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Exploring Police-Citizen Conflict and Reconciliation Through a Relational Model
Authors: Stronks Sara
Published: August 2022

Exploring Police-Citizen Conflict and Reconciliation Through a Relational Model

In this paper, the function of reconciliation in five different Dutch cases of media-salient police-citizen group conflict is explored through a Relational Model. Based on 53 interviews with key-actors, the ratio between assessments on the value, security and compatibility of police-citizen relationships and conflict interaction is analysed. The results indicate that respondents actively describe police-citizen relationships in terms of their value, security and compatibility. Assessments on the security and compatibility of a relationship seem directly negatively affected by overt conflict. Individual negative intergroup interaction and relationship assessment can be transformed – reconciled – through critical moments of direct contact and reconciliation appears an important and effective strategy of relationship maintenance in mutually assessed valuable relationships that are challenged by overt conflict. A group reconciliation however, seems only possible when key-actor party representatives commit to the reconciliation process.
Police custody delivery in the twenty-first century in England and Wales
Authors: Skinns Layla , Sprawson Amy , Sorsby Angela , Smith Rivka , Wooff Andrew
Published: August 2022

Police custody delivery in the twenty-first century in England and Wales: Current arrangements and their implications for patterns of policing

Since the 1980s, police custody in England and Wales has experienced civilianization and privatization of roles once performed by the police. The purposes of this paper are to explore these organisational arrangements and to reflect on what they reveal about patterns of policing in the 21st century. These matters are examined using a unique 2014 survey of custody managers who provided data on 213 suites across 41 police forces in England and Wales, and the Isle of Man. Findings are presented on the extent of civilianization and privatization of custody suites, the conditions of the suites in terms of their busyness and whether they were seen as ‘fit for purpose’ by staff, as well as on the most common types of custody suites and their features. These findings show that whilst civilianization was common-place, privatization was not; over two-thirds of custody suites were owned, managed and staffed by police officers or civilian detention officers employed by the police. As such, the research does not support the idea that there has been a transformation of policing, at least not with respect to who owns, manages and/or staffs custody suites in England and Wales, where the police still have a monopoly.
Interaction practices of patrol and district police officers in contact with the population
Authors: De Man Caroline
Published: August 2022

Interaction practices of patrol and district police officers in contact with the population

This contribution deals with the police interaction that comes about through contact with the population in public places. We propose to focus this contribution on the interaction methods that make it possible to explore the characteristics of the patrol and district police officers. First we will report on the interactional practices ‘specific’ to one or another of these professional groups. We will then highlight the ones which, on the contrary, seem similar. Supported by the detailed description of encounters between police officers and the population and an analysis inspired by the sociology of Goffman (1973, 1974, 1991), our results highlight the concrete proceedings of the interactions, a dimension rarely investigated in police sociology. And although our results intend to expand knowledge on the practices of police in contact with the public, this interactional ‘entryway’ allows us to analyse autonomy as a police resource that is susceptible to supporting recognition of the population’s legitimate engagement during interactions with the police.
The racialization of ethnic minority police officers and researchers: on positionality and (auto)ethnographic fieldwork
Authors: Çankaya Sinan
Published: August 2022

The racialization of ethnic minority police officers and researchers: on positionality and (auto)ethnographic fieldwork

This article reflects on the personal, epistemological and methodological dilemmas of conducting (auto)ethnographic fieldwork within the police organisation. The argument is that positionality and ascribed identities complicate existing dilemmas of using participant observation within the police context, such as maintaining a researcher’s role, acceptance, building trust and coping with ostracism. The article also deals with the tension of being a member of the organisation and a researcher at the same time, as well as the pains, but also the gains, of doing auto-ethnographic fieldwork within the police organisation as a frequently racialized (male) member of an ethnic minority.
Perplexing positions: the researcher’s role and ethics in the field
Authors: Claeys Camille , De Kimpe Sofie , Dumortier Els
Published: August 2022

Perplexing positions: the researcher’s role and ethics in the field

While undertaking qualitative research, researchers often experience issues with an emotional or ethical charge. This backstage reality of the research process is not often discussed in public. In this article, we argue that (ethical) research inheres an important learning process. Research errors – in this article ‘dilemmas’ – should be revealed to the academic world rather than swept under the carpet. Researchers should be encouraged to describe and reflect on these dilemmas as it helps them to become more aware of what they are doing when they are in the thick of their research. Using this (ethical) reflexivity, our article examines real ethical dilemmas encountered in the field by a junior PhD researcher. In doing so, more methodological awareness was created and the research quality was increased. We hope this ethical reflexive exercise will inspire other researchers and contribute as such to the greater body of methodological knowledge.
Police partnership working: Lessons from a co-located group pilot
Authors: Dick Penny
Published: August 2022

Police partnership working: Lessons from a co-located group pilot

Recent literature on police partnership working has challenged the orthodoxy established during the 1980s and 1990s that this is an unpopular area of police activity. Instead, recent research suggests that partnership working can reinforce and enhance the policing value of pragmatism (O’Neill and McCarthy, 2014), due to its focused and bottom-up approach to problem solving. Using a casestudy approach to investigate a co-located partnership group tasked with reducing demands for policing services, I explore the precise nature of the processes that enable these apparently effective elements of partnership working to emerge. I suggest a core role for “authority work” defined as the process through which particular interpretations of people, events and outcomes are warranted and rendered legitimate. I use the insights generated from the analysis to reflect on why partnership working may sometimes succeed in both producing successful multi-agency collaboration and what such success might mean for those individuals that are the targets of partnership interventions.
Transforming a paramilitaristic police force to a human rights-oriented police service in a violent country: The South African challenge
Authors: Bezuidenhout Christiaan , Kempen Annalise
Published: August 2022

