bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pengaruh Jenis Pelarut Terhadap Daya Antibakteri Hasil Ekstraksi Daun Sirih Hijau (Piper Betle L.) pada Aktivitas Staphylococcus Epidermidis
Authors:   Jurusan Teknik Kimia, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia, Kurnia Dewi Luthfi , Hendra Sarosa Aji , Wahyu Christina , Hayati Nur , Parasu Risang , Amalia Ersa ,   Jurusan Teknik Kimia, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
Published: February 2022

Ekstrak daun sirih hijau (Piper betle L.) mengandung senyawa antibakteri yang terdiri dari senyawa fenol dan turunannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan aktivitas antibakteri ekstrak daun sirih hijaupada berbagai jenis pelarut terhadap bakteri Staphylococcus epidermidis. Penelitian ini menggunakanmetode refluks dengantiga jenis pelarut yaitu etanol yang bersifat polar, etil asetat bersifat semi polar, dan n-heksana yang bersifat non polar. Uji antibakteriterhadap bakteri Staphylococcus epidermidis dilakukan dengan metode difusi kertas cakram. Rendemen ekstrak daun sirih hijau tertinggi terdapat pada variabel pelarut etanol yaitu sebesar 4,083%. Hasil uji fitokimia menunjukkan bahwa semua hasil ekstrak positif mengandung tannin dan menunjukkan hasil negatif pada senyawa saponin. Diameter zona hambat tertinggi didapatkan pada variabel pelarut etanol pada aktivitas bakteri Staphylococcus epidermidis yaitu sebesar 23,13 mm. Kadar fenol tertinggi terdapat pada variabel pelarut n-heksana yaitu sebesar 6,85%.
Secure PAAS environment over hybrid cloud using load-balanced Docker containers
Authors:   Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia, Khan Ahmad Raza
Published: February 2022

The purpose of this research is to provide cloud service providers (CSP) a secure platform that can be accessed for configuring secure, silent software deployment on the hybrid cloud using load-balanced Docker Containers (LBDC) that are configured with different PAAS software solutions. As many researchers in the past have worked on providing PASS platforms using either a public cloud or private cloud less research is carried out on the hybrid cloud systems and researchers who have worked on the hybrid cloud have followed a different approach to providing PAAS to organizations in need but lack in securing the PAAS platform. This research will provide cloud service providers a secure deployment of the PAAS platform for the developers on the go and will reduce the overhead of CSP to deploy the PAAS services from scratch. Compared to the other researcher’s contribution this research work provides a load-balanced containerized secure PASS platform that can be scaled on-demand and be secure while scaling the resources for peak workloads. The admins of the hybrid cloud can access and deploy the Docker containers based on the requirement laid down by the developers. Once the Admin configures the Docker container with the required PAAS services he can then easily invoke the LBDC in the hybrid cloud and deploy the PAAS platform for the developers to work on in seconds. LBDC’s will help in scalable deployment of Secure PAAS services for different locations and machines simultaneously thus reducing the cost and time required for hybrid virtual machines to get up and running for the development process by the developers of the company. CSP’s can achieve less turnaround time for deployment of secure PAAS environments for organizations.
Approaches to Determine and Manage Sexual Consent Abilities for People With Cognitive Disabilities: Systematic Review
Authors: Esmail Shaniff , Concannon Brendan
Published: February 2022

Background

This review focused on how sexual consent ability was determined, managed, and enhanced in people with cognitive disabilities, with the aim of better understanding the recurring themes influencing the design and implementation of these approaches. If a person’s consensual ability becomes compromised, owing to either an early or late-onset cognitive disability, the formal systems involved must establish plans to balance the individual’s rights and restrictions on sexual expression. This review identified these plans, focusing on how they promoted the intimacy rights of the individual.

Objective

This study aims to identify approaches that determine sexual consent ability in people with cognitive disabilities, identify the means of managing and enhancing sexual consent ability in people with cognitive disabilities, and note the recurring themes that influence how these approaches and management systems are designed and implemented.

Methods

A systematic literature review was performed using EBSCOhost (Social Gerontology, CINAHL Plus, MEDLINE, and SocINDEX), Embase, PsyInfo, and Scopus to locate reports on terms expanded on sexual consent and cognitive disability.

Results

In all, 47 articles were identified, featuring assessment practices, legal case studies, and clinical standards for managing sexual consent capacity in people with cognitive disabilities. A total of 8 studies (5/8, 63% qualitative and 3/8, 38% quantitative) were included out of the 47 articles identified. Approaches for determining sexual consent included functional capacity and person-centered, integrated, and contextual approaches. Management of sexual consent ability included education, attitude, and advanced directives and support networks. The recurring themes that influenced these approaches included the 3 legal criteria of consent, American Bar Association and American Psychological Association Model, Lichtenberg and Strzepek Instrument, Ames and Samowitz Instrument, Lyden approach, Mental Capacity Act of 2005, and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority of 2009.

