bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mindfulness and Meditation: The Most Potential Influences to Improve Adolescent Mental Health in East Java
Authors: Maghfiroh Nasruliyah Hikmatul
Published: October 2023

This research explores the potential influences of mindfulness and meditation practices on adolescent mental health in East Java, Indonesia. Adolescence is a critical period marked by significant physical and emotional changes, making mental health a growing concern. Mindfulness and meditation have gained recognition globally as tools for enhancing mental well-being, but their effectiveness in East Java's cultural context remains underexplored. We employed a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative 145 sample surveys and qualitative 5 informan interviews, to investigate this relationship comprehensively. The quantitative analysis revealed a statistically significant positive impact of mindfulness and meditation practices on mental health outcomes, with variations based on gender, age, and socio-economic status. Qualitative findings highlighted the cultural significance of these practices and the importance of community and family support. Despite the positive cultural attitudes, stigmatization of mental health issues remains a challenge. These results emphasize the need for culturally tailored interventions that integrate traditional values and address stigma, ultimately contributing to the well-being of East Javanese adolescents.
Dijital Finansta Yeşil Dönüşüm
Authors: Özer Gökhan , Merter Abdullah Kürşat
Published: October 2023

Dijital finansın hızlı büyümesi, finansal erişimde önemli bir dönüşüme katkıda bulunmakta ancak aynı zamanda önemli çevresel kaygıları da beraberinde getirmektedir. Bu çalışma, sürdürülebilir kalkınmayı teşvik ederken dijital finansın çevresel etkilerini azaltmayı amaçlayan yenilikçi bir yaklaşım olan "Yeşil Dijital Finans" kavramını ele almakta ve finans sektöründe yeşil uygulamaların benimsenmesi ve sürdürülebilir yatırımların artırılması için kapsamlı bir yol haritası sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu çok boyutlu strateji, yenilenebilir enerji üretimi, yeşil altyapı, Birleşmiş Milletler ‘in Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedefleri (SDG'ler) ve Paris İklim Değişikliği Anlaşması ile uyumlu diğer girişimlere yapılan yatırımları finanse etmek için blok zinciri ve yapay zekâ dâhil olmak üzere dijital teknolojilerden faydalanmaktadır. Bu nedenle Yeşil Dijital Finans hem ekonomik büyüme hem de çevrenin korunması için çok önemli bir mekanizma olarak hizmet etmekte ve sürdürülebilir kalkınma projeleri için fon açığını kapatmada çok önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Ayrıca, finansal katılımı sağlama, finansal hizmetlerin karbon ayak izini azaltma ve tüketicileri sürdürülebilir davranışlara motive etme potansiyeline sahiptir. Bu çalışmada, Yeşil Dijital Finans’ın derinlemesine bir araştırmasını, tanımını, faydalarını ve zorluklarını incelemenin yanı sıra ilgili düzenleyici çerçeveleri incelenmiştir. Ayrıca, başarılı uygulamaları ve bunların sürdürülebilir kalkınma üzerindeki etkilerini aydınlatmak için vaka çalışmalarına yer verilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, Yeşil Dijital Finans'ın iklim değişikliğine karşı mücadelede değişimi teşvik etme, kurumsal sosyal sorumluluğu teşvik etme ve bu süreçte uzun vadeli finansal performansı artırma potansiyeli bulunmaktadır.
Finans Sektörünün Dijitalleşmesinin Verginin Operasyonel Maliyetleri Üzerine Etkileri
Authors: Şahin Serdar , Özden Hayreddin
Published: October 2023

Çalışmanın amacı günümüz gelişmiş teknolojilerinin finans piyasalarında kullanımının vergilemenin operasyonel maliyetleri üzerindeki etkisinin tespit edilmesidir. Zira 1800’lü yıllardan beridir mevcut teknolojik gelişmeler doğrultusunda ilerleyen teknolojinin en önemli mübadele aracı para ve türevlerinin konu edildiği finansal piyasalarda kullanımı gerek devlete ve gerekse mükelleflere vergilendirme işlemlerinin gerçekleştirilmesinde önemli avantajlar sağlamaktadır. Söz konusu avantajlar devlet açısından güvenlik, hız, etkin denetim ve işlem kolaylığı olarak belirlenmiş, vergi mükellefleri açısından ise; güven, işlem yapma kolaylığı ve zaman tasarrufu olarak belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte finansal piyasalarda FinTech’lerin kullanımı bir yandan vergiye gönüllü uyumu artırırken diğer yandan kırtasiyeciliği önlemesi ve vergi ödemek için yapılan yolculuklar sonucu oluşan karbon salınımın azaltılması gibi nedenlerle çevre kirliliği ile mücadeleye destek olmaktadır. Çalışmada Finteklerin finansal piyasalarda kullanımının yaygınlaşmasının verginin operasyonel maliyetlerine olumlu etki ettiği sonucuna varılmış ancak Türkiye’de teknolojik gelişmelerin yurt dışından alım şeklinde gerçekleşmesi nedeniyle gelişmiş ülkelerle aramızda zamansal bir gecikmenin olduğu görülmüştür. Ülkemizde finansal okuryazarlığı bulunan ve teknoloji geliştirmeye yönelik eğitim alan insan kaynağının sınırlı olması bunun en temel sebebi olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu kapsamda yükseköğretim düzeyinde teknoloji geliştirmeye yönelik programlarda finansal piyasalara yönelik derslerin seçmeli olarak müfredata eklenmesi ve finansal piyasalara yönelik teknolojik girişimlerin devlet eliyle desteklenmesi gerektiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Sporda Özgüven
Authors: Şahin Ahmet
Published: October 2023

