bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Development and validation of weather based prediction model for Helicoverpa armigera in chickpea
Authors: D. SAGAR  , SURESH M. NEBAPURE  , SUBHASH CHANDER
Published: February 2022

Weather based prediction model for Helicoverpa armigera was developed and validated using pheromone trap catches data collected in chickpea crop sown on three different dates during 2015-16 and validated for 2016-17. The first catch of male moth of H. armigera was recorded during 1st standard meteorological week (SMW) in early sown crop, while in normal and late sown the first trap catches were noticed during 3rd and 5th SMW respectively. H. armigera adult trap catches then increased gradually and reached their peaks simultaneously during 12thSMW with 32.3, 37.3 and 44.3 moths/trap/week in early, normal and late sown chickpea crop respectively. Male moth population had highest significant positive correlation with maximum and minimum temperature of 2-lag week in early and normal sowing of chickpea. Morning relative humidity and evening relative humidity of current, 1-lag and 2-lag week were negatively correlated with trap catches. The rainfall of 1-lag week and sunshine hours of current week exhibited maximum positive association with male moth population. Weather based prediction models were developed for male trap catches of crop under normal date of sowing and weather factors of current, 1-lag and 2-lag week. By stepwise regression, Tmin, RH1 and SSH were found to be importantweather factors that influenced the trap catches of H. armigera. The pest-weather model was validated satisfactorily with R2 = 0.751, RMSE=2.13%, MBE=-1.08% and MAE= 1.51%.
Forewarning model development for mustard aphid (Lipaphis erysimi Kalt.) at Bharatpur and Hisar
Authors: MEHNAJ THARRANUM A  , Y. P. SINGH  , BASANT K. KANDPAL  , K. K. SINGH  , AVINASH CHANDRA PANDEY
Published: February 2022

The weekly aphid population on timely sown mustard crop and daily weather parameters recorded at ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed–Mustard Research, Bharatpur and Hisar stations, during rabi seasons of 2003-04 to 2013-14 were used to develop forewarning model for aphid. In most of the cases, the appearance of population and its peak activity occurred during 51 standard meteorological week (SMW) and 8 SMW. The study revealed that the thermal time or growing degree days (GDD) consistently explained the aphid multiplication significantly in all seasons. The impact of other weather parameters on pest population was observed to be significant only in some seasons. The aphid population increased exponentially with increase in GDD. Further, the exponential coefficient varied among the varieties. The population build up was compared with the model predicted values in three common species (Brassicajuncea, B. rapa ssp. sarson and B. napus) grown at two stations. The results revealed that the predicted values derived using the model, were in close agreement with those of the observed.
Assessment of maize (Zea mays L.) productivity and yield gap analysis using simulation modelling in subtropical climate of central India
Authors: M. MOHANTY  , NISHANT K. SINHA  , ROHIT K. PATIDAR  , J. SOMASUNDARAM  , R.S. CHAUDHARY  , K.M. HATI  , K. SAMMI REDDY  , M. PRABHAKAR  , SRINIVAS RAO CHERUKUMALLI  , ASHOK K. PATRA
Published: February 2022

Quantifying the yield potential of maize at any given site is a key to understand the existing yield gaps and to identify the most important constraints in achieving optimal yield and profit. A well parameterized and validated APSIM model was used to assess the productivity and yield gap of maize cv Kanchan 101 from multi-year long-term and completed experiments. A total of 30 districts with 74 soil profiles of Madhya Pradesh were considered for the study. For the 30 selected sites, the rainfed potential yield of maize (Ywp) ranged from 3.3 to 5.2 t ha-1 whereas the districts mean yield (Yf) ranged from 0.7 to 3.1 t ha-1 giving yield gaps ranging from 1.7 to 3.1 t ha-1. It was observed from the long-term simulation study that there is a good potential to improve the grain yield of maize crop by 3.0 t ha-1 provided optimum dates of sowing and good management practices are followed in the state.
Forecasting of wheat yield in various agro-climatic regions of Bihar by using CERES-Wheat model
Authors: P.K.SINGH  , K.K.SINGH  , PRIYANKA SINGH  , R. BALASUBRAMANIAN  , A.K.BAXLA  , B.KUMAR  , AKHILESH GUPTA  , L.S.RATHORE  , NAVEEN KALRA
Published: February 2022

Forecasting yield of crops is important for planners in taking tactical decisions for ensuring food availability. Crop simulation models are useful tool to forecast the crop yield. The CERES-wheat model calibrated and validated with experimental data was used to predict the district wise yield in Bihar. Based on the areas under different dates of sowing and crop cultivars, a correction factor was applied on simulated yield to predict the district wise and regional wheat yield. The simulated yield were higher than the actual yield in all the three agro-climatic zones, while the forecasted yields were very close to actual. The percentage deviation of the forecasted yield from the actual was ±4.0 %. The results clearly indicated that the CERES-Wheat model can be used to regional production estimates of wheat in Bihar.
Climatic variability and its impact on rice and wheat productivity in Punjab
Authors: SUNNY KUMAR  , BALJINDER KAUR SIDANA
Published: February 2022