Conclusions

Determining sexual consent takes a holistic approach, with individuals judged in terms of their adaptive abilities, capacities, and human rights. The attitudes of those using this holistic approach need to be balanced; otherwise, the sexual rights of assessed people could be moved either in favor or against them. The ideal outcome, after person-centered considerations of those living with cognitive disabilities includes the people themselves being involved in the process of personalizing these approaches used to facilitate healthy intimate relationships.
Рапаміцин знижує експресію рецепторів гіалуронану в клітинних лініях раку молочної залози MCF-7 та MDA-MB-231
Authors: Onal Tuna , Oztatlici Mustafa , Ozgul-Onal Melike , Birinci Hülya , Kemal Ozbilgin Mahmud , Sevinç Inan Vissun
Published: February 2022

Актуальність. Рецептори гіалуронану відіграють певну роль при різних типах раку. Однак зміни, що відбуваються в рецепторах CD44 та RHAMM після введення рапаміцину, потребують пояснення. Мета дослідження: вивчити зміни рецепторів гіалуронової кислоти CD44 і RHAMM після введення рапаміцину в клітинних лініях MCF-7 та MDA-MB-231. Матеріали та методи. Клітинні лінії MCF-7 і MDA-MB-231 культивували в стандартних умовах та забарвлювали з використанням первинних антитіл до CD44 і RHAMM для виявлення білків. Значення H-score визначали за інтенсивністю імунореактивності. Рівень експресії CD44 і RHAMM оцінювали за допомогою методу полімеразної ланцюгової реакції в реальному часі (qRT-ПЛР). Результати. У клітинних лініях MCF-7 і MDA-MB-231 імунореактивність CD44 та RHAMM знизилася на 24-ту годину після введення рапаміцину порівняно з контрольною групою. Відповідно до результатів використання qRT-ПЛР, експресія CD44 (p <0,033) та RHAMM (p<0,0002) зменшилася в групі, що отримувала рапаміцин, порівняно з контрольною групою. Висновки. Рапаміцин знижував вплив рецепторів гіалуронану на клітинні лінії раку молочної залози. Таким чином, знову наголошено на важливості позаклітинного матриксу при раку молочної залози.
Радіаційно-індукована автофагія може оберігати пухлинні клітини від ушкоджень або спричиняти їх апоптоз
Authors: Kurtman C. , Sokur I. , Martsenius O. , Nesterenko T. , Ozbilgin M.K.
Published: February 2022

Автофагія — це катаболічний механізм, що направляє пошкоджені органели та непотрібні довгоживучі білки або токсичні молекули до лізосом для споживання, деградації, переробки, регулювання гомеостазу, контролю якості, клітинної адаптації, а також викликає апоптоз. Після радіаційного ураження активація мутантного при атаксії-телеангіектазії білка є найважливішою сигнальною реакцією ядра. Модифікації автофагії можуть впливати на покращення радіочутливості або ефективності променевої терапії за допомогою кількох способів активації автофагії. У тваринній моделі (миші) антитіла до GRP78, CHOP, MAP LC3β і LAMP1 аналізували, використовуючи імуногістохімічний метод, для дослідження стресу ендоплазматичного ретикулуму в легеневій тканині після променевої терапії 5 Гр. Низькі рівні антиапоптотичного фактора GRP78 і підвищені рівні апоптотичного білка CHOP вказували на ураження, викликане променевою терапією. Підвищена імунореактивність MAP LC3β, LAMP1 вказує на ретикулофагію та апоптоз. Клітинні лінії раку легенів A549, що опромінювали в дозі 2, 4, 6 і 8Гр, потім аналізували за допомогою імуногістохімічного методу на наявність експресії мутантного при атаксії-телеангіектазії білка та PARKIN. Найбільш інтенсивна експресія мутантного при атаксії-телеангіектазії білка спостерігається в групах 6 і 8 Гр. Імунореактивність PARKIN зменшувалася зі збільшенням дози опромінення, і вважається, що механізми мітофагії активуються під час променевої терапії. Слід враховувати, що механізми автофагії можуть бути активовані при застосуванні променевої терапії. Ракові клітини можуть бути знищені шляхом запуску апоптозу з посиленням стимуляції автофагії, але це може призвести до збільшення побічних ефектів променевої терапії. Розуміння автофагії та розробка цільових молекул за допомогою досліджень приведе до успіхів у радіотерапії раку.
Enfermería-Consulta: una plataforma digital que apoya el aprendizaje
Authors: Lavoignet Acosta Blanca Judith , Cruz Núñez Fabiola , Santes Saavedra Guadalupe , Lara González Cynthia
Published: February 2022

De acuerdo con estimaciones emitidas por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (unesco), más de mil 500 millones de estudiantes de 165 países no pueden asistir a los centros de enseñanza debido a la covid-19, esto ha obligado a la comunidad académica a explorar otras formas de enseñar y aprender, incluida la educación a distancia y en línea. Esta situación ha resultado difícil para estudiantes y docentes. Ante esta problemática, se creó e implementó un proyecto enfocado en un espacio digital como recurso didáctico, que brinda conocimientos a los estudiantes de enfermería, específicamente a los que cursan las experiencias educativas de Enfermería Farmacológica, Anatomía y Fisiología, y Práctica Profesional Comunitaria. Estos conocimientos están fundamentados en la ciencia, teoría y, a su vez, sirven para el desarrollo de habilidades-destrezas. El medio o herramienta utilizada es el Web log1, cuya aplicación arrojó resultados muy satisfactorios. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una herramienta que nos ha sido de gran utilidad en esta nueva normalidad. En conclusión, dicho proyecto también permite que el estudiante funja como el actor principal en su aprendizaje, al ser autónomo e independiente en la búsqueda de sus saberes.
Rastreo de procesos e inferencia causal en los métodos cualitativos de la ciencia política
Authors: Cortez Salinas Josafat , Solorio Sandoval Israel
Published: February 2022

