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Mayoritas Keramik Yuan Di Trowulan: Kontra Realita Hubungan Majapahit – Cina Pada Abad Ke 13-15 Masehi
Authors: Kusmartono Vida Pervaya Rusianti
Published: April 2021

Kerajaan Majapahit dan hubungannya dengan Cina memperlihatkan penyelenggaraan kebijakan-kebijakan yang tidak selalu berjalan dengan harrnonis. Hal ini tidak lepas dari kondisi latar belakang masing-masing kerajaan. Ketidakstabilan politik, baik dalam maupun luar negeri ditandai dengan adanya kesalahpahaman, pemberontakan atau peperangan dan terputusnya hubungan bilateral antara Majapahit-Cina. Namun demikian, data arkeologis menunjukkan gejala yang menarik bahwa faktor politik tidak memberikan dampak yang berarti terhadap aspek sosial-ekonomi. Keramik Yuan yang ditemukan melimpah di Situs Trowulan --khususnya di Sektor Nglinguk, Sentonorejo, dan Pendopo Agung-- membuktikan bahwa aktivitas pertukaran ataupun perdagangan tetap berlangsung secara efektif. Kelangsungan aktivitas ini diduga terjadi karena penggunaan dua metode pertukaran/ perdagangan, yaitu legal dan illegal, yang dilakukan oleh para pedagang yang sering singgah di Majapahit.
Pelaksanaan Upacara Ritual Dalam Tantrayana
Authors: Istari Rita
Published: April 2021

Salah satu ciri khas kebudayaan di Indonesia, adalah timbulnya proses pembauran atau sintesis antara unsur-unsur tradisi se tempat dengan kebudayaan yang datang dari India. Begitu pula sebaliknya, aliran Tantrayana di Indonesia banyak mendapat pengaruh kebudayaan lokal atau kebudayaan setempat. Kelangsungan aliran Tantrayana sampai sekarang secara samar dapat dijumpai dalam bidang kesenian dan adat istiadat. Sebagai contoh: dalam kesenian Bali, dikenal cerita Calon Arang, Rangdha dan Sarong yang berhubungan dengan ilmu sihir, demikian pula dalam tari-tarian yang memabukkan (Jawa: Tayuban). Sedangkan dalam adat istiadat, dijumpai adanya upacara korban seperti misalnya tabuh rah, metajen dan mecaru. Selain itu upacara memuja arwah nenek moyang dan memohon kesuburan dengan menggunakan candu sebagai sesaji, juga dapat dianggap merupakan sisa-sisa unsur tradisi aliran Tantrayana.
On some parameters of information search and processing while ensuring the technical interoperability of network-centric systems.
Authors:   St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 14 line, 39,  St. Petersburg  99178, Russia, Makarenko S.I.
Published: April 2021

In the situation of transition from information and control systems to a net-centric architecture and development of net-centric information and control system, the relevance of interoperability assurance in such systems is increasing. An approach to estimation of the parameters of generation, search, transmission, storage, processing and presentation of information, to work with information resources and services in the net-centric information and control system is proposed in this paper. The approach and the parameters are a part of developing a model of technical interoperability of net-centric information and control system based on Russia's state standard no. 55062-2012. The current study takes place as a part of Russian Foundation for basic research finance project no. 19-07-00774.
Double Devil’s Advocacy: Were They or Weren’t They? Only Nil Sorskii Knew
Authors: Goldfrank David
Published: April 2021

This scholar’s work on Nil Sorskii and Iosif Volotskii progressed unevenly from adhering to Ia.S. Lur’e’s modification of the traditional Nil vs. Iosif paradigm to a strident assertion of their collaborative alliance promoting monasticism and resolutely opposing dissidence, with a mixture of intersection and compatible differences of emphasis in their original writings. But one must concede the possibility that Nil’s collaboration did not include support of Iosif’s enthusiastic endorsement of monasterial riches, the commemoration culture that bolstered it, and the harshest measures against convicted heretics. And while in in no way provable, one cannot know for certain that Nil did not speak up in some way against monasterial riches at a Moscow synod in 1503.
Josephans and Non-Possessors (Trans-Volga Elders) during the Reign of Ivan IV
Authors: Halperin Charles J.
Published: April 2021

In Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish I contradicted myself in discussing the possible existence of church parties in Muscovy. After accepting Ostrowski’s argument that Iosif Volotskii and Nil Sorskii did not belong to antagonistic “parties,” I followed Goldfrank’s earlier publications that there were Josephan and Non-Possessor “parties” after the deaths of their “founders.” I proposed that the Josephans were an old-boy network in Iosif’s time and then promptly dropped that concept in discussing the rest of the sixteenth century. This article attempts to rectify those errors by consistently applying the concept of old-boy network to the Josephans throughout the sixteenth century. Because the persecution of heretics is central to the paradigm of the Josephans as a “party,” this reconsideration entailed engaging the very notion of “heresy” in the Russian Orthodox Church at the time. It also proposes that the paradigm of antagonistic church parties, the Josephans and the Non-Possessors / Trans-Volga Elders, originated in Prince Andrei Kurbsky’s History of the Grand Prince of Moscow.
The Tannei Rav X Baraitot in the Babylonian Talmud: From Recitation to Ascription
Authors: Cohen Barak Shlomo
Published: April 2021

