bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways
Authors: Stevens Laura , Bregulla Madeleine , Scheele Dirk
Published: February 2024

Trauma can shape the way an individual experiences the world and interacts with other people. Touch is a key component of social interactions, but surprisingly little is known how trauma exposure influences the processing of social touch. In this review, we examine possible neurobiological pathways through which trauma can influence touch processing and lead to touch aversion and avoidance in trauma-exposed individuals. Emerging evidence indicates that trauma may affect sensory touch thresholds by modulating activity in the primary sensory cortex and posterior insula. Disturbances in multisensory integration and oxytocin reactivity combined with diminished reward-related and anxiolytic responses may induce a bias towards negative appraisal of touch contexts. Furthermore, hippocampus deactivation during social touch may reflect a dissociative state. These changes depend not only on the type and severity of the trauma but also on the features of the touch. We hypothesise that disrupted touch processing may impair social interactions and confer elevated risk for future stress-related disorders.
Of mouses and mans: a test of errorless vs. error-based learning in children
Authors: Waller Megan , Nozari Nazbanou , Yurovsky Daniel
Published: February 2024

Studies of language learning often focus on how caregiver input shapes children’s language outcomes. In contrast, the role of children’s own production —especially errors— is often overlooked in theories of language development. Using irregular plurals (e.g., “mice”) as a test case, we conducted a corpus analysis (N = 227) and two pre-registered experiments (N = 56, N = 99), to investigate the potency of error-based learning as a mechanism for language acquisition in 3- and 4-year-old children. The results of the corpus analysis showed that incidental feedback after errors, in the form of caregivers’ reformulations of children’s errors, was relatively infrequent, had modest informational value, and was rarely used by children to correct their errors immediately. The following two experiments contrasted error-based learning with errorless learning, where the correct utterance was modeled for the child before a potential error was committed. The results showed that error-based learning was not always effective, and when it was, it was certainly not superior to errorless learning. Collectively, these findings raise doubts about the effectiveness of error-based learning mechanisms with incidental feedback for morpholexical learning in children, at least over short periods of time. They also highlight the role of child’s own production, especially errors, in the process of language acquisition, and invite a closer integration of children’s production into models of language development.
Radical flexibility of neural representation in frontoparietal cortex and the challenge of linking it to behaviour
Authors: Zheng Yuena , Lu Runhao , Woolgar Alexandra
Published: February 2024

While many brain networks are specialised for processing specific types of information, a network of frontoparietal regions is engaged by a wide range of cognitive demands. Here we review recent work highlighting the flexibility of information coding in these regions, including their potential to differentiate a variety of different types of information, and their dynamic selectivity for information that is currently relevant. But does all decodable activity constitute behaviourally meaningful information in the brain? Examining the emerging methods, we find that a direct link to behaviour can be made for some, but not all, decodable information. The data suggest a flexible frontoparietal resource suitable for creating temporary, arbitrary, associations between the aspects of information needed for each task. However, a tighter field-wide focus on decoding-behaviour relationships is needed to specify how this gives rise to the astounding human capacity for flexible thought and action.
A rational model of innovation by recombination
Authors: Zhao Bonan , Vélez Natalia , Griffiths Tom
Published: February 2024

Human learning does not stop at solving a single problem. Instead, we seek new challenges, define new goals, and come up with new ideas. What drives people to disrupt the existing conceptual landscape and create new things? Here, we examine the decision to create new things under different levels of potential returns. We formalize innovation as stochastically recombining existing ideas, where successful and more complex combinations generate higher returns. This formalization allows us to cast innovation-seeking as a Markov decision process, and derive optimal policies under different settings. Data collected through an online behavioral experiment confirm our prediction that people should invest more time and effort in seeking innovations when they know the chances of success are high and the potential new ideas would be rewarding. However, people also deviate from being optimal, both innovating more and less than they should in different settings.
Remembrances of a Treasurer: 1999-2015
Authors: Niman Neil B.
Published: February 2024

For sixteen years, Neil Niman served as the treasurer of the History of Economics Society. It was a period of financial prosperity that enabled the society to undertake a number of new initiatives. This essay enumerates some of those changes and provides important insights into the workings of the society between 1999 – 2015.
Review of “Inventing the Third World: In Search of Freedom for the Postwar Global South” edited by Jeremy Adelman and Gyan Prakash
Authors: Bach Maria
Published: February 2024

Review of “Inventing the Third World: In Search of Freedom for the Postwar Global South” edited by Jeremy Adelman and Gyan Prakash.
FROM NORMALISATION TO PARTIAL NORMALISATION: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT IN THE CURRENT REGIME OF UNDETECTABLE EQUALS UNTRANSMITTABLE.
Authors: Ogunrotifa Ayodeji Bayo
Published: February 2024

