bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessment of the effectiveness of the use of tissue biostimulants in different doses to activate protein metabolism in replacement young cattle
Authors: Pushkarev I. A. , Kureninova T. V. , Shanshin N. V. , Beliaeva N. Yu.
Published: January 2021

The paper presents studies aimed at studying the effect of the introduction of different doses of a tissue biostimulant on protein metabolism in replacement young cattle. Scientific and economic experience was carried out in 2020 on the basis of JSC “Uchkhoz” Prigorodnoye “Industrial District of Barnaul, Altai region. For the experiment, four groups of heifers of the Ob type of black-and-white breed were formed at the age of one month, similar in live weight (47.5 kg). Animals of the control group were injected subcutaneously with physiological solution at a dose of 3 ml / bird, in the 1st experimental group - a tissue biostimulator at a dose of 2 ml / bird, in the 2nd experimental group - 3 ml / bird, in the 3rd - 4 ml / bird No abscesses were observed at the injection site of the tissue preparation. The tissue biostimulator is made from antler deer slaughter waste in an ultrasound field. It consisted of the placenta, uterus with fetuses, liver, lymph nodes of the mesentery and mediastinum. In the course of the experiment, it was found that the optimal dose of tissue biostimulant application should be considered 3 ml / head, which contributes to an increase in the total protein content in blood serum by 2.1% (P≤0.05), albumin - by 1.0 (P≤ 0.05), β-globulins - by 2.8 (P≤0.05), AST – by 5.8 (P≤0.05)), ALT - by 11.5% (P≤0.05)
The effectiveness of the scheme for the use of a new biological product “Kartofin” based on Bacillus subtilis in growing potatoes
Authors: Dereviagina M. K. , Vasilieva S. V. , Belov G. L. , Zeiruk V. N.
Published: January 2021

In field experiments, five schemes of using drugs of different spectra of action were tested in order to reduce the chemical load on the potato biocenosis. Insufficient efficiency of using only biologicals in protecting potatoes from diseases is quite natural. Its use should be combined with chemical pesticides, reducing the number of chemical treatments, but not reducing the effectiveness in combating diseases and crop yields. The study of the effect of the biological product Kartofin as a disinfectant of potato tubers and a fungicide for the treatment of vegetative plants in comparison with the chemical preparations Emesto Quantum and Consento, the alternation of the biological product and chemical fungicides on the economic indicators of the Sante variety. According to the results of twoyear testing it was revealed that the biological product Kartofin and chemical preparations do not cause negative effect on the growth qualities of potatoes and on its immunity. The use of the biological product contributed to a decrease in the development and spread of rhizoctoniosis and alternaria, while being inferior in effectiveness to chemical drugs. Against the causative agent of late blight, the use of the biological product Kartofin was ineffective. At the same time, replacing one treatment with Kartofin during the period of closing the tops in rows for the Consento treatment enabled to reduce the degree of development of the disease by 2 times until the middle of the growing season. The use of the chemical fungicide Consento enabled to protect plants from late blight by the end of the growing season with an efficiency of up to 54.2%. The use of the biological product Kartofin during the growing season enabled to increase the yield by 6.8-7.9% (1.2-1.4 t / ha) compared to the control. The replacement of one treatment with Potato for the Consento treatment increased the yield by 14.1-16.9% (2.5-2.9 t / ha). The use of the chemical dressing agent Emesto Quantum followed by the processing of Consento plants increased the yield by 18.9% (3.3 t / ha). The treatment of seed tubers with Potato helped to obtain a crop free from rhizoctonia. Thus, the use of Kartofin as a disinfectant and fungicide for treatments during the growing season with the replacement of one treatment with Consento during the closing of the tops in a row increases the yield of standard products by 20.1%.
Increasing the efficiency of spring wheat selection for resistance to soil infection
Authors: Toropova E. Yu. , Vorobieva I. G. , Kirichenko A. A. , Piskarev V. V. , Trunov R. I.
Published: January 2021