The annual and seasonal (kharif and rabi seasons) trends in temperature (maximum and minimum) and rainfall during 30 years (1986 to 2015) at five locations of Punjab (Bathinda, Faridkot, Ludhiana, SBS Nagar and Patiala) has been analysed. The study revealed that during the last three decades most of the stations experienced significant increase in maximum as well as minimum temperatures in both kharif and rabi seasons. In kharif season maximum temperature positively deviated by 0.12°C to 1.34°C whereas in wheat growing period the deviation results was from 0.13°C to 0.93°C at all the locations. The rainfall during kharif season has decreased by 23.2, 27.6, 55.4, 185.4 and 199.6 mm from normal at Bathinda, Faridkot, Ludhiana, SBS Nagar and Patiala districts, respectively in lastthree decades. Mann Kendall statistics showed increasing trend in maximum temperature and highlighted that the trend was highly significant in Faridkot, SBS Nagar and Patiala district. To know the impact of climate change quadratic form of regression was applied and the results revealed that the increase in minimum temperature during kharif and rabi season has negative effect on yield of rice and wheat crop in Punjab.
Impact of climatic parameters on simulated yield of rice at Faizabad of U.P.
Authors: ARVIND KUMAR  , S. K. TRIPATHI  , PADMAKAR TRIPATHI
Published: February 2022

Impact of climatic parameters on grain yield of rice cultivars under three dates of transplanting (30th June, 15th July and 30th July) was assessed at Faizabad Uttar Pradesh using calibrated and validated CERES-Rice model by incremental change in climatic parameters. The increase in sunshine duration and solar radiation caused increase in the yield and vice versa, while increase in maximum and minimum temperatures caused decrease in the yield. Among the sowing dates, the impact of sunshine duration under early transplanted rice (30th June) was higher than late transplanted rice (30th July). While the reverse trend was observed in case of solar radiation. The effect of maximum and minimum temperatures under early transplanted rice was also higher than that of late transplanted rice.
DEVELOPMENT OF CANE SUGAR (SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM) PRODUCTION WITH THE PRODUCTION FACTOR APPROACH IN BELANG MANCUNG VILLAGE, KETOL DISTRICT, ACEH CENTRAL REGENCY
Authors: Siregar Gustina , Andriansyah Putra Yudha , Putu Siantara Dewa , Indriyani Indah
Published: February 2022

The goal of this study was to see how much production parameters influenced sugarcane farming in Belang Mancung Village, Ketol District, Central Aceh Regency. The second goal is to determine whether or not the employment of production variables in sugarcane cultivation in Belang Mancung Village, Ketol District, Central Aceh Regency, is effective. The Cobbdouglass analysis method and the price efficiency approach were employed in this study's data analysis. The results of this study show that the computed F is more than the F table (1042,423 > 2,74) with the choice criterion to accept H1 and reject H0 simultaneously, based on regression analysis based on the F test.
HERMENUETIKA TERHADAP TAFSIR AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Padlan Muhammad , Naufal Khairi Muhammad , I Rahmat
Published: February 2022

Hermeneutics is one of the efforts to understand a text, but hermeneutics also leads to the interpretation of the Qur'an which looks at the aspects of contextual, historical, authorship, and socio-psychological directions when writing. Apart from the historical principle of hermeneutics itself, there are similarities between the well-known interpretation method in the classical Islamic era and several hermeneutical models. However, when this hermeneutics is applied to the Koran, there are opinions regarding hermeneutics, starting from those who are pro-hermeneutics and there are also those who are counter-hermeneutics. Those who are pro-hermeneutics argue that the hermeneutics of the Qur'an is necessary to suit the development and progress of the times, while those who are counter-hermeneutics in the Qur'an argue that the sacredness of the Qur'an will be lost when viewed from the point of view of hermeneutics itself.
SISTEMATIKA SIKLUS PENULISAN AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Hadi Saputra Muhda , Rahmad Rahmad
Published: February 2022

The codification of the Qur'an at the time of Usman bin Affan gave birth to the Ottoman Mushaf as a result. After the codification period, there was a heated discussion about the arrangement or order of the verses and letters in the Qur'an because the manuscripts compiled by Usman and his team were found to be different from the compositions of the verses and letters found in the manuscripts of other companions. The scholars agree on the tauqifiy of the arrangement of the verses of the Qur'an (in accordance with what was determined by the Prophet). Likewise, the arrangement of the letters in the Qur'an is understood as something that is tauqifiy from the prophet, although there are differences of opinion among the scholars, the arguments or arguments for the tauqifiy of the arrangement of the letters are stronger than the other 2 arguments which argue that the arrangement of the letters is ijtihadiy in its entirety or an opinion that states partly ijtihadiy and partly tauqif. Another discussion that arose was about the official Qur'an in Usman's manuscripts. The arguments and arguments put forward show that rasm al-Qur'an is a term for the pattern of writing al-Qur'an agreed upon by Usman not tauqifiy from the Prophet, following it is not obligatory, however, rasm of Usman still has to be used as a standard for writing patterns of the Qur'an .
HIKMAH ADANYA AYAT MUTASYABIHAT
Authors: Sairi Sairi , Syabri Syabri , Sapitra Muhammad
Published: February 2022

