimização baseada na medida Ômega. Isto porque a medida Ômega tem a vantagem de quantificar o risco-retorno de qualquer distribuição de probabilidade, não se restringindo à média-variância como acontece com o índice de Sharpe, solucionando assim o problema das mudanças de regime. Para lidar com o problema das quebras estruturais, propõe-se substituir o procedimento de estimação dos parâmetros da distribuição dos retornos, que se baseia em técnicas da estatística frequentista por técnicas da estatística Bayesiana. A estatística Bayesiana, tem a vantagem de combinar as informações públicas do mercado (dados históricos dos retornos) com informações privadas do investidor (visões prospectivas do mercado) permitindo corrigir o problema das quebras estruturais.
Análise das Publicações no Twitter sobre as Vacinas Contra a COVID-19 no Brasil
Authors: Vidal Douglas Almeida , Madureira Adriano , Junior Harold , Figueiredo Karla , Mendonça Lucas , Paulino Rita , Pires Yomara , Seruﬀo Marcos César da Rocha
Published: October 2023

No início de 2020, o mundo conviveu com uma crise causada pelo surgimento da doença do Corona Vírus (COVID-19). Esta pandemia foi devastadora para diversos países, mas os impactos sofridos e as medidas tomadas para enfrentar esta crise distinguiu cada nação. Entre as medidas mais eficazes para enfretamento da doença, a vacinação tornou-se a principal ferramenta de prevenção e controle durante a pandemia. Ao mesmo tempo, as Redes Sociais Online (RSO exerceram um importante papel cívico e político, estando entre as fontes de notícia e informações mais utilizadas no mundo. Este artigo apresenta uma análise das publicações de brasileiros e do presidente do Brasil na plataforma Twitter sobre as vacinas contra a COVID-19. Técnicas de Aprendizado de Máquina foram usadas e os resultados mostraram que a Máquina de Vetores-Suporte (Support Vector Machine - SVM) foi o modelo com melhor desempenho. A classificação das vacinas que os usuários e o presidente mais citaram nos tweets alcançou 60,72% de acertos após seleção com ReliefF.
Lower limb amputation rehabilitation status in India: A review
Authors: Swarnakar Raktim , Yadav Shiv Lal , Surendran Darshana
Published: October 2023

Rehabilitation of lower limb amputation in developing countries is quite challenging. Though there are basic to highly advanced prostheses available in India, the set-up is still facing difficulties in developing countries. Prosthetic management is difficult due to lack of availability of prostheses and reduced affordability among low income populations. In this review we highlighted the lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation status in India. Currently, India is advancing well in the rehabilitation field, but further studies are required to provide more evidence and recommendation.
Causal relationship association of cheese intake with gestational hypertension and diabetes result from a Mendelian randomization study
Authors: Zhong Tao , Huang Yu-Qing , Wang Gui-Ming
Published: October 2023

Rehabilitation of lower limb amputation in developing countries is quite challenging. Though there are basic to highly advanced prostheses available in India, the set-up is still facing difficulties in developing countries. Prosthetic management is difficult due to lack of availability of prostheses and reduced affordability among low income populations. In this review we highlighted the lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation status in India. Currently, India is advancing well in the rehabilitation field, but further studies are required to provide more evidence and recommendation.
Interpeduncular cistern intrathecal targeted drug delivery for intractable postherpetic neuralgia: A case report
Authors: Fu Feng , Jiang Xian-Feng , Wang Jing-Jing , Gong Lei , Yun Chen , Sun Hong-Tao , Tang Feng-Wu
Published: October 2023

Rehabilitation of lower limb amputation in developing countries is quite challenging. Though there are basic to highly advanced prostheses available in India, the set-up is still facing difficulties in developing countries. Prosthetic management is difficult due to lack of availability of prostheses and reduced affordability among low income populations. In this review we highlighted the lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation status in India. Currently, India is advancing well in the rehabilitation field, but further studies are required to provide more evidence and recommendation.
Lead helix winding tricuspid chordae tendineae: A case report
Authors: Liu Teng-Fei , Ding Chun-Hua
Published: October 2023

Rehabilitation of lower limb amputation in developing countries is quite challenging. Though there are basic to highly advanced prostheses available in India, the set-up is still facing difficulties in developing countries. Prosthetic management is difficult due to lack of availability of prostheses and reduced affordability among low income populations. In this review we highlighted the lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation status in India. Currently, India is advancing well in the rehabilitation field, but further studies are required to provide more evidence and recommendation.
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma successfully treated with amplified natural killer therapy alone: A case report
Authors: Nagai Kenjiro , Nagai Syo , Okubo Yuji , Teshigawara Keisuke
Published: October 2023

