bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessing the cloud radiative bias at Macquarie Island in the ACCESS-AM2 model
Authors: Pei Zhangcheng , Fiddes Sonya L. , French W. John R. , Alexander Simon P. , Mallet Marc D. , Kuma Peter , McDonald Adrian
Published: March 2023

Abstract. As a long-standing problem in climate models, large positive shortwave radiation biases exist at the surface over the Southern Ocean, impacting the accurate simulation of sea surface temperature, atmospheric circulation, and precipitation. Underestimations of low-level cloud fraction and liquid water content are suggested to predominantly contribute to these radiation biases. Most model evaluations for radiation focus on summer and rely on satellite products, which have their own limitations. In this work, we use surface-based observations at Macquarie Island to provide the first long-term, seasonal evaluation of both downwelling surface shortwave and longwave radiation in the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator Atmosphere-only Model Version 2 (ACCESS-AM2) over the Southern Ocean. The capacity of the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) product to simulate radiation is also investigated. We utilise the novel lidar simulator, the Automatic Lidar and Ceilometer Framework (ALCF) and all-sky cloud camera observations of cloud fraction to investigate how radiation biases are influenced by cloud properties. Overall, we find an overestimation of +9.5 ± 33.5 W m−2 for downwelling surface shortwave radiation fluxes and an underestimation of -2.3 ± 13.5 W m−2 for downwelling surface longwave radiation in ACCESS-AM2 in all-sky conditions, with more pronounced shortwave biases of +25.0 ± 48.0 W m−2 occurring in summer. CERES presents an overestimation of +8.0 ± 18.0 W m−2 for the shortwave and an underestimation of -12.1 ± 12.2 W m−2 for the longwave in all-sky conditions. For the cloud radiative effect (CRE) biases, there is an overestimation of +4.8 ± 28.0 W m−2 in ACCESS-AM2 and an underestimation of -7.9 ± 20.9 W m−2 in CERES. An overestimation of downwelling surface shortwave radiation is associated with an underestimation of cloud fraction. The associated biases in cloud occurrence are less clear and we suggest that modelled cloud phase is also having an impact on the radiation biases. Our results show that the ACCESS-AM2 model and CERES product require further development to reduce these radiation biases, not just in shortwave and in all-sky conditions, but also in longwave and in clear-sky conditions.
توظيف الإشعارات في المواقع الالكترونية - دراسة تحليلية للإشعارات في موقع Sky News Arabia أنموذجا
Authors: سيماء سعدون عزيز عبد الرحمن  , سهام حسن علي الشجيري
Published: March 2023

تناول البحث توظيف الإشعارات في المواقع الالكترونية الإخبارية، موقع Sky News Arabia أنموذجا، وينطلق البحث من تساؤلين رئيسيين في معرفة كيفية توظيف الإشعارات في المواقع الالكترونية، وما مضامين وأنواع الإشعارات المستخدمة، وذلك للإجابة عن أهداف البحث في التعرف على معنى الإشعارات لغة واصطلاحا، والتعرف على أنواع الإشعارات المستخدمة، تلخيصية، وصفية استفهامية أو غيرها، وما ابرز المضمونات التي تقدمها الإشعارات، ومعرفة طبيعة الإشعارات كإخبار يومية روتينية أم عواجل، ويعد البحث من الدراسات الوصفية، وقد استخدمت الباحثة المنهج المسحي بشقيه الوصفي والتحليلي، مستعينة بطريقة تحليل المضمون لتحليل الإشعارات في موقع Sky News Arabia لمدة شهر من (1/4/2022 ولغاية 30/4/2022)، باستخدام الحصر الشامل للإشعارات والتي بلغت (102) إشعارا خلال مدة البحث، وقد توصلت الباحثة إلى مجموعة من النتائج من أهمها اهتمام الموقع بإرسال الإشعارات المهمة جدا والتي لا تزعج المستخدمين، والتنوع في تحرير الإشعارات الإخبارية من حيث الصياغة، فجاء بعضها مطابقة لصياغة العنوان الإخباري وأخرى مختلفة عنه لتحقيق التنوع وجذب انتباه المستخدمين اما من حيث المضمون فتنوعت الإشعارات مثل الإشعارات السياسية والعسكرية والاقتصادية وغيرها، كذلك اهتمام الموقع بالإشعارات التلخيصية وهو ما يعكس طبيعة الإشعارات في تلخيص الفن الإخباري، وتبين اهتمام الموقع بإشعارات الإخبار وهذا يدل على مواكبة الموقع للإحداث والتطورات المختلفة، وأكد اهتمام الموقع بتحديث الإشعارات على مدار الساعة وهذا ما يعكس اهتمامه بالإخبار العاجلة إثناء تغطية الأحداث.
دراسة تداولية للجدل في رواية تشارلز ديكنز "اوليفر تويست"
Authors: رمضان تركي جواد
Published: March 2023

