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VSMGFBG: Design of an Efficient Model for Enhanced Video Summarization Using Fusion of Markov Graph Neural Networks and Fuzzy BERT With GAN
Authors: Sushant Savita Madhukar Gandhi
Published: November 2024

In the realm of video content analysis, the demand for efficient and precise video summarization has become increasingly vital due to the vast amount of video data generated daily. Existing methods often struggle with the balance between summary comprehensiveness and brevity, leading to less accurate and less useful summaries. This paper introduces an innovative approach to video summarization that significantly enhances precision, accuracy, recall, Area Under the Curve (AUC), specificity, and delay metrics. The proposed model employs a fusion of Markov Graph Neural Network (MGNN) for video transcription, addressing the challenges of dynamic content interpretation and contextual relevance in videos. This transcription process leverages the MGNN's capability to understand sequential data with high accuracy, making it well-suited for the complex and varied content of videos. Following transcription, the summaries are generated using a novel combination of Fuzzy BERT and Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). This pairing capitalizes on Fuzzy BERT's proficiency in handling ambiguous and imprecise data, while the GAN framework introduces an adversarial aspect to the summarization process, ensuring the generation of natural and coherent summaries. Further enhancing the model's effectiveness, the summarized transcriptions are mapped to corresponding video sections using Capsule Networks. This mapping is pivotal in maintaining the coherence and relevance of the summarized content with the visual elements, providing a more integrated and comprehensive video summarization operations. The model's performance was rigorously tested on YouTube and TrecVID databases. The results demonstrate a remarkable improvement over existing methods, with a 9.5% increase in precision, 9.4% in accuracy, 4.5% in recall, 8.3% in AUC, 5.9% in specificity, along with a reduction of 3.9% in MMSE and 4.9% in delay. These metrics underscore the model's superiority in producing more accurate, relevant, and timely video summaries. This work significantly impacts the field of video content analysis by providing a more efficient, accurate, and user-friendly approach to video summarization. It paves the way for advanced applications in various domains, including media, education, surveillance, and content management, where quick and accurate video summaries are crucial for different use cases.
Pelatihan Penerapan Model PBL dan PjBL bagi Guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri di Kota Palangka Raya
Authors: Nugroho Piter Joko , Manesa Manesa , Sion Holten , Debora Debora , Nyoto Nyoto
Published: November 2024

This training aims to improve the ability of public elementary school (SDN) teachers serving in the suburbs of Palangka Raya City to apply Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Project-Based Learning (PjBL) learning models. The training method used includes an interactive approach through group discussions, practical simulations, and direct guidance in designing PBL and PjBL-based teaching modules. The results of this training activity show a significant increase in teachers' conceptual understanding and practical skills related to the application of PBL and PjBL in learning in elementary schools. The trainee teachers became more skillful in designing innovative teaching modules that are in accordance with the principles of PBL and PjBL and showed increased confidence in managing classes with these approaches. In addition, the formation of a learning community among teachers shows a commitment to continue sharing knowledge and experiences, supporting the sustainability of PBL and PjBL implementation consistently in schools. It is hoped that the impact of this training can contribute to improving the quality of teaching and learning outcomes of students in peripheral elementary schools in Palangka Raya City.
Pelatihan Pembuatan Stik Ikan Berbasis Bahan Dasar Lokal di Ekosistem Gambut Desa Bahaur Hulu Permai, Kabupaten Pulang Pisau
Authors: Nopembereni Eti Dewi , Elvince Rosana , Jaya Adi , Maryani  , Evnaweri  , Subianto Pratiwi , Saragih Osi Karina , Adventa Alma , Page Susan E. , Upton Caroline
Published: November 2024

The aim of training activities in Bahaur Hulu Permai Village is an effort to improve the abilities and skills of people living in peat ecosystems, especially in coastal areas. Coastal areas not only have potential as fisheries resources, but also agriculture in a broad sense. The main income of coastal communities is marine fisheries and brackish water fisheries, if they are in a brackish water ecosystem. The potential for marine and river fisheries and land fisheries in Indonesia is very large. The problem is that people in coastal areas are still unable to manage natural potential into goods or products that have high economic benefits. The importance of increasing the abilities and skills of communities in coastal areas by conducting outreach, counseling and training in making fish-based food. One of the activities that can be improved is making fish sticks, in order to increase income for fishing families in particular, and coastal communities in general.
Exploration of Building an Interdisciplinary Graduate Supervisor Team
Authors: Li Jiahui , Zhang Shumin , Tang Hanqing , Mo Songyi
Published: November 2024

With the deepening of the structural reform of the supply side of education, the quality and efficiency of higher education have become the focus of social attention. It has become imperative for higher education to adapt to social needs and to cultivate graduate students with innovative ability and interdisciplinary background. In the context of reform, the traditional model of discipline-specific tutors has disciplinary limitations and cannot meet the cultivation needs of interdisciplinary graduate students, so the construction of interdisciplinary graduate student tutor teams has become an important initiative to improve the quality of graduate student cultivation and innovation ability. In this paper, we will explore the disadvantages of the single system of postgraduate tutors in the context of the structural reform of the supply side of education, and explore the necessity of the construction of interdisciplinary postgraduate tutor teams and better strategies and methods to cultivate high-quality talents to meet the needs of the new era of a strong education country.
Charles Reznikoff in the Menorah Journal: Cross-National Judaism, “Exile,” and “Zion”
Authors: Wolosky Shira
Published: November 2024