The Qur'an is a guide for mankind that lays the principal foundations in all matters of life and is a universal book, which is the main foundation of Muslims and a way of life for its adherents. This study has its own procedure so that it is considered that there is no difference in making scientific papers. According to Zed, (2008) the library method should not be underestimated, because this method is also a method that not only collects related theories but also analyzes the theoretical studies carried out. The details are caused by three things, namely: because of the ambiguity in pronunciation, in meaning, and in pronunciation and meaning. The mutasyabih verses require more efforts to reveal their meaning by being more active in studying, diligently studying so as to increase the reward for those who study them. is as opposed to the word muhkam, namely the verses of the Qur'an which contain ambiguity and complexity in understanding them. Allah sent down mutasyabihat verses to show their greatness, and to show humans to think and reveal their secrets. happens wisely, namely with mutual respect.
Political economy of HEI branding: Internationalization opportunities through virtual tour 360 UPNVJT
Authors: Aryani Maria Indira , Arviani Heidy , Suryanto Tri Lathif Mardi , Nugraha Erwin Cahya , Putra Bima Hermawan
Published: February 2022

A virtual tour is a digital feature that is increasingly easy to find everywhere due to technological advances that support daily life. During this pandemic, virtual tour features found their urgency as an essential promotion and branding. The focus of the study in this article is on the use of the Virtual Tour feature in higher education institutions (HEI) as a political economic means of branding, domestically and internationally. Digital browsing is intended to support visitors' understanding of the information and facilities of a higher education institution without having to visit the location physically. This study aims to review the differences in Virtual Tour features from various Virtual Tour services offered by multiple HEIs globally through observation of secondary data and analysis of survey results. This study aims to find the vital aspects of a high-quality Virtual Tour feature. The result is thus used to analyze and assess the readiness of the University of Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Jawa Timur Virtual Tour feature, also known as the Virtual Tour 360 UPNVJT. Secondary data analysis and survey results show that several elements are considered necessary in the best Virtual Tour feature service that is essential for branding and internationalization, thus contributing to HEI's political economy. However, not all higher education institutions implement these Virtual Tour features entirely and consistently. Likewise, Virtual Tour 360 UPNVJT has not fully implemented all these essential features but has implemented some of these aspects. This study concludes that the quality and completeness of a Virtual Tour features of an HEI is vital to ensure the quality of information delivered to HEI’s website visitors, one of the critical points of the political economy of higher education institutions.
International Finance, Accounting and Business Corporate
Authors: N. Laxmikant Srinivasan
Published: February 2022

This article explains how to avoid business scandals, fraud, and the organization's potential civil and criminal culpability. It is a corporate positive governance image that improves a company's reputation and makes it much better for investors, customers, and suppliers.
Non-Essential Training Partnerships and the Future of Employees
Authors: Rachit Srivastava
Published: February 2022

While non-essential training is rapidly gaining traction around the world, there are few studies and no good theory when it comes to non-essential training appearance in the literature. With the goal of bringing it on par with the required training. As a result of systematic literature evaluation, this paper aims to identify elements that, as well as theoretical gaps, and make recommendations for future research that affect employee participation in non-essential training programs.
Внутрішній контроль страхових компаній в сучасних умовах розвитку
Authors: Попова Л. В.
Published: February 2022

У статті досліджено особливості організації системи внутрішнього контролю в діяльності страхових компаніях. Внутрішній  контроль створюється з метою дотримання діяльності страховиків вимогам законодавства. Зосереджено увагу на тому, що внутрішній контроль страхової організації повинен поширюватися не тільки на страхову сферу, а й на сферу діяльності, яка здійснюється в зв'язку зі страховою діяльністю, тобто в зв'язку з інвестиційною діяльністю страхової організації, оскільки розширилися можливості страховиків для активної участі на фондовому ринку і перетворення їх у важливих учасників інвестиційного процесу, якими страхові організації є майже в усьому світі. На нашу думку, введення служби внутрішнього контролю - це необхідність нинішнього етапу розвитку страхування в Україні. Розглянуто основні форми внутрішнього контролю в страхових організаціях, розкрито їх сутність. Досліджено основні напрями вдосконалення системи організації внутрішнього контролю в страхових організаціях. Зосереджено увагу на розвитку системи «Комплаєнс-контролю» в системі внутрішнього контролю страховиків.
Сутність категорії «ресурси»: теоретичні та практичні аспекти
Authors: Михайловська О. В.
Published: February 2022

У статті схарактеризовані різні підходи до трактування категорії «ресурси». Досліджена теоретична та практична проблематика місця та ролі ресурсів в господарській діяльності підприємств. Окреслено історію тлумачення сутності категорії «ресурси» і факторів їхньої здатності приносити прибуток. Наголошено на необхідності пошуку шляхів для підвищення ефективності використання обмежених ресурсів. Встановлено, що сьогодні актуальними залишаються питання недосконалості системи управління та використання власного ресурсного потенціалу галузей національного господарства. Зазначено, що основний зміст визначень науковців щодо ресурсів співпадає, але існують деякі відмінності в описі структури складових елементів. Підкреслено, що ефективність функціонування та розвитку підприємств  досягається через оптимізацію складу і обсягів ресурсів, що формують фактори виробництва. З’ясовано, що категорію «ресурси» необхідно розглядати в різних напрямах (як загальна категорію, як загальноекономічну категорію; як категорію виробничо-господарської діяльності суб’єктів господарювання). Встановлено, що видів ресурсів існує безліч, що породжує класифікаційну проблему. Розкрито сутність природних, матеріальних, трудових та фінансових ресурсів. Констатовано, що ресурси як категорія виробничо-господарської діяльності – це всі блага, що надходять до системи забезпечення та, в разі потреби, перетворюються у фактори виробництва й, трансформуючись, надходять до системи споживання задля задоволення потреб споживачів та досягнення ефективності функціонування виробничо-господарських структур. Встановлено взаємозв’язок: «ресурси – ресурси економічні – фактори виробництва». Доведено, що діяльність, заснована на економічних ресурсах відіграє ключову роль в діяльності підприємств.
Напрями вдосконалення диверсифікації банківських послуг в сучасних умовах
Authors: Жаворонок А. В.
Published: February 2022