تتناول هذه الدراسة موضوع الجدل باعتباره ظاهرة لغويةً تستخدم على نطاق واسع ويشارك فيها شخصان او أكثر. وبما ان الجدل يتكون من تراكيب لغوية معقدة وخطوات غير ودودة وأفعال تهدد وجه المتلقي (صورته الاجتماعية)، فيعد من الضروري جداً القيام بدراسة للتحقق من هذه الافعال والتراكيب والخطوات والادوار التي يقوم بها كل من يشارك في هذا الحدث التواصلي. حيث تهدف هذه الدراسة الى توضيح كيف يبدأ الحوار وكيف يتطور وكيف ينتهي. بالإضافة الى ذلك توضيح كيف يستخدم المشاركون بالجدل استراتيجيات براون وليفنسن (1987) ومبادئ الكلام التي اقترحها غرايس (1975) بغية الجدال بشكل فعال بالإضافة الى تخفيف التهديد لوجه المجادل الاخر.توصلت هذه الدراسة الى عدة نتائج أبرزها: يبدأ الجدل بالادعاء الذي يشكل تهديداً لوجه المتلقي او تشويها لمكانته الاجتماعية مثل السؤال او الاساءة او الاتهام او الاحتقار او التهديد او الاختلاف بالرأي، ويفضل المشاركون في الجدل استخدام الاستراتيجيات المباشرة وقواعد غرايس على الاستراتيجيات المهذبة الاخرى، بمعنى انهم يفضلون الجدال بصورة فعالة على الجدال بصورة مهذبة.
Surviving the Edges of Periphery: A Postcolonial Feminist critique of Mohammed Hanif’s Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Authors: Ahmed Zia Ahmed , Nasir Dr Muhammad Saeed
Published: March 2023

Pakistani postcolonial narratives have been discussing the oppression of the less privileged sections of people, including minorities, because of the predetermined power structure of society. The level of oppression gets aggravated in its severity and repercussions when the narrative is about a woman from a minority community in Pakistan. Mohammad Hanif’s novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti highlights the portrayal of a female protagonist who faces life's challenges only because she is a woman from a Christian minority. Her struggle to survive meets utmost resistance from the patriarchal social setup. This problematizes the socio-political situation of women from minority communities and allocates them space for struggle only on the edges of the periphery of social hierarchy in postcolonial states like Pakistan. It necessitates that the text of the novel may be explored to assess the status of doubly colonized oppressed women of minority communities and the consequent resistance put up by them. The study employs a postcolonial lens to examine the life of such women and to determine the extent of consequent oppression and suffering as portrayed by Hanif in his novel. The study finds out that women of minority status in postcolonial states like Pakistan are mostly oppressed and are seldom included in the regular stream of life.
Investigating the genetics of equine endocrine dysfunction
Authors:   , Cash Christina
Published: March 2023

Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) and Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) are metabolic disorders that increase a horse’s risk of developing endocrinopathic laminitis a debilitating disease of the equid hoof, in which the pedal bone is displaced from the hoof wall. These disorders are believed to possess an underlying genetic component that is yet to be identified. This thesis examined four target genes with biological relevance to EMS and PPID and discovered three genetic variants associated with characteristics of EMS and/or PPID. It is hoped the finding of this study will influence future research into the underlying genetics of these disorders.
Memory sharing in cloud servers
Authors:   , Ge Yaozhong
Published: March 2023

This thesis studies memory sharing systematically for handling memory overload of physical machines in over-committed cloud data centres. It develops two frameworks for instant processing and block processing of memory sharing. The developed memory sharing frameworks are useful tools for the management of cloud data centres.
Una lectura iconográfica del ḥaŷŷ a través del certificado ORB.50/11 y otras copias impresas del s. XIX
Authors: Carro Martín Sergio
Published: March 2023

La peregrinación islámica (ḥaŷŷ) planteó desde sus inicios un problema para aquellos musulmanes que no podían viajar a La Meca. Al tratarse de un precepto religioso y, por tanto, de obligado cumplimiento, la jurisprudencia islámica buscó una alternativa legal para realizar la peregrinación por procuración. En consecuencia, a finales del s. XI surgieron los certificados de peregrinación, documentos legales que acreditaban el cumplimiento de este precepto a través de un delegado. El transcurso desigual de estos documentos en la cultura material de la peregrinación islámica hace especialmente interesante el análisis de aquellos producidos desde el s. XIX, cuando parecen resurgir en las colecciones modernas. Este artículo presenta uno de esos certificados, conservado en la British Library (ORB.50/11). Contiene diversas ilustraciones de los principales lugares sagrados del islam y un diseño similar a otros ejemplares diseminados en colecciones europeas. El estudio comparado de su iconografía nos permitirá analizar el proceso de estandarización de estos certificados y sus copias antes de que la imprenta desechara el formato de rollo.
Árboles de parentesco: imagen y pensamiento jurídico-teológico en el Nuevo Mundo
Authors: Mejía Quiroga Pilar , Soler Ana Isabel
Published: March 2023

El artículo examina las relaciones entre la doctrina jurídica sobre los vínculos de consanguinidad y afinidad y los debates sobre la validez de los matrimonios indígenas desde la perspectiva de sus diferentes representaciones visuales. Para ello, explora tanto los gráficos que se diseñaron en la literatura jurídica como aquellas representaciones arbóreas que se encuentran en expedientes y crónicas indígenas. Se presta especial atención también al impacto de las técnicas de impresión en el surgimiento de representaciones gráficas y sus implicaciones en el pensamiento jurídico-teológico. Finalmente, el artículo reflexiona sobre la metáfora vegetal y el uso de herramientas visuales en el derecho canónico, con vistas a entender las transformaciones que experimentaron los árboles de parentesco al ser traducidos, usados y reproducidos en nuevos contextos y materialidades.
La omnipresencia del Juicio y la “Justicia” ausente: disyuntivas en el arte de la Cataluña medieval
Authors: Alcoy Rosa
Published: March 2023