Questions of group identity, among today’s most urgent challenges, were at the heart of the Menorah Journal’s concerns over a century ago. Launched in 1915 by the Menorah Society, which was established in 1906 as a Jewish collegiate club at Harvard, the journal’s terms of debate are our familiar ones: Jewish and American; diaspora and Zionism; antisemitism and assimilation; Judaism as race, religion, peoplehood; traditional, Reform, Reconstructivist, secular Judaism. The Harvard Menorah Society became the basis for a network of Jewish college societies across America, with the journal the communicative link among them. Committed to publishing in a wide array of areas across American Jewish cultural experience, it regularly featured poetry, and was the primary format through which Charles Reznikoff published his work over many years. This article examines his work as itself committed to, and enacting, the questions to which the journal devoted itself, in a pluralist and cross-national aesthetic in which the diversity of Judaic and American experiences confront, confirm, and conflict with each other.
Depicting the Holocaust for American Orthodox Jewish Children in Olomeinu
Authors: Feldman Daniel B.
Published: November 2024

Olomeinu was a children’s magazine published by Torah Umesorah, an Orthodox American Jewish educational organization, from 1945 to 2011. Founded when the American Orthodox community was in its infancy, Olomeinu tracks the renaissance of Orthodox Judaism in America and reflects the movement’s search for an interpretation of the past reflecting its values. Of particular importance to the intellectual development of American Orthodox historiography was the movement’s relationship with the Holocaust. From the magazine’s founding in the immediate aftermath of World War II until the publication was discontinued, depiction of the Holocaust for the child readers of Olomeinu evolved from the magazine’s historical backdrop to its ideological foreground. Over time, consecration of prewar European Jewry increasingly justified the religious and educational purposes of American Orthodox pedagogy. Highlighting representation of the Holocaust in Olomeinu throughout the publication’s history demonstrates how the Holocaust moved from the periphery of Orthodox American Jewish pedagogy to its center.
Kaufmann Kohler and the Reform Jewish Press: The Jewish Reformer (1886)
Authors: Eleff Zev
Published: November 2024

In 1886, Kaufmann Kohler and his circle of liberal rabbis launched The Jewish Reformer to disseminate their vision for Reform Judaism. The impetus was the articulation of the so-called Pittsburgh Platform (November 1885). Though short-lived, the newspaper carried with it high hopes. From its masthead to its choice of English- and German-language articles, the editors meant for The Jewish Reformer to bring together the “radical” and “moderate” branches of America’s Reform Jewish community through the power of the press.
“Devoted to the Interests of Jewish Women”: The American Jewess (1895–1899)
Authors: Pickette Samantha
Published: November 2024

The masthead of The American Jewess (1895–99) advertised the magazine as “the only publication in the world devoted to the interests of Jewish women.” While this may have been an overstatement, the impact of The American Jewess, while short-lived, is clear: as the first English-language magazine published by and for American Jewish women, The American Jewess reflected the political, cultural, and economic concerns of middle-class American Jewish women during a period of history marked by fast-paced social change and the exponential expansion of the American Jewish community. This article looks at the complicated history of the magazine, the brainchild of Austrian-born Rosa Sonneschein (1847–1932), a prominent figure in the Jewish communities in St. Louis and Chicago and the one-time wife of radical Reform Rabbi Solomon Hirsch Sonneschein, and the ways in which The American Jewess—in its uneven attitudes toward women’s rights and egalitarianism, in its paradoxical vision of “ideal” American Judaism, and in its failure to anticipate the needs of its rapidly changing and acculturating readership—acts as a microcosm for the ambivalence and uncertainty that characterized the Jewish-American community at the turn of the twentieth century.
A Satiric Watchdog of Yiddish Culture: Der groyser kundes (Yiddish, 1908–1927)
Authors: Portnoy Eddy
Published: November 2024

Among the ancillary products of a mass Yiddish newspaper industry was the creation of a satire press. This occurred in North America during the first decade of the twentieth century when a number of weekly, monthly, and occasional satire magazines began to appear in significant numbers, mainly in New York. The leading example of the Yiddish satire press was Der groyser kundes, which was published in New York from 1908 to 1927. An unrepentant critic of the Yiddish press, literature, and theater, Der groyser kundes became one of the most popular and original publications on the Jewish street.
An Outlet for Brave, Serious, Civil, and Accessible Jewish Conversations: Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility (1970–2019)
Authors: Moskowitz Golan
Published: November 2024

Rooted in American Reform Judaism, Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility offered a pluralist platform in English for rabbis, theologians, and intellectual leaders to discuss contemporary social, cultural, and political matters within concise articles and respectful published debates. Laying foundations for popular subsequent outlets like Tablet and Moment, Sh’ma extended previous Jewish American journalism’s focus on reporting community news to instead present American Jews’ varying stances on questions of religious observance, Zionism, bioethics, sexuality, international atrocities, and American racial politics, among other pressing concerns.
Rezension von: Burmeister, Karl Heinz, Zur Geschichte der Juden am Bodensee 1200-1349
Authors: Schönhagen Benigna , Burmeister Karl Heinz
Published: November 2024

