bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The natural history study of preclinical genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): A prospective longitudinal study protocol
Authors: Noa Bregman , Tamara Shiner , Gitit Kavé , Roy Alcalay , Mali Gana-Weisz , Orly Goldstein , Tal Glinka , Orna Aizenstein , Dafna Ben Bashat , Yifat Alcalay , Anat Mirelman , Avner Thaler , Nir Giladi , Nurit Omer
Published: December 2022

Background
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is the most common prion disease in humans causing a rapidly progressive neurological decline and dementia and is invariably fatal. The familial forms (genetic CJD, gCJD) are caused by mutations in the PRNP gene encoding for the prion protein (PrP). In Israel, there is a large cluster of gCJD cases, carriers of an E200K mutation in the PRNP gene, and therefore the largest population of at-risk individuals in the world. The mutation is not necessarily sufficient for the formation and accumulation of the pathological prion protein (PrPsc), suggesting that other, genetic and non-genetic factors affect the age at symptoms onset. Here we present the protocol of a cross-sectional and longitudinal natural history study of gCJD patients and first-degree relatives of gCJD patients, aiming to identify biological markers of preclinical CJD and risk factors for phenoconversion.
Methods
The study has two arms: A cross-sectional protocol for patients diagnosed with gCJD, and a longitudinal protocol for first-degree healthy relatives (HR) (both carriers and non-carriers of the E200K mutation in the PRNP gene) of patients diagnosed with gCJD. At baseline, and at the end of every year, participants are invited for an “in-depth” visit, which includes a clinical evaluation, blood and urine collection, gait assessment, brain MRI, lumbar puncture (LP), and PSG. At 6 months from baseline, and then halfway through each year, participants are invited for a “brief” visit, which includes a clinical evaluation, short cognitive assessment, and blood and urine collection.
Discussion
This continuous follow-up of the participants and the frequent assessments will allow early identification and diagnosis in case of conversion into disease. The knowledge generated from this study is likely to advance the understanding of the underlying clinicopathological processes that occur at the very beginning of CJD, as well as potential genetic and environmental risk factors for the development of the disease, therefore advancing the development of safe and efficient interventions.
Throughput Enhancement of 3D Multi-hop Wireless Network Using Concurrent Transmission Group Based Scheduling and minimum angle Routing Technique
Authors: Begum Afruza , Hussain Md Anwar , Ask Sikdar Md S
Published: December 2022

Multi-hop wireless networks are designed to support long-distance, cost-effective communication with high data transfer rate. Maximizing network throughput is one of the critical goals while developing a multi-hop wireless network. Efficient routing and scheduling techniques enhance throughput and reduce delay, which improves the overall network performance. This paper proposes a transmission group-based routing and scheduling (𝑇𝐺𝑅𝑆) technique implemented in centralized and distributed ways. The main aim of this study is to enhance the performance of 3D multi-hop wireless networks in terms of throughput and delay. Users establish a routing path to the base station based on the minimum angle-based IM selection process. In 𝑇𝐺𝑅𝑆, multiple groups are formed for all the IM links of the routing path; links are included in the same group if they do not interfere mutually. All the links of a group are transmitted concurrently, which maximizes throughput and minimizes delay. The proposed 𝑇𝐺𝑅𝑆 technique dramatically improves network performance by increasing concurrent transmission and throughput. The effectiveness of the proposed techniques is demonstrated through extensive simulation.
Sociological and psychological factors related to prostate cancer screening of Chinese males over 40：a qualitative study
Authors: Hao Shutao , Zheng Jin , Ju Min , Sun Longfeng
Published: December 2022

Objective
Based on the theory of planned behavior, this qualitative study attempted to explore the influence of personal and social levels on prostate cancer screening behavior towards men over 40 years old.
Methods
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 men over 40 (n = 21) in a health check-up center. The interviews were analyzed using the Collazzi's phenomenological method.
Results
57.14% respondents performed PSA test,but almost of them all belong to involuntary and non-autonomous screening. 70% respondents indicated they would screen prostate cancer according to doctors' recommendations. 50% respondents believed that screening should be performed after symptoms appear and emphasized the convenience of including items in the health check-up package. 10% respondents considered screening as an opportunity to obtain psycho-social support. In addition, cognitive impairment and cancer fatalism are obstacles. Of course, external economic conditions and access also have a definite impact.
Conclusion
This study provided a reference for understanding the complexity and uniqueness of influencing factors of prostate cancer screening willingness in China. As for potential challenges of insufficient prostate cancer screening in China, these findings also provide interventions that can be used to guide prostate cancer screening projects.
High-resolution and reliable automatic target recognition based on photonic ISAR imaging system with explainable deep learning
Authors: Zou Weiwen , Zou Xiuting , Deng Anyi , Hu Yiheng , Hua Shiyu , Zhang Linbo , Xu Shaofu
Published: December 2022

