bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessment of well water as a reservoir for extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Iwo, Osun state, Nigeria
Authors: Akinola Omowumi Temitayo , Onyeaghasiri Faustina Uloma , Oluranti Olayinka Oluyemi , Oladapo Elutade Olayinka
Published: June 2022

Background and Objectives: Unsafe water supplies are of public health concern, especially in developing countries. This article aims to investigate the microbiological quality of water from eight Wells in Iwo and to explore for the extended-spec- trum β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase genes contained in isolated enteric bacteria from in the water samples.
Materials and Methods: Bacterial isolation and identification were done using standard conventional methods. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was conducted using the Kirby–Bauer method. Ten phenotypically carbapenem-resistant isolates were further subjected to genotypic analysis (PCR amplification) for the detection of ESBL and carbapenemase gene.
Results: A total of 148 Enterobacteriaceae isolates belonging to seven (7) genera were isolated and identified which includ- ed E. coli, Enterobacter spp., Klebsiella spp., Salmonella, Citrobacter sp, Proteus, and Shigella. Results showed that 55% of isolates were resistant to tetracycline, 28% to cefepime, the least resistance was shown in moxifloxacin and gentamicin which had 6% and 9%, respectively, of the total isolates. For the two carbapenems used, results showed meropenem and imi- penem had resistant values of 14% each, respectively. Two isolates carried the bla CTX-M gene while the carbapenemase gene (bla KPC , bla NDM , and bla OXA ) was not detected in all the ten isolates.
Conclusion: There was also negative chromosomal detection of carbapenemase in MDR isolates from well waters in Iwo town. Consequently, resistance to carbapenem antibiotics in these isolates may not be mediated by carbapenemase but by the production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and through other mechanisms of resistance.
Prevalence, species diversity, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter strains in patients with diarrhea and poultry meat samples: one-year prospective study
Authors: Sadeghi Atena , Ganji Leila , Fani Fereshteh , Pouladfar Gholamreza , Eslami Parisa , Doregiraee Fatemeh , Owlia Parviz , Alebouyeh Masoud
Published: June 2022

Background and Objectives: Source tracking of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter is useful for control measures. In this study, Campylobacter-associated diarrhea and homology in antimicrobial resistance of humans and poultry meat isolates were investigated.
Materials and Methods: A total of 400 stools of patients and 100 poultry meat samples were analyzed. Susceptibility of the isolates was detected by disk diffusion, Etest, and. agar dilution methods. Mismatch amplification mutation assay was used for the detection of mutations in the gyrA quinolone resistance determining region (QRDR).
Results: Campylobacter spp., including C. jejuni, C. coli, and C. lari, were detected in 35% of the chicken meat and 6.75% of the stool samples, respectively. The QRDR mutation was detected in most of the stool and chicken meat samples. Although the frequency of resistance to tetracycline (53.5% and 62.8%), erythromycin (39.2% and 37.1%), and gentamicin (32.1% and. 31.4%) was relatively similar, higher frequency of resistance to ciprofloxacin (51.4% vs 28.6%) and nalidixic acid (42.15% vs 28.6%) among the chicken meat, and ampicillin (50% and 17.1%) among the human stool was detected.
Conclusion: High percentage of poultry meat samples is contaminated with different Campylobacter species, which shows homology with the patients’ isolates in Tehran.
Phylogenetic relationship of Fusarium species isolated from keratitis using TEF1 and RPB2 gene sequences
Authors: Yassin Zeynab , Salehi Zahra , Soleimani Mohammad , Lotfali Ensieh , Fattahi Mahsa , Sharifynia Somayeh
Published: June 2022

Background and Objectives: Fusarium species are known to be one of the common causes of keratitis. This study was conducted to identify Fusarium spp. causing keratitis and to investigate their genetic diversity using TEF1 and RPB2 gene sequences.
Materials and Methods: Twenty-four clinical isolates of Fusarium were isolated from the patient with keratitis. Phylogenet- ic analysis of two-locus of the 24 clinical isolates and three reference strains was carried out using the maximum parsimony and RAxML methods.
Results: Based on gene sequences of the 24 clinical isolates, 17, 4, and 3 isolates were identified as Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC), Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (FFSC), and Fusarium oxysporum, respectively. FFSC include F. pro- liferatum (n=1), F. globosum (n=1), F. verticillioides (n=1), and F. brevicatenulatum (n=1), respectively.
Conclusion: Given that sequence of a sole gene can be challenging and on the other hand, due to the high resistance to anti- fungal drugs, identification of Fusarium species is of substantial significance. In this study, by designing a novel set of primers for the RPB2 area and using TEF1 primer, we were able to differentiate 24 Fusarium spp. isolated from patients with keratitis.
Investigating the Relationship between Health Expenditures and Human Development Index: A Cross Country Analysis
Authors: Rahimi Zakiyeh , Babaki Roohollah , Efati Mahnaz
Published: June 2022