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una revisión de la literatura sobre rastreo de procesos publicada hasta la fecha. Con el propósito de hacer más asequible este método a los investiga-dores y estudiantes hispanohablantes, se describen los rasgos esenciales y principales críticas a este método. Se pone énfasis en caracterizar al rastreo de procesos como una herramienta metodológica propia de la tradición cualitativa que sirve para contrastar y comprobar hipótesis, así como para construir teorías de alcance medio que explican por qué y cómo suceden deter-minados fenómenos sociales y políticos
Fernando Pérez Correa / Eduardo Torres Alonso / Andrea Samaniego Sánchez (2020), Protección del ambiente. Políticas, derechos y conflictos en México, México, UNAM
Authors: Ruiz López Cinthia Fabiola , Aguilar Pinto Emma Del Carmen
Published: February 2022

Sobre la necesidad de pensar la protección del ambiente  desde la mirada de los derechos humanos y los conflictos territoriales en México
Accident Analysis and Method Comparison of Finding Black Spots on M-2(Lahore-Islamabad) Motorway, Pakistan
Authors: Hasan M. Sajjad
Published: February 2022

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to locate the black spot on the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway and investigate the elements that contribute to traffic accidents (M2). The National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP), Pakistan, provided 10 years of road accident data for this research. A total of 375 kilometres of M-2 were included in this study's database of sixteen hundred fifty two traffic accidents. Time, sector, beat, severity, casualty, severity index, weather, and other variables are taken into account while analysing the 2010-2020 crash data for M-2. The accident patterns and trends on various road segments have been analysed. Cars (50 percent), trucks (15 percent), buses (eight percent), and Hiace (seven percent) are the most susceptible vehicles (7 percent). More than two-thirds of accidents are caused by reckless driving (28%) or sleeping at the wheel (27%) or tyre bursts (11%) or mechanical faults (8%) or slick roads (5%) or incorrect pedestrian crossings (5%). (4 percent). In both Europe and Asia, several methodologies are used to identify problem areas. An overview of the approaches employed in Austria, Belgium, and India is presented in this work. Kallar Kahar (Salt Range) was classified as a "black spot" as a consequence of these approaches due to the large number of accidents that occur there (223 km, 224 km, 225 km, 229 km, 234 km, 195 km, and 283 km). Vehicle braking failure is the leading cause of car accidents. Because human error is a key component in car accidents, teaching drivers about traffic safety via traditional and new media may help reduce the number of collisions. Alarms and tyres monitoring gauges are advised to prevent mishaps caused by sleeping and tyre rupture. Keywords: Road Traffic Accidents, Traffic Safety, Black Spots, Motorway, Dozing alarms.
Fotografía de Carlos Contrera
Authors: Contrera Carlos
Published: February 2022

Este trabajo documental se realizó durante los diez años en que se llevó a cabo la restauración del Teatro Solís. La persistencia y la regularidad en la cobertura dejaron como resultado una enorme cantidad de materiales fotográficos sobre los cuales realicé una edición. Como documentalista edito siempre pensando en el posible lector o espectador: a él está dirigida toda mi atención. En estas fotografías muestro aquello que el lector no vio ni verá. Desde la delicadeza de la restauración del plafón de la sala a lo monumental de las estructuras de la caja escénica, con un elemento que las une: el hombre, realizador de toda la obra. Carlos Contrera, 1954, Cerro Chato.
Primer coloquio franco-latinoamericano de Comunicación Empresarial
Authors: Larre Borges María José
Published: February 2022

El 4 y 5 de noviembre de 2009 se realizó en la Universidad Mayor de Santiago de Chile el Primer coloquio franco-latinoamericano de Comunicación Empresarial, denominado “La comunicación como estrategia para dar valor a la empresa”. En él participaron comunicadores, docentes y estudiantes de diferentes países de América Latina, incluida una nutrida delegación uruguaya. Las conferencias fueron realizadas por académicos y consultores latinoamericanos y franceses; por la Universidad Católica expuso Mónica Arzuaga.
PENGARUH PROFESIONALISME DAN KOMPETENSI TERHADAP KINERJA AUDITOR BADAN PENGAWAS KEUANGAN
Authors: . Johannes , . Edward , Kadarsih Suhaibah
Published: February 2022

