bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Smart buildings for smart cities: Analysis of the Smart Readiness Indicator
Authors: Athanasaki Stella , Tsikaloudaki Katerina
Published: April 2022

Subject of this study is the analysis of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), as well as its application for a residential building in Greece. The indicator, which was firstly introduced in the revised EPBD in 2018, assesses the buildings’ smart readiness through the examination of the presence and the evaluation of the functionality level of smart services. Its goal is the promotion of buildings that are energy efficient, adaptive to their users’ needs, and flexible in respect of their electricity demand, according to the three key - functionalities, as stated by the Directive. A smart building is not only characterized by its sustainability but also by its adaptiveness to the environmental conditions and its users’ preferences. Smart buildings are a basic component of smart cities, which utilize a great range of smart technologies aiming at the improvement of their citizens’ lives. The Smart Readiness Indicator as well as the sub indicators evaluate the smart buildings using a multicriteria assessment method, which is thoroughly described in this paper. Finally, the indicators’ calculation is executed for a residential building in Greece leading to results, which are discussed along with identified methodology shortcomings and difficulties.
Australian Remote Education Tutors and Universities: Proposed Innovative Partnerships for Credentialling Adult Supervisors of School Students Enrolled in Distance Education
Authors:   University of Southern Queensland, McLennan Brad , Peel Karen , Burnett Elizabeth ,   Australian Geographically Isolated Learner Education, Danaher Patrick ,   University of Southern Queensland
Published: April 2022

Currently, an almost exclusively female workforce provides the government mandated adult supervision of Australian primary and secondary school students enrolled in distance education, including geographically isolated learners. These Remote Education Tutors (RETs) include unpaid family support providers and externally employed governesses and home tutors who are paid by the children's families. This crucial position has no prerequisite qualifications, which in turn generates occupational invisibility and an absence of recognised career pathways for the individuals fulfilling the responsibilities of this role. In response, we propose innovative partnerships for credentialling the experiences and effectiveness of Australian RETs, in order to recognise their professional status and to contribute to a sustainable rural education workforce. Such credentialling will entail dynamic and mutually responsive collaborations among the distance education stakeholders, including the tutors, the children's families and the universities charged with administering such credentialling. Evidence to support this proposal is provided by selected data from a 2021 national survey completed by 575 current and former RETs in most Australian States and Territories. These data underwent descriptive analysis that elicited four themes that encapsulated key elements of the RETs' lives and contexts: career pathways, economic disadvantage, gender roles, and educational equity. This account framed by Cardini' s (2006) politicised conceptualisation of partnerships highlights both the urgency and the complexity of envisaging and enacting situationally responsive rural communityuniversity collaborations to support this vital yet invisible segment of the Australian educational workforce.
Peran Trading Volume Activity Pada Pengaruh Pengumuman Stock Split dan Volatilitas Saham Terhadap Actual Return
Authors: Azzahrah Rizka
Published: April 2022

The goal of this study is to discover how stock split announcements and stock volatility affect actual stock returns when trading volume activity (TVA) is used as an intermediary variable. All registered firms on the Indonesia Stock Exchange that implemented a stock split policy in the period of 2015 to 2020 were included in the experiment's population. The 33 samples of companies were obtained as samples in the study using the purposive sampling method. To evaluate the intervening factors, the hypothesis was examined using multiple linear regression models and path analysis. Stock splits and TVA had no effect on actual stock returns, but stock volatility did. Stock splits have a large beneficial effect on TVA, whereas stock volatility has little effect. The TVA cannot be used as a moderator in the relationship between stock split and volatility on actual return. Other variables, such as stock volatility and TVA, are purposed to be included by future researchers in order to better clarify the stock return variable as a whole.
The The Role of the Teenage Ta'lim Assembly in Establishing the Morality of Youth
Authors: Bahagia Bahagia , Wibowo Rimun , Nurasiyah Siti , Naskiyah Naskiyah
Published: April 2022

Taklim assembly is classified as an association outside of school to shape the morals of teenagers. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the taklim assembly in shaping the morals of teenagers. At the same time to find the contribution of the taklim assembly in shaping the morals of youth. The research method used is descriptive qualitative approach. Determination of the sample as the object of research using a purposive technique. The results showed that the Majelis taklim was very effective in improving the morals of teenagers because the Majelis taklim as a forum or place for teenagers to gain knowledge about morals and worship in religion. Another finding is that the taklim assembly carries out various moral developments for adolescents starting from providing motivation to adolescents, developing quality youth resources such as teaching social morals according to Islamic teachings, inviting youth as administrators of the taklim assembly and carrying out religious counseling. At the same time providing an example or example for teenagers to follow the example of the teachers in the taklim assembly. In the economic field, youth have been involved in youth empowerment activities such as making dish soap, deodorizing clothes and vehicle lubricants.
Analysis of The Influence of Attitudes and Perceptions on Decisions to Use Sharia Fintech Peer to Peer Lending in Indonesia with Satisfaction As an Intervening Variable
Authors: Arseto Dedy Dwi , Soemitra Andri
Published: April 2022

