bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Periodo de re-establecimiento de pasturas irrigadas de Dignaria decumbens, época de nacimiento, y la producción de leche y tasa de crecimiento de cabras Creole en Guadalupe
Authors: Gisele Alexandre  , Gilles Aumont  , Ode Coppry  , Jérome Fleury  , Hary Archimede
Published: October 2020

Se estudió el efecto del periodo de re-establecimiento (PR) de pasturas sobre la producción de leche de cabras Creole y la tasa de crecimiento de sus cabritos mientras pastaban en pasturas irrigadas de Digitaria decumbens en la isla de Guadalupe. Se usaron 84 cabras en un experimento para comparar dos sistemas rotacionales de pastoreo por un periodo de un año. El sistema PR21 permitía siete días de pastoreo y 21 días de re-establecimiento del pasto, mientras el sistema PR 35 permitía siete días de pastoreo y 35 días de re-establecimiento. Se compararon los dos sistemas durante tres estaciones de nacimiento de cabritas; estaciones clasificadas como lluviosa, seca o intermedia. En ambos sistemas se mantuvo una carga animal promedio de 1,800 kg de peso vivo /ha/año. La producción de materia seca (MS) fue mayor (P < 0.01) en el PR 35 que en el PR 21 en las tres estaciones, con 4,935 vs. 2,948 kg/ha, respectivamente. La biomasa total en los pastos al comienzo de cada ciclo de pastoreo variaba entre 11 y 19 kg MS/ animal, según la estación. El periodo de re-establecimiento no tuvo ningún efecto. La producción de leche (938 a 1,033 g leche/día/cabra) varió con la estación pero no con la edad de re-establecimiento. La ganancia diaria promedio en peso de los cabritos del sistema PR 21 fue 23% menor que la de los cabritos en PR 35. Estas diferencias fueron aún mayores cuando la ganancia diaria promedio en peso se ajustó al peso al nacimiento y a la producción de leche de la cabra. Los resultados se pueden haber afectado por la presencia de parásitos gastrointestinales; sin embargo, este experimento demuestra que disminuyendo el periodo de re-establecimiento de Digitaría decumbens manejada intensivamente no se mejora significativamente el desempeño de los animales.
PSEUDAULACASPIS PENTAGONA FROM PEACHES IN PUERTO RICO
Authors: Alberto Pantoja  , Phil Stansly  , Bob Rouse  , Evelio Hernández  , María del Carmen Librán  , Juan Ortiz
Published: October 2020

PSEUDAULACASPIS PENTAGONA FROM PEACHES IN PUERTO RICO
Niveles de microriego y su efecto sobre el crecimiento y productividad de árboles de aguacate
Authors: Elvin Román-Paoli  , Félix M. Román-Pérez  , José Zamora-Echevarría
Published: October 2020

El aguacate (Persea americana Mill. cv. Simmonds) es una fruta de mucha importancia en Puerto Rico y en la comunidad Latina en los Estados Unidos. En los últimos años, el establecimiento de huertos de aguacate en Puerto Rico ha aumentado considerablemente; la producción de esa fruta se colocó tercera, después de la de mango y la de las chinas. Para asegurar el establecimiento de los árboles, la productividad y la reducción de los problemas asociados al manejo inapropiado del riego, se promueve que los productores adopten algún método para calendarizar el microriego. La Universidad de Puerto Rico y la Universidad de Florida recomiendan el uso de tensiómetros para calendarizar el microriego en árboles frutales. En el 2001 se sembró un huerto de aguacate para establecer un experimento para evaluar el efecto de la tensión hídrica, medida con tensiómetros, en el crecimiento y productividad de árboles de aguacate bajo microriego. La serie de suelo predominante en el predio experimental es Coto arcilloso, clasificado como Typic Eutrustox. La distancia de siembra de los árboles fue de 9.1 m x 9.1 m. Los árboles se sometieron a dos tratamientos de microriego calendarizados utilizando tensiómetros instalados a 30 y 45 cm de profundidad. En ambos tratamientos, los árboles se regaban cuando la tensión hídrica del suelo alcanzaba los valores críticos predeterminados, entre 10 y 15 kPa y entre 40 y 45 kPa. Se incluyó un tercer tratamiento sin riego como testigo. Las variables utilizadas para medir la respuesta de los árboles a los tratamientos de microriego fueron rendimiento, volumen de la copa, número y peso de frutas por árbol, y la cantidad de riego aplicada. El volumen de la copa de los árboles a los cuales no se les aplicaba microriego fue significativamente menor que el de los árboles con los dos tratamientos de microriego probados. El volumen de la copa máximo registrado fue de 148 m3/árbol, obtenido cuando la tensión hídrica del suelo alcanzaba de 40 a 45 kPa; éste no fue significativamente diferente al obtenido cuando se regaba a 10 a 15 kPa. El rendimiento más alto fue 84 kg/árbol y se observó en los árboles regados cuando la tensión superaba los 40 a 45 kPa. Solo en el 2005, el número de frutas por árbol en el tratamiento 10 a 15 kPa superó significativamente a los demás tratamientos, con 68 frutas por árbol. En términos generales, los árboles de aguacate sometidos a una tensión hídrica en el suelo de 40 a 45 kPa produjeron significativamente mayor crecimiento y rendimiento.
EN MEMORIA: FERNANDO ABRUÑA RODRÍGUEZ 1922-2007
Authors: Jessé Román-Toro  , Rafael Montalvo-Zapata
Published: October 2020