Background: In recent decades, the human development index has become one of the most practical indicators for measuring the level of development in countries. There are several factors that affect the human development index, including health expenditures that increase human development along with manpower and physical capital. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of health costs on human development index for the period 2005-18.
Methods: The present study examined the effects of health on human development index in different countries. The study population includes 187 countries with 3 types of divisions (continental, oil and income distribution). The data used by the World Bank were collected and analyzed using data panel regression or composite data.
Results: Findings from estimation of models indicated that health expenditures in continents of Europe, South America, Africa and Oceania had a positive and significant effect on human development index. But in Asia, the effect of health expenditure was negative and significant. The effect of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the continents of Asia, North and South America, Africa and Oceania had been positive and significant, but it was positive and insignificant in continental Europe. In oil-rich countries, the effect of educational expenditures, GDP per capita on human development index was positive and significant, but the effect of health expenditures was positive and insignificant. Also, the effect of mortality index on human development index had been negative and significant. Similar results had been obtained for non-oil countries, albeit with different coefficients. The percentage of health expenditures, compared with GDP, had a direct and significant relationship with the human development index in countries with relatively equal and relatively unequal income distribution; considering the fact that this value for the group of countries with completely unequal income distribution suggested an insignificant value in the model. The percentage of educational expenditures showed a direct and significant relationship on human development in all income groups, and GDP per capita for all groups with different income distributions had a significant and direct effect on the human development index. Also, the under-5 mortality rate in all groups with different income distributions had an inverse and significant relationship with the human development index.
Conclusion: Results showed a significant effect of health expenditures on improvement of the health status and development of the studied countries except oil countries, North America and countries with unequal income distribution. Furthermore, increasing the cost of health care is an important step in achieving countries' development goals. Therefore, it is necessary for managers and policy makers of the health system to consider the efficiency in allocating health expenditures to different sectors.
Elaborating the Challenges of Health Insurance Extent of Coverage and Proposing Solutions from Experts Perspectives
Authors: Delavarinejad Azam , Hooshmand Elahe , Moghri Javad , Vafaeenjar Ali
Published: June 2022

Background: The health insurance extent of coverage was decided by the Health Insurance Organization in order to manage costs. In this plan, to determine the extent of payment by each medical center, the performance of the year 2017 was considered the base point. Furthermore, it should not cost more than the performance of the year 2017 or 10 % less. This issue had caused challenges in public hospitals; so, the purpose of this study is to explain the challenges of health insurance extent of coverage from the perspectives of the experts from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and propose solutions.
Methods: This was a qualitative study conducted through content analysis method in 2022. In-depth and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The research population included experts such as staff and hospital managers, Medical group managers, and insurance managers and experts. It was done through purposeful sampling. Data collection continued until the codes were completed, and finally 17 people were interviewed.  In each phase, data analysis and data collection were performed simultaneously, using content analysis method and MaxQDA10 software.
Results: In this study, the 2 main concepts were management challenges (including sub-concepts of motivation, performance evaluation, patient admission, and hospital costs), and planning challenges (including sub-concepts of education, infrastructures, cross-sectional coordination, and foresight).
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study and the challenges expressed, Health Insurance Organization can take steps toward upgrading the plan by considering the necessary prerequisites and providing solutions such as performance monitoring evaluation system, cost management, training the target groups, and appropriate clarification and announcements.
Lifelong Learning Tendencies of Faculty of Medicine Students
Authors: GAYEF Albena , ALPTÜRK Çağrı
Published: June 2022

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the lifelong learning tendencies of the students studying at the medical faculty and whether there is a relationship between lifelong learning tendencies and gender, grade level variables.

Methods: In the study, “Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale”, sociodemographic question form were applied face to face to the medical faculty students (n= 196) in the 2019-2020 academic year. Statistical evaluation was made with the SPSS statistical program. Mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage, Mann Whitney U, Kruskall Wallis tests were applied.

