bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Influence of the Mineral Composition of Drinking Water on Public Health
Authors: Polvonova Gulkhayo Umrbek Qizi
Published: February 2023

This paper clarifies the influence of mineral composition of drinking ater on public health. Influence of the water factor on the incidence of the population, the most informative indicators are the frequency and prevalence of individual nosological forms, especially diseases of the urinary, digestive, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and endocrine systems.
O lugar das políticas sociais no Estado capitalista
Authors: Bencke Wagner Rolf
Published: February 2023

O presente trabalho analisa o lugar que as políticas sociais ocupam no Estado capitalista. Para isso, pretende-se responder a seguinte questão: qual o papel que as políticas sociais detêm no modo de produção capitalista? A partir de Nicos Poulantzas, será empreendido um esforço teórico para compreender o papel desempenhado pelo Estado capitalista como agente de organização das classes dominantes e de intermediação das relações de interesses entre as classes sociais no que confere aos direitos sociais. Para esta discussão será feita uma breve apreciação sobre o desenvolvimento da cidadania e dos direitos civis, políticos e sociais em Thomas Marshall, autor considerado um dos precursores dos estudos desta temática. A partir dessa apresentação será feita uma breve discussão apoiada em autores que divergem de Marshal em alguns aspectos referentes à implantação e ao desenvolvimento dos direitos supracitados.
Efficacy of Mulligan on electromyography activation of cervical muscles in mechanical neck pain: randomised experimental trial
Authors: Abd El-Azeim Alshaymaa S. , Grase Mariam O.
Published: February 2023

Introduction

The aim of this trial is to determine the efficacy of the Mulligan mobilisation technique on electromyography activa�tion of cervical muscles, pain, and function in chronic mechanical neck pain.

Methods

Ninety subjects of both sexes (44 females and 46 males) who were diagnosed with chronic mechanical neck pain by a physician and referred to the clinic of physiotherapy participated in this randomised controlled trial. The subjects were randomly allocated to two groups: group A, which is the experimental group, received the Mulligan technique combined with conventional therapy, and group B, which is the control group, received conventional therapy only. The two groups were given the treatment three times a week for four weeks. In this trial, muscle activity, pain and function were measured using electro�myography, the visual analogue scale and the Arabic neck disability index, respectively, and measured before and after the 12 sessions of the treatment.

Results

MANOVA was used to detect the effect of treatment and time on all measured variables, which revealed a statistically significant effect (p < 0.05) in treatment and time in both groups.

Conclusions

Mulligan has a positive effect on muscle activity, pain and function in subjects with mechanical neck pain in excess of conventional therapy alone.
Negative Attributes of the Metaverse Based on Thematic Analysis of Movie “belle” and “ready Player One”
Authors: Seo Y.S. , Kang Austin
Published: February 2023

This study aims to examine the potential negative attributes of the metaverse in which multiple users conduct social, cultural, and economic activities, interacting with each other through avatars. We analyzed movies about the metaverse, "Belle" and "Ready Player One," showing some negative attributes of the metaverse platform using thematic analysis. In "Belle," privacy-related threats and security-related threats were derived. On the other hand, in "Ready Player One," privacy-related threats, security-related threats, economy, and addiction issues were derived. Therefore, it is necessary to systematically classify the negative attributes related to the metaverse for its sustainable development. Furthermore, it is required to form a social discourse on these issues and to establish countermeasures.
An Efficient Method to Compute the Rate Matrix for Multi-Server Retrial Queues with Cloud Computing Systems
Authors: Chuong Dang Thanh , Cuong Hoa Ly , Long Hoang Dinh , Hung Duong Duc
Published: February 2023

This study presents the usage of retrial queues with cloud computing systems in which the operating unit (the server) and the storing unit (buffer) are independently considered. In fact, the tasks cannot occupy the server to the system. Instead, they are stored in the buffer and sent back to the server after a random time. Upon a service completion, the server does not always get to work while waiting for a new task or a task from the buffer. After the idle time, the server instantly starts searching for a task from the buffer. The analysis model proposed in this study refers to a retrial queue system searching for tasks from theorbit with limited size under a multi-server context, and the model is modelized into the 3-dimension Markov chain. The solution is based on building an algorithm under the analytical methodology of the quasi birthdeath (QBD) process that utilizes the Q-matrix to calculate the probability of states toward the proposed model.
Analyzing Network Performance Parameters using Wireshark
Authors: Tuli Ruchi
Published: February 2023