The aim of the research was to substantiate the need to take into account the factors that have a significant impact on the root rot infestation of spring wheat in the process of practical selection for resistance. The studies were carried out in 2019–2020 with the application of generally accepted and author’s methods. A systemic restructuring of work is needed to increase the efficiency of practical breeding for resistance to root rot. The damaging factor is cereal flies which “open the gates” to all soil phytopathogens after the tillering phase. It should be eliminated, and the ability of varieties to induce the suppression of rhizosphere soil to main phytopathogens should be taken into account. According to the results of two years of research, the smallest, within two biological thresholds of harmfulness (PV), the infestation by root rot at the germination phase was shown by the spring wheat varieties Novosibirskaia 15 and Manu. The development of root rot in comparison with the germination phase in 2019 increased by an average of 2.5, and in 2020 - by 5.6 times. There was an equalization of differences in damage between varieties during the growing season. In the germination phase, the coefficient of variation in the development of root rot by varieties was 24.1 ± 4.0, in the phase of maturity, it decreased 2.5 times to 9.4 ± 1.5. The main reason for smoothing out the differences between varieties in terms of root rot infestation was strong (up to 100%) damage by intra-stem pests. The economic threshold of harmfulness for damage to spring wheat stems by cereal flies was exceeded in 2019 up to 4.8 times, and in 2020 up to 7.8 times. The correlation coefficient between the development of root rot and damage by intra-stem pests in 2019 was R = 0.744 ± 0.185 (P <0.01), in 2020 R = 0.713 ± 0.092 (P <0.01). Analysis of variance showed that the power of the influence of the spatial arrangement of plants on their damage by cereal flies was 30.9% and was reliable at the 1% level, while the influence of the variety itself on this indicator was almost 2 times lower (16.8%) and was significant at the 5% level. The induction of soil suppression to phytopathogens by the rhizosphere of spring wheat varieties influenced their representation in the pathogenic complex of root rot. The correlation coefficient of induction by cultivars of suppressiveness to F. poae and its representation in pathogenic complexes was R = - 0.638 ± 0.318 and was significant at the 5% level. The correlation coefficient of induction of suppressiveness to F. oxysporum and its presence in pathogenic complexes of root rot of varieties was R = - 0.844 ± 0.203 (P <0.01).
Association of β-lactoglobulin genotypes with some biochemical parameters of the blood of Romanov sheep
Authors: Klimanova E. A. , Konovalova T. V. , Andreeva V. A. , Korotkevich O. S. , Petukhov V. L. , Nazarenko Yu. S.
Published: January 2021

The assessment of the gene pool and phenofund of agricultural breeds is an issue in livestock breeding. The accuracy of molecular genetic methods is much higher than phenotypic observation in order to improve breeds. It is necessary to establish relationship between the genotype and the desired trait for their successful application. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to study the relationship of genotypes at the β-Lg locus with some biochemical blood parameters in Romanov sheep. The relationship of genotypes at the β-Lg locus with the amount of albumin, urea and uric acid in Romanov sheep was studied. On a population of 23 sheep of the Romanov breed, we studied the polymorphism of the β-lactoglobulin gene. Blood sampling was carried out from sheep according to standard methods. The analysis was performed in the laboratory of ecological and veterinary genetics and biochemistry of the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University. Standard kits for biochemical studies were used for the analysis. The level of biochemical parameters was determined using a Photometer 5010 V5 + biochemical analyzer. DNA isolation was carried out according to the standard procedure. To establish genotypes, the PCR-RFLP method was used. It was found that in the Siberian population of Romanov sheep the β-LGA allele is more common than β-LGB. In homozygous B / B animals, the albumin concentration was 1.2 times higher (P <0.05) than in individuals with the A / A genotype. No relationship was found between the β-Lg genotypes and the amount of urea and uric acid in the blood.
Constitutional Amendments in PPP's Government (2008-2013): Role of the Parliamentary Opposition
Authors: Adil Muhammad , Afridi Manzoor Khan
Published: January 2021

The research paper investigates the role of the Parliamentary opposition in the constitutional amendments adopted during PPP's government (2018-2013). The role of the classic or loyal opposition is that it offers different alternatives against government policies. It not only opposes the government policies but also maintained political competition by forwarding its own policies. It does not make any obstruction in the way of the government, however, presented its own alternatives in the constitutional limit. Therefore, the opposition during PPP's government was also classic or loyal opposition. It did not make hurdles for the government to pass these constitutional amendments, nonetheless, presented its own alternatives and amendments in eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth constitutional amendment bills. Almost, all the opposition parties have participated in the debate in the National Assembly as well as Senate, and have presented their amendments and suggestions in these constitutional amendments.
Application of New Epistemological Theories for the Interpretation of the Biblical Text
Authors: Андреев Алексей
Published: January 2021

В настоящей статье рассматривается возможность применения новых эпистемологических теорий, разработанных такими исследователями, как Ч. С. Пирс, А. Тарский, К. Поппер, У. В. О. Куайн, для интерпретации библейского текста. В современную эпоху распространилось представление о том, что текст Писания может заключать в себе неограниченное число смыслов, которые могут быть одновременно противоположны друг другу, при этом ни один из них не имеет права претендовать на исключительность и окончательную истинность. Данная ситуация породила определенную стагнацию в современной библейской науке. Как доказывается в данной статье, из подобной ситуации «интерпретационной анархии» возможно выйти, если применить ко множеству библейских герменевтических теорий принципы, разработанные в современной эпистемологии науки. Особое внимание в статье уделяется возможности имплементации теории роста научного знания, предложенной К. Поппером. В статье доказывается, что применение данной модели при анализе множества различных интерпретационных стратегий, разработанных исследователями Библии, позволяет элиминировать ненаучные интерпретации, а также создать возможность конкурентной дискуссии между наиболее правдоподобными гипотезами, что, в свою очередь, должно стимулировать рост научного знания в современной библейской науке.