Rehabilitation of lower limb amputation in developing countries is quite challenging. Though there are basic to highly advanced prostheses available in India, the set-up is still facing difficulties in developing countries. Prosthetic management is difficult due to lack of availability of prostheses and reduced affordability among low income populations. In this review we highlighted the lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation status in India. Currently, India is advancing well in the rehabilitation field, but further studies are required to provide more evidence and recommendation.
Acute-on-chronic liver failure induced by antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C: A case report
Authors: Zhong Jiang-Li , Zhao Ling-Wei , Chen Ying-Hua , Luo Ya-Wen
Published: October 2023

Rehabilitation of lower limb amputation in developing countries is quite challenging. Though there are basic to highly advanced prostheses available in India, the set-up is still facing difficulties in developing countries. Prosthetic management is difficult due to lack of availability of prostheses and reduced affordability among low income populations. In this review we highlighted the lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation status in India. Currently, India is advancing well in the rehabilitation field, but further studies are required to provide more evidence and recommendation.
Infrequent organ involvement in immunoglobulin G4-related prostate disease: A case report
Authors: Yu Yi , Wang Qian-Qian , Jian Li , Yang Deng-Can
Published: October 2023

Rehabilitation of lower limb amputation in developing countries is quite challenging. Though there are basic to highly advanced prostheses available in India, the set-up is still facing difficulties in developing countries. Prosthetic management is difficult due to lack of availability of prostheses and reduced affordability among low income populations. In this review we highlighted the lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation status in India. Currently, India is advancing well in the rehabilitation field, but further studies are required to provide more evidence and recommendation.
Singing the Memories: Songs about the 1965 Anti-communist Violence in Banyuwangi
Authors: Subekti Arif , Nurullita Hervina
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Within post-genocide societies and in the aftermath of mass killings, music functions beyond entertainment. It serves to reconcile, remember, and convey a message of peace or even criticize how authorities deal with the effects of atrocities. Music also functions to remember and preserve memory of violence, particularly in the context where violence is not part of the official narrative and historiography. By taking the case study of Indonesia's anticommunist violence in 1965, this article would like to analyze critically the perspective that perceive music as counter memory. Focusing on Banyuwangi, East Java, the area where intense violence against the communists and leftists took place, we study how locality affected the production of songs with 1965 themes. The historical construction of local identity, violence and stigmatization of local artists, all affected the choices to compose songs related to 1965. We argue that music about violence is not simply a counter narrative against the dominant memory, but a process of negotiation between locality and the national construction of the past.
On the Syntax of the Russian Control Verbs Pomoč ' 'Help' and Pomešat' 'Hinder'
Authors: Burukina Irina
Published: October 2023

Abstract: This paper examines sentences with the verbs pomoč' 'help' and pomešat' 'hinder' in Russian and demonstrates that, although they are usually listed among object control predicates, these verbs appear in a wide range of constructions that cannot be accounted for by a straightforward control analysis. To explain the distribution of pomoč' and pomešat' , I argue that they are, in essence, ditransitive, similarly to 'give' or 'send': they require a Goal (a person or a situation that will be helped/hindered) and a Theme headed by a silent noun HETP/HINDRANCE. A dative DP, either [+sentient] or eventive, a subjunctive čtoby -clause, or a non-finite clause with an overt subject, when present, should be analyzed as a Goal. A controlled infinitival clause is merged as a modifier within the Theme NP. The approach is extended to control collocations such as 'give a chance'. It further offers an opportunity to develop a uniform structural representation for various verbs of object control that will reduce the differences between them to particular properties of the Theme.
Binding of Reflexives in Polish as Agree, Move, and Late Spell-Out
Authors: Witkoś Jacek
Published: October 2023

Abstract: This paper considers components necessary for a successful account of A-binding relations in Polish, a language with subject-oriented reflexives and a binding domain delimited by the Tensed Sentence Condition. Following the presentation of major relevant data points in Polish, two comprehensive theories of binding—the Agree-based theory, presented in Reuland 2011, and the Move-based theory, presented in Boeckx et.al. 2008—are briefly outlined and applied to said data. It turns out that the two theories, in their most orthodox forms, fall short of achieving empirical adequacy. Subsequently, a positive theory of A-binding is proposed which combines upward Agree, movement (and copy pronunciation) of the bound element, similar to movement of clitic/weak pronoun in Polish, and a lexicalization algorithm modeled upon the proposals in Safir 2014 and Nikolaeva 2014. It is shown in a number of derivations with possessives how both the subject and the object engage in binding relations as antecedents and how their dependents become lexicalized as either reflexive or pronominal.
Degendering Parents on Birth Certificates
Authors: Murphy Timothy E. , Parks Jennifer A.
Published: October 2023