EN MEMORIA: FERNANDO ABRUÑA RODRÍGUEZ 1922-2007
EFECTO DE LA SINCRONIZACIÓN CON PROSTAGLANDINAS Y LA INSEMINACIÓN ARTIFICIAL SENCILLA O DOBLE SOBRE CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL ESTRO E ÍNDICES DE PREÑEZ Y PARICIÓN EN BOVINOS DE LA RAZA SENEPOL
Authors: Cianzio-Mujica Danilo , Rodríguez-Ramírez Cesar , Rodríguez-Ramírez Cesar , Casas-Guernica Américo , Pagán-Morales Melvin , Añeses-Loperena Luis
Published: October 2020

EFECTO DE LA SINCRONIZACIÓN CON PROSTAGLANDINAS Y LA INSEMINACIÓN ARTIFICIAL SENCILLA O DOBLE SOBRE CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL ESTRO E ÍNDICES DE PREÑEZ Y PARICIÓN EN BOVINOS DE LA RAZA SENEPOL
EVALUATION OF THREE COFFEE PULP COMPOSTING FEEDSTOCKS
Authors: Chong Joaquín A. , Dumas José A.
Published: October 2020

EVALUATION OF THREE COFFEE PULP COMPOSTING FEEDSTOCKS
Prevalencia de endometritis sub-clínica post-parto en tres hatos lecheros de Puerto Rico
Authors: Amaris Guzmán-Rivera  , Esbal Jiménez-Cabán  , Héctor L. Sánchez-Rodríguez  , Jaime E. Curbelo-Rodríguez  , Guillermo Ortiz-Colón
Published: October 2020

La endometritis es una de las causas asociadas con baja eficiencia reproductiva en el ganado lechero. Se determinó la prevalencia de endometritis subclínica (ES) en tres hatos lecheros de Puerto Rico en dos épocas del año (calurosa y fresca). La ES, la cual se definió como la presencia de ≥5% de células polimorfo nucleares en muestras de tejido endometrial, se diagnosticó por citología endometrial en vacas a los 45±7 días postparto. La prevalencia general de ES (n=101 vacas) fue 8.9% y no se encontró efectos significativos sobre la misma por raza (P=0.73), época (P=0.34), número de lactancias (P=0.60), ni localidad (P=0.56). En vacas Holstein, Pardo Suiza, Jersey y cruces la prevalencia de ES fue 10.4, 18.7, 0 y 6.3%, respectivamente. Vacas primíparas mostraron un valor de 7.1% y multíparas de 10.2%. Durante la época de calor se observó una prevalencia de ES de 6.1% versus 11.5% para la época fresca. En las vaquerías ubicadas en Moca, Lajas y Camuy se detectó esta condición en 5.5%, 6.6% y 12.0% de las vacas, respectivamente. En comparación a estudios realizados en otros países, los presentes resultados indican que la ES está relativamente bien controlada en los hatos lecheros locales estudiados.
Tasas de siembra de Ubon Stylo (Stylosanthes guianensis) afectan la densidad poblacional, crecimiento y rendimiento de materia seca
Authors: Jorge Olivares  , Elide Valencia  , Rafael Ramos-Santana
Published: October 2020

Se estudió el comportamiento de Ubon Stylo (Stylosanthes guianensis; var. vulgaris x var. pauciflora) durante el período de establecimiento al evaluar los efectos de cuatro niveles (5, 10, 15, 20 kg/ha) de semilla (95% de germinación) de Ubon Stylo sobre la densidad poblacional de plantas emergidas, el vigor (mediciones de altura cada tres semanas), el rendimiento de materia seca (RMS) y la composición botánica (proporciones de Ubon Stylo y malezas) en un corte a los 98 días después de la siembra (DDS). Se calibró una sembradora de tracción mecánica para dispersar cada nivel de semilla de Ubon Stylo usado. Se encontraron diferencias significativas (P0.05) entre nivel de semilla x semana postsiembra sobre altura de la planta. El incremento en altura siguió un patrón cuadrático y logarítmico al aumentar el nivel de semilla, obteniéndose alturas superiores (P<0.05) a los 80 cm a los niveles de 10 a 20 kg/ha. El nivel de semilla también afectó significativamente (P<0.05) el RMS y su composición botánica. Un incremento relativo del 47% (2,900 kg/ha MS) resultó del aumento en nivel de semilla de 5 a 10 kg/ha. La proporción de Ubon Stylo en la biomasa para los cuatro sucesivos niveles de semilla fueron de 61,84, 84 y 87%. En conclusión, el uso de 10 kg/ha de semilla de Ubon Stylo resultó en un establecimiento satisfactorio de esta leguminosa en términos de las características evaluadas: densidad y pureza botánica de las plantas, altura de estas y rendimiento forrajero.
Efectos de la densidad de siembra, la altura de corte y el mes de cosecha sobre el rendimiento de materia seca y contenido de proteína de Ubon Stylo
Authors: Jorge Olivares  , Elide Valencia  , Rafael Ramos-Santana
Published: October 2020