The article discusses the possibility of applying new epistemological theories developed by researchers such as Ch. S. Pierce, A. Tarsky, K. Popper, W. V. O. Quine, for the interpretation of the biblical text. In the Modern period, the idea that the Bible contains only one «true» meaning - the idea of the empirical author of a biblical text - was established. In the present situatuin, which can conventionally be called postmodernism, the idea has spread that the text of Scripture can contain an unlimited number of meanings which can be simultaneously opposed to each other, and none of them has the right to claim exclusivity and to be ultimate truth. This situation created a certain stagnation in modern biblical scholarship. As this article proves, it is possible to get out of such a situation of «interpretative anarchy» if we apply the principles developed in modern epistemology of science to biblical hermeneutic theories. Particular attention is paid to the possibility of implementing the theory of growth of scientific knowledge, proposed by K. Popper. The article proves that the use of this model in the analysis of variety of different interpretational strategies developed by Biblical scholars allows to eliminate unscientific interpretations, as well as to create an opportunity for competitive discussion between the most plausible hypotheses, which in turn should stimulate the growth of scientific knowledge in modern Biblical studies.
The Linguistic Profile of the Pentateuch: To the Question of the Philological Specifics of the Priestly Code
Authors: Шаблевский Николай
Published: January 2021

В статье основное внимание уделяется работе Л. Петерссон о лингвистическом профиле нарратива Священнического кодекса. При критическом анализе выделяются как сильные, так и слабые стороны её исследования. Во втором параграфе подчёркивается, что Священнический кодекс не имеет в Пятикнижии специфического жанра или особенностей синтаксиса, что с позиции языка лишает оснований исследовать его отдельно от других текстов Торы. Третий параграф представляет собой определение перспектив, то есть рассмотрение возможности и целесообразности изучения лингвистического профиля как Пятикнижия в частности, так и ветхозаветных книг (Танаха) в целом.

In the article we focused attention to the work of L. Petersson about the linguistic profile of the narrative of Priestly Code. A critical analysis discovered both the strengths and weaknesses of her research. In the second paragraph, it is emphasized that the Priestly Code does not have a specific genre or syntax features in the Pentateuch, which from the point of view of the language makes it impossible to investigate it separately from other texts of Torah. The third paragraph is a definition of perspectives, that is, consideration of the possibility and feasibility of studying the linguistic profile of both the Pentateuch in particular and the Old Testament books (Tanakh) as a whole.
Θεωρία in Ancient Greek Exegetical Literature
Authors: Тимофеев Борис
Published: January 2021

Современная научная богословская мысль склонна к унификации терминов и явлений в сфере своих компетенций. Эта тенденция в современных исследованиях в некоторых случаях распространяется и на древние христианские памятники. Так, например, слово θεωρία многие учёные определяют как мистический метод духовного толкования Священного Писания. Это определение нередко применяется в качестве универсального технического определения при анализе экзегетических произведений древних авторов. При этом игнорируется узус самих экзегетов, которые употребляют это слово в иных значениях. В рамках данной статьи предпринимается попытка выявить и показать основные значения слова θεωρία в древней греческой экзегетической литературе.

The article deals with the theology, composition and literary form of the narrations which constitute the prologue part of the book of Genesis (1, 1-11, 26). During the second half of the 19th and at the turn of the 20th cent., following the emergence of the Documentary hypothesis as well as the comparison of the Holy Scripture with the newly-discovered literary monuments of Ancient Near East, the greater part of the narrations that constitute the Prologue were labeled myths and ancient Hebrew folklore (J. Wellhausen, H. Gunkel, J. Frazer). In addition to the then detected Near Eastern parallels, this new attitude towards the narrations of the Prologue was fostered by its lack of a clearly expressed historical dedication and the symbolic form of their exposition. Defending the traditional view of the Prologue as sacred history and prophetic revelation, bishop Kassian (Bezobrazov) proposed to consider all the biblical narrations that contain theophanies as metahistorical. Archpriest Sergey Bulgakov, A. F. Losev and B. P. Vysheslavtsev, who analyzed the phenomenon of myth-making, called the Biblical narration of the origins of the world a myth, but in a sense different from that proposed by Gunkel and Frazer. They have founded a new and positive conception according to which a myth is not fi but rather a kind of reality based upon mystical experience. The author of the article analyzes each of the terms enumerated - «history», «myth», «metahistory» - in their use relating them to the Prologue; he also examines the possibility of their harmonizing with the traditional ecclesiastical view of this part of the book of Genesis.
TANGGUNG JAWAB HUKUM NOTARIS TERHADAP AKTA AUTENTIK YANG DIBUAT DIHADAPANNYA	(ANALISIS PUTUSAN NOMOR 2022 K/PDT/2013)
Authors: Pamitama Laberqi
Published: January 2021