In the current global discourse on HIV, antiretroviral therapy has been effective in suppressing viral load to an undetectable level and render HIV non-infectious. Central to this discourse is the sociological idea that effective antiretroviral treatment has fostered normalisation of HIV in everyday life. This article explores the question of how people living with HIV in Nigeria evaluate the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in achieving normalization. Drawing on insights from sociology of evaluation, it was found that that patient’s evaluations of antiretroviral drugs differ from those of medical professionals and HIV experts. While HIV experts limit their definition of normalization to (a) being able to have unprotected sex and (b) being able to have HIV-negative children, HIV patients take other factors into account, such as the ability to breastfeed, or to donate blood and organs. The findings revealed that promissory notes of effective antiretroviral treatment cannot foster complete normalisation in patients’ evaluations, but offer partial normalisation of HIV in everyday life, as biomedical intervention cannot nullify these risks and achieve HIV non-infectiousness completely. This finding has not only highlighted the gulf between lay and expert understanding of normalisation, but also uncovers the limit of the Swiss Consensus Statement and the shortcomings associated with the current global campaign and discourse that has prioritised undetectability equals untransmittability (#U=U).
“Hi, I’m Terri Towel. Please reuse me” Can anthropomorphising towels prompt tourists to reuse them?
Authors: Greene Danyelle , Zinn Anna Kristina , Demeter Csilla , Dolnicar Sara
Published: February 2024

Washing just 1kg of towels in a modern machine uses approximately 13L of water, 0.2 kWh of heat energy and 0.12 kWh of electrical energy. Prompting guests to reuse their towels will benefit the environment and save hotels money. Environmental appeals and interventions that aim to trigger social norms have been used in the past to achieve this – with mixed results. Further, most past studies ignore hotel guests’ emotional reactance or satisfaction. This is a potentially critical oversight because hotels cannot afford to compromise on guest satisfaction. In this study, we test a new approach that leverages anthropomorphism – the personification of objects – to prompt positive reactions (e.g., entertainment, amusement) and reduce negative reactions (e.g., annoyance, irritation) from guests. We directly compare interventions based on competing theories such as social norms and environmental appeals, enjoyment, and perceived effort with and without anthropomorphism. Through two field experiments we found that when a towel was anthropomorphised people believed it had more human like qualities and that they were able to relate to the towel and sympathise/emphasise with it more. The perceived effort messages passed manipulation check and prompted positive reactions from participants. When combined with anthropomorphism the effort message significantly increased the reuse of hand towels (but not other towel types) in a field experiment without compromising guest satisfaction. A fourth study (cross-sectional) showed that the effect might have been limited to hand towels due to a significantly lower self-efficacy to reuse bath and face towels particularly when they are damp or not completely clean. The cost-effective intervention tested in this study can be immediately deployed by hotels to increase hand towels reuse therefore improving sustainability and saving on laundry costs.
Is Discrimination in Immigration Racist?
Authors: Mégret Frédéric
Published: February 2024

Discrimination in immigration remains one of the most enduring blind spots of racism globally. It operates in often concealed ways, at the intersection of different sovereignties and branches of the law. It affects persons who have not secured the kind of foothold into a polity that would allow them to plead their rights. In a context where domestic racism has at least become taboo (despite its obvious systemic persistence), transnational racism in the immigration context remains not just widespread but, as I will argue, often legally tolerated because of persistent ambiguities about what constitutes racism.
Association between Subjective Happiness and Periodontal Disease in Patients Visiting at a Tertiary Care Centre of Central Nepal
Authors: Humagain Manoj , Thapa Sachita , Lamichhane Simant , Rijal Arjun Hari , Neupane Manisha , Koirala Prativa
Published: February 2024

Introduction: Happiness has been considered as a colloquial term for subjective well-being. There is a causal relationships and factors contributing to happiness achievement and satisfaction. One of the major factors is oral health in which periodontitis plays a major role.
Objective: To explore the association between subjective happiness and periodontal disease.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology from August 2018 to June 2019 after obtaining ethical clearance from the institutional review committee (IRC). Where 103 patients with chronic periodontitis according to the 1999 classification system were recruited by convenient sampling methods and were asked to fill out the questionnaire of subjective happiness scale given by Lyubomirsky. This scale was compared on the basis of periodontitis severity. Data were collected and entered into Microsoft Excel and statistical analysis was done using SPSS v.20. Data were represented as mean and standard deviations and the association between happiness and periodontitis was determined using Chi-square test.
Results: Out of 103 patients the mean subjective happiness score was found to be 18.78±1.692. Similarly, there was no significant association between happiness scale and periodontitis in the present study (P value = 0.821).
Conclusions: There is evidence of the relationship between subjective happiness and periodontitis. The findings of this study revealed a new perspective on periodontitis, including the potential for innovative treatments of a specific population with periodontitis.
Stem Cells in Dentistry: Knowledge among the Dental Practitioners of Nepal
Authors: Pandey Nashib , Koju Sushmit , Maharjan Nisha , Chaudhary Rajan , Chaulaagain Rajib
Published: February 2024