High expectation on BPKperformance makes BPK continously make effort to improve the quality of auditor by increasing auditors’s professionalisme and competencies. The purpose of this research is to explain the effect of professionalism and competency on auditor’s performance. Samples is as many as 49 auditors that chosen from the population inBPK. Research result showed that the professionalism and competency has a positive effect on auditor’s performance. Based on the research result it is recommended that all the auditors shoul be encouraged to self competencies and professionalism to make BPK as an organization to be more perform to establish good governance. Keywords: professionalism, competency, performance, BPK
ANALISIS KINERJA SAHAM-SAHAM INDIVIDUAL PERUSAHAANBUMN DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIAPERIODE JANUARI–DESEMBER 2010
Authors: . Chairani
Published: February 2022

The purpose of this study was to explain the individual stock returns, systematic risk of the stock, stock performance and stock performance ratings of  BUMN’s stock that start from Januari to Desember 2010. The Stocks performance were analyzed by calculating stock performance that  using Jensen approach (αJ),  rank the  result,  starting from  the largest positive value to the smallest. The highest return of the stock was 0,2248 and the higest systematic risk was 114,618, ie., PT Semen Gresik Persero stocks, the best performance of the stock was 0,0361, i.e., PT Bank Negara Indonesia Persero stocks, and the worst performance was -0,1015 i.e., PT Semen Gersik Persero stock. This  research result can be used as an investor consideration in assessing the performance of the company stock incorporated in BUMN that can provide the benefit as expected and indicate low systematic risk.Keywords: Stock Return, systematic risk of the stock, stock performance, Jensen Index(αJ),BUMN
Postwar American Experimental Film and Queer Psychogeography
Authors: Suarez Juan Antonio , Belmonte-Ávila Juan Francisco
Published: February 2022

This essay reads queer American experimental film of the 1940s and 1950s—by Kenneth Anger, Willard Maas, Gregory Markopoulos, and Curtis Harrington, among others—as a form of queer psychogeography: a style of urban dwelling and transit that originated with French surrealism in the late 1920s and was subsequently theorized by Lettrists and Situationists in the 1950s. Psychogeography consisted in drifting through the city in search of evocative or destabilizing spots, which, for postwar American experimental filmmakers, were locations latent with (queer) sexual possibility. This approach allows us to re-interpret these films from an unprecedented perspective. So far conceptualized as cinematic renderings of trances and dreams triggered by the search for sexual identity, the present article shows that this body of work registers as well a material practice consisting in the covert sexualisation of urban space; this practice arises from the attempt of postwar queer subcultures to escape regulation and surveillance during repressive times.
Misremembering Reagan: A Decade of Cultural Dissent
Authors: Knoblauch William M.
Published: February 2022

Presidential legacies are constructed, and for the Republican Party perhaps no figure has benefitted from mythology, hagiography, and misremembrances than Ronald Wilson Reagan. Popularly, America’s 40th President is frequently remembered as residing over a massive economic upswing, restoring faith in the American military, and ushering in the end of the Cold War—combining to construct an image of a beloved, even visionary leader. Looking back at popular culture from the 1980s, however, paints a very different picture. From Reagan’s relationship with the press, his shortcomings acknowledging struggles in the African American community, to his near-legacy shattering handling of the Iran Contra crisis, 1980s popular culture helps to remind us that Reagan was not so nearly beloved as today’s pundits would have us believe.
“The air of impossibility has been removed”: Realist Political Drama(dy) and the Trope of Becoming President
Authors: Dallmann Antje
Published: February 2022

Over the past ten to fifteen years, film and TV culture have offered new and more complex negotiations of presidential politics through depictions of fictional American presidents. While in the past American popular culture celebrated the president as overwhelmingly positive, larger-than-life figure, recent representations have introduced more complex characters who face, or even trigger, complicated and morally ambiguous conflicts. This article investigates how The West Wing, House of Cards and Veep, three political TV shows, make use of the emerging trope of a brokered nomination convention in order to question one-dimensional fictional representations of the American president and presidential politics.
Delegitimization and US presidential electoral campaigns, 1896-1980
Authors: Baritono Raffaella
Published: February 2022

The essay focuses on delegitimization of one’s political opponent as a discursive strategy in US political elections from 1896 to 1980. Starting with a definition of delegitimization as a means of contesting the legitimacy of the opponent’s aspiration to power by turning him/her into an enemy outside the constitutional perimeter, the author highlights the circumstances that conduced to political delegitimization tactics in US presidential campaigns, as well as the stock themes in use over the various periods.
Transatlantic Monuments: On Memories and Ethics of Settler Histories
Authors: Hjorthén Adam
Published: February 2022

This article explores the meanings and significances of memories of settler histories in transatlantic relations. Looking specifically at the medium of monuments, it asks what functions they have played, and continue to play, in relations between the United States and certain European countries. The first section of the article offers an anatomy of transatlantic monuments, outlining its key characteristics through a discussion of some prominent examples that range from Christopher Columbus to Leif Eriksson and the Plymouth Colony. In the second section, this typology is further explored through an in-depth analysis of the 1938 monument of the New Sweden colony (1638–1655) designed by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles. The third section deals with memory and ethics, focusing on the analytical consequences and contemporary ramifications of applying a transatlantic perspective on monuments of settler histories. The article argues that a framing of memories of European settlement in America as transatlantic encourages us to rethink its meanings and functions, but also to reappraise questions of responsibility. As monuments of settlement appear to be politically relevant in Euro-American relations, we need to address consequential questions of inclusion, authority, accountability, and agency, that are central to an ethics of memory in transnational settings.
Interracial Homosocial Bonds and Interracial Heterosexual Romance in W. E. B. Du Bois’s Darkwater
Authors: Go Kanyl
Published: February 2022