Results: Means of motivation, persistence, deprivation in regulating learning, deprivation in curiosity subdimensions, total score average are 6.43 + 2.43; 18.9 + 6.23; 24.48 + 5.05; 24.5 + 6.54; 74.34 + 9.56 respectively. The mean levels of females in motivation and deprivation in regulating learning were significantly lower than males; males’ total score mean was significantly higher than females (p
Peran Kompetensi Literasi Digital Terhadap Konten Hoaks dalam Media Sosial
Authors: Amaly Najla , Armiah Armiah
Published: June 2022

The rise of cases of spreading hoax news in Indonesia is a negative impact of the development of digital technology and social media which is not balanced with people's digital literacy. Cases of fake and fake news (Hoax) are increasing in Indonesia every year. Kominfo for 24 hours 7 days monitors cyber crime on social media related to hoax information, and almost every day finds disinformation on social media. Tackling the spread of negative content on social media requires digital media literacy skills. However, the Insight Center data survey shows that the digital media literacy of the community is still low, where the national digital literacy index level is still at a score of 3.47 where digital literacy is at the middle level. The survey also shows that the ability to process information, data literacy and critical thinking still has a low score. This journal aims to analyze the digital literacy competence of the community to deal with hoax news content on social media.
Dakwah Nasionalisme KH. Much. Imam Chambali
Authors: Nurhuda Muhammad , Salam Nurullina Wahidatus
Published: June 2022

This article discusses the concept of da'wah nationalism in broadcasting Islamic values under the auspices of the Islamic boarding school developed by KH. Much. Imam Chambali. This study uses qualitative research with field research methods focused on the values of nationalism developed by KH. Much. Imam Chambali. The data collection instruments consist of interviews, documentation, and observations with the analysis technique of the Miles and Huberman model (data reduction, data presentation, and concluding). The results of the study illustrate that KH. Much. Imam Chambali carried out nationalism da'wah by planting and developing nationalism. How this is done can be seen clearly in three aspects. First, providing da'wah materials containing elements commemorating the services of heroes is expected to help foster a sense of nationalism. The second is an effort to inculcate an attitude of internal and inter-religious tolerance to create harmony. Third, acculturating the local language with its da'wah messages so that the da'wah message can be easily accepted by the community and as a tool to maintain nationalism in the era of globalization.
Aportes de la contabilidad ambiental a la gestión sostenible empresarial en Colombia: una mirada desde las empresas industriales
Authors: Cita Velandia Ángela Yolima , Aparicio Gómez Paula Andrea
Published: June 2022

Con los años es más notorio el deterioro ambiental debido al cambio climático y a la contaminación efectuada por el ser humano en todo el planeta. En gran parte se responsabiliza de esta situación a las empresas industriales, razón por la cual se han visto en la necesidad de implementar sistemas que permitan un desarrollo sostenible dentro de sus organizaciones, pero en la mayoría de los casos se piensa que ello genera costos y gastos para las compañías. La investigación plantea como objetivo determinar de qué manera la gestión de la contabilidad ambiental puede contribuir al desarrollo sostenible en las organizaciones del sector industrial, para lo cual se tomó la empresa Solutions Group SAS como estudio de caso. La metodología aplicada es una revisión sistemática cualitativa de algunos avances históricos y teórico-normativos del desarrollo sostenible empresarial y la contabilidad ambiental, tanto a nivel internacional como nacional, buscando la relación entre las dos variables objeto de estudio con el fin de analizar los aportes de la contabilidad ambiental en el marco de desarrollo sostenible. Se concluye que existe información que aporta bases teóricas para la aplicación de la contabilidad ambiental dentro de las organizaciones, que la sostenibilidad y la contabilidad ambiental tienen un enfoque social que las relaciona y que los aportes que puede hacer la contabilidad ambiental a las empresas influye de manera positiva en todas las áreas que conforman la organización. Finalmente, existe aún escepticismo en los directivos de las empresas para incorporar procesos ambientales efectivos.
Razširjenost in vpliv pandemije COVID-19 na spletno postopanje v Sloveniji
Authors:   University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Doljak Ester , Lobnikar Branko ,   University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Published: June 2022

Cyberloafing is the use of the Internet for private purposes and consists of visiting different websites or other cyber activities that are not connected to work tasks. It also includes using all mobile devices for non-work-related activities. Cyberloafing becomes deviant when it threatens the work processes and (may) cause financial losses due to unproductive work or inappropriate use of ICT. In the research, we measured the frequency of cyberloafing using 21 items-scale. We determined cyberloafing extent at the workplace and when working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. 381 employees were included in the analysis; more than half of employees do cyberloafing between 20 and 30 minutes a day. Most often, respondents visit websites unrelated to their work, websites with general news, and communicate via instant messaging apps. We also found that cyberloafing working from home during the pandemic is more common than at the workplace.
Odločitveni model za določanje stopenj tveganj v zdravstvenih organizacijah
Authors:   University of, Maribor Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia, Drnovšek Rok , Rajkovič Uroš ,   University of, Maribor Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia
Published: June 2022