Transforming a paramilitaristic police force to a human rights-oriented police service in a violent country: The South African challenge

South Africa’s unique history impacted significantly on policing. Prior to democratization in 1994, South Africa was infamous for its apartheid regime. The South African Police (SAP) was a paramilitaristic force, regarded by the majority as a tool of suppression for the white minority government. After the previous political dispensation had been toppled in 1994, South Africa underwent major constitutional changes. The introduction of the South African Police Service Act (Act 68 of 1995), implemented the changes envisaged for a human rights-oriented policing service into a legal framework. This article aims to present an overview of the many service delivery initiatives that were introduced in the new police service. The renaming of the South African Police to the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 1995 is also reflected on in this article. Despite the introduction of community policing principles, revised internal policing policies and demilitarizing, it did not address the underlying violent culture of the South African society. In fact, the question is still whether South Africa will ever be able to introduce and accept a truly human rights-oriented police service?
Sex Analysis of Lipid Profile in Diabetes Patients with and without Over Weight in Tikrit City/Iraq
Authors: Asmaa Sultan Mohammed  , Maan Hasan Salih  , Maksood Adil Mahmoud Al-Doori
Published: August 2022

Background: The overweight is one of the main reasons for the development of diabetes, so the lipid profile is different between the diabetes and the healthy people. In addition, there is a variation between the lipids profile according to sex difference in the diabetes patients. The main goal of the current study was to assessment the relationship between lipid profiles-based sex difference of diabetes patients (with and without overweight) and control group.

Methodology: In this study, the glucose level and lipid profiles were determined for one hundred and forty volunteers, thirty-nine of them were healthy as a control group (25 females and 16 males), and one hundred and two had diabetes, 50 diabetes with overweight (25 females and 25 males) and 52 diabetes without overweight (27 females and 25 males).

Results: Concerning the results of glucose level, the results of the current study showed significant differences between males and females in HbA1c test of control group (P=0.024) and in PPG test of Diabetes without overweight group (P=0.033). On other hands, our results found variation between men and women in other groups but not reach to significant differences. While the results of lipids profile showed significant differences between males and females in HDL_C test of diabetes without overweight group (P=0.0246) and in LDL_C test of control group (P=0.02). At the same time, our results recorded variation between men and women in other groups but not reach to significant differences.

Conclusions: The research presents important results on the differences between sex and its content of lipid profiles in diabetic patients, although some differences did not reach at significant level, but they showed clear sex differences.
The Relationship Between Authoritarian Parenting and Aggressive Behavior of Adolescents in Nagari Bungo Tanjung
Authors: Hartini Sri , Alie Eriana , March Jeeny
Published: August 2022

The subject in this thesis is the application of authoritarian parenting of parents so that adolescents have feelings of pressure and have high fear around parents, also causing adolescents to have aggressive behaviour in society and in peer environments. The purpose of this study was to find out how authoritarian parenting relationships with adolescent aggressive behaviour in Nagari Bungo Tanjung. The purpose of quantitative research is to the relationship between the two variables, developing and using mathematical models, theories and hypotheses related to natural phenomena.
Legal Status of the Business Entities in Ukraine in the Context of Changes in Current Legislation
Authors: VOVK MARIIA Z. , YURKEVYCH YURII M.
Published: August 2022

This study is relevant since currently, Ukraine undergoes the reformation and revision of private legislation, considering the European vector of development of the state. The problems of improving the status of legal entities as business entities were also considered. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the legal status of business entities in Ukraine in terms of changes in legislation and to develop on its basis the original view of this issue. In accordance with the purpose of the study, the following methods are used: historical, systems analysis, generalisation, comparative and functional methods of scientific knowledge. The reform of civil legislation is under study and its necessity in the area of solving problematic issues of legal regulation of business entities in Ukraine was determined. It was stated that civil law eliminates the full liability of full members for the obligations of a general partnership. Ways to improve the legal mechanisms for regulating relations with the involvement of business entities and their participants were investigated. Moreover, the paper provides recommendations for amendments to the legislation to address the issues identified in the study. Provisions and conclusions of the study can be used in the preparation of relevant textbooks, manuals, and comments on regulations governing the status of the business entity and in the activities of such entities to address certain issues regarding their status.
Qualitative interviews with physicians: Overcoming barriers to access to bring telehealth to older adults during COVID-19
Authors: Li Melinda M. , Strauss Daniel H. , Chen Kevin , Davoodi Natalie M. , Joerg Lucie , Jimenez Frances , Goldberg Elizabeth M.
Published: August 2022

Introduction

While the COVID-19 pandemic increased telehealth uptake, concerns surrounding access to telehealth visits emerged for older adults, especially those that are under-resourced, rural, and non-English speaking. We aimed to identify strategies employed by physicians to improve access to medical care via telehealth for older adults during the pandemic.

Methods

Using purposeful sampling, we recruited physicians for 30-minute semi-structured interviews. The interviews focused mainly on telehealth’s usability for older patients, and specific strategies physicians employed to facilitate access to care for older adults with varied needs and skills. Interviews were coded using NVivo software and analyzed using framework matrix analysis.