The present essay examines W. E. B. Du Bois’s multi-genre work, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil (1920) and maintains that the author’s failure to see the realization of his vision for an intra-class and interracial working-class coalition in early twentieth-century United States turns him to interracial heterosexual romance for its symbolic fulfillment in the book. Observing Darkwater’s rhetorical innovation, my paper contends that its sociological segments on contemporary white male workers’ violence enacted against their black counterparts are thematically closely related to its romantic story, “The Princess of the Hither Isles.” Thus, this essay suggests that Du Bois’s frustration over the destruction of interracial working-class male bonds encourages him to seek an alternative discursive space in which he is allowed to map out his sexualized and gendered vision of anti-racist solidarity. I also note Du Bois’s anxiety-ridden negotiation of male discourses as a black man who simultaneously occupies disempowered racial and empowered gendered positions.
“Lord Save Us from Champions like This”: The Sonny Liston-Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Championship Bouts as Transnational Sporting Culture in 1960s Finland
Authors: Heiskanen Benita , Salmi Hannu
Published: February 2022

The two championship bouts between Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali in 1964 and 1965 are among some of the most controversial events in the history of boxing. While their significance has been interpreted in the United States against the backdrop of the Civil Rights era, this article opens up a pathway for discussing transnational meanings and functions that African American heavyweight champions assumed in faraway lands, such as Finland. Contextualized within a Transnational American Studies research paradigm, the article considers the multiple ways in which Finnish media reporting made sense of and imposed significance on transnational sporting culture in the 1960s. The article argues that prizefighting served as a lens through which reporters negotiated Euro-American relations, national identity, and the global spread of professional sports at the expense of amateurism. In addition to providing a site for negotiating ethnic and racial differentiation, the primary sources analyzed show the ways in which prizefighting offered a locus for constructing performative, class-based sporting whiteness.
MATERNAL RACIAL ORIGIN AND PREECLAMPSIA: COHORT STUDY AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW WITH META-ANALYSIS
Authors: ARECHVO Anastasija , VOICU Diana , Gil Mar , Syngelaki Argyro , Akolekar Ranjit , Nicolaides Kypros
Published: February 2022

Objectives: To examine the association between racial origin and
preeclampsia(PE) and gestational hypertension(GH) after adjustment for
factors in maternal characteristics and medical history in screening
study from the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) in England, and to
perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on PE. Methods:
In the FMF data regression analysis was performed to examine the
association between racial origin and PE or GH. Literature search to
December 2021 was carried out to identify peer-reviewed publications on
race and PE. Main outcome measure: Relative risk of PE and GH in women
of black, South Asian and East Asian racial origin by comparison to
white women. Results: In the FMF study there were 168,966 singleton
pregnancies without major abnormalities delivering at ≥24 weeks’
gestation. In black women the respective risk of total-PE and preterm-PE
was 2-fold and 2.5-fold higher and risk of GH was 25% higher, in South
Asian women there was a 1.5-fold higher risk of preterm-PE but not
total-PE, and in East Asian women there was no significant difference in
risk of hypertensive disorders. The literature search identified 19
studies that provided data on several million of pregnancies, but 17
were at moderate or high-risk of bias and only three provided risks
adjusted for some maternal characteristics; consequently, these studies
did not provide accurate contribution of different racial groups to the
prediction of PE. Conclusion: In women of black and South Asian origin
the risk of PE, after adjustment for confounders, is higher than in
white women
Horizontal transmission of disseminated neoplasia in the widespread clam Limecola balthica from the Southern Baltic Sea
Authors: Michnowska Alicja , Hart Samuel , Smolarz Katarzyna , Hallmann Anna , Metzger Michael J
Published: February 2022

Disseminated neoplasia (DN) is one of the most challenging and
unrecognised diseases occurring in aquatic fauna. It has been diagnosed
in four bivalve species from the Gulf of Gdańsk (Southern Baltic Sea)
with the highest frequency in Limecola balthica (formerly Macoma
balthica), reaching up to 94% in some populations. The aetiology of DN
in the Baltic Sea has not yet been identified, with earlier studies
trying to link its occurrence with environmental pollution. Taking into
account recent research providing evidence that DN is horizontally
transmitted as clonal cells between individuals in some bivalve species,
we aimed to test whether DN is a transmissible cancer in the population
of L. balthica from the Gulf of Gdańsk highly affected with cancer. We
examined mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (mtCOI) and elongation
factor 1α (EF1α) sequences of genomes obtained from haemolymph and
tissues of neoplastic and healthy individuals. Sequence analysis
resulted in detection of an independent transmissible cancer lineage
occurring in 4 neoplastic clams that is not present in healthy animals.
This paper describes the first case of transmissible DN in the clam L.
balthica providing further insights for studies on this disease.
COVID-19 and Overseas Filipino Workers: Return Migration and Reintegration into the Home Country—the Philippine Case
Authors: Kang Jong Woo , Latoja Ma. Concepcion G.
Published: February 2022