t Ensuring safe health treatment is the primary goal of quality management in healthcare organizations. Risk management is an important area within the otherwise different approaches to quality management. This paper presents a decision model for assessing the level of risk in healthcare organizations. The DEX methodology was used to create the model. The developed multi-criteria decision model is the result of combining clinical knowledge and scientific literature review. The decision model is based on the currently recognized use of the risk matrix and upgrades it to achieve greater sensitivity and objectivity in data entry. It consists of eleven basic criteria and seven aggregate criteria, which are hierarchically structured. The value of the top criterion gives an assessment of the level of risk and is the result of two main groups of criteria, derived from the existing risk assessment matrix - probabilities and consequences. The main novelties of the presented decision-making model are the systematic consideration of various aspects of the consequences of risks and the warning of possible lack of perception of insufficient risk management in the clinical environment.
Strategic Marketing in Education
Authors:   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Science, Belgrade, Serbia, Janicic Radmila
Published: June 2022

The topic of this paper is theoretical and practical aspect of strategic marketing in the field of education. In the paper is emphasized that the first and the most important step in strategic marketing in education is strategic analysis, with models for analysis of global education’s market place. Implementation of marketing strategies in development of education get new approaches, according to trends on global educational market place. Strategic control is important step in strategic development of educational institutions, through point out on gaps in process of implementation of marketing strategies. The goal of the paper is to define modern approach of strategic marketing in positioning of educational institutions in global environment and digital environment. The key hypothesis in the paper is that strategic marketing present’s platform for development and positioning of the educational institutions. In the paper are present results of the in-depth interviews with professors at the educational institutions in Europe, and comparative analysis of good examples at the education. The results of the paper have scientific, professional and social contributions. Scientific contributions of the paper is in development models of strategic marketing in education. Social contributions of the paper is development of the most important social field, education.
Nacionalni programi za obvladovanje raka v Evropi
Authors:   National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Jelenc Marjetka , Albreht Tit ,   University of Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Published: June 2022

The latest extensive research on European national cancer control programmes (NCCPs) was conducted as part of the Cancon Joint Action. Cancer is becoming an even more important public health problem due to the aging of population and the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. NCCPs are key documents that provide a framework for the development of cancer policies. In 2016, 28 of the 30 countries that completed the survey had a national, regional, or other cancer document. Nine documents were identified as programmes, 8 as plans, 6 as strategies. Most countries had a single document. According to the European Guide for Quality NCCPs, the survey revealed the under-addressed areas in NCCPs, such as palliative care, psychosocial care, rehabilitation, economics and financing of cancer care and control. These results will be a useful element in tracking developments in this field when the results of future research of its kind will be published.
Comprehensive Analysis of Internal Transport of Patients to Diagnostic Tests
Authors:   University of Maribor, Faculty of Logistics, Celje, Slovenia, Jereb Jernej , Maze Hilda ,   College of nursing in Celje, Celje, Slovenia, Parežnik Roman ,   College of nursing in Celje, Celje, Slovenia, Gajšek Brigita ,   University of Maribor, Faculty of Logistics, Celje, Slovenia
Published: June 2022

The subject of the study was a hospital with about 700 beds and 2.000 employees, where more than 30.000 patients are treated annually. More than half of the employees are employed in the field of nursing. The hospital has recently faced a shortage of nursing staff, resulting from both increased needs and the departure of employees due to unfavorable working conditions. The hospital is trying to deal with this problem from time, employee, and patient perspectives. We have analyzed the structure of time spent at work and care for employees' health while not forgetting about the patient's well-being, dignity, and safety. We focused on transporting patients for diagnostic tests to the diagnostic rooms. We found that the greatest potential lies in improving the software support to the entire internal transport process.
Digital Product Innovation Model for News Publishers
Authors:   Internet Group d.o.o., Belgrade, Serbia, Jevtic Milica , Marinkovic Sanja ,   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
Published: June 2022

In order to stay competitive in high-pressure environments such as the news media industry, an agile and adaptive approach to product management is needed. We present a model of digital product innovation which allows news publishers to quickly determine the priority of innovations, whether radical or incremental. Careful observation of key performance indicators (KPI) and company resources, resulted in the categorization of key parameters included in the model: innovation type (4), impacted areas/KPIs (14), resources required (6), investment cost (3), who requested the development of the new feature (9), urgency (3), time of realization (9), risk (3) and platforms affected (8). The model was successfully applied in the case of Telegraf.rs, one of Serbia's leading internet news portals.
Položaj zaposlenih v zdravstveni negi
Authors:   University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia, Kopač Vivian , Miglič Gozdana ,   University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia
Published: June 2022

