bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reflections on the Prospects and Perils of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Emic Research
Authors: McMartin Jason , Kapic Kelly M , Davis Don E. , Witvliet Charlotte vanOyen , Hall M. Elizabeth Lewis , Hook Joshua , Evans C. Stephen , Silverman Eric , Park Crystal L.
Published: April 2022

As scholars who have been engaged in interdisciplinary emic measure development, we provide our reflections on the prospects and perils of this kind of engagement. We contrast the approach we have in mind with other interdisciplinary activities; we commend engaging social scientists, philosophers, and theologians in collaboration across all of the phases of the measurement development process from the from the development of theory, through the creation of items, to the completion of construct validity work. We describe the values that emerge from interdisciplinary collaboration for emic Christian measure development: overcoming disciplinary limitations, benefiting from distinct knowledge traditions, generating new insights, and increasing communication beyond academic guilds. We next cover three kinds of challenges and obstacles that may weaken the likelihood of success. First, social scientists and philosophers/theologians may have certain assumptions about those from the other disciplines and each practitioner may be unaware of critical concepts of disciplines outside their own. Second, approaches to both method and content differ. Third, researchers from various fields are socialized into contrasting forms and conventions of dissemination. In the final section, we suggest means for overcoming these challenges through careful planning and the cultivation of collegial dispositions, such as intellectual humility, humor, hospitality, and trust.
Psychopathology among anabolic-androgenic steroid users and non-using female athletes in Norway
Authors: Scarth Morgan , Jørstad Marie L. , Reierstad Amund , Klonteig Sandra , Torgersen Svenn , Bjørnebekk Astrid
Published: May 2022

Background: Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) comprise testosterone and synthetic derivatives, primarily used in the bodybuilding and fitness communities to increase lean muscle mass. However, AAS can lead to several somatic and psychiatric side-effects. As a result of low perceived prevalence and stigma among female users, the relationship between AAS use and psychopathology in this population is not well-known.Methods: AAS using women (n=16) and weight-lifting controls (WLC) (n=16) completed questionnaires regarding AAS use, health and training information. Psychopathology was evaluated using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III). Group differences on demographic variables and scores on MCMI-III scales were evaluated with Mann-Whitney U tests. The clinical cut-off was then applied to all MCMI-III scales and groups were compared using Fisher’s exact test. Results: AAS users demonstrated significantly greater psychopathology than WLC on several scales. Externalizing personality disorder scales were elevated among users relative to controls, such as borderline (p<0.001), antisocial (p=0.007) and sadistic (p=0.002), and in addition depressive (p=0.012), negativistic (p=0.001) and masochistic (p=0.029) personality disorders scales. Furthermore, all clinical syndromes were elevated among AAS users. AAS users thus demonstrated multi-pathology, and 56% (n=9) of the group met the clinical criteria for six or more disorders. Conclusion: Female AAS users experience in general increased levels of psychopathology compared to WLC. Clinicians should be aware of these traits and the challenges they present in providing care to female AAS users.
Fifteen Years of India’s NREGA: Employer of the Last Resort?
Authors: Narayan Swati
Published: April 2022

For the last decade, India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA, 2005) has been the world’s largest public works programme. This legal entitlement provided employment to 28 percent of rural Indian households in 2019-20. After the COVID-19 pandemic, NREGA is increasingly emerging as an invaluable employer of the last resort. However, longitudinal data of its implementation in the last fifteen years reveals distinctive trends. On the one hand, since inception NREGA has rendered greater benefit to women and marginalised communities. But on the other, since 2014, the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has reduced NREGA coverage compared to its implementation during the previous Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition which had enacted the legislation. Nevertheless, in light of the pandemic and based on from international experiences, there is an urgent need for expansion of the employment guarantee.
آليات تعامل المرأة الكادحة مع الصراع الطبقي والأزمات التي يفرزها: قراءة تحليلية لمسلسل (الحساب يجمع)
Authors: Atef Noha
Published: April 2022

تبحث هذه الدراسة الآليات النفسية والاجتماعية التي تستخدمها نساء الطبقة الكادحة المصرية في سبيل مواجهة صراعاتهم الطبقية اليومية المعاصرة، ويركز على نساء العمالة المنزلية باعتبارهن واحدة من أشد الفئات فقرًا وتهميشًا. وتعتمد الدراسة على القراءة التحليلية لمضمون مسلسل (الحساب يجمع) كنموذج حالة. والمسلسل ن إنتاج شركة (العدل جروب) المصرية ومدته ثلاثون حلقة تمت إذاعتهم عام 2017. ويتناول المسلسل التليفزيوني محل الدراسة قصص أربع عاملات في الخدمة المنزلية بجانب مسؤولة تشغيل هولاء العاملات إلى بيوت الطبقة الراقية. ويعرض البحث المسائل والصراعات التي تتعرض لها نساء هذه الفئة، ويحلل طرق تعاملهم معها. وتخلُص الدراسة إلى أن نساء الطبقة الكادحة باتوا يتعاملن مع واقعهن من خلال ثلاث مسارات: أولًا: الهروب المؤقت من أزماتهن الذاتية المتأثرة بوضعهن الطبقي إلى عالم جديد، سواء باستخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي، والتدخين، أوخلق ذات كاذبة في الأوساط الاجتماعية الأعلى. ثانيًا: التكيف مع مشكلات الواقع من خلال التركيز على المتع الحسية مثل الجنس أو الطعام أو التزين. ثالثًا: الهروب الكامل من الواقع إلى واقعٍ جديد، عن طريق الزواج من رجال أفضل اجتماعيًا أو الهجرة إلى خارج مجتمعهن الكادح إلى مناطق سكنية للنخبة
Mobilizing Conceptual Spaces: How Word Embedding Models Can Inform Measurement and Theory within Organization Science
Authors: Aceves Pedro , Evans James
Published: April 2022