Karl Heinz Burmeister: Zur Geschichte der Juden am Bodensee 1200-1349. (medinat bodase, Band 1). UniversitätsverlagKonstanz 1994. 184 Seiten. Kartoniert DM 24,80
Rezension von: Renn, Wendein, Zimmermann, Horst, Zoller, Andreas (Hrsg.), Südwestdeutsche Kunst zwischen Tradition und Moderne 1914 bis 1945
Authors: Setzler Sibylle , Renn Wendelin , Zimmermann Horst , Zoller Andreas
Published: November 2024

Wendelin Renn, Horst Zimmermann und Andreas Zoller (Hrsg.): Südwestdeutsche Kunst zwischen Tradition und Moderne 1914 bis 1945. Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen 1993. 256 Seiten mit 168 Abbildungen, davon 69 in Farbe. Leinen DM 48,-
Rezension von: Schiffer, Rudolf, Unterwegs im Elsaß
Authors: Albert Siegfried , Schiffer Rudolf
Published: November 2024

Rudolf Schiffer: Unterwegs im Elsaß. Eulen Verlag Freiburg i. Br. 1994. 160 Seiten mit 74 teils farbigen Fotos. Pappband DM 29,80
Rezension von: Vellberg in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Band II: Materialien
Authors: Waibel Raimund
Published: November 2024

Vellberg in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Band II: Materialien: Regesten und Urkunden zur Geschichte der Herrschaft und der Herren von Vellberg. Hrsg, von der Stadt Vellberg. (Forschungen aus Württembergisch Franken, Band 37). Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen 1994.532 Seiten. Halbleinen DM 124,-
Sistem Informasi Penjadwalan Jam Kerja Karyawan Pabrik Gula II Kwala Madu Menggunakan Algoritma PSO
Authors: Kokod Mario Maysan , Rangkuti Yulita Molliq , Perdana Adidtya
Published: November 2024

Penjadwalan karyawan merupakan hal yang penting di dunia industri, karena semua kegiatan produksi bergantung pada jadwal yang disediakan, sehingga harus disusun dengan benar dan diperbaiki pada setiap awal periode produksi, sehingga nantinya tidak mengganggu aktifitas jam kerja karyawan. Untuk menyelesaikan masalah tersebut digunakan algoritma Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). Algoritma ini dapat memecahkan masalah dengan membentuk partikel- partikel pada populasi awal secara acak, mengevaluasi nilai fitness, dan memperbarui velocity serta posisi dari partikel. Hal ini bertujuan untuk memecahkan permasalahan yang ditinjau dari fungsi fitness setiap partikel. Dari hasil pengujian, aplikasi penjadwalan jam kerja meggunakan algoritma PSO mampu menghasilkan jadwal karyawan yang efektif yang mencakup jam dimulainya shift hingga stasiun kerja masing-masing.
Clustering Penjualan Terbaik Dengan Sum Of Squares Error Dan Menentukan Nilai K Menggunakan Algoritma K-Means
Authors: Eric Eric Kamti , Ade Ade Putra Sanjaya , Marlince Marlince Nk Nababan
Published: November 2024

Pada umumnya Toko Swalayan tidak tau untuk item yang laku , yang tidak laku dan menengah jika item yang ada juga terlalu banyak . Oleh karena itu biasanya banyak barang barang yang sudah lama tidak terjual dan akhirnya expired . Namun sebenarnya hal tersebut sangat perlu diperhatikan oleh pihak Toko , agar profit yang dihasilkan tidak untuk menutup barang barang yang tidak laku itu . Sebab , jika barang yang tidak laku memiliki stok yang banyak , maka lama kelamaan barang tersebut akan mencapai tanggal expirednya . Setelah itu makanan tersebut tidak bisa dikonsumsi lagi . Untuk mengatasi permasalahan diatas dapat digunakan metode analisa data yang bernama K-Means Clustering dan juga Sum Of Square Error. K-means Digunakan untuk menganalisa data penjualan toko dan di kelompokkan menjadi 3 cluster . Cluster pertama adalah cluster dengan tingkat penjualan yang rendah , Cluster yang kedua ada cluster dengan tingkat penjualan yang tinggi , dan Cluster yang ketiga adalah cluster dengan tingkat penjualan yang rendah . Sum Of Square Error digunakan untuk mencari cluster terbaik. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat membantu Toko agar bisa lebih baik dalam pengolahan stok . Untuk penjualan yang rendah bisa dikurangi untuk stok barangnya dan diperbanyak stok untuk penjualan yang menegah dan penjualan yang tinggi.
Pemanfaatan Metode MOORA Dalam Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Produk Mentah Kepiting Bakau Untuk Kualitas Domestik Di Kementerian Kelautan Dan Perikanan Kelas 1 Medan.
Authors: Sonata Fifin , Mariami Ita
Published: November 2024

Sistem pendukung keputusan merupakan suatu sistem yang dapat dengan cepat menyelesaikan permasalahan yang timbul pada saat menentukan peringkat dan menentukan skor pilihan yang tertinggi hingga terendah. Pada penelitian ini studi kasus yang dapat diselesaikan dengan  menggunakan sistem pendukung keputusan adalah pemilihan produk mentah kepiting bakau untuk kualitas Domestik . Pada kasus ini, jika digunakan secara manual akan memakan waktu lama dan proses evaluasi memakan waktu lama untuk membuahkan hasil. Oleh karena itu dibuatlah sistem pendukung keputusan yang dapat mendukung proses evaluasi, metode Moora digunakan pada sistem pendukung keputusan yang dijalankan, dan metode Moora digunakan untuk  menguji keakuratannya. Nilai yang diperoleh sistem akan dilakukan uji  sensitivitas terhadap kriteria, nilai pembobotan, dan uji koreksi yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui berapa banyak  kriteria  yang dapat ditambahkan.
Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Pemesanan Pada Kopi Mertua
Authors: Saefudin Mochamad , Wijiyanto  , Nurohman
Published: November 2024