La imago de la Justicia ha llamado la atención desde antiguo y, en tiempos recientes, las aproximaciones al tema se han multiplicado. La cuestión que se plantea aquí no versa sobre la imagen de la Virtud en sí misma. Esta será valorada y tenida en cuenta para señalar su unidad sin olvidar los aspectos volubles de su presunta configuración monolítica, capaces de generar cambios notorios en su apariencia icónica. Este estudio se concentra en la revisión de sus ausencias en el arte catalán medieval. Con el fin de describir y analizar estos espacios hueros, que nos hacen pensar en una negación de la Justicia –osea de su personificación femenina–, examino su presencia reiterada, o esporádica, en distintos lugares de Europa, al tiempo que me aproximo a las que fueron sus alternativas en contextos religiosos y civiles catalanes. Este cesar en sus funciones no debió ser condicionado tan solo por un desconocimiento y, en todo caso, pudo ser fruto de un pensamiento gráfico disyuntivo que prioriza otros temas y motivos cuando se trata de representar las ideas de juicio o de justicia.
Kessler, Herbert L. La experiencia del arte medieval. Traducido por Antonia Martínez Ruipérez. Madrid: Akal, 2022 [ISBN: 9788446051435]
Authors: Pazos-López Ángel
Published: March 2023

Reseña de la obra de Kessler, Herbert L. La experiencia del arte medieval. Traducido por Antonia Martínez Ruipérez. Madrid: Akal, 2022 [ISBN: 9788446051435]
Comparison of Flex vs. residential clinical education program outcomes: physical therapy students’ self-efficacy, confidence, and clinical competence
Authors: Campbell Derrick F. , Brismée Jean-Michel , Allen Brad , Hooper Troy L. , Domenech Manuel A. , Manella Kathleen J.
Published: March 2023

Purpose: Alternative flexible (Flex) path Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs may have an emerging footprint. The differences between Flex and traditional residential DPT program clinical experience outcomes remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate Flex and residential DPT students’ clinical reasoning self-efficacy, confidence with treating, and Clinical Performance Instrument (CPI) clinical reasoning and summative scores during clinical experiences.
Methods: A descriptive and exploratory cross-sectional survey was used with a voluntary convenience sample of 211 university DPT students during Fall 2020 full-time clinical experiences. Descriptive and inferential statistics evaluated differences in Flex and residential DPT program students’ (1) Physical Therapist Self-Efficacy (PTSE) scale scores, (2) confidence with treating initial and subsequent same-patient visits, and (3) final CPI clinical reasoning and summative scores during clinical experiences.
Results: Mean PTSE scores were significantly lower for Flex (x̄ = 14.2) compared to residential DPT students (x̄ = 15.2) (P < 0.05). No significant student differences were found in (1) Flex (x̄ = 2.1) and residential (x̄ = 2.2) confidence with treating at the initial visit (P = 0.59), (2) Flex (x̄ = 2.8) and residential (x̄ = 3.0) confidence with treating subsequent same-patient visits (P = 0.15), and (3) Flex (x̄ = 15.8) and residential (x̄ = 16.5) CPI clinical reasoning (P = 0.17), and (4) Flex (x̄ = 16.1) and residential (x̄ = 16.7) CPI summative scores (P = 0.21).
Conclusion: Clinical reasoning self-efficacy among Flex DPT students was lower, but there was no difference in CPI clinical reasoning or summative results between Flex and residential DPT students. In the university investigated, the Flex distance learning DPT program curriculum appeared effective in preparing students’ clinical reasoning readiness for the available full-time clinical experiences. We recommend academic institutions consider expanding Flex entry-level DPT program availability options because the outcomes were comparable. Additional flex entry programs may help address the underrepresentation of nontraditional students in entry-level DPT programs and societal demands for physical therapy services.
DYNAMIC REVERSIBLE NETWORKS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-HEALING RUBBERS: A CRITICAL REVIEW
Authors: Mandal Subhradeep , Das Amit , Euchler Eric , Wiessner Sven , Heinrich Gert , Sawada Jun , Matsui Ryoji , Nagase Takayuki , Tada Toshio
Published: March 2023

An intensive literature search shows that research in the field of self-healing rubbers is still in its infancy. By analyzing the various reviews and reports available, most of the results prove to be complicated; however, a few studies show promising self-healing properties of new elastomers. Most of these materials were prepared by relatively sophisticated chemical syntheses. Many of the studies on self-healing materials also deal with commercial rubbers, but the mechanical performance of these self-healing systems is very poor for practical application, perhaps because self-healing systems are usually prepared with an uncured or pseudo-crosslinked matrix structure. The poor mechanical properties are related to the highly viscous but inelastic nature of the uncured or only partially cured rubber compound. Importantly, most of the studies have been conducted on rubber systems without reinforcing fillers. For filler-reinforced rubber systems, the question is whether the working principle of reversible bonds is applicable. This literature review attempted to compile the current promising self-healing systems, describe their underlying chemical mechanisms, and discuss the self-healing concept from a thermodynamic perspective. In addition, this review is focused on the critical discussion of the principle and origin of self-healing behavior and finally draws conclusions on the applications and opportunities for further developments in this field.
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on children’s oral health services: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Maryam Koopaie  , Marjan Sadeghi  , Roshanak Montazeri  , Delband Hefzi
Published: March 2023