En la primera fase de esta investigación y en la presente segunda fase se usaron cuatro niveles de semilla al establecer Ubon Stylo (Stylosanthes guianensis var. vulgaris x var. pauciflora); esta misma variable así como tres alturas de corte y cuatro meses de cosecha a intervalos de 90 d se evaluaron en sus efectos sobre el rendimiento de materia seca (RMS) y contenido de proteína bruta (PB) del forraje. Los niveles de semilla (5, 10, 15 y 20 kg/ha) constituyeron las parcelas principales; las alturas de corte (10, 15 y 20 cm) fueron las subparcelas; y los meses de cosecha (marzo, junio, septiembre y diciembre) las sub-subparcelas. El análisis estadístico reveló que el RMS no se afectó significativamente por la altura de corte ni por las interacciones de esta variable con las otras dos en cuestión. El mes de cosecha si ejerció un efecto (P<0.05) sobre el RMS, y la densidad de siembra mostró una tendencia similar (P<0.063). Además, se detectó una interacción (P<0.05) entre estas dos variables. Las medias de RMS, expresadas en equivalencia anual (kg/ha), correspondientes a las cuatro cosechas consecutivas desde marzo hasta diciembre fueron: 5,949; 11,285; 8,105; y 6,543, siendo la media general 7,970. Los valores de RMS correspondientes a los cuatro niveles de semilla desde 5 hasta 20 kg/ha fueron: 7,488; 8,343; 8,375; y 7,672 kg/ ha. La interacción de nivel de semilla x cosecha quedó ilustrada por el hecho de que el mayor RMS a la cosecha de junio (13,795 kg/ha) se obtuvo con 15 kg/ha de semilla, mientras los RMS máximos en las otras tres cosechas correspondieron al nivel de semilla de 10 kg/ha. La media general de contenido de PB fue de 13.4% sin efectos principales ni interacciones significativas de las variables bajo estudio. Los resultados confirman la conclusión previa de que el nivel de semilla de 10 kg/ha es óptimo para uso en el establecimiento de Ubon Stylo porque promueve un buen RMS sin incurrir en un gasto mayor innecesario. Además, los altos rendimientos obtenidos en verano sugieren que sería posible acortar el intervalo entre cosechas para mejorar el contenido proteico durante esta época del año.
Distribución espacial de cafetos (Coffea arabica L.) posiblemente enfermos con el encorchamiento de la hoja causado por Xylella fastidiosa en Puerto Rico
Authors: Carlos Bolaños  , Mildred Zapata  , Brent Brodbeck  , Pete Andersen  , Linda Wessel-Beaver  , Consuelo Estévez de Jensen
Published: October 2020

El café (Coffea arabica L.) es un cultivo de importancia económica y social. En Puerto Rico en el año 2012 la producción de café tuvo su nivel más bajo en toda la historia de la isla, tanto por los problemas de crisis económica como por los problemas fitosanitarios. Entre las principales enfermedades que afectan al cultivo está el encorchamiento de la hoja ('coffee leaf scorch', CLS) o crespera, causada por la bacteria Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) que ocasiona pérdidas económicas importantes en varios países. En la Cuenca del Caribe, Xf se encuentra en cafetos de Costa Rica, mientras que en Brasil la bacteria causa serias epidemias. Para determinar la distribución espacial de los cafetos posiblemente infectados con Xf, se muestrearon cafetos con síntomas similares a los de CLS. Para detectar a la bacteria en los árboles muestreados se realizó una prueba serológica comercial (DAS-ELISA) específica para Xf. Con datos de los árboles potencialmente infectados se realizaron conglomerados espaciales usando el programa SatScan. Muy pocos (< 5%) de los cafetos dieron lecturas de absorbancia dentro de los valores aceptados como positivos para Xf (a 0.7). Hubo una diferencia (p<0.0001, x2) en la época seca versus la lluviosa en la proporción de cafetos seropositivos según la prueba para Xf. Además, el porcentaje de cafetos seropostivos a Xf varió dependiendo de la localidad muestreada (p<0.05 X2). Los conglomerados espaciales permitieron asociar con mayor riesgo relativo de enfermedad (sospechosos de CLS) a las localidades de mayor altitud: Adjuntas, Jayuya y Yauco (riesgo relativo mayor a 14; P<0.001), lo que estuvo relacionado con conteos altos de vectores potenciales en estas localidades.
A Survey on Feature Selection Based Spam Review Detection using Deep Learning Techniques
Authors: S Sophia , SP Rajamohana
Published: October 2020

In recent times, online shoppers are technically
knowledgeable and open to product reviews. They usually read the
buyer reviews and ratings before purchasing any product from ecommerce
website. For the better understanding of products or
services, reviews provided by the customers gives the vital source
of information. In order to buy the right products for the
individuals and to make the business decisions for the
Organization online reviews are very important. These reviews or
opinions in turn, allow us to find out the strength and weakness of
the products. Spam reviews are written in order to falsely promote
or demote a few target products or services. Also, detecting the
spam reviews has also become more critical issue for the customer
to make good decision during the purchase of the product. A
major problem in identifying the fake review detection is high
dimensionality of the feature space. Therefore, feature selection is
an essential step in the fake review detection to reduce
dimensionality of the feature space and to improve the
classification accuracy. Hence it is important to detect the spam
reviews but the major issues in spam review detection are the high
dimensionality of feature space which contains redundant, noisy
and irrelevant features. To resolve this, Deep Learning Techniques
for selecting features is necessary. To classify the features,
classifiers such as Naive Bayes, K Nearest Neighbor are used. An
analysis of the various techniques employed to identify false and
genuine reviews has been surveyed.
EMPLOYING ACTION RESEARCH FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EFL COLLEGE TEACHERS IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM
Authors: Van Phan Thi Tuyet
Published: October 2020

The paper aimed to examine the perceptions and reality of English teachers at community colleges in the Mekong Delta in using action research as a tool for their professional development. The questionnaire and interviews were employed to collect the research data. The results showed that most EFL teachers recognized the significance of doing action research in developing their profession and many difficulties related to it were also reported. Some suggestions were figured out to help teachers conduct more research and identify the benefits of doing action research for their growth and changes in teaching expertise.