Dalam dunia bisnis pelayanan yang baik adalah yang utama, dengan pelayanan yang baik, tepat da cepat akan memberikan kepuasan tersendiri untuk pelanggan. Dengan pemanfaatan  teknologi pada saat ini membawa perubahan pada dunia bisnis menjadi lebih baik. Kopi Mertua merupakan salah satu usaha tempat cafe, makan dan minum yang terletak pada Desa Sonorejo, Kecamatan Sukoharjo, Kabupaten Sukoharjo. Menyajikan aneka macam makanan dan minuman dengan menu andalan kopi dengan cata penyajian yang menggunakan biji kopi pilihan. Dengan konsep semi outdor yang cukup luas memberikan kesejukan dan di desain menyatu dengan alam dan cara pemesanan menu makanan dan minuman masih menggunakan cara manual memakai kertas. Dengan tempat yang luas membuat pekerja cepat lelah saat melakukan pencatatan pesanan pelanggan dan terkadang tulisan pesanan juga sulit terbaca dan mengakibatkan salah pesanan pada pelanggan. Untuk mempermudah dalam pemesanan Kopi Mertua ingin menggunakan aplikasi pemesanan. Dengan menggunakan teknologi berupa aplikas pemesanan dapat mempermudah pelanggan dalam melakukan pemesanan dan juga mempermudah perkerja dalam menerima pesanan dari pelanggan
Penentuan Kepala Program Studi Bisnis Digital Dengan Menerapkan Metode Multi Atribute Utility Theory (MAUT)
Authors: Simangunsong Agustina , Simanjorang R. Mahdalena , T. Annisa Putri Syahada  , Laksamana Rinaldi
Published: November 2024

Pemilihan ketua program studi di sebuah perguruan tinggi merupakan salah satu elemen penting dalam upaya meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan dan administrasi akademik. Ketua program studi memiliki peran sentral dalam mengkoordinasikan kegiatan akademik, memastikan kurikulum berjalan sesuai dengan standar, dan menjadi penghubung antara mahasiswa dan dosen. Oleh karena itu, proses pemilihan yang transparan dan objektif sangat penting untuk menjamin bahwa yang terpilih adalah individu yang paling kompeten dan sesuai dengan kebutuhan program studi. Untuk mengatasi permasalahan pemilihan Ketua Program Studi dibutuhkan sebuah sistem pendukung keputusan. Salah satu metode sistem pendukung keputusan yang dapat digunakan untuk menyelesaikan masalah tersebut adalah dengan metode MAUT. Penggunaan metode MAUT dapat digunakan untuk memecahkan permasalahan keputusan dengan banyak kriteria. Hasil yang diperoleh dengan menerapkan metode MAUT tersebut adalah dalam pemilihan ketua program studi, maka dapat direkomendasikan alternatif dengan kode A01 dengan nilai preferensi sebesar 0,999 terpilih menjadi ketua program studi bisnis digital.
Evaluasi Kualitas Proses Pembelajaran Di SMP HKBP Batu 4 Pematang Siantar dan Dampaknya Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa
Authors: Petti Indrayati Sijabat  , Nuraisana Nuraisana , Marpaung Endra A.P , Ramadhan Alya S , J Alpon
Published: November 2024

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi kualitas proses pembelajaran di SMP HKBP Batu 4 Pematang Siantar serta untuk meneliti dampaknya terhadap hasil belajar siswa. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan mengumpulkan data melalui observasi, kuesioner, dan dokumentasi. Subjek penelitian meliputi guru dan siswa SMP HKBP Batu 4 Pematang Siantar. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kualitas proses pembelajaran di sekolah tersebut dinilai baik, dengan fokus pada pengelolaan kelas, metode pengajaran, dan interaksi guru-siswa. Dampak positif dari kualitas proses pembelajaran ini terlihat dari peningkatan hasil belajar siswa dalam hal pemahaman materi, kemampuan menerapkan pengetahuan, dan prestasi akademis secara keseluruhan. Implikasi penelitian ini adalah pentingnya menjaga dan terus meningkatkan kualitas proses pembelajaran sebagai faktor kunci dalam meningkatkan pencapaian belajar siswa di SMP HKBP Batu 4 Pematang Siantar. Dalam penelitian ini, tingkat Evaluasi Kualitas Proses Pembelajaran Di SMP HKBP Batu 4 Pematang Siantar dan Dampaknya Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa dikelompokkan dalam lima kategori yaitu sangat baik, baik, cukup baik, kurang baik dan tidak baik sehingga dari ke lima kategori tersebut dapat diperoleh hasil pengelompokkan tingkat Evaluasi Kualitas siswa berupa baik, cukup baik dan kurang baik.Hal ini dapat dilakukan dengan menerapkan berbagai persamaan dan langkah-langkah mengenai jarak algoritma, yaitu dengan euclidean distance. Sistem ini dibangun menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP dan MySQL sebagai database management system.
The Impact of Laboratory Automation and AI on Healthcare Delivery: A Systematic Review
Authors: Hadi Khwaji Ahmed , Ahmed Daghriri Mustafa , mohmmed awaji Faisal ali
Published: November 2024