У статті розглядається процес диверсифікації банківських послуг, виокремлюються проблеми і перспективи розвитку лізингу та факторингу в Україні як наявних пріоритетних напрямів урізноманітнення нетрадиційних видів банківських послуг. Визначено, що виробляючи модернізацію кредитних продуктів банків, українські комерційні банки намагаються запозичувати успішні європейські бізнес-моделі і застосувати їх, однак це не найуспішніший варіант. Безумовно, необхідно спиратися на досвід створення різних фінансових сервісів Європи, США та Азії, ринку Private Banking & Wealth Management, щоб не повторити помилок. Однак створення нових кредитних продуктів буде успішним, якщо дані продукти будуть адаптовані саме для української банківської системи. Також виокремлено всі переваги кредитного овердрафту, Інтернет-посередництва, Інтернет-банкінгу, GSM-банкінгу, телефонного банкінгу, ко-брендінгу, call-центрів. Окрім цього визначено основні новації  карткових технологій – безконтактні електронні платежі за технологією PayPass від MasterCard та технологією NFC (Near Field Communication).
Дистанційне обслуговування юридичних осіб комерційними банками в Україні
Authors: Абрамова А. С.
Published: February 2022

У статті досліджено дистанційне обслуговування юридичних осіб комерційними банками в Україні. Визначено, що їх обслуговування являється пріоритетним напрямком розвитку комерційних банків на основі переліку аргументованих фактів. Зазначені негативні тенденції погіршення стану банківської інфраструктури обслуговування корпоративних клієнтів. Акцентовано увагу на сучасних вітчизняних напрямках розвитку дистанційного банківського обслуговування юридичних осіб. Виявлено основні труднощі їх банківського обслуговування. Виокремлено та аргументовано головні тенденції розвитку обслуговування досліджуваних суб’єктів на основі удосконалення компетенцій розробки цифрових систем, ІТ-ландшафтів, єдиного комунікаційного середовища банку, відкритості до зовнішніх інформаційних систем та єдиної біометричної системи.
Детермінанти удосконалення функціонування системи фінансового забезпечення розвитку лісового господарства в Україні
Authors: Дубина М. В. , Зінкевич О. В.
Published: February 2022

У статті розглянуто питання розвитку галузі лісового господарства та підвищення рівня фінансового забезпечення функціонування лісогосподарських підприємств. Зокрема, розглянуто загальні, економічні та фінансові заходи для активізації роботи окреслених суб’єктів підприємницької діяльності. Встановлено, що значною мірою розвиток окресленої галузі стримується відсутністю фінансової незалежності таких суб’єктів, що обумовлюється недостатнім фінансовим забезпеченням їх функціонування. З урахуванням цього у статті виокремлено та описано макросистемні та мікросистемні детермінанти підвищення рівня такого забезпечення. Обґрунтовано, що впровадження таких напрямів дозволить змінити діючу застарілу модель фінансування галузі лісового господарства, сприятиме впровадженню ринкових механізмів у роботу лісогосподарських підприємств та дозволить сформувати основу для впровадження моделі сталого лісокористування в Україні.
THE EFFECT OF BUDGET REFOCUSING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE REALIZATION OF THE APBD IN CENTRAL JAVA PROVINCE
Authors: Khatulistiwa Aerona
Published: February 2022

At the beginning of March 2020 there was a Covid-19 pandemic that hit Indonesia which eventually gave rise to several social restrictions policies for the community. In this case, several financial sectors are affected by the policy. In the context of handling the Covid-19 pandemic, there must be a budget refocusing or reallocation focused on handling Covid-19 in Indonesia. However, the refocusing effort that has been carried out in a short time has resulted in problems that have an impact on the realization of the reallocated budget (before the pandemic). In this regard, a government regulation policy in lieu of the Law is formed and issued which is the basis for the replacement of the Law on Regional Government. In this study, the researcher uses a qualitative descriptive method, which is a non-quantitative data collection and analysis method with the aim of exploring social relationships and a description of the reality experienced by the response, or what is commonly referred to as the problem formulation to be used to explore in depth research. The locus of this research is in Central Java Province, using secondary data sourced from several literature studies.
TEACHING WRITING USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM PLATFORM FOR VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Authors: Sianipar Davit Eben Ezer , Gultom Miranda Timor Leste
Published: February 2022

The objective of this research is to prevend the usefulness of the Google Classroom platform in the teaching writing for students of vocational level. The type of the research that researchers used in this research was experimental research. The subjects in this research were the students of XI TI in SMK Parbina Nusantara, Pematangsiantar. This class consists of 37 students. To collect the data, researchers conducted pre-test and post-test. The pre-test was carried out in the learning process before the researchers applied the Google Classroom, while in the implementation of the post-test, the researchers applied the use of Google Classroom first, then evaluated students’ writing skills. Based on the discovery results in this research, researchers found that Google Classroom is a useful media in teaching writing for vocational high school students.
IMPACT OF DESTINATION IMAGE ON REVISIT INTENTION MEDIATION ROLE BY OVERALL SATISFACTION PERSPECTIVE FROM SHOPPING DESTINATION IN BANDUNG, INDONESIA
Authors: Foster Bob , Sidharta Iwan
Published: February 2022