Word embedding models are a powerful approach for representing the multi-dimensional conceptual spaces within which communicated concepts relate, combine, and compete with one another. This class of models represent a recent advance in machine learning allowing scholars to efficiently encode complex systems of meaning with minimal semantic distortion based on local and global word co-occurrences from large-scale text data. While their use has the potential to broaden theoretical possibilities within organization science, embeddings are largely unknown to organizational scholars, where known they have only been mobilized for a narrow set of uses, and they remain unlinked to a theoretical scaffolding that can enable cumulative theory building within the organizations community. Our goal is to demonstrate the promise embedding models hold for organization science by providing a practical roadmap for users to mobilize the methodology in their research and a theoretical guide for consumers of that research to evaluate and conceptually link embedded representations with theoretical significance and potential. We begin by explicitly defining the notions of concept and conceptual space before proceeding to show how these can be represented and measured with word embedding models, noting strengths and weaknesses of the approach. We then provide a set of embedding measurements along with their theoretical interpretation and flexible extension. Our aim is to extract the operational and conceptual significance from technical treatments of word embeddings and place them within a practical, theoretical framework to accelerate research committed to understanding how individuals, teams, and broader collectives represent, communicate, and deploy meaning in organizational life.
A Picture of Health: Art, Medicine & the Body – Needs More Room to Breathe
Authors: Adler Jess
Published: April 2022

Review of A Picture of Health: Art, Medicine & the Body at the Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum,  Royal Pump Rooms in Leamington Spa, England.
Appetite Control With Ageing
Authors: Plotkin Adam Paul
Published: April 2022

The anorexia of ageing, a reduction in food intake with increased age, is associated with negative health outcomes such as sarcopenia frailty, cachexia morbidity and mortality. Pharmacological agents such as appetite stimulants have been a major focus to combat the anorexia of ageing; however, these medications are linked to various adverse side effects. Therefore, understanding the physiological causes of reduced appetite may lead to the creation of innovative intervention strategies in the ageing population. Current research has identified the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neuronal subsets of the arcuate nucleus (ARC) as the centre of appetite regulation. This review investigates the current understanding of appetite regulation and subsequent dysregulation with age, and the age-associated changes in the anorectic (appetite-suppression) and orexigenic (appetite-stimulating) pathways, thereby implicating the POMC and AgRP neurons. It primarily investigates the physiological changes underlying appetite reduction with ageing to orient future interventions to combat the anorexia of ageing.
Efficacy of the Ecosystem Services Approach in Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture in Australia
Authors: Fulton Alisha
Published: April 2022

Conventional agriculture is implemented across approximately 75 per cent of the world’s agricultural land and has been linked to climate change and biodiversity loss. In contrast, regenerative agriculture focuses on practices that build soil fertility and improve ecosystem functioning to mitigate climate change and increase biodiversity. This review assesses how the regenerative practice of crop diversification influences soil fertility and crop productivity, pest control, water quality and climate-change mitigation. I take an Ecosystem Services Approach to assessing crop diversification, which is a form of natural resource management that considers the relationship between human and environmental needs. These ecosystem services are analysed within the Australian context to determine both current issues and potential opportunities in Australian agriculture. This review reveals that current methods of agriculture in Australia could be improved, and crop diversification offers a key opportunity for helping Australia ensure food security under future climate change. Further research on interspecies interactions is required to help classify the specific crops that provide beneficial ecosystem services in Australia.
Implementasi Kebijakan Pelayanan Administrasi Kependudukan Secara Daring Pada Dinas Kependudukan Dan Pencatatan Sipil Kabupaten Deli Serdang
Authors: Hasibuan Yuli Ajizah , Sinaga Rudi Salam , Adam Adam
Published: April 2022