This article examines the meaning and the development of the terms used to introduce baraitot transmitted by amoraim in the Bavli: “Tannei Rav X.” Why are these baraitot not introduced with the more usual terms used for citing a baraita, “tanya” and “tannu rabbanan?” I will argue that the term “tannei Rav X” was created in the generations that followed the named amora, as an alternative to the usual citation formula employed by the sage himself when he first quoted the baraita. A sage later to Rav X (or the “stam”) who wished to refer to a baraita quoted earlier by Rav X, used the term “tannei Rav X” to do so. These baraitot (around 80%) have parallels in tannaitic compositions or in the Yerushalmi. This finding bears additional weight on the question of the origins of the terminology used to quote baraitot in the Bavli.
Institutionalizing Personalism: The Russian Presidency after Constitutional Changes
Authors: Burkhardt Fabian
Published: April 2021

The 2020 constitutional changes considerably increase presidential powers while sending mixed signals about presidential transition. The main driver of the amendments were term limits. The “zeroing” of Putin’s presidential terms enhances certainty for himself by fostering uncertainty for others. But there is more to the amendments: Numerous changes are not new, they simply align the constitutional text with subconstitutional powers the presidency had been accumulating. The embedding of term limit circumvention in a comprehensive constitutional overhaul is a risk-hedging strategy to avert resistance by weakening the signal about Putin’s intentions. Constitutional changes are therefore an instrument of elite coordination. The amendments also increase presidential flexibility. This expedited regime personalization is detrimental to governance and will make repression more prevalent. But it also creates more risks for Putin. Regardless of how presidential succession will play out, Putin’s legacy will be a highly personalized authoritarian regime with a constitutionally unconstrained presidency.
Finish-strengthening treatment with surface-plastic deformation
Authors: Gurov Roman , Shcherbakov Andrey
Published: April 2021

There are offered dependences for the definition of parameters formed for surface layer quality when finishing and finish-strengthening with surface-plastic deformation, for the definition of processing modes, tool geometrical parameters taking into account initial parameters of surface layer quality. Criteria for the choice of the processing method ensuring quality parameters required for a surface layer and surface operation properties are offered.
Application of hole axis alignment at drilling pipes of different purpose
Authors: Myshkin Maxim
Published: April 2021

A plant ensuring control of cutter parameters during deep drilling pipes of a different purpose to increase effectiveness of deep hole machining in parts of “pipe” type is considered. The plant allows controlling the following parameters: tool rotation, feed, parts rotation, runout on the outer surface of a part and its wall thickness.
Peculiarities in computation of mode parameters and qualitative indices of ring joining surface lapping in flanges of manufacturing equipment
Authors: Scriabin Vladimir , Zverovshchikov Aleksandr , Artamonov Dmitriy
Published: April 2021

Peculiarities in the computation of cutting modes and power parameter choice during flange ring surface lapping on flat-bed smooth finish machines for joining pipeline equipment to pipes or manufacturing equipment are shown. There are defined qualitative indices of surfaces worked in above-mentioned parts requiring a high degree of sealing.
Prognostic value of serum pentraxin 3 for intracerebral hemorrhage mortality
Authors: Hao Pu-Heng , Fu Chao , Ma Tao , He Shi-Ming , Jia Zhuo-Peng
Published: April 2021

Pentraxin 3 is considered an important inflammatory marker is known to increase in patients with ischemic stroke, but the relationship between pentraxin 3 and intracerebral hemorrhage mortality is unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of pentraxin 3 in serum and its impact on prognosis in 307 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. During the 5-year follow-up, the mortality rate of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage was 22.5%. The serum pentraxin 3 level of the brain-dead patients was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis indicated a high correlation between the pentraxin 3 level and the mortality rate 95% (hazard ratio: 3.671; confidence interval: 1.558-4.297). The receiver operating characteristic curve showed that pentraxin 3 (Area Under Curve = 0.801) had a higher diagnostic value than C-reactive protein (Area Under Curve = 0.701). The pentraxin 3 level increased significantly after intracerebral hemorrhage and has an important predictive value for a prognosis for intracerebral hemorrhage mortality.
Extrasynaptic δ-subunit containing GABAA receptors
Authors: Arslan Ayla
Published: April 2021

γ-Aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABAARs) are GABA gated heteropentameric chloride channels responsible for the adult brain’s primary inhibition. In specific brain cells, such as in the hippocampus, one of the subtypes of GABAARs, the δ subunit containing GABAARs (δ-GABAARs), is predominantly expressed and located in extrasynaptic or perisynaptic positions. δ-GABAARs mediate a slow constant inhibitory current called tonic inhibition. While δ-GABAARs and tonic inhibition is critical for the excitability of single neurons, accumulating data suggest that the function of δ-GABAARs are broader and includes an integrative role in the network oscillations. While these open new horizons on the neurobiology of δ-GABAARs, the complexity continues to challenge the analysis of GABAARs and their subtypes. This review will summarize the current knowledge of molecular, cellular and physiological characteristics of δ-GABAARs during health and disease.
Unfavorable hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 research associated with authors having a history of political party donations
Authors: Berry Andrew C. , Gonnering Russell S. , Rodriguez Ivan , Zhang Qianying , Berry Bruce B.
Published: April 2021

