bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Perbedaan Gambaran Elektrokardiografi pada Remaja Obes dengan Hipertensi dan Tanpa Hipertensi
Authors: Murdiyanti Bibit , Murni Indah Kartika , Sulistyoningrum Dian C , Susilowati Rina , Julia Madarina
Published: September 2022

Latar belakang. Prevalensi obesitas remaja semakin meningkat. Obesitas berhubungan dengan hipertensi yang dapat menyebabkan perubahan struktur mekanik dan listrik jantung. Elektrokardiografi (EKG) merupakan alat pemeriksaan aktivitas listrik jantung yang mudah dan tersedia luas. Tujuan. Mengetahui gambaran EKG pada anak obes dengan hipertensi dibandingkan dengan tanpa hipertensi.Metode. Penelitian cross-sectional dilakukan pada siswa SMA obes usia 15-18 tahun di Yogyakarta. Subjek dengan data tidak lengkap, menderita penyakit diabetes melitus, ginjal, jantung, infeksi akut, serta riwayat penyakit sistemik atau menggunakan steroid dieksklusi. Analisis bivariat menggunakan uji t test dan chi square.Hasil. Subjek penelitian adalah 177 remaja obes terdiri dari 100(56,5%) laki-laki dan 77(43,5%) perempuan. Didapatkan subjek hipertensi sebesar 30%. Pada analisis bivariat tidak didapatkan perbedaan signifikan rerata frekuensi jantung, durasi gelombang P, interval PR, interval QTc, durasi QRS, amplitudo gelombang R, dan gelombang S serta prevalens left ventricular hyperthrophy (LVH); strain pattern; pemanjangan durasi gelombang P, kompleks QRS, interval QTc; dan pergeseran axis P, QRS, dan T ke kiri (p>0,05).Kesimpulan. Penelitian ini belum bisa membuktikan adanya perbedaan bermakna gambaran EKG pada remaja obes dengan hipertensi dibandingkan tanpa hipertensi.
Laporan kasus berbasis bukti: Pemberian Benzathine Penicillin G Setiap 3 Minggu Dibandingkan 4 Minggu untuk Pencegahan Infeksi Streptokokus pada Anak dengan Penyakit Jantung Rematik
Authors: Firdaus Muhammad Yusra , Yanuarso Piprim Basarah
Published: September 2022

Latar belakang. Infeksi Streptococcus yang memicu demam rematik dapat mendasari terjadinya penyakit jantung didapat pada anak. Demam rematik dapat dicegah baik dari pencegahan primordial, primer, dan sekunder. Anak dengan penyakit jantung rematik dapat dicegah keparahan penyakitnya dengan mencegah terjadinya infeksi Streptococcus berulang atau pencegahan sekunder. Pencegahan sekunder dianjurkan oleh World Health Organization (WHO) adalah dengan pemberian Benzathine Penicillin G (BPG) setiap 3 – 4 minggu. Tujuan. Mengetahui apakah pemberian BPG setiap 3 minggu dapat mengurangi peristiwa infeksi Streptococcus pada anak dengan penyakit jantung rematik dibanding pemberian setiap 4 minggu.Metode. Penelusuran pustaka database elektronik, yaitu Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane, dan Google Scholar dengan kata kunci “rheumatic heart disease”, “AND” “benzathine penicillin g”, “AND”, “streptococcal infection”, “AND”, “children”.Hasil. Diperoleh satu studi systematic review dan satu studi kohort yang sesuai. Kedua studi menunjukkan bahwa pemberian BPG setiap 3 minggu mengurangi kejadian infeksi Streptococcus daripada pemberian setiap 4 minggu dengan nilai NNT berturut-turut 6 dan 8. Kesimpulan. Pemberian BPG setiap 3 minggu terbukti dapat menurunkan kejadian infeksi Streptococcus pada pasien dengan penyakit jantung rematik.
Hubungan Pola Asuh Nutrisi dengan Kejadian Stunting Sebuah Tinjauan Systematic Review
Authors: Ahmad Kurniasari Armayana , Safira Lisa , Faranita Tri
Published: September 2022

Latar belakang. Stunting merupakan keadaan hasil pengukuran tinggi badan anak <-2 z-score atau di bawah median standar pertumbuhan tinggi badan terhadap umur WHO. Prevalensi stunting cukup tinggi di Indonesia. Faktor yang penyebab balita stunting salah satunya yaitu kurangnya asupan gizi pada anak yang sangat bergantung pada pola asuh nutrisi orang tua. Tujuan. Melihat hubungan antara pola asuh nutrisi dengan kejadian stunting sehingga orang tua terutama ibu dapat mengetahui pentingnya menjaga pola asuh nutrisi agar asupan gizi anak terpenuhi. Metode. Systematic review dilakukan dengan pencarian jurnal pada bulan Januari hingga April 2021. Pencarian dilakukan pada basis data PubMed, Google Scholar, dan Science Direct menggunakan metode Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols (PRISMA-P). Hasil. Data didapatkan sebanyak 10 jurnal dengan hasil 9 jurnal memiliki hubungan signifikan antara pola asuh nutrisi dengan kejadian stunting dengan nilai p<0,005, dan satu jurnal tidak memiliki hubungan signifikan dengan nilai p 0,30. Kesimpulan. Terdapat hubungan antara pola asuh nutrisi dengan kejadian stunting. Anak yang mendapat pola asuh nutrisi yang buruk lebih beresiko mengalami stunting dibandingkan anak yang mendapat pola asuh nutrisi yang baik. Pola asuh nutrisi yang buruk dapat menyebabkan asupan nutrisi anak tidak terpenuhi sehingga menghambat pertumbuhan anak.
Computational Investigation of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine in Hydrogen Gas Generation Using PEM Electrolysis
Authors: Agarwal Abhishek
Published: September 2022