Therefore, the authors are interested in conducting research that aims to find out and analyze the implementation and policy constraints of the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation no. 7 of 2019 concerning Online Population Administration Services at the Deli Serdang Regency Population and Civil Registration Service. The research approach used in this study is a qualitative approach, namely problem solving procedures investigated by describing the current state of the subject/object of research based on visible facts. The results of the study found that the application of online population administration services at the Deli Serdang Regency Population and Civil Registration Service had been carried out in accordance with the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 7 of 2019 so that population administration documents could be served. This can be seen from communication, socialization of resources, disposition and bureaucratic structure. The obstacles faced by agencies in implementing online population administration services according to the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 7 of 2019 are: information systems that are densely used/accessible so that they are constrained in speed of service, lack of funds to be able to improve existing facilities and infrastructure, and lack of employee desire. to improve the quality of public services.
Analisis Profesionalisme Pegawai dalam Pelayanan Wajib Pajak pada Kantor Badan Pengelolaan Pajak dan Retribusi Daerah Provinsi Sumatera Utara UPT PPD Sidikalang
Authors: Purba Marihot Baktiar , Kusmanto Heri , Warjio Warjio
Published: April 2022

This study aims to determine and analyze the professionalism of employees and their obstacles in the service of taxpayers at the Office of the Regional Tax and Retribution Management Agency of North Sumatra Province UPT PPD Sidikalang. In order to answer and find solutions to problems, this research will use qualitative research methods. With this qualitative approach, the researcher went directly to the field to examine the object of his study and held direct interaction with the community aimed at obtaining in-depth information about the Analysis of Employee Professionalism in Licensing Services at the Office of the Regional Tax and Levy Management Agency of North Sumatra Province UPT PPD Sidikalang. The results of the study found that employees at the Office of the Regional Tax and Levy Management Agency of North Sumatra Province UPT PPD Sidikalang were still less professional in taxpayer services so they were less supportive of community activities. Factors constraining the professionalism of employees at the agency are employees at the agency doing more dominant work because they want to get a big income, taking the opportunity to commit violations if there is a possibility that their superiors don't know it, employees are not fully aware that the image of the agency is attached to each and most of the employees are not aware of it. willing to listen to public complaints outside of working hours, even though during working hours the employee also seems to be always busy so there is very little opportunity for the community to submit their complaints.
Strategi Komisi Independen Pemilihan Kabupaten Pidie dalam Meningkatkan Angka Partisipasi Pemilih Marginal pada Pemilu 2019
Authors: Zulfan Zulfan , Amin Muryanto , Saleh Arifin
Published: April 2022

This study aims to determine what steps aretaken by the Independent Election Commission (KIP) of Pidie Regency in increasing the level of marginal voter participation.Â  And want to know what strategy the Independent Election Commission (KIP) of Pidie Regency has done in increasing the level of marginal voter participation.Â  The research method used in this study is a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach.Â  The theory used in this research is political participation theory, election theory and strategy theory.Â  Where from the results of his research, it was obtained that the low level of marginal voter participation was caused by several factors, including (1) apathy, (2) lack of understanding and education on elections (3) candidates who were carried out were not in line with expectations (4) there was a promiseÂ  politics that are not fulfilled (5) prioritize daily needs, (6) there is no change and improvement in every election implementation.Â  Actors that can increase voter participation are community leaders, religious leaders or elders in the gampong area.Â  And the strategy taken by the Independent Election Commission (KIP) of Pidie Regency in increasing the participation rate of marginal voters is to increase socialization activities to the maximum and massively by involving democratic volunteers.
Kelembagaan Badan Usaha Milik Desa di Kabupaten Buton Selatan
Authors: Abidin Zainul , Didi La , Rahmawati Rahmawati , Akbar Firman
Published: April 2022

The purpose of this study is to describe the institutions of Village-Owned Enterprises in South Buton Regency. This research is important to do because there are several problems including the application of rules and management of Village-Owned Enterprises that are not appropriate and lack of internal control. The research design used was qualitative with a descriptive approach. Data were collected using observation techniques, interviews and also through document review. The data were analyzed using an interactive model. The results of this study reveal that the implementation of village-owned enterprises in South Buton Regency is limited with various problems. From the regulatory aspect, it has been based on rules such as village regulations, management decrees and AD/ART, but there are some villages that are constrained by legalization due to internal problems. Meanwhile, from the normative aspect, the evaluation form and the accountability model for the management of Village-Owned Enterprises have not been carried out properly because there are still unaccountable management reports. However, there are several efforts by the Village Community Empowerment Service (DPMD) along with Community Empowerment Experts to help overcome finding solutions. As a result, one of the villages, namely Lampanairi village, succeeded in encouraging the role of its Village-Owned Enterprises and became a driving force for the community's economy and was part of 125 villages that received the title of Brilliant Village in the category of economic business development village in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Penerapan Aplikasi Pendaftaran Antrean Paspor Online dalam Upaya Meningkatkan Pelayanan Publik di Bengkulu
Authors: Triyanto Deni , Kismartini Kismartini , Aprianty Henny , Novelia Puteri
Published: April 2022