The Notary Deed in Article 1866 and Article 1867 of the Civil Code states that the Notary Deed is written evidence. In carrying out its duties, a Notary must be professional, this is stated in Article 16 letter of the Law on Notary Position. This research is a descriptive analytical study. The approach used in this research is a normative juridical approach. Based on the results of research and discussion, it can be concluded that: First, the form of Notary's legal accountability to the Authentic Deed made before him is the responsibility for the material correctness of the deed, then civil sanctions are imposed for errors that occur in the construction of illegal acts. Actions against the law in this case are active or passive. As a form of notary responsibility in the field of civil law, sanctions in the form of compensation, compensation and interest will be imposed as a result of which the Notary will receive from the lawsuit of the parties if the deed only has evidence as an underhand deed or the deed is null and void by law. Second, the notary can be responsible for the Authentic Deed made before him, it can be from reimbursement of expenses, compensation or interest that can be sued against the Notary based on a legal relationship between the Notary and the parties before the Notary. If there is a party who feels aggrieved as a direct result of a notary deed, then the person concerned can sue the notary publicly. In the case of a lawsuit due to an act against the law, Article 1365 of the Civil Code applies. In this case the Cassation Petitioners were rejected, so the Cassation Petitioners were sentenced to pay court fees at this cassation level.
Regional University's Role and Place in Personnel Training System in Assessments of Employers
Authors: Boguslavsky M. V. , Ladyzhets N. S. , Sannikova O. V. , Neborsky E. V.
Published: January 2021

The article was prepared on the basis of a field study conducted at Udmurt State University within the “Transitive University in the Context of Global, National and Regional Challenges” Project. The article presents the results of a survey of employers on assessment the quality of training of graduates. The study focused on identifying criteria and channels for staff selection, as well as existing forms of cooperation between organizations of Udmurtia and educational institutions. The aim of the study was to clarify the role and place of Udmurt State University in the personnel training in the region. The research method was online questioning, the sample was spontaneous, the number of organizations was 192. The results of the study revealed a rather mixed picture. On the one hand, it is obvious that in general in Udmurtia organizations, rather low assessments of the quality of specialist training at Udmurt State University prevail, since most of the average grades are below 4 points. On the other hand, methods of cooperation with universities are formal and confined to organizing diploma / undergraduate practice and hiring young specialists. The low interest of employers in financing the development of new technologies and training of personnel is also obvious. In the vast majority of cases, enterprises want to get ready-made employees for their current needs without an agreed resource-consuming and long-term cooperation. Channels of communication and coordinated interaction on a long-term basis between the university and employers are most common either absent or are assessed as formal and episodic. Here, several significant reasons can be singled out such as insufficient financial resources of small organizations for working with universities; lack of time or desire on the part of organizations; lack of resources at the university for the implementation of the order; focus on “traditional industries” in the Udmurt Republic while neglecting the needs of the innovative potential development in the region. This results in the persistence of the employers' practice of “self-education in the workplace.”
Modern Challenges for Oil and Gas Education
Authors: Martynov V. G. , Koshelev V. N. , Dushin A. V.
Published: January 2021

Today, in education in general and in higher education in particular, there is no more pressing problem than the organization of the educational process in the context of a pandemic that all universities in the world are facing. Also, there are no universal recipes for how to organize educational and scientific processes in a university without losing quality. The authors share their experience on how to restructure the work of teachers with students in the context of distance communication, organize the work of an educational portal, conduct training sessions, internships, state final certification, create motivational remuneration for the teaching staff. The article concludes that the challenges of the pandemic to higher education made it possible to find algorithms for interaction between students and teachers in the online environment, showed the need to improve the methodological qualifications of teachers, motivational and psychological support for participants in the educational process, accelerate the development of digital resources.
Intelligence in traffic simulation model: Modeling congested network
Authors: Ko Joonho , Cho Hyun Woong , Kim Jung In , Kim Hyunmyung , Lee Young-Joo , Suh Wonho
Published: January 2021

Traffic simulation tools are becoming more popular as complexity and intelligence are growing in transportation systems. The need for more accurate and intelligent traffic modeling is increasing rapidly as transportation systems are having more congestion problems. Although traffic simulation models have been continuously updated to represent various traffic conditions more realistically, most simulation models still have limitations in overcapacity congested traffic conditions. In traditional traffic simulation models, when there is no available space due to traffic congestion, additional traffic demand may never be allowed to enter the network. The objective of this paper is to investigate one possible method to address the issue of unserved vehicles in overcapacity congested traffic conditions using the VISSIM trip chain. The VISSIM trip chain is used for this analysis as it has the advantage of holding a vehicle without eliminating it when traffic congestion prevents its entrance onto a network. This will allow the vehicle to enter when an acceptable gap becomes available on the entry link. To demonstrate the difference between the simulation using standard traffic input and the trip chain method, a sample congested traffic network is built and congested traffic scenarios are created. Also, simulations with different minimum space headway parameters in the priority rules are analyzed to model congested traffic conditions more realistically. This will provide the insight about the sensitivity of the model to this parameter. Based on the analysis conducted it is concluded that, with appropriate calibrations, the trip chain feature in VISSIM has the potentials to be useful in modeling overcapacity congested traffic conditions more realistically.
Research on the participation path of private enterprises in PPP projects
Authors: Bin Guo , Liang Ge
Published: January 2021