Network performance can be a prime concern for network administrators. The performance of the network depends on many factors. Some of the issues faced in the network performance are - Slow Internet, Bottlenecks, Loss of packets and/or retransmissions, and Excessive bandwidth consumption. For troubleshooting a network, an in-depth understanding of network protocols is required. The main objective of this research is to analyze the performance and various other parameters related to the integrity of a network in a home-based network environment using Wireshark. Network traffic is captured for different devices. The captured traffic is then analysed using Wireshark’s basic statistical tools and advanced tools for various performance parameters.
Biología del ácaro Tetranychus urticae y su control utilizando canela, en plantas de Rosa spp
Authors:   Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Programa Nacional de Banano, Plátano y otras Musáceas, km 5 vía Quevedo-El Empalme, Cantón Mocache, Los Ríos, Ecuador, Rodulfo Acuña Paola Manoella Andrea , Nienstaedt Arreaza Bárbara Mercedes ,   Consultor privado. Venezuela, Mejias Herrera Rafael Edger Ramon ,   Escuela de Agronomía, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Av Universidad, Maracay Edo. Aragua, Venezuela, Terrero Yepez Pedro Isaías ,   Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Programa Nacionalde Banano, Plátano y otras Musáceas, km 5 vía Quevedo-El Empalme, Cantón Mocache, Los Ríos, Ecuador., Peñaherrera Villafuerte Sofia Lorena ,   Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Departamento de Protección Vegetal km 5 vía Quevedo-El Empalme, Cantón Mocache, Los Ríos, Ecuador
Published: February 2023

The effectiveness under laboratory conditions of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) on the Tetranychus urticaemite was evaluated. This species is of great economic importance because it affects all types of crops such as vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamentals. The damage consists of the removal of the cellular content, leaving the cell practically empty. T. urticaehas presented resistance problems to various chemicals, which is why alternatives have been sought to reduce its population in crops. One of them, the use of botanical products, for this, an investigation was carried out in laboratory conditions, evaluating the effect of cinnamon in different presentations against the mite. The treatments were made up of: T1 water (5 mL), T2 based on cinnamon powder (1 g) T3 cinnamon infusion (5 mL) T4 Abamectin (Vertimec®) 0.6 mL; T5 ethanolic extract of cinnamon (5 mL at 5%) and T6 control without application. A mortality in females and eggs was registered after 24 hours of: cinnamon powder 11.66 ±11.69; 6.66 ± 2.58; infused cinnamon 60.00 ±14.1; 36.66 ± 14.024; ethanolic extract 38.33 ±16.02; 7.50 ± 6.89; water 20.00± 14.14; 0.00 ± 0.00; Abamectin 46,667 ± 20.65; 5.00 ± 3.16. The control obtained 0% mortality in both females and eggs. For the biological cycle test, the total development time of the mite was 11.01 ± 0.69, presenting in the egg state 5.11 ± 0.60; larval stage 2.18 ± 0.46; protonymph 1.96 ± 0.44 and deutonymph 1.75 ± 0.43. The treatment that obtained the highest percentage of mortality was the one represented by cinnamon infusion. These findings are a very important tool to maintain T. urticaeinfestation thresholds.
Comparación de métodos para cuantificar severidad de la roya del cafeto en diferentes tamaños de hojas
Authors:   Discente del Postgrado de Agricultura Tropical, Universidad de Oriente, Palomo-Bárcenas Sebastian , Silva-Acuña Ramón ,   Postgrado de Agricultura Tropical, Universidad de Oriente y Clínica Universitaria de Diagnóstico Agrícola (CUDA) respectivamente, Núcleo Monagas Campus Juanico, Maturín, 6201, estado Monagas, Venezuela, Sánchez-Cuevas Maria Claudia ,   Postgrado de Agricultura Tropical, Universidad de Oriente y Clínica Universitaria de Diagnóstico Agrícola (CUDA) respectivamente, Núcleo Monagas Campus Juanico, Maturín, 6201, estado Monagas, Venezuela, Romero-Marcano Guillermo ,   Departamento de Nutrición Animal y Forrajes, Escuela de Zootecnia, Campus Los Guaritos, Maturín, Venezuela
Published: February 2023

Coffee rust is the most important disease of the crop, the severity of leaf damage caused by the pathogen causes leaf abscission and significantly affects the reduction of yields. This investigation was carried out with the objective of comparing the visual method with a digital one, in the quantification of the percentage of severity of the rust in different sizes of leaves. The quantifications of the disease were carried out at the University Clinic for Agricultural Diagnostics at Oriente University. To carry out the experiment, 360 leaves injured with rust were collected from Catuaí Rojo plantations and divided into three groups, categorized according to leaf area into large, medium and small, each group was represented by 120 leaves, initially evaluated by the visual method by two observers with the help of the diagrammatic scale and later with the digital method by analyzing images with the ImageJ® program. The randomized block design was used with a 2x3 factorial arrangement with ten repetitions per experimental unit. The data were processed by analysis of variance. It was found that the severity percentage did not present statistical differences for the digital methodology when the size of the sheets was changed; while, for the visual methodology, therewas an influence of the size of the leaves, observing that the estimated severity increased as the size of the leaves decreased. The digital method is a reliable alternative for the quantification of the severity of attack by coffee rust.
A new application for reading optical form with standard scanner by using image processing techniques
Authors: ÖZCAN Fatih Taha , ELDEM Ayşe
Published: February 2023