abstract: Birth certificates typically designate parents as "mothers" or "fathers," although some US states offer nongendered designations. The authors argue that gendered characterizations offer scant legal or moral value and that states should move to degender parental status on birth certificates but retain that information in registrations of birth. Registrations of birth identify the person giving birth to a child, when, and where, and they report demographic and health information useful for civic and public health purposes. Birth certificates typically report a child's name, sex, date and location of birth, and parentage so far as known. As documents establishing parents' standing in relation to children and vice versa, as well as age and presumptive citizenship, birth certificates add no legal or moral value by gendering parents. Gendering parents on birth certificates obliges the state to rely on exclusionary criteria of "mother" and "father." By contrast, degendering parental status withdraws the need for such criteria and confers benefits on people with transgender and nonbinary identities, as well as undercutting any problematic presumption that parents have responsibilities to their children qua mother or qua father.
Negative Impacts of Taegyo : Feminist and Disability Perspectives
Authors: Lee Hajung
Published: October 2023

abstract: This study examines the origin and religious roots of taegyo , Korean traditional prenatal education, and raises concerns about potential negative impacts of contemporary taegyo practice from feminist and disability perspectives. Taegyo has been accepted without much criticism due to its deep integration into prenatal care culture, and most existing literature focuses on taegyo 's positive impacts on fetal health and development from scientific or nursing perspectives. This article analyzes a 19th-century taegyo manual, Taegyo Singi , and Seon and Won Buddhist literatures on taegyo in order to understand the religio-cultural concepts and contexts of taegyo . The article then discusses the potential downsides of taegyo practice today, considering its patriarchal, mother-blaming, ablest roots in Korean history and culture. The author raises concerns about social oppression, the control of women's bodily autonomy, and the disproportionate responsibility burden that taegyo places on Korean women. The article concludes with suggestions for future research and for well-balanced taegyo practice.
Imagine This: Happy Aging in America
Authors: Powell Tia
Published: October 2023

abstract: This essay explores what it means to age happily, beginning with concepts of aging and happiness and proceeding to factors that promote or undermine happy aging. Relationships, contribution, and personal growth all add value to an aging life. Community also matters, as does the acceptance that a happy older age requires neither perfect health nor immense wealth.
Contagion and Communication: Immunity, Information, and Reflexive Futurity in Ye Yonglie’s Outbreak Narratives
Authors: Zhou Dihao
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT: This paper reads Ye Yonglie’s two stories about China’s encounter with future pandemics—“Performance is Not Postponed” (1979) and “Disease of Love” (1986)—as critical comments on post-Mao China’s reform and a vital sign of Chinese science fiction’s transformation in its understanding of the future. The paper first analyzes the representation of index patients and logistical infrastructures to reveal the tension between contagion and communication in Ye’s pandemic stories. While contagion triggers speculation about the nation’s biological and ideological immunity, it nonetheless foregrounds communication as necessary for China’s desired modernization. The paper then examines communication as the central theme of China’s reform by reading Ye’s two stories as narratives of information flow and control. Comparing them with Ye’s Little Smarty Travels to the Future (1978), the paper discusses how Ye’s pandemic stories disrupt and interrogate a utopian vision of communication that underlies post-Mao China’s political and technological reorientation. The paper finally associates the critical awareness of modernization in Ye’s outbreak narratives with a shifting understanding of the ontological condition of the future. Despite not being entirely freed from the Maoist-styled future as a destination of voluntarist and triumphalist progress, Ye’s outbreak narratives begin to conceive of the future as an uncertain and imposing horizon where crises generated by past development break out and demand our response.
The Space between 1s and 0s: Intentional Patiency in Computational Creativity
Authors: Shin Haerin
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT: Challenging humanity’s self-reified monopoly over the domain of hermeneutics, computational creativity destabilizes the foundations of its lexical reference, invoking Walter Benjamin’s musings on the age of technological reproducibility. How may we delineate the parameters of creativity outside the bounds of apperceptive intent, especially if the generative process is strictly reliant upon conditional expressions of correlational nature rather than the transcendental aura of instantaneous inspiration? Should procedurally derived computational outputs deserve the label of creativity? If so, then how do such developments affect and even reconfigure human language to challenge the metrics whereby we inscribe it with social value? By probing the interstitial space between algorithmic design and arbitrary semantics through readings of autonomously written fiction, this essay investigates how computational creativity remediates literary expressivity in text-generating models. Based on the concept of intentional patiency , which I propose as an alternative to the agency of the phenomenological sovereign subject in the valuation and appreciation of nonhuman creativity, the essay asks what it means to write, and what writing means in an age when not only artistic output, but also creative agency may be approaching the singularity event horizon.
Romantic Sociability, Deaf Comedy, and John Poole's Deaf as a Post (1823)
Authors: Joshua Essaka
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Critical discussions of Romantic conversational practices have focused on concepts of sentiment, freedom, and the flow or ease of exchange of spoken words, and their literary representation. It has not always been apparent, however, that 'frictionless' conversation requires of the participants certain physical and sensory competencies or abilities. Disabilities that affect communication reveal much about politeness, social control, accessibility, and equity. This article offers a reading of John Poole's one act farce, Deaf as a Post (1823), as a comic play about conversational friction.
Text Books for Innocence: Moravian-Swedenborgian Infant Education and William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience
Authors: Schuchard Marsha Keith
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Documents discovered in Moravian Archives reveal that William Blake's mother and her first husband were members of a controversial, heterodox Moravian church in 1749–52. She and her second husband, James Blake, attended Moravian services before moving on to Swedenborgianism. The discovery provides a new historical context for William's Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789–94). Count Zinzendorf and Emanuel Swedenborg presented radically new ideas for the education of "infants" (ages one to seven). Though political repression frustrated their early agenda, it was later fulfilled by Swedenborgian educators.
Spatial variant gloss measurement of dielectric materials based on a polarized camera
Authors: Lu Tsung-Lin , Lin Tzung-Han
Published: October 2023