Sporcuların sahip olduğu en değerli varlıklardan biri özgüvendir. Spor sahnesinde başarının sırrı, sadece fiziksel becerilerde değil, aynı zamanda özgüvende yatmaktadır. Özgüven, bir sporcu için kritik bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu rol, sporun zirvesine ulaşmak için değil, aynı zamanda her seviyede sporu daha etkili bir şekilde icra edilmesi için gereklidir.
Sporun temel taşlarından biri olan özgüven, herhangi bir müsabakaya başlarken sporcunun kendine olan inancını nitelemektedir. Bir sporcu ne kadar kendine güven duyarsa, potansiyelini o kadar etkili bir şekilde kullanabilir. Sporcuların kendine olan güveni, sporcuların hedeflerini yükseltmelerine olanak tanırken, aynı zamanda sporcuların başarıya bir adım daha yaklaşmalarına olanak tanır. Sporun her seviyesinde, kendine olan güvenin önemi vardır. Profesyonel sporculardan amatör sporculara kadar herkes, özgüvenlerini geliştirebilir ve sporu daha verimli hale getirebilir. Özgüven, sadece sporun fiziksel yönlerini değil, aynı zamanda zihinsel ve duygusal yönlerini de yapısı içerisine almaktadır. Bu kapsamda mevcut bölümde sporda özgüvenin önemi ele alınmıştır.
Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminde Motor Gelişim İçin Oyunun Önemi
Authors: Ünver Deniz
Published: October 2023

Erken çocukluk dönemi, çocuğun gelişiminde kritik bir dönemdir. Bu dönem çocuğun gelecekteki hayatını ve karakterini şekillendirdiği bir dönemdir. Erken çocukluk dönemi eğitimi 0-72 ay çocukların eğitimlerini kapsayan çok yönlü bir eğitimdir. Erken çocuklu eğitimi, çocuğun hayatta kalması, büyümesi, gelişmesi ve olgunlaşması için planlanan ve programlanan eğitimdir. Erken çocukluk eğitimi, çocuğu okula ve akademik hayata hazırlar. Bu nedenle okul öncesi eğitim olarak da tanımlanmaktadır. Erken çocukluk döneminde çocuk, bedensel, motor, bilişsel, duygusal ve sosyal gelişim gösterir. Bu gelişim yönlerinin hepsi birbirini etkileyen ve geliştiren unsurlardır. Bu gelişim unsurlarından motor gelişim, çocuğun ayakta durması, yürümesi, koşması, atlaması, tutması, yakalaması ve topla oynama gibi birçok beceriyi içinde barındırır. Erken çocukluk eğitiminde motor gelişimi sağlayan en etkili aracın oyun olduğu düşünülmektedir. Erken çocukluk döneminde oyun, eğitiminin vazgeçilmez bir unsurudur. Eğitim müfredatlarında doğru planlanmış oyunlar hedeflenen gelişimi sağlamada öğretmene yardımcı olabilir. Çocuğun motor gelişimini oyun ile sağlayacak olan öğretmendir. Öğretmen, doğru seçtiği ve uyguladığı oyunlarla çocuğun gelişimine destek olur. Erken çocukluk eğitiminin öğretici kısmında yer alan öğretmenlerini belirlenen yeterlikte olmaları gerekmektedir.
Serbest Zamanın Kendini Gerçekleştirme Açısından Ele Alınması
Authors: Aksoy Serkan
Published: October 2023

Zaman, insan yaşamının en değerli ve sınırlı kaynaklarından biridir ve bu kaynağı etkili bir şekilde yönetmek, insanların kişisel gelişimleri ve yaşam kalitelerini artırmak için kritik bir öneme sahiptir. İnsanlar zamanın büyük bir kısmını iş veya günlük yaşamın rutinleriyle doldururken, bu noktada kendi kendilerini gerçekleştirme fırsatlarını ve potansiyellerini ihmal edebilmektedirler. Bu noktada, serbest zamanın ve serbest zaman etkinliklerinin rolünün büyük olduğu düşünülmektedir.  Serbest zaman, bireylerin çalışma veya diğer yükümlülükler dışında kalan zaman dilimini ifade etmektedir. Bireyler bu zaman dilimini, hobilerle, ilgi alanlarıyla ve yaratıcı etkinliklerle doldurulabilir.
Serbest zaman, kişisel gelişim için ayrılmış kritik bir zaman dilimidir ve bu süreç, kendini gerçekleştirme yolculuğunun temelini oluşturur. Kendini gerçekleştirme, bireylerin en yüksek potansiyellerine ulaşma sürecini ifade etmektedir. Bu süreç, kişisel büyüme, öğrenme ve kendi yeteneklerini en üst düzeyde kullanma sürecini içerir. Serbest zaman etkinlikleri ise bu sürecin önemli bir parçasını oluşturur. Bu etkinlikler, bireylerin zihinsel ve duygusal sağlıklarını olumlu yönde katkılar sunmaktadır.
Serbest zamanın kendini gerçekleştirme açısından ele alınabilmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirilen bu araştırmada; serbest zaman etkinliklerine katılan bireylerin toplumsal bilinçlenme, kişisel refah düzeylerinin artarak, kendi potansiyellerini keşfetme ve becerilerini geliştirme açısından olumlu sonuçlar elde ettikleri ve böylelikle kendilerini gerçekleştirdikleri söylenebilir.
Sosialisasi Literasi Seksual Usia Dini Melalui Multimedia Edukatif untuk Guru-Guru PAUD Kota Semarang
Authors: Amrullah Nafis Azmi , Rohman Yanuar Lutfi , Kuswardono Singgih , Nawawi Muchlisin , NURMANA AYYUB HB
Published: October 2023