Objective: Restrictions of face-to-face visits to children due to the prevalence of COVID-19 infection have had adverse effects on oral health-related complications. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the accessibility of children to oral health services. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, a specific questionnaire was prepared to evaluate the views of pediatric dentists about the impact of COVID-19 on providing oral health services. The questionnaire was dispersed to a target population of 136 pediatric dentists. To evaluate the content validity of the questionnaire, content and face validity methods were used, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated using IBM SPSS statistical software, version 15 Results: The final questionnaire was prepared with 23 questions and a Cronbach's alpha of 0.92. Most participants stated that the number of children referred for routine checkups, child cooperation on dental units, no referrals due to economic problems, diagnosis of bruxism and clenching, fissure sealant, dental restorations, fluoride therapy, and preventive orthodontics had a statistically significant decrease during the COVID-19 era. Moreover, using mouthwash, toothbrush and floss, long chair side treatments, treatment of children under anesthesia, pulpotomy and pulpectomy, and chronic gingival infection did not change significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 period, there was a statistically significant rise in plaque buildup, tooth extraction, toothache, using snacks, and acute gingival infection. Conclusions: Referrals for non-emergency and preventative treatment procedures have decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but referrals for emergency measures have increased.
The Revival of Pamphletary Speech in the Twenty-First Century: The Rhetoric of Reversal
Authors: Damerdji Amina
Published: March 2023

Through the study of three pamphleteer authors, Renaud Camus in France, Oriana Fallaci in Italy, and Fernando Vallejo in Colombia, this article explores the impact of recent legislations against hate speech on the literary field. It determines how literature, especially pamphlets, allows the reactionary ideological offensive to attempt to circumvent the law and studies the characterizing trait of this new twenty-first century pamphlet: the rhetoric of reversal.
Süt ve Süt Ürünlerinde Kekik ve Kekik Uçucu Yağlarının Kullanımı
Authors: YAMAN Nihal , ÖTLEŞ Semih , ÖZDESTAN OCAK Özgül
Published: March 2023

Süt ve süt ürünleri hem mikrobiyolojik bozulmalara, hem de yapısında lipid ve türevlerinin oldukça zengin bulunması nedeniyle lipid oksidasyonuna maruz kalabilmektedir. Süt ve süt ürünlerinde ürün raf ömrünü uzatmak, gıda güvenliğini sağlamak ve duyusal kaliteyi geliştirmek amacıyla sentetik koruyucular yerine doğal koruyucular kullanılması, üretici talepleri ve tüketicilerin eğilimleri ile tercih edilmeye başlanmıştır. Uçucu yağların ve aktif bileşenlerinin antimikrobiyal ve antioksidan aktiviteleri hakkında birçok çalışma bulunmaktadır. Ancak süt ve süt ürünleri için uçucu yağların veya bunların kombinasyonlarının etki mekanizmaları hakkında kapsamlı çalışmalar yapılmamıştır. Bu derleme ile, Türkiye’de çeşitliliği fazla olan tıbbi aromatik bitkiler arasında bulunan kekik bitkisinin, elde edilen kekik uçucu yağlarının ve diğer uçucu yağlarla oluşturulmuş kombinasyonlarının süt ve süt ürünlerinde işlevleri ile ilgili mevcut çalışmalar anlatılacaktır.
Mısır Islahında İn Vivo Dihaploid Teknolojisi ile Saf Hat Geliştirilmesi
Authors: YILDIRIM Mehmet , ALBAYRAK Önder , BAYHAN Merve , ÖZKAN Remzi , AKINCI Cuma , KIZILGEÇİ Ferhat , BİCER Behiye
Published: March 2023

Klasik mısır ıslahında ıslah süresinin uzun olması, yüksek mali finans ve iş gücü gerektirmesi yeni hibrit çeşit geliştirmede özellikle küçük ve orta ölçekli ıslah kuruluşlarının mısır ıslahı yapmasını güçleştirmektedir. Bu bariyeri kırmak için son yıllarda uygulamaya konan in vivo haploidi tekniği yukarıda sayılan avantajlarının yanısıra seleksiyon etkinliğini artırmakta, tam homozigotluk sağlamakta, moleküler marker tekniklerinin uygulanması için uygun saflık sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada induser kullanarak in vivo maternal haploid bitki elde etme yönteminin mısır ıslahında kullanılma potansiyeli araştırılmıştır. Çalışmada kendilenmiş hat elde etmek için Karadeniz Bölgesi yerel mısır popülasyonları ve haploid bitki elde edilmesinde tozlayıcı olarak RWS ve RWK 76 induser (indirgeyici) genotipleri materyal olarak kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın kromozom katlama, tohum çoğaltımı ve bitki yetiştirme işlemleri Dicle Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü laboratuvar, sera ve deneme arazisinde 2016, 2017 ve 2018 yıllarında yürütülmüştür. DH hatlar 3 adet ticari hibrit çeşidiyle melezlenmiş ve bu melezleme sonucunda 9 melezde tekerrürlü deneme kuracak kadar tohum elde edilmiştir. 2018 yılında DH hatlardan elde edilen test melezleri 3 tekerrürlü olarak tesadüf blokları deneme desenine göre ekilerek yetiştirilmiş ve bazı tarımsal özellikler yönünden değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre başta tane verimi olmak üzere bitki boyu, ilk koçan yüksekliği, gövde çapı, yaprak eni ve SPAD, koçan ağırlığı, koçan boyu, koçan çapı, koçanda sıra sayısı, koçan sırasında tane sayısı ve uç boşluk uzunluğu, sömek çapı, koçanda tane ağırlığı özellikleri yönünden standart çeşitleri aşan DH melez kombinasyonları saptanmıştır. İn vivo haploid bitki elde etme yönteminde başarıyı en çok düşüren aşamanın DH bitkilerin kendilenmesi aşaması olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu çalışmada mısır ıslahında bir bütün olarak başarıyla kullanılabileceği ortaya konmuştur. Yerel mısır çeşitlerimizin hem bu yöntemin uygulanmasına uygun olduğu hem de ıslahta doğrudan anaç olarak kullanmak için uygun genotipik potansiyele sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir. DZM 13 x Gariz, DZM-56 x Elioso, DZM-67 x Elioso-1 ve DZM-67 x Excel-1 DH melezleri tane verimi bakımından öne çıkan genotipler olmuşlardır. Ayrıca test melezlerinde incelenen özellikler arasında tane verimi ile bitki boyu, ilk koçan yüksekliği, koçanda tane sayısı ve koçan ağırlığı arasında pozitif ve önemli korelasyon ilişkileri saptanmıştır.
ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION FOR ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTED CONSTITUENTS FROM CAESALPINIA CRISTA LINN SEEDS
Authors:   Department of Pharmacognosy, Vaagdevi Pharmacy College, Bollikunta - 506 005, Warangal, Telangana, India, Reddy M. Swapna , Kuber B. Ramya
Published: March 2023