Results

Of 48 physicians (geriatrician n = 18, primary care n=15, emergency n=15) interviewed, median age was 37 (interquartile range 34-45), and 27 (56%) were women. Our data suggests that older adults who were under-resourced, rural, or non-English speaking faced greater challenges in using telehealth. Physicians addressed these barriers with strategies tailored to individual patient needs and practice setting resources. Strategies included employing auditory augmentation and speech modifications to enhance understanding, using caregivers and home services to overcome inexperience with navigating technology, device distribution programs for those without equipment access, and real-time interpreter technologies. Physicians reported that telehealth was successful in reducing transportation barriers, whether due to distance or mobility impairments, especially among older adult populations and reducing “no-show” appointment rates.

Conclusions

Adoption of strategies to overcome technological and systemic barriers may improve equitable access to age-friendly telehealth for older adult patients. Physicians reported optimism that telehealth could be used to expand access to medical care for older adults with the right technological infrastructure, payment models, and support. Although challenges remain, they may be overcome with additional technical training for clinicians and patients, investment in telehealth infrastructure and broadband internet, and policy changes to promote telehealth access for this diverse patient population.
Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies
Authors: Laksono Sidhi , Hosea Grace T. , Nurusshofa Zahra
Published: August 2022

Diabetes mellitus and heart failure have a bidirectional relationship and can affect one another. Ventricular dysfunction that occurs in the absence of coronary atherosclerosis and hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus is termed diabetic cardiomyopathy. Lipotoxicity, increased oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction are a few of the mechanisms implicated in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Patients with diabetes mellitus undergo cardiac structural changes leading to heart failure. The novel glucose-lowering medication that is now preferred for diabetic patients with heart failure is the SGLT-2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) inhibitor. Emerging targeted therapies are showing beneficial effects but require further evaluation. We review the literature describing the pathophysiology of diabetic cardiomyopathy, cardiac structural changes, along with the novel glucose-lowering therapies and targeted therapies for diabetic cardiomyopathy.
ESTRUCTURA Y DIVERSIDAD ARBÓREA EN TRES SISTEMAS DE MANEJO DE LA TIERRA EN PALMAGTITAN, SIERRA NORTE DE PUEBLA
Authors: Castro Renero Erika Daniela , Valdez Hernández Juan Ignacio , Ángeles Pérez Gregorio , Ramírez Valverde Gustavo
Published: August 2022

Background. Agriculture and cattle raising are the main factors to forest loss and fragmentation, therefore, to reduce their negative impact, new production systems have been implemented. The Agroforestry and Silvopastoral Systems are corridors for fauna and source of natural regeneration, promoting the coexistence of several species and providing goods and services to the human being. Until now, the effects of the agriculture and cattle raising in the composition and configuration at the humid tropical forest in Sierra Norte de Puebla are still unknown. Objective. To compare the changes in the composition, stand structure, richness and tree diversity between an Agroforestry System (AFS), Silvopastoral System (SPS) and a Second-Growth Forest (SGF) in Palmagtitan, Sierra Norte de Puebla. Methodology. We established sampling units in three land management systems where we recorded specie, normal diameter total height, and cover of every tree in the area. For each attribute, we generated categories. The stand structural attributes such as density, basal area, cover and normal diameter were calculated and compared between land management systems with the multiple comparison DGC method. We obtained and compared the Margalef’s richness, Shannon’s diversity, Equitability and Fisher’s alfa indices and Hill’s numbers. The floristic similarity was analyzed with the Sorensen coefficient. Results. We identified 44 species from 24 families. The families Burseraceae, Moraceae, Rutaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Fabaceae were the best represented. Only the tree density presented statistical differences between the land management systems. The Margalef’s richness index was different only in the SPS. The Shannon’s diversity index and the Hill’s numbers showed a major diversity in the AFS than in the SGF and the SPS. The similarity in the floristic composition between AFS and SPS was 16.6%, between AFS and SGF 38.30% and between SPS and SGF 26.23%. Implications. The characterization of the stand structure and tree diversity permits a better decision-making about the production systems management and the forest patches conservation. The tree management and the presence of native species in production systems allow to integrate handling practices to provide food safety and biodiversity conservation. Conclusions. The composition, stand structure, richness, and tree diversity in the three land management systems were determinated by the management and land use history. As the expected, the SGF got the biggest density, but (contrary to the stipulation) the most diverse was the AFS. It is necessary to know the ecosystems configuration and composition to devise management strategies that allow us to integrate the production and ecosystems conservation.
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LAND USE ON CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF AN ANDOSOL IN MICHOACAN, MEXICO
Authors: Bejar Pulido Silvia Janeth , Cantú Silva Israel , Luna Robles Erik Orlando
Published: August 2022