Introduction: Dentists are expected to play a major role in advancing the field of stem cell research as well as directing and implementing future stem cell therapies in dentistry. Accordingly, good basic knowledge and a positive attitude toward stem cells and their potential applications are essential among the dentists.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of knowledge on stem cell among the dental practitioners.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the registered dental practitioners in Nepal. An online questionnaire was created with the help of Google forms between 27 October, 2021 to 22 July, 2022 after receiving ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee of a tertiary care center. The questionnaire was designed after reviewing pertinent literatures. Convenience sampling method was used. Data from Google forms were entered in Microsoft Excel version 2016 and were analysed with IBM SPSS v.20.
Results: Among the total of 280 responses received, the prevalence of good knowledge about stem cells was found to be 53 (18.93%) (14.34- 23.52, 95% Confidence Interval). Majority of the respondents with good knowledge score were female 41 (77.36%). Almost all of the respondents knew about the term stem cells and its sources. But very few 68 (24.29%) of them knew about the availability of stem cell banks in Nepal.
Conclusions: The prevalence of good knowledge about stem cell in dentistry was found to be less than half the sample size. Hence, there is a need to cover stem cells related information in dental curricula in Nepal.
Development of Media Technologies as “New Media” from the Perspective of a Critique of the Political Economy of the Media
Authors: Knoche Manfred
Published: February 2024

This paper analyses the emergence and development of new media technologies based on the approach of the Critique of the Political Economy of the Media. First, a critical overview of approaches to the genesis and diffusion of technologies is given. Second, the connection between media technologies and capital accumulation is discussed. Third, the role of media technologies in capitalism as a means of investment, production, distribution, and consumption is analysed. Fourth, the connection between innovation, commodity aesthetics, and planned obsolescence is discussed. Fifth, the antagonistic character of the media system’s convergence, universalisation and diversification is shown. The article shows that technological development is not autonomous but depends on and is shaped by the development of capitalist society. In capitalism, factors such as capital accumulation strategies, crises, competition, advertising and marketing, market research, the state’s economic, technology and media policies, and science and engineering influence the emergence and development of new media technologies.Acknowledgement: This article was first published as book chapter: Manfred Knoche. 2005. Entwicklung von Medientechnologien als „Neue Medien“ aus der Perspektive einer Kritik der  politischen Ökonomie der Medien. In Alte Medien – neue Medien: Theorieperspektiven, Medienprofile, Einsatzfelder. Festschrift für Jan Tonnemacher, edited by Klaus Arnold and Christoph Neuberger, 40-62.  Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.  Translated and published with permission by SNCSC.
Authors: Amalia Chindy Kana , Prijatni Ida , Restanty Dian Aby
Published: February 2024

Introduction: Correct breastfeeding technique is a way of giving breast milk to babies with the correct attachment and breastfeeding position. From the results of a preliminary study conducted on 10 breastfeeding mothers in the Balung Public Health Center Work Area, it was found that six breastfeeding mothers were wrong in their attachment and seven were wrong in their breastfeeding position. This study aims to determine differences in the behavior of breastfeeding mothers before and after the implementation of social learning theory-based health promotion in the Balung Public Health Center Work Area. Methods: This study was a pre-experimental study with a one group pre and post test design. The population of this study used mothers who had babies aged 0-6 months in the Working Area of the Balung Health Center as many as 54 people with a purposive sampling technique, namely 35 respondents. Data collection using a questionnaire. Data analysis with the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. Results: There are differences in breastfeeding behavior before and after the implementation of social learning theory-based health promotion in the Balung Public Health Center Work Area, with an Asymp value. Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 < 0.05. Conclusion: Differences in the behavior of breastfeeding mothers after being given health promotion based on social learning theory can occur because providing information about breastfeeding techniques can increase the knowledge, skills, and motivation of mothers regarding breastfeeding.

 

Keywords : Health Promotion; Behavior; Breastfeeding Techniques; Social Learning Theory
Authors: Lindayani I Komang , Suarniti Ni Wayan , Dewi I GAA Novya
Published: February 2024

Simulasi praktik penting dilakukan oleh peserta didik vokasi kebidanan sebelum terjun ke lahan praktek. Tersedianya alat peraga yang memadai akan menunjang pencapaian tujuan pembelajaran. Alat peraga praktik pemasangan Alat Kontrasepsi Dalam Rahim (AKDR) dikembangkan dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan prinsip low technology dan high fidelity. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengukur kepraktisan dan keefektifan alat peraga yang dikembangkan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian research and development dengan menggunakan model ADDIE (Assessment, Design, Development, Implementation, dan Evaluation). Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Juli-September 2020 di Poltekkes Kemenkes Denpasar Jurusan Kebidanan. Populasi penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Sarjana Terapan Kebidanan dan mahasiswa Diploma Kebidanan. Jumlah sampel 30 orang sebagai kelompok perlakuan dan 30 orang kelompok kontrol dengan menggunakan teknik proportional random sampling. Pengukuran kepraktisan menggunakan kuesioner, sedangkan efektifitas menggunakan lembar observasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan skor kepraktisan pada 5 aspek yang diukur menunjukkan skor > 3,40 yang menunjukkan bahwa alat peraga ini praktis digunakan dalam praktik. Uji beda Mann Whitney digunakan untuk menguji skor hasil observasi ketrampilan pada kelompok perlakuan dan kontrol, dan didapatkan p-value = 0,240 (>0,05). Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa rerata skor ketrampilan pada kelompok perlakuan dan kontrol tidak berbeda secara signifikan sehingga alat peraga yang dikembangkan sama efektifnya dengan alat peraga yang tersedia. Alat peraga yang dikembangkan praktis dan efektif digunakan dalam praktik pemasangan AKDR. Perlu pengembangan alat peraga lainnya untuk meningkatkan ketrampilan peserta didik.
Penerapan Teknik Random Oversampling Untuk Memprediksi Ketepatan Waktu Lulus Menggunakan Algoritma Random Forest
Authors: Diantika Sri , Nalatissifa Hiya , Maulidah Nurlaelatul , Supriyadi Riki , Fauzi Ahmad
Published: February 2024