Automatic target recognition (ATR) based on inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) images, which is extensively utilized to surveil environment in military and civil fields, must be high-precision and reliable. Photonic technologies’ advantage of broad bandwidth enables ISAR systems to realize high-resolution imaging, which is in favor of achieving high-performance ATR. Deep learning (DL) algorithms have achieved excellent recognition accuracies. However, the lack of interpretability of DL algorithms causes the head-scratching problem of credibility. In this paper, we exploit the inner relationship between a photonic ISAR imaging system and behaviors of a convolutional neural network (CNN) to deeply comprehend the intelligent recognition. Specifically, we manipulate imaging physical process and analyze the network outputs, the relevance between the ISAR image and network output, and the visualization of features in the network output layer. Consequently, the broader imaging bandwidths and appropriate imaging angles lead to more detailed structural and contour features and the bigger discrepancy among ISAR images of different targets, which contributes to the CNN recognizing and distinguishing objects according to physical laws. Then, based on the photonic ISAR imaging system and the explainable CNN, we accomplish a high-accuracy and reliable ATR. To the best of our knowledge, there is no precedent of explaining the DL algorithms by exploring the influence of the physical process of data generation on network behaviors. It is anticipated that this work can not only inspire the accomplishment of a high-performance ATR but also bring new insights to explore network behaviors and thus achieve better intelligence.
3D CSAMT Forward Modeling of Landslide Sliding Surfaces
Authors: Wang Ruo , Di Qingyun , Wang Miaoyue , Lei Da , Cao Wenjing
Published: December 2022

Landslides are natural disasters that cause significant harm to humans. Therefore, it is crucial to monitor and predict the initiation of landslides to reduce disaster-related and commercial losses. Herein, we used a finite element method to provide theoretical and technical support for applying Controlled Source Audio-frequency Magnetotellurics method to landslide exploration. We modeled a landslide sliding surface and analyzed the characteristics of its electromagnetic field and apparent resistivity. We found that the sliding surface can be recognized by the apparent resistivity rather than the total electromagnetic field. Additionally, the sliding surface can be clearly recognized using the pure anomaly electromagnetic field of the sliding surface, which is obtained by removing the response of the electromagnetic field of the landform from the total electromagnetic field. Based on our results, we discussed the survey parameters to be used, such as configuration (TM/TE mode), frequency range, and the length of the survey line, the suggestion parameter will provide instruction to the field work. This study shows that Controlled Source Audio-frequency Magnetotellurics method is a potentially effective method for landslide exploration.
Efficacy of silicone oil removal combined with intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of macular edema in eyes filled with silicone oil
Authors: Ke Xixuan , Li Cuilian , Huang Yuqiang , Xia Honghe , Jin Chuang , Shi Tingkun , Cheng Yinglin , Liao Xulong , Zhang Qi , Chen Haoyu
Published: December 2022

Purpose
To investigate the efficacy of silicone oil removal combined with intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide in treating macular edema in silicone oil eyes.
Methods
Retrospective analysis was performed on the patients with macular edema in eyes filled with silicone oil. The retinal detachment of each patient has been resolved for more than three months. Silicone oil was removed from each patient through pars plana trocar, and 2 mg triamcinolone acetonide suspension was injected into the vitreous cavity. The patients were followed up for at least three months. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central foveal thickness (CFT) in each patient were compared with paired t-test.
Results
Twenty eyes of 20 patients were enrolled in this study and the mean follow-up time was 12.1 months. The mean BCVA improved from 1.08 ± 0.44 LogMAR before the operation to 0.61 ± 0.31 LogMAR at the final visit (P < 0.001). The mean CFT reduced from 478.95 ± 121.97 µm before the operation to 270.20 ± 135.35 µm at the final visit (P < 0.001). Four patients (20%) developed temporal high intraocular pressure (IOP), all of which could be treated with topical IOP-lowering drugs.
Conclusion
Silicon oil removal combined with intravitreal triamcinolone injection can effectively improve visual acuity and alleviate macular edema without severe complications in silicone oil eyes with macular edema.
A Traffic Flow Data Recovery Method Based on An Auxiliary Discrimination Mechanism-oriented GAN Model
Authors: Wang Can , Li Linheng , Yang Qiao , Jin Xiongwei , Qu Xu , Ran Bin
Published: December 2022

Traffic flow detection methods tend to be diversified and intelligent, and the data anomalies become a prominent problem due to the influence of equipment, network and environment. Recovering abnormal data to obtain complete and accurate traffic flow data is crucial for traffic flow research work. To address this issue, traditional and mainstream traffic flow data recovery methods require a large amount of complete historical traffic flow data as a priori information for learning the trend of traffic flow data. Large amount of complete historical traffic flow data is hard to obtain in real traffic scenarios because traffic flow data collection is always accompanied by data anomalies. In this paper, we analyze the causes of abnormal data, classify the types of abnormal data, and propose identification methods applicable to different types of abnormal data based on the collection principles of freeway multi-source traffic data. We propose an auxiliary discrimination mechanism-oriented generative adversarial network (ADM-GAN) model to overcome the difficulties of traffic flow data recovery. Different from previous studies, we develop an auxiliary discrimination matrix to increase the utilization of original data, enhance the recovery accuracy, and improve the computational efficiency. We evaluate our model under different data missing rates (10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%) by manually introducing missingness to the actual traffic flow data on the G50 freeway near Suzhou, China. The experimental results show that the proposed model outperforms other comparative methods. Under different missing rates, the recovery results obtained by ADM-GAN method are better than those obtained by comparative methods, and the lower the missing rate, the more obvious the advantages.
A comparison between ARIMA, LSTM, ARIMA-LSTM and SSA for cross-border rail freight traffic forecasting: the case of Alpine-Western Balkan Rail Freight Corridor
Authors: Milenković Miloš , Gligorić Miloš , Bojović Nebojša , Gligorić Zoran
Published: December 2022