This study aims to determine and understand the application of the Online Passport Queue Registration Application (APAPO) in an effort to improve public services in Bengkulu City at the Class I Immigration Office at Bengkulu Immigration Checkpoints. The study used a qualitative descriptive method, with 10 research informants, consisting of 4 Immigration Office informants and 6 community informants. Data analysis used qualitative analysis. The results of the study show that: (1) The implementation of e-government at the Immigration Office Class I TPI Bengkulu has been going quite well because there are still obstacles, namely complicated and limited service quotas; (2) Passport services at the Immigration Office Class I TPI Bengkulu through the use of online passport services are of Sufficient Quality; and (3) The supporting factors in the application of electronic government in improving the quality of online passport making services are the existence of clear regulations, clear service needs and an adequate number of personnel. While the inhibiting factors in implementing e-government in improving the quality of online passport making services are the complexity of the APAPO application, the limited number of queue quotas and sometimes incomplete requirements, so that services cannot be implemented.
Kemenangan Royal Simanjuntak dari Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa menjadi Anggota DPRD Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara
Authors: Siregar Terri Genta Sansui , Subillhar Subillhar , Kusmanto Heri
Published: April 2022

The purposes of this study are: To find out the victory and electability factor of Royal Simanjuntak from PKB to become a Member of the DPRD of North Tapanuli Regency in the 2019 Election To understand the electability factor of Royal Simanjuntak in the 2019 Election. The type of this research is qualitative research. The strategy carried out by Royal Simanjuntak in his victory in the 2019 Legislative Election is by maximizing 9 elements of political marketing, the 9 elements are segmentation, positioning, policy, person, party, presentation, pull marketing, pass marketing and push marketing. Using political marketing strategies through political communication channels, namely, face-to-face and door-to-door activities. This door to door strategy is very effective and helps the process of attracting prospective voters because apart from being known to prospective voters, Royal can directly discuss and witness the situation of the community more closely. Royal Simanjuntak!'s victory in the 2019 election, apart from a good political marketing strategy, was also influenced by Royal's socio-political modalities. Socio-political modalities in the form of political capital, social capital and economic capital are very effective in winning political contestations. conceptually it is said that the synergy of these three socio-political modalities is very significant in influencing the victory of a candidate. The modalities that were managed and organized effectively by Royal simanjuntak had a significant influence on its victory in the 2019 elections.
Peranan Rekrutmen DPRK terhadap Independensi Komisi Independen Pemilihan Kabupaten Pidie Periode 2018-2023
Authors: Marisa Nur , Subhilhar Subhilhar , Kusmanto Heri
Published: April 2022

This study discusses the role of DPRK recruitment on the independence of the Pidie Regency Election Independent Commission for the 2018-2023 period. The problem is focused on the anomaly in the recruitment process for election organizers in Aceh. The theory used is the theory of independence and the theory of political recruitment model Rush and Althof (1997). This study uses a qualitative method. Data sources consist of primary and secondary data. Primary data was obtained from in-depth interviews with a number of informants, while secondary data was obtained from literature review and related documents. Research informants consisted of parties involved in the recruitment of Pidie Regency KIP Members for the 2018-2023 period, both political parties and independent teams as well as the community. The results of the study show that the dynamics of political interests in the selection stages of KIP Pidie occur at the stages of agency, criteria, control, and demands. The formation of an agency, namely an independent team as a selection committee in the recruitment of KIP Pidie members for the 2013-2018 period was formed without considering expertise and coming from people with unclear backgrounds. At the criteria stage, there is no standard standard for the main criteria in determining graduation in the selection of organizers. At the control stage, recruitment is done openly but with minimal public supervision and is under the full control of the Pidie DPRK. The party's strong control over the recruitment process coupled with the lack of control outside the local parliament has put the independence of the organizers into doubt.
Dinamika Money Politik Pada Pelaksanaan Pemilihan Umum Di Kabupaten Ponorogo
Authors: Adinugroho Ahmad Catur , Fauzi Muhammad Oky , Prasetyoningsih Nanik , Wardana Ferdin Okta
Published: April 2022

This article aims to determine the factors that cause money politics in the general election in Ponorogo Regency, in addition to knowing how law enforcement is carried out by law enforcement officials against money politics in general elections and the appropriate regulations to overcome money politics. Problems with the factors that cause money in Ponorogo Regency, in addition to law enforcement carried out in general elections and appropriate regulations to overcome this. To approach these problems, empirical juridical research is used with a conceptual approach and the provisions of the law. Data collection was done by interview and observation and literature study. Data were collected and analyzed descriptively qualitatively by reducing data, displaying data and verifying data. This study concludes that the factors that cause money in the implementation of general elections in Ponorogo Regency are: the existence of tradition, community economic factors, lack of knowledge from the community and law enforcement that has not been optimal. Money politics law enforcement is regulated by Law Number 1 of 2015 concerning Supervision of Government Nets, replacing Law Number 1 of 2014 concerning the Election of Governors and Regents. Even though there are laws that regulate, money politics still happens. Therefore, to overcome this, it is necessary to evaluate the rules in elections..
Penyelesaian Sengketa Pertanahan Melalui Perbaikan Kualitas Data Pertanahan Di Kabupaten Manggarai Barat
Authors: Teku Lusiana Maryati Karuni Poso , Mujiati Mujiati , Mujiburohman Dian Aries
Published: April 2022