In September 2017 the Republic of Slovenia’s National Assembly has passed the Act Amending the Health Service Act (AAHSA). The Act will acknowledge registered nurses’ competences and activities if the nursing technicians meet the conditions in the 38th article of the Act. In addition, the article declares to pass reconstructive competencies and activities for workplaces in health care. The paper presents the 38th article of AAHSA and all the conditions that are required to gain the licence and describe the workplace of registered nurses and nursing technicians. On the base of research results we also discuss, if all the introduced changes have achieved their purpose and what kind of effects they brought to the workplaces’ tasks. We also analyse if the relationships between employees in health care have changed.
Profiliranje napovedljivosti kemijskih parametrov v vodah
Authors:   University of Maribor, Faculty of natural sciences and mathematics, Maribor, Sloveni, Kren Polona , Flakus Nika ,   University of Maribor, Faculty of natural sciences and mathematics, Maribor, Sloveni, Kuhar Eva ,   University of Maribor, Faculty of natural sciences and mathematics, Maribor, Sloveni, Mihurko Polona ,   3 Slovenian Environment Agency, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Bokal Drago ,   University of Maribor, Faculty of natural sciences and mathematics, Maribor, Sloveni
Published: June 2022

Agency for environment of the Republic of Slovenia has been monitoring the quality of groundwater in Slovenia since 1987. The quality control includes wells, holes and karst springs. On every station, samples of underground water are being sampled and analyazed to the content of standard compounds like metals, pesticides, volatile organic compounds and, since last few years, modern contaminants (medicine residue, hormons, ect.). For this article, there is given data about containment of oxygen, nitrates, chlorides, sulphates in the water and its electrical conductivity. In this article is presented profiling of prediction of concentrations of chemical parameters. We wanted to find out, in which stations the trends are more prominent and more stable and to evaluate, what makes the data reliable to estimate the trend. In other words, we wanted to find out, how often it is reasonable to analyze the water in order to reliably predict the trend. We propose an answer using a decision tree obtained by analysing several statistics of the analysed population of measured time series data.
Management v javnem sektorju
Authors: Maher Nevenka
Published: June 2022

COVID-19 disclosed how public institutions efficiency is important. Governance, administration and management support state efficiency. Management cares to operationalise legal framework and policy measures. In EU environment, in industry 4.0, the system management and performance management are first among specific kinds of managing activities that support policy action. System management is not leaving anything coincidently. It builds the whole system of areas of elements in advance. Performance management is carefully programming targets and results. As there is a lot to rethink, how and in which way to survive and to develop, people expect that policy brings impact and result. At the same time, it is expected that management is efficient and mature. That it develops in a mature way technical details when preparing decisions, measures and their evaluation. This paper analyses data obtained in a survey, how management maturity is seen and comparing maturity of public managemet and management in private sector.
Modelling the Influence of Driving Safety Aids on the Incidence of Traffic Accidents
Authors:   Faculty of Information Studies, Novo mesto, Slovenia, Barbo Matej , Rodič Blaž ,   Faculty of Information Studies, Novo mesto, Slovenia
Published: June 2022

Several thousand motorcyclists die in the EU every year. Despite the severe risk of death and injuries, there is relatively little research on motorcycle safety, and standard automobile safety features are not offered for most motorcycle models. More than a quarter of all traffic accidents represent rear-end collisions, with motorcycles at a higher risk due to poorer visibility and driver protection. In this paper we present an overview of literature on collision warning systems and their influence on traffic safety, and the current state of our research on the potential impact of introduction of a rear-end collision warning system in motorcycles in the EU and thus its potential contribution to the EU "Vision Zero" goal: reduce road deaths to almost zero by 2050. To this end we have developed a hybrid simulation model of rear-end collisions using multiple simulation methodologies, including System Dynamics (SD) and Agent Based Modelling (ABM).
Sustainable Finance and Investments in Western Balkans- Where Are We?
Authors:   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, Barjaktarović Rakočević Slađana , Rakić Nela ,   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, Žarkić Joksimović Nevenka ,   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
Published: June 2022

Nothing has united world in recent years as global climate change issues and its environmental impact. Situation is alarming and world has recognized negative consequences industrial development has on the environment. With the aim to struggle with growing needs for sustainable solutions of environment preserving, finance and investments have crucial role. Sustainable and green finance and investments have rising importance in achieving sustainable environmental projects. Also, environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria have new vital role today in financial and investment decision making. The aim of this paper is to examine the role of sustainable finance and investments in Western Balkans countries. This study has an essentially exploratory character. The intention is to analyze current situation and to seek for potentials regarding development of green finance products like green bonds. The idea is to find incentives in sustainable finance area to further promote and develop capital market in this region.
Patronat parafii w dekanacie szadkowskim w drugiej połowie XVIII w.
Authors: Różański Ks. Mieczysław
Published: June 2022