This study aims to examine the Influence of Attitudes and Perceptions on Decisions to Use Sharia Fintech Peer To Peer Lending in Indonesia. With Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable. Data analysis in this research is quantitative analysis using Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis test tool. The object of this research is Peer To Peer Lending Syariah Fintech users in Indonesia. The sample was taken using the proportioned cluster sampling method, where the sample taken was only Sharia peer-to-peer (P2P) fintech users up to 100 samples. From the results of the research conducted, it shows that Attitudes, Perceptions affect the satisfaction of Fintech Syariah Peer To Peer Lending in Indonesia. Satisfaction affects the decision to use Sharia Fintech Peer To Peer Lending in Indonesia. Attitude influences the satisfaction of Fintech Syariah Peer To Peer Lending in Indonesia. Perception does not affect the decision to use Sharia Fintech Peer To Peer Lending in Indonesia. Satisfaction can mediate the relationship between attitudes towards the decision to use Sharia Fintech Peer To Peer Lending in Indonesia. Satisfaction can mediate the relationship between perceptions of decisions to use Sharia Fintech Peer To Peer Lending in Indonesia.
Hubungan Dinamis Antara Volume Perdagangan Saham, Nilai Tukar, Jakarta Islamic Indeks dengan Indeks LQ45 Menggunakan Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Di Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode 2017-2020
Authors: Arfah Yenni , Soemitra Andri
Published: April 2022

This study aims to determine the short-term effect of the relationship between Stock Trading Volume, Exchange Rate, Jakarta Islamic Index, and LQ45 Index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2020 period. The population in this study is 208 time series data by including the entire population into the sample, which is 208 time series data. VECM is one of the econometric models used in analyzing the data in this study. Based on the research the hypothesis is accepted because the variables of Jakarta Islamic Index and LQ45 stock trading volume have an effect, while other variables do not, so the hypothesis is rejected.Keywords : Stock Trading Volume, Exchange Rate, Jakarta Islamic Index, LQ45 Index, VECM
Pengaruh Perputaran Kas, Struktur Modal, Perputaran Persediaan, Asset Growth Dan Total Asset Turnover terhadap Profitabilitas
Authors: Nafi'ah Jihan , Wiyono Gendro , Kusumawardhani Ratih
Published: April 2022

This study aims to analyze the effect of Cash Turnover, Capital Structure (DER), Inventory Turnover, Asset Growth and Total Asset Turnover (TATO) on Profitability (ROA). The type of research used is quantitative research. The sampling method in this study used a purposive sampling technique. The sample used is 5 automotive and component companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2012-2019. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis method and classical assumption test obtained using SPSS version 25 program. The results showed that cash turnover partially had a negative and significant effect on profitability (ROA), capital structure (DER) partially had a positive and significant effect. on profitability (ROA), inventory turnover partially negative and significant effect on profitability (ROA), asset growth partially positive and significant effect on profitability (ROA) and total asset turnover (TATO) partially positive and significant effect on profitability (ROA ). The results of the study simultaneously show that the variables of cash turnover, capital structure (DER), inventory turnover, asset growth and total asset turnover (TATO) have a positive and significant effect on profitability (ROA).

Keywords: Cash Turnover, DER, Inventory Turnover, Asset Growth, TATO, ROA
Faktor-Faktor Bauran Pemasaran yang Mempengaruhi Loyalitas Pelanggan Berdasarkan Aspek-Aspeknya
Authors: Uliyah Mustati' , Sulistyawati Lisa
Published: April 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of product, price, promotion, distribution, people, process, and physical evidence on customer loyalty, either partially and simultaneously. The population in this study are GoFood customers in Gresik who are limited by certain criteria. The sample used in this study was 100 respondents using a non-probability sampling technique with a purposive sampling approach. Collecting data in this study using a questionnaire via google form. The data testing methods used are Validity Test, Reliability Test, Classical Assumption Test, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, T Test, and F Test. Based on the results of the study, it can be seen that the results of this study indicate that the variables of Price, Promotion, Distribution, Process, Physical Evidence partially have a significant effect on Customer Loyalty. Product and Person variables partially have no significant effect on Customer Loyalty. Then the variables of Product, Price, Promotion, Distribution, People, Process, and Physical Evidence simultaneously have a significant effect on customer loyalty.
Inscriptions on the African Body: Alice Walker’s 'Possessing the Secret of Joy'
Authors: Cogeanu Oana
Published: April 2022