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Clima organizacional, satisfacción laboral y gestión administrativa en los órganos de apoyo de una universidad pública
Authors: Coronel Chugden José Walter , Ayay Arista Guido , Milla Pino Manuel Emilio
Published: October 2020

La investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la correlación entre el clima organizacional, satisfacción laboral y gestión administrativa en los órganos de apoyo de una universidad pública al norte de Perú, 2019; en el estudio se empleó el diseño descriptivo correlacional. La muestra estuvo conformada por 86 miembros del personal administrativo. La técnica fue la encuesta y como instrumentos se aplicó tres cuestionarios con índices de fiabilidad: [0.929], [0.947] y [0,862] respectivamente. Los resultados evidencian un clima organizacional de nivel alto (proporción=79%), la satisfacción laboral de nivel satisfecho (proporción=66%) y la gestión administrativa de nivel competente (proporción=73%). Así mismo, existe correlación moderada positiva entre par de variables, clima organizacional y satisfacción laboral (Rs=+0.290 moderada, p=0.007<0.01) clima organizacional y gestión administrativa (Rs=+0.305 moderada, p=0.004<0.01) satisfacción laboral y gestión administrativa (Rs=+0.347 moderada, p=0.001<0.01). En conclusión, existe una correlación positiva de nivel moderada entre clima organizacional, satisfacción laboral y gestión administrativa (Correlación Rs=+0.408, p=0.001<0.05).
Factores de desarrollo local desde el enfoque de la gestión organizativa
Authors: Vergara-Romero Arnaldo , Sorhegui-Ortega Rafael , Garnica-Jarrin Lisette
Published: October 2020

La evolución del desarrollo local, como eje estratégico para el desarrollo de un país, es el primer componente que está inmerso en el discurso político y en las normativas de carácter regulador en el territorio ecuatoriano, el cual tiene convenios firmados con organismos multilaterales internacionales. El siguiente artículo analiza los factores sociales de la formación de la comunidad local como un sistema social y la gestión de las autoridades de dicha comunidad. Se utilizó como metodología el diseño fenomenológico hermenéutico y como instrumento se utilizó la observación documental de artículos científicos de revistas indexadas en Web of Science y Scopus. Se concluye que se necesita una mejora del sistema de gobiernos locales, del desarrollo de los recursos mencionados y de las oportunidades para apoyar la actividad social.
Methods of calculating the efficiency of clusters and possible modalities for their development
Authors: Lytvynenko Nataliia , Khmara Maryna , Rylach Nataliia , Spektor Olga , Orekhov Serhii
Published: October 2020

The objective of the article is to analyze the method of calculating the efficiency of high-tech clusters and alternative models of their development. Method. The methodological basis of the study is a series of general and specific cognition methods. In the research process, the following were used: the formal-logical method, the system and the structural, comparative-legal, logical-legal and other scientific research methods. Results of the investigation. Four groups of efficiency indicators of the organizational and economic regulation mechanism of the administrative activity of a business cluster are defined. The difference between traditional industrial clusters and innovation clusters is considered. Examples of successful cluster operation in some countries around the world are studied. Practical meaning. It is emphasized that the efficiency of the cluster, and therefore its development, is significantly influenced by the availability of scientific potential and activity of research institutes, as well as access to non-reimbursable funds (institutions, agencies) and the operation of technology parks. Value / originality. It is observed that due to globalization, the role of clusters in competition is increasingly important. In this context, the forms of cluster development in Ukraine were proposed, as well as examples of successful clusters in Ukraine were considered.
Evaluation of the cervical vertebral anomalies in patients with cleft lip and palate in Aegean region of Turkey
Authors: Ege Dogan  , Gulen Ozses Ergican  , Servet Dogan
Published: October 2020

Abstract

Objective: To identify the cervical vertebral anomalies in patients with cleft lip and palate, and to compare unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Methods: The retrospective cohort study was conducted in 2018 at Department of Orthodontics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, and comprised non-deteriorated lateral cephalometric radiographs of non-syndromic patients which showed the entire cervical spine. The radiographs were divided into two groups, with group A having those of patients with cleft lip and palate exposure, and control group B having those with non-exposure.  Within group A, unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate cases were compared. Data was analysed using SPSS 22.

