bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Enhancing antioxidant activity of olive pomace with reinforcing its phenolic compounds by fermentation
Authors: Mohammed Amira T. , Mahmoud Abeer E. , Ali Mamdouh M. , Ibrahim Doaa M. , Fathy Shadia A.
Published: December 2022

Background and objective

Valorization of olive pomace (OP) by solid-state fermentation of the generally regarded as safe yeast, Kluyveromyces marxianus was reported to enhance its antioxidant activity. However, a detailed identification of bioactive compounds present in unfermented OP and fermented OP was not clarified. The aim of the present study was to identify the major classes of bioactive compounds, and alteration in the phenolic profile after fermentation to explain the enhanced therapeutic activity of OP after fermentation.

Materials and methods

Methanolic extracts of unfermented OP and fermented OP were subjected to qualitative preliminary phytochemical analysis. Moreover, both extracts were subjected to high-performance liquid chromatography analysis using different phenolic compounds’ standards. Also, total antioxidant capacity of both extracts was evaluated.

Results

Simple phenols, tannin, phlobatannins, flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, cardiac glycosides, reducing sugars, alkaloids, carbohydrates, sterols, and triterpenes are the major phytochemical classes present in both extracts. While both extracts lack saponin, anthraquinones, free amino acids, free cholesterol, and polyuronides. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis confirmed that fermentation of OP by K. marxianus led to a sharp increase in rutin, vanillin, and cinnamic acid contents by 69.22, 39.35, and 31.40%, respectively. This was accompanied with 22.78, 7.07, and 5.81% increase in quercetin, catechin, and syringic acid contents, respectively. While gallic, caffeic, and coumaric acid contents were decreased after fermentation by 59.24, 55.25, and 53.96%, respectively. Methanolic extracts of unfermented OP and fermented OP showed a maximum total antioxidant capacity of 144.81±1.47 and 187.57±4.00 mgVCE/l at a concentration of 10 and 6 mg/ml, respectively.

Conclusion

Solid-state fermentation of OP with K. marxianus strongly affected its total antioxidant capacity by increasing its content of several bioactive compounds.
Human Papilloma Virus and Tobacco-Associated Modulation of NOTCH1 Pathway During Development of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Authors: Mukhopadhyay Debalina , Chakraborty Balarko , Sarkar Shreya , Alam Neyaz , Panda Chinmay Kumar
Published: December 2022

Background:

Modulation of NOTCH1 pathway during development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) was evaluated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and/or tobacco habit to define the molecular mechanism of transformation of normal oral epithelium into neoplastic tissue.

Materials and Methods:

Comprehensive messenger RNA (mRNA) expression profile of NOTCH1 pathway genes (NOTCH1, JAG1/2, HES1, HEY1, and FBXW7) in HNSCC samples was mined from five different datasets followed by validation at genetic/expression level (RNA/protein).

Results:

Differential expression pattern of the NOTCH1 pathway genes was seen in different datasets. In our HNSCC samples, high mRNA expression of NOTCH1, JAG1/2, HES1, HEY1 was seen with a significant increase particularly in NOTCH1 and HES1 expression in HPV+ ve (H+) samples. However, no such change in mRNA expression of FBXW7 was noted. In immunohistochemical analysis, high/medium expressions of activated NOTCH1 (NICD)/FBXW7/HES1 proteins were seen in basal/parabasal layers of adjacent normal oral epithelium than in the spinous layers with prevalent expression in H+ samples, followed by increased expression with the progression of the disease. A similar trend was seen in the H+ and/or tobacco+ve (T+) samples, except H-T- group. Infrequent copy number variation was seen in NOTCH1/JAG1/JAG2 loci in HNSCC samples. High/medium expression of NICD/HES1 protein showed overall poor patient outcome, though patients under H+ T– group showed better survival.

Conclusion:

Our data showed that activated NOTCH1 pathway in basal/parabasal layers of the oral epithelium was gradually aggravated during the development of HNSCC with a distinct association with HPV infection and tobacco habit.
Study to Evaluate the Acute Toxicities and Response to Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy with Weekly Cisplatin versus Cisplatin and Paclitaxel in Locally Advanced Head-and-Neck Cancer
Authors: Jacob Tony , Rao Sandesh B , Fernandes Donald , Sequeira Lanisha Jolitha , Raj H Krishna
Published: December 2022

Objective:

The objective of this study is to assess the acute toxicities and locoregional response rates in patients with locally advanced head-and-neck squamous cell carcinomas with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and weekly cisplatin versus weekly cisplatin and paclitaxel.

Methodology:

Fifty-four patients with histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck at the department of radiotherapy, at our hospital, were taken up for this study. Patients were allotted to the study and control arm and results were analyzed. All patients were treated with IMRT 70 Gy along with weekly injection cisplatin 35 mg/m2 (control arm) versus IMRT 70 Gy along with weekly injection paclitaxel 30 mg/m2 and injection cisplatin 20 mg/m2 (study arm). The toxicity profile was assessed weekly during treatment and then monthly for 3 months postchemoradiotherapy with Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0. The immediate locoregional response rates were assessed clinically postchemoradiotherapy and then monthly for 3 months after concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

Results:

In this study, oropharyngeal cancer dominated with 52% of patients in the study arm and 47% in the control arm. Most of the patients were in Stage IV a (69%). Toxicities were observed more in the study arm with 59% of patients with Grade 3 mucositis and 52% of patients with Grade 3 dermatitis. Eighty-one percent of patients in the study arm and 70% of patients in the control arm had Grade 3 dysphagia. Grade 2 leukocytopenia was seen in 44% of patients in the study arm and 19% in the control arm. Complete and partial responses at the end of follow-up were 70% and 30% in the study arm and 48% and 52% in the control arm, respectively.