Multiple choice exams appear as the most common method used to measure student success in education systems in Turkey and around the world. Evaluation of multiple choice exams is usually done by optical form reading systems using expensive optical forms and optical scanners. The most important reason for using optical form reading systems is to reduce the error rate to zero in the evaluation process. In this study, an alternative system is proposed for the evaluation of multiple choice exams. The designed system is a web-based software with high accuracy on evaluating that contains optical form design module, session planning module and evaluation module. The form in which the designed template will be printed on A4 paper instead of a special optical form and the system in which standard scanners will be used instead of the optical scanner, uses the image processing algorithms in the OpenCV library in the evaluation process which is an intermediate library developed in C#. The proposed system is coded to run in parallel to speed up the evaluation process. In order to determine the performance of the proposed system, the optical forms filled by 208 students studying at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Department of Computer Engineering were evaluated. The accuracy rate of the system has been determined as 99.97%. It has been determined that 1 optical evaluation time, calculated by dividing the total time obtained by running in parallel, by the number of evaluated optical forms, varies between 1.7 seconds and 15 seconds, depending on the scanning resolution.
On the global relationship between polarimetric radio occultation differential phase shift and ice water content
Authors: Padullés Ramon , Cardellach Estel , Turk F. Joseph
Published: February 2023

Abstract. The Radio Occultations and Heavy Precipitation (ROHP) experiment aboard the Spanish PAZ satellite was deployed in 2018 with the objective of demonstrating the ability of the polarimetric radio occultation measurement (PRO) concept in detecting rain (liquid-phase precipitation). Analysis of these data has also demonstrated the ability of PRO to detect horizontally oriented frozen-phase precipitation. To verify these observations, a global climatological comparison is performed using the CloudSat (94 GHz) radar as a reference for different heights and taking into account the radio occultation (limb-based) viewing geometry. A robust relationship (e.g., high correlation coefficient) is found between the polarimetric radio occultation observable differential phase shift (ΔΦ) and the integrated ice water content (IWC) along the rays, globally, and for heights above freezing level. PAZ observations capture the major precipitation features and the signatures of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The correlation coefficients maximize for tropical oceans, for a range of heights between 5 and 12 km. The ratios between ΔΦ and along-ray integrated IWC mean that climatologies are found to be within the range 0.03–0.09 mm kg−1 m2, although uncertainty due to the IWC retrieval algorithm must be noted. Further evaluation of the ratios with single-particle forward-scattering simulations indicate that the scattering by frozen hydrometeors with a combination of effective densities, axis ratios, and tilt angle distribution yield results that agree well with the observations. Overall, the global climatological results obtained in this study show the presence of horizontally oriented particles across the whole globe and for a wide range of height layers.
Toward quantifying turbulent vertical airflow and sensible heat flux in tall forest canopies using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing
Authors: Abdoli Mohammad , Lapo Karl , Schneider Johann , Olesch Johannes , Thomas Christoph K.
Published: February 2023

Abstract. The paper presents a set of fiber-optic distributed temperature
sensing (FODS) experiments to expand the existing microstructure approach
for horizontal turbulent wind direction by adding measurements of turbulent
vertical component, as well as turbulent sensible heat flux. We address the
observational challenge to isolate and quantify the weaker vertical
turbulent motions from the much stronger mean advective horizontal flow
signals. In the first part of this study, we test the ability of a
cylindrical shroud to reduce the horizontal wind speed while keeping the
vertical wind speed unaltered. A white shroud with a rigid support structure
and 0.6 m diameter was identified as the most promising setup in which the
correlation of flow properties between shrouded and reference systems is
maximized. The optimum shroud setup reduces the horizontal wind standard
deviation by 35 %, has a coefficient of determination of 0.972 for
vertical wind standard deviations, and a RMSE of less than 0.018 ms−1
when compared to the reference. Spectral analysis showed a fixed ratio of
spectral energy reduction in the low frequencies, e.g., <0.5 Hz,
for temperature and wind components, momentum, and sensible heat flux.
Unlike low frequencies, the ratios decrease exponentially in the high
frequencies, which means the shroud dampens the high-frequency eddies with a
timescale <6 s, considering both spectra and cospectra together.
In the second part, the optimum shroud configuration was installed around a
heated fiber-optic cable with attached microstructures in a forest to
validate our findings. While this setup failed to isolate the magnitude and
sign of the vertical wind perturbations from FODS in the shrouded portion,
concurrent observations from an unshrouded part of the FODS sensor in the
weak-wind subcanopy of the forest (12–17 m above ground level) yielded
physically meaningful measurements of the vertical motions associated with
coherent structures. These organized turbulent motions have distinct sweep
and ejection phases. These strong flow signals allow for detecting the
turbulent vertical airflow at least 60 % of the time and 71 % when
conditional sampling was applied. Comparison of the vertical wind perturbations
against those from sonic anemometry yielded correlation coefficients of 0.35
and 0.36, which increased to 0.53 and 0.62 for conditional sampling. This
setup enabled computation of eddy covariance-based direct sensible heat flux
estimates solely from FODS, which are reported here as a methodological and
computational novelty. Comparing them against those from eddy covariance
using sonic anemometry yielded an encouraging agreement in both magnitude
and temporal variability for selected periods.
Transported aerosols regulate the pre-monsoon atmosphere over North-East India: a WRF-Chem modelling study
Authors: Barman Neeldip , Gokhale Sharad
Published: February 2023