The paper explores the economic dimensions of the return of overseas workers and examines how the nature of reintegration programs and circumstances surrounding their return could impact reintegration outcomes. The study also suggests policy insights to help strengthen return and reintegration strategies to better leverage outmigration as a tool for economic transformation.
ICTs - An Efficient Tools for Entrepreneurs Amongst the Nigerian Youths.
Authors:   1Department of Mathematics/ComputerScience, Adamu Augie College of Education, Argungu Kebbi State 2&4Department of Computer Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria 3,5Department of Computer Science, Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna State Nigeria, Tukur Emmanuel Ibrahim
Published: February 2022

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes any communication device encompassing: Computers and network, hardware and software, smart phones, satellites system, radio and television and so on, as well as the various services and application associated with them. Undoubtedly ICT is the greatest achievement of the 21st Century. It is believed that ICT have the potential to help the young graduates/ youths develop various skills including entrepreneurial skills. In Nigeria a considerable part of young graduates/youths remains unemployed; a possible solution for this problem might be self-employment. ICT skills which the young generation are very much familiar with can contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial career. This study tries to define those ICT tools mostly used by the graduates/youths and how possibly best they can be used to generate income and employ others. The paper concludes that the need for ICT in our daily life is imperative and cannot be overemphasized, hence the need to sieze the opportunity in order to generate income and employment. However the studys recommends among others that; an ICT skill based acquisition centres should be established by the government and other relevant stakeholders in order to equip the young Nigerian graduates/youths with the necessary skills they need to be self-employed. Keywords: ICT, Entrepreneurship, Youths, Nigeria, Graduates, Unemployment
Impact of Information on Positive Nurturing of Adolescences Toward Better Career Choice: Study of Ikorodu Local Government. Ikorodu Lagos, Nigeria.
Authors:   Office Technology and Management Department Department of Business Administration Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria, Alao Abimbola, I. , James Mutiat T.
Published: February 2022

Impact of Information on Positive Nurturing of Adolescences Toward Better Career Choice: Study of Ikorodu Local Government Ikorodu Lagos, Nigeria 1Abimbola I. Alao & 2Mutiat T. James Office Technology and Management Department Department of Business Administration Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria E-mails: abimbolaalao20047@gmail.com; jamesmutiat@yahoo.com Phones: +234803353370; +2348056118346 ABSTRACT Information now plays vital role in all aspect of human endeavor. As it is rightly said information is “power” if not informed, then one would be “deformed” The role of information in formation and nurturing adolescents cannot be overemphasis, as these adolescents will definitely grow to become adults of tomorrow. Types of information students are exposed to will have something to say about the type of adults they grown to become. Environmental factors which comprises but not limited to Home, Schools, and Religious Body have a significant role to play in nurturing adolescents in our society, especially now that information had been littered from various sources. Right source for information is germane to make these adolescents grow to responsible adults hence this study. The study is aimed at investigating the extent to which information has on positive nurturing of Adolescents in Lagos State Metropolis. Questionnaire was used as the major instruments of data collection. Five (5) Schools were selected at random across all the local government in Lagos State, (20) students from classes of SSI, SSII and SSIII, totaling sixty (60) students from each school leaving us with 300 students for the study population. Survey design mainly quantitative was used. The cumulative reliability coefficient of the instrument used was 0.87. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression and correlation which was facilitated by using the (SPSS). Findings from the study reveals that, many homes are now failing in their responsibility of nurturing adolescents due to busy schedules of parents and other social activities. Schools and religious body now play active roles in giving the information they needed to nurture the adolescence, to become a responsible adult in our society. The study discussed recommendation based on the findings of the study. Keywords: Information, Positive Nurturing, Students, Adolescents, National Development Proceedings Reference Format
Usurpations of and designated successions to the throne in the Serbian Patriarchate the case of Patriarch Moses Rajovic (1712-24)
Authors: Suletic Nebojsa
Published: February 2022

In the medieval and early modern periods, the metropolitans and bishops of
the Serbian Orthodox Church were elected according to the procedure
described in the Archieratikon, the bishop?s liturgical book. The procedure
prescribed that the archbishop should choose from among the three candidates
nominated by the council of bishops of an autocephalous church. Then the
elected bishop was confirmed by the ruler. The archiepiscopal (patriarchal)
election procedure was not specifically described because the central role
in the process in the middle ages was played by the ruler. In the Ottoman
Empire, the central role in the election and confirmation of bishops was
played by the sultan, but the ecclesiastical canons were not among his
considerations. Sometimes persons unworthy of the office of patriarch,
metropolitan or bishop were appointed, without the knowledge of or contrary
to the will of the synod. In order to prevent the appointment of an unworthy
person as head of the Serbian Church, some patriarchs sought to have their
successor elected in their own lifetime and to ensure a smooth transfer of
office in agreement with the synod. Based on known sources and unpublished
Ottoman documents, this paper discusses the questions of the election of
Serbian patriarchs, the usurpation of the patriarchal throne and the
attitude of the Ottoman administration towards the clergy. It offers a
number of fresh insights into events during the patriarchate of Moses
Rajovic (1712-24).
“Hidden religious landscapes”: Religious minorities and religious renewal movements in the borderlands of the Serbian and Romanian Banat
Authors: Djuric-Milovanovic Aleksandra
Published: February 2022