Results: Of the 220 subjects, 110(50%) were in group A with a mean age of 15±6.3 years, and 110(50%) were in group B with a mean age of 15±2.1 years. Within group A, 56(50.9%) subjects had unilateral and 54(49.1%) had bilateral cleft lip and palate. Cervical vertebral anomalies were found in 71(64.5%) patients and 45(40.9%) controls (p<0.001). Among those with bilateral condition, it was found in 41(75.9%) and in unilateral 56(56.6%) (p<0.05). Occipitalisation was 21(38.9%) in bilateral and 4(7.1%) in unilateral cases (p<0.001). Fusion was higher in bilateral patients 16(63%) compared to 23(41.1%) unilateral (p<0.05). Posterior arch deficiencies were found in 30(27.3%) patients in group A and 18(16.4%) controls in group B (p<0.05). Fusion was seen in 57(51.8%) group A patients and 33(30%) group B controls (p<0.001).

Conclusion: Cervical vertebral anomalies were mostly found in patients with cleft lip and palate.

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Predicting 90-day mortality at admission and 7 days post-admission among patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure
Authors: Fang Chen  , Yuzhi Shi  , Shurong Ran  , Xueqin Liu  , Jian Xu
Published: October 2020

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship between baseline characteristics and 90-day mortality in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients.

Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at Fuling Centre Hospital, Chongqing, China, and comprised data from July 2015 to June 2018 of  hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients. Demographic characteristics and clinical features at admission and 7 days post-admission were noted. The data was then divided into two groups based on a patient’s 90-day survival status, and their clinical and lab characteristics were compared using SPSS 16.

Results: Of the 120 patients screened, 100(83.3%) were included; 75(75%) males and 25(25%) females.  The overall mean age was 50.04±14.61 years.  There were 68(68%) in the surviving group and 32(432%) in the non-surviving group. Patients who had hyper-leukocytosis, hypoalbuminemia, lower prothrombin time activity, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, higher alanine aminotransferase levels and renal dysfunction at admission had poor prognoses (p<0.05). At 7 days post-admission, the non-surviving group had lower platelet count, higher aspartate aminotransferase level, lower bilirubin normalisation rate and higher total bile acid levels (p<0.05).

Conclusions: Baseline organ failure severity was found to determine the outcome more strongly than the underlying cause.

Key Words: Hepatitis B, Acute-on-chronic liver failure, Prognosis.
Anti-plaque efficacy of Siwak as a mechanical tooth stick
Authors: Zarabadipour Mahdieh , Saffari Reihaneh , Mirzadeh Monirsadat
Published: October 2020

Introduction: Dental plaque removal is an important goal in oral hygiene program. The public interest in herbal medicine and natural products has grown in the past few years. Siwak (Salvadora persica L. (kharijal)) is an ancient tooth stick that has preventive and therapeutic effects on oral cavity. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of siwak chewing sticks on plaque accumulation on tooth surface. Materials and Methods: In this randomized clinical trial study 80 volunteer was selected randomly for complete the study chart. They were enrolled in the study for being in the one of the four study groups: active siwak, inactive siwak, usual tooth brush and no-oral hygiene. The participants wanted to use their instruction for 6 days. Base line (PI-1) and 3-day (PI-2) and 6-day (PI-3) plaque indexes was recorded by Sillness and Loe method. Data evaluation was done using SPSS-22 and Kruskal Wallis Test, Chi-Square Tests. Results: There was a significant reduction of the plaque index in PI-3 (p= 0.029). But in the others, there was no significant difference in the change of plaque index between groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: It is concluded that siwak were able to reduce dental plaque as a mechanical tooth brush and if it uses in active form (fresh plant), the reduction of plaque accumulation is more prominent and effective.
Knowledge, awareness and attitude about Breast lump among females An observational study
Authors: Gaikwad Ishwari Sanjay , Dandekar Pradnya Deepak
Published: October 2020

Background: Breast lump is considered as carcinogenic unless it is tested and diagnosed other than this. Today in India, it is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among women. Only early detection and early medical intervention could decrease its mortality rate.  Knowledge and awareness of palpation of breast lumps and attitude to get diagnosed at earliest is very important. Aim and Objectives: The study is designed to assess knowledge, awareness and attitude towards screening of Breast lumps among females. Materials and Methods: It is a questionnaire based an observational study. Those females above age of 14 years; attending Hospital were selected for the study with their consent. Data was collected by using self-structured and validated questionnaire. Total 100 females’ data was collected and analysed. Observation and Result: Of the total sample, approximately 89% of subjects were found to have heard of Breast Cancer and 41% had knowledge that Breast lump may be a sign of Breast Cancer. 22% females have heard about Breast self-examination (BSE) as an early diagnostic tool. Only 8 %& 14 % knew about importance of Clinical Breast examination (CBE)& mammography respectively. Awareness towards screening was found to be very low. Conclusion: The results revealed that, although knowledge about Breast lump is adequate up to certain limit but they do not have a comprehensive understanding of the condition. Thus, there is an urgent need to promote knowledge, awareness and health literacy among the society.
Sensory Analysis – A contemporary Quality Control tool for Asava-Arishta
Authors: Mehta Mehul , Ambasana Saloni , J Shukla V , K Prajapati P
Published: October 2020