Conclusion:

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with injection cisplatin and paclitaxel in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck has a higher complete response rate with manageable toxicities.
Effect of structured supervised yoga on stress, anxiety, and depression during a pandemic situation among the population of an urban resettlement colony of Delhi
Authors: Mandal Suprakash , Misra Puneet , Kant Shashi , Sangral Meenu , Kardam Priyanka
Published: December 2022

Background:

Increased level of stress has a potential impact on physical, mental, and social well-being. It was seen aggravated during the global pandemic situation of COVID-19.

Aim:

The aim of this study was to find the effect of a community-based structured yoga program on the level of stress, anxiety, and depression.

Materials and Methods:

This was a community-based quasi-experimental study of pre–post in type involving 26 adult participants without any preexisting morbidity. All of them were provided 12 weeks of structured yoga program of 50 min/session, ≥2 sessions/week. Psychometric questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), stress biomarker serum cortisol, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and rate pressure product were used to assess the primary and secondary outcome variables.

Results:

A total of 26 participants (male: 6 and female: 20) were enrolled and 18 participants completed the follow-up assessment. The median number of yoga sessions attended was 22. At the end of 12 weeks, there was a significant reduction of the stress component of DASS-21 (p: 0.0018) and the serum cortisol level (p: 0.032). Other variables had a reduction but it was not significant. No adverse effect was reported by the participants.

Conclusions:

This community-based yoga study showed beneficial effects among the participants. The stress level was found reduced significantly. However, the sustainable effect needed to be assessed further.
Sleep disorders and its consequences on biopsychosocial health
Authors: Verma Kanika , Singh Deepeshwar , Srivastava Alok
Published: December 2022

Sleep disorders are often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Fewer than 20% of people with insomnia are correctly diagnosed and treated, even though a significant portion of the population suffers from severe sleep disorders that necessitate medical attention. Excessive sleepiness and restless leg syndrome have even worse statistics, with only limited cases correctly diagnosed and treated. Insomnia and excessive sleepiness have a wide range of effects on people's lives, including their professional, social, and family lives, concentration, and memory. In addition, a sleepy person is more likely to be involved in a car, workplace, or domestic accident. This review aimed to search and explore literature regarding sleep and normal physiology and its impact on physical and mental health. We also searched for sleep disorders and their consequences on cognitive dysfunction and clinical and complementary approaches to managing sleep disorders. We browsed Embase, Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar databases till November 30, 2021. The high prevalence rates of insomnia indicate a significant public health concern that necessitates education and prevention efforts and increased attention from health-care professionals. This review highlighted the importance of timely screening and managing sleep disorders to prevent their consequences and discussed the evidence of complementary and alternative therapy for managing them.
Numerical characterization of complex torus quotients
Authors: Claudon Benoît , Graf Patrick , Guenancia Henri
Published: December 2022

This article gives a characterization of quotients of complex tori by finite groups acting freely in codimension two in terms of a numerical vanishing condition on the first and second Chern class. This generalizes results previously obtained by Greb–Kebekus–Peternell in the projective setting, and by Kirschner and the second author in dimension three. As a key ingredient to the proof, we obtain a version of the Bogomolov–Gieseker inequality for stable sheaves on singular spaces, including a discussion of the case of equality.
On Siegel’s problem for $E$-functions
Authors: Fischler Stéphane , Rivoal Tanguy
Published: December 2022

Siegel defined in 1929 two classes of power series, the

E

-functions and

G

-functions, which generalize the Diophantine properties of the exponential and logarithmic functions respectively. He asked whether any

E

-function can be represented as a polynomial with algebraic coefficients in a finite number of

E

-functions of the form

{}_pF_q(\lambda z^{q-p+1})

,

q\ge p\ge 1

, with rational parameters. The case of

E

-functions of differential order less than or equal to 2 was settled in the affirmative by Gorelov in 2004, but Siegel's question is open for higher order. We prove here that if Siegel's question has a positive answer, then the ring

\mathbf{G}

of values taken by analytic continuations of

G

-functions at algebraic points must be a subring of the relatively “small” ring

\mathbf{H}

generated by algebraic numbers,

1/\pi

and the values of the derivatives of the Gamma function at rational points. Because that inclusion seems unlikely (and contradicts standard conjectures), this points towards a negative answer to Siegel's question in general. As intermediate steps, we first prove that any element of

\mathbf{G}

is a coefficient of the asymptotic expansion of a suitable

E

-function, which completes previous results of ours. We then prove (in two steps) that the coefficients of the asymptotic expansion of a hypergeometric

E

-function with rational parameters are in

\mathbf{H}

. Finally, we prove a similar result for

G

-functions.
Removal of Eriochrome Black T dye from aqueous solution using base activated typha grass (Typha latifolia) as an adsorbent
Authors: Ayuba A.M. , Sani M.
Published: December 2022