We explored the degree to which political bias in medicine and study authors could explain the stark variation in Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)/Chloroquine (CQ) study favorability in the US compared to the rest of the world. COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 preprint and published papers between January 1, 2020-July 26, 2020 with Hydroxychloroquine and/or Chloroquine; 267 met study criteria, 68 from the US. A control subset was selected. HCQ/CQ study result favorability (favorable, unfavorable, or neutral) was noted. First and last main authors of each US study were entered into FollowTheMoney.org Website, extracting any history of political party donation. Of all US studies (68 total), 39/68 (57.4%) were unfavorable, with only 7/68 (10.3%) of US studies yielding favorable results-compared to 199 non-US studies, 66/199 (33.2%) unfavorable, 69/199 (34.7%) favorable, and 64/199 (32.2%) neutral. Studies with at least one US main author were 20.4% (SE 0.053, P < 0.05) more likely to report unfavorable results than non-US studies. US Studies with at least one main author donating to any political party were 25.6% (SE 0.085, P < 0.01) more likely to have unfavorable results. US studies with at least one author donating to the Democratic party were 20.4% (SE 0.045, P < 0.05) more likely to have unfavorable results. US authors were more likely to publish studies with medically harmful conclusions than non-US authors. Cardiology-specific HCQ/CQ studies were 44.2% more likely to yield harmful conclusions (P < 0.01). Inaccurate propagation of HCQ/CQ cardiac adverse effects with individual scientific author political bias has contributed to unfavorable US HCQ/CQ publication patterns and political polarization of the medications.
Case report of amiodarone-associated allergic pneumonitis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Azraai Meor , McMahon Marcus , Dick Ronald
Published: April 2021

Amiodarone is a common antiarrhythmic drug that is utilised in clinical practice and is associated with pulmonary toxicity. The most common form of pulmonary complication is interstitial pneumonitis which is treated with discontinuation of amiodarone and initiation of corticosteroids. Amiodarone-induced pulmonary eosinophilia is a rare complication of amiodarone therapy, with blood and pulmonary eosinophilia the predominant features. During the COVID-19 era, the incidence of delay in treatment of pulmonary pathology is also delayed due to the effort of excluding COVID-19 infection. Here we report a case of a 64-year-old man who developed eosinophilic pneumonia after initiation of amiodarone therapy, and the investigations required to exclude other forms of pulmonary toxicity. We also reviewed the effect of COVID-19 testing in the management of patients presenting with respiratory distress.
Accuracy and feasibility of portable blood pressure monitoring in the detection of atrial fibrillation in hemodialysis patients
Authors: AlAwwa Izzat , Saleh Akram , Wahbeh Ayman M. , Jallad Shatha , Ibrahim Sarah , Al-Awwa Ahmad , Farah Randa I.
Published: April 2021

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice and is a common comorbidity in hemodialysis patients. AF contributes to cardiovascular complications; therefore, it is recommended to screen for AF in high-risk patients to prevent serious complications. As we currently lack a handy AF screening tool, the aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of a modified BP monitor (Omron M6), in detecting AF in hemodialysis patients. In a cross-sectional analysis conducted from October 2018 to February 2019, we enrolled all the hemodialysis patients, older than 18 years and maintained on hemodialysis for at least 3 months in four hemodialysis centers in Jordan. Logistic regression was used to predict the accuracy, while the R package (epiR) was used to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Omron M6 in screening AF. A total of 227 patients participated in the study, with a median age of 57 years (42.8-67.3); among these, 44.5% were female. Of all the participants, 18 were detected with AF, which was confirmed by a 12-lead ECG. The prevalence of AF in our study was 7.9%, while the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the Omron M6 in detecting AF were calculated as 83.0% (95% CI, 59.0-96.0), 94.0% (95% CI, 90.0-97.0) and 93.4% (95% CI, 88.0-95.0) respectively. We concluded that Omron M6 has high sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in screening AF among hemodialysis patients. However, further studies are required to ascertain and firmly establish this preliminary finding.
Treating a thrombotic giant dissecting renal artery aneurysm through ex-vivo vascular reconstructive surgery followed by kidney reimplantation
Authors: Morosanu Corneliu , Burlacu Alexandru , Miron Adelina , Popa Iolanda Valentina , Covic Adrian
Published: April 2021