Excessive delays of railway traffic at border crossing points as a consequence of poor planning of border crossing procedures lower the performance of train service, increase its cost and reduce the satisfaction of shippers. Mid-term prediction of traffic flows may improve the process of planning border-crossing activities. In this paper, we model the intensity of cross-border railway traffic on the Alpine-Western Balkan Rail Freight Corridor (AWB RFC). For each of the four border crossing points: Dimitrovgrad, Presevo, Sid and Subotica, time series composed of 102 monthly export and import railway freight traffic observations are used for training and testing of alternative forecasting models. Traditional ARIMA, Long-Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network, hybrid ARIMA-LSTM and Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) models, are fitted to each of the eight time series. To enable the practical applicability of the proposed approach the “Best fit forecast” tool is developed.
Neoadjuvent androgen deprivation for seminal vesicle reduction:The optimal portion of seminal vesicle included in the high-dose CTV in localized prostate cancer radiotherapy
Authors: Qi Xin , Gao Xian-Shu , Li Xiao-mei , Qin Shang-bin , Li Xiao-ying , Ma Ming-wei , Bai Yun , Chen Jia-yan , Ren Xue-ying , Li Hong-zhen
Published: December 2022

Purpose
It is indicated by prostatectomy specimens that the proximal 1- to 2-cm seminal vesicles (SVs) be irradiated in radiotherapy for prostate cancer with intermediate- to high-risk factors. However, patients usually receive neo-adjuvant hormonal therapy (NHT) before radiotherapy. The purpose of this study is to clarify the length and volume reduction of SVs after NHT, and to help contour the optimal SV included into high-dose clinical target volume (CTV) for radiotherapy in intermediate- and high-risk patients.
Methods and Materials:
MR images both before and after NHT (5.3 ± 2.2 months) were collected from thirty-one patients with cT2-4N0M0 prostate cancer. SV volume was measured in axial T1WI, while SV length was obtained in a reconstructed oblique coronary plane through its long axial from a 3D sequence.
Results
SVs showed evident reduction both in length and volume (length: median 12.1%, range 4.0–28.0%, volume: median 39.9%, range 9.4%-66.2%). For SVs with and without MR detected involvement, length shortening were 16.7 ± 4.8% and 11.1 ± 4.4% (P < 0.001); for involved SVs and lesions within, volume reduction were 41.0 ± 16.0% and 66.3 ± 14.4% (P < 0.001), both indicating a more sensitive response to NHT of the involved portion than normal SV.
Conclusion
Both volume and length of the SV will reduce after receiving NHT. Besides, the invaded segments shrink more than normal SV tissue, indicating that SV portion included within the CTV can be reduced.
Soil erosion susceptibility assessment of Swat River sub-watersheds using the morphometry-based compound factor approach and GIS
Authors: Nasir Muhammad Jamal , Ahmad Waqas , Jun Changhyun , Iqbal Javed
Published: December 2022

Watershed prioritization is essential in sub-watershed (SW) natural resource management. The Swat River watershed in the Hindukush mountains of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province covers an area of 5337 km2. Using an Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer digital elevation model with a resolution of 30 m obtained from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the present study identified 17 SWs (SW1–17) with drainage patterns ranging from dendritic to sub-dendritic in nature. The SWs were assessed for their susceptibility to erosion via GIS-based assessment using a morphometry-based compound factor (CF) approach. A total of 15 linear, aerial, and relief morphometric characteristics were identified and analyzed. The SWs were ranked for each morphometric parameter based on its contribution to the erodibility of the SW. A ranking of 1 indicated that the SW had the greatest susceptibility to erosion for that parameter and a ranking of 17 indicates that it had the lowest. These rankings were summed to calculate the CF, which thus indicated the combined influence of these characteristics on the erosion susceptibility of the SW (a lower CF indicated a higher susceptibility to erosion). The SWs were consequently divided into four groups based on their susceptibility to erosion using the calculated CF: very high, high, moderate, and low susceptibility. SW8, SW12, and SW15 had the lowest CFs (8.0, 8.9, and 8.9, respectively) and were thus extremely vulnerable to erosion. In contrast, SW1, SW2, and SW4 had the highest CFs (13.4, 13.8, and 11.8, respectively) and were the least vulnerable to erosion. The very high-priority SWs were characterized by the presence of fifth-order streams, a length of overland flow of 1.20–1.61, a very high basin relief of 1720–2937, the highest relief ratio of 102.10–205.24, a low shape factor of 1.51–2.67, and a farm factor of 0.37–0.66. The present study demonstrates that the key morphometric characteristics that impact soil erosion are basin form and relief parameters, such as the basin relief and relief ratio. This study illustrates that the CF approach to determining the susceptibility of SWs to soil erosion is extremely valuable for planners and decision-makers for soil conservation efforts at the SW level.
Associations between Sleep Quality, Depression, and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community-dwelling Older Persons
Authors: Chen Xiaoli , Peng Wenjia , Wang Meng , Liu Xinya , Wang Pengfei , Li Mengying , Yang Yinghua , Li Junxi , Wang Ying
Published: December 2022