Currently, the tourism sector is a central issue in the growth of a country. Researchers have proven the critical role of the tourism sector in increasing state revenues through tourist visits, both domestic and foreign tourists. Several previous studies have shown the part of the destination image in increasing the revisit rates. However, multiple research models have differed variations in explaining the influence of the destination image on the tourists' loyalty to revisit shopping destinations. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of destination image on tourist revisit intention towards shopping tours in Bandung. The survey approach is used to answer the research objectives. The results prove there is an influence of the destination image on the tourists' revisit intention to shopping tours with 179 samples carried out simultaneously on several shopping tourist destinations in Bandung. Thus, the proper advice to improve the revisit intention is providing facilities and infrastructure as well as exciting experiences for the tourists.
COMPETENCE OF COOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATORS
Authors: Riadi Farid
Published: February 2022

Competence is an essential part of completing the organization's tasks that need to be achieved by individuals in the organization. This study aims to determine the description of the competence of cooperative management. The researcher used a survey approach to find out the description of the competence of the cooperative management. Respondents in this study were 318 members of cooperatives in the organizational environment in the city of Bandung. The study results illustrate that the competence of the management is in the reasonably good category. However, there are still weak aspects that illustrate that the competencies of members and leaders do not fully have the expected competencies, such as behavior that reflects competence in the field of cooperatives, which is still very rarely found in members and also cooperative management apart from the way members think, and also leaders in determining actions for cooperatives felt to be still not fully optimized. Therefore, researchers recommend that efforts improve cooperative behavior within the leadership by appointing cooperative administrators who have the characteristics needed to lead cooperatives. Their outpouring of hearts, thoughts, and behavior can describe a strong character.
Instructional Content and Quality of Business Studies Textbook in Secondary School in Kenya
Authors: Getahun Bekele  Sarah , Amollo Odundo Paul , Kamau Mwangi  John , Lilian Ganira Khavugwi
Published: February 2022

Adequately planned business studies textbook promotes effective independent learning among learners yielding achievement of learning outcome for sustained academic results. Business textbook represents potentially implemented curriculum as its vehicle through which intended content of curriculum is availed to learner encouraging actualization of learning objectives. However, instructional information that does not facilitate realization of specific objectives may limit knowledge construction degrading learner’s mean score in business studies. The study adopted exploratory research design through quantitative and qualitative approach to data collection and analysis. Counts, percentages, means, standard deviations, Chi square tests and content analysis were used for data analysis. Cross tabulation results indicated that instructional content significantly influence quality of textbook implying that appropriate instructional information supports achievement of learning for prolonged learning experience. Further analysis showed that presentation style, learner cognition and visual representation influence quality of instruction content encouraging learning. Therefore, it is recommended that educational material incorporated in business textbook be relevant to learner cognition to accelerate learning.
A Jew’s Fate in Eurasian Space: Between Hatred and Misunderstanding. Role of Mikhail Vygon‘s Legacy in Understanding Persecution of Jews in Crimea in Twentieth Century
Authors:   Belgorod State University, Moskovkin Vladimir M.
Published: February 2022

In the article, I investigate the role of prosaic oeuvres and memoirs of the famous but now forgotten Yalta-born writer, public figure and teacher of Jewish origin Mikhail Josifovich Vygon (1924-2011), in the reconstruction of the Jewish genocide in Crimea by Nazi criminals during the Great Patriotic War, as well as the later political oppression of Jews in the Soviet Union. An especial attention is paid to Vygon’s testimony of atrocities of the Russians and Ukrainians to the Jews during the German occupation of Crimea. As a result of studying the unpublished works of Vygon, I conclude that the Yalta writer was pessimistic about the future fate of the Jews in Eurasia. Only the formation of the State of Israel in 1948, according to Vygon, where he emigrated in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, put an end to the almost universal political, cultural and social persecution of the Jewish nation in Eurasia.
Unobvious and Hidden Parallels in Eurasian Legal and Cultural Space: Can Singaporean Experience Be Used in Russia?
Authors:   National University of Singapore, Meifeng Ng , Flora Jia Li Wong ,   Macau University of Science and Technology, Chan Yeung ,   Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Sharov Konstantin S. ,   Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: February 2022

Once Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Founding father of the modern State of Singapore, offered the Singapore’s political experience to Vladimir Putin during their meeting. He was not heard and Putin claimed that Russia must have its own way in Eurasia, dissimilar with the Singapore’s one. Almost twenty years have passed since those times. Russian political elites did not opt to learn anything from the Singapore’s socio-political experience. Now Russia faces the situation to be disregarded as a Eurasian power and thrown at the border of new Eurasian communication routes withal. An analysis of possibilities to use Singapore’s rich legal and cultural achievements in the modern socio-political Russian realities, is proposed in the paper.
New Cultivars
Authors: Fisch Alexander , Conner Jimmy
Published: February 2022

The cultivars Sarracenia ‘Sarramphor’ and Sarracenia ‘Wizzleberry Toad’ are described.
Growing Genlisea
Authors: Corino Rita
Published: February 2022