This study proposes an imaging method for gloss measurement solely by a single shot from a polarized camera. The system, comprising a polarized camera and well-diffused LED plate light, is inspired by the framework of ASTM D523, and it acquires images at 60° incident direction. The polarization characteristics of dielectric material samples were analyzed. A regression model was developed by using natural color system gloss scale and a commercial gloss meter. Subsequently, the gloss and spatial resolutions of this method were verified using various types of measurement samples. From experiments regarding different benchmarks, we concluded that the proposed method performs sufficiently for spatial variant gloss measurement.
Fast wavefront sensing method based on diffraction basis vectors for tightly focused optical systems
Authors: Li Yuejia , Liu Huiwen , Yang Yingzhe , Bai Jian
Published: October 2023

Recently, phase retrieval techniques have garnered significant attention with their exceptional flexibility. However, their application is limited in optical systems with high numerical aperture due to the disregarded polarization properties of the beam. In this paper, a fast wavefront sensing method for tightly focused systems is proposed. Firstly, a vector diffraction model based on the chirp-Z transform is established to analytically describe the focal spot using the modal coefficients of polynomials and diffraction basis vectors, which accommodating any pixel size and resolution, thereby enabling to break through sampling constraints and remove lateral errors. Additionally, a modified Newton-gradient second-order algorithm is introduced to simultaneously optimize wavefront in multiple polarization directions, without the need for diffraction operators during iterations. Both numerical simulations and error analysis confirm the efficacy and precision of the proposed wavefront sensing method.
Optically-transparent meta-window for wireless communication
Authors: Hou Tianyu , Li Xiangteng , Luo Hao , Hao Yufeng , Chu Hongchen , Lai Yun
Published: October 2023

Circumventing the attenuation of microwaves during the propagation is of prime importance to wireless communication towards higher carrier frequencies. Here, we propose a scheme of wireless communications via a functionalized meta-window constructed by an optically-transparent metasurface (OTM) consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO) patterns. When the signal is weak, the OTM can significantly strengthen the signal by focusing the incoming waves towards the windowsill, thus substantially enhancing the network speed. The intensity enhancement of microwaves at 5 GHz via an OTM is verified by both numerical simulations and experiments. Furthermore, the ability to increase the data transfer rate in a 5-GHz-WiFi environment is directly demonstrated. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of applying an optically-transparent meta-window for enhancing wireless communications.
High-precision fiber-optic time transfer with an unlimited compensation range
Authors: Han Daming , Wei Wei , Xie Weilin , Dong Yi
Published: October 2023

We present a fiber-optic time transfer system with high transfer stability and an unlimited compensation range of the delay variation. We first stably transmit a frequency signal from a voltage-controlled oscillator to the remote site. The time signal is then embedded in the frequency signal by simply selecting its one cycle per second with a tunable gate signal. Therefore, the proposed time transfer system inherits both the stability and the unlimited adjustment range of the frequency transfer yet with no need for demodulation. The time deviation of 1.93 ps is achieved at 1000-s averaging. This simple and demodulation-free time transfer system is applicable for scalable distributed applications that require high-precision time synchronization and wide-range delay compensation.
Temporal resolution of ultrafast compressive imaging using a single-chirped optical probe
Authors: Tang Haocheng , Marquez Miguel , Men Ting , Hu Yaodan , Tang Weiqi , Liang Jinyang , Li Zhengyan
Published: October 2023