Quality control of Ayurvedic medicines though being the need of the hour, is an arduous task. As Ayurveda encompasses the use of drug as a whole which leads to generation of a complex matrix. In such a scenario, selective and sensitive sophisticated analytical tools alone cannot serve the purpose. Besides, the ancient science of medicine is sensory driven. A number of sensory based quality standards in form of quality-attributes for drugs as well as critical end point for pharmaceutical operations are mentioned in the classics of Ayurveda. It is thus advisable to employ sensory based analytical methods for Quality control of Ayurvedic medicines. Henceforth, in the present study an attempt was made to develop a sensory based Quality control tool for discrimination of the market samples of Arjunaristha with regards to In-house prepared (Reference control) sample on the basis of smell and taste. Among the sensory methods available, Duo-Trio method was adopted. 40 pre-trained assessors were asked to identify the blindly coded sample analogous to Reference control. The results were analysed using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve, Area Under Curve (AUC) and d-prime (d’) with the help of sensR package in R-studio ver. 1.0.143. In both the sample sets, Reference control sample was correctly identified with a significance level of P < 0.001 and Area Under Curve of 0.999 and 0.994 for each set respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that Sensory analysis method efficiently discriminated the Arjunaristha samples and thus can serve as a cost-effective routine quality control tool.
Comparative Clinical efficacy of Jambu (Eugenia jambolana Lam.) and Kshudra jambu (Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston.) in Youvana pidaka
Authors: R Suma H , P Shrikanth , Shetty Niveditha
Published: October 2020

Aims: To compare the clinical efficacy of mature leaf of Jambu (Eugenia jambolana Lam.) and Kshudra Jambu (Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston.) in the disease Youvana pidaka (Acne vulgaris like skin manifestation).Introduction: Jambu is said to be two varieties Raja and Kshudra based on overall morphology.These two are said to have same properties, are substituted by each other and their leaf are used for the management of Youvana pidaka in folklore practice.Methods: 30 subjects having signs and symptoms of Youvana pidaka were divided into two groups of 15 each. Group A was administered Jambu patra churna (leaf powder) orally and lepa(face pack) externally once a day and Group B was administered Kshudra Jambu patra churna orally and lepa externally once a day, for a duration of 28 days. Results were assessed using objective parameters like global acne grading scale, extent of lesion, size of pidaka (lesion), healing of pidaka, number of comedones, papule, pustules and nodules, and subjective parameters like itching and srava (discharge) of pidaka. Results were interpreted using suitable statistical tests. Important observation: Jambu and Kshudra Jambu showed highly significant improvement in parameters like GAGS score, number of comedones, size of pidaka, and extent of lesion. Kshudra Jambu was slightly more effective in action than Jambu, but it was statistically insignificant. Results: Jambu and Kshudra Jambu are almost equally effective in the management of Youvana pidaka, but Kshudra Jambu has a slightly higher efficacy.
Ethanolic Leaf Extract of Gymnema sylvestre Ameliorates Hyperglycemia and Pancreatic Oxidative Stress in Alloxan induced Diabetic Rats
Authors: Thakur Kumud Ranjan , Radmadeo Shree Ram , Kumari Annpurna
Published: October 2020

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious metabolic disorder with altered carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. In the last four decades, India has emerged as an epicenter of the global diabetes mellitus pandemic. Rapid changes in the developmental scenario, demographic changes, and living style in the Indian subcontinent have led to the explosive increase in diabetes. Present research probes with ethanolic extract of Gymnema sylvestre (500 mg/kg.b.w) for treatment of hyperglycemia and related oxidative stress caused by Alloxan (100 mg/kg.b.wt), as a diabetogenic agent. 25 rats were included in the research divided into 5 groups, each containing 5 rats. Group 1 (normal rats), Group II (Diabetic rats (DM), Group III (DM+ treated for 10 days), Group IV (DM+20 days treated), Group V (DM+30 days treated). Blood samples and pancreatic tissues were collected at each interval of time. The blood sample was used for biochemical parameter and tissues were used for the anti-oxidant assay. Gymnema sylvestre extract (GSE) showed glucose-lowering property meanwhile, insulin secretion also increased as compared to Diabetic rats. Other tests like amylase, lipase, ALT, and AST also showed significant recovery after the extract administration. Oxidative stress was found in the Diabetic group, but after extract treatment concentration of superoxide dismutase, Glutathione-S-transferase, catalase, Glutathione peroxidase, Glutathione, and Total thiol was regained. Imbalance in serum electrolyte recovered and dysregulated hematological parameters due to stress and hyperglycemia showed convincing results. The finding suggests Gymnema sylvestre could be used as a hypoglycemic as well as an anti-oxidant agent in diabetes.
Blockchain’s potential to address issues in genomics research and how it is being used today
Authors: Jung Tony , Leu Richard
Published: October 2020

Advancements in technology have greatly decreased the costs of genome sequencing and expedited the entire sequencing process. As a result, there has been a significant increase in the volume of genomic data. Although this is useful for genomics research, there are two major concerns with this increase in data. First, the greater volume of genomic data requires a substantial amount of computational resources to process and store this data. While cloud services can seem like an effective solution to process and store this data, cloud services aggregate their information in one data center which results in the risk of a single point of failure. With the increase in genomic data, there is also an increase in privacy concerns because genomic data contains personal and sensitive information. People are not comfortable with large companies that store genomic data and people do not want this data shared with the public. Blockchain is a network that can utilize numerous computers to process data and store multiple copies of the database to eliminate the risk of a single point of failure. The blockchain is also a decentralized network which means that it is not regulated by a third party. This allows the data contributors to have full ownership of their genomic data and can decide who can access it. Today, there are several companies that have realized the advantages of blockchain and adopted this technology to store genomic data and give data contributors full control over this data.
‘PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS’: COMMENTING CULTURES ACROSS PLATFORMS
Authors: Abidin Crystal , Van der Nagel Emily , Johns Amelia , Bailo Francesco , Rodriguez Aleesha , Valdovinos-Kaye Bondy , Wikstrom Patrik , Gerrard Ysabel , Leaver Tama
Published: October 2020