One of the causes of land problems is the absence of complete and accurate data on registered land ownership. This happens because the digitization process has not yet been completed, whether the certificates, land books or letters of measurement and maps. So, the purpose of this study is to analyze the quality of land data to identify and resolve land disputes. The method used is a qualitative descriptive method, with the results showing that one of the Independent Land Data Quality Improvement activities (PKDPM) produces a dispute map containing the names of the parties with problems and the location of the land indicated as problematic. Based on the dispute map, it can identify 58 (fifty-eight) land disputes which are classified into 4 (four) namely overlapping, boundary disputes, inheritance disputes and land ownership disputes. However, out of 58 disputes, only 5 cases could be resolved through mediation at the West Manggarai Land Office. So, it can be concluded that PKDPM activities are only able to identify disputes, but are not able to resolve existing disputes.
Media Informasi di Ranah Media Sosial: Perubahan Karakteristik dan Peran Jurnalistik Sebagai Media Baru
Authors: Maharani Almira Suci
Published: April 2022

This article aims to see the changing characteristics and role of journalism as a new media. The rapid development of technology encourages all parties to move forward, including the mass media. Over time, various conventional mass media companies such as print media began to turn to online media as a means of reporting. Apart from news portals with big names, there are currently many independent news portals or individuals who choose to share information through social media accounts. The problem is focused on how journalists pay attention to the code of ethics in reporting information in the realm of social media. The data were collected through the document study method or literature review and non-participant observation. With literature review, the author takes references and examples from books that are relevant to the research title. The data that has been obtained were analyzed qualitatively. This study concludes that in online media, the writing style is more rigid and similar to conventional media such as newspapers. Meanwhile, in new media, the writing style looks more flexible and the journalist's perspective or personal view on the issues being reported is often more visible.
Analisis Penggunaan Dana Desa Berdasarkan Permendesa PDTT Nomor 16 Tahun 2018 Tentang Prioritas Penggunaan Dana Desa Tahun 2019
Authors: Setiawan Panji , Badaruddin Badaruddin , Amin Muryanto
Published: April 2022

The purpose of this study was to find out how to arrange use, implementation of use, types of proposals that developed at the village annual Musrembang forum, inhibiting factors from implementation and motives of stakeholders/related parties in encouraging the implementation of DD use based on Permendesa Pdtt. 16/2018 as a reference for Timbang Jaya Village, Bahorok District and Paluh Pakih Babussalam Village, Batang Serangan District. The method used in this research is a survey with observation techniques, in-depth interviews and literature study methods. The results of the study stated that the method of arranging the use of DD in Timbang Jaya Village, Bahorok District and Paluh Pakeh Babussalam Village, Batang Serangan District was appropriate. Implementation of the use of DD based on Permendesa Pdtt No. 16/2018 has not been fully implemented or has not become a reference for villages in carrying out development. The types of proposals that developed at the village's annual Musrembang forum became inhibiting factors from implementation, because they were dominated by proposals for infrastructure development activities that were not related to the priority provisions for the use of DD regulated by Permendesa Pdtt. 16/2018, while the motives of the stakeholders/related parties are so that there is integration between village development planning and national, provincial, and district/city development planning and so that the use of DD does not violate the provisions of applicable regulations.
Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Lanjut Usia melalui Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat selama Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Achmad Nurman
Published: April 2022

Covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that emerged at the end of 2019 and has never been identified in the human body before. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this virus is vulnerable to attack the elderly who have high mortality and morbidity in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this case, of course, the elderly really need access to intense health services, especially for the elderly who have a history of chronic or degenerative diseases. One of the efforts that can be done is such as maintaining cleanliness through Clean and Healthy Living Behavior. Serdang Bedagai is one of the regencies that are included in the ten regencies that have the largest elderly population in North Sumatra. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize empowerment in these districts to improve the quality of life of the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic. The implementation method in this empowerment activity is through lectures and practice, followed by gymnastics. With this activity, the participants understood how to maintain cleanliness and health and began to implement physical activity in an effort to improve health.
A heuristic procedure to go from LS to jj expressions in atomic and nuclear spectroscopy
Authors: Aguiar Julio C. , Di Rocco Héctor Oscar
Published: April 2022

The expressions for the energy matrix elements and for the radiative transitions in the jj coupling can be obtained from the respective LS expressions by making a few simple changes. The results shown as examples are compared with other treatments, where the two formulations are deduced in parallel, without making use of these simple rules. We emphasize that the rules were found by heuristic reasoning. In all cases the application of the rules are in accordance with published results. This work completes two previous papers published in this journal (References 19 and 20).
Thermodynamic functions of Manning-Rosen plus a class of Yukawa potential using Euler MacLaurin Formula
Authors: Ramantswana Morris , Ikot Akpan Ndem , Rampho Gaotsiwe Joel , Edet Collins Okon , Okorie Uduakobong S
Published: April 2022