Ultrafast compressive imaging captures three-dimensional spatiotemporal information of transient events in a single shot. When a single-chirped optical probe is applied, the temporal information is obtained from the probe modulated in amplitude or phase using a direct frequency–time mapping method. Here, we extend the analysis of the temporal resolution of conventional one-dimensional ultrafast measurement techniques such as spectral interferometry to that in three-dimensional ultrafast compressive imaging. In this way, both the amplitude and phase of the probe are necessary for a full Fourier transform method, which obtains temporal information with an improved resolution determined by probe spectral bandwidth. The improved temporal resolution potentially enables ultrafast compressive imaging with an effective imaging speed at the quadrillion-frames-per-second level.
Demonstration of a Rayleigh–Brillouin scattering spectrometer with a high spectral resolution for rapid gas temperature detection
Authors: Yan Hongda , Wu Tao , Pi Sihao , Wu Qiang , Ye Chenwen , He Xingdao
Published: October 2023

A novel, to the best of our knowledge, Rayleigh–Brillouin scattering (RBS) spectrometer based on a virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) with a high spectral resolution is proposed for rapid gas temperature detection. CO2 RBS spectra at gas pressure of 0.5–4 bar were acquired with a spectrum acquisition time of 10 s, and temperature inversion analysis was performed using TENTI S6 model. The root-mean-square error (RMSE) of the RBS profile fitting is less than 2.95%, and the maximum absolute error of temperature inversion is less than 2.45 K. Compared with traditional methods, this method has low RBS signal loss and short acquisition time without the frequency scanning process, which is more conducive to real-time detection applications.
TCAD-assisted progress on the CISCO platform towards low-bias 200 Gbit/s vertical-pin Ge-on-Si waveguide photodetectors
Authors: Alasio Matteo , Vallone Marco , Tibaldi Alberto , Namnabat Soha , Adams Donald , Gothoskar Prakash , Forghieri Fabrizio , Masini Gianlorenzo , Bertazzi Francesco , Ghione Giovanni , Gioannini Mariangela , Goano Michele
Published: October 2023

We discuss the characterization and numerical simulation of vertical Ge-on-Si waveguide photodetectors (VPIN WPDs) of the Cisco platform for data communications in the O-band (1.31 μm), with the goal of optimizing their frequency response while integrating them into low-power systems.
In a large set of WPDs belonging to 6 different structural variants, at a standard bias voltage of -2 V the best specimens exhibit an intrinsic electro-optic bandwidth of more than 40 GHz, which is reduced to about 10 GHz at zero bias.
A comprehensive 3D multiphysics model, validated through the characterization campaign, provides design guidelines towards intrinsic bandwidths not only wider than 60 GHz at -2 V, directly suitable for application in 200 Gbit/s systems, but also wider than 40 GHz at zero bias, not including the possible recourse to extrinsic parameter engineering.
Using decoys and camera traps to estimate depredation rates and neonate survival
Authors: Boone Hailey M. , Pacifici Krishna , Moorman Christopher E. , Kays Roland
Published: October 2023

Ungulate neonates—individuals less than four weeks old—typically experience the greatest predation rates, and variation in their survival can influence ungulate population dynamics. Typical methods to measure neonate survival involve capture and radio-tracking of adults and neonates to discover mortality events. This type of fieldwork is invasive and expensive, can bias results if it leads to neonate abandonment, and may still have high uncertainty about the predator species involved. Here we explore the potential for a non-invasive approach to estimate an index for neonate survival using camera traps paired with decoys that mimic white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) neonates in the first month of life. We monitored sites with camera traps for two weeks before and after the placement of the neonate decoy and urine scent lure. Predator response to the decoy was classified into three categories: did not approach, approached within 2.5 m but did not touch the decoy, or physically touched the decoy; when conducting survival analyses, we considered these second two categories as dead neonates. The majority (76.3%) of the predators approached the decoy, with 51.1% initiating physical contact. Decoy probability of survival was 0.31 (95% CI = 0.22, 0.35) for a 30-day period. Decoys within the geographic range of American black bear (Ursus americanus) were primarily (75%) attacked by bears. Overall, neonate survival probability decreased as predator abundance increased. The camera-decoy protocol required about ½ the effort and 1/3 the budget of traditional capture-track approaches. We conclude that the camera-decoy approach is a cost-effective method to estimate a neonate survival probability index based on depredation probability and identify which predators are most important.
Attitude towards donation of the excised foreskin after circumcision surgery for research: A study from Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Authors: Khabour Omar F. , Mahallawi Waleed H. , Ali Aiman I. , Almaramhy Hamdi H. , Bakhsh Abdulaziz M. , Abu-Siniyeh Ahmed
Published: October 2023