An old adage about the internet goes “Don’t Read The Comments”. It is a cynical word of caution from supposedly more experienced and savvy internet users, against a slew of negative, abusive, and unhelpful comments that are usually rampant online, stemming from trolling behaviour (Phillips 2015). “Don’t Read The Comments” has become an internet meme. Alongside parody websites (i.e. @AvoidComments n.d.), trawling through the comments section in search of ludicrosity has become an internet genre in and of itself. This comprises the likes of meme factory ‘The Straits Times Comment Section’ which collates absurd comments from users on a specific newspaper’s Facebook page (STcomments n.d.), as well as internet celebrity troll commentators like ‘American Ken’ M (Know Your Meme n.d.) and Singaporean ‘Peter Tan’ (Yeoh 2018), who post comments on a network of social media and fora in stealthily satirical ways that have even been co-opted for advertorials (Vox 2016). Such vernacular practice has in turn provoked a counter-genre of memes known as “I’m just Here For The Comments” (Tenor n.d.), in which users closely follow social media posts mainly for the resulting discussion and engagement in the comments section rather than the actual post itself. It is on this point of departure that this panel turns its focus to commenting cultures across platforms.
OLDER PEOPLE'S DIGITAL LIVES
Authors: Bossio Diana , Grønning Anette , Cabalquinto Earvin , Milne Esther , Schleser Max , McCosker Anthony , Albury Kath
Published: October 2020

Drawing from a conceptual framework that problematises and redefines the digital lives of older people aged 65 years and over, this panel explores how older people engage with digital communication tools and skills, and the way this plays out in their everyday lives. Each paper situates older people as experiencing a rich social life integrated with digital technologies and understood in terms of multi-faceted disparities in internet use, skills and modes of digital participation. How older people’s digital lives are negotiated and developed, and the particular frustrations and barriers to their digital participation, are situated as particular to their cultural context for use of communication tools. This panel thus contributes new understanding of how older people’s digital lives are emerging, moving away from simplistic descriptions of skills, to the multi-faceted and complex negotiations occurring when older people make decisions about connecting with digital tools.
THE DYNAMICS OF DIGITAL CAPTURE: HOW INDUSTRIES TIE AUDIENCES TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: Einstein Mara , Yeo ShinJoung , Turow Joseph , Jobin Anna
Published: October 2020

Few studies examine “digital capture,” forces that get people to adopt digital technologies which, on balance, benefit organizations more than the publics. Using various perspectives on this topic, the panel will explore the ways four industries are rolling out digital technologies that have captured audiences in long-term relationships. One paper will use a “digital colonialization” perspective (Ricaurte, 2019) that highlights the influence of capitalist imperialism within contemporary political economy. A second paper demonstrates how network effects fueled adoption of the Common Application laying the groundwork for higher education marketing that fetishizes customer relationship marketing (CRM) technologies to the point of constructing teenage college prospects as sales leads and “yields.” A third presentation explores how companies seduce people to use smart devices that can infer information about the ways they talk and sound while the companies play down the surveillance aspects of the technologies, ultimately eroding their freedom to make choices under the guise of giving them new ways to choose. The fourth contribution presents the growing convergence between emerging technologies and the health sector from the perspective of political economy, demonstrating through case studies how audiences are captured through ambiguous framings that highlight the advantages of health information sharing, but obscure the exploitative nature of pervasive data collection and its use for commercial purposes. Together, the panel points to research needed to understand the emergence of various surveillance regimes before they become taken-for-granted parts of the cultural landscape when changes to them can be made mainly at their margins.
PLATFORMIZING KNOWLEDGE: MESS AND MEANING IN WEB 3.0 INFRASTRUCTURES
Authors: Iliadis Andrew , Stevens Wesley , Plantin Jean-Christophe , Acker Amelia , Davies Huw , Eynon Rebecca
Published: October 2020

This panel focuses on the way that platforms have become key players in the representation of knowledge. Recently, there have been calls to combine infrastructure and platform-based frameworks to understand the nature of information exchange on the web through digital tools for knowledge sharing. The present panel builds and extends work on platform and infrastructure studies in what has been referred to as “knowledge as programmable object” (Plantin, et al., 2018), specifically focusing on how metadata and semantic information are shaped and exchanged in specific web contexts. As Bucher (2012; 2013) and Helmond (2015) show, data portability in the context of web platforms requires a certain level of semantic annotation. Semantic interoperability is the defining feature of so-called "Web 3.0"—traditionally referred to as the semantic web (Antoniou et al, 2012; Szeredi et al, 2014). Since its inception, the semantic web has privileged the status of metadata for providing the fine-grained levels of contextual expressivity needed for machine-readable web data, and can be found in products as diverse as Google's Knowledge Graph, online research repositories like Figshare, and other sources that engage in platformizing knowledge. The first paper in this panel examines the international Schema.org collaboration. The second paper investigates the epistemological implications when platforms organize data sharing. The third paper argues for the use of patents to inform research methodologies for understanding knowledge graphs. The fourth paper discusses private platforms’ extraction and collection of user metadata and the enclosure of data access.
THE BIOMETRIC LIVES OF MIGRANTS: BORDERS, DISCRIMINATION AND (IN)JUSTICE
Authors: Madianou Mirca , Dencik Lina , Aradau Claudia , Taylor Linnet , Metcalfe Philippa , Perret Sarah
Published: October 2020