The right of patronage in Church law was understood as a set of rights and responsibilities with regard to a benefice. As benefices were mostly located on the founder’s estate, it became customary that the owner (or owners) of the locality where the parish church was situated was the parish patron. A major visible element of exercising the right of patronage was presentation to the bishop of clergymen to be considered for granting vacant benefices. Of the 19 parishes existing in Szadek decanate in the first half of the 16th century, two churches had royal patronage, six – ecclesiastical, and the most of them (11) had noblemen as patrons. In the second half of the 18th century the number of parishes in the decanate reached 27 as a result of further foundations by members of the nobility. The article presents, on the basis of available sources, the patrons of the parishes as in the second half of the 18th century.
Zameczek w Wojsławicach
Authors: Augustyniak Jerzy
Published: June 2022

Wojsławice is a small village situated about 5 km south-west of Szadek, by an old (13th century) road to Sieradz. Archeological works conducted in the early 1970s resulted in a discovery of an object that had hitherto been unknown. In the second half of the 16th century the family of Wężyk built on an island surrounded by a pond a small castle (21m x 23 m) with a semicircular tower in the north-east corner. The south side of the premises was formed by a two-storey dwelling-house 23 m x 8.9 m large. The courtyard was surrounded by a defensive wall 2 m–2.2 m thick. The castle was built of bricks on stone foundations. It was created at a time when Szadek was in the brightest period of its history.
Ołtarz główny i obraz "Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny” w kościele szadkowskim – w świetle prac konserwatorskich
Authors: Królewski Jacek
Published: June 2022

The paper provides an overview of conservation work carried out in 1996–1998 in the parish church in Szadek, involving renovation of the main altar. The text takes the form of reminiscences of the conservation team members rather than providing detailed descriptions of the different stages of this project. The author has focused on unexpected, surprising facts and developments which occurred in the course of the renovation work. In the final part of the paper the history of the altar is presented against the background of the town’s history.
Morpho-physiological and Biochemical Changes under Drought Stress in Strawberry: A Review
Authors: Thokchom Amrita , Hazarika B.N.
Published: June 2022

Drought stress is one of the most important environmental stress that affects plant growth and development. Strawberry plants are very sensitive to drought stress due to its herbaceous nature and shallow root system. Depending upon the nature, intensity, duration and cultivars, the effect of this stress augments losses in yield and quality of the fruits. This optimization of yield loss and quality is due to the response of the plant to the stress with the changes in morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular attributes. Drought stress results in the change of leaf anatomy, leaf area, transpiration rate, photosynthesis, stomata closure, relative water content (RWC), shoot length, root length etc. ROS such as H2O2 production occurs as a result of drought causing oxidative damage to the plant cells. Strawberry plant on the other hand have a mechanism to detoxify these ROS with the production of both the enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POX), gluthathione, ascorbic acid, tocopherols, carotenoids etc.
Prospects and Strategies for Accelerating Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Assam: Policy Issues and Challenges: A Review
Authors: Charingia M. , Borthakur N.
Published: June 2022

Sustainable agriculture is the key to keep up the level of production in the future. The state’s agriculture has reached the highest production levels possible under the available technologies, it is still insufficient to feed the over increasing population. Sustainability in agricultural production and the natural resource base is under threat, as warnings have been sounded on over exploitation of land and water resources and degradation of land and environment ecology. This paper is highlighted to find out the strategies for sustainable agricultural development to fulfil the need of upcoming population. It is observed that agricultural growth in Assam is not cheering as compared to other states of the country. The study is based on secondary data collected from various issues published by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of India, Agricultural Census of India and Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Assam. Simple statistical tools like tabular analysis, percentages, averages and ratios were used to interpret data. There is an urgent need to diversify agriculture in Assam, emphasising integrated farm practices, implementation of sustainable practices, organic farming, green manuring, crop rotation and eco-friendly techniques etc. Only policy framework cannot fulfil a greater goal, but it is important to point out that reaching towards the goal of sustainable agricultural development is the responsibility of all participants in the system including farmers, labourers, policy makers, researchers, retailers and consumers.
​​Effect of Production Components of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) under Different Resource Constraints Practices
Authors: Bishnu Prateem , Gunri S.K. , Barman Manashi
Published: June 2022