Punctuality of graduation is something that students yearn for, besides being important for students, punctuality of graduation is also very important for universities, this is because the aspect of student graduation is one aspect of assessment in an institutional accreditation process of a university to show its quality. One of the obstacles faced to find out whether a student can graduate on time or not is because the study period cannot be detected early, this will have an impact on late student graduation. To analyze this, a lot of research was conducted on the accuracy of student graduation, through the cumulative grade point average (GPA) obtained by students during their studies. This research on the prediction of student graduation timeliness uses a random forest algorithm model. The data used in this research object has an unbalanced number of data classes, to overcome this, a random oversampling (ROS) resampling technique is applied and also applies Split validation or division between learning data by 50% for test data and 50%. To evaluate the model built, the author uses evaluation metrics such as accuracy, recall, and precision. The results of the study showed that the proposed model can well predict compared to other models, namely with the results precision of 87.05%, accuracy test values of 90.04%, recall of 90.04%.From these results, it can be interpreted that the random forest algorithm is considered good in predicting the timeliness of a student's graduation
Penerapan
Authors: Ridwan Ridwan , Heni Hermaliani Eni , Ernawati Muji
Published: February 2024

Ujaran kebencian adalah penyebaran kebencian terhadap individu atau kelompok atas dasar suku, agama, ras, dan karakteristik lain yang dapat menimbulkan diskriminasi, kekerasan, dan konflik sosial. Data yang tidak seimbang dapat menyebabkan hasil negatif pada hasil klasifikasi. Metode Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) digunakan untuk mengatasi data yang tidak seimbang. Ekstraksi fitur menggunakan Bag of Words dan TD-IDF, kemudian data training dilakukan oversampling menggunakan metode SMOTE, SVMSMOTE, KMeansSMOTE, dan BorderlineSMOTE. Klasifikasi tersebut menggunakan algoritma Random Forest, Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression dan Naive Bayes. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan metode BorderlineSMOTE untuk menangani data imbalanced menghasilkan kinerja yang lebih baik daripada metode SMOTE lainnya berdasarkan nilai accuray, recall dan F1-Score dengan masing-masing nilai sebesar 84,09%, 85,25% dan 81,16%. Algoritma Random Forest menghasilkan nilai kinerja yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan algoritma lainnya
Aplikasi Edukasi Mengetahui Nama Alat Transportasi Untuk Anak-Anak Dengan Bahasa Indonesia, Inggris dan Arab Berbasis Android
Authors: Doni Fahlepi Roma , Sudrajat Budi , Lukman Afit Muhammad
Published: February 2024

Bahasa merupakan media komunikasi yang terpenting bagi manusia, bahasa berguna sebagai alat penyampai pesan dari satu orang kepada orang lain. Salah satu bahasa yang popular di kalangan masyarakat Indonesia adalah bahasa inggris dan bahasa arab. Pembelajaran bahasa bisa di sekolah atau di majelis ilmu, selain dengan metode menghafal mandiri. Dengan hadirnya teknologi salah satunya Android dapat membantu  pembelajaran sehingga pembelajaran dapat diubah ke dalam format digital dengan harapan pembelajaran  menjadi lebih praktis. Metode ini merupakan cara pembelajaran alternatif yang dapat mendorong anak untuk merasa semangat belajar bahasa. Pada penelitian ini akan membuat aplikasi pengenalan alat transportasi pengenalan bahasa bahasa Inggris dan Arab berbasis Android yang dilengkapi dengan quis pilihan ganda untuk menambah wawasan dan edukasi anak-anak mengenai alat transportasi berbahasa inggris dan arab. Berdasarkan pengujian aplikasi didapat bahwa secara fungsional sudah sesuai yang artinya produk multimedia pengenalan alat transportasi bahasa Arab dan Inggris layak digunakan oleh pengguna, Hasil dari aplikasi ini diharapkan dapat membantu anak dalam mengetahui nama-nama alat transportasi dengan bahasa Indonesia, inggris dan arab.
Desain UI/UX Aplikasi SEWA Menggunakan Metode Design Thinking
Authors: Purwati Nani , Syukron Akhmad , Attabi Kuffi , Sawwara Sawwara
Published: February 2024

