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ENGAGING STUDENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION
Authors:   AUREL VLAICU UNIVERSITY OF ARAD, KELEMEN GABRIELA
Published: November 2022

The issue of education, especially nowadays, raises many questions regarding its role in school, at home, in society as well as the ability of the educational process to keep up with the unprecedented changes in society, in human life in general. The leap of scientific knowledge has caused an unprecedented evolution of technology, which has entered human life with the aim of improving important aspects, but we also see its negative impact in many ways. The values of the past seem to be somehow overtaken by the new social challenges! Time has become a precious gift; modern man no longer has enough time either for himself or for those close to him. Everything happens at a pace that affects human life as a whole, disrupting family and social relationships. All this is reflected in the man's ability to adapt to new challenges, and thus education that equips the individual with those capabilities that make him able to face these unprecedented challenges is necessary. The emotional and somatic impact is mainly reflected in mental health. That is why the school and the educational system have the role of paying more attention to the field of mental health, raising awareness of the dangers that can lead to the installation of mental imbalance, prevention being the prophylactic basis. In our study, we will emphasize the importance of studying the field outside specialized schools, identifying certain deficiencies in education regarding mental health, as well as some important directions to be followed.
ANALISIS PERBANDINGAN METODE FULL COSTING DAN VARIABEL COSTING DALAM PENETAPAN HARGA POKOK PRODUKSI (STUDI PADA PERUSAHAAN DAERAH AIR MINUM TIRTA JE’NEBERANG KABUPATEN GOWA)
Authors: Febrianty Lilis , Muchlis Saiful
Published: November 2022

Abstrak, Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perhitungan harga pokok produksi menggunakan metode full costing dan variable costing.  Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah jenis penelitian kuantitatif. Dengan pendekatan deskriptif Berdasarkan karateristik masalah yang diangkat oleh peneliti, maka penelitian ini diklasifikasikan sebagai   penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu data sekunder yang diperoleh langsung dari pihak perusahaan seperti data laporan keuangan perusahaan terkhusus pada laporan produksi perusahaan selama tahun 2018. Sedangkan untuk data serta data sekunder yang lainnya diperoleh dari buku, jurnal, internet atau media lain yang mendukung penelitian ini. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa perhitungan harga pokok produksi variable costing lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan perhitungan harga pokok produksi dengan menggunakan metode full costing. Harga pokok produksi yang dihitung menggunakan metode full costing yaitu sebesar Rp 1.475/m3 dan menurut metode variable costing yaitu sebesar Rp1.198/m3. selisi dari keduanya yaitu sebesar Rp. 277/m3.  Hal ini disebabkan karena dalam perhitungan biaya overhead pabrik perusahaan tidak memperhitungkan beberapabiaya kedalam harga pokok produksi jika menggunakan variable costing seperti biaya pemeliharaan alat produksi, dan biaya depresiasi pada produk air bersih.
Pengelolaan Zakat Produktif Berbasis PSAK 109 Dalam Mewujudkan Good Zakat Governance
Authors: Wahyuningsi Irmawati , Bulutoding Lince , Suhartono Suhartono
Published: November 2022

Abstract, This study aims to determine the extent to which the management of productive zakat based on PSAK 109 in realizing good zakat governance is reflected in the financial statements of LAZNAS IZI South Sulawesi Province. This research is a qualitative research using a case study approach. The data was collected by means of interview techniques with the support of other secondary data. Data obtained from LAZNAS IZI South Sulawesi Province. The results of this study indicate that LAZNAS IZI South Sulawesi Province has implemented the maximum utilization of productive zakat. However, the disclosure of the distribution of zakat funds has not been reported based on the accounting provisions of PSAK 109. This problem causes LAZNAS IZI South Sulawesi Province to fail to meet the realization of financial statements based on PSAK 109 in terms of transparency and accountability. The application of productive zakat with financial reports based on PSAK 109 will give LAZ a good image so that it will lead to the realization of good zakat governance.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH DENGAN KOMITMEN ORGANISASI SEBAGAI PEMODERASI
Authors: Kahar Kartini , Majid Jamaluddin , Fadhilatunisa Della
Published: November 2022