Background
Few studies have examined the trilateral relationships among sleep quality, depression, and cognitive function. Therefore, this study aimed to explore these relationships in an older population. Furthermore, we examined mediation models for sleep quality, depression, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Methods
From December 2020 to July 2021, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 5000 older people 60 years and over in Shanghai communities, of whom 4897 (97.9%) provided responses, using a random cluster sampling method. Sleep quality and depression status were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30), respectively. The Barthel Index (BADL) and Ascertain Dementia 8 (AD-8) scales were combined to assess cognitive function. T-tests and chi-square tests were used to compare the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants. Pearson’s correlations were used to determine the direction and strength of the relationships between the primary variables. We further assessed the mediating role of sleep quality and depression.
Results
The prevalence of MCI was 21.7%. After adjusting for covariates, there were bidirectional relationships between sleep quality and depression and between MCI and depression. The significant mediating effect of sleep quality on the association between depressive symptoms and cognition function (95% CI: 0.0011 to 0.0026, p = 0.001) and mediated19.29% of the total effect of depressive symptoms on cognitive function. The mediation analysis showed that sleep quality had an indirect effect on cognitive function through the mediating variable of depression (95% CI: 0.0030 to 0.0050, p = 0.001) and mediated 36.50% of the total effect of sleep quality on cognitive function. Meanwhile, sleep quality partially mediated the relationship between cognitive function and depression symptoms (95% CI: 0.4594 to 0.7643, p = 0.001) and mediated26.77% of the total effect of cognitive function on depression.
Conclusion
Sleep quality and depression had significant direct (independent) and indirect (as a mediator) effects on MCI. We believe that improving screening for depression and sleep quality among older persons could significantly contribute to their health and well-being.
Zone extrapolations in parametric timed automata
Authors: Arcile Johan , André Étienne
Published: December 2022

Timed automata (TAs) are an efficient formalism to model and verify systems with hard timing constraints, and concurrency.While TAs assume exact timing constants with infinite precision, parametric timed automata (PTAs) leverage this limitation and increase their expressiveness, at the cost of undecidability.A practical explanation for the efficiency of TAs is zone extrapolation, where clock valuations beyond a given constant are considered equivalent.This concept cannot be easily extended to PTAs, due to the fact that parameters can be unbounded, meaning that the constants compared to the clocks have no upper bound.In this work, we propose several definitions of extrapolation for PTAs, and we study their correctness.Our experiments show an overall decrease of the computation time and, most importantly, allow termination of some previously unsolvable benchmarks.
Non-wh relatives in English and Kurdish: Constraints on grammar and use
Authors: Asadpour Hiwa , Hassan Shene , Sailer Manfred
Published: December 2022

The paper looks at constraints on non-wh relatives in Sorani Kurdish (Iranian) and English (Germanic). We argue that some of them are grammatical, whereas others introduce social meaning. We present a basic, lexicalist syntactic analysis and expand it with social meaning constraints. We propose that classical sociolinguistic variables have the status of conventional implicatures and the overall assessment of a style is treated as a particularized conversational implicature.
On the structure of Welsh noun phrases
Authors: Borsley Robert D.
Published: December 2022

Welsh noun phrases have had much less attention than Welsh clauses, and there are unresolved issues about the nature of possessors, attributive adjectives, and the definite article and agreement clitics. There is evidence, especially from agreement, that possessors are complements, evidence that attributive adjectives are adjoined to a preceding [LEX+] nominal constituent, and evidence that the definite article and agreement clitics are specifiers. The last of these positions makes it fairly simple to capture the relation between the definite article and agreement clitics and possessors. It is not difficult to formalize these ideas within HPSG.
Conjuncts-as-complements: A lexical approach to SGF coordination in German
Authors: Crysmann Berthold
Published: December 2022

In this paper, I shall discuss a
peculiar coordination construction in German, where the shared
subject of the two conjuncts is not found peripheral, but is contained
within the first conjunct. Following Höhle (1983), this construction
is called “Subject Gaps in Finite/Fronted” clauses (SGF). I shall
discuss previous accounts, both symmetric coordination approaches
(Frank, 2002; Kathol, 1999), as well as asymmetric adjunction
approaches (Büring & Hartmann, 1998). The analysis I shall propose
will treat the construction as coordination semantically, yet assume
a head complement structure that combines the licensing first
conjunct with an incomplete (=slashed) coordinate structure
complement. I shall show how this addresses the ATB condition, permits
straightforward licensing of the subject gap, and provides better
control over the second conjunct, thereby improving over the adjunct
analysis.
Weighted Gene Coexpression Network Analysis of Candidate Pathways and Genes in Soft Rot Resistance of Amorphophallus
Authors: Gao Penghua , Wei Huanyu , Liu Jiani , Chen Zebin , Qi Ying , Wu Zhixing , Huang Feiyan , Yu Lei
Published: December 2022