The present work deals with extraction, isolation and characterization of phytoconstituents from seeds of Caesalpinia crista Linn and the study of their antiplasmodial activity. The phytoconstituents were extracted using soxhlet apparatus and separated by column chromatography. Structural elucidation was done by FTIR spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Terpenoid, saponin and steroidal glucocorticoid were successfully isolated and identified. These constituents were tested for antimalarial activity using Peter’s 4 day suppressive test. Antiplasmodial efficacy was evaluated by parasitemia levels, percentage inhibition, packed cell volume (PCV), survival period, body weight and rectal temperature change. From the ethyl acetate extract, the fractions obtained with a solvent system hexane:chloroform (4:6 v/v), hexane:chloroform (1:9 v/v) and chloroform:ethyl acetate (6:4 v/v) exhibited promising antimalarial activity and particularly first constituent showed significant (P<0.001) antiplasmodial activity than other two phytoconstituents in comparison with positive and negative control.
DEVELOPMENT, OPTIMIZATION AND VALIDATION OF HPLC METHOD FOR ASSAY AND DISSOLUTION TESTING OF FUROSEMIDE TABLET FORMULATION UTILIZING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT APPROACH
Authors:   Ramanbhai Patel College of Pharmacy, Charotar University of Science and Technology, Charusat - Campus, Changa – 388 421, Gujarat, India, Shah Srushti , R. Patel Mrunali , B. Patel Rashmin
Published: March 2023

A robust HPLC method was developed and validated for the quantitative estimation of furosemide tablet and dissolution testing. The optimization of chromatographic conditions (% organic phase, flow rate and pH of aqueous phase) was done using the Box-Behnken experimental design. The creation of a reliable HPLC technique utilised the design of experiments methodology effectively. The furosemide peak was found to have a Rt value of 4.86 min under the optimal HPLC settings, which included a C18 (250 mm 4.6 mm, 5 m) column and a methanol: aqueous solution of formic acid buffer (0.2 % V/V, pH 2.5) as mobile phase.The optimized method was validated according to ICH Q2(R1) guideline. Using a fractional factorial design with six chromatographic components, the robustness of the approach was evaluated. The results showed that a multivariant approach was successfully used to improve a reliable HPLC technique for everyday quality monitoring of furosemide in tablet formulations
DETERMINATION OF FOURTEEN PREFERRED ELEMENTAL IMPURITIES EMPLOYING ICP-MS AND MICROWAVE ACID DIGESTION APPROACH IN PARENTERAL OFLOXACIN SAMPLES
Authors:   Division of Chemistry, Department of S & H, Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research (Deemed to be University), Vadlamudi522 213, Andhra Pradesh, India, Yenduri Gopikrishna , Navuluri Srinivasu
Published: March 2023

The method of “Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry” (ICP-MS) may be interpreted as a trend in pharmaceutical determination of elemental impurities. The development of a specific process that is precise for all elemental impurities, however, is still a task. The ICP-MS technique using microwave acid digestion as a sample processing method was used to determine 14 elemental impurities (lithium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, arsenic, molybdenum, cadmium, antimony, mercury and lead) existing in parenteral ofloxacin in this study. The strategy proposed was verified as per “United States Pharmacopeia Convention”. The detection limits achieved by the proposed approach suggest that the ICP-MS technique is quite well fit for the measurement of the 14 chosen elemental impurities. Good linearity was achieved with correlation coefficient values higher than 0.99 over the range of quantification limit level concentration to 200 % level of the individual elemental impurity specification values. The values obtained for accuracy, precision, robustness, selectivity and ruggedness are also satisfactory. Six distinct batches of parenteral ofloxacin samples were subjected to analysis by the ICP-MS technique proposed. In all the batch samples, the fourteen chosen elemental impurities were noticed to be less than detection levels.
2D QSAR ANALYSIS OF CARBONITRILE BASED INHIBITORS OF CATHEPSIN S AS POTENTIAL ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS
Authors:   Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Adarsh Vijendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shobhit University, Gangoh, Saharanpur -247 341, Uttar Pradesh, India, Kushwaha Sneha , K. Paliwal Sarvesh , Niranjan Divya
Published: March 2023

2D QSAR has been performed on a series of pyridine carbonitrile and trifluoromethyl phenyl derivatives. 53 compounds were divided into training and test sets out of which 37 compounds generated a final QSAR model. The most significant model with n = 37, r = 0.916, r2 = 0.762, r2 cv = 0.759, s value = 0.388, f value = 41.76 was developed using MLR analysis. For PLS, the fraction of variance explained = 0.806 was observed. A comparable PLS model with r2 = 0.806 and Neural model with r2 = 0.853 indicated good internal predictability of the model. External test set validation provided r2 values of 0.744 and 0.768 for MLR and PLS analysis, respectively. Dipole moment Z Component, Log P, Shape flexibility index, and Vamp LUMO descriptors proved to be significant for inhibition of Cathepsin S. These findings will be effective in designing more potent and effective Cathepsin S inhibitors
Critical Review of Agenda 2063: Prospects and Challenges for Africa’s Economic Renaissance
Authors: Opeyeoluwa Rotimi Olajide , Fatokun Samuel Olalekan
Published: March 2023