Life history details of Genlisea via cultivation.
When three become two: Drosera coalara links Drosera citrina with Drosera nivea
Authors: Krueger Thilo Alexander , Fleischmann Andreas
Published: February 2022

The pygmy sundews (Drosera section Bryastrum) are the second-largest group of Australian Drosera in terms of species number following the tuberous sundews. According to the latest revisions (Fleischmann et al. 2018; Robinson et al. 2018) they currently comprise 51 species in southwest Western Australia and six named natural hybrids (Lowrie 2014; Lowrie et al. 2017). Within the pygmy Drosera, a wide range of flower colors can be found, ranging from pure white, various shades of pink, metallic orange, and red to yellow colors, quite often with bi- or rarely even tricolored petals (Lowrie 1989; Robinson et al. 2018). The color combination of lime yellow petals with white base has thus far been considered to be unique to D. citrina (Lowrie & Carlquist 1992; Lowrie 2014; Lowrie et al. 2017).
New cultivars
Authors: Lipinski Brian , Heath Craig , Wang Stephen , Rubnitz Mark , Srba Miroslav , King Michael , Taerwe Laurent , Bogdanov Ivan
Published: February 2022

Six new carnivorous plant cultivars are named and described: Cephalotus ‘OG Black’, Dionaea ‘CCCP Tasmanian Devil’, Heliamphora ‘Scylla’, Pinguicula ‘Razzberry Blonde’, Sarracenia ‘Atlas 5’, Sarracenia ‘Christophe Maerten’
Pinguicula antarctica Vahl and/or Pinguicula nahuelbutensis Gluch in the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, Chile
Authors: Casper S. Jost
Published: February 2022

Two Pinguicula species occur in the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, región Biobio, Chile: the Magellanic moorland herb P. antarctica Vahl (= P. chilensis Gay) and the Central Cordilleran high-Andean herb P. nahuelbutensis Gluch (= P. chilensis auct. non Gay; = P. australandina Gluch).
Drosera filiformis Raf. forma viridis J.Ksepka f. nov
Authors: Ksepka Jason
Published: February 2022

Drosera filiformis Raf. f. virdis J.Ksepka, an anthocyanin-free variant of Drosera filiformis from New Jersey, USA, is described.
New cultivars
Authors: Bunclark Steve , Ziemer Bob , Smith Andy , Weijie Ding
Published: February 2022

Four new carnivorous plant cultivars are named and described: Pinguicula ‘Eye Spy’, Sarracenia purpurea f. luteola ‘Super-duper’, Heliamphora ‘Cyclops’, Dionaea ‘Stove Fire’.
Small Butterwort (Pinguicula pumila) in its natural habitat
Authors: Bradford John , Rogers George
Published: February 2022

Two wild populations of Small Butterwort (Pinguicula pumila, Lentibulariaceae) were studied during its 2019/2020 late autumn–spring flowering season in Palm Beach County, Florida. The rare yellow-flowered form known primarily from Southwest Florida turned up in East Florida. Except possibly for 19th century literature we were unable to examine, stigmatic curling in response to touch is first reported for Pinguicula. Diverse Dipteran and Hymenopteran floral visitors were observed. Previous indications that spontaneous self-pollination is rare to none in this and related species, especially with reference to cultivated plants, were consistent with our results using insect exclosures on wild plants, whereas open-pollinated flowers made fruits and seeds abundantly. In our area the known populations are all spotty and small, in wet-then-dry disturbed habitats.
Evidence for motile suction traps in Utricularia westonii from Utricularia subgenus Polypompholyx
Authors: Poppinga Simon , Pezzotta Marco , Fleischmann Andreas
Published: February 2022

Here we report that traps of Utricularia westonii from Utricularia sect. Tridentaria are working with a very effective suction mechanism, which was revealed and recorded during feeding experiments with cultivated specimen.
Βαθαίνοντας το Διχασμό: COVID, Θρησκεία, Πολιτική και Επιστήμη στην Ελλάδα
Authors: Μητραλέξης Σωτήρης
Published: February 2022

Αντί για εποχή ενότητας και αλληλεγγύης, η συνεχιζόμενη πανδημία της COVID-19 έχει απο-δειχθεί εποχή διχόνοιας, εποχή επιδείνωσης των διχασμών της Ελλάδας μετά από μια δεκαετία κρίσεων — με το φάσμα να επεκτείνεται από την πολιτική έως την θρησκεία, και ακόμη περισ-σότερο, την δημόσια συζήτηση περί θρησκείας. Το παρόν άρθρο προσφέρει μια εποπτεία των πρόσφατων εξελίξεων (α) διερευνώντας το πώς η ελληνική κυβέρνηση εργαλειοποίησε την επιστήμη στη δημόσια σφαίρα, (β) εξετάζοντας την στάση της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας της Ελλά-δας, (γ) επισκοπώντας ενδεικτικά τις εξελίξεις στο θέμα «COVID-19 και θρησκεία» που δεν καλύφθηκαν από τα παραπάνω, και εν τέλει (δ) συζητώντας την ασυμφωνία μεταξύ των δύο πεδίων αναζήτησης, σε μια απόπειρα να την εξηγήσει.
To Stay Safe Walking, Follow the Rules of the Road: Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in the Setting of Myocardial Infarction, a Case Report
Authors: Ebnerasouli Shahrokh , Aminnejad Reza , Hoseini Amini Mohammad Reza , Zeynolabedin Seyedeh Maryam
Published: February 2022