Amorphophallus species are one of the main economic crops in the mountainous areas of southwest China. However, soft rot disease (Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. carotovorum) is devastating for this crop. This study explored the Amorphophallus resistance mechanism against soft rot disease by analyzing transcriptome data using a weighted gene coexpression network analysis. The RNA sequencing of plants infected for 0, 12, 24, and 48 hours produced a total of 52.25 Gb of clean reads. A total of 29,096 genes were divided into 34 modules. Six modules of interest with the highest correlation with the target traits were selected to elucidate the resistance genes and pathways. The selected modules were enriched in the α-linolenic acid metabolism, phenylpropane biosynthesis, plant hormone signal transduction, and plant pathogen interaction pathways. Ultimately, AmBGLU, AmCAML, AmCDPK, AmLOX, and AmRBOHD were identified as genes of interest in the four significantly related metabolic pathways for real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction verification. The determination of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) in Amorphophallus muelleri and Amorphophallus konjac that suffered from soft rot disease showed that SA and JA were involved in the A. muelleri and A. konjac defense response against soft rot disease. Methyl jasmonate treatment delayed the onset of A. konjac soft rot disease. This study provides a reference for the interaction between Amorphophallus species and soft rot disease and the breeding of broad-spectrum and specific Amorphophallus cultivars that are resistant to soft rot disease.
LA PLANEACION ESTRATEGICA COMO UNA SOLUCION FRUGAL QUE SUMA PARA EL ODS 8 TRABAJO DECENTE Y CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
Authors:   Ph in Administration Sciences, Academic Researcher, Faculty of Administration and Finance, Autonomous University of Campeche., Monserrat Llanes Chiquini Charlotte , Gerardo Trejo Llanes Rafael ,   Masters in Administrative engineering, Academic Researcher, Inter-American University for Development (UNID) Campeche Campus., Alberto Perez Canul Carlos ,   Ph in Administration Sciences, Academic Researcher, Faculty of Administration and Finance, Autonomous University of Campeche., Vargas Toledo Miguel ,   Ph in Strategic Planning and Technology Management. Academic Researcher, Faculty of Administration and Finance, Autonomous University of Campeche., Dzib Cambranis Josue ,   Master in Higher Education, Academic Researcher, Faculty of Political Science, Autonomous University of Campeche., Guillermo Chuc Giselle ,   Ph in Administrative Management, Academic Researcher, Faculty of Administration and Finance, Autonomous University of Campeche., Concepcion Mex Alvarez Diana ,   Master in Pedagogy. Academic Researcher, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Campeche.
Published: December 2022

Promover el crecimiento economico sostenido, inclusivo y sostenible, el empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos es la finalidad que tiene el Objetivo 8 para la agenda mundial 2030 (ONU,2015). Por lo que los esfuerzos y propuestas que se hagan para que las empresas tengan exito son de gran valor. Hoy en dÃ­a independientemente de la naturaleza, tamano y caracterÃ­sticas de las empresas, todas requieren de la adopcion de procesos de planeacion estrategica que les permitan competir con eficiencia y eficacia, y tratandose de las microempresas estas no son la excepcion. Diferentes estudios senalan que la falta de conocimientos sobre planeacion estrategica, representa un obstaculo serio para muchos duenos de microempresas, al mismo tiempo, investigaciones recientes revelan que la planeacion estrategica en las microempresas es mas informal que en las grandes. El presente documento muestra los resultados obtenidos en la investigacion realizada a un grupo de microempresarios del sector de servicios en el Municipio de San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, mismo que revela, la ausencia de la aplicacion de una metodologÃ­a de planeacion estrategica, aplicable por los microempresarios, ocasionado por el desconocimiento de la existencia de modelos que permitan llevar a cabo dicho proceso de planeacion. El objetivo del presente trabajo, es conocer si los empresarios conocen y aplican procesos de planeacion estrategica en sus negocios y al mismo tiempo proporcionar un marco de referencia desde la perspectiva de cuatro modelos de planeacion estrategica. Con este estudio se pretende aportar conocimiento tecnico que sirva de referencia a los empresarios al momento de llevar a cabo procesos de planeacion estrategica en sus microempresas.
EFFECTIVENESS OF SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS BASED ON SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES IN GLOBAL WARMING MATERIALS TO IMPROVE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Authors:   Department of Science Education Magister, University of Jember, Jember, Indonesia 68121., Maya Kurnianingrum Annisa , Hariyadi Slamet ,   Department of Science Education Magister, University of Jember, Jember, Indonesia 68121., Nur Asyiah Iis ,   Department of Science Education Magister, University of Jember, Jember, Indonesia 68121.
Published: December 2022

Efforts to overcome the impact of global warming are integrating science learning with socio-scientific issues approach. Integration that can be done is by developing a textbook based on socio-scientific issues on global warming material. This may be because the existing books do not highlight the current issue of global warming. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of textbooks based on socio-scientific issues to improve student learning outcomes. The research sample used was 32 students from 7th gradeIslamic Junior High School. This research used a one group pretest-posttest design which the final result was an n-gain value. The results of the n-gain analysis will represent the effectiveness of science textbooks based on Socio-Scientific issues in global warming material to improve student learning outcomes.
TELEMEDICINE - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS FUTURE IN INDIA
Authors: Sikka Arshin
Published: December 2022