Stunting in toddlers is a child problem that is still a concern for the government. The government has implemented various policies in an effort to reduce cases of stunting under five in Indonesia. In line with increasingly advanced and rapid technological developments, this study aims to design the UI/UX of an early stunting detection application for toddlers to help posyandu cadres measure and detect early cases of stunting and malnutrition in toddlers. The research method used in UI/UX development is the Design Thinking method. While the application testing method uses the SEQ method. The results of usability testing use the SEQ method with a total of 6 respondents consisting of officers and parents, obtaining a SEQ value of 6.26. The test results above 5.5 mean that this application is easy to use and can provide solutions to existing problems. The Design thinking method is proven to be able to produce a good interface according to user needs.Keywords: UI/UX; User Interface; User Experience; Design Thinking; SEQ.
Pelatihan Pengelolaan Keuangan Rumah Tangga Dan Pengenalan Investasi Bagi Ibu - Ibu PKK Di Kantor Kelurahan Kamal, Jakarta Barat
Authors: Susanti Ika , Maharani Virda Rosita , Khoirunnasikin Khoirunnasikin , Mizan Erik Takhir
Published: February 2024

Pengabdian ini berjudul pelatihan dan pengelolaan keuangan rumah tangga dan pengenalan investasi bagi ibu-ibu pkk dikantor kelurahan kamal Jakarta Barat. Tujuan umum dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk melatih ibu-ibu pkk dikelurahan kamal dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan pentingnya mengelola keuangan yang lebih baik dan efektif, menumbuhkan pemahaman untuk dapat secara bertahap terhindar dari ketergantungan lembaga-lembaga peminjaman dan menjadi lebih produktif dan tidak hanya mengandalkan gaji atau penghasilan dari suami namun juga membantu suami dengan cara bergadang atau berjualan barang yang dibutuhkan oleh teman atau tetangga. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode ceramah dan diskusi pengelolaan keuangan dengan cara melakukan perencanaan dengan mencatat setiap kebutuhan dan pengeluaran mendahulukan kebutuhan yang utama dari pada kebutuhan yang belum dibutuhkan saat ini. Peserta juga diberikan pengetahuan mengenai dasar-dasar investasi, berupa tabungan emas, tabungan/deposito dan investasi lainnya. Kesimpulan dari pengabdian  kepada masyakat ini adalah Ibu-Ibu rumah tangga semakin menyadari pentingnya mengelola keuangan dan memilih investasi yang baik, menabung, mampu membuat skala prioritas kebutuhan.
Sosialisasi Protokol Kesehatan Dalam Melakukan Perjalanan Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Keke Yulianti , Silalahi Siska Amonalisa , Mustikasari Mustikasari , Nasution Nursery Alfaridi
Published: February 2024

Wabah Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) yang muncul di Wuhan, China pada akhir 2019 telah menjadi pandemi internasional yang memicu respons global. Pemerintah Indonesia merespons dengan Keputusan Presiden nomor 11 tahun 2020, menetapkan keadaan darurat kesehatan masyarakat. Artikel ini mengulas dampak penyebaran COVID-19 terhadap sektor pariwisata dan ekonomi, dengan fokus pada langkah-langkah pemerintah, seperti kebijakan new normal. Protokol kesehatan 5M, mencuci tangan, memakai masker, menjaga jarak, menjauhi kerumunan, dan mengurangi mobilitas, menjadi dasar pencegahan yang disosialisasikan. Sebagai respons, Institut Transportasi dan Logistik (ITL) Trisakti melakukan kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PkM) di Bandara Internasional Yogyakarta. Tujuannya adalah meningkatkan kesadaran pengunjung bandara akan penerapan protokol kesehatan. Hasil kegiatan PkM melibatkan sosialisasi langsung dan kunjungan industri dengan manajemen Bandara Internasional Yogyakarta pada Maret 2022. Penerapan protokol kesehatan di Bandara Yogyakarta menjadi fokus, dengan melibatkan tim PkM dan mahasiswa ITL Trisakti. Pandemi COVID-19 telah memberikan dampak signifikan pada perilaku masyarakat dan perjalanan. Penyuluhan dan edukasi terus menjadi kunci dalam menghadapi tantangan new normal. Artikel ini juga mencakup rekomendasi untuk meningkatkan sosialisasi protokol kesehatan dan mendukung program vaksinasi. Kesimpulannya, kegiatan PkM ITL Trisakti di Bandara Internasional Yogyakarta merupakan upaya nyata dalam meningkatkan kesadaran dan penerapan protokol kesehatan COVID-19 di ruang publik. Disarankan untuk terus menggelar kegiatan serupa sebagai bagian dari budaya baru dalam menghadapi era new normal.
Perlindungan Hukum Hak Kekayaan Intelektual Merek Dagang
Authors: Diana Lina Mauli , Dewi Sari Utama , Jaya Fery Hendy
Published: February 2024