The paper explores the ways religious grassroots actors in the borderlands
contribute to the new understanding of cross border regions and religious
groups in the space between the Serbian and Romanian Banat from the
perspective of the anthropology of borders. The border region included in
this paper was the place of interreligious and interethnic encounter, where
religions and languages mixed and there was a continuous interaction between
Orthodox Christians, Catholics and Protestants. By studying the region that
had strong cultural, historical and religious connections, the aim is to
provide new insights on the borders and religious groups that are
understudied. This article explores the ?liminal? character of religious
identities, development of renewal movements and crossing symbolic
boundaries with the examples of the ?home-grown? religious movement of the
Lord?s Army (Rom. Oastea Domnului) emerged in the first decades of the 20th
century.
Informational properties of transmuted distributions
Authors: Kharazmi Omid , Balakrishnan Narayanaswamy
Published: February 2022

In this paper, we establish some informational properties of transmuted
distributions. Specifically, we derive Shannon entropy, Gini?s mean
difference, and Fisher and Bayes Fisher information measures of a transmuted
distribution. Two extensions of Shannon entropy and Gini?s mean difference
information measures are also provided. Finally, the distances between
transmuted distribution and its components based on the Kullback-Leibler,
chi-square and energy distance divergences are all derived.
Trace class operators via OPV-frames
Authors: Bhardwaj Ruchi , Sharma S.K. , Kaushik S.K.
Published: February 2022

Trace class operators for quaternionic Hilbert spaces (QHS) were studied by
Moretti and Oppio [18]. In this paper, we study trace class operators via
operator valued frames (OPV-frames). We introduce OPV-frames in a right
quaternionic Hilbert space H with range in a two sided quaternionic Hilbert
space K and obtain various results including several characterizations of
OPV-frames. Also, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for a bounded
operator on a right QHS to be a trace class operator which generalizes a
similar result by Attal [2]. Moreover, we construct a trace class operator
on a two sided QHS. Finally, we study quaternionic quantum channels as
completely positive trace preserving maps and obtain various Choi-Kraus type
representations of quaternionic quantum channels using OPV-frames in
quaternionic Hilbert spaces.
Rough statistical convergence in intuitionistic fuzzy normed spaces
Authors: Antal Reena , Chawla Meenakshi , Kumar Vijay
Published: February 2022

In this paper, we have defined rough statistical convergence in
intuitionistic fuzzy normed spaces which is an useful characterization in
the field of statistical convergence. We have proved some properties related
to rough convergence which provides some new functional tools in the
situation of uncertainty like intuitionistic fuzzy normed spaces. Further,
we have established the relationship between the set of statistical limit
points and set of cluster points of rough statistically convergent sequences
in these spaces.
A matrix transform on function space with related topics
Authors: Chung Hyun
Published: February 2022

In this paper, we define a matrix transform of functionals via the bounded
linear operators on function space. We then establish the existence of the
matrix transform for exponential functionals. Finally, we obtain some
fundamental formulas for the matrix transform involving the generalized
first variations.
M-convex structure on b-metric spaces
Authors: Amirbostaghi Gholamhossein , Asadi Mehdi , Mardanbeigi Mohammad
Published: February 2022

We apply the concept of a m-convex b-metric space by introducing of m-convex
structure on b-metric spaces. We obtain fixed point theorems in this
structure. Recent results are concluded in our targets, as well. Some
illustrated examples are presented to confirm our main results. As an
application, we apply our main result to finding existence and uniqueness
the solution of the Fredholm non-linear integral equation.
The almost I-Hurewicz covering property
Authors: Singh Sumit , Tyagi Brij , Bhardwaj Manoj
Published: February 2022

In this paper, we introduce the almost I-Hurewicz (AIH) property which is a
simultaneous generalization of the I-Hurewicz (IH) (see [1, 5]) and the
almost Hurewicz [23] properties. It is shown that the AIH property
independent to the weakly I-Hurewicz (WIH) [6] property, where I is the
proper admissible ideal ofN. It is shown that in a regular space, the AIH
property implies the IH property hence the WIH property, but not in Urysohn
space. In a similar way, we consider almost I?-set and the almost
star-I-Hurewicz property (ASIH) and it is shown that the image of almost
I?-set under ?-continuous mapping has the AIH property.
On the generalized inequalities of the Hermite-Hadamard type
Authors: Nápoles Valdés Juan , Bayraktar Bahtiyar
Published: February 2022

In this paper, we establish new Hermite-Hadamard inequalities for h-convex
functions, with in the framework of a previously defined generalized
integral. The results obtained, generalize or complete, several reported in
the literature. Some final remarks show the strength and scope of our
results.
On Fejér type inclusions for products of interval-valued convex functions
Authors: Budak Hüseyin , Kara Hasan , Erden Samet
Published: February 2022