Renal artery aneurysms, although rare, may give rise to complications both per se (due to the risk of thrombosis and subsequent wall rupture) and by impairment of the renal function (due to extrinsic compression and high blood pressure). We describe a paucisymptomatic young patient with acute thrombosis of a massive dissecting renal artery aneurysm, for which the successful treatment was performed through ex-vivo vascular surgery followed by autotransplantation of the reconstructed kidney. The aneurysm was described through abdominal echography, computed tomography angiography, and transfemoral transcatheter arterial angiography. It originated from an atypical branch emerging at 90 degrees from the left renal artery. After a short branching off, it degenerated into a dissected aneurysmal sac as large as half a kidney (outer diameter of 60 mm), compressing the lower pole of the left kidney and delaying the lower half nephrogram. Ex-vivo surgical exclusion of the aneurysm was successfully performed. The kidney was reimplanted in the left iliac fossa (termino-lateral anastomosis between the renal artery and external left iliac artery, termino-terminal ureteric anastomosis) with excellent postoperative outcomes. For most asymptomatic aneurysms, expectant treatment is a reasonable approach. However, interventional or surgical repair is indicated in certain circumstances depending on the size of the aneurysm and its natural history, rupture risk, and interventional/surgical risks. The renovascular hypertension, dissecting and thrombotic events, its giant size, the young fertile age, and the presence of the flank pain were all indicative of the need for aneurysm exclusion in our case.
Citation_8_130119033_AliciaNH
Authors: nathalia alicia
Published: April 2021

consumer behaviour now a days
The Impact of Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Regulation Number 12 of 2020 on the Sustainability of Lobster in Indonesia
Authors: Soesilo Adinda Renata
Published: April 2021

The Regulation Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Number 12 of 2020 has a negative effect especially on the sustainability of lobster in Indonesia.
Economic decisions with ambiguous outcome magnitudes vary with low and high stakes but not trait anxiety or depression
Authors: Zbozinek Tomislav Damir , Charpentier Caroline J , Qi Song , mobbs dean
Published: April 2021

Most of life’s decisions involve risk and uncertainty regarding whether reward or loss will follow. Decision makers often face uncertainty not only about the likelihood of outcomes (what are the chances that I will get a raise if I ask my supervisor? What are the chances that my supervisor will be upset with me for asking?) but also the magnitude of outcomes (if I do get a raise, how large will it be? If my supervisor gets upset, how bad will the consequences be for me?). Only a few studies have investigated economic decision making with ambiguous likelihoods, and even fewer have investigated ambiguous outcome magnitudes. In the present report, we investigated the effects of ambiguous outcome magnitude, risk, and gains/losses in an economic decision-making task with low stakes (Study 1; \$3.60-\$5.70; N = 367) and high stakes (Study 2; \$6-\$48; N = 210) using a within-subjects design. We conducted computational modeling to determine individuals’ preferences/aversions for ambiguous outcome magnitudes, risk, and gains/losses. We additionally investigated the association between trait anxiety and trait depression and decision-making parameters. Our results show that increasing stakes increased ambiguous gain aversion and unambiguous risk aversion but increased ambiguous sure loss preference; participants also became more averse to ambiguous sure gains relative to unambiguous risky gains. There were no significant effects of trait anxiety or trait depression on economic decision making. Our results suggest that as stakes increase, people tend to avoid uncertainty in the gain domain (especially ambiguous gains) but prefer ambiguous vs unambiguous sure losses.
Differential expression of dCTP pyrophosphatase 1 in cancers of the breast.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: April 2021

Breast cancer affects women at relatively high frequency (1). We mined published microarray datasets (2, 3) to determine in an unbiased fashion and at the systems level genes most differentially expressed in the primary tumors of patients with breast cancer. We report here significant differential expression of the gene encoding dCTP pyrophosphatase 1, DCTPP1, when comparing primary tumors of the breast to the tissue of origin, the normal breast. DCTPP1 was also differentially expressed in the tumor cells of patients with triple negative breast cancer. DCTPP1 mRNA was present at significantly higher quantities in tumors of the breast as compared to normal breast tissue. Analysis of human survival data revealed that expression of DCTPP1 in primary tumors of the breast was correlated with overall survival in patients with basal subtype cancer. DCTPP1 may be of relevance to initiation, maintenance or progression of cancers of the female breast.
Differential expression of the gap junction protein beta 2 in cancers of the breast.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: April 2021

Breast cancer affects women at relatively high frequency (1). We mined published microarray datasets (2, 3) to determine in an unbiased fashion and at the systems level genes most differentially expressed in the primary tumors of patients with breast cancer. We report here significant differential expression of the gene encoding the gap junction protein beta 2, GJB2, when comparing primary tumors of the breast to the tissue of origin, the normal breast. GJB2 was also differentially expressed in the tumor cells of patients with triple negative breast cancer. Analysis of human survival data revealed that expression of GJB2 in primary tumors of the breast was correlated with overall survival in patients with luminal B and HER2+ subtype cancers, but in a contrary manner. GJB2 may be of relevance to initiation, maintenance or progression of cancers of the female breast.
Invisible Cause of Death in Global Road Safety Crisis: A New Paradigm
Authors: Shetty Nirmalchandra K
Published: April 2021