Kejahatan seksual pada anak usia dini beberapa tahun terakhir ini semakin marak. Hal ini membuat miris bagi orang tua, pendidik, maupun para praktisi pendidikan. Di Kota Semarang sendiri, kasus kekerasan seksual tercatat sangat tinggi. Kesadaran akan pentingnya Pendidikan seksual sudah harus digalakkan. Tujuan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini adalah untuk mensosialisasikan urgensi Pendidikan seksual pada anak usia dini agar para pendidik dapat berpartisipasi menurunkan angka kejahatan dan penyimpangan seksual Mitra dalam kegiatan Pengabdian Masyarakat ini adalah Ikatan Guru Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal (IGABA) Kota Semarang. Metode yang digunakan adalah Analisis Kebutuhan, Perancangan Prototype, Sosialisasi dan Evaluasi. Analisis Kebutuhan didasarkan pada kebutuhan guru KB TK Kota Semarang. Prototype dirancang berbasis Google Sites untuk menghasilkan Multimedia berisikan muatan literasi Pendidikan seksual. Kegiatan pelatihan dilakukan selama satu hari dengan model Hybrid (daring dan luring). Pelatihan berisi beberapa kegiatan (1) paparan tentang literasi Pendidikan seksual dari narasumber di bidangnya; (2) Paparan multimedia edukatif berkaitan dengan Literasi Pendidikan seksual; (3) asistensi guru-guru untuk memanfaatkan media dalam upaya sosialisasi Pendidikan seksual.
Nutritional analysis of Colocasia esculenta l. tubers aqueous extract and comparative analysis with existing literature
Authors: Yantih Novi , Mulatsari Esti , Sumiyati Yati , Sari Intan , Qisthiara Corry , Prastica Angelita , Rezon Johana , Azka Daffa , Ariyanti Dini
Published: October 2023

Taro (C. esculenta L.) is a plant in the Araceae family that is farmed as a tuber. This plant is one of the non-animal sources of nutrients, minerals, and trace elements and has had numerous biological activities. Taro plants offer antidiabetic, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, and antihepatotoxic properties. To have better nutritional content and wider and longer-lasting applications in culinary products, the taro tuber requires going through a process that increases its use value, one of which is extraction. The research aim of this work was to use several analytical methods to determine the nutrition components in the aqueous extract of C. esculenta L. Some of the nutrients found in the aqueous extract of C. esculenta L. consist of total protein 10.9%, total carbohydrate 75.5%, amylose 8.20%, amylopectin 43.6%, starch 51.8%, omega 6 0.2%, and fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and E at 0.5 IU/100gr, 24.8 g/100gr, and 0.01 mg/100 gr. Water-soluble vitamins B1, B2, B6, and C were present in amounts of 4.55, 1.96, 0.17, and 0.70 mg/kg, respectively. C. esculenta L. aqueous extract also included minerals such as the trace elements sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn) in the amounts of 35.2, 4638, 137, 129, 47.9, and 13.8 (mg/100gram), respectively. The aqueous extract of C. esculenta L. tubers includes a variety of nutrients and offers the potential to be consumed as a functional food.
EFEKTIVITAS CANGKANG TELUR AYAM NEGERI (Gallus gallus domesticus) SEBAGAI ADSORBEN TERHADAP DAYA JERAP LOGAM BERAT MERKURI (Hg2+)
Authors: Muhammad Fajar , Sapta dewi Yusriani
Published: October 2023

Industrial development increases pollution in the environment, while the results of industrial wastedisposal generally produce waste containing heavy metals, one of which is mercury (Hg). Eggshell iswaste originating from households and the food industry which is made from eggs and has the potentialas an adsorbent to absorb mercury ions (Hg2 +). In this study, egg shells were prepared with twotreatments: egg shell adsorbent and with eggshells activated by 30% NaOH after heating in a furnaceat 600 oC for 2 hours then mashed with a particle size of 200 mesh. The adsorbent is then used toabsorb Hg2 + ions from the Hg (NO3) 2 compound. H2O as much as 0.01 ppm with the activatedeggshell and eggshell adsorbent weight of 2 grams each, where the adsorption process is carried outwith 2 contact times, namely 60 minutes and 120 minutes and tested with a Mercury Analyzer. Theadsorption process obtained, the optimum at the contact time of 120 minutes and the eggshell adsorbenttreatment with an average percentage of 93.931%.
Using the Day Reconstruction Method to Quantify Time Spent Suffering among Older Adults with Chronic Pain
Authors: Smith Dylan M.
Published: October 2023

The Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) is a structured diary designed to measure time use in a manner that is more valid than traditional written summary measures, but less burdensome than real-time electronic diary methods. The lower respondent burden and administration costs might make it feasible to utilize this method in large national surveys. Past studies using the DRM have generally focused on subjective mood states during different types of activities. In this study, we extended the DRM to also measure suffering from negative symptoms, such as pain and fatigue, in 122 older adults, most of whom suffer from chronic pain. Results indicated that the method was well tolerated in this population, with over 98% of the sample providing interpretable responses. Chronic pain respondents reported spending a considerable proportion of their day suffering from pain, fatigue, and depression; a much higher proportion than reported by healthy controls (p’s < .01). Time spent suffering was associated with lower income, negative mood, and lower life satisfaction and quality of life.
Triplegoal estimation of unemployment rates for U.S. states using the U.S. Current Population Survey data
Authors: Bonnéry Daniel , Cheng Yang , Soo Ha Neung , Lahiri Partha
Published: October 2023