We first get some new Fej?r type inclusions for products of interval-valued
convex mappings. The most important feature of our work is that it contains
Fej?r type inclusions for both interval-valued integrals and
interval-valued fractional integrals.
BALANCING SECURITY AND LIBERTY
Authors: Kisilevsky Sari
Published: February 2022

This paper examines the legitimacy of the US government’s argument that it must “balance liberty and security” with regard to its policy of trying enemy belligerents in military commissions rather than federal courts. I distinguish between three senses of “balance,” and argue that the policy is ambiguous between the second (internal) and third (emergency external) senses of balance. Neither line of reasoning justifies the policy, however. On the second sense, it is unjustified because it constitutes an arbitrary limitation of the rights of some for the sake of the security of others. It thus violates the government’s duty to decide questions of policy in accordance with accepted legal procedures. Alternately, if the policy is intended to be an exercise of emergency powers, then it violates what I call the government’s juridical duty to serve as a guardian of justice. I offer an alternative justification for emergency measures, one that is based on the model of self-defense. I conclude that although the exercise of military commissions in times of emergency can be justified, the current exercise is illegitimate.
“SAVING LIVES OR SAVING STONES?” THE ETHICS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION IN WAR
Authors: Matthes Erich Hatala
Published: February 2022

In discussion surrounding the destruction of cultural heritage in armed conflict, one often hears two important claims in support of intervention to safeguard heritage. The first is that the protection of people and the protection of heritage are two sides of the same coin. The second is that the cultural heritage of any people is part of the common heritage of all humankind. In this article, I examine both of these claims, and consider the extent to which they align with the current practices that they are intended to justify.
RESTRICTING POLICE IMMUNITY
Authors: Potts Keagan
Published: February 2022

Police use force in high-stakes situations: as state agents, they are obligated to balance the suspect’s right to security against the community members’ right to safety. Currently, the doctrine of qualified immunity (DQI) overprotects police officers, which facilitates the use of illegitimate force. In section I, I survey the theoretical concerns motivating my inquiry into police authority. Section II develops these moral concerns by analyzing two deleterious effects of the DQI. Then, in section III, I show a proper conception of authority to be essential to balancing the two aforementioned rights and argue that the doctrine breeds excessive use of force because it fails to ensure police legitimacy. I finish by suggesting how we should restrict police immunity.
WHAT SHOULD BECOME OF CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS? A NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK
Authors: Valls Andrew
Published: February 2022

Confederate monuments, like all public monuments, are a form of state speech. As such, they are prohibited from endorsing, or expressing nostalgia for, racial hierarchy and white supremacy. In many cases, Confederate monuments are reasonably seen as expressing these views, and are therefore prohibited forms of state speech. But Confederate monuments are also a very diverse set of objects, varying in terms of their time of construction, their spatial location, their form, and their inscriptions. Some monuments are more objectionable than others because of their characteristics on these dimensions, and our normative assessments must take account of these features.
SOCIAL COOPERATION AS INSTITUTIONAL RULE-FOLLOWING
Authors: Melenovsky C. M.
Published: February 2022

The idea that society is a cooperative venture has been used by contractualists, contractarians, and deliberative democrats to justify the burdens of society to each member. In such a cooperative venture, those who benefit from society owe a contribution and those who contribute are owed benefits. Even though this idea is quite intuitive, there are deep disagreements about what makes society cooperative. Some focus on acts of production, others on fair interaction, and still others on the intention to contribute to shared projects. In this article, I show where this kind of disagreement causes problems in current debates, and I defend one conception of social cooperation as uniquely best. Specifically, I argue that the relevant acts that make society a cooperative venture are acts of institutional rule-following. Society is a cooperative venture because people cooperate with one another by following the rules of our basic institutions.
WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF SPECIALIZATION, PREVALENCE, VISIBILITY, AND GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Authors: Schwitzgebel Eric , Jennings Carolyn Dicey
Published: February 2022

Drawing on data from a range of publicly available sources, we analyze the prevalence, visibility, and subfield specializations of women in philosophy, and how the situation has changed over time. Our data strongly support three conclusions: (1) gender disparity remains large in mainstream Anglophone philosophy; (2) ethics, construed broadly to include social and political philosophy, is closer to gender parity than are other fields in philosophy; and (3) women’s involvement in philosophy has increased since the 1970s. However, women’s involvement and visibility in mainstream Anglophone philosophy has increased only slowly; and by some measures, there has been virtually no gain since the 1990s. We find mixed evidence on the question of whether (4) gender disparity is greater at the highest level of visibility or prestige.
EPISTEMIC CORRUPTION AND MANUFACTURED DOUBT: THE CASE OF CLIMATE SCIENCE
Authors: Biddle Justin B. , Kidd Ian James , Leuschner Anna
Published: February 2022

Criticism plays an essential role in the growth of scientific knowledge. In some cases, however, criticism can have detrimental effects; for example, it can be used to "manufacture doubt" for the purpose of impeding public policy making on issues such as tobacco consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, we build on previous work by Biddle and Leuschner who argue that criticism that meets certain conditions can be epistemically detrimental. We extend and refine their account by arguing that such criticism can be epistemically corrupting—it can create conditions that are conducive to the development of epistemic vice by agents operating within them.