Background:There are enough statistics on the internet for current & future telemedicine usage pattern across geographies in terms of market size, consult volume, mobile penetration, enhanced network bandwidth, advancement in biomedical devices etc. On the other hand, there are enough differences of opinion because of challenges like patient experience, doctor adoption, accessibility, lack of centres, quality of connectivity, setup cost etc. Despite all the concerns pertaining to technology, experience, compliance and effectiveness, during the covid-19 pandemic, patients and caregivers, across countries, relied heavily on the platform to provide essential health care services to patients. During the Covid-19, telemedicine usage was an accessible and cost-effective approach to deliver high-quality care. Objective:To get an overview of the state of affairs for telemedicine in India and its future outlook, i.e., to understand if the usage of the telemedicine platform was a temporary phenomenon during covid-19 only or continue to stay. Further, associated queries were â€“ Is it only for some specific specialties or is it going to be limited to some geo-regions or is it restricted to patients in a particular age group or is it a function the nature of visit (first or follow up).Apart from analysing above considerations, the paper also highlighted important features of a telemedicine platform. Finally, the paper also studied the role of government as a regulatory body as well as an enabler of telemedicine platform in India. Methodology:More than 1 year of telemedicine data for a JCI-accredited tertiary care hospital in India was studied. Additionally, physicians and patient perspective on experience and impact across multiple specialties, age group, gender and regions of the patient was further analysed. Tele-consultation trends were further compared during wave 1 and wave 2 of the covid-19. Doctor and patient experience on the usage of telemedicine were objectively assessed with questionnaires.
The relationship between logistics and information and communication technologies and their impact on the economy of Kazakhstan
Authors: Kredina Anna , Akhtanova Mirey , Bekturganova Makpal , Tsoy Alexander , Spankulova Lazat
Published: December 2022

This study aims to analyze the impact of logistics and information and communication technologies (ICT) on Kazakhstan’s economic growth, which requires rethinking search and management tools. The study used the methods of descriptive data statistics, checking the data for the normality of the distribution, and Spearman’s correlation analysis. The information database comprised the National Bank, the World Development Bank, and the national statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The paper determined the dynamics of GDP per capita and logistics, including export and import, for 2005–2020. The construction of the correlation model was carried out in SPSS. Interestingly, the most significant negative relationship was revealed between database-related services and the population and the volume of communication services (.761*).On the other hand, the results show a positive impact of ICT’s strong relationship with Kazakhstan’s logistics system. A close relationship was revealed between the volume of postal and courier activities and GDP per capita (.946*), and foreign trade turnover and exports and imports (.897*). Furthermore, the correlation analysis showed that the cost of investments in developing data processing services decreases with an increase in GDP and the volume of communication services. The findings of this study are relevant for governmental bodies operating in the field of logistics and transportation. Moreover, they are valuable for the digitalization of existing and designing new logistics systems as a factor in the development of the economy.
AcknowledgmentThe study was carried out within the framework of grant funding IRN AP14869297 by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Priorities and mechanisms against rural women of Kazakhstan unequal access to the resources”.
Perinatális anyai dohányzás vizsgálata Magyarországon: A Kohorsz ’18 magyar születési kohorszvizsgálat eredményei
Authors: Boros Julianna, Veroszta Zsuzsanna
Published: December 2022

A várandósság alatti dohányzás nemcsak az anya, de a születendő gyermek egészségét is károsíthatja. Az eddigi, védőnői adatgyűjtésből származó hazai adatok alapján Magyarországon jelentős problémát jelent a várandósság alatti dohányzás. Elemzésünk során a perinatális anyai dohányzás előfordulási gyakoriságát, illetve annak befolyásoló tényezőit vizsgáljuk Magyarországon. Az elemzés a Kohorsz ’18 Magyar Születési Kohorszvizsgálat első két – a várandósság idején és a csecsemő féléves korában megvalósuló – szakaszának súlyozott adatain történt (n = 8331). Az adatok forrását a védőnők által begyűjtött kérdőíves adatok, valamint a várandósgondozási könyvből átvezetett adminisztratív adatok szolgáltatták. A várandósságot megelőző negyedévben az anyák 30,4%-a dohányzott napi rendszerességgel és további 3,4% volt alkalmi dohányzó. Mind a várandósság alatt, mind pedig a szülést követően végig dohányzott az anyák 14,4%-a. Nagyobb valószínűséggel dohányoztak végig a vizsgált időszakban a fiatalabb (25 év alattiak: 32,4%), alacsonyabb iskolai végzettségű (legfeljebb 8 osztály: 44,4%), alacsonyabb jövedelmű (első jövedelmi ötöd: 35,6%), egyedülálló (35,6%), legalább a 3. gyermeküket váró (26,3%) anyák, illetve az egészségtelen életmódot folytatók, valamint a várandósgondozást elhanyagolók. A várandósság előtti magas dohányzási arány a várandósság alatt csökkenésnek indul, de még így is magas értéket mutat (a rendszeresen dohányzó anyák aránya az első trimeszterben 17,8%, a második trimeszterben 12,8%), a szülést követően azonban újra emelkedni kezd, a gyermek hat hónapos korában 19,6%. A társadalmi-gazdasági, demográfiai és életmódbeli tényezők nagymértékben befolyásolják a perinatális dohányzást. A védőnői gondozás hatékony faktornak mutatkozik a perinatális dohányzás csökkentésében. A feltárt kockázati csoportokra vonatkozóan célzott beavatkozások tervezhetők a várandósság alatti dohányzás és a visszaszokás csökkentése érdekében.
Tárgyszavak: dohányzás, várandósság, várandósgondozás, egészségtudatosság, Kohorsz ’18
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Staff Training in a Digital Environment
Authors: Kazakova Marina , Selivanova Tat'yana
Published: December 2022