Both offshore wind and hydrogen generation are increasingly seen as central to global decarbonization. The objective of current research is to investigate the effect of wind turbine height of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) on hydrogen generation. The numerical investigation of VAWT is conducted using techniques of Computational Fluid Dynamics. The VAWT design is developed in Solidworks design software and CFD analysis is conducted using ANSYS CFX software. The CFD analysis conducted on VAWT aided to determine the torque generated from it at 10m/s wind velocity determining the system impacts and ability of electrolyzer technology to accommodate the varying input from wind turbine. The research findings have shown that height of VAWT blade has significant effect on power generation. The power generation from VAWT increases with increase in blade height. The maximum hydrogen mass is generated for 850mm height wind turbine i.e., 2.09Kg. The external wind flow conditions have significant effect on power generation from VAWT and therefore the effect of varying air flow conditions needs to be investigated.
Copper nanoparticles incorporated manganese dioxide nanocomposites for electrochemical capacitance application
Authors: Shoba A. , Kavitha B. , Matheswaran P. , Jagadeeswari N. , Thanikaikarasan S. , Senthil Kumar N.
Published: September 2022

Chemically produced coppercontaining MnO2 nanoparticles were studied using FTIR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, XRD, AFM, cyclic voltammetric and charge/discharge behaviour. Mixed nanocomposites have a crystalline size of 50 nm was calculated through Debye Scherrer’s equation from XRD analysis. The FTIR spectra were recorded region 400- 4000 cm-1, of clean and doped Manganese dioxide nanoparticles. Mn–O can be ascribed to the stretching vibration band of MnO2 nanoparticles at 631 cm-1. The bending and stretching vibrations of the O-H group are ascribed to the fundamental absorption peaks at 1620 cm-1 and 3400 cm-1.AFM is used to characterize the impact of surface roughness on the fundamental properties of MnO2, copper induced nanocomposites of MnO2 particles. Electrochemical impedance and voltammetric experiments are used to investigate the behaviour of individual and mixed nanocomposites as supercapacitors.
Formation Mechanisms of Co-existence of α-Fe and Iron Oxides Nanoparticles Decorated on Carbon Nanofibers by a Simple Liquid Phase Adsorption-Thermal Oxidation
Authors: Alimin A. , Kadidae L.O. , Agusu L. , Ahmad L.O. , Santosa S.J. , Asria A.
Published: September 2022

We propose formation mechanisms of co-existence of α-Fe and iron oxides nanoparticles decorated on CNFs. The α-Fe nanoparticles are produced via oxidation-reduction mechanisms, which occur in liquid phase adsorption (LPA) assisted by ultrasonic energy, while α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles are thermally formed through mechanisms of Lewis acidbase. In addition, Fe3O4 is thermally formed by reducing Fe2O3 by CNFs. Liquid phase adsorption assisted by ultrasonic energy under ambient temperature using Fe(NO3)3•9H2O as a precursor of iron oxides and α-Fe has been applied. Then, as prepared, Fe(III)@CNFs were thermally calcined at 573 K under air atmosphere in various holding times ranging from 0.5 to 2 h. XRD data confirmed that α- Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 had been successfully grown onto CNFs. Moreover, the presence of the iron oxides and iron nanoparticles was studied by the SEMEDX technique. The iron oxide nanoparticles appeared after a heating period of 0.5h. However, at a holding time of 0.5 h, we found an exciting and unexpected phenomenon where oxygen content is zero percent while Fe is 0.23 wt %. It implies that α-Fe nanoparticles were formed earlier than α-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 as the proposed mechanisms. Formation mechanisms of iron and its oxides such as α-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 decorated on CNFs through liquid-phase adsorption followed by thermally treatment technique in this work is expected to give significant contribution in the field of nanocomposite materials, especially for anode materials based on iron oxides.
Modern scientific views on the problem of pathoplastycs of mental illnesses
Authors: Chuhunov V. V. , Khomitskyi M. Ye.
Published: September 2022