This study aims to show the effect of human resource competence, utilization of information technology and managerial control on the quality of the financial reports of the Takalar Regency Government with organizational commitment as moderating. This research uses quantitative research with descriptive paradigm. The data used is primary data. The research population is the Regional Government of Takalar Regency. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a total sample of 85 people. Data analysis used multiple linear regression analysis and moderated regression analysis with absolute difference value approach. The results of this study indicate that the competence of human resources, utilization of information technology and managerial control have a significant positive effect on the quality of financial reports. Organizational commitment is not able to moderate the variables of human resource competence and the use of information technology on the quality of financial reports, but organizational commitment is able to moderate the managerial control variables on the quality of financial reports. This research is practically expected to be an input to improve the quality of financial reports by increasing KSDM, information technology and managerial control. And theoretically it is expected to add to the accounting research literature related to LKPD.
PENGARUH SELF EFFICACY DAN EMOTIONAL STABILITY TERHADAP CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DENGAN SISTEM PENGENDALIAN INTERN SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI
Authors: Malik Karmila , Majid Jamaluddin , Suhartono Suhartono
Published: November 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of self-efficacy and emotional stability on corporate sustainability with an internal control system as a moderating variable at PT. Suracojaya Abadi Motor Yamaha Makassar. This research is a quantitative research with associative research approach.The population in this study is the company PT.Suracojaya Abadi Motor Yamaha Makassar using data collection methods with sample techniques. The number of samples in this study were 120 respondents, while the samples in this study were employees of PT. Suracojaya Abadi Motor Yamaha Makassar. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis.The results of the analysis show that self-efficacy and emotional stability have a significant positive effect on corporate sustainability and the internal control system moderates the effect of self-efficacy and emotional stability on corporate sustainability.
Copper polyhydrides: A powerful tool in chemical synthesis. Stryker’s reagent in perspective
Authors: Contreras Ricardo R
Published: November 2022

The Stryker reagent, octahedron-hexa-μ3-hydrohexachys(triphenylphosphine-κP)hexacopper(I), [(Ph3P)CuH)]6, reported by the Osborn Group in 1971, and systematically studied in its chemical applications since 1988 by Jeffrey M. Stryker, constitutes a powerful tool in the chemical synthesis of substances that have high value for fine chemistry. From substances with pharmacological properties to compounds of interest in catalysis, agrochemistry, materials science or nanochemistry, Stryker’s reagent, listed in 1991 as “reagent of the year”, and all its analogous polyhydrides, offer great opportunities to develop one-pot synthesis protocols based on a wide variety of chiral phosphines synthesized in the last decades. From the results obtained in the review that has been carried out, it can be concluded that Stryker’s reagent has given impetus to the investigation of high nuclear copper(I) polyhydride clusters, providing new research opportunities in organic and asymmetric synthesis or in the field of inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Uso de videos tutoriales en el proceso de aprendizaje de estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Rodríguez Guardado María del Socorro , Platas-García Alejandra
Published: November 2022

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la incidencia que tienen la Experiencia previa (EP) y la Motivación intrínseca (MI) sobre la Percepción en el aprendizaje (PA) de estudiantes universitarios cuando emplean videos tutoriales en internet. El diseño metodológico cuantitativo es no experimental, correlacional y de corte transversal; se aplicó el Modelo de Aceptación Tecnológica a 112 estudiantes universitarios de diferentes instituciones y programas académicos. Los resultados de la primera etapa permiten afirmar que YouTube es la plataforma más utilizada por los estudiantes para buscar videos tutoriales que les apoyen en tareas académicas; mientras que la segunda parte muestra correlación positiva entre la EP y la MI (rs = 0.526; p < 0.01) y MI con respecto a la PA (rs = .492; p < 0.01). Con estos resultados se observa que los videos tutoriales son una herramienta valiosa que promueve la motivación para el proceso de aprendizaje en los estudiantes.
"Are you good at dating?"
Authors: Aarsand Liselott
Published: November 2022