The paper examines the place and condition of Africa in the global economic index and the imperative to shift the narrative by way of changing course from the present sordid reality. The dominant absence of development in the continent remains a sore point which contemporary issues in a globalized world have further accentuated by reaffirming the continent as a laggard within the international political system. The study relied on secondary and tertiary sources for data. The study submits that despite the prospects for a more robust and sustainable contribution of the continent to the world economy, it has been unable to compete favourably in the global marketplace or even at the intra-states level within the continent because of the absence of the requisite political will and comprehensive road map to end the cycles of bad governance and economic crisis which has held the continent down for ages. Hence, this study calls on the African leaders to ensure that Agenda 2063 is vigorously implemented and thus making Africa both competitive and not falling into the tepidness which was the lot of previous continental initiatives.
Corrigendum: Introducing the Australian Journal of Taxonomy, a new, fully-online, fully open-access journal for the rapid publication of new Australian species and other taxa
Authors:   University of Western Australia, Thiele Kevin R
Published: March 2023

The following address for author Kevin Thiele was deleted: Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983.
Hibbertia aplacophylla (Dilleniaceae), a new species from south-western Western Australia segregated from H. notibractea
Authors:   University of Western Australia, Thiele Kevin R
Published: March 2023

Hibbertia aplacophylla K.R.Thiele sp. nov. is here segregated from H. notibractea J.R.Wheeler. It comprises plants from a disjunct population on the far south coast of Western Australia that differ most significantly from H. notibractea in having leaves with a distinct midrib and recurved margins (cf. flat with neither midrib nor recurved margins), sepals that are quite glabrous (cf. ciliate-margined), and anthers held erect at the ends of the fused filaments (cf. deflexed).
Examination of the Relationship Between Quality of Life and Leisure Satisfaction by Canonical Correlation Analysis
Authors: TERCAN KAAS Evren , KÖSE Elif , YERLİSU LAPA Tennur
Published: March 2023

Leisure activities are one of the determinants of quality of life, among others. In this context, this study focuses on all dimensions of satisfaction from leisure activities and quality of life. Canonical correlation analysis was used, and 300 university students were included in the study via convenience sampling method. Data collection tools of the research of “Satisfaction with Life Scale” and “Short-Form-36 Health Survey”. According to the research findings, the shared variance between the quality of life and leisure satisfaction data sets was 31.955% for the first canonical function and 19.270% for the second canonical function. In the first canonical function, the physical function variable from the life quality data set and psychological, education, social, and physiologic variables from the leisure satisfaction data set had a relationship in the same direction. In the second canonical function, physical role and emotional functions from the quality of life and relaxation from leisure satisfaction data set had a relationship in the same direction. Leisure satisfaction could be expressed to increase the quality of life in university students. The results indicated that increasing the opportunities for university students to join leisure activities would give beneficial results.
Multi-Valued Neutrosophic Sets for Forecasting Cryptocurrency Volatility
Authors:   College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, UAE; Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Egypt, .. Noura ,   College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University, KSA,   College of Business Administration, Delta University for Science and Technology, Egypt, .. Rhada , Metawea Maha
Published: March 2023

The media, legislators, investors, scholars, and regulatory agencies have all shown increased interest in the Cryptocurrency sector recently. Using different criteria in furthermore to return and risk in the cryptocurrency issue utilizing the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodologies makes it more practical in the real world. A model for predicting the volatility of cryptocurrencies is proposed in this study, and it is based on the TOPSIS approach. The model uses five criteria and six cryptocurrencies. Using a multi-valued neutrosophic set, also known as MVNS, helps to reduce the amount of uncertainty associated with the problem. MVNS was used to express the criteria and alternatives, and the model might possibly represent the Cryptocurrency with varying degrees of truth, indeterminacy, and falsity values.
A Neutrosophic AHP Analysis for Using Video Conferences in Smart Learning: A Systematic Review
Authors:   Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities, UAE, Alnaqbi Najla M. ,   Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities, UAE,   Sharjah University, UAE, Alnuaimi Samira A. , Elhoseny M.
Published: March 2023

There is evidence that students feel less involved in distance learning, which needs more work from their educators. While distance education allows learners to feel less reluctant andor timid to ask questions, there is also evidence that students feel less interested in distance education. Students may obtain information and knowledge at their own pace and convenience via the use of distance education. Also, it may assist in reaching the same overall performance and ultimate score as would be achieved via face-to-face instruction. The goal of this study analyzes the performance of video conferences in smart learning. This analysis contains many criteria, so the concept of multi-criteria decision-making is integrated with the neutrosophic sets to overcome uncertain information. We used the neutrosophic AHP to show the importance of each criterion. There are seven criteria used in this paper. The findings demonstrated that the utilisation of video conferences enabled students to gain access to information and educational resources, had a positive effect on the students' constructing knowledge and critical reflection, and resulted in the students reporting an extremely positive learning experience in the context of smart learning.
Contra M -Continuous Maps in Neutrosophic Soft Topological Spaces
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, Thiruvalluvar Government Arts College, Rasipuram, Namakkal - 637 401, India; Department of Mathematics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar - 608 002, India, Jeeva D. ,   Department of Mathematics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar - 608 002, India,   Department of Mathematics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar - 608 002, India; PG and Research Department of Mathematics, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Karur - 639 005, India, Sivakumar D. , Vadivel A.
Published: March 2023