The aim of the work is to study the world experience and views on the problem of pathoplastycs of mental illnesses.
In modern psychiatric clinics, the main source of pathoplastic impact are exogenous-intoxication and exogenous-organic effects. The clinical definition of the concept of pathoplastic impact is significantly expanding by some authors, breaking down the boundaries of such clinical phenomena as comorbidity, background, therapeutic pathomorphosis and others. As a result of this approach, erroneous conclusions are drawn about the presence of pathoplastic influence of personal, clinical and anamnestic, socio-demographic and cultural characteristics on the manifestations of most mental and behavioral disorders. Thus, it is impractical to expand the range of factors that referred to as factors of pathoplastic influence, when in fact they are not.
Conclusions. The problem of pathoplastycs of mental illnesses is the least studied aspect of modern clinic. The inconsistency or inappropriateness of this concept application does not contribute to its accurate assessment. Changes in the clinical manifestations of mental illnesses resulting from pathoplastic influences complicate nosological diagnostics, leading to therapeutic resistance, worsening prognosis and social maladjustment of patients. These circumstances emphasize the relevance of a comprehensive study on the phenomenon of pathoplastycs of mental illnesses/pathological conditions.
Perspective and current state of international standards influence on prevention and treatment of diseases through the prism of developing high-quality and safe medicines
Authors: Aleksieiev O. H.
Published: September 2022

The aim of the work was to examine international legislation covering the legal responsibility in the pharmaceutical field; to analyze activities of international organizations in the area of combating counterfeit drug distribution.
Materials and methods. The study was based on international legal instruments aimed at ensuring legal certainty concerning consideration of drug falsification and similar crimes and imposition of criminal liability for activities related to the falsification of medicines. During the work we used methods of information retrieval, analysis, systematization and generalization.
Results. An urgent problem of modern medicine is the use of high-quality drugs for the treatment and prevention of diseases. Compliance with standards, in particular international ones, during the development of drugs is the key to both effective treatment and further research in the field of basic clinical medicine, including obtaining new scientific data, improving methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases. Transformation processes related to Ukraine’s European integration, development of the pharmaceutical industry market, establishment of additional requirements for the quality and safety of medicines necessitate the implementation of state policy aimed at implementing European Union (EU) legal regulations governing legal liability for offenses. committed in pharmaceutical activities. Special attention is paid to the issues of harmonization of the Ukrainian national legislation with the international legislation on the regional level developed by the Council of Europe and the EU on combating the falsification of medicines, including the imposition of criminal liability.
Conclusions. The implementation of the international legislation norms of providing legal liability for offenses in pharmaceutical activity into the national legislation plays a positive role, eliminating the shortcomings of the relevant Ukrainian legislative acts.
Clinical-epidemiologic and serologic characteristics of Lyme disease in the Zaporizhzhia region (a retrospective analysis for 2015–2019 according to the Municipal Institution “Regional Infectious Hospital” of Zaporizhzhia Regional Council)
Authors: Furyk O. O. , Pak K. A. , Riabokon O. V. , Zadyraka D. A. , Riabokon Yu. Yu.
Published: September 2022

The aim of the work is to clarify the clinical and laboratory features of Lyme disease in the Zaporizhzhia region on the basis of a retrospective clinical, epidemiological and serological analysis of this disease cases in the period from 2015 to 2019.
Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of 62 medical cards of stationary patients with Lyme disease for the period from 2015 to 2019 was carried out. The age of the patients ranged from 18 to 79 years. There were 38 men and 24 women. All the patients were given a traditional complex clinical-laboratory examination; ELISA was used to defined serum IgM and IgG to Borrelia burgdorferi.
Results. According to the study results it was found that Lyme disease in the Zaporizhzhia region had a clear seasonal prevalence in summer (56.5 %) and spring (25.8 %). The vast majority of patients (80.6 %) clearly indicated the tick bite. The disease was mostly acute (90.3 %) with a predominance of erythema (94.6 %). In the acute course of the disease, patients were seropositive in 75.0 % of cases with simultaneous detection of both IgM and IgG to Borrelia burgdorferi, and positive IgM in the absence of IgG. Seronegative 25.0 % of patients required clear clinical and epidemiological data to confirm the diagnosis. Under prolonged and chronic conditions, patients had positive IgG to Borrelia burgdorferi (100 %) and IgM (50.0 %).
Certain clinical and laboratory features at different course of Lyme disease were revealed. So, the acute course was characterized by the predominance of erythema (94.6 %), mild or no manifestations of general intoxication syndrome, lack of pathological changes in the hemogram in most patients (80.4 %). In the prolonged and chronic course, there was no history of erythema, clinical symptoms were polymorphic, half of the patients had increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the absence of changes in blood count, mild cytolytic syndrome and hyperbilirubinemia.
Conclusions. As a result of the retrospective analysis of Lyme disease cases in the period from 2015 to 2019, certain patterns of epidemiological, clinical and serological changes in different courses of this infection in the Zaporizhzhia region were revealed, namely the clear seasonality of the disease, in the acute course – the predominance of erythema and different variants of serological profile in patients, and in prolonged and chronic course – polymorphism of all clinical symptoms and no history of erythema.
Determination of biologically active substances extraction parameters from cranberry leaves
Authors: Vlasova I. K. , Koshovyi O. M. , Kukhtenko O. S. , Komisarenko M. A. , Ilina Т. V. , Kovalyova A. M.
Published: September 2022