Global road safety is a complex problem. Annually 1.4 million people are killed, while over 50 million are injured in road traffic crashes worldwide. It endangers the victims' life or health and has a heavy social and economic impact on their families, on medical facilities, and the nation's economy.There have been numerous global efforts by the UN, WHO, World Bank, among others, to address the road safety crisis. According to research, human error is the root cause of 90% of crashes, which is largely attributed to the driver. In 2006, a serendipitous idea led to my discovery of the invisible primary cause of road traffic deaths and injuries - the obstruction of the driver's field of vision by the blind region of the A-pillar in all vehicles, which is a universal design flaw. Road traffic crashes are difficult to avert if vehicles and other road users or objects are invisible to the driver before the crash. Thus, this problem, including its proposed A1-pillar design solution, was conveyed to the UN, WHO, among others, in 2006. In spite of the positive response, these organisations did not pursue it. Despite commendable efforts by global institutions and governments, stricter traffic laws, and automotive safety technology advancements, road traffic deaths and injuries are steadily increasing. Could a key causative factor have been ignored so far? Thus, this article explores the blind region created by the A-pillar and offers a sustainable design solution for new vehicles as well as a retrofit idea for existing ones. Urgent action is needed to validate and overcome this major causative factor in road traffic deaths and injuries worldwide. Along with the existing global road safety measures, this comprehensive solution has the potential to help resolve the global road safety crisis and save lives.
Hubungan Antara Kepercayaan Diri dan Kecemasan Dengan Hasil Belajar
Authors: Uniqbu
Published: April 2021

Students are not confident in themselves and always feel anxious in learning mathematics. This study aims to determine a picture of student confidence and anxiety with class XI SMA N 1 Buru's learning outcomes. The method used in this research is quantitative with an ex-post-facto approach. The results showed that data analysis results using descriptive statistics for self-confidence obtained an average value of 71.06 in the medium category; from 47 samples, the lowest score was 59, the highest value was 85, for anxiety, the average value was 72.00. medium type, from 47 samples, the lowest score was 52, the highest score was 87. And for learning outcomes, the average score was 68.94 in the medium category; from 47 samples, the lowest score was 60, the highest score was 85. As for the inferential statistical analysis results (Multiple Correlation) obtained Fcount> Ftable (8.92> 3.21), so H0 is rejected. By rejecting H0, H1 is accepted. Thus it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between self-confidence and anxiety with student learning outcomes in mathematics class XI SMA Negeri 1 Buru.
Gaya Bahasa Hoaks di Media Sosial Indonesia
Authors: Uniqbu
Published: April 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk bahasa hoax di media sosial. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif yang dirancang untuk mengumpulkan informasi tentang keadaan-keadaan yang sementara berlangsung. Sumber data yang dimanfaatkan dan disajikan berkenaan dengan berita hoaks diambil dari pranala forum anti-hoaks www.turnbackhoax.id dan www.hoaxbuster.id; forum diskusi virtual dari laman www.facebook.com/IndoHoaxBuster ; www.facebook.com/groups/FAFHH ; serta beberapa hasil screenshot koleksi pribadi penulis. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan observasi, dokumentasi, dan penelitian terdahulu yang terkait yang mengandung unsur hoax. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan analisis kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kecenderungan Bahasa hoaks yang terdapat dalam media sosial ditandai dengan: a) judul yang bersifat evokatif, b) penggunaan tanda baca yang berlebihan, c) kata imperatif, dan d) Bahasa yang tidak baku. Tanda-tanda kebahasaan yang tersebut dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai parameter untuk mendeteksi sebuah informasi masuk ke dalam berita fakta atau berita bohong.
A study on emotional maturity in an adolescent group studying at a higher secondary school in Western India
Authors: Upadhyay Henil
Published: April 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate the emotional maturity in an adolescent group of 14 to 17 years of age. 173 students from a higher secondary school of Anand district participated in the study. The emotional maturity scale developed by Dr. Tara Sabapathy was used for assessing the emotional maturity of the participants. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and understand the participants’ emotional maturity using STATA14 software. The majority of the participants (70.5%) had average emotional maturity, 21.3% participants had above average emotional maturity, 5.2% participants had below average emotional maturity and less than 3% of the participants had emotional maturity levels in the extremes (i.e. extremely low, low, high and extremely high). Statistical analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the emotional maturity levels between boys and girls.
ANALISIS TINGKAT KEPUASAN NASABAH TERHADAP SISTEM ANTRIAN PADA PT. BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA (Persero) Tbk. UNIT BTP TAMALANREA
Authors: Daga Rosnaini
Published: April 2021

Penelitian berjudul “Analisis Tingkat Kepuasan Nasabah Terhadap Sistem Antrian Pada PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Unit BTP Tamalanrea” Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis tingkat kepuasan nasabah terhadap sistem antrian.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pengumpulan data dengan cara membagikan kuesioner. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling. Metode analisis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis angka indeks Three Box Method dan analisis instrumen yang terdiri dari uji validitas dan uji realibilitas dengan alat bantu IBM SPSS Versi 22.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kepuasan nasabah terhadap sistem antrian, mencakup lima indikator, yaitu dari kelima indikator sistem antrian semua berada pada kategori indeks tertinggi sampai indeks paling tertinggi. Adapun kepuasan nasabah mencakup lima indikator, sehingga kepuasan nasabah mencakup semua indikator yang berada pada kategori indeks tertinggi sampai indeks paling tertinggi. Dari semua indikator tersebut sudah berjalan dengan baik sehingga tingkat kepuasan nasabah terhadap sistem antrian dapat dikatakan berjalan efektif
Potential COVID-19 Immunomodulators and Beyond: NSAIDs Might Inhibit SARS CoV-2 ORF Proteins Induced Caspase Activation, Necroptosis and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress.
Authors: Kelleni Mina
Published: April 2021