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model is an important measure for transferring government functions and promoting socialist market economy in China. After four years of high-speed development and standardized development in recent years, PPP model has achieved good effect in our country. However, multiple problems emerged. In China, the “public” party of the model has always been dominated by state-owned enterprises. Although private enterprises have the willingness to participate, the actual participation degree and volume are not high which is not good for the sustainable development of the PPP model. This paper applied grounded theory to carry out in-depth interviews with the representatives from government, private enterprise, and SPV company in some key PPP projects with private participation, propose four coral categories to construct the whole process of private enterprises’ participation and summarize the behavioral features, and explore private enterprises’ realization of their participation willingness into actual participation behavior and the generation of their continuous participation willingness so as to clear the private enterprises’ participation path in PPP projects.
Fuzzy rule based classification method of surrounding rock stability of coal roadway using artificial intelligence algorithm
Authors: Deng Guangzhe , Fu Yingkai
Published: January 2021

As the stability of surrounding rock of coal roadway is affected by many factors, which makes the classification result hard to be consistent with the field practice. To solve the above problems, this paper proposes a method for the classification of stability of rock which is present in roadway of coal using the artificial intelligence algorithm. In this paper, the influencing factors of stability of rock which is present in roadway are analyzed, and seven influential factors are selected as classification indexes. To solve the problem of slow convergence speed and easy to fall into the local minimum of the back propagation artificial neural network (BP-ANN), an improved BP-ANN algorithm based on additional momentum and Levenberg-Marquardt optimization is proposed based on the analysis of the existing improved methods, which improves the convergence speed and avoids the local minimum effectively. Based on the learning model available, classification system based on fuzzy rule have been implemented and yielded better behavior in the situation of uncertain data sets. Finally, the stability classification model of surrounding rocks of coal roadway using BP-ANN was established in MATLAB environment, and the model was applied to 13 data samples of coal roadway for testing, with the identification rate of 92.3%. The experimental results verify that the method proposed based on fuzzy rule classification system in this paper has a high accuracy of type identification and is applicable to the stability classification of surrounding rock in the coal roadway.
A novel semi-supervised method for classification of power quality disturbance using generative adversarial network
Authors: Jian Xianzhong , Wang Xutao
Published: January 2021

The existing methods for classification of power quality disturbance signals (PQDs) have the problems that the process of signal feature selection is tedious and imprecise, the accuracy of classification has no guiding significance for feature extraction, and lack of adequate labelled training data. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a new semi-supervised method for classification of PQDs based on generative adversarial network (GAN). Firstly, a GAN model is designed which we call it PQDGAN. After the unsupervised pre-training with unlabeled training data, the trained discriminator is extracted alone and conduct supervised training with a small amount of labelled training data. Finally, the discriminator became a classifier with high accuracy. This model can achieve the step of feature extraction and selection efficiently. In addition, only a small amount of labelled training data is used, which greatly reduces the dependence of classification model on labelled data. Experiments show that this method has high classification accuracy, less computations and strong robustness. It is a new semi-supervised method for classification of PQDs.
Local adjustment strategy-driven probabilistic linguistic group decision-making method and its application for fog-haze influence factors evaluation
Authors: Pei Lidan , Jin Feifei , Langari Reza , Garg Harish
Published: January 2021

Unlike other linguistic modellings, probabilistic linguistic term sets can express clearly the importance of different linguistic variables. The notion of Probabilistic Linguistic Preference Relations (PLPRs) constitutes an extension of linguistic preference relations, and as such has received increasing attention in recent years. In group decision-making (GDM) problems with PLPRs, the processes of consistency adjustment, consensus-achieving and desirable alternative selection play a key role in deriving the reliable GDM results. Therefore, this paper focuses on the construction of a GDM method for PLPRs with local adjustment strategy. First, we redefine the concepts of multiplicative consistency and consistency index for PLPRs, and some properties for multiplicative consistent PLPRs are studied. Then, in order to obtain the acceptable multiplicative consistent PLPRs, we propose a convergent consistency adjustment algorithm. Subsequently, a consensus-achieving method with PLPRs is constructed for reaching the consensus goal of experts. In both consistency adjustment process and consensus-achieving method, the local adjustment strategy is utilized to retain the original evaluation information of experts as much as possible. Finally, a GDM method with PLPRs is investigated to determine the reliable ranking order of alternatives. In order to show the advantages of the developed GDM method with PLPRs, an illustration for determining the ranking of fog-haze influence factors is given, which is followed by the comparative analysis to clarify its validity and merits.
Uniform price-based framework for enhancing power quality and reliability of microgrids using Shapley-value incentive allocation method
Authors: Nazari Mohammad Hassan , Bagheri Sanjareh Mehrdad , Moradi Mohammad Bagher , Hosseinian Seyed Hossein
Published: January 2021