The problem of type 2 diabetes due to its prevalence, severity, and complications is one of the most pressing in the world. Plants of the genus Vaccinium are promising sources for the creation of hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic medicines. Studies have shown that the extract from cranberry leaves, obtained with 50 % ethanol solution has prospects to be used for correcting insulin resistance. Therefore, for creating new medicines based on cranberry leaves, it is necessary to determine the optimal parameters of biologically active substances (BAS) extraction from this raw material.
The aim of the research is to determine the parameters of BAS extraction from cranberry leaves (Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pursh) for creating a new dry extract with hypoglycemic activity.
Materials and methods. The object of the study was cranberry leaves. Extracts from the leaves were obtained with 50 % ethanol solution in a ratio of 1:10; 1:15; 1:20; 1:25; 1:30 and 1:35 by maceration at room temperature for 8 hours. The extraction was repeated four times with new portions of the extractant, collecting each extract separately. Identification of phenolic compounds was performed by thin-layer chromatography. An assay of phenolic compounds was carried out by spectrophotometric methods. The mass transfer coefficient of each stage (miBAS/Viextragent) was calculated for each indicator and the dependence of these factors on the extraction multiplicity to determine the rational extraction was derived using the software Statistics.
Results. Gallic and chlorogenic acids, rutin, quercetin, and hyperoside were detected on TLC of cranberry leaves extracts in comparison with standard samples of substances. The content of the sum of hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives in terms of chlorogenic acid, the number of flavonoids in terms of rutin, and the content of the sum of phenolic compounds in terms of gallic acid were determined. It was established that the exhaustive extraction of BAS with 50 % ethanol solution from the cranberry leaves provides a ratio of 1 to 100–110. It was rational to carry out BAS extraction from cranberry leaves in a ratio of 1:10 twice, this would ensure the maximum yield of BAS at the minimum cost of the extractant.
Conclusions. It was found that was rational to extract BAS with 50 % ethanol solution from cranberry leaves in a ratio of 1:10 twice using mathematical and statistical methods. It would be used in the future in the development of extract technology.
Analysis of the domestic market of compressor and ultrasonic nebulizers
Authors: Brytanova T. S. , Samko A. V.
Published: September 2022

The aim of the work is to organize informational files about compressors and ultrasonic nebulizers determination of actuality and availability in marketing analysis of the domestic market.
Materials and methods. Data from the Apteka.UA and the official website of Tabletki.ua were used to analyze the brand and assortment structure of ultrasonic and compressor nebulizers. The search analytical, systematic, comparative, and statistical methods and methods of mathematical and logical analysis were used in the work.
Results. The analysis of the market of assortment and brand structures of the compressor and ultrasonic nebulizers was carried out. The obtained results showed the presence on the market of 16 manufacturers from 10 countries in the world of compressor nebulizers and 9 manufacturers from 7 countries in the world of ultrasonic nebulizers. Among them, the largest suppliers were identified, such as Omron Healthcare (Japan) and LLC Medhouse Swiss GmbH (Ukraine). The calculated stress coefficient indicated greater competition between compressor manufacturers (Kvi = 0.94) compared to ultrasonic (Kvi = 0.88) nebulizers. The level of monopolization was determined using the Herfindahl–Hirschman index. The results indicated a moderately concentrated market for both types of nebulizers. Analysis of socio-economic affordability by indicators of price liquidity ratio and solvency adequacy noted low availability of this group of goods for consumers of pharmacies.
Conclusions. The results of the company structure research indicated the vast majority of manufacturers of foreign companies and a wide range of both ultrasonic and compressor nebulizers. In the course of the work, the available commodity positions in pharmacies in Ukraine were investigated. According to the calculations of the coefficient of tension and the level of monopolization. It was possible to determine the competitiveness among manufacturing firms. The results of the assessment of the liquidity ratio and the adequacy of solvency made it possible to assess the purchasing power of the population in this group of goods.
Current modeling approaches to experimental cognitive impairment (a literature review)
Authors: Tymofiiv D. V. , Hancheva O. V.
Published: September 2022

The aim of the work is to review the professional literature sources from the scientific database PubMed mainly for the last 20 years analyzing the modern view on approaches to experimental modeling of cognitive impairment.
Materials and methods. A review of the scientific literature over the past 20 years was performed. The lack of requisite knowledge about the pathogenesis of cognitive impairment and the wide range of risk factors for these conditions continue to be major challenges in the development of guidelines on early diagnosis and treatment. The literary analysis suggests that all modeling approaches to experimental cognitive impairment are currently divided into two groups: cell culture and animal models.
Conclusions. Experimental modeling of cognitive impairment remains important in addition to clinical and population-based studies. In recent years, the problem of selecting an adequate model to study cognitive impairment, which is a central clinical manifestation of various neurological diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, traumatic brain injury, vascular, demyelinating, and infectious diseases, metabolic aberrations and hormonal imbalance, neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system) is becoming increasingly relevant.
The choice of model and experimental material – animals or cultures (invertebrate and mammalian cells) is based on a clear understanding of the study design and depends on the ultimate goal of research.
Teaching Self-Determination Skills to Male Adolescents with Mild/Moderate Disabilities
Authors: Battles Dawn , Pierson Melinda R.
Published: September 2022