In this paper, we introduce, study, and explain some of the properties of neutrosophic soft contraM-continuous mappings and irresolute maps in neutrosophic soft topological spaces.
Federated Knowledge Purification for Responsive Internet of Things
Authors:   Department of Entrepreneurship and Logistics, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 117997, Moscow, Russia, .. Things Irina V. ,   Department of Logistics, State University of Management, 109542, Moscow, Russia, Pustokhin Denis A.
Published: March 2023

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a ubiquitous technology that enables the collection and analysis of large amounts of data. However, the limited resources of IoT devices pose challenges to enabling responsive decision-making. Many communications are required for network training, yet network updates can be very big if they include many parameters. Participants and the IoT ecosystem both bear the brunt of federated learning's high Latency due to the magnitude of its communications infrastructure requirements. In this paper, we propose a Federated Knowledge Purification (FKP) approach based on dynamic reciprocal knowledge purification and adaptive gradient compression, two strategies that allow for low-latency communication without sacrificing effectiveness, which enables responsive IoT devices with limited resources. The FKP approach leverages a collaborative learning approach to enable IoT devices to learn from each other's experiences while preserving the privacy of their data. A smaller model is trained on the aggregated knowledge of a larger model trained on a centralized server, and this smaller model can be deployed on IoT devices to enable responsive decision-making with limited computational resources. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in improving the performance of IoT devices while maintaining the privacy of their data. The proposed approach also outperforms existing federated learning methods in terms of communication efficiency and convergence speed.
Securing Wireless Sensor Networks Against DoS attacks in Industrial 4.0
Authors:   Department of Computer Sciences Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirate, Embarak Ossama H. , Abu Zitar Raed ,   Sorbonne Center of Artificial Intelligence, Sorbonne University-Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Published: March 2023

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) play a vital role in Industrial 4.0 by facilitating significant data collection for monitoring and control purposes. However, their distributed and resource-constrained nature makes WSNs vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, which can impede their normal operation and jeopardize their functionality. To address this issue, we propose a new machine learning (ML) approach that enhances the security of WSNs against DoS attacks in Industrial 4.0. Our approach incorporates a spatial learning unit, which captures the positional information in WSN traffic flows, and a temporal learning unit which captures time interdependency features within periods of traffic flows. To evaluate the proposed approach, we tested it on a publicly available dataset. The results demonstrate that it achieves a high detection rate while maintaining a low false alarm rate. Moreover, our Intrusion Detection System (IDS) exhibits good scalability and robustness against various DoS attacks. Our approach provides a reliable and effective solution to secure WSNs in Industrial 4.0 against DoS attacks and can be further developed and tested in various real-world scenarios.
Approximate Solution of a Neutrosophic Nonlinear Van der Pol Oscillator Problem by Semi Analytical Method Using Thick Function
Authors:   Department of fundamental sciences, Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology, Aleppo - Syria, Toma George A. ,   Department of mathematics, Faculty of Science, Aleppo University, Aleppo - Syria,   Department of mathematics, Faculty of Science, Aleppo University, Aleppo - Syria, Farhood Fahed , Alkhatib Taqi A.
Published: March 2023

In this paper, an analytical method (Homotopy perturbation method HPM) is used for solving the initial value problem represented by a neutrosophic nonlinear Van der Pol oscillator equation (N-VDP) arising in applied dynamics using the thick function. We find the solutions of the (N-VDP) equation by HPM and then compare the numerical results with fourth order Runge-Kutta method (RK4). The results showed that the HPM lead to accurate and efficient results. Furthermore, these results of the HPM scheme and RK4 are implemented in Matlab.
Computerized Study and Analysis Electrical Power Systems Parameters
Authors:   Faculty member, Faculty of Informatics Engineering, Al-Sham Private University, Damascus, Syria, Bahbouh Ousama Asaad
Published: March 2023

In this paper, a program for analyzing potential events and designing preventive measures to ensure safe operation of electrical power systems was developed, which was published in the Journal of Al-Baath University. The new visual software system performs all the functions of the previous program, in addition to a set of developed options, studies and comparisons. It also features a graphical method for entering electrical network data and conforms to software engineering standards, with an analytical study based on an approved methodology, the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The spiral software model was chosen during the research, which made it possible to obtain a reliable software product that is characterized by the highest possible standards. In this paper, the parameters of the electrical power system on a 6-busbar network were analyzed and studied, and the effect of changing the power factor on the possibility of finding the optimal solution, whether by changing generation or by changing generation and decreasing loads, was studied. The program's effectiveness, flexibility and accuracy of results have been proven.
'Crazy Lin-ups all over the Place': Notes wandering toward a research choreography
Authors:   RMIT University, Wilkinson Jessica
Published: March 2023

This essay discusses the revival of a failed creative/biographical poetry project, on Australian ballerina Lucette Aldous. I had begun this project in 2015 but, despite several years of research—both archival (Ballet Rambert and Victoria & Albert, London; Australian Ballet archives at the Arts Centre, Melbourne) and through interviews with Aldous in Perth—I was unable to find a way to structure and convey the ‘life’, and the project was put aside in 2018. Lucette Aldous passed away in 2021, and this loss was followed by Australian poet Jordie Albiston’s unexpected passing, in February 2022. In part, it was the proximity of these two losses that sparked the revival of the Aldous project, fuelled as I was both by a sadness that I had not been able to deliver a completed manuscript to the retired ballerina before she died, and also by my revisiting of the poems in Albiston’s wide-ranging oeuvre. Albiston’s poems, often documentary in nature, and ruled by mathematics and constraint yet open to possibility, multiplicity, irony, opened a way for me to move forward with the Aldous project.
Salvaging Cypriot-Greek Migrant and Refugee Memories: Poetry documenting what is missed, excluded or neglected in institutionalised archives
Authors: Costi Angela
Published: March 2023