The final novel of Alice Walker’s African trilogy, Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992), stands out within Walker’s writing as the literary text that comes closest to political activism. This paper aims at analyzing the inscription of/on the African woman’s body in Possessing the Secret of Joy by close reading the major episodes in the novel related to the experience of female circumcision in Africa and the search for psychological healing in Europe and the United States. The analysis suggests that Alice Walker constructs two archetypes of female complicity with patriarchy, “the betraying mother” and “the betrayed daughter”, and has them destroy themselves and each other because of their belief in, and questioning of, ritual female circumcision. The paper highlights that the novel’s campaign against this problematic aspect of traditional African culture represents a serious literary and political challenge, contributing to a demystification of romanticized African-American representations of Africa.
Regarding Wounded Bodies on the Killing Fields of the Cinema,
Authors: Welsh James M.
Published: April 2022

In her book Trauma Cinema (2005), Janet Walker is primarily interested in films that adopt catastrophe as their subject matter and trauma as their aesthetic in documentary treatments of incest and the Holocaust; but she also examines the classic Hollywood melodrama King’s Row, adapted from a book “spiced with harlots, idiots, nymphomaniacs and homosexuals,” concerning “three fathers who become sexually enamored of their daughters,” as well as “a sadistic doctor who performs unnecessary operations for the gloating pleasure of seeing his patients suffer to the human breaking point, and a whole horde of half-witted, sensual creatures preoccupied with sex” (to quote a contemporary review of the perverse source novel). Walker was especially interested in alterations deemed necessary in order to get the project past the Production Code, which certainly would have prohibited incest. We are interested in later standards that became less stringent in permitting screen representations of sex and violence after such groundbreaking pictures as Arthur Penn’s Bonnie & Clyde and Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, particularly the popular and critical success of Francis Coppola’s The Godfather during the 1970s and its sequel, The Godfather, Part II —both of them brutal films when judged against earlier gangster pictures which, before 1968, could not have been so explicit and graphic. We will also discuss 1970s violence in the context of the Vietnam War—notably Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and Oliver Stone’s Platoon and Born on the 4th of July, in an attempt to explain America’s demonstrable fascination with violence.
Noun+Noun Constructions in Written Romanian: What Do 'escrocii internet', 'Tribunalul Timiş' and 'preşedintele SIF' Have in Common?
Authors: Trașcă Luminița Irinel
Published: April 2022

In this paper I present corpus-based results that attest a recent syntactic change in written Romanian styles. Statistical analyses of various patterns of noun + noun constructions that were automatically extracted from the “Evenimentul” corpus (ca. 37 million words, time span: 1999-2003) demonstrate a trend towards linguistic economization in the noun phrase, manifested as a simplification of syntactic components (through the omission of prepositions or genitives), and at the same time as a complexification of logical relations between the nouns. This trend may have its source in the “wooden language” at work during the communist regime (that is to say, a language-internal drift during the second half of the 20th century). More recently, this tendency has been abundantly reinforced by the transfer of typologically determined juxtaposed constructions from lingua franca English, which has had a major influence not only on contemporary Romanian lexis and morphology (cf. Constantinescu et al. 2002), but also on syntax.
The Meaning of Silence: The Silence of the Oppressed in Maya Angelou’s I Know 'Why the Caged Bird Sings' and Zora Neale Hurston’s 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' and 'Jonah’s Gourd Vine'
Authors: Matei Anca-Beatrice
Published: April 2022

The paper explores the meaning of silence in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Jonah’s Gourd Vine. The short, introductory section entitled The meaning of silence: some theoretical considerations defines the concept of silence from a feminist perspective and tries to determine its causes and consequences. While mainly intended to suggest some forms of silence, it also contrasts the meaning of silence to that of language, emphasizing their power to both relieve pain and cause spiritual and physical death. The silence of the oppressed examines sexism and racism as causes of silence and renders a person’s emergence from silence to speech not only possible, but also enriching. It further points out that although silence may, indeed, create the illusion of self-protection, it does not help establish a network of support, nor does it make psychological scars disappear. Rather, like a boomerang, it turns against the very individual who has chosen its course, deepening his or her crisis and perpetuating precisely that which it is supposed to resist.
Implementing Project-Based Instruction for Students With Low English Proficiency: A Classroom Scenario
Authors: Chaichompoo Chalermchai
Published: April 2022

This quasi-experiment investigation was aimed at implementing project-based instruction into an English for Science course at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, Thailand. The endeavor was conducted in the first semester, 2012, with 112 students in two classes. The students were of very low English proficiency levels and were lowly motivated to study the language. The textbook used in this investigation was a compilation from various sources and the topics included topic selection, main idea, note-taking and paraphrasing, summarizing, synthesizing data, writing an outline, and oral presentation. It was found that the students were able to carry out the instructional steps and the final project of each group. What was surprising was that they were happy to have studied the course and their attitude toward learning English was changed in a positive way. Their ability to deliver their projects at the end of the semester greatly enhanced their confidence, proficiencies and self-esteem.
Learning Styles in the English Classroom
Authors: Bălan Oana Mihaela
Published: April 2022