This paper presents an economical approach for reliability improvement, harmonic mitigation and loss reduction in microgrids and active distribution networks that include of the distributed generations (DGs) considering technical constraints. The proposed method is a stochastic approach based on the calculation of the locational marginal price (LMP) in each DG bus. The problem is as a game-theoretic that each DG is taken as a single player considering its contributions on the aforementioned objectives. In this regard, each player gets a financial incentive as incremental price, based on a fair method using cooperative game-theoretic sharing strategy. In other words, each DG that aligns its generation with the aforementioned objectives will increase the price of selling energy. This increase in prices will lead to higher profits. Therefore, DGs are interested in volunteering to accomplish network goals. As a tool for system management, the proposed method can control the impact of the pricing in the form of incentives to satisfy each objective depending on its decision in the incentive allocation procedure. To obtain a more realistic framework, demands are considered as the uncertainty parameters. To validate the proposed method, it is evaluated on the real Taiwan Power Company (TPC) network. The promising results indicate that the total loss is decreased by 54.5%, harmonics are mitigated by 12.3% and the reliability is improved by 12.6%.
An improved deep convolution neural network for predicting the remaining useful life of rolling bearings
Authors: Guo Yiming , Zhang Hui , Xia Zhijie , Dong Chang , Zhang Zhisheng , Zhou Yifan , Sun Han
Published: January 2021

The rolling bearing is the crucial component in the rotating machinery. The degradation process monitoring and remaining useful life prediction of the bearing are necessary for the condition-based maintenance. The commonly used deep learning methods use the raw or processed time domain data as the input. However, the feature extracted by these approaches is insufficient and incomprehensive. To tackle this problem, this paper proposed an improved Deep Convolution Neural Network with the dual-channel input from the time and frequency domain in parallel. The proposed methodology consists of two stages: the incipient failure identification and the degradation process fitting. To verify the effectiveness of the method, the IEEE PHM 2012 dataset is adopted to compare the proposed method and other commonly used approaches. The results show that the improved Deep Convolution Neural Network can effectively describe the degradation process for the rolling bearing.
Audiological and noise exposure findings among members of a Brazilian folklore music group
Authors: Carneiro Muniz Carina Moreno Dias , da Silva Sergio Fernando Saraiva , Façanha Rachel Costa , Bassi-Dibai Daniela , Silva Fabricio Brito , Felipe Ilana Mirian Almeida , Dias Rosane da Silva
Published: January 2021

BACKGROUND: Musicians and dancers can be considered an at-risk population for developing noise-induced hearing loss. OBJECTIVES: To determine the audiological profile of members of a folklore-related music group and quantify noise exposure at their rehearsal venue. METHODS: This was a quantitative and descriptive study. The musicians and dancers were evaluated in two stages: an interview about their working life, followed by high frequency tonal audiometry. The sound pressure level in the group’s rehearsal venue was measured using a BEK 2270 Noise Analyzer. RESULTS: A total of 7.2% of the subjects had noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and 39% of the audiometric tests were notch type. During the interview 31.7% of the subjects mentioned discomfort from loud noise, although none of them used ear protection. The environmental assessment showed inadequate humidity and oscillating temperature. Twenty sound pressure level measurements were performed for Leq (equivalent sound pressure levels) and the results ranged from 88 dB (A) to 99 dB (A) with a mean of 97.05. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to high levels of sound pressure has led to NIHL in some members of the group. Some of those with normal hearing also presented a notch configuration characteristic of NIHL. Tinnitus, indicating that a change in hearing has occurred, was the most frequent auditory symptom.
Community health workers’ attitudes, practices and perceptions towards the COVID-19 pandemic in brazilian low-income communities
Authors: do Rosário Costa Nilson , Bellas Hugo , da Silva Paulo Roberto Fagundes , de Carvalho Paulo Victor Rodrigues , Uhr Deborah , Vieira Cristine , Jatobá Alessandro
Published: January 2021