Abstract. The study differentiates and quantifies the impacts of emissions emitted locally within North-East (NE) India region and those transported from outside this region to ascertain whether local or transported aerosols are more impactful in influencing this region’s atmosphere during the pre-monsoon season (March-April-May). Due to the existence of a declining pre-monsoon rainfall trend in NE India, the study also quantified the role of different aerosol effects w.r.t radiative forcing (RF) and rainfall. The study has been carried out using the WRF-Chem model by comparing simulation scenarios where emissions were turned on and off within and outside the NE region. The impact of all emissions as a whole and Black carbon (BC) specifically was studied. Results show that aerosols transported primarily from the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) were responsible for 93.98 % of the PM10 mass over NE India’s atmosphere and 64.18 % of near-surface PM10 concentration. Transported aerosols contributed >50 % of BC, organic carbon, sulfate, nitrate, ammonium and dust aerosol concentration and hence a major contributor to air pollution. Hence, the aerosol effects were observed to be much greater with transported aerosols. Indirect aerosol effect was found to be the major effect and more impactful with transported aerosols that dominated both rainfall and RF, and suppressed rainfall significantly than the direct and semi-direct effect. However, the increase in direct radiative effects with an increase in transported BC counteracted the rainfall suppression caused by relevant processes of other aerosol effects. Thus, this study shows atmospheric transport to be an important process for this region as transported emissions, specifically from IGP were also found to have greater control over the region’s rainfall. Thus, emission control policies implemented in IGP will reduce air pollution as well as the climatic impacts of aerosols over the NE India region.
Geomorphological landslide inventory map of the Daunia Apennines, southern Italy
Authors: Ardizzone Francesca , Bucci Francesco , Cardinali Mauro , Fiorucci Federica , Pisano Luca , Santangelo Michele , Zumpano Veronica
Published: February 2023

Abstract. Detailed and accurate geomorphological historical landslide inventory maps
are an invaluable source of information for many research topics and
applications. Their systematic preparation worldwide has been advised by
many researchers as it may foster our knowledge on landslides, their spatial
and temporal distribution, their potential interaction with the built
environment, their contribution to landscape dynamics, and their response to climate change in the past. Due to the extreme variability of the
morphological and radiometric elements that can reveal historical
landslides, geomorphological historical landslide inventory maps are
produced by expert interpretation, which makes it a time-consuming and expensive process, which often discourages wide-area mapping activities. In this paper we present a new geomorphological historical landslide inventory
map for a 1460 km2 area in the Daunia Apennines, the north-western sector of the Apulia (Puglia) region, in southern Italy. The inventory
contains 17 437 landslides classified according to relative age, type of
movement, and estimated depth. Landslides were mapped according to rigorous and reproducible criteria applied by two teams of expert photo interpreters to two sets of stereoscopic aerial photographs taken in 1954/55 and 2003.
The dataset consists of a digital archive publicly available at
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942427 (Cardinali et al., 2022).
AsiaRiceYield4km: seasonal rice yield in Asia from 1995 to 2015
Authors: Wu Huaqing , Zhang Jing , Zhang Zhao , Han Jichong , Cao Juan , Zhang Liangliang , Luo Yuchuan , Mei Qinghang , Xu Jialu , Tao Fulu
Published: February 2023

Abstract. Rice is the most important staple food in Asia. However,
high-spatiotemporal-resolution rice yield datasets are limited over this
large region. The lack of such products greatly hinders studies that are
aimed at accurately assessing the impacts of climate change and simulating
agricultural production. Based on annual rice maps in Asia, we incorporated
multisource predictors into three machine learning (ML) models to generate
a high-spatial-resolution (4 km) seasonal rice yield dataset
(AsiaRiceYield4km) for the 1995–2015 period. Predictors were divided into four
categories that considered the most comprehensive rice growth conditions, and
the optimal ML model was determined based on an inverse probability weighting method. The results showed that AsiaRiceYield4km achieves good accuracy for
seasonal rice yield estimation (single rice: R2=0.88, RMSE = 920 kg ha−1; double rice: R2=0.91, RMSE = 554 kg ha−1; and triple rice:
R2=0.93, RMSE = 588 kg ha−1). Compared with single rice from the Spatial
Production Allocation Model (SPAM), the R2 of AsiaRiceYield4km was
improved by 0.20, and the RMSE was reduced by 618 kg ha−1 on average. In particular,
constant environmental conditions, including longitude, latitude, elevation
and soil properties, contributed the most (∼ 45 %) to rice
yield estimation. For different rice growth periods, we found that the
predictors of the reproductive period had greater impacts on rice yield
prediction than those of the vegetative period and the whole growing period.
AsiaRiceYield4km is a novel long-term gridded rice yield dataset that can
fill the unavailability of high-spatial-resolution seasonal yield products
across major rice production areas and promote more relevant studies on
agricultural sustainability worldwide. AsiaRiceYield4km can be downloaded
from the following open-access data repository:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6901968 (Wu et al., 2022).
Brief communication: Inclusiveness in designing an early warning system for flood resilience
Authors: Yasmin Tahmina , Khamis Kieran , Ross Anthony , Sen Subir , Sharma Anita , Sen Debashish , Sen Sumit , Buytaert Wouter , Hannah David M.
Published: February 2023