In this paper, we first develop a triple-goal small area estimation methodology for simultaneous estimation of unemployment rates for U.S. states using the Current Population Survey (CPS) data and a two-level random sampling variance normal model. The main goal of this paper is to illustrate the utility of the triple-goal methodology in generating a single series of unemployment rate estimates for three separate purposes: developing estimates for individual small area means, producing empirical distribution function (EDF) of true small area means, and the ranking of the small areas by true small area means. We achieve our goal using a Monte Carlo simulation experiment and a real data analysis.
Borrowing information over time in binomial/logit normal models for small area estimation
Authors: Franco Carolina , Bell William R.
Published: October 2023

Linear area level models for small area estimation, such as the Fay-Herriot model, face challenges when applied to discrete survey data. Such data commonly arise as direct survey estimates of the number of persons possessing some characteristic, such as the number of persons in poverty. For such applications, we examine a binomial/logit normal (BLN) model that assumes a binomial distribution for rescaled survey estimates and a normal distribution with a linear regression mean function for logits of the true proportions. Effective sample sizes are defined so variances given the true proportions equal corresponding sampling variances of the direct survey estimates. We extend the BLN model to bivariate and time series (first order autoregressive) versions to permit borrowing information from past survey estimates, then apply these models to data used by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program to predict county poverty for school-age children. We compare prediction results from the alternative models to see how much the bivariate and time series models reduce prediction error variances from those of the univariate BLN model. Standard conditional variance calculations for corresponding linear Gaussian models that suggest how much variance reduction will be achieved from borrowing information over time with linear models agree generally with the BLN empirical results.
Ceftriaxone induced acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis confirmed with patch test
Authors: Türkyılmaz Uçar Özge , Gökmirza Özdemir Pınar , Kaplan Sarıkavak Sibel , Can Nuray , Yazıcıoğlu Mehtap
Published: October 2023

Background: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare cutaneous drug reaction presenting with rapid-onset sterile pustules on edematous erythema.
Case: A 12-year-old female patient with acute gastroenteritis was consulted with complaints of pruritic erythema and high fever developing with small pustules on the 2nd day of ceftriaxone treatment. Lab tests showed an elevated absolute neutrophil count and lymphopenia. Ceftriaxone was discontinued immediately. The fever went away within 24 hours. According to EuroSCAR, the diagnosis of AGEP was confirmed. The skin biopsy was compatible with AGEP. After 6 weeks, a patch test with ceftriaxone was performed. A strong positive reaction to ceftriaxone was detected. Three months later, amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, clarithromycin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole patch tests were performed, all were negative, and provocation tests were also planned.
Conclusion: AGEP is a severe cutaneous drug reaction. We wanted to emphasize that patch tests help identify the responsible drug and find a safe alternative.
CaSSius now supports full headless PDF creation from JATS XML
Authors: Eve Martin Paul
Published: October 2023

CaSSius is the PDF typesetter that I am building as part of my work for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to Birkbeck for the Open Library of Humanities. CaSSius allows for true XML-first workflows. #Background CaSSius is called CaSSius (with that capitalization) because it uses a feature of “CSS” called Regions.
Creating a generic loader for Annotator.js plugins inside a hypothes.is extension project
Authors: Eve Martin Paul
Published: October 2023

Part of the work for our grant to Birkbeck from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is to create a software project that uses the annotation backend of hypothes.is to allow others to translate scholarly works (and for a user base to then be able to view those translations). Essentially, we want the sentence keying tech. to key to foreign languages.
Identifying 26GB of JSON Novel Data
Authors: Eve Martin Paul
Published: October 2023

For part of one of my current research projects I have a pretty large (26GB) corpus of digitized JSON novels. I’m interested in ingesting these and then performing various methods of authorship attribution to them using delta, nearest shrunken centroid and other techniques.
More on my experience with Open Book Publishers
Authors: Eve Martin Paul
Published: October 2023

I can say, without a shred of doubt, that my experience with Open Book Publishers has been nothing short of excellent. For reference/comparison: I’ve published three other books with Cambridge UP, Bloomsbury and Palgrave. In all respects, OBP were at least as good, if not better in some areas, than some of the others. A few areas are worth commenting upon: The peer-review was excellent in terms of both rigour and speed.
FAIR Data Digest #5
Authors: Lieber Sven
Published: October 2023

What are Europeana and the Cultural Heritage Cloud? And Hello MetaBelgica!
FAIR Data Digest #7
Authors: Lieber Sven
Published: October 2023

What is CLARIN, the Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure?
I did my research. Yes, I think academic publishers are greedy. (With notes on publishers’ rhetoric and creationism)
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: October 2023

Another day, another puff-piece from academic publishers about how awesome they are. This time, the Publisher’s Association somehow suckered the  Guardian  into giving them a credible-looking platform for their party political broadcast,  Think academic publishers are greedy? Do your research  . I have to give the PA credit for coming up with about the most patronising title possible. Yes, I did my research. Guess what?
FAIR Data Digest #17
Authors: Lieber Sven
Published: October 2023

FAIR success story: Institutional history of the EU translation service. Also reporting on recent endeavors to fill a gap in Wikidata.
What is the nature and purpose of a type specimen?
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: October 2023

It’s been interesting seeing the response to my comment on the ICZN petition to establish  Diplodocus carnegii  as the replacement type species of the genus  Diplodocus  . In particular, Mickey Mortimer’s opposition to the petition seems to be based primarily on this argument: I find this unconvincing, on the basis that the ICZN was never designed with dinosaurs in mind in the first place.
Another day, another Elsevier power-grab
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: October 2023