The importance of teaching self-determination skills to all students is extremely important, but it especially vital that all adolescent males learn these skills as they seem to struggle the most with self-advocacy, communication skills, and self-efficacy. This article will focus on many facets of self-determination and will present interventions specifically for adolescent males.
Cross-border Objectification: Implications for the objectified women in the East
Authors: Sreekanth Yagnamurthy
Published: September 2022

Objectification theory says that females are socialized to think of their bodies as objects and to internalize an observer’s viewpoint of their bodies (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). While feminist literature in developed countries is profuse with objectification of women within their national boundaries, they ignore the objectification committed against women of other countries, and especially the developing countries. Although, Nussbaum has extensively dealt with objectification, her analysis and much of the literature on objectification, document intra-national rather than international objectification, which I describe as cross-border objectification. In cross-border objectification, objectifier traverses one’s national boundaries to perpetrate objectification. I explain the cross-border objectification of women with the example of Thailand, a developing country, and how it is swayed by the developed world. The characteristics of cross-border objectification surpass the features of ‘objectification’ as they are defined in the west. Some of the specific characteristics observed as part of cross-border objectification are—providing alternate means and access to financial gains in order to exploit them; old men seeking unsustainable pleasure and company of young women; and finally, transitory emotional and non-sexual/sexual relationships, betraying social relationships of an enduring society. Further, it is exacerbated through the malicious circle of communication and transportation-beautification-objectification. The issue of cross-border objectification requires a special attention of the international community and largescale empirical researchers are necessary to investigate the nature of the problem and how remedial actions could be initiated.
The intercultural Bildungsroman as a platform for a hybrid feminist epistemology in Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy (1990): The (im)possibility of a unified feminist movement
Authors: Scribellito Giorgia
Published: September 2022

This article analyzes Lucy (1990) by Jamaica Kincaid in terms of the intercultural Bildungsroman basing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s characterization of the coming-of-age genre. Focusing on the relationship between the characters, it highlights the tension between contrasting feminist views. Seeking to emphasize how an intercultural vision contributes innovative perspectives on society, this paper argues that the eponymous protagonist of the novel has to find a way to reconcile the American culture with her Antiguan culture in her own feminist and postcolonial terms -an intercultural perspective. On the one hand, the relationship between Lucy and Mariah—her employer—reflects a tension between second-wave and third-wave feminism, which, the heroine eventually reconciles opening up the path for a unified vision of the feminist movement. Lucy’s postcolonial vision, in particular, is similar to that articulated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. On the other hand, the strain between Lucy and her mother is related to the heroine’s endorsement of second-wave feminist views as articulated by Betty Friedan and other feminist theorists of the 1960s and 1970s. In general, this novel develops an important vision for the global feminist movement.
ErzieherIn. Preschool teaching staff in German gender equality policy
Authors: Nowosad Inetta , Tomasik-Abdelsamie Katarzyna
Published: September 2022

The aim of the article was to analyse the policy of gender equality in Germany, here centered around the specifics of the function of (fe)male preschool teachers, which at its source was a profession directed exclusively at women, and as a result is now feminised. These circumstances, unchanged for almost 200 years, have their roots in disregard towards this professional group in the political discourse, apparent in it being treated as “invisible”. Current governmental policies aim at supporting the employment of men at the preschool educational level. The article analyses the federal government’s gender policy through the prism of centrally supported model projects implemented in Germany since 2010, taking into account the broad context of preconditions. General issues present in social debates (such as gender) have been linked in this article to the specifics of a particular professional group of ErzieherIn, such as the rise of the rank of early care and education combined with serious staff shortages hindering the implementation of political guidelines. As a result, these two groups of conditions intertwine, forming a very interesting image, in which tradition gives way to contemporary social expectations.
The construction of tenor, identities and power relations in online discourses on indigenous people of Biafra (Ipob)
Authors: Kamalu Ikenna , Atoma Orowo Precious
Published: September 2022

Previous studies on ethnic, religious and political expressions and activities in Nigeria have examined issues such as religious and political intolerance between and among groups. In particular, the activities of pro-Biafra groups such as that of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM), Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) among others in real life and in online forums have also been studied by scholars from different ideological and theoretical standpoints. However, none of these studies examined the deliberate expression of ethnic, religious and political identities and otherness in the discourses that emanate from the arrest, detention and trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the separatist founder of IPOB, by the government of Nigeria. This study aims at unearthing the deep sense of exclusion that underlies the reactions that trail his arrest and trial in online platforms. A total of twenty online comments were purposively selected and analysed within the tenets of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in order to unearth the ethnic, religious and political ideologies that underlie them. This study gives an insight into how individual and group ideologies in online discourses can threaten the autonomous face wants of others and also that of the corporate existence of the nation. The theoretical orientation adopted for the study leads to the understanding that ethnic, political and religious sentiments underlie the use of language in crisis/conflict situations in the Nigerian context. This study significantly espouses the notion that there is the need for equity, social justice and mutual trust between groups in Nigeria.
Formulas for the numbers of sequences containing a given pattern given number of times
Authors: Serov Aleksandr A.
Published: September 2022