Bernung adalah salah satu desa yang berada di Wilayah Kecamatan Gedong Tataan, Kabupaten Pesawaran, Provinsi Lampung. Penduduk di Desa Bernung berjumlah 5.218 ( lima ribu dua ratus delapan belas ribu ) jiwa, yang terdiri dari laki-laki berjumlah 2.654 ( dua ribu enam ratus lima puluh empat) jiwa dan perempuan berjumlah 2.564 (dua ribu lima ratus enam puluh empat) jiwa. Mata pencaharian warga Bernung bertani, berkebun dan beternak. Dari hasil pertanian, perkebunan dan peternakan diolah menjadi industri rumah tangga berupa keripik melinjo, keripik pisang dan keripik kulit ikan. Proses pengolahan dan pemasaran dilakukan secara tradisional. Permasalahan yang ada di Desa Bernung adalah bahwa hasil pengolahan makanan tersebut belum mempunyai merek sehingga kurang dikenal masyarakat meskipun cita rasa cukup diminati oleh masyarakat. Solusi terhadap permasalahan yang ada di Desa Bernung adalah  pelaksana pengabdian melakukan edukasi mengenai pentingnya hak kekayaan intelektual bagi kegiatan usaha terutama yang berbentuk penganan. Metode pengabdian berupa ceramah dan diskusi mengenai hak kekayaan intelektual khususnya tentang merek. Hasil yang ingin  dicapai adalah warga di Desa Bernung Kecamatan Gedong Tataan Kabupaten Pesawaran dapat memahami proses pendaftaran merek dan memahami artinya pentingnya merek pada label makanan yang di produksi. Target luaran dalam kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat berupa terbitnya artikel pada jurnal pengabdian masyarakat terakreditasi nasional
Is Turnover Intention of Waste Industry Employees Determined by Career Growth, Affective, Normative and Continuance?
Authors: Rahmawati Anik , Havidz Ikramina Larasati Hazrati , Cahyadi Ihlas
Published: February 2024

However, in some businesses, job requirements are sometimes not in line with employees' aspirations for professional advancement, which often leads to a high incidence of employee turnover. The goal of this study is to determine how the likelihood of employee turnover is influenced by career development, emotional commitment, normative commitment, and continuation commitment.Purposive sampling was also utilised in this study to choose respondents. 158 employees, primarily on the island of Java, who work in the waste business industry were the subject of this study. The data is examined using the structural equation model (SEM) technique. According to the study's findings, career growth positively and significantly influences commitment, continuance commitment, and normative commitment. Additionally, career growth, affective commitment, normative commitment, and continuance commitment do not influence turnover intention. Last but not least, psychological capital does not moderate the relationship between affective commitment and turnover intention.
Enhancing Post-Disaster Mapping Assessment: Agent-Based Simulation Modeling Integrating Ground Vehicles and Drones (Case Study: Mount Merapi's Volcanic Eruption)
Authors: Liperda Rahmad Inca , Rinaldy Ravi Prananda , Redi Anak Agung Ngurah Perwira , Asih Anna Maria Sri , Sopha Bertha Maya
Published: February 2024

This research presents an agent-based simulation model for post-disaster location mapping, considering land vehicles and drones along with access road availability and depot locations. The study examines the impact of bridge facility damage on depot selection and time indicators. Results reveal that damage to bridge facilities affects depots differently based on their location, leading to increased total processing and completion times due to interactions between land vehicles and bridges. Depot 7 emerges as the optimal location for undamaged and KRB II and III damage scenarios based on total processing time. Depot 3 performs best for KRB III damage, while Depot 8 exhibits the shortest completion time across all scenarios. These findings emphasize the importance of selecting depots with resilient road access and alternative routes, improving post-disaster logistics efficiency.
Association Rules Mining for Designing Product Bundling Strategy (Study Case at a Cafe in Jakarta)
Authors: Jannah Milqi Miftahul , Iskandar Yelita Anggiane , Zulvia Ferani Eva
Published: February 2024

Cafe X is a modern and prominent coffee shop in town that sells specialty beverage products with a total of 73 variations. Sales transactions that occurred in March 2021 at that Cafe reached an average of 300 times per day. All this time, the transaction data is only used to calculate inventory replenishment and to observe sales profits whereas it can actually be utilized to reveal information related to customer behavior in buying products by finding the association or pattern between product sales. The purpose of this study is to obtain association models between items that can be used as a base to arrange recommendations for selling beverage products at Cafe X using a data mining method, namely the association rules with the Apriori algorithm. The transaction data specified for data processing are payment transactions of a total of 3,100 data records. From the analysis results, it is known that there are 8 product association rules that meet the minimum support of 0.01 and the minimum confidence of 0.5, which means that these rules can be used as an alternative basis for determining business strategy at Cafe X. Based on the association information between products, the customer relationship management (CRM) strategy that can be applied at Cafe X is the promotion strategy of product bundling. From a number of recommended bundled products, it is found that there are opportunities to increase sales for four products, they are MD001, TH002, LB001, and TU001.
Implementation of Warehouse Receipt System in Food Warehouses in Kudus District
Authors: Faza Iqbal , Sekarningtyas Hikmah , Arti Titi Yuni , Noviana Eka
Published: February 2024

Agriculture is a sector that is able to score growth during the pandemic crisis. The export performance of the agricultural sector also continues to show positive growth. For this reason, real support is needed so that agriculture can continue to grow sustainably. One of them is by building a modern agricultural commodity product storage system, one of which is by using a warehouse receipt system. The warehouse receipt system has very strategic functions, including as a stock management instrument, logistics financing instrument, and supporting food security efforts. Unfortunately, the utilization of the warehouse receipt system in Kudus Regency is still very low, as indicated by the minimal utilization of the warehouse receipt system. This research aims to analyze the reasons why the warehouse receipt system has not been optimally utilized by farmers. This research uses a qualitative method with Miles and Huberman's interactive data analysis, namely: data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification.