Adsorption of Eriochrome Black T (EBT) dye from aqueous solution by activated typha grass (T. latifolia) was studied using batch system. The adsorbent was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) methods, as well as the point of zero charge (PZC). Adsorption parameters including effect of contact time, adsorbent dose, initial dye concentration and pH were studied and the adsorption capacity (qe) was found to be 47.619mg/g. The adsorption isotherm for the adsorption processes were also modelled and evaluated and the data fitted Freundlich isotherm model with R2 of 0.9943 relative to other models tested. The kinetic data were best described by pseudo-second order model with R2 values of 0.999 and rate constant (k) of 6.30mol-1dm3s-1 out of the four models tested. The thermodynamic quantities of the adsorption process including the entropy change (ΔS) which describe the degree of disorderliness of the dye-adsorbent interphase was found to be 2.108Jmol- 1K-1 indicating an increase in the interphase disorderliness, the enthalpy change (ΔH) describing the nature of energetic interaction between the dye molecules and the adsorbent surface has a value of -9.223kJmol-1 proving an exothermic process and the Gibbs free energy change (ΔG) of the range -8.563 to -8.718kJmol-1 were obtained indicating the process to be feasible and spontaneous in nature. Hence, the activated carbon produced from typha grass can be a potential adsorbent for the removal of hazardous dyes such as Eriochrome Black T from industrial effluent.
Prevalence and risk factors of depression among undergraduate medical students in a Nigerian university
Authors: R. Isara Alphonsus , I. Nwokoye Ogechukwu , O. Odaman Agatha
Published: December 2022

Objectives: This study assessed the prevalence and risk factors of depression among undergraduate medical students at the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.Design: This was a cross-sectional study.Setting: This study was carried out at the University of Benin.Participants: Three hundred medical students were recruited for this study.Methods: The Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) and a structured pre-tested self-administered questionnaire were used to assess the prevalence and risk factors of depression, respectively.Results: The students’ age ranged from 15 – 34 years, with a mean age of 21.8 ± 3.3 years. Many risk factors which could predispose students to depression were identified. Overall, 96 (32.0%) students were found to have depression. Of these, 59 (19.0%) had mild depression, 4 (1.3%) had severe depression, 53 (39.3%) were pre-clinical students, and 43 (26.1%) were clinical students. Emotional problems (OR 2.205, 95% CI 1.122 – 3.749, p = 0.020), financial challenges (OR 3.971, 95% CI 2.170 – 7.269, p < 0.001) and smoking (OR 6.877, 95% CI 1.731 – 27.327, p = 0.006) were the significant independent predictors of depression.Conclusion: The prevalence of depression was high among medical students. There is a need to include screening for risk factors of depression in the routine medical examinations for new students admitted into medical schools.
Assessment of Heavy Metals Content in Soil and Groundwater within the Vicinity of Automobile Mechanic Workshops in Yola and Jimeta Towns, Adamawa State, Nigeria
Authors: Vincent F. , Manu J. M. , Chessed G. , Vandi P. , Francis S. , Norah S.
Published: December 2022

Although heavy metals are naturally occurring elements that are found throughout the earth’s crust, anthropogenic activities such as mechanic workshops are a source of concern for heavy metal contamination. This paper assessed the heavy metals content in soil and groundwater within the vicinity of automobile mechanic workshops in Yola and Jjimeta Towns, Adamawa State, Nigeria using standard methods. Heavy metals were determined using AAS model 210 VGP while pH was determined by electronic JENWAY glass electrode pH meter (Model 3510). Data obtained revealed that, the pH of the sample ranged from 7.52 to 5.19 (provide the average pH levels in the soil and groundwater). From the study conducted, (provide the mean of the heavy metals here) it can be seen that the level of heavy metals found in the soil is in the order of Zn>Ni>Fe>Pb>Cd. While heavy metals found in the ground water of automobile mechanic locations is in the order Ni>Fe>Zn>Cd>Pb. The levels of metals found in the present study were generally below the Department of Petroleum of Petroleum Resources target values for metals in soils.
The Markovian Bernoulli queues with operational server vacation, Bernoulli's weak and strong disasters, and linear impatient customers
Authors: Ezzourgui Zahia , Saggou Hafida , Ourbih-Tari Megdouda , Bourennane El Bay
Published: December 2022

This paper studies the stationary analysis of a Markovian queuing system with Bernoulli feedback, interruption vacation, linear impatient customers, strong and weak disaster with the server's repair during the server's operational vacation period. Each customer has its own impatience time and abandons the system as soon as that time ends. When the queue is not empty, the server's operational vacation can be interrupted if the service is completed and the server starts a busy period with a probability q or continues the operational vacation with a probability q. A strong disaster forces simultaneously all present customers (waiting and served) to abandon the system permanently with a probability p but a weak disaster is that all customers decide to be patient by staying in the system, and wait during the repair time with a probability p, where arrival of a new customer can occur. As soon as the repair process of the server is completed, the server remains providing service in the operational vacation period. We analyze this proposed model and derive the probabilities generating functions of the number of customers present in the system together with explicit expressions of some performance measures such as the mean and the variance of the number of customers in the different states, together with the mean sojourn time. Finally, numerical results are presented to show the influence of the system parameters on some studied performance measures.
On the square of the antipode in a connected filtered Hopf algebra
Authors: Grinberg Darij
Published: December 2022