Background: The replacement of forest vegetation with agricultural crops, and their subsequent management generate an impact on the availability of nutrients in the soil. Objective: To investigate the impacts of land use change from a forest ecosystem to agricultural areas with organic and conventional amendments in the chemical properties of an Andosol. Methodology: The chemical properties (pH, electrical conductivity [EC], soil organic matter [SOM], Na, Ca, K, Mg, Cu, Zn, Mn and Fe content) of an Andosol under different soil use systems were evaluated; one forest or control and three agricultural (queensland nut, organic avocado and conventional avocado. Results: The results showed that changes in land use caused a significant increase in nutrients, mainly derived from the management and application of organic and inorganic fertilizers. Implications: Determine if there are significant differences in agricultural areas with organic and conventional practices, with respect to those determined in a merely forestry area, considering the latter as a control, since before the changes in land use, all the areas belonged to the same ecosystem. Conclusion: The results showed that changes in land use and its subsequent agricultural management caused a significant increase in the availability of nutrients, derived mainly from the application of organic and inorganic fertilizers, generating a positive effect on the yields of avocado and queensland nut crops, where specifically, there were substantial increases with conventional management practices.
Deep Multi-Task Networks For Occluded Pedestrian Pose Estimation
Authors: Das Arindam , Das Sudip , Sistu Ganesh , Horgan Jonathan , Bhattacharya Ujjwal , Jones Edward , Glavin Martin , Eising Ciaran
Published: August 2022

Most of the existing works on pedestrian pose estimation do not consider estimating the pose of an occluded pedestrian, as the annotations of the occluded parts are not available in relevant automotive datasets. For example, CityPersons, a well-known dataset for pedestrian detection in automotive scenes does not provide pose annotations, whereas MS-COCO, a non-automotive dataset, contains human pose estimation. In this work, we propose a multi-task framework to extract pedestrian features through detection and instance segmentation tasks performed separately on these two distributions. Thereafter, an encoder learns pose specific features using an unsupervised instance-level domain adaptation method for the pedestrian instances from both distributions. The proposed framework has improved state-of-the-art performances of pose estimation, pedestrian detection, and instance segmentation.
Pre- and Post-Operative Analysis of Planar Radiographs in Total Hip Replacement
Authors: Denton Oscar , Madden-McKee Christopher , Hill Janet , Beverland David , Dunne Nicholas , Lennon Alex
Published: August 2022

Computed-Tomography scans represent the gold standard for accuracy when preoperatively templating and postoperatively assessing the hip. However, planar radiographs are used as standard, sacrificing accuracy. In this work, a method is proposed to more accurately assess femoral offset and neck-shaft angle from two planar radiographs (frontal and lateral), allowing more reliable templating of a modular stem. A second method is proposed to accurately assess postoperative stem version from planar frontal radiographs.
Geometrically reconstructing confocal microscopy images for modelling the retinal microvasculature as a 3D cylindrical network
Authors: Troendle Evan , Barabas Peter , Curtis Tim
Published: August 2022

Microvascular networks can be modelled as a network of connected cylinders. Presently, however, there are limited approaches with which to recover these networks from biomedical images. We have therefore developed and implemented computer algorithms to geometrically reconstruct three-dimensional (3D) retinal microvascular networks from micrometre-scale imagery, resulting in a concise representation of two endpoints and radius for each cylinder detected within a delimited text file. This format is suitable for a variety of purposes, including efficient simulations of molecular delivery. Here, we detail a semi-automated pipeline consisting of the detection of retinal microvascular volumes within 3D imaging datasets, the enhancement and analysis of these volumes for reconstruction, and the geometric construction algorithm itself, which converts voxel data into representative 3D cylindrical objects.
High-Fidelity Face Swapping with Style Blending
Authors: Yang Xinyu , Guo Zhijin , Xue Mowen , Shi Zijian
Published: August 2022

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Fast and Efficient Scene Categorization for Autonomous Driving using VAEs
Authors: Ramachandran Saravanabalagi , Horgan Jonathan , Sistu Ganesh , McDonald John
Published: August 2022

Scene categorization is a useful precursor task that provides prior knowledge for many advanced computer vision tasks with a broad range of applications in content-based image indexing and retrieval systems. Despite the success of data driven approaches in the field of computer vision such as object detection, semantic segmentation, etc., their application in learning high-level features for scene recognition has not achieved the same level of success. We propose to generate a fast and efficient intermediate interpretable generalized global descriptor that captures coarse features from the image and use a classification head to map the descriptors to 3 scene categories: Rural, Urban and Suburban. We train a Variational Autoencoder in an unsupervised manner and map images to a constrained multi-dimensional latent space and use the latent vectors as compact embeddings that serve as global descriptors for images. The experimental results evidence that the VAE latent vectors capture coarse information from the image, supporting their usage as global descriptors. The proposed global descriptor is very compact with an embedding length of 128, significantly faster to compute, and is robust to seasonal and illuminational changes, while capturing sufficient scene information required for scene categorization.
View Sub-sampling and Reconstruction for Efficient Light Field Compression
Authors: Chen Yang , Alain Martin , Smolic Aljosa
Published: August 2022

Compression is an important task for many practical applications of light fields. Although previous work has proposed numerous methods for efficient light field compression, the effect of view selection on this task is not well exploited. In this work, we study different sub-sampling and reconstruction strategies for light field compression. We apply various sub-sampling and corresponding reconstruction strategies before and after light field compression. Then, fully reconstructed light fields are assessed to evaluate the performance of different methods. Our evaluation is performed on both real-world and synthetic datasets, and optimal strategies are devised from our experimental results. We hope this study would be beneficial for future research such as light field streaming, storage, and transmission.
Towards Temporal Stability in Automatic Video Colourisation
Authors: Ward Rory , Breslin John
Published: August 2022