Economic digitalization means that digital technologies are gradually becoming an inherent part of corporative activities in all fields of human life. These technologies should be regularly tested for effectiveness. The area of personnel training is currently undergoing active digitalization, which raises the matter of its assessment. The authors tested several models for assessing the effectiveness of staff training in the context of digitalization, as well as reviewed available scientific publications on the matter. As a result, they built a theoretical apparatus for understanding the research topic and described the existing models for evaluating the effectiveness of staff training. The analysis of the best practices was illustrated by specific examples. The article also introduces some recommendations on how to apply a particular assessment method to a particular corporative environment.
MARKERS OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS TO FLIGHT PERSONNEL OF THE STATE-OWNED AIRLINERS ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF PILOTS MEDICAL CERTIFICATION
Authors:   The Main Center of Military Medical Examination of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Vovkodav V.S.
Published: December 2022

The paper discusses the occupational risks for flight crews of the state-owned airliners. In the period of 2004–2009, prevalence of the cardiovascular diseases was low and increased in 2010–2015, as well as relative risks of the cardiovascular, ear and mastoid diseases. The period of 2016–2020 was marked by a high risk of urogenital diseases, as the probability of these diseases made up 2.2 and the etiological percent amounted to 50 %. The system of flight personnel health monitoring has been time-proved. The author points out the areas of research to be focused on in order to improve the crew work environment and calls for introduction of the informatics technology in the crew health monitoring system.
Verloren normaliteit? Van het verlangen naar autoriteit naar een Beauvoiraanse ethiek der dubbelzinnigheid
Authors: Wehrle Maren
Published: December 2022

The authority of a souverain no longer seems important if one wants to analyse complex modern democratic societies. At the same time, one can observe an increasing desire for authority in social and political life, a longing for orientation and guidance.
This paper wants to investigate how authority and gender are intertwined, and how this is expressed in the current crisis of normality. The paper shows why a return to authority cannot solve this crisis. In order to co-create a new normality one needs to accept the ambiguity of existence and the relational character of freedom (see De Beauvoir).
The Limits of Mutual Aid and the Promise of Liberation within Radical Politics of Care
Authors: Lindgren Rhiannon
Published: December 2022

The present COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated conditions for continued survival, and community-based mutual aid networks have appeared seemingly organically to address such conditions. I argue these networks often fail to recognize capitalism’s mediation of caring labor, namely, the processes of survival and reproduction which are consistently undermined and demanded by capital’s accumulation. Instead, I propose a politics of care built on insights from the Black Panther Party’s and the Wages for Housework campaign’s respective responses to a lack of reproductive resources, which emphasize the position of survival struggles as a primary site of anti-capitalist political agitation and mobilization.
Careful Cracks: Resistant Practices of Care and Affect-ability
Authors: D'Alessandro Ludovica
Published: December 2022

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, several institutional policies and discourses, speaking in tandem with a ‘health’ and ‘financial crisis’, have highlighted what seems to be the consequences of an aporetic disentanglement of capitalist relations of production and reproduction. Indeed, partial halts to economic production in the wake of COVID-19 have become equivalent – through symbolic and material actualisations of vulnerability and care – to a suspension of people’s capacity to sustain themselves. This dynamic has thus overshadowed alternatives to the capitalist tie of economic production with social reproduction. Resisting this landscape, local solidarity groups have emerged globally to counter the flattening of reproduction for the perpetuation of the socio-economic status quo by creating networks of mutual aid and support. Learning from these movements, I propose affect-ability as a philosophically productive term and tool to conceptualise resistant practices of care, toward underscoring the inherent relationality and vulnerability of bodies as well as its unequal and inequitable effects, while rethinking the notion of care itself from these ontological, political, and ethical premises.
Affective Architecture: Encountering Care in Built Environments
Authors: Kopitz Linda
Published: December 2022

Between sprawling urban spheres and a return to the rural, between technological advancements and historical preservation, built environments become a productive sphere to explore imaginations of a shared future on a changing planet. At the same time, contemporary architectural writing appears to increasingly extend further than considering environmental care – particularly in relation to spaces and places frequently criticized for their ‘uncaring’ neoliberal politics. This article will argue that architecture is increasingly infused and saturated with affective connotations of care. Approaching global examples critically allows for a further exploration of the interdependency between spaces, places and communities that care. In this understanding, care becomes, quite literally, structural.
Propaganda, Politics, Philosophy: A Critical Review of Jason Stanley's How Propaganda Works
Authors: Van Tunen Maarten
Published: December 2022