It is well-known that the antipode $S$ of a commutative or cocommutative Hopf
algebra satisfies $S^{2}=\operatorname*{id}$ (where $S^{2}=S\circ S$).
Recently, similar results have been obtained by Aguiar, Lauve and Mahajan for
connected graded Hopf algebras: Namely, if $H$ is a connected graded Hopf
algebra with grading $H=\bigoplus_{n\geq0}H_n$, then each positive integer $n$
satisfies $\left( \operatorname*{id}-S^2\right)^n \left( H_n\right) =0$ and
(even stronger) \[ \left( \left( \operatorname{id}+S\right) \circ\left(
\operatorname{id}-S^2\right)^{n-1}\right) \left( H_n\right) = 0. \] For some
specific $H$'s such as the Malvenuto--Reutenauer Hopf algebra
$\operatorname{FQSym}$, the exponents can be lowered.
In this note, we generalize these results in several directions: We replace
the base field by a commutative ring, replace the Hopf algebra by a coalgebra
(actually, a slightly more general object, with no coassociativity required),
and replace both $\operatorname{id}$ and $S^2$ by "coalgebra homomorphisms" (of
sorts). Specializing back to connected graded Hopf algebras, we show that the
exponent $n$ in the identity $\left( \operatorname{id}-S^2\right) ^n \left(
H_n\right) =0$ can be lowered to $n-1$ (for $n>1$) if and only if $\left(
\operatorname{id} - S^2\right) \left( H_2\right) =0$. (A sufficient condition
for this is that every pair of elements of $H_1$ commutes; this is satisfied,
e.g., for $\operatorname{FQSym}$.)
Pseudo links and singular links in the Solid Torus
Authors: Diamantis Ioannis
Published: December 2022

In this paper we introduce and study the theories of pseudo links and
singular links in the Solid Torus, ST. Pseudo links are links with some missing
crossing information that naturally generalize the notion of knot diagrams, and
that have potential use in molecular biology, while singular links are links
that contain a finite number of self-intersections. We consider pseudo links
and singular links in ST and we set up the appropriate topological theory in
order to construct invariants for these types of links in ST. In particular, we
formulate and prove the analogue of the Alexander theorem for pseudo links and
for singular links in ST. We then introduce the mixed pseudo braid monoid and
the mixed singular braid monoid, with the use of which, we formulate and prove
the analogue of the Markov theorem for pseudo links and for singular links in
ST. \smallbreak Moreover, we introduce the pseudo Hecke algebra of type A,
$P\mathcal{H}_n$, the cyclotomic and generalized pseudo Hecke algebras of type
B, $P\mathcal{H}_{1, n}$, and discuss how the pseudo braid monoid (cor. the
mixed pseudo braid monoid) can be represented by $P\mathcal{H}_{n}$ (cor. by
$P\mathcal{H}_{1, n}$). This is the first step toward the construction of
HOMFLYPT-type invariants for pseudo links in $S^3$ and in ST. We also introduce
the cyclotomic and generalized singular Hecke algebras of type B,
$S\mathcal{H}_{1, n}$, and we present two sets that we conjecture that they
form linear bases for $S\mathcal{H}_{1, n}$. Finally, we generalize the bracket
polynomial for pseudo links in ST.
Kare Profilli Kapların Açılı Derin Çekme İşlem Parametrelerinin Etkilerinin Bulanık Mantık ile Modellenmesi
Authors: ÜNAL Engin , AKIN Betül , KARACA Faruk
Published: December 2022

Bu çalışmada, açılı derin çekme kalıplarında çekme işlemini etkileyen parametrelerden olan zımba radyüsü, kalıp radyüsü, kalıp açısı ve baskı plakası kuvvetinin, limit çekme oranı, zımba kuvveti ve cidar kalınlığı üzerindeki etkileri deneysel ve bulanık mantık yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Deney tasarımında zımba ve kalıp radyüsü 2 – 10 mm, kalıp açısı 2.5º – 15º, baskı plakası kuvveti ise 0 – 9800 N arasında tanımlanmıştır. Tanımlanan aralık değerlerine göre uygun dilsel ifadeler belirlenerek, çalışmanın bulanık mantık modeli MATLAB paket programında hazırlanmıştır.

Sonuç olarak, bulanık mantık modeli ile elde edilen sonuçlar deneysel veriler ile karşılaştırılmış, bulanık mantık verilerinin deneysel değerlere göre hata oranları limit çekme oranı için % 3.77, zımba kuvveti için %7.83 ve cidar kalınlığı için %1.64 olarak belirlenmiştir. Aralarında çok fazla fark olmadığı genel olarak birbirlerine yakın sonuçlar verdiği gözlemlenmiştir. Bu parametrelere bağlı olarak limit çekme oranının, kapta meydana gelecek hatalara sebep olan cidar kalınlığının ve en uygun zımba kuvvetinin belirlenmesinde yardımcı olacaktır.
EFFECT OF PRINTING SPEED ON FDM 3D-PRINTED PLA SAMPLES PRODUCED USING DIFFERENT TWO PRINTERS
Authors: KAMER Muhammed Safa , TEMİZ Şemsettin , YAYKAŞLI Hakan , KAYA Ahmet , AKAY Orhan
Published: December 2022