As explained in careful detail over at Stupid Patent of the Month, Elsevier has applied for, and been granted, a patent for online peer-review. The special sauce that persuaded the US Patent Office that this is a new invention is cascading peer review — an idea so obvious and so well-established that even The Scholarly Kitchen was writing about it as a commonplace in 2010. Apparently this is from the actual patent.
Referring Elsevier/RELX to the Advertising Standards Authority
Authors: Mounce Ross
Published: October 2023

In late 2016, Martin Eve, Stuart Lawson and Jon Tennant referred Elsevier/RELX to the Competition and Markets Authority. Inspired by this, I thought I would try referring a complaint to the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about some blatant fibbing I saw Elsevier engage-in with their marketing spiel at a recent conference.
Einsatz von (generativer) KI im Bildungsbereich regulieren
Authors: Kalz Marco
Published: October 2023

Die Stellungnahme des Ethikrates “Mensch und Maschine – Herausforderungen durch Künstliche Intelligenz“ ist eine sehr ausführliche Diskussion der Entwicklung und dort werden verschiedenen übergreifende Herausforderungen und Problemfelder von KI in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Handlungsfeldern diskutiert.
This is not a post about ChatGPT but agenda setting
Authors: Kalz Marco
Published: October 2023

Since I am currently often asked about my opinion about ChatGPT I want to share why I do not write about ChatGPT.
Europe: “Let’s make everything better!” / STM Publishers: “No, let’s not.”
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: October 2023

 Good news!  Probably by now everyone’s heard about the European Union’s conclusions on the transition towards an Open Science system. This is progressive and positive, pretty much from start to finish. It’s so good that you should really read the whole thing — but here are some edited highlights: Well, the good news just keeps coming.
FAIR Data Digest #1
Authors: Lieber Sven
Published: October 2023

Conference spring 2023, GPT vs Knowledge Graphs (KGs), and money in KG reasoning
The Open Access Button moves into Open Data
Authors:   OA.Works
Published: October 2023

12 January 2016 We are delighted to announce that we have been working on an incubator grant from the Center for Open Science, to help advance openness, integrity, and reproducibility in science. We will be using this grant to build a brand new tool to include Open Data in our work. Like research articles, research data is often not openly available, preventing you from building upon the research and making science reproducible.
Comparing OUP to other publishers
Authors: Mounce Ross
Published: October 2023

Any good scientist knows that one must have an adequate experimental control when trying to determine the significance of effects. Therefore, in order to test the significance of the 106 broken DOIs I reported at OUP yesterday, I created a comparable stratified ‘control’ sample of 21 journals NOT published by OUP that are indexed in pubmed.
Window management for professional knowledge workers
Authors: Kalz Marco
Published: October 2023

Since many years I am using at least one external monitor for work and it has supported my productivity a lot.
FAIR Data Digest #9
Authors: Lieber Sven
Published: October 2023

Podcast Pick: Jimmy Wales about Wikipedia | Data Integration with TheFuzz (Python) | Introducing ESFRI
FAIR Data Digest #11
Authors: Lieber Sven
Published: October 2023

how to democratize functions?
Elsevier’s increasing control over scholarly infrastructure, and how funders should fix this
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: October 2023

In a recent blog-post, Kevin Smith tells it like it is: legacy publishers are tightening their grip in an attempt to control scholarly communications. “The same five or six major publishers who dominate the market for scholarly journals are engaged in a race to capture the terms of and platforms for scholarly sharing”, says Smith.
Checking Wellcome Trust funded Open Access articles
Authors: Mounce Ross
Published: October 2023

Yesterday I published a blog post calling for ongoing monitoring of ‘hybrid’ open access articles and academic publisher services in general. Today I want to share with you some highlights from my brief checks on 2 years worth of Wellcome Trust ‘open access’ article processing charge (APC) supported published research outputs.
Blood Clotting Disorders and Thrombosis: an Important Complication of COVID-19
Authors: Mahmoudi H. , Vardanjani A.E.
Published: October 2023

Although the main complication of coronavirus infection (COVID19) is severe lung infection and acute respiratory failure, it also affects other organs in the body, and non-respiratory infections can have significant side effects. One of these problems is a disorder of the blood coagulation system and thrombosis. Although the body’s coagulation system and the formation of blood clots are essential for wound healing, ectopic thrombosis in the body’s arteries and veins can lead to ischemia and dysfunction of the heart, lungs, and brain. Thrombosis and blood clots have recently emerged as one of the most important and serious complications of coronavirus infection. Knowledge of the signs and symptoms of thrombosis and their treatment plays an important role in the treatment of coronary artery infection and its complications.
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E Virus in Patients with Acute Hepatitis – a Three-Year Hospital-Based, Retrospective Study
Authors: Kostadinova T. , Stoykova Z. , Tsaneva-Damyanova D. , Todorova T.
Published: October 2023

Hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis E (HEV) are widespread hepatitis viruses causing usually acute he¬patic disease with benign outcome. The current study aims to investigate the etiological role of HAV and HEV in the hospitalized patients with symptoms of acute hepatitis. We retrospectively examined the num¬ber of anti-HEV IgM and anti-HAV IgM positive serum samples obtained for a three-year period (2016- 2018) in the Virology Laboratory of University Hospital St. Marina, Varna, Bulgaria. Anti-HEV IgM was detected in 16.0% and anti-HAV IgM – in 9.5% of the tested samples. Acute HEV affected mainly men (19.7% positive anti-HEV IgM male samples versus 10.3% female), while HAV was more prevalent in women (12.5% positive female samples versus 7.4% male). HAV infected mainly young individuals, while HEV predominated in older ages. Finally, the cases of HAV and HEV were distributed all year long but they are more prevalent in the cold months. HEV clearly dominates in the epidemiology of fecal-orally transmitted hepatitis among hospitalized patients in Varna. This shows the increasing importance of HEV for public health and the need for a specific nationwide measure to control the spread of the infection.
Clinical Analysis and Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases: A 90 Cases Study
Authors:   Department of obstetrics and gynecology, Charles Nicolle University Hospital Tunis, Tunisia, Riadh Ben Temime , Abdellatif Chechia , Wissal Hannachi , Leila Attia , Taher Makhlouf , Abdelhamid Koubaa
Published: October 2023

Objective: The aim of the study was to identify the incidence, diagnosis, therapeutic and histological particularities of molar pregnancies and to evaluate our management of gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT) according to the recommendations of FIGO. Methods: This was a retrospective study of 90 patients who were diagnosed with molar pregnancy from January 1991 to December 2007. After remission, post molar pregnancy surveillance was continued for one year. Patients whose condition required chemotherapy for GTT were attributed a FIGO/WHO score. Results: Molar pregnancy occurred in 90 women. The frequency of molar pregnancy was 1 per 1124 pregnancies. The mean age was 32.21 years. Molar pregnancies were more frequent in pauciparous patients (52.24%). At diagnosis, the median gestational age was 13 weeks. The main presenting symptom was metrorrhagia (90%). Treatment consisted in uterine evacuation by suction curettage. Histological findings were complete mole in 66.66% of the cases and partial mole in 33.33% of the cases. 81 patients (90%) achieved remission without chemotherapy and 9 patients (10%) had FIGO stage I GTT. They achieved remission with a monochemotherapy. Conclusion: The practice of ultrasonography in the first trimester of pregnancy allows an early diagnosis of molar pregnancy and an adequate treatment and follow-up.
Dopamine-β-Hydroxylase (DBH), Its Cofactors and Other Biochemical Parameters in the Serum of Neurological Patients in Bangladesh
Authors:   Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Rahman Khalilur , Kato Takeshi ,   Laboratory of Natural Information Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Japan, Rahman Farhana , Rahman Tania ,   Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Published: October 2023

Dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) is a neurotransmitter synthesizing enzyme which catalyzes the formation of norepinephrine from dopamine. In this study, we measured the level of DBH activity in the serum of patients of three different age groups (8-14 yrs, 20-40 yrs and 45-60 yrs) suffering from neurological diseases. Serum DBH activity was measured in 38 neurological patients and 38 normal individuals in order to determine significant variables for its potential use to diagnose the neurological patients. It was found that the DBH activity decreased in the patients of all age groups. A considerable decrease in activity was observed in the patients of 8-14 yrs age group (14.2 nmoles/min/ml in patients compared to the normal value of 22.6). A significant decrease in activity was found in the 20-40 yrs age group (23.4 nmoles/min/ml in patients compared to the normal value of 33.0). The decrease in DBH activity was also found in the patients of 45-60 yrs age group but to a lesser extent (26.4 nmoles/min/ml in the patients compared to the normal value of 30.2).The kinetic studies of DBH exhibited an increase of Km value and a decrease in Vmax in the neurological patients. Serum copper and ascorbic acid levels (cofactors of DBH) were found to be decreased in neurological patients and hence are in agreement with the decrease in DBH activity in these patients. Other parameters such as glucose and cholesterol levels increased, protein and zinc levels decreased and ALT, AST, creatinine and urea content remained nearly unchanged in the patients' serum.
Les inégalités dans l’entrepreneuriat des femmes : proposition d’un cadre d’analyse bidimensionnel catégoriel et relationnel
Authors: PAILOT Philippe , CHASSERIO Stephanie , LEBÈGUE Typhaine , POROLI Corinne
Published: October 2023

The literature on women’s entrepreneurship largely denounces the inequalities faced by women entrepreneurs. By combining a categorical approach (aiming to apprehend the question of inequalities in terms of stereotypical categorical assignment which can be variable according to the subcategories of women entrepreneurs) and a relational approach (intended to identify the logics of cultural devaluation and the denial of recognition of which women are the target), we propose a framework based on a meta-analysis of the literature to apprehend the complexity of the situations of professional and social inequalities experienced by women entrepreneurs, while taking into account their diversity.
De la “brecha de género” al “techo de cristal”: un análisis bibliométrico de la presencia de mujeres en los consejos de administración de empresas a través de mapas de evolución
Authors: BENITO-OSORIO Diana , JIMÉNEZ Alfredo , BAYRAKTAR Secil , JIANG Cuiling
Published: October 2023

This paper provides a bibliometric analysis of scientific articles addressing the topic of the presence of women on company boards. We conducted the content analysis and an evolution map of this research field on a sample of 395 articles published in Web of Science (1991-2017). Our results show that this field began with an approach focused on the gender gap from a solely comparative point of view between men and women, but has progressively evolved so that the most recent studies focus on the specific role of women given their growing relevance in the economy and society.
Identificación mediante pruebas no destructivas de los cambios en el espectro de audiofrecuencias en discos de frenos automotrices fracturados
Authors: Gómez Morales Cristian Sebastián , Aparicio Razo Manuel , Muñoz Hernández Germán Ardul
Published: October 2023