Within various everyday practices there is a tendency to talk about, categorise and deal with what happens through discourses of learning. Popular culture reveals clear examples of how learning vocabularies and repertoires are used across activities like cooking, parenting, private finances and dating to attain what is displayed as better practice. Drawing upon perspectives highlighting the social dynamics in encounters, I have explored the issue of dating portrayed in a lifestyle television show through the research question: How is learning made relevant in talk on dating practices, and in what ways are subjectivities shaped through such discursive work? A close-up analysis of talk sequences indicates how the interlocutors use discursive resources to frame what happens as a learning event claiming pedagogical subjectivities, relationships and activities. Dating evolves around knowledgeability defining the novice positioning with the need to prepare oneself and cultivate adequate skills through practising. Addressing and promoting knowledgeability, practising and skilfulness as the key to success can empower adults, however, in establishing an aura of normalcy – a “natural” way of operating in daily life – this also becomes a powerful tool for governing oneself and others. A main concern is therefore to critically discuss how the talkative business of learning unfolds in practices beyond formal education.
Virtual Assessment in English Language Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Considerations in Bangladesh Perspectives
Authors: Haque Md. Nazmul Haque , Md. Mozaffor Hossain
Published: November 2022

Background:

This study examines the methods of assessing the learners of English Language Teaching (ELT) learners virtually, obstacles both the teachers and students face in virtual assessment, the kind of renovations both teachers and learners have to accommodate for effective virtual assessment, and the imperative suggestions they have in terms of more fruitful and plausible assessment during COVID-19-like pandemics in the context of Bangladesh.

Methodology:

10 teachers and 21 students from 5 renowned private universities in Bangladesh participated in the study. And it applied a mixed-method approach consisting of both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Findings:

The findings of the study revealed that all the teachers and students go through virtual assessment during the COVID-19 lockdown; the majority of them use Zoom Meeting App and Google Classroom for both summative and formative assessments in the form of mostly virtual viva voce, online assignment, and presentation; virtual assessment is time and money-saving, and has scheduled benefits; its disadvantages include, mainly, unstable internet connection across the country; and most suggest for both teachersâ€™ and studentsâ€™ training in dealing with technological devices and apps used for virtual assessment.

Conclusion:

The major results of the research suggest that virtual assessment in ELT in the Bangladeshi context requires substantial technological modifications and renovations.

Originality:

Since online assessment in ELT, like other academic disciplines, is in function in Bangladesh, better decisions on assessment methodology and, logically, more appropriate assessment policies can be formed. Conforming to this purpose, this research aims to unearth the existing challenges both teachers and learners encounter in virtual assessment and modifications recommended by them.
PENGARUH MODEL PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING DISERTAI LKPD BERBASIS MULTIREPRESENTASI PADA PEMBELAJARAN IPA TERHADAP SCIENTIFIC REASONING SKILLS SISWA SMP
Authors: Indah Indah Ayu Antika , Supeno  , Wahyuni D.
Published: November 2022

Scientific reasoning skills merupakan salah satu kemampuan berpikir yang menjadi tuntutan pada abad 21. Kemampuan tersebut diharapkan dapat diajarkan di kelas IPA, sebagai persiapan untuk siswa dalam menghadapi tantangan global. Tujuan penelitian ini yakni mengkaji pengaruh dan peningkatan kemampuan scientific reasoning skills siswa menggunakan problem-based learning disertai LKPD berbasis multirepresentasi. Adapun jenis penelitian ini yaitu eksperimen quasi dengan desain non-equivalent pre-test and post-test control-group. Penelitian dilaksanakan di SMPN 7 Jember pada kelas 7 dengan kelas kontrol dan kelas eksperimen masing-masing sejumlah 32 siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pembelajaran menggunakan model problem-based learning disertai LKPD berbasis multirepresentasi berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap scientific reasoning skills siswa. Scientific reasoning skills mengalami peningkatan setelah siswa mengikuti pembelajaran secara aktif.
PENERAPAN METODE HIDROPONIK SEDERHANA DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN BUDIDAYA SAYURAN UNTUK PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA PERMATA BARU, KABUPATEN OGAN ILIR
Authors: Susilawati Susilawati , Irmawati Irmawati , Ammar Muhammad , Sulaiman Firdaus , Sodikin Erizal , Harun Muhammad Umar
Published: November 2022

Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk memberdayakan masyarakat Desa Permata Baru agar mampu melakukan budidaya tanaman pada lahan terbatas menggunakan metode hidroponik sederhana untuk dapat memenuhi kebutuhan gizi keluarga. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan di Desa Permata Baru Kecamatan Inderalaya Utara Kabupaten Ogan Ilir Sumatera Selatan. Metode yang digunakan adalah penyampaian materi hidroponik, media tanam, nutrisi dan tahapan budidaya sayuran hidroponik. Untuk mengetahui kemampuan ibu-ibu dilakukan praktek langsung budidaya sayuran. Luaran dari kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah kelompok masyarakat di Desa Permata Baru mampu melakukakan budidaya sayuran dengan metode hidroponik sederhana secara 1] mandiri, 2] mampu menyediakan sayuran untuk konsumsi rumah tangga sebagai upaya peningkatan gizi keluarga, dan 3] mampu melakukan budidaya tanaman khususnya sayuran dengan metode hidroponik secara kontinyuitas. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian ini ibu-ibu kelompok wanita tani Permata Hijau mampu memproduksi sayuran antara lain Pakcoy putih, Selada merah, Selada hijau, Pakcoy hijau, Pakcoy merah, Caisim, Bayam merah dan Sawi pagoda dengan metode hidroponik sederhana

Kata Kunci: Pemberdayaan, budidaya, hidroponik, lahan terbatas

ABSTRACT

The objective of this community service activity was to empower the people of Permata Baru Village to cultivate plants on limited land using a simple hydroponic method in order to meet family nutritional needs. This activity was carried out in Permata Baru Village, North Inderalaya District, Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra. The method used was by giving courses of hydroponic material, planting media, nutrition and stages of hydroponic vegetable cultivation. Direct hydroponic practice for vegetable cultivation was also carried out to sharpen the participants’ skills. The output of this service activity was that community groups in Permata Baru Village could carry out vegetable cultivation using a simple hydroponic method 1] independently, 2] to produce vegetables for household consumption as an effort to improve family nutrition, and 3] to cultivate plants, especially vegetables with continuous hydroponic method. Through this service activity, it was resulted that women farmer groups in Permata Hijau were able to produce vegetables, including white bok choy, red lettuce, green lettuce, green bok choy, red bok choy, choy sum, red spinach and tatsoi using a simple hydroponic method.

Keywords: Empowerment, cultivation, hydroponic, limited land
PENDAMPINGAN PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH PETERNAKAN BURUNG PUYUH MENGGUNAKAN LARVA BLACK SOLDIER FLY (BSF) GUNA MENDUKUNG PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI SIRKULAR
Authors: Novita Elida , Yustinus Yustinus , Pradana Hendra Andiananta
Published: November 2022

Peternakan burung puyuh merupakan salah satu sumber pendapatan bagi masyarakat khususnya di Desa Besuk Kecamatan Tempeh Kabupaten Lumajang. Beberapa keterbatasan yang dihadapi oleh mitra peternak burung puyuh yaitu pemanfaatan limbah kotoran burung puyuh yang belum memiliki nilai ekonomis, mahalnya harga dan terbatasnya konsentrat untuk burung puyuh, serta belum adanya teknologi tepat guna dalam pengembangan produk samping dari peternakan burung puyuh secara berkelanjutan. Salah satu upaya penyelesaian permasalahan yang dihadapi adalah melakukan pengembangan ekonomi sirkular secara sinergis melalui pendampingan biokonversi limbah kotoran ternak dengan memanfaatkan larva black soldier fly (BSF). Tujuan kegiatan pendampingan dalam pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah melakukan penanganan limbah kotoran burung puyuh berbasis larva BSF dan upaya pemanfaatan larva BSF sebagai bahan tambahan pakan ternak burung puyuh afkir. Kegiatan pendampingan dikemas dalam Program Kuliah Kerja yang dilakukan oleh beberapa mahasiswa tingkat sarjana dari Jurusan Teknik Pertanian Universitas Jember. Tahapan pendampingan terdiri atas praktik budidaya larva BSF menggunakan media tumbuh kotoran burung puyuh, pemberian larva BSF untuk pakan ternak tambahan, dan kalkulasi pemberian pakan ternak berbasis larva BSF terhadap produksi telur burung puyuh afkir. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan bahwa penanganan limbah kotoran burung puyuh menggunakan larva BSF mudah diaplikasikan serta mampu memberikan nilai tambah terhadap kegiata peternakan puyuh yaitu mengurangi pemakaian pakan ternak buatan, serta kotoran maggot dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai campuran pupuk organik. Adapun produksi telur puyuh afkir yang menggunakan pakan buatan dan pakan maggot BSF tidak menunjukkan perbedaan signifikan. Secara umum, penggunaan larva BSF pada peternakan puyuh mampu mendukung penerapan ekonomi sirkular sebagaimana yang diinginkan sesuai tujuan pendampingan ini.
Inquisitio. Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Komunikācijas fakultātes pētnieciskās žurnālistikas žurnāls, Nr. 8, 2022
Authors:   Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, Komunikācijas fakultāte
Published: November 2022

Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Komunikācijas fakultātes studentu pētnieciskās žurnālistikas izdevuma "Inquisitio" astotajā numurā pētītas manipulācijas tīmeklī, seksisms popmūzikā un influenceru pirmsvēlēšanu peļņa, un citas tēmas. Šī numura satura veidotāji studē RSU studiju programmā "Žurnālistika", ir RSU studentu medija "Skaļāk" autori un Eiropas Žurnālistikas observatorijas pārstāvji. ISSN 2256-0424
Inside/Outside: Eliot, Perspective, and the Modernist Moment
Authors:   Eckerd College, Florida (US), Spears Brooker Jewel
Published: November 2022

"How can the poet, confined to the ruins of contemporary history, gain the perspective required to understand it? Perception occurs in time; perspective requires a view that transcends time and place. Eliot’s position, discussed in his prose and illustrated in “Gerontion” and The Waste Land, was that art requires a binary perspective. To be true to the moment, the poet needs a perspective within history; to understand it, he needs a perspective that transcends it. In “Gerontion,” Eliot draws on the philosophy of F.H. Bradley to generate a platform from which to understand his moment; in The Waste Land, he draws on the work of J.G. Frazer and Jessie Weston to create a timeless reference point."
Language as Experience in “Gerontion” and The Waste Land
Authors:   Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (UK), Wilmer Clive
Published: November 2022

"This essay attempts some answers to the question, “How do we read The Waste Land?” It is a poem of many fragments and many voices, but the experiencing consciousness is one, symbolized by the impotent prophet Tiresias. The dramatic method, with its limited viewpoints and fragmented identities, derives from the Victorian dramatic monologue, filtered through the ironies of Jules Laforgue and the innovative versification of the Jacobean playwrights. This way of reading the poem is demonstrated through readings, first, of the monologue “Gerontion,” and then of key passages in The Waste Land itself."
The Waste Land: Potential Drama, Persistent Poetry
Authors:   UNED (España), Llorens-Cubedo Dídac
Published: November 2022

"Late in his career, when he was fully devoted to dramatic writing, T.S. Eliot made the provocative statement that his early poetry was “striving ... toward the condition of drama.” This paper examines dramatic elements in The Waste Land (1922): scenes, voices/characters, and dialogue. In analysing the poem as a proto-dramatic text, it also considers Eliot’s future career as a dramatist (mid-1930s-late 1950s), as well as his contemporary essays on drama, and the unfinished play Sweeney Agonistes (1926-1927). Finally, this study explores the pervading presence of “Waste Land” imagery, moods, and diction in Eliot’s later plays. The dramatic quality of The Waste Land prefigures the plays, while these –as modern verse drama– hark back to the poem."
Reading T.S. Eliot in Our Ideological Age: Allusions to Christian Liturgy in The Waste Land
Authors:   Tarleton State University, Texas (US), Forman J. Rhett
Published: November 2022