Abstract. Floods remain a wicked problem and are becoming more destructive with
widespread ecological, social, and economic impacts. The problem is acute in
mountainous river catchments where plausible assumptions of risk behaviour
to flood exposure and vulnerability are crucial. Inclusive approaches are
required to design suitable flood early warning systems (EWSs) with a focus
on local social and governance context rather than technology, as is the case
with existing practice. We assess potential approaches for facilitating
inclusiveness in designing EWSs by integrating diverse contexts and
identifying preconditions and missing links. We advocate the use of a
SMART approach as a checklist for good practice to facilitate
bottom-up initiatives that benefit the community at risk by engaging them at every stage of the decision-making process.
Identification and Pharmacological Evaluation of Syzygium cumini Derived Fixed Oils
Authors: A Rauf A Rauf , T Ahmad T Ahmad , H Ahmad H Ahmad , I A Khan I A Khan , S U A Shah S U A Shah , A Ali A Ali , N Muhammad N Muhammad , Y S Al Awthan O Bahattab Y S Al Awthan O Bahattab , M A Al Duais M A Al Duais , M S Mubarak M S Mubarak
Published: February 2023

Syzygium cumini L is an evergreen medicinal plant belonging to the family Myrtaceae, and is one of the important species of the genus Syzygium. S. cumini is traditionally used to treat various infections such as sore throat, bronchitis, dysentery, and other painful conditions. The aim of the current study was to evaluate fixed oil extracted from S. cumini for various in vitro and in vivo biological activities and identification of its fatty acids constituents. GC-MS analysis of the fixed oil revealed that the major constituents are palmitic acid methyl ester (56.45%) and stearic acid methyl ester (29.54%). Fixed oil isolated from S. cumini exhibited significant effect against Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella flexenari, and Bacillus subtilis with zone of inhibition of 28.09, 27.34, and 22.76 mm, respectively. In addition, the oil exhibited antifungal effect against Aspergillus flavus, Candida glabrata, Microsporum canis, and Fusarium solani with zone of inhibition of 80.77, 75.08, 70.98, and 65.56 mm, respectively. The oil also exerted analgesic potential at the dose of 10, 20, 40, and 60 mg/Kg with 35.44, 50.45, 65.98, and 80.34 % activity in acetic acid-induced writhing model. A mild muscle relaxant effect was noted in animal models. Taken all together, the fixed oil from S. cumini exhibits significant antimicrobial, antifungal and analgesic effects, which justifies the use of this plant in folk medicine.
Long- versus short-segment fixation with an index vertebral screw for management of thoracolumbar fractures
Authors: Tammam Hamdy , Alkot Amer , Ahmed Ahmed M , Said Elsayed
Published: February 2023

The choice of the best stabilization technique for thoracolumbar fractures remains controversial. While LSF includes too many motion segments, SSF is associated with a high rate of fixation failure and subsequent loss of kyphotic correction. Our objective is to compare the surgical, clinical, and radiological outcomes of thoracolumbar spine fixation using long-segment fixation (LSF) versus short-segment fixation (SSF) with a screw in the fractured vertebra. We retrospectively evaluated 63 patients with single- level thoracolumbar fracture types A and B treated during the period between 2010 and 2017 in our institution. Group A (30 patients) was treated by SSF with an intermediate screw in the fractured vertebra, while group B (33 patients) was treated by LSF. Both groups were compared in terms of surgical, clinical, and radiological outcomes. The mean operative blood loss was significantly lower in group A than in group B (451.3 ± 79.9 and 690 ± 92.1 ml, respectively). The mean operative time in Group A was significantly shorter than in group B (58.4 ± 14.8 and 81.5 ± 12.3 minutes, respectively). Both groups achieved a similar Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score. No significant difference was found as regards the kyphotic angle correction and the correction loss at final follow-up. In conclusion, SSF with a screw in the fractured vertebra achieved comparable functional and radiological outcomes to LSS with less blood loss and operative time.
How to publish in the Journal of Management Studies (JMS)
Authors: Potočnik Kristina
Published: February 2023

It is our great privilege to welcome Kristina Potočnik to the Business School. Kristina is a leading Organizational Behaviour scholar and currently an associate editor at the Journal of Management Studies and International Journal of Selection and Assessment. She has kindly agreed to share her wisdom about: how to publish in elite Management journals, such as the Journal of Management Studies (JMS).

We invite scholars of the Business School to join us for this workshop led by Kristina. This is a fantastic opportunity, particularly for emergent researchers and PhD students to get useful advice on how to prepare work for elite journals, how to make it beyond a desk reject, and how to eventually survive the review process.
ANALISIS STABILITAS SISTEM PENGEDALIAN LEVEL PADA DEAERATOR 1 DENGAN METODE NYQUIST DAN ROOT LOCUS
Authors: Sugirto Ihrom , Dewi Astrie Kusuma , Hamdani Chalidia Nurin
Published: February 2023