Poetry is one way of documenting what is missed, excluded and neglected by institutionalised archives. Smaller cohorts of migrants and refugees with a reliance on oral stories to record their existence risk minimisation of their impact, influence and contribution to the collective memory of Australia. The experiences of migrants and refugees from Cyprus are recorded mostly through the prism and value-system of two dominating cultures: a British-centric culture and a Hellenic (Greek) culture. This paper seeks to show an alternative documentation of the Cypriot-Greek Australian-based diaspora. Through interviews with several Cypriot-Greek poets and a study of their poetry, a poetic biography of Cypriot-Greek diasporic identity can be created, one that is nuanced and memorable.
The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette: Networks, archives and circularity in creative production
Authors: Gardner Angela
Published: March 2023

This paper references the writing of the Australia Council funded verse novel 'The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette' and the additional print folio created as a practical example of using formal and informal archives and the extent that places, people, and material form enabling networks for the production of new work. Because I trained as a visual artist rather than as a writer, I find it very difficult to confine myself to working solely in one medium. Archival material is not merely stored as a static and revered object but is capable of becoming mobilised and motivated by use, and to affect the practice of the artist/writer through ideas, travel and social contacts. The archive grows through the networks it assumes with the past and new material created from it, showing the circularity of creative production around archival material and its sites.
Anna Magdelana Bach’s Missing Thimble: Reflections on creative poetic process
Authors:   RMIT University, Carson Anne M
Published: March 2023

Three artefacts thought to belong to Anna Magdalena Bach, soprano singer, harpsichordist (and second wife to Johann Sebastian)—ring, thimble and buckle—are mentioned in the Bach archive in Leipzig. Much uncertainty surrounds them; perhaps they have been ‘lost’, or were destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War, or perhaps they didn’t even actually belong to her. The uncertain status of the objects is emblematic of how poorly the knowledge about this ‘creative woman of accomplishment’ has been treated over the centuries, overshadowed by interest in, and information about, her eminent spouse. This has allowed authors to project their own views onto Anna Magdalena, in some instances leading to misrepresentations (Talle 2020), and even misappropriation by the Nazis (Yearsley 2019). However, as poetic biographer, it has also given me rich opportunity to imagine into her life. Anna Magdalena is one of the research subjects about whom I am writing poetic biographies, a project of restitution seeking to redress the omission of creative women of accomplishment from the historical record. This paper looks at the composition process I employed in writing about her thimble (one poem in a sequence), taking a quote from Susan Howe as its starting point which suggests that archival objects are ‘pre-articulate theatres’ (1985), positioning the archival object, even if missing, as a site for unfolding drama.
Hizkuntza-eskakizunen egiaztatzegintza aztergai
Authors: Zalbidea Uxue
Published: March 2023

Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoko herri-administrazioko hizkuntza-eskakizunen sistemaren desoreka kezka-iturri bilakatu da azken bolada honetan. Ikusi da EAEko herri-administrazioetan euskararen erabilera normalizatzeko prozesua arautzen duen 86/1997 Dekretuak ezartzen duena ez dela beti kontuan hartzen; izan ere, zenbait kasutan hizkuntza-eskakizunak kidegoaren arabera ezartzen dira lanpostuen funtzioei erreparatu gabe. Abian jarri den ikerketa baten berri emango da artikulu honetan. Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundiko Uliazpi erakundearen azterketan oinarrituta, honako hau landuko da: administrazioko langileen behar komunikatiboen araberako hizkuntza-eskakizunen ezarpena eta trebetasunkako egiaztapenari ateak ireki beharko litzaizkiokeen
SMARTPHONE INFLUENCE SCALE FOR ADOLESCENTS IN THE BEHAVIORS OF DAILY LIFE
Authors: De Souza Elaine Fernanda Dornelas , Dos Santos Sueyla Ferreira da Silva , Reis Andréa Dias , De Sousa Thiago Ferreira , Freitas Junior Ismael Forte
Published: March 2023

It is a Smartphone Influence Scale “SISA” on the daily behaviors of adolescents, an important screening tool in the prevention of behavioral problems related to smartphone overuse. 292 adolescents (11 to 14 years old) participated. Descriptive analyzes were performed to verify the consistency of the sample and the Bartlett and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin tests to estimate the factors and commonality (h2) was used to indicate the explanatory capacity of the questions. Varimax rotation was applied in exploratory factor analysis to estimate the constructs. Spearman's correlation was applied to discriminate the non-collinearity of the questions. McDonald's (Ω) was used to estimate the internal consistency of the scale, globally and by domain. Analyzes were performed partially in SPSS 25.0 and partially in R, with a significance level of 5%. Participants had a mean age of 11.3 (SD 1.36) and most were men (52.1%). The confirmatory factor analysis that evaluated the SISA resulted in a 4-factor structure (emotional symptoms; change in daily life; virtual reality-oriented relationships and physical health). Validity and reliability analyzes showed significant correlations with SISA. The overall internal consistency of the scale (McDonald's Ω = 0.91). SISA showed significant reliability and validity to assess the use of smartphones in adolescents.