Review of: Jason Stanley (2015) How Propaganda Works. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 353 pp.
Art's Work in Mnemonic Care
Authors: Shon Sue
Published: December 2022

Review of Mihaela Mihai (2022) Political Memory and the Aesthetics of Care: The Art of Complicity and Resistance.
Critiquing Immunity, Critiquing Security
Authors: Gorby Paul
Published: December 2022

Review of Mark Neocleous (2022) The Politics of Immunity: Security and the Policing of Bodies. London and New York: Verso Books, 358 pp.
Nilai norma masyarakat dalam permainan Jawa “Kuda Lumping”
Authors: Rezeki Kiki Sri , Wuriyani Elly Prihastuti , Harahap Rosmawaty
Published: December 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan nilai norma masyarakat dalam permainan Jawa Kuda Lumping. Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif ini menggunakan model studi kasus dengan melakukan observasi terhadap pertunjukan Kuda Lumping dan wawancara dengan pihak terkait. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa norma-norma kemasyarakatan yang terdapat dalam praktik kesenian Kuda Lumping pada masyarakat Jawa pada umumnya dan Indonesia pada khususnya antara lain: pertama, norma agama, yang bertentangan karena ritual tersebut dianggap syirik. Kedua, norma kesopanan kelompok kesenian Kuda Lumping dalam pertunjukan selalu memperhatikan kepentingan yang ada di masyarakat. Ketiga, norma kesusilaan terlihat dari hubungan penari kuda lumping dengan penontonnya. Keempat, kesenian Kuda Lumping masih diperbolehkan jika dilihat dari norma hukum sejauh pada saat dipentaskan tidak melanggar aturan hukum yang ada di negara Indonesia pada khususnya. Oleh karena itu, temuan empat norma masyarakat dalam permainan Jawa Kuda Lumping merepresentasikan budaya Indonesia yang masih hidup dalam masyarakat.Community norms in the traditional Javanese game “Kuda Lumping”This study aimed to describe the community norms contained in the traditional Javanese game named Kuda Lumping. This qualitative descriptive research used a case study model by observing Kuda Lumping show and interviews with some related parties. The results of the study show that the social norms contained in the practice of Kuda Lumping include: First, regarding religious norms (which are predominantly Muslim), this game is considered contradictory because the ritual is considered Shirk or the sin of idolatry or polytheism. Second, in the norm of decency, the Kuda Lumping art group in performances always pays attention to the interests of the community. Third, in the moral norm, there is a close relationship between the Kuda Lumping dancers and the audience. Fourth, judging from legal norms, if there are no acts that violate legal norms, performances are still permitted. From the four societal norms, it can be concluded that Kuda Lumping represents Indonesian culture that is still alive in society.
Mathematics for physics e-module: Students’ interest in physics education based on gender
Authors: Astalini Astalini , Darmaji Darmaji , Kurniawan Dwi Agus , Fitriani Riska
Published: December 2022

This study aimed to determine the differences in students’ interests in physics education at the University of Jambi towards using e-modules in physics-mathematics learning by observing the existence of gender differences. This study used a quantitative research method. The instrument used was student interest questionnaires. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The subjects of the study were 91 physics education students. The results of this study show that there are differences in students’ interests in the use of the physics-mathematical e-module in learning, namely the average student interest in the physics-mathematical e-module which female students best own, namely in class A with an average of 37.94, slightly higher than the average interest of male in class C, which is 35, 20. Differences in interests are caused by internal factors of these students, namely diligent and consistent behavior in learning. Female students are more diligent in studying than male students, so female students have a higher interest in learning than males
Identifying factors affecting investment control in form of public-private partnerships for road traffic infrastructure
Authors:   Department of Transport of Long An Province, Long An Province, Vietnam, Dang Tuan Hoang , Le Linh Hoai ,   Academic Affairs Department, Vietnam Aviation Academy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Le Vu Phi ,   Project Management Board and Land Development in My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, My Tho City, Vietnam, Le Tuong Manh ,   Sau Training, Human Resources Training and Development JSC., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nguyen Khuyen Hoang ,   Department of Planning and Investment of Tien Giang Province, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam, Nguyen Tuan Anh ,   Civil Engineering Institute, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published: December 2022

This study aims to determine the factors affecting investment control in the form of building-operate–transfer (BOT) contracts for road traffic infrastructure. It bases on investment practices in the form of PPP in general and BOT in particular in Vietnam as well as international experiences in implementing PPP projects (both successful and unsuccessful cases). Data is collected through in-depth interviews with 280 subjects with experiences in project management, PPP project management, and BOT project management and who are such service users, etc. After being collected, the data is analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively to remove duplicate factors and factors with insignificant impacts. The research results show that: The groups of factors such as the legal framework-policy, State management, investors, and risk management all affect the control of BOT project investment in road traffic infrastructure in Vietnam. From the above results, the authors propose a system of solutions to strengthen the control of investment in BOT road traffic infrastructure projects in Vietnam.