Deaerator 1 merupakan salah satu vessel pada unit utility yang termasuk dalam tahapan Water Treatment. Deaerator ini berjenis tray yang merupakan unit yang berfungsi untuk pelepasan ion-ion mineral yang masih tersisa pada air dan membuang gas-gas yang masih ada pada ikatan tidak sempurna. Untuk menghasilkan kualitas air yang netral dengan ikatan sempurna tanpa oksigen, terdapat sistem pengendalian level pada Deaerator 1 yaitu sistem inlet air drain. Pengendalian level menggunakan tipe feedback control dengan tujuan apabila level berada di bawah set point maka valve dari air drain akan membuka dan melakukan make up hingga mencapai set point. Pengaturan sistem tersebut di bentu oleh Level Indicator Controller LIC-02 dengan mode control PI (Proportional Integral) Berdasarkan data aktual dari lapangan, dapat dilakukan perhitungan fungsi alih tiap elemen yang nantinya akan disimulasikan menggunakan Simulink Matlab Berdasarkan hasil simulasi Software Matlab dengan Sampling time 500s, sistem menunjukkan karakteristik sebagai berikut rise time 94,929 s, overshoot 0,449%, undershoot 1,993% dan settling time 350,388 s. Dan untuk melihat kestabilan sistem pengendalian digunakan metode Nyquist dan Root Locus, dari metode yang digunakan sistem pengendalian level tergolong stabil.
Covid-19 and African E-Learning Systems: Structural and Institutional Strategies for Resilience and Antifragility
Authors: Akpan-Obong Patience
Published: February 2023

This qualitative research examines how Nigeria, Seychelles, and South Africa applied technologies to mediate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on their education systems. The research demonstrates that sociocultural and institutional factors, and attitudes of stakeholders, rather than technological access, significantly determined the countries’ capacity to transition tertiary institutions online at the height of the pandemic. It expands the understanding of the role of institutions and policies in the adoption of education technologies. The research findings are expected to inform the articulation of relevant policies and system-wide strategies for resilience and antifragility in case of future societal disruptions.
The Background to ‘Believing Criticism’ in the Free Church of Scotland
Authors: Harman Allan
Published: February 2023

This article argues that the introduction of ‘believing criticism’ in the Free Church of Scotland in the 19th century was not just a sudden development in the 1870s. Rather, the seeds of it go back much further, even to the Disruption itself. Some inappropriate decisions of the Free Church General Assembly, among other factors, paved the way for A. B. Davidson to commence lecturing on Pentateuchal criticism. His student, William Robert Smith, was not so discreet, and openly espoused views that departed from the teaching of the Westminster Confession of Faith.  Dealing with him took several years, until he was relieved of his position in 1881, though not deposed from the ministry. By that time, ‘believing criticism’ was firmly entrenched in the Free Church.
UNFOLDING GRACE: 40 Guided readings through the Bible
Authors: Harman Allan
Published: February 2023

By Drew Hunter (Wheaton: Crossway, 2020), 601pp., hbk, US$19.99.

ISBN 9781433569494
In vitro Degradation of Profenofos by Rice Grain Rinse Water Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)
Authors: Bose A. Subash Chandra , Yasodha P. , Sabarinathan K. G. , David P. M. M.
Published: February 2023

Widely used in fermentation industry, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are not only probiotic but also capable of degrading pesticides. We evaluated in the laboratory degradation of profenofos 50% EC by the LAB present in rice grain rinse water cultured in LAB-specific de Mann Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) medium. A single colony of the isolated LAB was inoculated in MRS broth, kept in shaker for 24 h before 10 ml broth was transferred to 25 ml test tube inoculated with profenofos 50% EC at 1 ppm and checked 24, 48 and 72 h after inoculation for its residue by liquid-liquid extraction and gas chromatographic analysis. The results revealed that profenofos concentration decreased to 0.75, 0.44 and 0.25 ppm at 24, 48 and 72h, respectively, indicating the degradation of profenofos by the rice rinse water LAB.
AN EIF4G-RECRUITING APTAMER INCREASES THE FUNCTIONALITY OF IN VITRO TRANSCRIBED MRNA
Authors: Tusup Marina , Kundig Thomas , Pascolo Steve
Published: February 2023

Background: As a versatile and safe vector, in vitro transcribed messenger RNA (ivt mRNA) is currently being intensively evaluated as an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Its therapeutic uses encompass vaccination, cell reprogramming, genome engineering, gene complementation and the expression of protein drugs (e.g., growth factors or antibodies). 

Objectives: The therapeutic efficacy of ivt mRNA correlates with the efficacy of its translation. Untranslated regions (UTRs) from stable mRNA, such as globin mRNA, and optimized 5’ cap structures have been used to improve the functionality of ivt mRNA. However, the recruitment of the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) protein to the 5’ end of transfected ivt mRNA remains a ratelimiting parameter for translation. 

Method: We added aptamer sequences that bind the eiF4G protein to the 5’ UTR of ivt mRNA.

Results: One of the tested aptamer sequences produced a several fold increase in ivt mRNA expression (specifically, an increase of threefold to over tenfold depending on mRNA sequence and cell type). 