Background: Lentil occupy a unique place in India’s nutritional food security as it’s a major source of proteins for vegetarians, supply twice protein as compare to rice and wheat. India ranked second in terms of production followed by turkey producing 1.06 million tonnes (Annual Rreport DPB, 2016-17). Still lentil production far from its actual position because of farmer’s negligence in terms of fertilizer, irrigation, weeding, plant protection etc. Based on above mention criteria experiment was conducted to find out the production components for optimization of growth and yield of lentil under resource constraints. Methods: Experiment was conducted during winter season of 2016-17 and 2017-18 at the District Seed Farm, Kalyani, under Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal with a view to identify the most appropriate production components of lentil under resource constraints situation. Result: Fertilizer and weeding components were more noticeable effect on plant height and escaping these two components markedly reduce the plant height in all the growth stages. Skipping of individual component like irrigation only did not vary the dry matter production significantly but when it was combined with fertilizer and weeding components the dry matter production reduced significantly. Among the individual component escaping of fertilizer component greatly reduce the number pods plant-1 followed by weeding and irrigation components. Escaping of irrigation either as single component or in combined with weeding and plant protection did not reduce the 1000 seed weight significantly. Yield reduction was significantly noticed with escaping of production component either in single or in combination. 26-28% of yield reduction was found when component like fertilizer was escaped followed by 25-27% when weeding was escaped from full package. But no significant yield reduction was recorded under the FP-Irrigation and FP-Plant protection. The yield reduction was more pronounced (27-32%) when fertilizer along with weeding components was escaped. Weed growth and density increased with increased the crop age and number of weeds m-2 was found maximum at 45 DAS Highest BCR was found under the treatment FP-(weeding + PP).
Phytochemical Content, Antioxidant and Antifungal Activities of Ephedra alata Decne. Aerial Parts Grown Wild in South-west Algeria
Authors: Achraf Khaldi , Kheira Mehdi , Asma Cheikhi , Majida Abachi , Abdellah Moussaoui
Published: June 2022

Background: The presence of antioxidants such as polyphenol, in plants may provide protection against a number of diseases. Moreover, pathogenic fungi can cause a variety of adverse health effects and pose a serious health threat to both humans and livestock. The aim of present study was to determine the antioxidant and antifungal activities of aerial part extracts from Ephedra alata Decne. Methods: Antifungal activities were tested against three pathogens fungi using mycelial growth, sporulation and germination spores. Result: The determination of the polyphenol contents, total flavonoids and condensed tannins of the aerial part extracts gave respectively (TPC: 40.45±0.18 mg GAE/g, TFC: 133.25±0.11 mg QE/g, TCT: 20.76±0.19 mg CE/g). The flavonoids and methanolic extracts showed a good scavenging activity with an IC50: 0.23±0.66; 0.54±0.35 mg/ml, respectively. For antifungal properties, flavonoids extract showed the inhibitoriest activity against fungi tested, followed by methanolic extract.
Comparison of motor coordination levels of children with Down Syndrome and normally developed children -Germany Case-
Authors: AKSAY Ebubekir
Published: June 2022

Aim: The primary aim of this study was to compare the motor coordination levels of primary school age children with Down Syndrome (DS) and normally developed children in the age group of 7-10 years. The secondary aim is to examine the effects of normal weight, excess weight, and obesity on motor coordination values.
Methods: A total of 101 children of primary school age, 47 with Down Syndrome (37 boys / 10 girls) and 54 normally developed (27 boys / 27 girls) aged 7-10 participated in the study. In the determination of motor coordination values, the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK), which consists of the subtests of stepping back, jumping one foot, jumping sideways, and stepping sideways, was used. The skewness-kurtosis values of the data and the normality analysis were examined; and the t-test was used in the comparison of two independent groups in the analysis of the normally distributed data; and one-way analysis of variance was used to compare two or more unrelated groups; and Bonferroni test, one of the post hoc tests, was used to determine the source of the difference between normal weight, overweight and obese groups.
Results: According to the data obtained, it was determined that children with DS were overweight and obese compared to their normally developed peers, while all the tests conducted concluded that children with DS showed statistically lower overall motor performance than their normally developed peers (p
Conceptual Metaphors: an Insight into Teachers’ and Students’ EFL Learning Beliefs
Authors: Zambon Ferronato Natalia
Published: June 2022