Laboratory automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming healthcare delivery by improving diagnostic accuracy, efficiency, and patient outcomes. This systematic review examines the current impact of laboratory automation and AI on healthcare services, focusing on diagnostic accuracy, turnaround times, operational efficiency, and patient care. A comprehensive search of studies from 2016 onwards identified significant advancements in laboratory processes due to automation and AI, resulting in faster, more reliable test results and streamlined workflows. Key findings highlight that automated technologies reduce human error, enhance diagnostic precision, and optimize resource allocation, leading to cost savings and improved patient satisfaction. Despite the promising benefits, challenges such as high implementation costs, integration issues, and ethical concerns related to data privacy remain barriers to widespread adoption. This review concludes that while laboratory automation and AI have shown considerable potential to enhance healthcare delivery, further research is needed to address existing limitations and ensure equitable access. Future trends indicate that continued development in AI algorithms, predictive analytics, and big data integration will further revolutionize laboratory medicine and improve healthcare delivery worldwide.
Exploring the Challenges of Student Bullying in Rural Secondary Schools
Authors: Collen Mataboge Dr. Saltiel Khololo
Published: November 2024

This conceptual paper explores the challenges of student bullying in rural secondary schools focusing on its prevalence, underlying factors and impacts on students. Guided by the question, "What are the key challenges associated with bullying in rural secondary schools?" the study employs a qualitative approach within an interpretive paradigm reviewing recent scholarly literature from (2016 to 2024) to analyse the social and cultural contexts influencing bullying behaviors. Findings reveal that bullying in rural secondary schools encompasses factors like socio-economic disadvantages, limited resources, inadequate teacher training and insufficient parental involvement. These factors adversely affect students' mental health, self-esteem, academic performance and social development. The study enhances understanding of bullying in rural contexts and provides insights for policymakers, educators, parents, and stakeholders to create safer school environments.
Potential Role of Extracellular Matrix and its Components in Cancer Development and Progression
Authors: Khan Kahkashan , Afifa  , Muhammad Imran  , Nimrah Farooq
Published: November 2024

Cancer occurs due to unregulated multiplication of cells. Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins come in a huge variety, and each one has unique biochemical and biophysical characteristics that affect the phenotype of cells. To ensure tissue homeostasis, the ECM undergoes continuous deposition, remodeling, and degradation from early development until maturity. In order to govern cell behavior and differentiation, the ECM's composition and structure are spatiotemporally controlled. However, when ECM dynamics are dysregulated in any way, illnesses like cancer can arise. Collagen is a major component involved in ECM regulation but after cross linking with each other, it initiates ECM stiffness, loss of cell contacts and cell geometry. Due to which most of the regulators including the Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) and Yes-associated protein (YAP) are inhibited and cause extensive cell proliferation and tumor metastasis. Proteases like Metalloproteinases degrades collagen and other proteins that leads to ECM break down and cancer progression. As cancer spreads, the stress and pressure on cells increases which damage arteries and capillaries causing hypoxia. Hypoxia inducible factors take advantage of the situation and enhance invasiveness of cancer cells. This stress generated by tumor cells in their surrounding causes dysregulation of ECM matrix. Finding strategies to study the relationship between mechanical stress in tumors and their destructive behavior is vital for cancer research.
Preliminary Phytochemical, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Investigation of Selected Medicinal Plants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Authors: Iftikhar Jan
Published: November 2024

The majority of the people living in rural areas are still relying on traditional medicine for their primary healthcare needs. The locally available medicinal plants contain bioactive compounds that are widely used for the treatment of various chronic diseases caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) microbes. However, research in this area has been limited. In this regard, the current study was designed on assessing the antimicrobial properties and phytochemical constituents of ethanol, methanol, hexane, ethyl acetate, and aqueous extracts of Ruellia tuberosa, Aesculus indica, and Myrsine africana against MDR microbes. The results of phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of different classes of secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, steroids, terpenoids, and reducing sugar, though anthraquinons, phlobatanins, and glycosides were absent in the selected plants. Furthermore, the quantitative analysis of methanol extract showed that M. africana had notable concentrations of total phenol (3.75 ± 0.05 mg 100g-1) and total flavonoid (11.39 ± 1.72 mg 100g-1) contents, while R. tuberosa had the highest (0.74 ± 0.06 mg 100g-1) tannins content. In addition, the lowest concentrations of total phenol (2.88 ± 0.04 mg 100g-1) and flavonoid (6.77 ± 1.02 mg 100g-1) were examined in A. indica, while the lowest tannin (0.31 ± 0.03 mg 100-1) moiety was observed in M. africana. Moreover, the mean highest (46.64%) antioxidant activity was observed for A. indica, while the lowest value was observed for M. africana (32.56%). The antimicrobial susceptibility test showed that ethanol, hexane, ethyl acetate, and aqueous extracts of the selected plants had remarkable inhibitory potential against the test bacterial and fungal species. The antimicrobial activity of selected plant extracts had no to low and moderate to good inhibitory potential against the test microorganisms.
Strategi Edukasi dan Sosialisasi Asuransi oleh PT Askrindo untuk Meningkatkan Kesadaran Masyarakat di Sumatera Utara
Authors: Sabila Nazwa , Maharani Nadya Puan , Sihaloho Cintya , Siregar Hairani
Published: November 2024