The results of this study indicate that SRG has great potential to improve the welfare of farmers and advance the agricultural sector in Kudus Regency. However, to overcome various obstacles that hinder the implementation of SRG, serious efforts are needed from various parties, namely: Increase public knowledge and awareness about SRG; simplify the process and requirements for using SRG; improve SRG infrastructure, including information systems and warehouses; improve the ability of farmers to obtain financing through SRG; and improve cooperation between related agencies.
A Study on the Relationship between the Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Organizational Fairness with Mediating Effect of Employees Work Satisfaction
Authors: Quresh Muneera , Khan Waqas A.
Published: February 2024

Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) promote organizational efficiency. Organizational justice acts as a stimulus for the growth of human society. Job satisfaction is ultimately a result of the employee's own state of mind. The major goal of this study was to check the relationship between the OCB and firm justice with mediating effect of workers’ job satisfaction at NADRA Pakistan. This investigation is based on information collected from 370 employees, including front-line administrators. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were employed as statistical methodologies for data analysis. The findings indicated a significant correlation between the concept of OJ and the manifestation of citizenship behavior. Furthermore, the results illustrate a favorable correlation between OJ and OCB, which was facilitated by the mediating effect of job satisfaction. The implications of these findings hold great importance not only for the management of NADRA, but also for other entities that have the potential to aid the government and society.
Income-Based Inequalities and Health Expenditures in Developing & Developed Countries
Authors: Akhtar Saima , Hameed Gulnaz , Rabbani Saad Ali
Published: February 2024

This study aims to understand the cost-effectiveness of health expenditures and explore why some countries have low expenses but better health outcomes, while others spend more but have underdeveloped healthcare systems. It analyzes income and health expenditures in developed and developing countries using existing literature and data analysis. The findings highlight the need for tailored policies, with developed countries focusing on cost increases and developing countries improving available healthcare services. This research provides insights for future studies and policy development, emphasizing the disparities in health expenditures between developing and developed countries.
Adoption of Information Communication Technology during the Pandemic: Exploring the University Teachers' Experiences in Pakistan
Authors: Bashir Rukhsana , Zia Nimra , Saba Sahrish
Published: February 2024

This study aimed at exploring the university teachers’ experiences regarding the adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) during the pandemic in Punjab. The sample has been selected conveniently from four public universities based in Punjab. The sample consisted of 28 university teachers teaching in the Education departments. The data were collected with the help of a semi-structured interview protocol comprising 10 questions. The collected data from individual interviews have been analyzed with the help of Thematic Analysis. The results revealed that the teachers working in Distance Education providing universities were already aware of using ICT in teaching. However, those who were teaching in Formal Education mode universities were not well versed in the integration of ICT in teaching. Similarly, the teachers were not given any proper training for conducting online classes. Rather they were given some videos which described how to use online channels for teaching.
Effects of Head Teaches' Task-Oriented Behavior on Teachers' Performance at Secondary Level Lahore
Authors: Iqbal Muhammad , Razi Syed Kamran Ali , Bibi Afifa
Published: February 2024

This study aimed to illuminate the effects of head teachers' task-oriented leadership style on secondary grade teachers' performance. The head teachers and teachers of the secondary level of Lahore City constituted the population of the study. From this population, 300 teachers and students were selected as samples by stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected by using survey questionnaires. Two self-made questionnaires were developed and used to collect data from teachers and students. Participants were asked to respond to a 5-point Likert scale ranging from '1' indicating strongly disagree and '5' indicating strongly agree in terms of how strongly the head teachers practised task-oriented behaviour. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics that include mean, percentage, and independent sample t-test and regression analysis. The main finding of the study revealed that head teachers' task-oriented behaviour has a positive effect on teachers' performance at the secondary level.
Problems Faced and Coping Strategies during Online Teaching by EFL Teachers at Secondary Level
Authors: Farid Muhammad Faisal , Parveen Sabahat , Iqbal Asif
Published: February 2024

This research explored the challenges faced by EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers in the realm of online teaching/learning and the strategies to overcome these obstacles. The objectives were to explore the challenges of EFL teachers during online teaching classes and to suggest coping strategies for EFL teachers. Twenty teachers were selected randomly from five secondary schools. The study employs a qualitative approach, via in-depth interviews, to explore the various hurdles EFL learners encounter in online learning. Findings revealed many challenges including limited face-to-face interaction, technological issues, self-motivation, and the absence of immediate feedback. The study also illuminates the coping strategies employed by EFL learners, such as leveraging online resources, forming virtual study groups, and adopting time management techniques. The thematic analysis produced five conclusions. Teaching materials, corrective measures, and instructional techniques regarding coping mechanisms utilized by EFL teachers, whereas multiple factors encounter difficulties when teaching low achievers.
Development and Implementation of Vocational Awareness Program for Parents of Children with Special Needs
Authors: Rehman Muhammad Zia Ur , Iqbal Muhammad Nadeem , Zaman Muhammad Shokat
Published: February 2024