Studies have shown the possibility of using the part of the foreskin removed after circumcision in the field of scientific and therapeutic research. Donations of tissues and organs are always associated with ethical challenges posed by bioethicists and societies to ensure the appropriate use of these tissues/organs. The purpose of this study was to understand the attitudes and awareness of parents/guardians regarding donation of excised foreskin to research and medical use. The study was based on a questionnaire and included 133 parents/guardians who visited Uhud Children’s Hospital in Madinah, Saudi Arabia for newborn male circumcision. The results showed a high willingness (61.7%) to donate the extracted foreskin to research. The willingness to donate the extracted foreskin to research associated with undergraduate degree (P = 0.018), male sex (P = 0.011), high income (P = 0.029), and participation in previous research studies (P = 0.002). About 41.8% were convinced that written informed consent should be obtained before circumcision surgery, 38.1% (n = 51) were convinced that written informed consent should be taken after surgery, while the remaining 19.4% reported that the timing of written informed consent is unimportant. Finally, fear of excision of excess tissue (74.5%), lack of confidence in the research (68.6%), and potential for commercial use (64.7%) were the main barriers to unwillingness to donate the excised foreskin for research. In conclusion, a reasonable portion of Saudis agreed to donate their foreskin for research purposes. There is an urgent need to enhance awareness and attitudes towards tissue donation for research and therapeutic use.
Public’s calorie literacy and perceived effectiveness of restaurant menu calorie labeling in the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Cheikh Ismail Leila , Kassem Hanin , Osaili Tareq M. , Hashim Mona , Obaid Reyad , Radwan Hadia , Mohamad Maysm N. , Saleh Sheima T. , Al Zomut Zein , Abu Qiyas Salma , Al Rajaby Radhiya , Al Daour Rameez , Ali Habiba I. , Stojanovska Lily , Al Dhaheri Ayesha S.
Published: October 2023

Restaurant menu calorie labeling is regarded as a promising, cost-effective, and innovative method that will have an impact on the food environment, raise awareness among consumers, and aid in global efforts to prevent obesity. This study aimed to assess the public’s calorie literacy, dining practices, and perceived effectiveness of restaurant menu labeling implementation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A descriptive, web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1279 adults in the UAE. Socio-demographic characteristics, calorie literacy, and perceived effectiveness of restaurant menu labeling among participants were investigated. Chi-square analysis was used to compare indicators across demographic characteristics. More females than males completed the online survey, (56.1% and 43.9%). Most of the participants aged < 30 years old (54.8%), The majority of participants reported eating away from home at least once per week (89.6%). 66.0% of participants were knowledgeable about calorie definition, but only 37.1% knew about average daily energy requirements. Younger participants, with a normal BMI, and higher education levels reported a significantly higher likelihood of eating at a chain restaurant with caloric information on the menu (p <0.05). The majority of participants (76.0%) preferred to see calorie information and other nutrition information on menus. To conclude, menu labeling is a welcomed policy to be implemented in food outlets. Further investigation is necessary to ascertain the most efficacious method of presenting nutrition information to consumers to facilitate informed purchasing decisions considering the potential benefits of mandating calorie declaration in obesity prevention efforts.
Halal slaughter of sheep in Belgium: Impact of EU and Belgian legislation on religious practices and animal welfare
Authors: Colitti Katerina
Published: October 2023

Religious slaughter (“RS”) without stunning is controversial. The principles of religious freedom and animal protection are in conflict. This report uses the halal slaughter of sheep in Belgium as a case study to discussrecent attempts to balance these principles and highlights animal welfare concerns in non-stun RS. It concludes by proposing ways to improve animal welfare during RS.
Contabilidade 4.0: um estudo de múltiplos casos em organizações contábeis sergipanas
Authors: Dos Passos Santos Eliana , Eleonora Pereira da Silva Débora
Published: October 2023

Objetivo: A pesquisa busca compreender como as organizações contábeis, no Estado de Sergipe, estão utilizando os elementos tecnológicos da indústria 4.0.
Método: De natureza qualitativa, tipo exploratória e descritiva, foi utilizada a estratégia de estudo de casos múltiplos em três organizações contábeis. As evidências foram entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise de documentos. Utilizou-se da análise de conteúdo de Bardin (1977).
Resultados: Foi identificado que nem todos os elementos da Indústria 4.0 são utilizados na Contabilidade 4.0, e que existe uma distinção entre a classificação desses elementos em relação ao que foi percebido nas organizações contábeis. Os elementos identificados aplicam os mesmos princípios da Indústria 4.0 e buscam pelos mesmos resultados, muito embora, não tenham encontrado o êxodo na Integração ponta a ponta, que é o principal resultado desejado. Foram identificados os principais desafios enfrentados para implantar uma contabilidade 4.0 sendo o maior deles a resistência a mudanças pelos seus clientes.
Contribuições: Essa pesquisa contribui com o Conselho Regional de Contabilidade de Sergipe (CRC/SE) na elaboração das estratégias para melhorar a capacitação dos profissionais da contabilidade. Para empresas de software, apresenta as necessidades das organizações contábeis de Sergipe na busca por maior eficiência na produção. Para as organizações contábeis, auxiliará no processo de implantação de uma Contabilidade 4.0 apresentando os desafios que precisarão ser enfrentados.
Patent Foramen Ovale–Related Hypoxemia After Bilateral Lung Transplant
Authors: Raavi Lekhya , Garg Pankaj , Alomari Mohammad , Ali Mostafa , Wadiwala Ishaq , El-Sayed Ahmed Magdy M.
Published: October 2023