Asuransi memainkan peran krusial dalam pengelolaan risiko, tidak hanya memberikan perlindungan kepada individu atau perusahaan dari potensi kerugian, tetapi juga berkontribusi pada stabilitas ekonomi suatu negara. Di Indonesia, khususnya di Sumatera Utara, tingkat kesadaran masyarakat mengenai pentingnya asuransi masih tergolong rendah.Berdasarkan data dari Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) pada tahun 2022, penetrasi asuransi di Indonesia hanya mencapai sekitar 3,1% dari total Produk Domestik Bruto (PDB), angka ini jauh lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan negara-negara berkembang lainnya. PT Askrindo sebagai penyedia layanan asuransi yang telah beroperasi di Indonesia sejak tahun 1970 memiliki peran strategis dalam mengedukasi masyarakat tentang asuransi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis berbagai strategi yang diterapkan oleh PT Askrindo dalam edukasi dan sosialisasi mengenai asuransi serta dampaknya terhadap kesadaran masyarakat di Sumatera Utara. Diharapkan hasil penelitian ini dapat memberikan wawasan dan rekomendasi bagi PT Askrindo dan pemangku kepentingan lainnya dalam upaya meningkatkan literasi asuransi di Indonesia.
Holistik Model Fuzzy Sugeno dan Pengambilan Keputusan Supplier dalam Produksi Air Galon Demineral
Authors: Zaelani Ahmad , Arianti Silvi , Mahaerani Della , Pramudito Titah , Nisa Indira Khoerul
Published: November 2024

Perusahaan memiliki bisnis produk air demineral galon 19 Liter dengan prioritas kesehatan konsumen dan memiliki keuntungan maksimal atas perolehan penjualan. Jika jumlah produk yang telah diproduksi ke calon konsumen kurang dari jumlah input yaitu permintaan maka perusahaan akan mengalami kehilangan peluang untuk mendapatkan keuntungan maksimal. PT PTK dalam pengambilan kebutuhan membutuhkan alat untuk menganalisis akar permasalahan yang terjadi dalam pemilihan supplier galon sebagai penunjang efisiensi produksi air demineral galon yaitu dengan nama produk Quatri. Penelitian ini menggabungkan metode fuzzy Sugeno dan Superdecision secara keseluruhan sebagai satu kesatuan untuk membangun sistem pendukung keputusan terintegrasi dalam optimasi produksi air minum dalam kemasan. Metode fuzzy Sugeno diimplementasikan dalam menentukan jumlah produksi galon Quatri yang optimal berdasarkan input permintaan dan persediaan, sedangkan Superdecision digunakan untuk memilih supplier yang paling sesuai dengan kriteria perusahaan untuk penunjang proses produksi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa model terintegrasi ini mampu memberikan rekomendasi secara komprehensif dan akurat dibandingkan menggunakan masing-masing metode secara terpisah.
Pharmacological impacts on laboratory biomarkers: A guide for nurses and laboratory professionals
Authors: Almohammadi Ahmed Salem , Alraggas Thaar Moesh , Alshammri Fahed Mohammed , Rashad Alaa Ibrahim , Alotaiby Naif Lahiq Mohsen , Alotaiby Awadh Awaadh Saad , Almutairi Nawaf Sakr , Al-Falih Tariq Abdulaziz , Khader Ali Khalil Hassan , Alanazi Hamad Huran , Alharbi Ali Sadun A , Almutairi Khalid Hazzaa K
Published: November 2024

Background: Clinical biomarkers are very essential for diagnosing, assessing and, managing diseases within the laboratory setting. Nevertheless, these biomarkers can be modified through medications, whether prescribed, purchased at a pharmacy, or obtained from a local health food store, making clinical interpretation of the assay results possible only with increased uncertainty. Aim: The main objective of this study is to review the various processes as to how drugs and biomarkers interact, establish the role of the drug-biomarker relationship in the diagnosis of diseases, and analyze how the relationship can be best managed to enhance diagnosis precision and treatment efficacy. Methods: The review of the literature and clinical trials allowed for the analysis of the most widespread drugs that affect biomarkers depending on the pathology; liver function, renal status, and cardiovascular condition biomarkers were included in this category. Results: Consequently, a type of pharmacodynamic effect, the study established that biomarkers under consideration can be increased or decreased by a range of medications including antibiotics, diuretics, steroids, and chemotherapy preparations thus complicating diagnosis. The effects on liver enzymes, renal function index, and glucose levels were of great interest.
Adolescent Smoking and Its Association with Poor Nutritional Outcomes in Rural Pamekasan, Indonesia
Authors: Bahmid Moh , Bagus Qomaruddin Moh , Fatah Zainal
Published: November 2024

This study investigated the relationship between active smoking and nutritional status among male adolescents aged 14-16 years in Kertagena Tengah Village, Kadur District, Pamekasan, Indonesia. A cross-sectional study design was employed, and a total of 55 adolescents were included using a total sampling technique. Smoking status was assessed using standardized questionnaires, while nutritional status was determined using anthropometric measurements, including body mass index (BMI). The study found that 76% of the adolescents were active smokers, with 69% of them being classified as undernourished. A significant relationship was observed between active smoking and poor nutritional status (p=0.018). The main contributing factors to poor nutritional status included an unbalanced diet, lack of access to nutritious food, and high smoking rates among adolescents. Smoking was found to reduce appetite and interfere with nutrient absorption, exacerbating nutritional deficiencies. The study highlights the urgent need for comprehensive public health interventions, including health education, stricter regulation of cigarette sales to minors, and community support to create a smoke-free environment. Future research should include longitudinal studies to clarify the causal link between smoking and nutritional status, broaden demographic coverage, and incorporate qualitative methods to explore the social and cultural influences on adolescent smoking.
Religious Moderation in Indonesian Islamic Universities
Authors: Muhsin M , Kususiyanah Anjar , Maksum Moh
Published: November 2024