Today, 3D manufacturing technologies are shown as candidates to replace traditional manufacturing technologies. In this direction, many studies are carried out to reduce the disadvantages of 3D manufacturing technologies. The first few of these disadvantages are; high production cost, slow production speed, and lower strength values of the produced product compared to traditional methods. Increasing or decreasing the printing speed, which is one of the 3d production parameters, appears as a parameter that will directly affect the strength and production costs of the produced product. For this reason, it is important to determine the effects that may occur on the mechanical properties of the product produced by changing the printing speed in terms of choosing the printing speed according to the intended use of the product. In this study, the effect of desktop Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printing speed on mechanical properties was investigated. Tensile test samples were produced using Polylactic Acid (PLA) material at seven different printing speeds using two different 3D printers operated without bed heating. The mass, hardness, surface roughness, and porosity values of the produced samples were determined. Fractured surfaces of the samples were analyzed using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. The results show that an increase in the printing speed decreases the mass, the top surface hardness, and the tensile strength and increases the porosity, the arithmetic average roughness of the products produced with both 3D printers.
3D PRINTED HOLTER ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
Authors: DEMİRCİOĞLU Pınar , BÖĞREKCİ İsmail , UYMAZ Şerife Cansu
Published: December 2022

This study was aimed to design a low cost and ergonomic Holter Electrocardiogram (ECG) that allows remote monitoring of patients who need to be followed up by a doctor with the Covid19 pandemic period, sends SMS to the doctor or relatives of the patient in risky situations, and recordes and stores patient data. In this study, a 55x84 mm PCB electronic circuit was designed. Signals received from the patient through the electrodes are detected with the help of the AD8232 ECG sensor and transmitted to the ESP32, which is the processor of the system, and an SMS is sent to the doctor or relatives of the patient in risky situations, thanks to the UG96 GSM module. In addition, thanks to the wifi feature of the UG96 GSM module, the ECG data recorded in risky situations is stored in the ubidots. The doctor can access the patient's ECG data via ubidots.
Nonlinear Sequential Caputo and Caputo-Hadamard Fractional Differential Equations with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions in Banach Spaces
Authors:   University of Ghardaia, Algeria, DERBAZI CHOUKRI
Published: December 2022

This paper is devoted to the existence of solutions for certain classes of nonlinear sequential Caputo and Caputo-Hadamard fractional differential equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions in Banach spaces. Moreover, our analysis is based on Darbo’s fixed point theorem in conjunction with the technique of Hausdorff measure of noncompactness. An example is also presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the main results.
N/K ARŞİVİNDEN SU ORDALİ'NE DEĞİNEN BİR ÖDEME LİSTESİ
Authors: ÇEÇEN Salih
Published: December 2022

Burada tanıtacağımız metin çeşitli ödemleri içeren bir belge olup yerlilerle ilgili bir takım bilgiler sunmaktadır. Bir kaç belgeden bildiğimiz Su Ordali’ne bir örnek de bu metinde yer almaktadır. Ölen bir kimsenin yaşadığı zamanın ve Harla isimli bir yerlinin nehre gitmesinin tarihleme olarak kullanıldığını görmekteyiz. Yerli şahıs adlarının Hititçe isimler taşıması da dikkat çekicidir.
Blue-throated Anole (Anolis bombiceps)
Authors: Vieira Jose , Arteaga Alejandro
Published: December 2022

This is the species account about the Blue-throated Anole (Anolis bombiceps), a chapter in the Reptiles of Ecuador book. This account summarizes novel as well as historical information (recognition, natural history, distribution, conservation, etymology, and relevant literature) about the species and provides maps and images to facilitate identification of this reptile in the field.
Bitlis Dârülmualîmin Mektebi
Authors: TOPTAŞ Rahşan
Published: December 2022

Bitlis, an province of the Ottoman Empire, is one of the settlements affected by the innovation movements of modernisation period. It was determined that the buildings surviving were Bitlis Municipality, Bitlis High School and The Teachers' Training School for Boys of Bitlis. The Teachers’ Training School for Boys of Bitlis' features were tried to be presented by discussing it in terms of art history and Bitlis education history. An evaluation was made by comparing the school with the public buildings and similar types of buildings built in the same period. As a result, it has been seen that Bitlis Darülmualîmin School is smaller in size than its counterparts built in other provinces and sanjaks. In addition, although they do not have one-to-one similarities with the other public buildings in the starboard centre, it has been observed that they are similar in terms of façade and planning features.
HAKIKAT MANUSIA (PERSPEKTIF FILSAFAT PENDIDIKAN ISLAM)
Authors: Damayanti Eka , Nuryamin Nuryamin , Hamsah F  , Suryati Suriyati
Published: December 2022

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan hakikat manusia menurut filsafat pendidikan Islam agar mendapatkan gambaran tentang hakikat manusia. Penelitian kualitatif jenis penelitian kepustakaan ini memiliki sumber utama dari buku, jurnal dan artikel ilmiah lainnya. Data yang dikumpulkan dianalisis menggunakan analisis konten untuk memudahkan penulis menyaring ide pokok dari berbagai sumber yang ada untuk dinarasikan ke dalam fokus kajian. Hasil temuan dalam artikel ini: (1) istilah yang digunakan dalam al-Qur’an dalam menyebut manusia yakni al-Insan (merujuk pada manusia yang memiliki keistimewaan dan potensi), al-Basyar (merujuk pada manusia sebagai mahluk biologis), dan al-Nas (merujuk pada manusia sebagai mahluk sosial); (2) Pandangan para tokoh terhadap hakikat manusia berbeda-beda namun esensinya sama yakni manusia sebagai mahluk yang memiliki potensi yang berbeda dengan mahluk Allah lainnya; (3) manusia disebut sebagai ahsan al- taqwin yang menempatkan manusia pada posisi yang stategis yakni sebagai hamba Allah dan sebagai khalifah Allah. Oleh karena itu, semestinya manusia berusaha menemukan hakikat dirinya agar menyadari betapa besar karunia Allah yang diberikan dalam wujud potensi agar manusia dapat menjalankan fungsinya secara optimal untuk beribadah dan untuk mengabdi kepada Allah swt.
AJARAN AL-MAHABBAH SEBAGAI UPAYA MENGATASI KERESAHAN MANUSIA DALAM MENGHADAPI PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Hajar Andi
Published: December 2022