The main objective of this study was to develop and implement a vocational awareness program targeting parents of children with special needs. The study employed a descriptive quantitative survey methodology, with a sample of 21 parents (12 male and 9 female. A self-structured questionnaire was used to gather data from parents, with 21 questionnaires administered before and after the program's implementation. The study used SPSS version 25 for statistical analysis. The findings showed a significant increase in parental awareness about their child's impairment and the educational resources available to accommodate their child's specific needs. The study recommends the program be conducted in all special education schools to educate parents about their child's disabilities and the opportunities and facilities offered by these institutions.
The Road to Doctoral Success: A Model for High-Quality PhD Supervision in Education
Authors: Masood Sajid , Khawaja Fareeha , Waqar Yasira
Published: February 2024

This paper explores effective PhD supervision pedagogies in Education through qualitative interviews with 5 current doctoral students and 3 faculty supervisors in Pakistan. The findings reveal key best practices including dual supervision in theory and methodology, regular student-supervisor meetings, collaborative publishing and conference participation, multifaceted written and verbal feedback, and an open supervisory relationship balancing mentorship with professionalism. These experientially derived insights contribute localized empirical guidance on optimizing Education PhD training, affirming, and extending established models. The paper argues that supervised implementation of these contextualized practices can enrich mentoring relationships and outcomes. It concludes with implications for reforming supervision policies, supervisory self-auditing, and student self-advocacy.
Should I Install LaTeX , MiKTeX or TexStudio?
Authors: Ibiloye Abiodun Christian
Published: February 2024

In various guises, this is a common question, innocent, but actually betraying a fundamental confusion about TeX evolution, directory, and the levels of operation in the TeX/LaTeX family and friends. TeX is a macro typesetting language developed by Donald E. Knuth, and today’s worldwide de facto standard for high-quality digital document typesetting for writers/authors in the academics and publishers of journals and books, including Elsevier, PlosOne, JSON and Nature Springer. LateX and ConTeXt are the two main evolution and revolutionary development 'on top of TeX'. LaTeX is an extension of TeX typesetting macro created by Leslie Lamport, with addition of standard packages and features for plain-tex contents using markup language syntax. It is a free document typesetting and processing system for creating high quality rich document format. That is, outputs in device transferable formats (DVI, PDF, HTML, etc) suitable for websites and submission to journals, academic institutions and publishers for ultimate publication. It is in principle and editing style different from a Word Processor, to encourage and enable authors concentrate more on writing rich contents, leaving document design to expert document designers. MiKTeX is a modern TeX distribution for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS, while TexStudio (likewise TeXnicenter) are GUI TeX document editors. This article clears the confusion and give a comprehensive introduction to anyone, (authors including academics) to choose between TeX/LaTeX distributions and editors to install given offered particular feature advantages, the particular of the users' academic field and level of productivity on their project, report or document. **** *SIGNIFICANCE: The author relied on primary source documents, chats with LaTeX development members on stackexchange.com, literatures, and extensive software features testing and hoped this publication fills the gaps in knowledge and literature, aside many plagiarized blogs, confusing articles (as learning LaTeX itself). It details the important breakthroughs in TeX development projects which include the creation of pdfTeX in 2014, graphic editors, GUI and online TeX editors, running external program codes (R, Python, Mathlab, etc) in LaTeX native environment, expl3 language as part of LaTeX kernel in 2020, also syncing/integrating tools to other platforms/environment.
Glucose-Lowering Medications and Post-Dementia Survival in Patients with Diabetes and Dementia
Authors: Secnik Juraj , Xu Hong , Schwertner Emilia , Hammar Niklas , Alvarsson Michael , Winblad Bengt , Eriksdotter Maria , Garcia-Ptacek Sara , Religa Dorota
Published: February 2024

Background: The effectiveness of glucose-lowering drugs (GLDs) is unknown among patients with dementia. Objective: To analyze all-cause mortality among users of six GLDs in dementia and dementia-free subjects, respectively. Methods: This was a longitudinal open-cohort registry-based study using data from the Swedish Dementia Registry, Total Population Register, and four supplemental registers providing data on dementia status, drug usage, confounders, and mortality. The cohort comprised 132,402 subjects with diabetes at baseline, of which 11,401 (8.6%) had dementia and 121,001 (91.4%) were dementia-free. Subsequently, comparable dementia – dementia-free pairs were sampled. Then, as-treated and intention-to-treat exposures to metformin, insulin, sulfonylurea, dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues (GLP-1a), and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) were analyzed in the parallel dementia and dementia-free cohorts. Confounding was addressed using inverse-probability weighting and propensity-score matching, and flexible parametric survival models were used to produce hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the association between GLDs and all-cause mortality. Results: In the as-treated models, increased mortality was observed among insulin users with dementia (HR 1.34 [95% CI 1.24–1.45]) as well as in dementia-free subjects (1.54 [1.10–1.55]). Conversely, sulfonylurea was associated with higher mortality only in dementia subjects (1.19 [1.01–1.42]). GLP-1a (0.44 [0.25–0.78]) and SGLT-2i users with dementia (0.43 [0.23–0.80]) experienced lower mortality compared to non-users. Conclusion: Insulin and sulfonylurea carried higher mortality risk among dementia patients, while GLP-1a and SGLT-2i were associated with lower risk. GLD-associated mortality varied between dementia and comparable dementia-free subjects. Further studies are needed to optimize GLD use in dementia patients.