This study investigates the implementation of religious moderation policies in IAIN Ponorogo, Indonesia, and their impact on fostering social cohesion and cultivating a moderate identity within the academic community. Employing a qualitative case study methodology, data were collected through comprehensive interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), and document reviews. The findings revealed significant progress in integrating religious moderation values into the curriculum, research activities, and community service programs. The establishment of the Religious Moderation House (RMB) has been instrumental in reinforcing these values through seminars, workshops, and outreach. However, challenges persist in achieving a consistent understanding and application of moderation principles among academic stakeholders. The survey results indicate that while a majority of students, faculty, and staff report positive changes in attitudes after participating in moderation programs, some individuals still struggle to fully grasp and internalize these values. Psychological and cultural factors, along with varying levels of commitment across faculties, present additional barriers to comprehensive adoption of a moderate identity. Despite these challenges, this study highlights the positive impact of religious moderation initiatives on promoting tolerance, reducing social tension, and preparing students for engagement with broader societal diversity. The findings emphasize the need for enhanced coordination, practical incentives, and continuous monitoring and evaluation to ensure the long-term sustainability and effectiveness of these programmes. By embedding religious moderation into its core strategic plans, IAIN Ponorogo could continue to empower its academic community to embody these values, thereby contributing to a more inclusive and harmonious educational environment.
A educação de qualidade nos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Agenda 2030 da ONU para combate aos preconceitos contra a população LGBTQIA+: um paralelo entre produção acadêmica e bibliotecas universitárias
Authors: Silva André Luiz Avelino da , Vlaxio Felipe
Published: November 2024

Introdução: O trabalho almeja contribuir com a compreensão de possíveis estratégias para a redução de preconceitos contra a população de LGBTQIA+, pelo viés da Educação, tendo como base o quarto Objetivo de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), qual seja Educação de Qualidade, da Agenda 2030, materializando-se por meio de propostas de ações socioeducativas acerca da população mencionada em bibliotecas universitárias, contidas na produção acadêmica em literatura brasileira dentro da angulação temática entre Educação, Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação. Método: A pesquisa possui caráter bibliográfico e exploratório, realizada por meio de um levantamento referencial na Base de Dados em Ciência da Informação (BRAPCI), fazendo uso da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo para identificar os assuntos referentes às temáticas da investigação, a fim de mapear propostas de ações que possam ser executadas em bibliotecas universitárias acerca do tema em território nacional. Resultados: As buscas retornaram poucos resultados de produção acadêmica sobre a população LGBTQIA+ na Ciência da Informação e Biblioteconomia, de modo que não houve material substancial que abordasse as práticas no ambiente da biblioteca universitária destinadas a essa população dentro do contexto brasileiro, mas também apontam para possíveis ações que podem ser replicadas nas bibliotecas universitárias para redução da LGBTfobia. Conclusão: Verifica-se uma carência de iniciativas de atividades e ações em bibliotecas voltadas para as pessoas LGBTQIA+ na literatura identificada e, nessa perspectiva, observa-se a urgência da necessidade de fomentar discussões acerca do tema, atrelando-o ao viés do desenvolvimento sustentável, com vistas a contribuir com debates para a minimização de preconceitos contra as minorias sociais.
Moving away from male-dominated, deficit models, to improve the educational outcomes and wellbeing of women: The effect of ADHD symptoms and sex on the needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness
Authors: Hutton Abbie , Phelan Hannah , Vardy Emma J.
Published: November 2024

Deficit models of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been a pioneering influence when creating educational interventions; however, these are proving to be damaging and have limited effectiveness. More recently, using holistic models such as Self Determination Theory has been investigated, yet the disparities in symptom profiles between sexes needs to be accounted for in research to optimise the effectiveness of new interventions. This study investigates the interaction between ADHD symptoms and sex on the likelihood that an individual’s needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness are met. A total of 68 university students (34 women and 34 men) aged between 19–27 years completed a survey which consisted of a questionnaire obtaining sex and educational status, and two scales measuring ADHD symptoms and basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness). Results were analysed using an ANOVA and reported a negative main effect of being a woman and having ADHD symptoms on how likely SDT needs were to be met, however there was not an interactive relationship found between these two variables, indicating that this relationship is additive rather than interactive. Results, although preliminary, reflect the importance of analysing sex separately in future research regarding interventions aiming to improve educational outcomes of individuals with ADHD.
Examining the contribution of personal and conditional resources to psychological wellbeing among parents of children with autism
Authors: Bunfield Melanie , Holliman Andrew
Published: November 2024