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh keadaan manusia saat ini yang dihadapkan pada berbagai persoalan khususnya pandemi corona-covid-19. Ada beberapa ilmuwan yang menawarkan solusi atas persoalan tersebut, namun tujuan dalam tulisan ini akan diungkapkan pentingnya ajaran mahabbah untuk mengantarkan manusia dalam menyikapi persoalan yang melanda negeri ini sehingga tidak menimbulkan sikap yang mencerminkan kekeringan atau kehampaan spiritual. Al-Mahabbah dapat dipahami sebagai suatu keinginan atau kecenderungan hati kepada suatu objek tertentu (Tuhan) yakni merasakan cinta secara mendalam kepada Allah swt. Kaum sufi senantiasa terus berusaha untuk mendekatkan diri kepada Allah swt., dengan melalui berbagai maqam agar mata batin dapat tercerahkan serta memiliki kesadaran yang tinggi akan kasih sayang Ilahi yang selalu dirasakannya dalam setiap dekapan keluar masuknya nafas yang tiada henti. Penelitian ini adalah Kajian Pustaka (library research) dengan menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif dalam hal ini penulis berusaha menyeleksi data-data yang valid dan relevan berhubungan dengan judul yang diangkat dalam penulisan jurnal ini. Sumber data yang dikumpulkan memiliki 2 klasifikasi, yaitu: Primary Source and Secondary Source. Sumber data dalam dalam penelitian ini adalah melalui bantuan aplikasi internet untuk menelusuri buku, jurnal, artikel dan lain-lain). Selanjutnya, penulis menganalisis data yang diperoleh selama penelitian  dengan beberapa tahap, yaitu: pengumpulan data yang dilakukan dengan cara mencari dan mengumpulkan berbagai jenis data yang mendukung. kemudian mengolah data tersebut melalui tekhnik reduksi, yakni merangkum, memilih hal pokok, memfokuskan pada hal yang penting kemudian dicari sesuai tema dan polanya.  Untuk menganalisa isi dan naskah teks, penulis menggunakan pendekatan sufistik.
Ahmed b. Muhammed el-Esedî el-Mekkî ve “İhbâru’l-Kirâm bi Ahbâri’l-Mescidi’l-Harâm”Adlı Eseri Üzerine -I-
Authors: ÇEVİK Nilgün , KOÇYİĞİT Tahsin
Published: December 2022

Kâbe, Kur’ân-ı Kerim’e göre yeryüzünün ilk mabedidir. O, aynı zamanda Mekke-i Mükerreme ve çevresiyle birlikte, hac ibadeti ve menâsikinin mahallidir. Bu itibarla İslâm dini ve tarihî açısından çok büyük ehemmiyeti hâizdir. Nitekim Kur’ân-ı Kerîm’deki pek çok âyet, Hz. Peygamber’in pek çok hadisi ve fıkıh külliyatına dercedilmiş geniş malumat buna işaret etmektedir. Bu arada Kâbe ve Mekke’nin, İslâm tarihçilerinin en câzip konuları arasına girdiği söylenebilir. İslâm’ın ilk dönemlerden itibaren İslam tarihçileri, dinî, siyâsî, ilmî, kültürel ve benzeri yönleriyle Kâbe, Mekke, Harem-i Şerif ve müştemilâtının, önemi, mahiyeti, tarihi ve faziletlerine dair eserler vermişlerdir. Mekke ve Kâbe tarihi hakkında eser telif eden âlimlerden biri de Osmanlı dönemi (11/17. yüzyıl) âlimlerinden Ahmed b. Muhammed el-Esedî el-Mekkî’dir. Bu çalışmada, onun hayatı ve konuya dair “İhbâru’l-Kirâm bi Ahbâri’l-Mescidi’l-Harâm” isimli eserinin muhtevası üzerinde durulmaya çalışılacaktır. Bu çalışmanın devamı niteliğini taşıyacak ikinci makalede İhbâru’l-Kirâm’ın tahkikli metni neşredilerek, nüsha farklılıkları gösterilecektir.
Extensive Reading in EFL Learners: Moving from Theory to Practices
Authors: Lindawati Rini
Published: December 2022