The article describes action research carried out in order to identify my students’ learning styles, to investigate the relationship between learning styles and language acquisition and to facilitate language progress through adequate class techniques. Teaching focused on the diversity of learning style s and multiple intelligences was consistently implemented after the interpretation of the data collected by various methods.
Using Metaphor in Teaching the Aspects of the Past Tense to Romanian Learners of English
Authors: Frențescu Adrian
Published: April 2022

Starting from the author’s belief that a single methodology does not ensure success for all learners, the paper offers a synthesis of teaching strategies from both traditional/explicit grammar and learner-centred/constructivist camps which incorporate metaphors of various types. The new instructional strategy proposed includes an explicit pedagogical grammar reference (in the form of a student’s portfolio), followed by rules and metaphors about the choice of tense-aspect. The paper explains in detail the abstract metaphor of “ the tree” (trunk/leaves/root) chosen to help students understand the relationship between the simple, continuous and perfect aspects of the past tense, as well as the symbols helping students visualize the usage of these aspects. There are also tasks for the students, making use of these metaphors designed to provide learners with multiple ways of learning aspect.
Processing of local wool fiber and technology of obtaining threads of mixed composition
Authors: Khаmraeva Sanovar , Giyasova Dilfuza , Kazakova Dilfuza
Published: April 2022

This article demonstrates the use of natural products, such as cotton stalk powder and laundry soap, in the processing of sheep's wool grown in Uzbekistan, which soften the sheep's wool and facilitate its blending with other fibers. At the same time, detailed information is provided that the local sheep wool fiber belongs to the group of coarse wool fibers, from which it is not suitable for the production of textile threads of medium linear density. There are scientifically substantiated results on the smoothness and breaking load of composite yarns in the spinning process, the tendency to elongation violates the requirements for composite yarns, the production of clothing fabrics. It is noted that the widespread use of research results in production allows expanding the range, increasing the production of competitive products and increasing export potential.
Patterns of Wind and Waves Along the Kenjeran Beach Tourism Areas in Surabaya, Indonesia
Authors: Prasita Viv Djanat , Permatasari Ima Nurmalia , Widagdo Supriyatno , Setiawan Fajar
Published: April 2022

Waves are movements of ups and downs of seawater that carry energy. This wave energy can erode the beach shore, including the Kenjeran Beach. The areas of eroded coast will depend on the magnitude of the energy of the waves. This research aimed to analyze wind and ocean waves for the management of coastal tourism areas, mainly related to visitor safety. This research used wind and wave data from BMKG obtained for ten years (2009–2018), and they were processed using Software ArcGis 9.3 and Software WRPOLT View 8.0.2. The statistical method used in this research was the Windrose method, which analyzed the wind direction and speed in a certain place and was the ratio of the wind blowing in each wind direction. The distribution of wind was intended to determine the significant wind speed and direction that have an effect in 10 years. The wind had an average speed of 5.31 m/s from 2009 to 2018. The variation in the dominant wind direction movement occurred in the range of 90° to 270°, but overall, the wind came from the East and Southeast. The highest ocean waves caused by wind in the Kenjeran tourism area were 0.8 m and occurred in 2014. It can be concluded that the wind and the ocean waves in the coastal tourism area of Kenjeran are relatively weak. Thus, in terms of security and safety for visitors, Kenjeran beach is very suitable for tourists.
Efficient Energy Optimization Routing for WSN Based on Even-Odd Scheduling
Authors: Iqbal Khan Muhammad Zafar , Abd Jalil Kamarularifin , Ibrahim Mohd Faisal
Published: April 2022

Several routing protocols are being developed and used to develop energy-efficient wireless sensor networks. The necessity of saving energy is the need for technology as well as the scarcity of conventional energy. The wireless sensor nodes are run on battery power with energy limitations; therefore, this study needs to develop wireless sensor networks that can be kept alive for a longer period. From a computer science point of view, a routing mechanism can help in the improvement of the network. This research aims to design and develop a routing protocol that utilizes less energy and keeps sensor networks alive for longer period while using limited energy. An efficient and intelligent even-odd scheduling-based routing protocol influenced by LEACH has been proposed to achieve this goal. During transmission, this protocol alternatively considers evenly or oddly indexed nodes. The concept in this approach is to keep the node into consideration when it is ready to send data and when it is in the queue. Any node that is not in the queue or does not have data will not consume any significant energy, and thus the whole network conserves energy after each transmission round.
A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on The Strategies of Managing Waste in Relative to Green Building (GB) Practice
Authors: Saarani Puteri Sidrotul Nabihah , Abdul Tharim Asniza Hamimi , Che Ahmad Asmalia , Mohamed Salleh Rozana
Published: April 2022