BACKGROUND: Community Health Workers (CHW) are a category of social workers described in many countries’ health systems as responsible for engaging people in their residences and communities, and other non-clinical spaces to enable access to health services, especially in low-income areas. These professionals have been exposed to numerous new risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVE: This study describes how the COVID-19 pandemic is perceived by CHWs who work in poor communities or slums in Brazil. METHODS: We conducted an online survey with a random sample of 775 CHWs operating in 368 municipalities of the 26 Brazilian states. At a confidence level of 95%, results of the survey were subject to a maximum sampling error of 4%. RESULTS: Our data indicate that the negationist agenda increases the challenges to the performance of CHWs within low-income communities, preventing the consensus on the necessity of social distancing, business closures and other measures to face the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: The pandemic imposes unexpected challenges on the usual modes of interaction of public health officers with poor communities. This study provides evidence that these challenges have been ignored or minimized in Brazilian policy prescriptions for primary care in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Relationship among Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Student Motivation and Effective Teaching
Authors: Alexander Sarah
Published: January 2021

Teaching children of poor and disadvantaged ethnic communities is always considered a tough job. This study was conducted to ascertain teachers' self-efficacy beliefs about motivating students studying in elementary schools run by an NGO in various districts of Punjab. It was assumed that ethnicity and marginalization influence self-efficacy beliefs, self-motivation, and, ultimately, professional commitment.  This assumption was verified by this quantitative study using the survey method. The data was collected through a multistage sampling technique from 400 teachers working in schools for ethnic and poor communities in 8 districts of Punjab. The results show a significant relationship among teachers' perceptions of self-efficacy to motivate students, capacity for self-motivation, and professional commitmentfor effective teaching. A strong positive correlation was found among teachers' self-efficacy beliefs to apply effective teaching strategies to enhance motivation among students. Therefore, school management must focus on the intrinsic motivation of teachers so that they can self-motivate themselves for effective teaching.
Effect of University Administrative and Academic Processes on Student Engagement: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Iqbal Javaid , Asghar Ali
Published: January 2021

Student engagement is among the emerging discourses in education research. It is a significant factor in students' academic success and involves the student and the university's contributions. The literature extensively reports the studies that establish and explore the relationship between academic processes and student engagement; however, administrative processes are less focused. This study empirically tested the effect of administrative processes (admission, facilities management, counseling, and governance) and academic processes (teaching, learning, assessment & feedback, research & development) on student engagement. A survey instrument comprising 73 items was used to collect the data from 368 students of two private universities in Lahore, Pakistan. Except for the demographic fields, all items were gauged over a 7-point Likert scale with 1-7 (strong disagreement to the strong agreement). The reliability score of the pilot was 0.96, and of the final data, 0.92. Descriptive statistics were applied to explain the demographic characteristics of the sample. Smart PLS was used to draw structure equation models (SEM) by computing Partial Least Square (PLS) regression scores. Results have predicted strong and positive relationships between administrative processes, academic processes, and student engagement. PLS-SEM showed that both administrative processes and academic processes almost equally affect student engagement. The discussion of results revealed that administrative processes, though equally important as academic processes, but previous research shows less focus on it. The study concluded that emotional engagement is the least focused area by the administration as well as academia. The study suggests the private universities in Lahore to focus on improving their focus on developing emotional engagement of their students to reap loyalty and organizational commitment of their students.
Evaluation of the prescription of oral hypoglycemic agents in the adult population with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Casanova Moreno Daimi , Casanova Moreno María , Acosta Martínez Ismary , González Casanova Jessica , Machado Reyes Francisco
Published: January 2021

Errors in the prescription of drug treatment for type 2 diabetes are detected at the primary level of care. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of the prescription of oral hypoglycemic agents in patients attended in the family doctor's offices of the Hermanos Cruz University Polyclinic, Pinar del Río distrit, Cuba. A descriptive and cross-sectional study of the use of medications was carried out, classified within these as indication-prescription with elements of the therapeutic scheme and factors that condition prescription habits. The universe was made up of 1575 patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with oral hypoglycemic agents who belonged to the 20 family medical offices. The study sample was carried out by the non-probabilistic sampling method (for convenience) (n = 846). The information was obtained from the clinical history and control card of the patients to acquire these medications. The age of 40-49 years, the female sex and between 5-10 years of evolution of the disease predominated. The first line of treatment was not used in 43.6% of the cases; no case had laboratory studies for the use of Metformin. The prescription and dose was adequate, but not its rational use. The most frequent interactions were pharmacokinetic ones.