Explicit recurrent formulas for the numbers of sequences containing a given pattern given number of times are constructed. These formulas depend on the length of the sequence, the length of the pattern and its period only. By means of these results one may find the distribution of statistics of the NIST overlapping matching test for binary sequences and arbitrary pattern parameters.
Effect of dispersibility of graphene nanoplatelets on the properties of natural rubber latex composites using sodium dodecyl sulfate
Authors: Che Wern Ming , Teh Pei Leng , Yeoh Cheow Keat , Jalil Jalilah Binti Abd , Lim Bee Ying , Rasidi Mohamad Syahmie Mohamad
Published: September 2022

Natural rubber latex/graphene nanoplatelet (NRL/GNP) composites containing GNP-pristine and GNP–SDS were prepared by a simple mechanical mixing method. The main objective was to study the effect of dispersibility of GNP on the properties in NRL. X-ray diffraction confirmed the adsorption of sodium sulfate dodecyl (SDS) on the GNP surface. The results showed that high filler loading diminished the physical and mechanical properties of the composites but successfully endured to satisfy electrical conductivity to the NRL/GNP composites. Besides, the SDS surfactant-filled system demonstrated better physical, tensile, electrical, and thermal stability properties than the GNP-pristine. The intercalated and dispersed GNP–SDS increased the number of routes for stress and heat transfer to occur and facilitated the formation of conductive pathways as well, leading to the improvement of the properties as compared to NRL/GNP-pristine composites. However, as the GNP–SDS loading exceeded 5 phr, the GNP–SDS localized in the interstitial layer of NRL, restricted the formation of crosslinking, and interfered with the strain-induced crystallization ability of the composites.
Numerical simulation to the effect of applying rationing system on the stability of the Earth canal: Birmana canal in Iraq as a case study
Authors: Danoosh Alaa Hu. , Th. Al-Hadidi Maysam
Published: September 2022

Extreme conditions will cause the water level of high fill canal segment to change suddenly, which will affect the velocity and pore pressure of the slope. A 9 km irrigation earth canal in the city of Alsyahy, 15 km away from Al-Hilla city, and branching off from the left side of Shatt Al-Hilla at 57 km, was studied. The aim of this work is to study and analyze the effect of rationing system on the Birmana earthen canal during rapid drawdown case. Finite element modeling with Geo-Studio software was used in the present study to analyze the combined seepage and slope stability for three cycles. The resulting minimum safety factor obtained from the analysis using the saturated and unsaturated soil model was found to be 1.161, 1.142, 1.159, and 1.2 from the Janbu, Bishop, Morgenstern-Price, and Spencer methods, respectively. The factor of safety (FOS) values in three cycles are less than the required value. Finally, the FOC decreased by 66% from its value before the rationing system was applied, the area of canal and slip surface increased by 77 and 14%, respectively, due to the applied rationing system. These changes led to an irregular water distribution along the canal, in addition to a reduction in road width.
Investigation of hybrid LD/LED system for UWOC link with depth variations
Authors: Abd Mertah N. , Ali Mazin Ali A. , Mohammed Nadheer J.
Published: September 2022

In this paper, An UWOC system using a hybrid LD/LED link is proposed. A simulation was assumed to study the quality of the received optical signal with different modulation schemes such as 64-PPM, 4-QAM, NRZ-OOK, and RZ-OOK. A total of 64-PPM modulation schemes have enhanced the distance link compared with other modulation schemes. PIN and APD PDs are employed to validate the quality of the received optical signal under different water depths. Various metrics of BER, Q. factor, and data rate was introduced to assess the reliability of the hybrid LD/LED link. The simulation results show the proposed system can be achieved a good link with different water depths. The attenuation coefficient of water varies with depth and restricted the performance link distance by hybrid LD/LED link. The 64- PPM is a suitable modulation scheme for getting a long-distance link. The photodetector APD PD outperforms the PIN PD when 64-PPM and 4-QAM are applied.
Kant on Time II: The Law of Evidence of the
Critique of Pure Reason
Authors: Hyder David
Published: September 2022

Dieter Henrich’s “Notion of a Deduction” (1989) opened up approaches to both Deductions in terms of legal as opposed to syllogistic reasoning. Since the KrV is shot through with juridical metaphors and analogies, many points of connection suggest themselves. In this paper, I extend and modify Henrich’s approach, in order to extract a particular logic of evidence. I argue that the three syntheses of the A-Deduction correspond to parts of a deductive procedure, and that their names have been chosen to indicate this connection to the reader. Nonetheless, the principal aim of the paper is not to develop and defend these historiographical claims, but to explicate the structure of the logic of evidence in question and link it to Kant’s intended refutation of Hume. Since the procedures Kant describes are part of the law of evidence of many nations and are equally well at work in contemporary information-theory, a precise reconstruction can map directly onto contemporary problems in philosophy, physics, and informatics, without any loss of historical accuracy.
Effects of topicality in the interpretation of implicit consequentiality: evidence from offline and online referential processing in Korean
Authors: Kim Hyunwoo , Chun Eunjin
Published: September 2022