Much research has been carried out into the automatic restoration of archival images. This research ranges from colourisation, to damage restoration, and super-resolution. Conversely, video restoration hasremained largely unexplored. Most efforts to date have involved extending a concept from image restoration to video, in a frame-by-frame manner. These methods result in poor temporal consistency between frames. This manifests itself as temporal instability or flicker. The purpose of this work is to improve upon this limitation. This improvement will be achieved by employing a hybrid approach of deep-learning and exemplar based colourisation. Thus, informing current frame colourisation about its neighbouring frame’s colourisations and therefore alleviating the inter-frame discrepancy issues. This paper has two main contributions. Firstly, a novel end-to-end automatic video colourisation technique with enhanced flicker reduction capabilities is proposed. Secondly, six automatic exemplar acquisition algorithms are compared. The combination of these algorithms and techniques allow for an 8.5% increase in non-referenced image quality over the previous state of the art.
FDI flow in Energy Sector among BCIM, BIMSTEC+1 and ASEAN+4 sub-regional alignments
Authors: Banerjee Kallal
Published: August 2022

FDI is the most dynamic component for boosting trade among different sub-regional blocs. It may be considered under Mode 3 of the GATS agreement. This study documents various restrictions under market access and national treatments under mode 3 as committed by different member countries, among three regional trading blocs to improving the energy sector. A large portion of trade is being facilitated through strong linkage between service trade and FDI flow among countries or regions. ASEAN countries among South East Asia played an important role in attracting foreign direct investments for the economic development and growth in Energy Sector. Trade barriers, particularly commitment barriers of importing country, have a strong negative impact on smooth flow of investments across regions. This research also reviews the purposes  of FDI among regional countries and explores the deepest and strong relationships among regional members to explore a possible strategic relationship for formation of Regional Trade Agreement (RTA).
Making Matching into Internal Medicines easier for IMGS like us
Authors: Yanati Reddy Sushritha , Ishwarya Muthanna Shivani
Published: August 2022

There were 9380 internal medicine positions, out of which 8915 were filled for the year 2022. The number of non-U.S. IMGs who applied was 4200, out of which 2435 matched in 2022, with an increase of 215 positions from 2021. The highest IMG applicants were from India, followed by Pakistan, and finally, the Middle Eastern countries, of which Egypt has the highest number of IMGs.
Psychosocial Problems Associated with Vitiligo: A Correlational Study on Vitiligo Patients
Authors: Ejaz Hira , Hassan Zia Mubashar , Hafiz Beenish , Khan Iqbal Ahmad , Javeria Sadaf
Published: August 2022

Psychosocial problems influence the mental health as well as daily living of individuals. Vitiligo is one of those diseases which are strongly associated with psychosocial problems among its victim. Individuals with this disease are found to experience marriage delay, workplace discomfort, anxiety, depression, and remained to fail to cope with their skin condition. To determine psychosocial problems among vitiligo cases and to evaluate the role of psychotherapy in case management of vitiligo patients, this study employed a quantitative correlational study design. Data was collected from skin clinics in Islamabad from 15th December 2017 to 15th April 20018. A sample of 100 respondents including 60 cases and 40 controls was selected through convenient sampling technique. Questionnaires on self-esteem, depression, and Dermatology life quality index (DLQI) were used for data collection. Descriptive and inferential analysis was performed for data analysis. Pearson correlation between vitiligo and psychosocial problems was significant at the p-value 0.01 level (2-tailed). Study results showed that vitiligo has a significant relationship with depression, self-esteem, and impaired quality of life among cases. Regression analysis among Vitiligo and psychosocial problems was significant with a p-value < .001. Moderation regression analysis between vitiligo effects and psychotherapy was not found significant. Vitiligo has been found associated with depression, low self-esteem, and impaired quality of life. However, the proposed effect of psychotherapy has not been confirmed. Therefore, the study suggests further research to evaluate the role of psychotherapy to manage psychosocial problems of vitiligo cases.  

Keywords: Psychosocial, problems, associated, correlational study, vitiligo patients.
Impact of frontline demonstration on rapeseed productivity in South-western part of Punjab
Authors: BALKARAN SINGH SANDHU  , NIRMALJIT SINGH DHALIWAL
Published: August 2022

Farmers grow non-canola local varieties viz., Reli and Rajasthani of rapeseed with lower seed rate, delayed sowing, low plant population, improper nutrient management and inadequate plant protection in Muktsar Sahib District, Punjab state. Also, the local varieties contain high erucic acid and high glucosinolates, considered to be undesirable to consumers from the health perspective. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab conducted frontline demonstrations (FLDs) during rabi 2015-16 to 2017-18 with improved technologies including better variety (GSC 7), optimum seed rate and spacing, line sowing, soil test based nutrient management and need based plant protection to show the productivity potential and profitability under farmers'situations. The mean seed yield improved by 11.7 per cent with higher gross monetary returns, net returns and BC ratio with improved technology compared to farmers' practice during the three year period. The technology gap decreased from675 kg/ha to 145 kg/ha indicating the sustainability of the improved technology. The extension gap increased from 70 kg/hato 330 kg/ha, due to higher yields with the improved technology. The technology index decreased from 30.3 to 6.5 per cent indicating the feasibility of the improved technology in farmers' fields. In order to improve the productivity of rapeseed-mustard in Muktsar Sahib district, concerted efforts have to be made involving all the stakeholders to popularize the improved technologies.
Boosting sesame production through frontline demonstrations under rainfed conditions in Pali district of Rajasthan, India
Authors: M L MEENA  , DHEERAJ SINGH
Published: August 2022