A 64-year-old man with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and a small patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting underwent bilateral lung transplant without closure of the patent foramen ovale. Postoperatively, the patient remained persistently hypoxemic with partial response to high-flow oxygen. Investigations revealed the presence of a large patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting on echocardiography and a shunt fraction of 21% on cardiac catheterization. Two months after the lung transplantation, primary surgical repair of the patent foramen ovale was performed with immediate improvement in oxygenation. Three years postoperatively, the patient remained oxygen independent.
Auf dem Weg zu einem nachhaltigen Hochschul- und Wissenschaftssystem
Authors: Tydecks Laura , Richerzhagen Carmen , Sulmowski Jedrzej , Wilhelm Ralph
Published: October 2023

Hochschulen und außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtungen wirken als Impulsgeberinnen für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Gesellschaft. Sie entwickeln Lösungsansätze für drängende gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen aus ihrer Forschung heraus
und bilden Entscheidungsträger(innen) von morgen aus. Zugleich sind sie als Arbeitgeberinnen und Ressourcenverbraucherinnen wichtige Akteure in ihrer Region und können als Vorbilder agieren. Damit das gelingt, unterstützt das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
mit der Initiative Nachhaltigkeit in der Wissenschaft die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation des Wissenschaftssystems in all seinen Handlungsbereichen.
Transformation toward sustainable academia: ETH Zurich’s Air Travel Project
Authors: Wenger Ariane , Turi Giuliana
Published: October 2023

Making academia more sustainable necessitates reducing emissions from academic air travel substantially. This requires a transformation of the academic system, including norms, practices, institutional rules, and framework conditions. We reflect on how the ETH Air Travel Project
aims to reduce air travel at ETH Zurich while maintaining scientific excellence.
Perlakuan Air Panas dan Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria untuk Menekan Cendawan Terbawa Benih pada Padi Varietas IPB-3S
Authors: Tondok Efi Toding , Andini Desi
Published: October 2023

Hot Water Treatment and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria to Suppress Seed-Borne Fungi on Rice Variety IPB-3S

IPB-3S is a new rice variety which was developed to improve national rice production in Indonesia. This study aimed to determine seed-borne fungi associated with IPB-3S variety and to determine the potential of hot water and PGPR treatment to suppress the fungal infection. The study consisted of five experiments, i.e.  seed health test by dry seed observation and by blotter test, pathogenicity test, seed treatment using hot water and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Seven genera of fungi were found in IPB-3S seeds, namely Aspergillus, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Rhizoctonia, Curvularia, Fusarium and Colletotrichum. All of these fungi are pathogenic based on pathogenicity test. Seed treatment using hot water at 54 ℃ and PGPR reduced fungal infections and increased germination of IPB-3S seeds.
Financial Depth and Stock Returns in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Three-Country Comparative Study
Authors: Dare Funso David , Agbaje Wale Henry
Published: October 2023

This study examined the relationship between financial depth indicators and the stock returns in three selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1990-2019 comparatively. Specifically, the study investigated the effect of financial depth variables (ratios of market capitalization to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP); monetary/liquidity in circulation (M3) to the GDP; lending/savings rate spread, financial sector contribution to GDP; credit to private sector to GDP; Central Bank assets to GDP and commercial banks liabilities to GDP) on the stock market returns of the selected Anglophone SSA countries (Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa). The study employed descriptive statistics, correlations, Johansen co-integration, vector autoregressive (VAR) and Granger causality to analyze the data of selected countries and compare the results to identify the different natures of effects of financial depth on stock returns. Results revealed, that, to a large extent, financial depth variables promote stock market growth in Kenya but there was no evidence that the former significantly affected the latter in Nigeria. However, in South Africa, financial depth variables have significant negative effect on stock returns, at least, in the short-run. These results imply that, comparatively, there are marked differences among the three countries with respect to the effect of financial depth on stock returns. Nevertheless, there is evidence of causal relationship between the variables in the three countries. The study concluded that financial depth has significant effects on stock returns in Kenya and South Africa but not in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended   that monetary authorities should develop strategies that will minimize monetary policy lags which delay the transmission of policy effects on the target in the short run. Also, governments and the Central Banks of the countries under study, especially Nigeria and South Africa should re-appraise their financial depth efforts vis-à-vis stock market development.
Peran Religiosity, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, dan Entrepreneurial Passion terhadap Persistence dalam Menjalankan Usaha
Authors: Setiawan Jessica Aurelia , Ardianti Retno
Published: October 2023