By employing the Nikiforov-Uvarov (NU) method, we solved the time-independent Schrödinger equation (SE) with Manning-Rosen plus a class of Yukawa potential (MRCYP) model. The eigensolutions expressions were obtained and thermodynamic function expressions were also obtained using Euler MacLaurin formula in closed forms. Numerical results of the energy were obtained with respect to different screening parameters and quantum numbers. In addition, the effects of temperature on the thermodynamic functions were discussed for various screening parameters and quantum states. Unique critical temperatures of entropy and specific heat capacity were seen to exist for the selected screening parameters and quantum numbers. Our results are also in sync with the results in literatures and they promise to be relevant in various areas of studies, including atomic, particle and nuclear physics.
SpaceMath version 1.0 A Mathematica package for beyond the standard model parameter space searches
Authors: Arroyo-Ureña Marco Antonio , Gaitán R. , Valencia-Perez T. A.
Published: April 2022

We present a pedagogical Mathematica package, so-called SpaceMath, for Beyond the Standard Model parameter space searches. This software is directed mainly for the training of human resources related to elementary particle physics phenomenology, however, it is sophisticated enough to be used in researches. In this first version, SpaceMath v1.0 works with Higgs Boson Data whose results are the most up-to-date experimental measurements made at the Large Hadron Collider. In addition, we also include the expected results at future colliders, namely, High Luminosity LHC and High Energy LHC. SpaceMath v1.0 is able to find allowed regions for free parameters of extension models using the Higgs Boson Data within a friendly interface and an intuitive environment in which the user enters the couplings symbolically, sets parameters and execute Mathematica in the traditional way. As result, both tables as plots with values and areas agree with experimental data are generated. We present examples using SpaceMath v1.0 to analyze the free Two-Higgs Doublet Model and the Simplest Little Higgs Model parameter spaces, step by step, in order to start new users in a fast and efficient way. Finally, to validate SpaceMath v1.0, widely known results are reproduced.
Study of heavy bottom mesons in a variational approach
Authors: Ghalenovi Zahra , Moazzen Sorkhi Masoumeh
Published: April 2022

Using a variational approach we calculate the mass spectra of the bottom mesons in the framework of the phenomenological quark anti-quark potential. Decay constant and Leptonic decay widths of the bottom mesons are also calculated. The obtained results are compared with the available experimental data and other theoretical predictions.
CMS results on beauty baryon spectroscopy
Authors: Polikarpov Sergey
Published: April 2022

Recent beauty baryon physics results from the CMS collaboration, obtained using the proton-proton collision data collected at √ s = 13 TeV, are discussed. Observation of the Λ 0 b → J/ψΛφ decay and measurement of its branching fraction, relative to the Λ 0 b → ψ(2S)Λ decay, is reported. The excited baryon states Λb(5912)0 , Λb(5920)0 , Λb(6146)0 , and Λb(6152)0 are confirmed and their masses are measured. Observation of a new excited beauty strange baryon, labeled as Ξb(6100)∗−, is presented.
Quarkoniumlike mesons in the diabatic approach
Authors: Bruschini Roberto
Published: April 2022

The Born-Oppenheimer approximation provides a description of heavy-quark mesons firmly based on quenched Lattice QCD. The diabatic framework extends this description through the incorporation of unquenched Lattice QCD data on string breaking. This allows for a unified description of conventional quarkonium, made of QQbar, and unconventional quarkoniumlike mesons, containing meson-meson components as well. A successful description of the charmoniumlike and bottomoniumlike spectra comes out.
Kaon and nucleon states with hidden charm
Authors: Malabarba Brenda , Martínez Torres Alberto , Khemchandani Kanchan , Ren Xiu-Lei , Geng Li-Sheng
Published: April 2022

In this talk we discuss the formation of exotic hadrons with hidden charm arising from three-body interactions. To be more specific, in the strangeness sector, we predict the existence of a mesonic state, $K^*(4307)$, which is dynamically generated from the three-body interactions of the $KD\bar D^*$ system, has a mass around 4307 MeV and quantum numbers $I(J^P) = 1/2 (1^-)$. In the baryonic sector, we predict the existence of $N^*$ states, which are generated from the three-body interactions of the $ND\bar D^*$ system, with masses around 4400∼4600 MeV, widths of 2 ∼20 MeV and positive parity.
Brief Report: Higher Fentanyl Exposures Require Higher Doses of Naloxone for Successful Reversals in a Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Model
Authors: B. Moss Ronald , McCabe Pryor Meghan , Baillie Rebecca , Kudrycki Katherine , Friedrich Christina , Reed Mike , J Carlo Dennis
Published: April 2022

Background: Previously, we reported on an opioid receptor quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) model to evaluate naloxone Methods: In this study, we extended our model to include higher systemic levels of fentanyl (up to 100 ng/ml) and the newly approved 8mg IN naloxone dose (equivalent to 4 mg) Results: As expected, at the lower peak fentanyl concentrations (25 ng/ml and 50 ng/ml), the simulations predicted that 2 mg, 4 mg, 5 mg, and 10 mg IM doses of naloxone displaced fentanyl and reached below the 50% receptor occupancy within 10 minutes. However, at the concentration of 75 ng/ml, the simulation predicted that the 2 mg dose of naloxone failed to reach below the 50% occupancy within 10 minutes. Interestingly, at the highest peak concentration of fentanyl studied (100 ng/ml), the model predicted that the 4 mg of naloxone IM (equivalent to 8 mg IN) failed to reach below the threshold of 50 % occupancy within 10 minutes or even within 15 minutes (data not shown). In contrast, the model predicted successful reversals when 5 and 10 mg IM doses were utilized. Conclusion: These results support the notion that acutely administered higher doses of naloxone are needed for rapid and adequate clinical reversal, particularly when higher systemic exposure of the potent synthetic opioids occurs.
What Is Social Emotional Intelligence Saying about Internet Addiction and Being “Liked” On Social Media?
Authors: F. Shaughnessy Michael , Alvarez Rubeli
Published: April 2022