Updated, peer reviewed and published https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10787-021-00896-7#Sec7 We have previously suggested numerous immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory benefits when NSAIDs are administered as first choice therapy early in management of COVID-19 and in this manuscript we add several additional clues and it is really unfortunate that for more than one year of relentless struggle, this call is not yet adopted to save precious lives that are succumbed every day.
Gameful Learning: Was sich aus Videospielen über Motivation lernen lässt
Authors: Kammerer Irmlind , Fischer Christian
Published: April 2021

Videospiele machen süchtig, faul und gewalttätig - ist die landläufige Meinung. Neuere Erkenntnisse zeigen jedoch, dass sich diese Vorurteile nicht so leicht aufrechterhalten lassen. Im Gegenteil: Wer Videospiele spielt, kann sogar Vorteile beim Lernen haben. Mit dem Ansatz des Gameful Learning auf Plattformen wie GradeCraft soll nun auch die Motivation zum Lernen spielerisch gefördert werden. Die Erfolgschancen stehen gut.
Benthic biofilm potential for organic carbon accumulation in salt marsh sediments
Authors: Valentine Kendall , Hotard Abbey , Elsey-Quirk Tracy , Mariotti Giulio
Published: April 2021

Coastal salt marshes are productive environments with high potential for carbon accumulation and storage. Even though organic carbon in salt marsh sediment is typically attributed to plant biomass, it can also be produced by benthic photosynthetic biofilms. These biofilms, generally composed of diatoms and their secretions, are known for their high primary productivity and contribution to the basal food web. In this study, we conducted laboratory experiments to test (1) if biofilms can potentially accumulate carbon in marsh soil and (2) how different sedimentation rates affect the amount of carbon accumulation. Containers filled with a settled mud bed were inoculated with natural biofilms collected from a marsh surface and allowed to grow with favorable light exposure, nutrient supply, and absence of grazing. Mud was added weekly in different amounts, resulting in an equivalent sedimentation rate from 12 to 189 mm/yr. After 11 weeks, the sediment columns were sampled and analyzed for chlorophyll (chl a), loss on ignition (LOI), and total organic carbon (TOC). Chl a accumulation rates ranged from 123-534 mg/cm2/yr, organic matter accumulation ranged from 86-456 g/m2/yr, and TOC accumulation rates ranged from 31-211 g/m2/yr. All three metrics (chl a, organic matter, and TOC) increased with increased sedimentation rate. These results show that biofilms can potentially contribute to carbon accumulation in salt marsh soils. Furthermore, areas with high sedimentation rates have the potential for higher amounts of organic matter from biofilms in the sediment.
Control of Water Adsorption via Electrically Doped Graphene
Authors: Bagheri Morteza H. , Loibl Rebecca T. , Schiffres Scott
Published: April 2021

The interaction of graphene with water molecules under an applied electric field is not thoroughly understood, yet this interaction is important to many thermal, fluidic, and electrical applications of graphene. In this work, the effect of electrical doping of graphene on water adsorption was studied through adsorption isotherms and current-voltage (IV) characterizations as a function of the Fermi level. The water adsorption onto graphene increased ~15% and the doping levels increased by a factor of three with a gate-to-graphene voltage of +20 or –20V compared to 0V for sub-monolayer adsorption. This change in uptake is attributed to the increase in density of state of graphene upon electrical-doping, which changes the Coulombic and van der Waals interactions. The water adsorption onto graphene is either n- or p-doping depending on the applied gate-to-graphene voltage. The ambi-doping nature of water onto graphene is due to the polar nature of water molecules, so the doping depends on the orientation of the water molecules.
The QuadMax Task: A Novel Parametric Manipulation of Associative Memory Load in Adults Across the Lifespan
Authors: Franco Corinna , Alcaraz-Torres Alexander , Bennett Ilana J.
Published: April 2021

Adults of all ages are worse at remembering which pairs of items were previously seen together relative to memory for the individual items, and this paired-associative memory deficit is exacerbated in aging. Less is known about memory for higher-order associations, including whether they place greater demands on the binding processes that link information into a cohesive memory trace. In this study, adults across the lifespan (Experiment 1: n = 250, 18-78 years) and in extreme age groups (Experiment 2: n = 64, 18-25 and 64-78 years) completed a novel recognition task in which they studied word pairs, triplets, and quadruplets and were later tested on their memory for repeated, recombined, and novel word sets. Associative memory deficits were seen in both experiments as the difference between correct responses to repeated (hits) and incorrect responses to recombined (recombined false alarm, FA) sets that decreased from pairs to quadruplets. In addition, older age groups had worse associative memory scores (Experiment 2) and made more recombined FA’s (Experiment 1) than younger age groups. These findings indicate that associative memory deficits increase with demands on binding processes at higher associative loads and that these effects are amplified in aging. They further demonstrate the feasibility of manipulating and assessing associative memory load using our novel QuadMax task.
Improving the generalizability of infant psychological research: The ManyBabies model
Authors: Visser Ingmar , Bergmann Christina , Byers-Heinlein Krista , Dal Ben Rodrigo , Duch Wlodzislaw , Forbes Samuel H. , Franchin Laura , Frank Michael C. , Geraci Alessandra , Hamlin Kiley , Kaldy Zsuzsa , Kulke Louisa , Laverty Catherine , Lew-Williams Casey , Mateu Victoria , Mayor Julien , Moreau David , Nomikou Iris , Schuwerk Tobias , Simpson Elizabeth Ann , Singh Leher , Soderstrom Melanie , Sullivan Jess , van den Heuvel Marion I. , Westermann Gert , Yamada Yuki , Zaadnoordijk Lorijn , Zettersten Martin
Published: April 2021