Since its introduction to the subject of English Foreign Language, extensive reading has grown in popularity (EFL). This type of reading has been shown to provide EFL learners with numerous benefits in a variety of areas. Extensive Reading has also been done in a number of situations. This essay seeks to (1) provide a thorough understanding of ER, both theoretically and in terms of principles, and (2) summarize recent ER research in EFL settings. The method of library research was employed by the researcher. According to the reports, extensive reading increased reading comprehension, vocabulary understanding, and writing abilities. Furthermore, the students showed positive attitudes and perceptions of extensive reading in EFL contexts. More teachers and practitioners are hoped for. Furthermore, the students had positive attitudes and impressions of extensive reading in EFL contexts. It is hoped that more teachers, practitioners, and educational institutions would see the possibility of incorporating Extensive Reading into the English curriculum in order to benefit from its multiple benefits.
COVID-19 and the food industry in Hungary
Authors: Yaw Acheampong Timothy , Osaerame Ogbebor Peace
Published: December 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on all sectors of the global and local economies. It has been widely reported that the food industry has been one of most affected sectors of the economy. However, empirical studies are yet to quantify the extent of the impact of the industry and also how the various sub-sectors of the industry have been affected. Focusing on Hungary as a case study, this paper seeks to empirically quantify the extent of the pandemic’s impact on the food industry by answering the following question: How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted businesses in the food industry? To answer this question the study employs descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and paired samples t-test to analyse quarterly turnover data of 27 businesses sectors of the food industry for the period 2016 to 2020. The study finds no significant difference in the mean quarterly turnover of businesses during the first year of the pandemic and the previous year (t= -0.0344; df=107; p=0.731). However, a trend analysis revealed that over the past 5 years, it was only during the first year of the COVID-19 that businesses in the food industry recorded quarter-on-quarter reductions in turnover. The worse affected businesses in the food industry were enterprises involved in the retail sale of beverages in specialized stores, event catering, restaurants and mobile food service activities. Our findings suggest that while the pandemic adversely affected some enterprises in the food industry, others flourished during the first year of the pandemic.
Designing a business intelligence-based monitoring platform for evaluating research collaborations within university networks: the case of UNICA - the Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe.
Authors:   Information Center of Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) in Izmir, Turkey, Damar Muhammet , Özdağoğlu Güzin ,   Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) Dept. of Business Administration, Saso Luciano ,   Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Published: December 2022

The scope of the study is to provide decision support for academic networks to reveal the efficiency of the collaborations among the researchers. This research proposes a monitoring environment to evaluate collaboration patterns in all research areas and foster innovative, interdisciplinary, and international research. The paper presents a novel application framework for the Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA) based on business intelligence. The framework is applied by analysing co-authorships through data from the Web of Science (2015 and 2020). Co-authorships between member universities are queried from the large-scale bibliographic data. A new bibliometric data warehouse is created with the integrated use of database operations with text analytics. Dashboards associated with the data warehouse contain many performance indicators and statistics based on interactive filters. The findings cover many features of the monitoring environment and statistics in various research domains (Life Science and Biomedicine, Physical Sciences, Technology, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities). User-friendly geographical maps visualized the most significant collaborations in various domains. The study provides an intellectual contribution by revealing the differences in collaboration levels of the research areas and indicating the policy requirements to close these gaps.
Exploring information practices of ethnic minorities with small populations in poverty alleviation resettlement areas in China
Authors:   School of History and Archive, Yunnan University, China, Jing Peng , Ming Zhu ,   School of History and Archive, Yunnan University, China
Published: December 2022

This study explored the everyday information practices of ethnic minorities with small populations in resettlement poverty alleviation areas of Yunnan, China, to determine the conditions affecting their information practices. A qualitative approach was conducted, and data were collected through comprehensive interviews involving forty-eight participants. This study applied information practices as a conceptual tool to understand ethnic minorities’ information needs, acquisition and sharing. The data were statistically analysed and processed using three qualitative data coding analysis levels to identify the conditions that affected their everyday information practices.The research findings demonstrated that with the change in living space and social communication relationship of such ethnic minorities, their information practice changed considerably. In addition, their ethnic identity, spatial conversion and social integration were the main conditions that could influence everyday information practices after moving into a new environment. The results promoted the understanding of ethnic characteristics as conditions that could influence everyday information practices after the spatial and social environment changes of relocated ethnic minorities.
RESILIÊNCIA DA ESTRUTURA DO REBANHO DE BOVINOS LEITEIROS AOS ACIDENTES COM RAIOS
Authors: Ambrósio Luís Alberto , Toledo Luciandra Macedo de , Amaral Jackson Barros do
Published: December 2022

As mudanças climáticas estão produzindo aumento na frequência de raios e no risco de acidentes com animais no meio rural. A morte de animais por fulminação causa desestabilização da estrutura do rebanho gerando ineficiências no manejo e perdas econômicas. Evitar a exposição dos animais aos acidentes por raios é uma ação de construção de resiliência climática da bovinocultura leiteira que melhora o padrão ético da pecuária. A operacionalização da resiliência como atributo do sistema de produção gera informações que norteiam a adoção de tecnologia sustentável e a gestão de rebanhos afetados por distúrbios causados por raios. A metodologia de Dinâmica de Sistemas foi usada para simular cenários quantificando a resiliência da estrutura do rebanho aos distúrbios por raio. No cenário brando com distúrbio por raio de magnitude igual a 0,10 houve morte de 10 vacas em lactação de um total de 186,25 unidades animais (UA) e deixaram de ser vendidas dez vacas, quatro bezerras e cinco novilhas, com demora de dois anos para estabilizar a estrutura do rebanho. No cenário severo com distúrbio por raio de magnitude de 0,17 resultou na morte de 17 vacas em lactação houve perda de 11,75 UA e para um distúrbio com magnitude igual ou acima de 0,18 o sistema não recuperou a estabilidade da estrutura do rebanho inicial antes do acidente com raio. Perder a resiliência nesta magnitude é preocupante considerando a possibilidade de fulminação de bovinos leiteiros na ordem de até 50%, magnitude de 0,50, dos animais da propriedade em um único evento. Os experimentos in silico com simulações do modelo Rebanho geraram cenários com comportamentos contraintuitivos da resiliência da estrutura do rebanho, que promovem a aprendizagem e são úteis para o gerenciamento da bovinocultura leiteira a pasto.
MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF TURKISH “CENTRAL EXAM FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION” BY SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY
Authors: ŞENEL Selma
Published: December 2022