The construction industry is very important for a developing country, but the rapid development has caused an excessive generalization of solid construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Many solutions have been discovered to prevent C&D waste from destroying the environment—one of them being the implementation of ‘green building’ (GB) that focuses on construction activity that is best able to minimize pollution. Therefore, the strategies employed in waste management are becoming vital, especially in GB, as they must be able to cope with future sustainability developments. Hence, this paper attempts to review the strategies for waste management relative to green building practices. The systematic literature review (SLR) method was employed to achieve the aims and objectives of this research paper. Findings from the SLR indicate that construction waste can be minimized during the planning or design stage, the managing or construction period as well as demolition phase. C&D waste can be controlled by selecting the prefabricated materials, good site management skills that help with on-site coordination, communication, just-in-time (JIT) ordering and receiving of materials, training of workers that can be achieved by reducing C&D waste. Furthermore, the reusing and recycling of C&D waste during the construction period can be the strategies in managing waste. Besides that, in the aspect of GB practice, waste management can be controlled by applying sustainable operation, resources management, and environmental health in every decision-making throughout the development lifecycle.
Pulping Yield and Mechanical Properties of Unbeaten Bamboo Paper
Authors: Suhaimi Nur Musfirah , Mohd Hassan Nurul Husna , Ibrahim Rushdan , Jasmani Latifah
Published: April 2022

One way to minimize emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change is to reduce the use of wood as the main material for pulp and paper production. Therefore, non-woody plants such as bamboo can be alternatives as raw materials for pulp and paper. This study aims to determine the effect of the different bamboo species and age on the bamboo pulping yield and bamboo mechanical paper properties. Bambusa vulgaris, Gigantochloa levis, and Gigantochloa scortechinii bamboo species or locally known as Aur, Beting, and Semantan bamboo at the age of 1, 3, and 5-year old, were pulped using Soda-Anthraquinone (AQ) pulping. No beating process was conducted to all the papermaking processes to evaluate the basic mechanical properties of the bamboo paper. Pulping yield ranged from 35.7 to 51.7% at different bamboo species and age, with the pulping conditions at 20% of NaOH, 170ºC pulping temperature, 90 min time to reach pulping temperature and 90 min time at pulping temperature, 1:6 of bamboo to liquor ratio and 0.1% of AQ based on bamboo oven-dried weight. The paper was made according to TAPPI Standard T205 sp- 95. The paper mechanical properties for burst index, tear index, tensile index, and folding endurance ranged from 1.32 to 2.36 kPa.m2/g, 7.48 to 14.9 Nm2/g, 16.02 to 29.68 Nm/g, and 2 to 28 double folds, respectively, at different bamboo species and age. It was found that Beting bamboo has the potential to be a viable raw material for pulp and paper products as it shows the highest mechanical properties compared to Aur and Semantan.
A Practical Usability Study Framework Using the SUS and the Affinity Diagram: A Case Study on the Online Roadshow Website
Authors: Chan Ting Chang , Leow Meng Chew , Ong Lee Yeng
Published: April 2022

Online Roadshow has many benefits in promoting a concept or a product to the public. It is a new model with the same purpose as a physical roadshow but with higher scalability and flexibility in terms of time, location, target audience, resource utilization, and data collection capability. However, the prototype implementation of the new model has not been evaluated for its usability. As ISO standards defined, usability has three key elements: effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. The effectiveness and efficiency are highly dependent on the different systems, while satisfaction is measurable by System Usability Scale (SUS). SUS is a quick and easy technique where the usability of a system can be assessed in a short time. However, the result of SUS is only a grading scale, with no information on the problematic areas. Hence, this paper introduces a practical framework that combines the SUS with the Affinity Diagram. With the intention of maintaining the simplicity and elegance of the SUS, an additional open-ended question is asked to assess the usability problem of the website. The proposed practical SUS plus one open-ended-question usability-testing framework was applied to the Online Roadshow website. Since the average SUS score for the Online Roadshow website from the test was relatively low, the Affinity Diagram was used to analyze the open-ended comments from the user. As a result, the practical usability framework identified the usability problems on the Online Roadshow website to assist the developers in improving the usability.
Waste Management Costs Reduction and the Recycling Profit Estimation from the Segregation Programme in Malaysia
Authors: Rangga Josfirin Uding , Syed Ismail Sharifah Norkhadijah , Rasdi Irniza , Karuppiah Karmegam
Published: April 2022

This study aimed to estimate the potential waste management cost reduction and the recycling profit from the segregation programme implemented in Malaysia. The assessment was done among the states that implemented a waste segregation programme in Malaysia, a Southeast Asia country with a GDP of 364.7 billion USD. The solid waste (tonnes) data were collected from the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation, Malaysia, and analysed using mathematical models. On average, 2.69 million tonnes per year (t/yr) of waste were disposed of in the landfills, and 1,680 t/yr of waste was segregated, equivalent to 0.06%. Plastic (30.49%–39.48%) and paper (31.35%–40.88%) were the major components of segregated waste. Implementing the waste segregation program avoids the cost of waste disposal in landfills, potentially at 61,000 USD/yr and generating 130,000 USD/yr recycling profits. Therefore, the government should strengthen the programme to increase the segregation rate and provide a significant income to the community.
Oral cancer
Authors: Dendy Richard A.
Published: April 2022