Few would dispute that caring for a child with autism can be a positive and rewarding experience. However, it is often the case that parents (or guardians) of children with autism also experience lower psychological wellbeing and heightened psychological distress. In the present study, we harness Conservation of Resources theory, to examine the relative contribution of personal resources (parental self-efficacy and resilient coping) and conditional resources (perceived social support and family communication). A sample of 90 parents of children with autism were surveyed for their personal and conditional resources as well as their psychological wellbeing using measures of life satisfaction and psychological distress. Multiple regression analyses revealed that family communication and perceived social support were significant predictors of life satisfaction, while perceived social support and parental self-efficacy (unexpected direction) were significant predictors of psychological distress. The findings underscore the importance of conditional resources (and perceived social support in particular), for parents of children with autism and it is argued that interventions might focus more on socially supporting families to help promote their psychological wellbeing and reduce psychological distress.
Queering the form: Exploring the use of zines to create LGBTQIA+ positive higher education experiences
Authors: Fox Claire L. , Riley Melanie , Mugglestone Jayne , Williams Georgia , Skourides Lily , Took Quen , Shoaib Hal , Knowles Heather , Dickinson Nina , Pahl Kate
Published: November 2024

Research highlights how vital it is that LGBTQIA+ students receive support as they transition into further and higher education. However, there is also a need to move beyond simply providing greater ‘support’, to tackle cis and hetero-normativity, and to enable LGBTQIA+ agency and resistance. This inter-disciplinary participatory research project explored the use of zines as a space for navigating LGBTQIA+ life and identities. This was done through a series of zine-making workshops that took place at the Manchester Poetry Library. In total, 15 LGBTQIA+ university students took part in the zine-making workshops as co-researchers and participants. The informal conversations during the workshops were captured using audio recording devices and through use of fieldnotes. Towards the end of the workshops, the students engaged in co-interviews and a focus group. Reflexive Thematic Analysis was used to analyse the data in collaboration with the students as co-researchers. The findings support the unique nature of zines and zine-making workshops for affirmation – for the self and others, and for community-building. We hope that the findings will inform strategies to create LGBTQIA+ positive higher education experiences to enable LGBTQIA+ students to feel they matter, as well as belong.
Art as Experience in the Spanish-Speaking World: Receptions and Reconfigurations
Authors: Haubert Laura Elizia , Viale Claudio Marcelo
Published: November 2024

Although the reception of John Dewey's Art as Experience has not been totally ignored by secondary literature, the few works that have dealt with the subject have been restricted to the English-speaking context, and more specifically to the United States. This essay sought to consider the reception of Dewey's book on aesthetics in the context of Spanish-speaking countries, with special attention to Mexico, Spain, Colombia, and Argentina. The hypothesis put forward and supported here is that Art as Experience had a late reception due to political and cultural factors in these countries and that it is at present that we really find a deeper reception of this work, with an increasing number of publications about the subject.
The Italian Reception of John Dewey's Art as Experience
Authors: Ramazzotto Nicola
Published: November 2024

My aim in this article is to briefly reconstruct the reception of Dewey's Art as Experience and more generally of his aesthetics in Italy. In order to do so, my contribution will be divided into three parts, corresponding to the three editions that Dewey's book has had in Italy. In the first part, I will trace the early influences and the debate with Benedetto Croce, showing the “idealistic encirclement” suffered by Dewey's aesthetics, which led to the first Italian translation of Dewey's book in 1951. In the second part, I will trace the influence of Dewey's aesthetics from 1951 to 2006, showing first the Marxist and Catholic critiques, then the first tentative attempts at a reinterpretation outside the idealist domain, and finally the second edition of Art as Experience in Italy 1995. The third part considers the renaissance of Dewey's aesthetics in Italy after Giovanni Matteucci's new translation in 2006 and Luigi Russo's work in 2007. The article concludes with a brief consideration of Dewey's significance for the contemporary Italian aesthetic debate and an attempt to identify a specific Italian interpretation of Dewey's aesthetics that can be traced in the effort to bring Dewey into dialogue with other authors of the modern aesthetic tradition.
Culture as Experience from Dewey to Cavell
Authors: Laugier Sandra
Published: November 2024

The expansion of art audiences and the creation of new forms, agents, and models of artistic practice have transformed the very definition of art, challenging elitist notions of “great art.” Dewey's Art as Experience was essential to this transformation. This understanding and defense of an art that has not lost contact with ordinary audiences, which was film at first, extends to widespread cultural practices (internet videos, video games, TV series, popular music, etc.). They are places where artistic and hermeneutic authority is reappropriated and where agents are reempowered through the constitution of individual experiences. Yet the question of their status as art remains.

My first aim here is to use Dewey's analyses in Art as Experience to assert not only the importance of popular culture in human lives but also its status as art. I shall bring together Stanley Cavell and Dewey, often seen as opposites in their approach to pragmatism, as inventors and defenders of an ordinary aesthetics; then, starting from Robert Warshow and Richard Shusterman, I propose a new theoretical inheritance of Art as Experience.
Research on the Construction Technology of Intelligent Platform for Wastewater Treatment in Industrial Parks
Authors: Duan Chunyi , Zhao Yaxin
Published: November 2024

With the rapid development of industrial parks, the problem of sewage and wastewater treatment is becoming increasingly prominent. This article focuses on the characteristics and needs of wastewater treatment in industrial parks, and conducts in-depth research on the construction technology of intelligent platforms for wastewater treatment. By analyzing the limitations of traditional wastewater treatment methods, the key technologies and construction elements of intelligent platforms are elaborated. Detailed introduction of the data architecture design, functional implementation, and application effects of the intelligent platform in practical cases. Finally, the future development direction of intelligent platform construction was discussed, providing new ideas and methods for the treatment of wastewater in industrial parks.