The rational use of oral hypoglycemic agents was deficient, which makes it necessary to expand the dissemination of a treatment protocol to improve the use of these drugs at the primary level of care.
MEMAKNAI KEKERASAN ORANG MADURA DI PERANTAUAN: STUDI SOSIAL KEBERAGAMAAN MASYARAKAT MADURA DI SEMAMPIR JAWA TIMUR
Authors: Fatoni Ahmad
Published: January 2021

Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out the forms of violence perpetrated by Madurese in Semampir and understand the extent to which religion as a socio-cultural system acts as a tool for social control. The research method that researcher use is a descriptive exploratory type of research. In this study, researcher wanted to explore further the social and cultural role of Madura as a trigger for various characters and acts of violence.
The results showed that various acts of violence carried out by Madurese in Semampir were triggered by several factors. The most prominent factor is the exaggeration of self-esteem that is too excessive. Second, the process of interaction between Madurese in multi-ethnic overseas areas, such as in Semampir sub-district, does have socio-cultural characteristics that tend to be hard, both physically and psychologically. Third, the religious system of Madurese in Semampir is more dominated by ceremonial events so that it cannot be used as a tool for maximum social control.
Keywords: Violence, Overseas Madura.
Good Corporate Governance Sebagai Variabel Intervening Antara Manajemen Laba Dengan Nilai Perusahaan
Authors: Christiana Irma , Ardila Isna
Published: January 2021

Good corporate governance is interpreted as a rule that underlies the process and procedures of company management in accordance with the laws and business ethics. The purpose of the research is to examine the effect of earnings management on firm value with good corporate governance as an intervening variable on insurance companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. In order to answer the hypothesis, this study uses an associated quantitative method. The sampling technique was using purposive sampling method so that 8 companies were selected that met the criteria of a population of 14 companies, with data on gender and time series. Data analysis using regression and path analysis in the form of Sobel test. The findings of this study are that partially good corporate governance is not influenced by earnings management. Another thing that is found is that individually earnings management and good corporate governance do not affect the value of the company. By using the Sobel test to test the hypothesis obtained results that good corporate governance is not able to mediate between earnings management with firm value
Pengaruh Motivasi Kerja, Lingkungan Kerja Dan Disiplin Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Pada Perusahaan WFO Masa Pandemi
Authors: Hustia Anggreany
Published: January 2021

A B S T R A C TThis research was conducted to determine the effect of work motivation, work environment, and work discipline on employee performance in operational company as a Work From Office in the Pandemic Era of Covid 19. This research was done because the researcher think that it was necessary to know how is the infuence among variables in Pandemic condition. Therefore, the company could prepare good human resources to face new normal Era. The object of the research was PT.CS2 Pola Sehat Palembang. The researcher gave the questionnaires to 74 employees as  the sample of the research. This research used multiple regression analyses, stimultaneous testing and individual testing.This results of the research conducted jointly between all the variables that illustrate that there was the influece of work motivation, work discipline, and work environment on employee performance. And the results of research individually known that there was the influence of work motivation and work environment and work discipline toward to  employee performance. A B S T R A KPenelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh motivasi kerja, lingkungan kerja dan kerja disiplin kerja terhadap kinerja karyawan pada perusahaan yang beroperasional secara Working From Office di masa pandemi covid 19. Penelitian dilakukan karena peneliti menganggap perlu mengetahui pengaruh antar variabel yang diteliti pada kondisi pandemi sehingga perusahaan dapat menyiapkan sumber daya manusia yang baik dalam menyambut era new baru.Objek penelitian adalah PT. CS2 Pola Sehat Palembang. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menyebarkan kuesioner  kepada sampel penelitian sebanyak 73 karyawan. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode analisis berbentuk kualitatif yang dikuantitatifkan dan dianalisis menggunakan analisis regresi berganda, pengujian simultan dan pengujian individual.Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan secara bersama-sama antara semua variabel yang diteliti menggambarkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh motivasi kerja, disiplin kerja dan lingkungan kerja terhadap kinerja karyawan. dan hasil penelitian secara individualnya diketahui bahwa terdapat pengaruh motivasi kerja dan   lingkungan kerja dan disiplin kerja terhadap kinerja karyawan.
Studi Kasus Karakteristik Kepribadian Pasien Skizofrenia Paranoid Ditinjau dari Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)
Authors: Muna'amah Rikza Novita , Gunatirin Elly Yuliandari
Published: January 2021

The personality of paranoid schizophrenia patients is certainly different and has its own peculiarities, therefore, some personality tests are needed so that the diagnosis and application of the intervention can be on target. One of the measuring instruments which widely used is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). The purpose of this study was to study the personality characteristics of paranoid schizophrenia patients that reviewed with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). The sampling technique used purposive sampling with one patient. Paranoid schizophrenia has personality characteristics of the type Schizophrenia (Sc) (94 = very high) and Paranoia (Pa) (83 = very high). These patients often have delusions and hallucinations, making it difficult to determine reality and fantasy.
Rastreamento do Câncer de Mama no Brasil: Quem, Como e Por quê?
Authors: Silva Ronaldo Corrêa Ferreira da , Hortale Virginia Alonso
Published: January 2021

Os objetivos deste artigo são analisar as evidências do rastreamento do câncer de mama e sua contribuição na redução da mortalidade e discutir as estratégias de detecção precoce desse câncer no Brasil, particularmente as ações de rastreamento.