Yarkoni’s analysis clearly articulates a number of concerns limiting the generalizability and explanatory power of psychological findings, many of which are compounded in infancy research. ManyBabies addresses these concerns via a radically collaborative, large-scale and open approach to research that is grounded in theory-building, committed to diversification, and focused on understanding sources of variation.
Investigating the feasibility of MePlusMe, an online intervention to support mental health, wellbeing, and study skills in higher education students
Authors: Goozee Rhianna , Barrable Alexia , Lubenko Jelena , Papadatou-Pastou Marietta , Haddad Mark , McKeown Eamonn , Hirani Shashivadan , Martin Maryanne , Tzotzoli Patapia
Published: April 2021

Introduction: While there are several web-based interventions to support mental health, few target students in higher education (HE). Importantly, more research is needed to establish their effectiveness. Here, we provide a pragmatic evaluation of an online intervention (MePlusMe) specifically designed to improve the mental health, wellbeing, and study skills of HE students. Methods: In accordance with the published protocol for a feasibility study, we obtained a convenience sample of 137 HE students, with students recruited to participate in an 8-week intervention. To evaluate the feasibility and assess the effects of this online intervention, validated measures of mood (depression and anxiety), wellbeing and self-efficacy were collected at baseline, 2, 4 and 8 weeks, alongside two feedback forms assessing design and functionality (baseline), and engagement (week 4 and 8).Results: We observed statistically significant reductions in levels of anxiety and depression, and increases in wellbeing over the 8-week intervention period. However, there were no significant changes in self-efficacy. Participants rated the system design and functionality positively, and qualitative findings indicated high levels of satisfaction with MePlusMe. Some areas for improvement were also identified. Discussion: Rates of initial consent, subsequent engagement with the programme, and measure completion, together with qualitative feedback, support the acceptability of the intervention. Significant benefits were observed for the main intended outcomes, with the overall results providing qualified support for the effectiveness of MePlusMe. The significant positive changes associated with use of this system are encouraging. Nonetheless, modest retention rates limit the precision and generalisability of these findings. Further investigation should ascertain optimal duration of engagement, most acceptable means of outcome assessment, and further detail about obstacles to utilisation.
Edgework: Viewing curiosity as fundamentally relational
Authors: Zurn Perry , Zhou Dale , Lydon-Staley David M. , Bassett Danielle S
Published: April 2021

Most theories of curiosity emphasize the acquisition of information. Such conceptualizations focus on the actions of the knower in seeking units of knowledge. Each unit is valued as an unknown and appropriated in becoming known. Yet, recent advances across a range of disciplines from philosophy to cognitive science suggest that it may be time to complement the acquisitional theory of curiosity with a connectional theory of curiosity. This alternative perspective focuses on the actions of the knower in seeking relations among informational units, laying down lines of intersection, and thereby building a scaffold or network of knowledge. Intuitively, curiosity becomes edgework. In this chapter, we dwell on the notion of edgework, wrestle with its relation to prior accounts, and exercise its unique features to craft alternative reasons for curiosity's value to humanity. To begin, we engage in a philosophical discussion of the evidence for connectional curiosity across the last two millennia in the Western intellectual tradition. We then move to a contemporary operationalization of connectional curiosity in the mathematical language of network science. To make our discussion more concrete, we walk through a case study of humans browsing Wikipedia. The groundwork laid, we turn to the practical question of how (if at all) the paradigm of curiosity as edgework manifests in the contemporary lives of humans today. Does such a conceptualization help us to better understand the relations between curiosity and mental health? Might the edgework paradigm explain the drive to build specific structures of knowledge? Would the account help us to encode, test, and validate existing theories of curiosity, or propose new ones? Could it clarify why and how our culture values curiosity, in its multiple manifestations, plethora of practices, and kindred kinds in many bodies? In considering interdisciplinary answers to these questions, we find that the notion of edgework offers a fresh, flexible, and explanatory account of curiosity. More broadly, it uncovers new opportunities to use the lens of science to examine, probe, and interrogate this important dimension of the human experience.
Gay = STIs? Exploring gay and lesbian sexual health stereotypes and their implications for prejudice and discrimination
Authors: Rice Dylan R. , Hudson Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn , Noll Nicole E.
Published: April 2021