Cancers of the oral cavity and surrounding structures constitute approximately 3% of malignancies in the Lancaster area, the majority of which are squamous cell carcinomas. Although they are relatively uncommon, they can be very distressing to patients and relatives alike. It is important to note that a proportion of squamous cell carcinomas are preceded by visible premalignant lesions, and these can be eliminated. In addition, early cancers are more easily treated.
Practical skin procedures in general practice
Authors: Harrison Philip V.
Published: April 2022

My brief was to prepare an article on skin surgery. It is important that procedures are done correctly to ensure patient benefit, and the article describes practical skin procedures which can be performed in general practice. Thus the article goes beyond the brief of skin surgery and more comprehensively covers a range of techniques applicable to skin therapy.
A Secured Authentication Technique-3D Password
Authors: Vrushali M. Thakur  , Nandini N. Gaikwad  , Pooja P. Thakur
Published: April 2022

A user's identity ensures by the process of Authentication. Authentication is an important security service provided to the system by the different authentication algorithms. The algorithm includes Text password, Graphical password, Biometric password, Token authentication, etc. Text password mostly includes simple text like names, etc. And text passwords can be easily cracked. Biometric identifiers include fingerprints, etc. In Graphical password, the user selects images in a specific order, presented in a GUI. And tokens are smart cards like credit cards etc. But cards can be stolen, and some people don't want to carry their cards. Therefore, the secure authentication scheme introduced called 3D PASSWORD". It is a combination of all these schemes that is Recognition + Recall + Token + Biometric. 3D password is a multi-factor authentication technique that has a virtual environment that looks like a real-time environment, but it is not a real-time environment. It is more secure than other schemes of authentication.
Adverse Effect of Non-Narcotic Drug on CNS and Visceral Organ
Authors: Miss. Sneha K. Tiwari  , Miss. Mohini D. Kushwaha
Published: April 2022

Drug abuse is a serious and most often willful misuse of drug now whether it is narcotic or non-narcotic doesn't matter. In our non-narcotic drug too, there are many drugs which lead to addiction. In this pandemic even many people have gone for immunity boosting tablets without knowing its side effect. Non narcotic drug abuse can also be done because of depression, anxiety, mental disorder etc. People actually start taking a lot of medicine for depression but they are not known about the adverse effect of those medicines on their CNS and visceral organs. The present study was conducted to get an idea of drug addiction in people in the society via a survey. Result revealed maximum people opt for taking medicine by their own without consulting doctor were they are maybe known about the work of the drug but unknown about the composition, dosage, how long to continue, etc & there they go for the harmful side effect of those drugs. Even the heavy use of non-narcotic analgesic is paralleled with the high risk of depression, emotional liability, etc. Drug use is dangerous it can harm your brain and body as well. Here, herbal medicine plays a marvellous role in treating the ill without showing any toxic effect. In early stages the signs of medicine developed around those plants which had curative properties. A continued search for medicinal plant during the last several centuries has given rise to a long list of plants which are of great use in the treatment of diseases & promoting health. [1].
Generalized Monotone Method for Caputo Fractional Reaction-Diffusion Equation
Authors: Vaibhav B. Jagzap
Published: April 2022

In this paper, our aim is to obtain the integral representation for the solution of non-linear Caputo reaction-diffusion equation of order q, where 0 < q < 1, in term of Green’s function. We have developed a generalized monotone method for non-linear weakly coupled Caputo reaction-diffusion equation. The generalized monotone method yields monotone sequences which converges uniformly and monotonically to coupled minimal and maximal solutions. The existence of a unique solution for the non-linear Caputo reaction-diffusion equation is obtained.
Effect of Heavy Metal Pollution on Total Microbial Count and Seed Germination Ability of Soil
Authors: Kirti J Mhatre  , Pratiksha R Phadke  , Sonu R Tanwar  , Hrutuja M Maydeo  , Vishal Naik
Published: April 2022

A wide application of heavy metals in different human processes leads to its accumulation in environment. Atmospheric deposition of metals into soil ecosystem is majorly affecting the microbial count of soil and seed germination as well. In present study, soil samples were collected from metal polluted sites and agricultural fields to determine of heavy metal (Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe) content and total heterotrophic count of different soil samples. The microbial count, seed germination percentage and heavy metal concentration in agricultural field samples were found to be in permissible limit, while increased metal concentrations and lower bacterial count were observed in metal contaminated soil samples. Increasing heavy metal concentration found to be drastically affecting on total heterotrophic count of agricultural field soil samples, while high metal concentration tolerating bacterial count was found in metal contaminated soil samples. The study suggested that metal processing industries should accept new practices to avoid such metal incorporation in natural environment to save soil microbial diversity.
Management of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) Intoxication
Authors: YILMAZ Funda
Published: April 2022