Despite the low level of new venture survival particularly during the period of economic crisis, extant studies have not explained much about factors that contribute to entrepreneurial persistence. Therefore, this study aims to explain entrepreneurial persistence by testing the effects of religiosity, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial passion on entrepreneurial persistence. This study uses a quantitative approach; using data from 150 entrepreneurs living in some major cities in Indonesia. The data was obtained through an online questionnaire and was analysed by using SmartPLS version 4. Our results show the effects of religiosity, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial passion on entrepreneurial persistence. In addition, the results show the role of entrepreneurial passion as a mediating variable in the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and persistence. However, the result does not indicate the role of entrepreneurial passion as a mediating variable in the relationship between religiosity and persistence. Overall, the results suggest the important role of self-efficacy, passion, and religiosity in supporting entrepreneurial persistence.Di tengah rendahnya tingkat keberlangsungan usaha baru terutama pada masa krisis, penelitian selama in belum banyak menjelaskan tentang faktor yang berkontribusi terhadap entrepreneurial persistence atau kegigihan entrepreneur dalam menjalankan usaha. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk menjelaskan entrepreneurial persistence dengan menguji peran religiosity, entrepreneurial self-Efficacy dan entrepreneurial passion. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan data yang didapat dari 150 pengusaha di berbagai kota di Indonesia. Data primer dalam penelitian ini diperoleh melalui sebuah survey online dan diolah dengan menggunakan Smart PLS versi 4. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa religiosity, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, dan entrepreneurial passion memiliki pengaruh terhadap entrepreneurial persistence. Selain itu, hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan peran mediasi entrepreneurial passion dalam hubungan antara entrepreneurial self-efficacy dengan persistence. Akan ttetapi peran sebagai variabel mediasi ini tidak terdapat dalam hubungan antara religiosity dengan persistence. Secara keseluruhan, hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan pentingnya self-efficacy, passion dan religiositas seorang entrepreneur untuk mendukung kegigihannya dalam berwirausaha
Hubungan Literasi Digital dengan Keputusan Belanja Online
Authors: Sianipar Nancy Tangguh Marlina , Djamaluddin Sartika
Published: October 2023

Online shopping attracts special attention because transactions for goods/services are able to be applied anytime and anywhere. Digital literacy was indicated having impact to push a person doing online shopping. By having optimal digital literacy, the increasing trend of internet users’ share was expected to be in line with the increase of online shopping. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between digital literacy and online shopping decision, taking account into individual characteristics, digital infrastructure, regional characteristics, before and at the beginning of the pandemic in Indonesia. This study analyse cross section data based on Indonesian survey in 2019 and 2020 using the probit model. The results show that digital literacy has a significantly greater probability to push online shopping decision. In addition, the middle education group, the millennial, the population living in Java and Bali, as well as the fifth income quintile population significantly correlate with individual decision to shop online. This opportunity can be utilized by MSME to differ the products to those intended market segments.Belanja online merupakan salah satu pemanfaatan internet yang sangat menjanjikan karena transaksi barang atau jasa dapat terjadi tanpa dibatasi ruang dan waktu. Salah satu faktor yang diperkirakan mendorong seseorang untuk melakukan belanja online adalah pemahaman individu atas literasi digital. Dengan literasi digital yang optimal, tren peningkatan porsi pengguna internet diharapkan sejalan dengan peningkatan penggunaan internet untuk berbelanja online. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menyelidiki hubungan literasi digital dan keputusan belanja online dengan mempertimbangkan karakteristik individu, infrastruktur digital, karakteristik wilayah, sebelum dan pada awal masa pandemi di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menganalisis data cross section berdasarkan hasil survei penduduk Indonesia pada tahun 2019 dan 2020 menggunakan model probit. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa literasi digital secara signifikan memiliki peluang lebih besar terhadap keputusan individu untuk belanja online. Selain itu, kelompok middle education, milenial, penduduk berdomisili di Jawa dan Bali, serta penduduk kuintil pendapatan kelima secara signifikan berpeluang lebih besar terhadap keputusan individu untuk belanja online. Peluang ini dapat dimanfaatkan oleh para pelaku UMKM untuk mendiferensiasi produknya pada segmen pasar dimaksud.