Teachers and students hold their own language learning beliefs about English as a Foreign Language (EFL). In the classroom, students’ and teachers’ beliefs interact, which might result in either tension or opportunities for change. Considering that it might be difficult to evoke some of the participants’ beliefs, this study opted to analyze conceptual metaphors as an indirect way to elicit them. Metaphors are part of our thoughts and actions and, sometimes, they are the only way of organizing and expressing our experiences coherently (Lakoff & Johnson, 2003). This study analyzed, through metaphor analysis, how students’ beliefs about learning EFL relate to the teacher’s selection and use of language learning strategies (LLS) in the classroom. The study occurred at an English Institute in Montevideo, Uruguay, between October and November 2018. The methodology of this multiple case study was qualitative. The participants were three EFL teachers and four groups of students ranging from basic to advanced level. Students were asked to respond to the following prompt with a metaphor: “For me, learning English as a foreign language is (like)… because…”. Then they wrote a letter advising a future EFL student. Teachers answered a structured interview in which they provided a metaphor describing the work with their groups. The most heterogeneous group in terms of age was selected for a follow-up structured interview. Results indicate that metaphors not only shed light upon how students perceive their learning process, but also encourage reflection. The study also found that several factors influence teachers’ selection of language learning strategies, including the role of international exams. We can conclude that visible interactions that happen in class are like the tip of an iceberg - beliefs lie hidden from view.
SPANISH VERSION OF THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS COVID-19 VACCINES SCALE: RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY ASSESSMENT
Authors: Campo-Arias Adalberto , Caamaño-Rocha Leynin , Pedrozo-Pupo John Carlos
Published: June 2022

Background and Purpose:The negative attitude towards vaccines for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has motivated the adaptation of instruments for this specific purpose. However, details of the reliability and validity of these scales are unknown. The study aimed to evaluate some indicators of the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Attitude towards COVID-19 Vaccines Scale.Methods:A validation study was carried out with 1,136 students of emerging age (18 and 29 years) from a Colombian university; 65.5% were female. Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega were calculated for reliability, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyzes for validity. Additionally, the gender differential item functioning (DIF) was estimated with Kendall’s tau b.Results:The Spanish version of Attitude towards COVID-19 Vaccines Scale showed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha of .94 and McDonald’s omega of .95), a one-dimensional structure with acceptable goodness-of-fit indicators (CFI = .94, TLI = .91, and SRMR = .04), and non-gender DIF (Kendall’s tau b between .02 and .06).Conclusions:The Spanish version of the Attitude towards COVID-19 Vaccines Scale presents some appropriate reliability and validity indicators among university emerging adults. These findings should be explored in samples with other characteristics.
Impacto de la covid-19 en el desempeño académico universitario. Un análisis comparativo para la Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, en Amazonas (UNTRM-A)
Authors: Casiano Inga Denys Aldair , Cueva Vega Edinson , Zumaeta Barrientos Marden Rigoberto , Casiano Inga Carlos Alberto
Published: June 2022

This article aims to determine the impact caused by the current health crisis of covid-19 on the academic performance of UNTRM-A students. The methodology used was quantitative and was carried out through a comparative analysis of academic performance and the factors associated with the student's family, income, and personal level. Two scenarios were used: pre-Covid-19 (cycle 2019-II) and post-Covid-19 (cycle 2020-I), in which statistical tests (parametric and non-parametric) were applied to evaluate the differences in paired samples. The results allowed us to conclude that there was a significant increase in post-pandemic academic performance, even though the impact of covid-19 was negative on the factors associated with the study variable.
Método de caso en constitución política colombiana: experiencia constructivista en ambiente b-learning
Authors: Pérez Montero Eilen Lorena , Flórez Héctor Arturo
Published: June 2022

The teaching of the Political Constitution is a constitutional order stipulated in article 41, which is based on the organization of the State and the construction of responsible citizens who are aware of their rights, duties, guarantees, and community actions. Therefore, teaching-learning processes are necessary so that students appropriate and develop knowledge and, based on problematic situations, find solutions in defense of civil rights, public interest, and Human Rights. This work developed a case method focused on constitutional actions after constructivism in a blended environment with 168 higher education participants. Methodologically, it had a descriptive approach, with three cases in the categories: identification of the problem, formulation of hypotheses, support with arguments, and generating alternative solutions. The results determined a high performance in analysis and discussion, making it an alternative for reflection and reasoning. Likewise, it provided a new way of learning, changing the traditional scheme of the classroom.
How Did Covid-19 Affect Food and Nutrition Security of Migrant Workers in Northern Vietnam?
Authors:   Institute of Development Studies, Ebata Ayako ,   Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Nguyen Khue Minh , Nguyen Minh Hanh , Nguyen Thi Dien
Published: June 2022

This study explored how measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Vietnam affected the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of internal migrant workers. While Vietnam has made impressive progress towards food security in the past decades, marginalised groups of people such as ethnic minorities and migrants continue to face significant challenges. The project team investigated how the pandemic affected the precarity of these groups’ income-generating opportunities and how the level of income generated affected the quality, as well as the quantity, of food consumed by migrant workers in Hanoi, the capital, and the Bac Ninh province, which hosts large industrial zones. Our research shows that income for migrant workers significantly reduced as a result of Covid-19-related lockdown measures.