Biometrics, the technology for measuring, analysing and processing a person’s physiological characteristics, such as their fingerprints, iris or facial patterns, is increasingly used in the management of migrant and refugee flows. This panel interrogates the uses of biometric technologies and the consequences for the lives of migrants and refugees. It asks how biometric data are constituted, what their limitations and biases are, how biometric technologies challenge traditional notions of the physical border, in whose interest and with what implications for migrants and refugees. In particular, in bringing together a multidisciplinary group of international experts to develop a critical, comparative and empirically grounded dialogue, the panel explores the consequences of this ‘machinic life’ for the lives of actual people, migrants and refugees who navigate actual and digital borders in the quest of a better life. As such, the panel engages with crucial themes of processes of bordering, extractive logics and commercial dimensions of biometric flows and algorithmic sorting, discrimination and exclusion, and human agency and autonomy. Ultimately, all papers are concerned with the broader intersection of data, computation and justice.
OPTIMIZING OUR NETWORKED LIVES
Authors: McKelvey Fenwick , Carmi Elinor , Ten Oever Niels , Gürses Seda
Published: October 2020

We use the term networked optimization to emphasize a sustained but changing set of techniques, technologies, and calculations to decide the best life -- the optimal -- through infrastructures, design, mathematics and engineering. Optimization is a vital concept at a time of critical interest in infrastructural power. Usually defined as doing actions to make the best or most effective use of something, our panel highlights the different uses of the term across the internet. Used as a selling point by many technology companies, optimization means different things to different actors. Perhaps the most important question on this is optimized for who? From Facebook to 5G, our panelists work across technical and theoretical literatures as well as computer science and humanities to identify the social implications of networked optimization. Author #1 examines how Facebook’s personalization ideology is engineered into its infrastructure to influence people’s behaviors to maximize its advertising value. Author #2 looks to the discourses and infrastructure of Google’s cloud computing that promise a form of global social engineering. Author #3 takes these questions out of the cloud and into the next-generation of the Internet, 5G. The promised new wireless infrastructure makes a major shift in the meta-governance of communications and re-consolidates power in network operators. Finally, Author #4 looks for forms of resistance through the development of Protective Optimization Technologies that help people counter efforts to nudge and shape their behaviours.
MEDICALIZED MASCULINITIES
Authors: Møller Kristian , Jensen Mie Birk , Nebeling Michael , Raun Tobias
Published: October 2020

While studies of masculinities often trace processes of either medicalization or mediatization, few interrogate masculinities at their very intersection. Doing so is the main contribution of this panel, which brings together cases that illustrate the effects these large-scale changes in digital and medical technologies have on masculinities today. Theoretically, the panel is based on the notion that society and everyday life are increasingly intertwined with and enrolled in both the logics of the health and pharmaceutical industry and in communication technology and media. Femininities have long been the subjects for the (bio)medicalizing, and conversely, up until the release of Viagra, privileged or hegemonic masculinities were left seemingly unaffected. At the same time, to understand masculinity today we must also consider how media technologies take part in the negotiation, practice, and affect of masculinities. To do so the panel presents four cases of mediatized and medicalized masculinities: Mie Birk Jensen uses analyze thousands of spam emails for their affective and normative production of virile masculinity; Tobias Raun and Michael Nebeling Petersen use ethnographic archive analysis of Youtube communities to understand peer learning and monetization of hair-loss products; and Kristian Møller uses participant observation to capture the sexual intensification in an online gay drug scene.
NOVEL, EDUCATIONAL AND LEGAL RESPONSES TO TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Authors: Sameshima Pauline , Katz Rebecca , Shariff Shaheen , Dietzel Christopher
Published: October 2020

The three panel presenters and session chair are co-researchers in a seven-year research partnership—involving 28 educational institutions, 25 co-investigators,15 community partners, and 50+ students—that aims to address sexual violence in physical and virtual forms in university contexts across Canada and internationally. The project specifically seeks to address, dismantle and prevent sexual violence by means of multi-sector partnership solutions across the fields of education, law, policy, arts, popular culture, health care, management, news and social media. Using the methodological framework of Parallaxic Praxis (Sameshima et al., 2019), the team looks at a phenomenon from different perspectives by using varied methodological processes as well as a range of rigorous methods of encoding, decoding, and rendering data; and establishing post-qualitative possibilities for generating and mobilizing knowledge to broader audiences. The juxtaposition of renderings (constructions made from deep analysis of the phenomena such as papers, presentations, artworks, and other artefacts), when presented together, manufacture a dynamic agency between works capturing intertextualities, aporias, choruses, and a poesis that arise in the coalescence of the unassimilated, individual investigations. In this panel, an overview of the larger project and the significant milestones in the first four years specifically related to internet technologies will be provided. Drawing from multi-perspectives, the second presenter will address image-based sexual abuse and copyright in Canada, and the third will share data collected from this project in the form of excerpts from an epistolary novel. The session demonstrates how multi-modal investigations and dissemination offer possibilities for extending knowledge production.