Conclusion: This simple modification of the 5’ UTR of ivt mRNA may represent an efficacious and general method for improving the therapeutic index of all new mRNA-based therapeutic products.
SELF-CONTROLS BRAIN ACTIVITY BY INTERACTING WITH PREFRONTAL CORTEX: FMRI STUDY IN NORMALCY AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Authors: Jang Chung Sung
Published: February 2023

The relationship among self, mind and brain is not clearly known. Self’s subjective experiences of perception and cognition of words, feelings, thoughts etc. is supported by the integrity of human brain. The relationship between the self and the human brain activity is not understood. Recent experimental evidence suggests that the neural correlate of consciousness is located in certain parts of the corticothalamic system. However, it is not known specifically which parts of the human brain are involved in the human cognitive activity. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used in the study of normalcy and psychiatric disorders. FMRI is applied in diagnosis and drug treatment of psychiatric disorders. In this study, the author analyzed results of published articles related to the above described fields to find the relationship among self, mind and body, and proposed the mechanism involved in the self, mind and brain in normalcy and psychiatric disorders.
Depression prevalence amongst patients with hepatitis C
Authors: Rasool Ghulam , Tareen Zarmina
Published: February 2023

Background: Globally, hepatitis C is a serious health concern, and it is also becoming an alarming infection in our nation. The World Health Organization estimates that the hepatitis C virus infects 3% of people worldwide. Various study reported association of depression with hepatitis C virus infection. Objective: To assess the depression prevalence amongst patients with hepatitis c. Methodology: The current cross sectional study was carried out at Balochistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Quetta and Bolan Medical Complex Hospital Quetta from January 2019 to January 2020. Informed consent was taken in written from all the participants.  Depressive symptomatolgy based on DSM 1V criteria was noted. A pre-designed proforma was then used to collect all the required information’s.  The SPSS version 24.0 was used to input and analyze the data. Results: In the current study, a total of 120 hepatitis C patients were enrolled. There were 66 (55%) males and 54 (45%) females. Te mean age (SD) of the patients in our study was 42 (11.23) years.  The overall frequency of depression amongst patients with HCV was 102 (85%).
Competencias Científicas y Tecnológicas en el Trabajo Práctico Experimental de Electricidad
Authors: Herrera Castrillo Cliffor Jerry , Córdoba Fuentes Danny Joel
Published: February 2023

En el presente ensayo de relatos de experiencias, se aborda la adquisición de Competencias Científicas y Tecnológicas en el Trabajo Práctico Experimental, a través de la vinculación entre las asignaturas “Didáctica Experimental II” y “Electricidad, para lograr la correcta interpretación de fenómenos eléctricos que ocurren en la naturaleza. Este ensayo fue realizado con el propósito de analizar experiencias vividas en IV año de la carrera de Física Matemática, durante el primer semestre 2022 en la UNAN - Managua, FAREM - Estelí, para así seleccionar métodos experimentales que permiten expresar y demostrar los principios, teorías y leyes de la Física al utilizar las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) como apoyo para la mejora continua del aprendizaje en distintos espacios de actuación y campos del ejercicio profesional, tomando en cuenta aspectos de Competencias Emocionales.
The Policy of Sustainable Waste Management Towards Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Budiman Budiman , Jaelani Abdul Kadir
Published: February 2023

The research is focused on the sustainable waste management, with the specific concern on the use of waste management platform called waste bank being driven by local organizations in Lombok, Indonesia. The study aims to investigate the factors that attract the participation of local communities in using the platform for waste management and further to explore the lessons and good practices of waste banks driven by local community-driven organizations in Lombok, Indonesia. The method used for this research was qualitative with the analytic-descriptive approach. Data collection was through literature study and survey questionnaire. Based on the findings of the research, several factors including socio-economic characteristic and the lack of waste facilities and services influence the participation of local communities in sustainable waste management in Lombok. Those factors are critically shown based on its significance in influencing the involvement of local communities in implementing sustainable waste management. Thus, one of alternatives to use the waste bank initiated by local community-driven organizations may help in some ways such as improved participation of local communities in sustainable waste management. Furthermore, the lessons and good practices of waste banks driven by the selected two organizations in Lombok are highlighted.
Transpersonal Coaching Psychology: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice
Authors: Dängeli, Jevon
Published: February 2023

Transpersonal Coaching Psychology (TCP) can be described as the theory and practice of coaching that takes a holistic and integrative approach to support client growth and transformation. The unique qualities and strengths of this approach to coaching are outlined, including how open awareness skills are applied as a means to hold a safe, compassionate and healing space for clients. TCP is trauma-informed and practitioners are also trained to differentiate between psychosis, burnout and states of consciousness that can be associated with spiritual awakening
Heat Treatment Effects on Food Allergens and Laboratory Test Sensitivity
Authors: Morello Sara
Published: February 2023

Food allergy is a global health concern. Most food allergens are proteins which, even in small quantities, can cause an allergic reaction in sensitized persons. For the provision of food information to consumers, food products containing any of 14 food allergens must be labelled according to Regulation (EU) no. 1169/2011 of the European Parliament. Food preparation often employs high temperatures to improve conservation. Prolonged heat treatment, however, can alter food molecules. Food manufacturers and food agencies carry out tests to determine the absence of undeclared allergenic substances in food products. Laboratory tests are based on enzyme immunoassay (ELISA-based) or molecular biology (PCR-based) techniques in which proteins are the target molecules, and a portion of DNA is a marker of the allergenic ingredient, respectively. With this study we wanted to determine the effect of heat treatment on almond and hazelnut allergens. To do this, we compared the ability of the two techniques to detect allergenic proteins at different temperatures and duration of heating. The allergenic potential of almond and hazelnut ingredients after heating is crucial to consumer health and safety.
Teaching Race in the European Renaissance: A Classroom Guide
Authors: Chapman Matthieu , Wainwright Anna
Published: February 2023