Este trabajo muestra la variación del espectro de audiofrecuencias de 4 discos de freno automotrices con características particulares, como un primer acercamiento a las pruebas de audiofrecuencias para detectar fracturas en discos automotrices. El método usado constó de tres tipos de estudios. Se usó una máquina de pruebas para generar vibración en el disco, empleando un micrófono para captar vibraciones mediante el sonido y otro para captar vibraciones por contacto. Se realizó un primer estudio analizando el espectro de frecuencias, lo que mostró de manera clara la aparición de frecuencias en zonas particulares del espectro, describiendo características específicas del disco, a las que se les llamó frecuencias de falla. El segundo estudio realizado fue el análisis de potencia, que brindó características visuales superiores al primer estudio. Finalmente, se empleó un estudio basado en la distorsión armónica total, arrojando datos muy claros de los discos dañados y más aún, sus gráficas describieron características como grosor, rugosidad y fractura de la pista del disco.
Zero Hidden Hunger: Role of Vegetables
Authors: Peter KV , Singh B , Kumar PG Sadhan
Published: October 2023

According to the latest UN projections, world populationwill rise to 9.1 billion in 2050. Almost all this populationgrowth will occur in the developing countries. Global demandfor food, feed and fibre will nearly double. Crops may alsobe used for bioenergy and other industrial purposes. Newand traditional demands for agricultural produces will putgreat pressure on already available agricultural resources.Agriculture will be forced to compete for land and waterwith sprawling urban settlements. Mitigation of climatechange is another challenge for agriculture. They will neednew technologies to grow more from less land, with a fewerresources. As per FAO, there is little scope for furtherexpansionof agricultural land. Considerableamount of landpotentially suitable for agriculture is covered by forestsorprotected for environmentalreasons or used for urbansettlements. The optimal use of land and water is the basisfor intensive agriculture. Today, the world average per capitacrop land has decreased to around 0.27 hectares. Thedemand for food is expected to grow as a result of populationgrowth and rising incomes. Demand for cereals (for foodand animal feed) is projected to reach some 3 billion tonesby 2050. Annual cereal production will have to grow byalmost one billion tones. Here comes the role of horticultureespecially vegetables. Vegetables have tremendous potentialin terms of natural resources. Further, their productivity isvery high in vegetables when compared to cereals. Indeveloping countries, the effort to ensure food security withstaple food crops has neglected the need for nutritionalsecurity. Even though starchy staples provide calories andsome protein, the important role of other dietary componentsvital for health largely available through consumption ofvegetables and fruits are often ignored. World HealthOrganisation (WHO) has introduced a food based dietaryguideline as a resource for achieving good health by publicand as a resource for countries for developing their ownguide lines. Increasing consumption of fruits and vegetablesis included in the guidelines of most countries
Gene action for yield components and fruit quality characters of tomato genotypes possessing mutant genes through generation mean analysis
Authors: Longjam Mrinalini , Hazra Pranab , Hazra Soham , Biswas Priyanka , Chattopadhyay Arup
Published: October 2023

Nature of gene action for fruit yield and quality charactersof tomato was determined analyzing the mean and variancesof the six genetic populations (P1, P2, F1, F2, BC1 and BC2) ofthree cross combinations involving parental linespossessing mutant genes viz., Alisa Craig AftAftx Alisa Craighp-1 hp-1, Alisa Craig Aft Aftx Alisa Craig ogcogc and AlisaCraig AftAftx BCT 115 dg dg. In most of the characters inthree cross combinations, simple additive / dominance modelwas inadequate to explain the gene action which indicatedthe involvement of epistasis in the control of the characterconcerned. The characters were under the control of bothfixable and non-fixable gene effects, but non-fixable geneeffects were predominant. Duplicate type epistasis for mostof the characters would hinder the pace of progress throughselection. Postponement of selection in later generationsand development of hybrids were the best breeding strategybecause non-fixable gene effects were predominant for mostof the characters.
Drip irrigation and fertigation requirement of broccoli under mid hill conditions
Authors: Spehia RS , Negi Rustam
Published: October 2023

Water conserving irrigation technologies are used now adays for economic and environmental sustainability ofcommercial agriculture. An experiment was laid in randomizedblock design to find out the effect of irrigation methods andfertigation levels on broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italicaL.) production during 2016-18. The treatments compriseddrip irrigation at three levels, viz. 100, 80 and 60% of the ETc(i.e. DI100, DI80 and DI60) in conjunction with fertigation of100, 85 and 70% of recommended dose of fertilizers withblack polyethylene mulch. Surface irrigation with basalapplication of recommended dose of fertilizers without mulchwas taken as a control. The study indicated that irrigationmethods manipulated the moisture content of the soilcomprehensively and soil moisture was near to the fieldcapacity throughout the growth period in DI100 and DI80with mulch, whereas, in conventional surface irrigation, thesoil moisture status varied from field capacity to deficientstatus. Plant height, days to marketable head, weight ofcentral and secondary heads, available NPK, leaf NPKcontent and total yield were observed to be significantlyaffected by irrigation methods and levels of fertigation. Wateruse efficiency varied from 4.95 q/ha/cm under surfaceirrigation to 27.95 q/ha/cm under best treatment of dripirrigation. Highest benefit cost ratio (2.63) was recorded withthe treatment combination of drip irrigation @ 60 % ETcwith 70 % recommended dose of fertilizer through fertigation
Combining ability studies for yield components, quality characters and relative susceptibility to fruit and shoot borer in brinjal
Authors: Mondal Rupali , Hazra Pranab , Hazra Soham , Chattopadhyay Arup
Published: October 2023