Ensuring measurement invariance for students with disabilities is critical for fair measurement in large-scale testing. Specific learning disability constitutes the largest group among disability groups. In this study, it was aimed to examine the measurement invariance of the Turkish Central Exam for Secondary Education according to whether or not students have a specific learning disability. 994 students diagnosed with specific learning disability formed the focus group, whilst 1,000 students without any disability constituted the reference group. Mantel Haenszel and Lord’s chi-square methods were used to determine whether or not the items in each subtest showed Differential Item Functioning (DIF). In addition, by applying Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis, the configural invariance, metric invariance, scalar invariance, and strict invariance of the subtests were examined. The study’s findings proved that 34 of the 90-item test indicated DIF according to both methods. Eleven items show moderate DIF and five show high DIF. Metric invariance is not provided in all subtests, with factor loadings in all subtests varied between the groups.
EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS OF SCHOOL-BASED INTERVENTION ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Authors: ÖZATİK Yağmur , GÖK Umut
Published: December 2022

This systematic review aimed to investigate the effect of school-based physical activity interventions on physical fitness and psychological responses in children and young people. Studies were conducted from Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed databases between 1 January 2017 and 1 December 2022 according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist. For the research to be conducted in the databases, "School-Based Intervention", "physical fitness ", "Psychology", School-based intervention, physical fitness and psychological responses were used in the title and abstract. The database review revealed seventy-four (74) studies. However, after eliminating seventeen (17) duplicate studies, fifty-five (57) studies remained. Subsequently, seventeen (17) studies were eliminated after reviewing the abstracts. After forty (40) studies were thoroughly analysed, eighteen (18) publications not involving psychological factors, five (5) publications involving research methods and six (6) review studies were excluded. The remaining eleven (11) studies were used after review. The results of the present systematic review showed that school-based physical activity interventions contribute positively to children's physical fitness and psychological health while ensuring a healthy life for years to come.
An Exploratory Study on the Entering Self-employment in Korea
Authors:   The Korean Career·Entrepreneurship & Business Association, kim Jongsung , shin Jeemahn , kim Sujin
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study is to investigate the motivation and path of self-employment for self-employed who participated in the SME education program of OO Bank-N. In this study, in-depth interview data were used to conduct research on entry of self-employment according to the labor market and labor experience of self-employed and subjects suitable for the purpose of the study were selected and analyzed using theoretical sampling methods. The results of the study are as follows. First, the motivation for entering self-employment to realize unsatisfactory working conditions and dreams for their own business, to choose self-employment as an alternative to employment, and to recommend and help family and acquaintances start their own businesses. Second, it was analyzed that the type of entry of self-employement was ① self-empl oyment after wage worker experience ② self- employment using their experience after wage worker experience ③ self-employment after retirement ④ self-employment in the family business succession process.
Transferring patients from high-dose methadone to buprenorphine: A retrospective case series
Authors: Foran, MBBS, FRANZCP Alicia , Tremonti, BMBS, FAChAM Chris , Balgobind, MBChB, FRANZCP Vikash , Sakr, MBBCh Hani , Murnion, MBChB, FRACP, FFPMANZCA, FAChAM Bridin
Published: December 2022

Objective: Transferring from methadone to buprenorphine can be difficult, particularly at higher methadone doses. Precipitated withdrawal (PW) and severe opioid withdrawal can compromise transfers and limited data guide high-dose transfers. This study describes processes and outcomes of transfers to buprenorphine from methadone.Design: A retrospective case series of transfers from methadone to buprenorphine.Setting: Two elective, voluntary, specialized in-patient drug and alcohol facilities in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Participants: All admissions between July 1, 2015 and April 30, 2019 were screened using routinely collected coding data. The medical record was reviewed to identify subjects meeting the inclusion criteria of daily methadone use for at least 1 month, age > 18, and a treatment plan that included transfer from methadone to buprenorphine. Data were extracted on methadone dose, transfer medications, time to buprenorphine initiation, and transfer outcome.Interventions: Subjects were transferred via two methods: morphine bridged and nonbridged.Main outcome measure: The primary outcome measure was successful transition to buprenorphine.Results: Seventy-one subjects met inclusion criteria, of whom 62 initiated buprenorphine and 53 discharged on buprenorphine. Longer delay to buprenorphine initiation was seen with higher methadone doses. The highest daily methadone dose in subjects completing transfer was 180 mg. Outcomes with morphine bridging, using a steady state methadone: morphine ratio of 1:4, were similar to direct transfer. Only one subject discontinued buprenorphine because of PW.Conclusions: Transfer from high doses of methadone to buprenorphine can be achieved with high success rates in the in-patient setting.
Volume 18, Number 6
Authors: Opioid Management Journal of
Published: December 2022

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