Teaching Race in the European Renaissance: A Classroom Guide provides both educators and students the tools they need to discuss race in the European Renaissance both in its unique historical contexts and as part of a broader continuum with racial thinking today. The volume gathers scholars of the English, French, Italian, and Iberian Renaissances to provide exercises, lesson plans, methodologies, readings, and other resources designed to bring discussions of race into a broad spectrum of classes on the early modern period, from literature to art history to the history of science. This book is designed to help educators create more diverse and inclusive syllabi and curricula that engage and address a diverse, twenty-first-century student body composed of students from a growing variety of cultural, national, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. By providing clear, concise, and diverse methodologies and analytical focuses, Teaching Race in the European Renaissance: A Classroom Guide will help educators in all areas of Renaissance Studies overcome the anxiety and fear that can come with stepping outside of their expertise to engage with the topic of race, while also providing expert scholars of race in the Renaissance with new techniques and pedagogies to enhance the classroom experience of their students.
Recent Deep Learning Approaches for Object Detection
Authors: Fu Yanzhe
Published: February 2023

Object detection, a classic problem in computer vision, has been developed for more than 20 years. From the early traditional methods to today's deep learning methods, the accuracy is getting higher and higher, and the speed is getting faster and faster, which is benefit from deep learning and the continuous development of deep neural networks. Although the research on object detection is constantly developing, there are not many reviews on object detection, so this article will review the object detection after the introduction of deep learning. This article will first introduce the history of object detection, and then focus on a systematic introduction to the development of deep learning object detection in recent years, as well as one-stage detector and two-stage detector in anchor-free and anchor-based. The various methods applied in the stage detector will be sorted out, and the potential problems and future development of object detection will also be analyzed.
Research on Intelligent System of Computer Aided Ideological and Political Course Teaching
Authors: Zhou Shengmin
Published: February 2023

This paper focuses on the design scheme of the auxiliary teaching system for ideological and political theory courses using J2EE architecture design. In this paper, the overall planning of the system's architecture, work flow, system function, data structure, etc. is carried out, and it is designed and implemented in detail. The system adopts B/S three-tier structure and uses JSP technology to design dynamic pages. Consider using JavaBean to encapsulate the key code of the program from the aspects of system security and code reusability. Use CASE tools and object-oriented modeling language in system design. Through UML modeling language, use VISIO, ROSE and other modeling tools to analyze and design the system to generate conceptual models and entities of the system. Through requirement analysis and detailed design, the user login module, network course module, online examination module, learning resource module and exchange forum module are finally realized. Finally, the thesis assists the realization of the functions of each module of the teaching system, and carries out corresponding tests and verifications, and the system is in the testing stage and plays a great role in practice.
Structural Equation Modelling of EFL Learners’ Perceived Preferences for Data-driven Learning and Learners’ Agency
Authors: Liang Jinfang , Tan Ying
Published: February 2023

Data-driven learning (DDL) has drawn researchers’ eyes on corpus linguistics and language learning successfully, particularly on English writing. However, the structural relation between the students’ preferences for data-driven learning and the EFL students’ learning agency has not been well examined yet. This study examined the hypothetical model of measurement for EFL learners’ perceived preferences for DDL and their learning agency. Two questionnaires were used for collecting the data. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was assessed using AMOS. The results revealed that the developed model enjoyed an acceptable level of goodness of fit. The results also showed that the students’ perceived preferences for DDL strongly affect their learning agency. Therefore, it could be concluded that exposure to DDL fosters language learners’ self-efficacy and the ability to self-regulate their learning activities. All in all, the results have implications (theoretical and practical) for language teachers, learners and those interested in corpus linguistics.
Comprehensive understanding of Methyl 2-Naphthyl Ether Molecule by Ab Initio Calculation method
Authors: A Gokila
Published: February 2023

The development of the geometrical structure and vibrational wave numbers of Methyl 2-Naphthyl Ether molecule (M2NE) are done with the help of ab initio HF- and Density functional method (DFT/B3LYP) of 6-31G(d, p) basis set. HF and DFT calculations optimize the geometric structure of the selected molecule. The B3LYP density functional method, with a base of 6-31G (d, p), is the best level of theory to repeat the expected wave numbers. Density functional theory was used to calculate the first hyperpolarization (β), electrical dipole moment (μ) of the examined molecule. The results of the calculations also show that a natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis of the M2NE could be performed. The FT-IR and FT-Raman spectrum were theoretically constructed for the title compound. There was a detailed understanding of FTIR and FT-Raman spectrum from experimental analysis. The considered HOMO and LUMO energies demonstrate that charge transfer takes place inside the molecule.