Six diverse brinjal lines were crossed in a diallel fashion,excluding reciprocals to obtain fifteen cross combinationsto study combining ability for yield components, qualitycharacters and relative susceptibility to brinjal fruit andshoot borer. Significant differences were observed amonggenotypes for most of the characters studied. Both additiveand non-additive gene action conditioned most of thecharacters while non-additive gene action was preponderantfor the control of total phenol content of fruit, seed proteincontent and shoot infestation by borer. Maximum significantgca effects in desired directions were registered by Garia for7 characters followed by BCB-40, BCB-50 and PunjabSadabahar for 6 characters. However, considering thesecond highest per se performance for marketable fruit yield/plant (2.59 kg/plant) along with second lowest severity offruit borer infestation (18.55%) together, the parental lineBCB-40 emerged as the best followed by BCB-30, being thehighest yielder (2.69 kg/plant) and low severity of fruit borerinfestation (22.07%). The most promising cross combinationGaria × Punjab Sadabahar registering the second highestmarketable fruit yield per plant (3.74 kg / plant) exhibited thehighest significantly positive sca effects for marketable fruityield/ plant along with high and significantly positive scaeffect for plant height, fruit pedicel length, fruit weight, fruitsper plant and total phenol content of shoot and significantlynegative sca effect for fruit infestation by brinjal fruit andshoot borer. Keeping in view of low narrow sense heritabilityfor some important characters viz., fruit weight, marketablefruit yield per plant, total phenol content of fruit and fruitinfestation by brinjal fruit and shoot borer selection shouldbe based primarily on replicated family testing in F3 andlater generations. In the perspective of importance of nonadditivegenetic variance along with additive geneticvariance for the conditioning of most of the characters,heterosis breeding to develop high yielding hybridspossessing better fruit size, colour, quality and lesssusceptibility to brinjal fruit and shoot borer may be thebest breeding strategy.
Single dominant gene controls glabrous trait in vegetable soybean accession ‘AGS-406’
Authors: Devi Jyoti , Sagar Vidya , Dubey Rakesh K , Verma Ravindra K , Singh Prabhakar M , Behera Tusar K
Published: October 2023

The glabrous pods or grey pubescence is highly preferredtrait for the vegetable soybean cultivars since theappearance of the cooked pods is clean compare to brownor dark pubescence pods. The genetic control of trichomesis thoroughly studied in cotton and Arabidopsis with verylimited information in soybean particularly in variants ofvegetable types. Inheritance of this traits was worked outby utilizing glabrous vegetable soybean genotype ‘AGS-406’ that was crossed with normal pubescence cultivar ‘AGS-346’ and ‘Swarna Vasundhara’, the commercially releasedcultivar of vegetable soybean in India. The observedsegregation ratio of the F2 population fitted to the expectedratio of 3:1, and the glabrous phenotype was found to becontrolled by a single dominant gene.
Estimation of genetic variability in diverse germplasm of okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.]
Authors: ND Vinay , Mahalik Manoj Kumar , Behera TK , Talukdar A , Das Anjan , Yadav RK , Lata Suman
Published: October 2023

An experiment was conducted to assess the geneticvariability and character association using diversegermplasm of okra grown at the Research Farm of Divisionof Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural ResearchInstitute, New Delhi. Results of analysis of variance(ANOVA) and high genotypic (GCV) and phenotypiccoefficient of variation (PCV) values indicate existence ofample amount of variability for yield traits among thegenotypes. For majority traits, greater but negligible highPCV values than GCV indicate minor environmental influenceon traits expression. Moderate to high heritability andgenetic advance was observed for important yield traits suchas plant height, fruit weight, and number of branch/plant,number of fruits per plant and fruit yield per plant implyinginvolvement of additive gene effects. Significantly high andpositive correlations of fruit yield per plant was recordedwith fruit weight (0.952**), number of fruits per plant(0.726**), plant height (0.726**), number of nodes on mainstem (0.509**) and days to 50% flowering (0.489**).Incidence of YVMV disease at different growth stages ofplant showed negative correlation with fruit yield.Furthermore, path analysis results showed positive directeffect of fruit weight (0.062) on fruit yield per plant followedby inter nodal length (0.059), number of fruits per plant (0.035),days to 50% flowering (0.032) and fruit length (0.006).Significant positive correlation and positive direct effect onfruit yield per plant signifies that direct selection for thesetraits will be effective to evolve high yielding okra varieties.
Genetic diversity studies for improved horticultural traits in bitter gourd [Momordica charantia L.] genotypes
Authors: Mehta Tanvi , Duhan DS , Panghal VPS
Published: October 2023

Twenty-seven bitter gourd genotypes were evaluated atResearch farm of Department of Vegetable Science, CCS,Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to find out suitablebitter gourd genotypes for future breeding programme.These genotypes were evaluated morphologically on leafand fruit characters along with sixteen quantitative traits. Ingeneral, ample variation was observed for most of leaf andfruit characters, except for leaf pubescence. Analysis ofvariance exhibited highly significant variation among allgenotypes for all the characters except nodes to first maleand female flower and leaf length (cm). The maximumgenotypic and phenotypic coefficients of variation (GCVand PCV) were recorded for number of primary branches(22.50 and 23.14) and number of fruits per vine (26.41 and26.64). High heritability coupled with high genetic advanceas percent of mean were observed for number of fruits pervine (95.18 and 53.96), number of primary branches (85.20and 45.06), weight of 100 seeds (98.98 and 37.26) and fruityield per vine (96.64 and 31.03) showing strong impact ofadditive gene effect. The following bitter gourd genotypesviz., IC 85624 and HK 113 were recorded best in terms offruit yield.