Recently, social emotional intelligence has been fostered by several different theorists and has received much attention during these pandemic times. The present paper attempts to explore the realm of social emotional intelligence and how social emotional intelligence may address internet and game addiction as well as the extensive need for approval that seen on social media. Social emotional Intelligence has been around for many years- but has undergone many transformations. What would have been called “common sense “and morphed into this construct that we call “social emotional intelligence” to reflect our ability to understand, cope with, and address our emotional needs and deal with the sometimes harsh emotions, and comments and behaviors of others.
SARS-CoV-2, Inflammation, Allergy of the Lungs and Nanotherapeutics
Authors: Kumar Rajiv
Published: April 2022

Nanomaterials and nanotechnology are quite helpful in disease identification, prevention, treatment, scheming, and monitoring [4]. The properties of multifunctional nanomaterials altered by applying the strategies of nanotechnology and furnished for designing novel remedies for various medical applications. Furthermore, modified features of nanomaterials can influence their fate and also upgrade their claims in inhalation. Thus these types of nanoscale innovations achieved by adopting aforesaid strategies significantly. The nanotools and remedies treat viral infection and, in the end, also improve the health of the lungs
Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus in Pregnancy-An Exigent Management
Authors: Chopra Kanika
Published: April 2022

Super-refractory status epilepticus is known as the seizure that persist beyond 24 hours even after administration of intravenous anesthesia drugs. It is a rare diagnosis especially in pregnant population and thus its management is also limited to case series and reports. Our case presented with this diagnosis and we managed it with three tier system of pharmacological agents and termination of pregnancy. Unfortunately, exact cause of the SRSE in our case was not found and patient has been discharged on dual antiepileptic drugs along with antidepressants with follow up in neurology out-patient department. It is important to keep one self-aware of the treatment protocol in cases of status epilepticus other than due to eclampsia.
Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematous Case Report
Authors: M.D Bandar Ali
Published: April 2022

Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis “AAC” is defined by inflammation of the gallbladder without the presence of gallstones. It is by far less common than acute calculous cholecystitis where it only counts 5-10% of all cases of acute cholecystitis. In a patient with the disease of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) having a gallbladder disorder is not common. Herein, we present a 43-year- old lady who is known case of hypertension, SLE, and End-stage renal disease on hemodialysis due to lupus nephritis presented to the emergency department with a right upper abdominal pain, and abdominal ultrasound revealed acalcular cholecystitis. Further diagnostic tools supported the diagnosis, and she underwent after preparation uneventful laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).
Late Catch-up In-Stent Restenosis and Stent Thrombosis for 2nd Generation Biodegradable Polymer Drug Eluting Stents
Authors: Srdanovic Iva
Published: April 2022

Second generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have reduced the rate of in-stent restenosis (ISR) to < 10% [1, 2] in patients undergoing PCI. However, late catch-up in-stent restenosis remains an issue despite the advent in drug-eluting stent technology from 1st to 2nd generation drug eluting stents. The late catch-up phenomenon has been associated with serious consequences and adverse events and remains an important issue in modern practice, despite medical advances with more biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, as well as new therapeutic agents and thinner scaffolds in the development of 2nd generation DES polymer systems. The idea behind biodegradable polymers has been to provide a more controlled elution profile for DES drugs, allowing for long-term therapeutic, but sub-toxic, drug levels in the arterial tissue to prevent ISR and stent thrombosis. However, the late catch-up phenomenon remains an issue resulting in 2ndary revascularization beyond the first year of primary PCI, as it is defined as ISR >1 year. Late stent thrombosis (<1 year) and very late stent thrombosis (>1 year) also remain an issue for biodegradable polymer systems. A long-term presence of the polymer can cause inflammation and thrombogenesis, which is dependent upon polymer degradation kinetics in case of biodegradable polymer DES systems. However, the cause of late catch-up restenosis and stent thrombosis is multi-factorial from a drug-in-polymer formulation perspective of drug release kinetics, e.g., drug elution profile, drug physiochemical properties, and polymer degradation kinetics. It appears that the focus should be on controlling burst release for both late catch-up restenosis and stent thrombosis phenomena.
The Growing Of Antibiotic Resistance: A Short Viewpoint
Authors: Sarvananda L. , D Premarathne Amal
Published: April 2022