There is little consensus as to whether the use of implicit causal biases is driven exclusively by verb semantics or mediated by an interaction of verb semantics and other information sources. We tested whether the topic status of a subject modulates Korean speakers’ referential choices and processing in the interpretation of implicit consequentiality information. Results from two sentence-completion tasks (Experiment 1) showed more subject reference in participants’ continuations when the preceding subject was marked by the topic rather than the nominative marker, regardless of the directionality of the implicit consequentiality bias. In a self-paced reading task (Experiment 2), Korean speakers spent shorter reading times when the referent in the consequence clause was resolved as referring to the previous subject than when it referred to the previous object, although only in the topic-marked condition and not in the nominative-marked condition. Our results suggest that the implicit consequentiality effect remains consistent regardless of the subject’s topic status in the offline tasks, but the effect interacts with the topicality effect in real-time sentence processing. We discuss the implications of our findings for assumptions concerning the underlying mechanisms of referential resolution in discourse including causal bias verbs.
Importance of an In-Season Strength Training Program: A Reminder to Sport Coaches
Authors: Kraemer William J. , Nitka Mike
Published: September 2022

The importance of an in-season strength training program has been lost by many sports coaches. It is up to the strength and conditioning professionals at all levels to reeducate those coaches who do not understand that this phase of the macrocycle is vital to long-term player development, injury prevention, and performance. Two-day-a-week interventions can help maintain or even improve athletes' physical capacities and sports performances. Not having an in-season program can result in detraining and increase the potential for injury with the loss of muscle and connective tissue strength and density.
Determination of the correlations between the morphological characteristics and metapodial radiometric measurements of Awassi sheep
Authors: Kahraman Mucahit , Demircioglu Ismail , Gungoren Gulsah , Gundemir Ozan , Ozkan Ermis , Das Aydin , Yilmaz Bestami
Published: September 2022

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, İvesi koyunlarına ait dış yapı özellikleriyle osteometrik verileri arasındaki korelasyonların belirlenmesi amaçlandı.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmada 100 dişi, 50 erkek olmak üzere toplam 150 baş İvesi koyun (18-20 aylık yaşta) kullanmıştır. Koyunlara ait cinsiyet, vücut ağırlığı, cidago yüksekliği, sırt yüksekliği, sağrı yüksekliği, sağrı genişliği ve sağrı uzunluğu, sternum yüksekliği, vücut uzunluğu, incik çevresi, bicostal çap, göğüs çevresi ve pelvis genişliği ölçümleri alındıktan sonra DR sistemli dijital mobil röntgen cihazı ile metapodiumların radyografileri alındı.
Bulgular: Metapodiumlara ait radyometrik ölçüm değerleri incelendiğinde; metacarpus’ da GL, Bp, SD, Bd, Be, WCL; metatarsus’ da ise GL, Bp, SD, Bd, Be, WCM, WCL ve CM değerleri arasında istatistiksel olarak önemli düzeyde sexuel dimorfizm belirlendi (p < 0.001). Metapodial radyometri ile dış yapı özellikleri arasında korelasyon incelendiğinde ön bacak için en yüksek korelasyon değeri metacarpal kemiklerin radyometri ölçümlerinden GL değeri ile dış yapı ölçüm değerlerinden sırt yüksekliği arasında bulunmuştur (r: 0.684). Arka bacak için en yüksek korelasyon değeri metatarsal kemiklerin radyometrik ölçümlerinden SD değeri ile dış yapı ölçüm değerlerinden sırt yüksekliği arasında bulunmuştur (r: 0.679).
Öneri: Gelişimini vücutta erken tamamlayan metapodiumların vücut ölçümleri arasında kuvvetli ilişkiler tespit edildi. Çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlar büyüme ve et verimi yönünden yapılan seleksiyon çalışmalarında metapodial radyometrik özelliklerin kullanım potansiyeli olduğunu göstermektedir.
Detergency mechanisms and cellulosic surfaces: A review
Authors: Hubbe Martin A. , Szlek Dorota B. , Vera Ramon E.
Published: September 2022

The release of soils and impurities from cellulosic surfaces plays a critical role in such processes as the laundering of clothes and the deinking of wastepaper pulps. This article reviews publications that provide evidence about factors that affect such release and the mechanisms by which such factors operate. In general, cellulosic substrates provide advantages for the release of contaminants due to their hydrophilic nature and due to their permeability, allowing the transport of surfactants to contact interfaces with dirt. However, the same permeability of cellulosic material also provides opportunities for contaminants to work themselves into internal crevices and pores, from which they are difficult to remove. The article also reviews aspects of theory related to detergency and how those theories relate to the laundering, deinking, and purifying of substrates based on cellulose and related plant materials. Cellulose and some of its derivatives also can play a role in detergent formulation, especially as builders or as finishes placed on textile surfaces, which sometimes aid in the release of dirt.
Findings on Teaching Machine Learning in High School: A Ten - Year Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Martins Ramon Mayor , Gresse Von Wangenheim Christiane
Published: September 2022