Sesame is an important kharif oilseed crop of India. It occupies about 3.6 per cent of area and 10.8 per cent of production of the total oilseeds production in India. Frontline demonstrations on sesame variety RT 351 were conducted at farmers' fields in district Pali, Rajasthan during kharif 2014-15 to 2018-19. The yield data indicated 36.7 per cent higher mean seed yield in demonstration plots as compared to farmers' traditional practices. The extension gap, technology gap and technology index were 200 kg/ha, 330 kg/ha and 31.4 per cent, respectively. Additional investments of `1320/ha coupled with scientific monitoring of demonstrations and non-monetary factors resulted in additional returns of ` 9459/ha. Fluctuating MSP sale price of sesame during different years influenced the economic returns per unit area. The mean benefit cost ratio over the five year period was 2.1 in demonstrationplots and 1.4 in farmers' practice plots.
ZNACZENIE WAPNIA W METABOLIZMIE CZŁOWIEKA I CZYNNIKI WPŁYWAJĄCE NA JEGO BIODOSTĘPNOŚĆ W DIECIE
Authors: Szeleszczuk Łukasz , Kuras Marzena
Published: August 2022

Wapń jest jednym z makroelementów, czyli pierwiastków które powinny być spożywane regularnie w celu zapewnienia prawidłowego rozwoju organizmu. Mimo, iż informacje na temat wartości zalecanego dziennego spożycia wapnia są ogólnie dostępne (można je znaleźć m.in. na opakowaniach produktów spożywczych, suplementów diety i leków), niewiele mówi się o czynnikach wpływających na biodostępność tego pierwiastka. Zagadnienie biodostępności pojawia się ostatnio najczęściej w kontekście magnezu i jego różnych związków w suplementach diety i lekach. Tymczasem stopień biodostępności wapnia, podobnie jak i magnezu, zależy od wielu czynników i może wahać się w granicach od kilku do prawie stu procent. Tak szeroka rozpiętość stopnia przyswajalności wapnia ma istotny wpływ na rezultaty suplementacji, leczenia, a w konsekwencji również na stan zdrowia pacjenta.
UDZIAŁ KOMÓREK IMMUNOLOGICZNYCH W PATOGENEZIE ORBITOPATII GRAVESA
Authors: Król Anna
Published: August 2022

Choroba Gravesa i Basedowa (GD; ang. Graves’ disease) jest chorobą autoimmunologiczną powodującą nadprodukcję hormonów tarczycy, która skutkuje powstawaniem zaburzeń metabolicznych. Orbitopatia Gravesa (GO; ang. Graves’ orbitopathy) jest najczęstszym pozatarczycowym objawem GD. Obejmuje ona zapalenie i obrzęk mięśni gałki ocznej, jak również wzrost objętości tkanki łącznej w obrębie oczodołów. Analiza tkanek pobranych od pacjentów dotkniętych GO pozwoliła dostrzec szczególną rolę fibroblastów oczodołowych, limfocytów T oraz receptorów dla tyreotropiny (TSHR) i insulinopodobnego czynnika wzrostu 1 (IGF1R) w rozwoju tej patologii. Powstający naciek zapalny i nagromadzenie glikozaminoglikanów prowadzi do rozwoju obrzęku i włóknienia tkanek okołogałkowych. Niestety, pomimo postępu w rozumieniu tego patomechanizmu, GO ciągle pozostaje jednym z najtrudniejszych problemów endokrynologii klinicznej. W tej publikacji dokonano przeglądu badań dotyczących immunologicznych aspektów GO i omówiono rolę komórek immunologicznych w patogenezie choroby.
WYBRANE ASPEKTY DZIAŁANIA BIOLOGICZNEGO POCHODNYCH 5-HYDROKSYKUMARYNY
Authors: Jeleniewicz Paulina , Czarnocka Zuzanna , Grzeszczuk Dawid , Ostrowska Kinga
Published: August 2022

Kumaryna i jej pochodne są ważnymi obiektami w badaniach chemii medycznej. Przegląd najnowszej literatury naukowej pokazuje, że oprócz działania przeciwnowotworowego, przeciwbakteryjnego, przeciwgrzybiczego i przeciwzapalnego, związki te wykazują działanie przeciwzakrzepowe oraz antyoksydacyjne. Niniejsza praca zawiera przegląd doniesień literaturowych dotyczących aktywności pochodnych 5-hydroksykumaryny jako cennego, ale wciąż mało zbadanego źródła struktur wiodących do poszukiwania nowych substancji leczniczych.
ZANIECZYSZCZENIE ŚRODOWISKA PRZYRODNICZEGO LEKAMI. I: OCENA TOKSYCZNOŚCI TRZECH FLUOROCHINOLONÓW DLA RZĘSY DROBNEJ LEMNA MINOR
Authors: Bielińska Magdalena , Nałęcz-Jawecki Grzegorz
Published: August 2022

Bardzo ważną grupą substancji o potencjalnie szkodliwym działaniu dla środowiska są leki stosowane w medycynie i weterynarii. Antybiotyki i chemioterapeutyki mogą wykazywać działanie toksyczne w bardzo niskich stężeniach. Dodatkowo, ciągła ekspozycja bakterii nawet na niskie stężenia związków bakteriostatycznych może prowadzić do powstawania opornych szczepów mikroorganizmów. Leki mogą mieć też wysoką aktywność biologiczną wobec roślin. Stężenie toksyczne, powodujące 20% spadek wzrostu (EC20) rzęsy drobnej (Lemna minor), w przypadku fluorochinolonów ciprofloksacyny, ofloksacyny i lomefloksacyny wynosi odpowiednio: 64, 100 oraz 370 μg/l.
CHROMATOGRAFICZNE METODY IZOLACJI I IDENTYFIKACJI FLAWONOIDÓW I SAPONIN
Authors: Machowski Michał , Kaliszewska Dorota , Kiss Anna
Published: August 2022