Acetaminophen intoxication is one of the most frequent causes of poisoning caused by medical treatment and deaths. Acetaminophen intoxication happens when it is taken in a single high dose or several times above the treatment dose. The approach to the patient with acetaminophen intoxication includes stabilization, decontamination and n-acetyl cysteine (the specific antidot of acetaminophen). In this article, it is aimed to review the approach to patients with paracetamol poisoning in the emergency department with current medical literature.
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Authors: AVETISYAN ANNA
Published: April 2022

Sentiment analysis (SA) is an essential part of computational linguistics that aims at disclosing the polarity of the text. This process is mainly based on singling out sentiment lexicon since words and phrases are the main means of conveying sentiments. The main objective of this article is to present the principles of sentiment lexicon generation. The latter is mainly carried out through three approaches, namely manual approach, dictionary-based approach, and corpus-based approach. Each approach has its own peculiarities and can be used to make sentiment lexicon compilation accurate and relevant. Those approaches are intertwined and they complement each other perfectly. The topicality of the research is mainly determined by the development of information technology that promotes the dissemination of online content pertaining to several sentiments.
Trientine Hydrochloride (Waymade-Trientine)
Authors: Reimbursement Team
Published: April 2022

CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class.

The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec.

This review assesses trientine hydrochloride (Waymade-Trientine), 250 mg capsules, oral.

Indication: For the treatment of patients with Wilson disease who are intolerant to penicillamine.
Robotic-Assisted Surgical Systems for Hip Arthroplasty
Authors: Khangura Sara D. , Farrah Kelly
Published: April 2022

Studies describing the clinical effectiveness of robotic-assisted surgical systems for hip arthroplasty reported variable results, with some findings indicating a benefit of robotic-assisted surgical systems, few findings indicating a benefit of conventional or manual surgical procedures, and most findings describing no difference between interventions.

Complications of robotic-assisted surgical systems for hip arthroplasty as compared to conventional or manual surgical procedures were generally found to have few differences found between treatment groups.

Cost-effectiveness evidence describing robotic-assisted surgical systems for hip arthroplasty was scarce, with 1 study identified by this review that bore limited relevance to the Canadian context.

The quality of currently available evidence describing the clinical effectiveness of robotic-assisted surgical systems for hip arthroplasty is low, indicating the importance of more rigorous research (including randomized controlled trials) addressing this topic.

Cost-effectiveness evidence relevant to the Canadian and/or public-payer context is needed.
An Evaluation of Police Mental Health Issues in Peshawar, Pakistan
Authors: Farhat Ullah  , Sara Qayum  , Anwar Khan
Published: April 2022

Police officers throughout the world in general and in Pakistan in a particular face a variety of pressures, which is particularly true in underdeveloped nations like Pakistan. The aim of this research was to know about mental health (MH) problems and risks as well as issues among police officers that they face during their duty in the Police Service of Pakistan, in addition to collect suggestions for workplace, wellness and interventions that would be an appropriate for police personnel. For the primary data collection, twenty five police personnel from the various ranks- were interviewed in person and over the phone from the field duty and inside police stations too. Mental health issues, health behavior, occupation, and possible positive workplace interventions were all discussed throughout the interviews from the informants. The thematic analysis strategy was employed for data analysis. Higher levels of work anxiety and stress, as well as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD), and depression were noted among police personnel. Overloading, working hours, Culture of policing, and organizational changes were all mentioned as major pressures. Some of the police personnel acknowledged advances in managing and promoting mental health in their job, but they listed intrusions such as counselling, training, and workplace modifications as the necessary to tackle mental health challenges in police personnel.
TRATAMENTO DE CISTO PERIODONTAL: RELATO DE CASO
Authors: Santos Natália Gomes , Conforte Jadison Junio
Published: April 2022

O cisto periodontal lateral (CPL) é um tipo de cisto odontogênico, cuja etiologia encontra-se ainda desconhecida, não sendo prevalente na população. Sua ocorrência geralmente acontece em regiões pré-molares inferiores, apresentando-se na maioria dos casos de forma assintomática, em alguns casos apresentando uma expansão da cortical óssea.  O cisto periodontal lateral é um cisto de desenvolvimento não inflamatório que está relacionado ou localizado adjacente ou lateralmente à raiz de um dente vital. O tratamento inclui a remoção cirúrgica completa por enucleação sem a necessidade de tratamento endodôntico. O cisto periodontal é detectado indo ao dentista e, uma vez diagnosticado, seja resultado de um processo infeccioso ou não, será realizado o tratamento adequado. A localização correta dessa lesão é muito importante para poder planejar um tratamento odontológico adequado, bem como avaliar se o cisto afetou áreas anatômicas vizinhas. Partindo dessa importância o presente trabalhou objetivou discorrer sobre um relato clínico, em paciente feminina, 34 anos, apresentando lesão cística em seio maxilar direito, circunscrita e delimitada ao espaço do seio maxilar, quadro histológico compatível com cisto periapical. A metodologia do trabalho contou com uma revisão de literatura e análise clínica. Com a realização do mesmo foi possível concluir que a relevância da apresentação deste caso clínico é dar ênfase precisa ao diagnóstico precoce e tratamento oportuno desta lesão cística através do conhecimento dos conceitos básicos e da aplicação dos fundamentos clínicos.
Lack of Evidence for Crossover Fatigue with Plantar Flexor Muscles
Authors: Anvar Saman Hadjizadeh , Kordi Mohammad Reza , Alizadeh Shahab , Ramsay Emma , Shabkhiz Fatemeh , Behm David G.
Published: April 2022