: Meany factors lead to myocardial infarction in a pregnant woman, resulting in the increasing prevalence of women with cardiac diseases during pregnancy. There are special considerations for anesthetic care under this condition. This report presents a 40-year-old woman admitted for emergent cesarean section due to acute myocardial infraction (AMI). Providing safe and balanced anesthesia while managing cardiac events was challenging; however, it was performed in accordance with standard anesthesiologic rules.
Upper Limb Ischemia Following COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
Authors: Arabi Mohsen , Heidari Beigvand Hazhir , Samimagham HamidReza , Salimi Nastaran , Kazemi Jahromi Mitra
Published: February 2022

Introduction: COVID-19 infection can cause a wide range of complications, from respiratory infection to skin rashes. Case Presentation: Here, we report a case of a 73-year-old woman with left brachial artery thrombosis 2 weeks after the onset of COVID-19 infection, leading to left upper limb ischemia. Conclusions: Given the life-changing nature of limb ischemia that can lead to amputation, it is crucial to consider it from the beginning of COVID-19 infection and think of preventive measures in this pandemic.
Severe Itchy Extensive Psoriasis Vulgaris Provoked by Tramadol
Authors: Abu El-Hamd Mohammed , Aboeldahab Soha
Published: February 2022

: To the best of our knowledge, we are reporting the first case of psoriasis vulgaris in which the lesions became extensive with marked itching and resistance to traditional lines of treatment after the use of tramadol. Thus, tramadol may be a new drug exacerbating psoriasis vulgaris that should be avoided. Tramadol increases the severity of psoriasis vulgaris and induces marked itching in this patient.
Comparison of Two Statistical Models for Predicting Mortality in COVID-19 Patients in Iran
Authors: Nopour Raoof , Erfannia Leila , Mehrabi Nahid , Mashoufi Mehrnaz , Mahdavi Abdollah , Shanbehzadeh Mostafa
Published: February 2022

Background: Today, the COVID-19 pandemic is ever-increasingly challenging healthcare systems globally with many uncertainties and ambiguities regarding disease behavior and outcome prediction. Thus, machine learning (ML) algorithms could be potentially demanding to tackle these challenges. Objectives: The present study aimed to construct and compare two prediction models based on statistical and computational ML algorithms to predict mortality in COVID-19 hospitalized patients and, finally, adopt the best-performing algorithm, accordingly. Methods: Having considered a single-center registry, we scrutinized 482 records of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalized patients admitted from February 9, 2020, to December 20, 2020. The most important clinical parameters for COVID-19 mortality prediction were identified using the Phi coefficient technique. In the next step, two statistical and computational ML models, ie, logistic regression (LR) and artificial neural network (ANN), were evaluated through the metrics derived from the confusion matrix. Results: Predictive models were trained using 16 validated features. The results indicated that the best performance pertained to the ANN classifier with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 0.96, a negative predictive value (NPV) of 0.86, the sensitivity of 0.94, specificity of 0.94, and accuracy of 0.93. Conclusions: According to the results, ANN predicted mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with an acceptable level of accuracy. Therefore, it would be extremely reasonable to develop intelligent decision support systems to early detect high-risk patients, helping clinicians come up with proper interventions.
Rethinking the Mob: An Analysis of Hannah Arendt’s Concept of the Mob
Authors: Verstegen Casper ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: February 2022

Hannah Arendt’s concept of the mob has long been neglected. This paper aims to shine new light on the concept. It focusses on the mob’s role in Origins of Totalitarianism, as one of the key components in the rise of totalitarianism. First, this paper analyses Arendt’s definition of the mob. Next, it traces the mob’s origins, its growing influence, and two major ideological predispositions: tribal nationalism and rebellious nihilism. After further differentiation from Arendt’s concept of the masses, using the concept of the mob, the paper counters Robert Paxton’s objection to theories of atomized societies leading to fascism.
What Are Hermeneutic Character Virtues and Vices? Four Ambiguous Tendencies in Gadamer’s Hermeneutic Retrieval of Phronēsis
Authors: Tarantino Giancarlo ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: February 2022

Gadamer’s retrieval of phronēsis lies at the heart of his philosophical hermeneutics. This paper argues that this retrieval requires a co-retrieval of what Aristotle referred to as character virtue, and that Gadamer’s work largely neglects this. In part one, I review Aristotle’s analysis of the relationship between phronēsis and character virtue. In part two, I show how Gadamer’s double insistence on the importance of phronēsis for his hermeneutics and on taking responsibility for concepts generates the requirement of a co-retrieval of character virtues and vices. Following this, I then survey four ambiguous tendencies in Gadamer’s work that seem to militate against such a retrieval. I conclude with some remarks for future work.
Is it possible to apply individual treatments in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia?
Authors: Mihaljević Bljana , Todorović Milena , Bila Jelena , Antić Darko
Published: February 2022