W ciągu kilku ostatnich lat liczne nowe metody chromatograficzne stały się dostępne w analizie chemicznej flawonoidów i saponin. Metody te nie tylko skracają czas rozdziału tych związków, lecz umożliwiają izolację wcześniej nieznanych lub niestabilnych składników ekstraktów surowców roślinnych. Flawonoidy i saponiny są głównymi bioaktywnymi związkami roślin, posiadającymi właściwości przeciwutleniające, przeciwbakteryjne i owadobójcze. Przedstawiony przegląd literaturowy omawia chromatograficzne metody izolacji i identyfikacji flawonoidów i saponin.
POCHODNE BENZIMIDAZOLU WYKAZUJĄCE AKTYWNOŚĆ BIOLOGICZNĄ
Authors: Kózka Bartosz , Kowalkowska Anna
Published: August 2022

Znanych jest wiele pochodnych benzimidazolu, wykazujących zróżnicowaną aktywność biologiczną wobec czynników powodujących zaburzenia i choroby w organizmie człowieka. Przedmiotem niniejszego przeglądu są związki, które już posiadają zastosowanie kliniczne lub są na etapie badań przedklinicznych, oraz pochodne, które są warte uwagi ze względu na potencjalną aktywność i przyszłe zastosowania w terapii. W pracy dokonano charakterystyki pochodnych zarówno podstawionych w pierścieniu imidazolowym, jak i w pierścieniu benzenowym.
ZWIĄZKI WIĄŻĄCE SIĘ Z BIAŁKAMI OSOCZA U LUDZI. ZNACZENIE W TERAPII ORAZ METODY OZNACZANIA WOLNEJ FRAKCJI
Authors: Chechłacz Martyna , Korytowska Natalia
Published: August 2022

Wiele substancji endogennych oraz egzogennych wykazuje zdolność do wiązania się z białkami osocza, głównie z ludzką albuminą surowicy oraz α-1-kwaśną glikoproteiną. Substancje te w krwioobiegu występują zarówno w formie wolnej jak i związanej z białkami. Białko posiada na swojej powierzchni miejsca wiązania charakterystyczne dla danego związku, różniące się wielkością, kształtem oraz powinowactwem. Wiązanie z białkami następuje w wyniku oddziaływań hydrofobowych, van der Waalsa oraz elektrostatycznych. Stopień związania z białkami osocza zależy od m.in. obecności stanu zapalnego, występowania chorób nerek i wątroby oraz wieku. Jedynie forma wolna związku jest aktywna biologicznie oraz jest zdolna do pokonywania barier biologicznych. W związku z tym duże znaczenie mają metody pomiaru stężenia frakcji niezwiązanej z białkami w osoczu. Najczęściej stosowana jest dializa równowagowa, uznawana za metodę referencyjną. Inne metody to m.in. ultrafiltracja, ultrawirowanie, mikrodializa, mikroekstrakcja, wysokosprawna analiza czołowa oraz ekstrakcja w punkcie zmętnienia.
BIOTERRORYZM – ZAGROŻENIE, ZASADY POSTĘPOWANIA, REGULACJE PRAWNE
Authors: Czuba Katarzyna , Mazurkiewicz Magdalena , Kamiński Kamil , Różewski Filip , Skrajnowska Dorota , Tokarz Andrzej
Published: August 2022

W pracy przedstawiono aktualne poglądy na zagrożenie terroryzmem z użyciem broni biologicznej. Bioterroryzm definiuje się jako celowe zanieczyszczenie (lub groźbę zanieczyszczenia) żywności i wody czynnikami biologicznymi, chemicznymi bądź radioaktywnymi mającymi wywołać śmierć lub chorobę u populacji cywilnej lub zakłócenia stabilności społecznej, ekonomicznej lub politycznej państwa. W prezentowanym opracowaniu chcielibyśmy zwrócić uwagę na zagrożenia wynikające z użycia broni biologicznej, przedstawić prawo międzynarodowe w tym zakresie oraz zasady postępowania w przypadku wystąpienia zagrożeń bioterrorystycznych.
Một số xu hướng biến đổi hôn nhân ở Việt Nam trong giai đoạn hiện nay
Authors:   Viện Nghiên cứu Gia đình và Giới, Nguyen Huu Minh
Published: August 2022