Machine Learning (ML) is becoming increasingly present in our lives. Thus, it is important to introduce ML already in High School, enabling young people to become conscious users and creators of intelligent solutions. Yet, as typically ML is taught only in higher education, there is still a lack of knowledge on how to properly teach younger students. Therefore, in this systematic literature review, we analyze findings on teaching ML in High School with regard to content, pedagogical strategy, and technology. Results show that High School students were able to understand and apply basic ML concepts, algorithms and tasks. Pedagogical strategies focusing on active problem/project-based hands-on approaches were successful in engaging students and demonstrated positive learning effects. Visual as well as text-based programming environments supported students to build ML models in an effective way. Yet, the review also identified the need for more rigorous evaluations on how to teach ML.
Quantitative indexes for direct control of monopolies on different hierarchical levels of economy
Authors:   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”, Bandura Olexandr , Tkachova Valeriia ,   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”
Published: September 2022

The evidence base of proving that a monopoly uses its market power is a problem that has no unambiguous solution. Lack of clarity in antitrust legislation is a long term problem. A part of the problem is impossibility to elaborate a theory and quantitative indexes for a monopoly control, which would be used for juridical practice. This paper presents an attempt to solve this problem proposing new quantitative indexes of a monopoly control. To do this, we used the cumulative market imperfection model of macroeconomic dynamics (CMI-model) that is based on comparison of perfect and imperfect competition both for separate markets and economy as a whole. Within framework of the model there is a possibility to calculate natural (competitive) price that correspond to perfect competition even, if such competition never was establish in real market. Difference between natural and actual market price characterizes the rate of market imperfection and could be used for the monopoly power estimation. We proposed two types of quantitative indexes to control a monopoly. First type estimates the value of monopoly power, second type – impact degree of this power. It makes us possible to control monopoly on different hierarchical levels: firm, sector of economy, economy as a whole. Besides, there are some more competitive advantages of proposed indexes: 1)monitor indexes in dynamics, i.e. we are able to estimate in real time both the fact of a monopoly power usage and impact degree of this power; 2) to separate innovative component from production cost of monopolist; 3) to demonstrate the monopoly power impact on period and amplitude of economic cycle; 4) to control monopoly in a permanent mode, actually “on-line”, but not in a discrete mode as it could be done in standard methods. Additionally, proposed indexes do not require confidential information about firm’s activity.
Ukraine in the institutional dimension of global conflict and natural localization
Authors:   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”, Yaremenko Oleh
Published: September 2022

It is shown that the institutional environment of global markets was formed under the conditions of technological, financial and political dominance of certain leading countries, which caused today's gap between the integrating capacity of market and structural-institutional mechanisms of the global economy and its actual complexity and potential for conflict. The mechanism for reducing this gap was spontaneous localization as a modern simplification of the structure of the world economy due to massive conflicts and the rejection of a share of cooperative agreements. The contribution to the deterioration of the quality of the institutional environment of the global economy of the process of regeneration of the debt institution is revealed. In the new institutional environment, the demand for liquidity (cash balances) as a function of the motive for foresight takes the twisted form of the demand for inventories, both production and consumer demand, exacerbating the global deficit. The conclusion is substantiated that the global economic power, which is not provided with global resources and value-institutional structures, is a source of uncertainty not only for competitors, but also for itself; the result of its functioning is the deepening of disparities and gaps, which can be partially hidden due to hypertrophied credit. It has been proven that the mutual strengthening of the phenomena of global economic power and hypertrophied credit carries the risk of destroying the social market foundations of economic freedom, trust and justice; this determines the demand for alternative models. It is shown that the criterion for the expediency of alternative models of global development in the conditions of unfolding contradictions between globalization and localization is the ability to more or less stable distribution of powers and responsibilities.
Differential response of photosynthetic activity, leaf nutrient content and yield to long-term drought in cacao clones
Authors: Jaimez Ramón , Loor Rey , Arteaga Francisco , Márquez Víctor , Tezara Wilmer
Published: September 2022

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is not frequently cropped in water limited environments, however it is cultivated in several drought-prone regions, where soil water is gradually depleted on an annual cycle. In regions where cacao is subjected to long periods without precipitation, the physiological responses under field conditions may differ between cacao clones. Evaluation of these responses are required to select potential clones that could be used for breeding programs in the context of future climatic scenarios. In order to identify physiological and yield responses to drought of 10 Ecuadorian cacao clones, relative leaf water content (RWC), CO2 assimilation rate (A), transpiration (E), stomatal conductance (gs), water use efficiency (WUE), relative quantum yield of photosystems II (ΦPSII), non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), leaf nutrient content (N, P K, Ca, and Mg) and yield were assessed during the dry (DS) and rainy seasons (RS). On average, A and E decreased by 33 and 22 %, respectively under drought, whereas WUE was higher during RS. Clones exhibited an increase in NPQ during DS, suggesting greater energy dissipation. Clones showed differences in macronutrient content and in most cases drought caused a reduction in Ca and Mg content. Two groups were established according to yield: one which maintained higher yields during RS, while the other had higher yields during drought. This offers strategic alternative in order to maintain a relatively high yield throughout the year with combination of clones in the plantations.