The occurrence and mechanisms underlying non-local or crossover muscle fatigue is an ongoing issue. This study aimed to investigate crossover fatigue of the plantar flexor muscles. Sixteen recreationally active males (n = 6) and females (n = 10) visited the laboratory for four sessions and performed a single 5-s pre-test maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) with each plantar flexors muscle. Thereafter, the fatigue intervention involved two 100-s MVICs (60-s recovery) with their dominant plantar flexors or rested for 260-s (control). Subsequently, in two separate sessions, Hoffman reflexes (H-reflex) were evoked in the non-dominant, non-exercised, leg before and following the dominant leg fatigue or control intervention (Fatigue-Reflex and Control-Reflex conditions). MVIC forces and volitional (V)-waves were monitored in the non-dominant leg in the other two sessions (Fatigue-MVIC and Control-MVIC) before and after the intervention (fatigue or control) as well as during 12 repeated MVICs and immediately thereafter. Despite the force reduction in the dominant leg (42.4%, p = 0.002), no crossover force deficit with single (F(1,9) = 0.02, p = 0.88, pƞ2 = 0.003) or repeated (F(1,9) = 0.006, p = 0.93, pƞ2 = 0.001) MVIC testing were observed. The H-reflex did not change after the fatigue (F(1,7) = 0.51; p = 0.49; pƞ2 = 0.06) or repeated MVICs (F(1,8) = 0.27; p = 0.61; pƞ2 = 0.03). There were also no crossover effects of fatigue on the V-wave with single (F(1,8) = 3.71, p = 0.09, pƞ2 = 0.31) or repeated MVICs (F(1,6) = 1.45, p = 0.27, pƞ2 = 0.19). Crossover fatigue was not evident with the plantar flexors nor any significant changes in H-reflex and V-waves in the soleus muscle. This finding suggests that crossover fatigue may not necessarily occur in slow-twitch predominant muscle groups.
Local Government System in Punjab: Clientelism and Failed Devolution of Power (2015-19)
Authors: Ilahi Waqar , Khalid Prof. Dr. Iram
Published: April 2022

Pakistan is a federal republic with three administrative tiers: national, provincial, and local. The local Government system (LGS), the third tier, is viewed as a harbinger of democracy in developing economies including Pakistan. Since coming into power in 2008, democratically elected governments agreed to devolve power from federal level to provincial level, but slow-walked the formation of local governments until 2015—after an order by the Supreme Court of Pakistan was passed to conduct the election. In Punjab, the local government laws were more centrist, and relations between the local and provincial governments were explicitly asymmetrical. Although the LGS dissolved in Punjab in 2019, this article will attempt to explore the causes of the failed devolution of power (2015-2019). By particularly focusing on the "Punjab local Government Act 2013" and “Punjab Local Government Act 2019" and failure of devolution of power, this study will investigate a range of administrative and political issues in local governance in Punjab.
Comparative Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Conventional vs Disposable Dental Unit Waterline in Limiting the Contamination of Microorganisms in the Waterline System
Authors: Ghosh Ranjan , Ghosh Mandira , Mallick Baisakhi
Published: April 2022

Context: Cross infection from contaminated dental instruments is a matter of great concern. On sudden stoppage of an air-rotor, the airflow is cut off creating negative pressure in the unit leading to suck-back of saliva from the patient’s mouth.
Aims: To detect the presence of microorganisms in the waterline of air rotor units with time. The effect of using disposable waterline on the microbial load was also investigated.
Methods and Material: The study was conducted on randomly selected patients having age range of 20 to 30 years, with indication for single or multiple units fixed partial denture fabrication in the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry. In Group A, the existing waterline system after treatment on each patient was examined for determining the influence of time over the degree of microbial contamination. In Group B, the air-rotor handpiece-coupling joint was attached with sterilised disposable plastic tubelines instead of existing tubeline. Water samples collected from air rotor units and watercan of both Group A and B before and during use for 15,30 & 45 minutes were subjected to microbiological study.
Statistical analysis used: Chi-square test was used to assess the effect of time on the microbial load from the data obtained.
Results: After 45 minutes of use, 50% of the samples in group A were positively related to microbial contamination and the result obtained from Group B were negative.
Conclusions: Air-rotor with existing tube line after 45 minutes of use is significantly responsible for the contamination. Air-rotor with disposable tube line on the contrary could be used without risk of contamination on the next patient even after 45 minutes.

Keywords: Air rotor handpiece, Source of bacterial infection, Biofilm, Disinfection.