Gay men and lesbian women face health inequities as well as disparate treatment from healthcare providers. Stereotypes surrounding sexual health might contribute to these disparities. In five studies (N=1858), we explored sexual health stereotypes about gay men and lesbian women and their implications in prejudice/discrimination. In Studies 1, 2A, and 2B, we found people explicitly associated gay men with promiscuity and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) more than lesbian women or straight men/women. In implicit association tests, both gay men and lesbian women were more associated with promiscuity and STIs than straight counterparts. Studies 3A and 3B showed that these associations have consequences: people expressed more prejudice and discrimination towards gay men and lesbian women with STIs versus those with non-STIs or straight counterparts with either disease type. Taken together, the current research identifies some psychological factors that may underpin health disparities and healthcare barriers for gay and lesbian people.
Eliciting false insights with semantic priming
Authors: Grimmer Hilary Jane , Laukkonen Ruben , Tangen Jason Marcus , von Hippel Bill
Published: April 2021

The insight experience (or ‘Aha moment’) generally evokes strong feelings of certainty and confidence. An ‘Aha’ experience for a false idea could underlie many false beliefs and delusions. However, for as long as insight experiences have been studied, false insights have remained difficult to elicit experimentally. That difficulty, in turn, highlights the fact that we know little about what causes people to experience a false insight. Across two experiments (total N=300), we developed and tested a new paradigm to elicit false insights. In Experiment 1 we used a combination of semantic priming and visual similarity to elicit feelings of insight for incorrect solutions to anagrams. These false insights were relatively common but were experienced as weaker than correct ones. In Experiment 2 we replicated the findings of Experiment 1 and found that semantic priming had a greater impact than visual similarity on false insights, although the combination of the two manipulations produced the strongest effect. These studies highlight the importance of misleading semantic processing in the generation of false insights.
What do Anxiety Scales Really Measure? An Item Content Analysis of Self-Report Measures of Anxiety
Authors: Wall Andy , Lee Eric
Published: April 2021

Anxiety is a common experience and component of the human condition, but as a construct it is difficult to define and anxiety scales vary in which aspects are emphasized. In the present study, we analyzed and quantified the content overlap of self-report instruments used to measure non- specific or global anxiety. Categorization of the 320 items across fourteen commonly used anxiety scales resulted in 60 disparate categories that spanned a wide variety of symptoms. The Jaccard index was used to determine symptom overlap between the various scales. Mean overlap between all of the selected scales was very low, indicated by a weak Jaccard Index (0.23). On average, only 29.5% of all symptoms were captured by any given measure. Results indicate that the scales are heterogenous in the content that they measure. Therefore, anxiety-related scales should not be assumed to be interchangeable and careful consideration should be taken when selecting measures.
A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia
Authors: Rajkarnikar Rashmee
Published: April 2021

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Government Expending, Real Interest Rate, and Economic Growth in Nepal
Authors: Chaudhary Arbind , Acharya Mahesh
Published: April 2021

This paper aims to obtain a linear and causal relationship between government expenditure and real interest rate to the economic growth of Nepal for 1975-2015. The applied ARDL cointegration technique yields a long-run association among the variables. Furthermore, the variables: government expenditure, real interest rate, and other control variables-average rainfall and trade openness are established as long-run elements to the national income. The real interest rate has a substitution effect on the Nepalese household sector, hence it hurts the real income. However, trade openness, public expenditure, and average rainfall are recorded as the short-run determinants. Similarly, the study also explores the existence of a bidirectional causal relationship between government expenditure and real income.
Biomass Carbon Content in Schima-Castanopsis Forest of Midhills of Nepal: A Case Study from Jaisikuna Community Forest, Kaski
Authors: Tripathi Sushma , Thapa Chandra Bahadur , Sharma Amrit
Published: April 2021

Forests are considered as both the source and sinks of carbon. Different types of forests have different carbon stock. Nepal's midhills community forests have high potentiality to sequester carbon. This paper analyzes the biomass carbon stock in Schima-Castanopsis forest of Jaisikuna community forests of Kaski district, Nepal. Forest area was divided into two blocks and 18 sample plots (9 in each block) were laid randomly. Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) and height of trees (DBH≥5cm) were measured using the DBH tape and clinometer. Leaflitter, herbs, grasses and seedling were collected from 1*1m2 plot and fresh weight was taken. Biomass of tree was calculated and below ground biomass is assumed 15% of above ground tree biomass. For calculating carbon stock, biomass is multiplied by default value 0.47. The above ground tree biomass (AGTB) carbon of chilaune, katus and other species was found 19.56 t/ha, 18.66 t/ha and 3.59 t/ha respectively. The AGTB of chilaune dominated, katus dominated and whole forest was found 43.78 t/ha, 39.83 t/ha and 41.81 t/ ha respectively. LHG carbon was found 2.73 t/ha. Below ground biomass carbon at whole forest was found 6.27 t/ha respectively. Total biomass and carbon at forest was found 108.09 t/ha and 50.80 t/ ha respectively. Difference in biomass and carbon content at chilaune dominated block and katus dominated block was found insignificant. Carbon estimation at forest of different elevation, aspect and location are recommended for further research.