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common form of leukemia in adults. This disease can be defined as a clonal disease of unknown etiology characterized by progressive accumulation of functionally incompetent B lymphocytes in the blood, lymph nodes, spleen and bone marrow. In clinical practice, substantial variability can be noticed in the course of CLL. Some patients are asymptomatic at the time of the diagnosis and do not need to be treated for a long time. On the other hand, there are subgroups with rapid disease progression and early resistance to therapy. Identifying the optimal timing and the type of first - line treatment is a major issue in CLL. This paper discusses treatment approaches according to individual risk profiles. While it is important to have prognostic markers, it is also critical to account for the difference between prognostic and predictive markers. A prognostic factor is a situation, condition or characteristic of a patient that can be used to estimate the outcome of the disease irrespective of the treatment given. Treatment response variable is an important difference when it comes to a predictive factor. A predictive factor is a condition or finding that predicts the differential efficacy of a particular therapy based on marker status (i.e. patients with presence or absence of a specific marker will respond differently to a specific treatment). Most factors associated with giving prognosis in CLL have not been proven yet to be a predictive impact. The current therapeutic approach reflects clinical trial reality although many CLL patients present with comorbidities and advanced age. Therefore we need to mark the significance of patients' tailored therapy aimed at avoiding treatment complications.
Surgical procedures in treating diabetic foot
Authors: Vučetić Čedomir , Vučković Sonja , Tulić Goran , Manojlović Radovan , Ille Mihailo , Ilić Marko , Bumbaširević Marko
Published: February 2022

Nowadays complications of diabetes mellitus are very often the main cause of the most serious diseases and disabilities. Changes caused by diabetes are the most common cause of lower limb amputations in adults. Surgical treatment of complications is usually a radical treatment chosen in complicated situations when there is no other possibility. Taking etiopathogenesis of diabetic foot into consideration, it is clear that surgery is present in every stage of the changes that appear on diabetic foot. Surgical techniques for treating the foot deformities which lead to ulceration or cause trophic changes are applied in order to prevent complications. The treatment of acute stages includes surgical procedures such as incision, drainage, necrectomy and debridement. Reconstructive procedures are applied in the case of remission in acute phases or in the case of chronic ulcers: surgical reconstructive techniques for closing or covering the persistent defect of the skin and foot parts. Today, amputations are not the first choice in the case of diabetic foot, although they are still very common. The aim of this study is to review different surgical procedures which are used for prevention and treatment of diabetic foot complications. The method used in this study is the review of clinical cases and outcomes of surgical treatment in: 1. preulcerative phases, 2. phases of acute inflammation, 3. phases of chronic ulceration and infection, with or without satisfactory circulation and 4. specificities of amputation surgery in the case of reduced tissue vitality, significant comorbidity and limited regenerative potential. The results indicate that selective surgical approach and differentiated therapy in relation to various stages of diabetic foot have an impact on prevention, in the way that they reduce and delay the development of ulcers, reduce disability, improve the quality of life and reduce the number of amputations. A well - timed, appropriate surgical procedure in different phases of the changes that appear on diabetic foot, shortens the healing process, reduces further complications, enables function saving in the case of amputations on the foot level and enables saving patients' life in the case of amputations under and above the knee. Surgical treatment has its place in every phase of diabetic foot. Surgical procedure is chosen according to the noticed problem with an aim of treating and preventing further complications.
N1 and N2 metastases frequency depending on the degree of differentiation of non-microcelular lung cancer
Authors: Grbić Kemal , Grubor Predrag , Grbić Emir
Published: February 2022

The most significant individual prognostic factor for those suffering from NSCLC is cancer invasion of regional lymph nodes, which depends on pathomorphological characteristics of the primary disease. Cellular and histological atopy of the changed tissue means good predispositions for an early lymph invasion and lymphonodular metastasizing. The aim of the paper: a standard statistical analysis which includes frequency of the degree of malignant change differentiation, metastasizing in stages N1 and N2 and the statistical dependence of the mentioned variables. Patients and methods: a retrospective analysis covered 331 patients who underwent a surgical procedure after they had been diagnosed with NSCLC and it was also based on the definite pathohistological postresectional results which included the above mentioned characteristics in a descriptive manner. Results: the average age of the total number of patients was 62.69 ± 7.47. Males were more numerous than females (4.7:1). There was a significant statistic correlation between the development of the disease and the age (ch 2 test = 493.65; p< 0.05), as well as a significant difference of age in relation to gender (p< 0.05). G2 stage of the disease was the most frequent, with participation of 58.00%, and there was a significant statistical correlation between developing the disease and the level of differentiation ( ch 2 test= 248.13; p<0.05). The invasion of the node N1 was 44.61% and of N2 4.53%. There was a statistically significant correlation between N1 and N2 metastases and the level of differentiation of cancer (ch 2 test =24.74; p=0.00 vs. ch 2 test = 16.37; p=0.01). Conclusion: the domination of G2 stage and statistically significant correlation between the levels of differentiation and regional lymphonodular invasion.
Pathological elongations of the carotid arteries: Etiopathogenesis and clinical manifestations
Authors: Stanić Sanja , Sotirović Vuk , Tanasković Slobodan , Aleksić Nikola , Radak Đorđe
Published: February 2022

Kinking and coiling of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is a special pathomorphological and pathophysiological entity within the cerebrovascular pathology. Coiling is attributed to a congenital origin and it is generally asymptomatic, in contrast to kinking, which is mainly associated with atherosclerosis and causes transitory ischemic attacks. Hemodynamic measurements show a significant reduction or even complete transient interruption of the flow due to kinking/coiling ICA in certain positions of the head. There is no statistically significant connection between kinking ICA and large neurological events, but there is a statistically significant correlation between the occurrence of kinking and transient vascular disorders. Extension of the head with ipsi - contralateral rotation emphasizes the importance of kinking and provokes the appearance of the symptoms.