The discovery of antibiotics becomes one of the maximum groundbreaking improvements of drugs. This healthcare staple, liable for treating illnessesthat when had been incurable, is now turning into much less and much lesspowerful due to antibiotic resistance. The microorganism accountable can emerge as immune to this medicinal drug through genetic mutation through replica or from other microorganism via transformation, transduction, or conjugation. It is critical to recognize the strategies wherein antibiotic resistance takes place to formulate a plan of assault in this healthcare disaster. The biggest populace of antibiotic customers in the U.S. is livestock, as medicinal drug is given preventatively and in huge portions in order to shield the herd. Knowing this, efforts are being made to fight it. As of now the two primary techniques to relieve this urgentbe counted are to both create new antibiotics to outrun the rapid mutations of the microorganism or to reduce the quantity of antibiotics fed on which could pause or gradual the rate of antibiotic resistance. Both of those methods include disadvantages; but those efforts are hired for loss of a higher opportunity. It is obvious that we're getting ready to a pharmaceutical disaster each nationally and globally and extra exploration is wanted to benefit manage of antibiotic resistance.
Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Profile of Dapagliflozin, Empagliflozin and Saxagliptin
Authors: A. Batakoushy Hany , A. Omar Mahmoud , M. Ahmed Hytham , A. Abdel Hamid Mohamed , M. Sebaiy Mahmoud
Published: April 2022

Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide disease that requires special and continuous medical care. Many classes of oral hypoglycemic drugs are currently used; however, the treatment strategy depends on the nature of diabetes type, pharmacological properties of the used drugs in addition to the clinical characteristics of the patient. As such, in this literature review, we will shed the light on the pharmacology and analytical chemistry profile of certain oral hypoglycemic drugs specifically Dapagliflozin, Empagliflozin and Saxagliptin that got attention in the last decade. Mode of action and most of up-to-date reported methods that have been developed for determination of these important anti-diabetic drugs in their pure form, combined form with other drugs, combined form with degradation products, and in biological samples are mentioned in detail.
Medical Capsule Robots: An Overview on wireless capsule endoscope.
Authors: kirthi Raynee , Krishna Sailaja Abbaraju
Published: April 2022

Capsule endoscopy (CE) has improved the diagnosis and treatment of the small bowel providing a non-invasive, well tolerated method of as it should be visualizing the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. The development of Medical Capsule Robots, which has emerged from the science fiction idea of robots touring within the body to diagnose and cure issues. The first ever introduced capsule robot was a pill or capsule endoscope evolved to seize pics of the gastrointestinal tract. Today, varieties of capsule endoscopes are available and are expected to hit the market soon. They are barely large than ordinary oral dosage forms such as tablets or capsules, made of a biocompatible case and have digital circuitry and mechanisms to seize and transmit images.15 years ago, capsule endoscopy (CE) has turn out to be the primary-line investigation system in some small bowel pathologies and scientific practices. The first marketed capsule robotic was a capsule endoscope in general evolved to seize only the pictures of the gastrointestinal tract however Later, these have been advanced to be used as a device to construct micron and sub-micron sized drug shipping structures for target shipping and treatment.Technology is swiftly progressing, assisting in the broadening and improving the benefits and applications of capsule endoscopy.
Discourse on the philosophical and ethical method of Aristotle. Karbowski, J. (2019). Aristotle’s Method in Ethics: Philosophy in Practice. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Butsykina Yevheniia
Published: April 2022

Review of Karbowski, J. (2019). Aristotle’s Method in Ethics: Philosophy in Practice. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Buddhist philosophy in India: from the ontology of Abhidharma to the epistemology of pramāṇavāda. Westerhoff, J. (2018). The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Authors:   H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Kalantarova Olena
Published: April 2022

Review of Westerhoff, J. (2018). The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The problem of the freedom of will: historico-philosophical topics in the analytic perspective. Hausmannn, M., & Noller, J. (Eds.). (2021). Free Will. Historical and Analytic Perspectives. Cham: Springer; Palgrave Macmillan.
Authors:   Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Sepetyi Dmytro
Published: April 2022

Rewiew of Hausmannn, M., & Noller, J. (Eds.). (2021). Free Will. Historical and Analytic Perspectives. Cham: Springer; Palgrave Macmillan.
Commenting as a genre. Tehilim. (2020). Tehilim - Psalms. Commentary by Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch (Vol. 1-2). Kyiv: Duh i Litera.
Authors:   Vinnytsia National Technical University (Ukraine), Kuznetsov Vsevolod
Published: April 2022

Review of Tehilim. (2020). Tehilim - Psalms. Commentary by Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch (Vol. 1-2). Kyiv: Duh i Litera.
Індивідуальний підхід до учнів з природно уповільненим темпом інтелектуального розвитку на уроках праці
Authors: Яковлєва Вікторія Анатоліївна
Published: April 2022

У статті визначено загальні положення, які необхідно дотримуватися при організації індивідуальної роботи з учнями з природно уповільненим темпом інтелектуального розвитку на уроках праці.
Деякі особливості розробки і реалізації кредитно-модульних програм
Authors: Подшивалов В. Ф.
Published: April 2022

Охарактеризовано деякі особливості розробки і реалізації кредитно-модульних програм.