Bài viết phân tích một số xu hướng biến đổi hôn nhân ở Việt Nam hiện nay dựa trên số liệu thống kê và cuộc khảo sát 1.819 gia đình tại 7 tỉnh từ năm 2017-2018. Kết quả này cho thấy, một số khía cạnh hôn nhân ở Việt Nam đã thay đổi nhưng không hoàn toàn đứt đoạn so với khuôn mẫu truyền thống. Hôn nhân gắn kết hơn với giá trị hạnh phúc cá nhân, nhưng ý nghĩa vì gia đình vẫn rất quan trọng. Tuổi kết hôn của người dân tăng lên. Thanh niên có nhiều quyền hơn trong việc quyết định hôn nhân, tuy nhiên vai trò quan trọng của cả gia đình vẫn được duy trì. Các đặc điểm cá nhân được quan tâm hơn trong lựa chọn bạn đời, thay cho tiêu chuẩn dựa trên “môn đăng hộ đối”. Việc sắp xếp nơi ở sau kết hôn vẫn mang đậm dấu ấn truyền thống. Các yếu tố quan trọng ảnh hưởng đến sự thay đổi hôn nhân ở Việt Nam gồm: học vấn người dân tăng lên; quá trình công nghiệp hóa và đô thị hóa; văn hoá truyền thống; các đặc trưng cá nhân và hộ gia đình.
Teaching Law and Development at the University of Antwerp: Sustainable Development and Global Justice
Authors: Vandenhole Wouter
Published: August 2022

This paper offers a snapshot of the way law and development is taught in the ‘Sustainable Development and Global Justice’ module taught at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. The first section highlights four interrelated dimensions, that is programme design, learning outcomes, staff profiles and teaching methods, and student body. The second section is an exploratory attempt at self-reflection along two lines of inquiry: intercultural (communication) competence and decolonisation. The latter is the most challenging, and also the most fundamental one. The two topics have been at the forefront of debates within the module, the Faculty and University, and society more generally. Perhaps not surprisingly, the outcome of this self-reflection is mixed: the module has taken important steps in the right direction and is intuitively on the right track, but would benefit from a more explicit vision and policy, in particular with regard to decolonisation. Challenges ahead include in particular decolonisation of assessment criteria and academia.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Law and Development
Authors: Coutinho Diogo R. , Miola Iagê Z.
Published: August 2022

This article describes how the authors understand Law and Development (L&D), and L&D teaching, based on their conceptual views, as well as on their practical experiences in the classroom. In light of Miola’s experience, it describes a possible purpose for L&D: that of influencing the minds of future development policymakers. This idea is presented in the description of a practical experience of teaching an L&D undergraduate class for nonlaw students. In such an environment L&D’s well-established emphasis on the imbrication of law and economic performance can help nonlaw students perceive and discuss the roles of law in the economy and development policies - the domains in which many of them will likely act as professionals. Based on Coutinho’s experience in teaching at a law school, it describes how researching and teaching L&D involves developing a lens (or a “technology”) through which the law can be seen (and eventually changed, in an institutional design exercise) as a tool to shape democratic arrangements devised to structure and implement development policies. The authors also highlight what they perceive to be common between these two relatively distinct research and teaching experiences, and discuss what they mean regarding their views about what constitutes L&D (and, once more, how to teach) it: Miola’s course seeks to shape a different “legal consciousness” of future development professionals who are not lawyers, so they can devise or deal with development policies without ignoring legal institutions, whereas Coutinho’s class, in turn, aims to enable law students to visualise their field of practice as a powerful “technology” to development to critically analyse and improve institutional arrangements, and hence of themselves as agents with a privileged position to operate it.
Shareholder Engagement im Kontext von Sustainable Finance. Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie zu Nachhaltigkeit im Asset Management in Deutschland
Authors: Ruppert Benjamin
Published: August 2022

Diese Untersuchung verfolgt das Ziel, die Nachhaltigkeit im Asset Management in Deutschland zu fördern und legt dabei einen besonderen Fokus auf Shareholder Engagement. Mittels qualitativer sowie quantitativer Befragungen wird zunächst geprüft, wie nachhaltig das Asset Management derzeit ist und wie dieser Status quo bewertet wird. Schließlich werden Handlungsempfehlungen für Asset Manager:innen, Emittent:innen und die Politik abgeleitet, die zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit im Asset Management führen können.
Peter Handkes Bildpoetik
Authors: Heuß Marit
Published: August 2022

Marit Heuß entdeckt Peter Handkes »persönliches Epos« – seine Notizbücher – und damit seine in Zeichnungen, Kunstbeschreibungen und Erzählungen facettenreiche »Bildpoetik«.

Das »Bild« wird für den Nobelpreisträger zur »Vokabel der Universalsprache«, zum Inbegriff seiner Poetik. Über die Lektüre der reich bebilderten und unveröffentlichten »Merkhefte« Peter Handkes betrachtet Marit Heuß dessen Erzählen seit dem Debüt »Die Hornissen« 1966 bis hin zu den Großprojekten »Langsame Heimkehr« 1979 und »Der Bildverlust« 2002 als ein Schreiben, das sich am »Bild« orientiert. In der Notizbuchsammlung des Handke-Vorlasses am Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach finden sich ab 1975/1976 - seither führt der Schriftsteller täglich Notizbuch - eigene Zeichnungen des Autors. Die Bildmotive reichen von Nachahmungen der »ersten Zeichnungen von Menschen« - wie das archaische Felsbild eines Büffels - bis hin zu andersartig »arkadischen« Landschaftsbildern aus dem »tiefen Österreich«. Auch Alltagsskizzen, ornamentale Figuren oder Kritzeleien fehlen nicht. Handkes »Bilderatlas« birgt zudem hunderte Beschreibungen von Kunst in Museen - Cézanne, van Gogh, Rothko, Poussin, Goya, Bosch, Vermeer, Zurbarán - sowie in Sakralbauten von Santiago de Compostela bis nach Thessaloniki. Heuß fragt nach den ästhetischen und geistigen Horizonten dieser Bilder für Handkes Erzählungen.