Critics have long engaged in an ideological debate regarding T.S. Eliot’s antisemitism, misogyny, and ethnocentrism. While his opponents attack him according to deconstructionist readings, his proponents remain unsure about how to defend his place in literary studies. Upon the centennial of The Waste Land, I argue that its opening and closing allusions to Christian liturgical practice in “The Burial of the Dead” and “What the Thunder Said” offer a poetic defense against deconstructionism’s literary nihilism, a defense that justifies its place in the next century. Through these allusions, Eliot fashions a poetic ritual that enacts the Biblical and liturgical journey from death into new life, a journey reflected in the poem’s images of a barren modernity and its resurrection of tradition.
“Burning Burning Burning Burning”: The Fire of The Waste Land in Anna Akhmatova’s Poem Without a Hero
Authors:   Universidad de Salamanca (Spain), Kurasova Anna
Published: November 2022

"In 1940, when the flames of WWII were already devastating Europe and approaching the USSR, the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) started what was to become her last major work, Poem Without a Hero (1940-1960). Thanks to the poet and writer Boris Pasternak, Akhmatova was able to read T.S. Eliot’s work. Although she and Eliot never met nor communicated directly, Akhmatova considered him her soulmate. Having witnessed WWI, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the communist purges, Stalinism, and foreseeing the upcoming Nazi invasion, Akhmatova turns to Eliot as one of her main inspirations. The present paper explores one of the leitmotivs of The Waste Land, the multifaceted fire, seeing it as, first, a symbol of the horrors depicted in Poem Without a Hero, and second, a hope of a purifying power. Akhmatova’s Poem Without a Hero originated in The Waste Land´s despair and longing for salvation, and the fire in her poem is as merciless as it is redeeming, “like a pure flame in a dish of clay” (Poem Without a Hero)."
Romantic Eliot: The Reception of T.S. Eliot in Spain in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Authors:   Universidad de Valladolid (Spain), Guerrero-Strachan Santiago Rodríguez
Published: November 2022

"The article explores interpretations of T.S. Eliot by three Spanish poets: José Ángel Valente, Andrés Sánchez Robayna and Antonio Colinas. For them Eliot brought about the renewal of poetry in the early twentieth century. However, contrary to the popular view of Eliot as a Modernist who censured the late developments of Romanticism, Valente, Sánchez Robayna and Colinas regarded his poems as a continuation of Romanticism. The article considers the Spanish authors’ essays by analyzing the way they created the figure of Eliot as an heir of Romanticism."
“De Pound a Eliot, en el más allá”. “Herida de sol”. “Waste”. “En esta Isla de cetros”.
Authors: Colinas Antonio , Lozano Clariond Jeannette , Derrick Paul Scott ,   Universitat de València (España), Rodríguez Salas Gerardo ,   Universidad de Granada (España)
Published: November 2022

"The centennial commemoration of The Waste Land includes not only literary studies but also creations in the domain of visual arts and music. In the artwork section two well-established poets, multi-prized Spanish Antonio Colinas, and Mexican Jeannette Lozano Clariond, pay their homage to Eliot. They are accompanied by startling poetic voices of those who are more known as scholars and who reveal now their less known facet as poetic craftsmen, such as, Paul Scott Derrick, an eminent Americanist at the Universitat de València, and Gerardo Rodríguez Salas, a promising writer and professor at the Universidad de Granada."
Profile of uropathogens in pregnancy over 5 years from a large tertiary center in South India
Authors: David Liji Sarah , Varunashree N. D. , Ebenezer Emily Divya , Navaneethan Preethi Raja , Tirkey Richa Sasmita , Rathore Swati , Mahasampath Gowri , David Thambu , Mathews Jiji Elizabeth , Sahni Rani Diana
Published: November 2022

Objectives:

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common medical problem in both antenatal and postnatal women. Data from India on the demography of these women, microbiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of the causative bacteria, need elucidation.

Material and Methods:

We performed an observation study that collected data on UTI in antenatal and postnatal women between 2013 and 2017 at our tertiary care center in South India. Antenatally, urine dipstick-positive patients, high-risk, and symptomatic patients submitted urine cultures. Postnatally, all symptomatic patients had urine cultures. This was 20% of all antenatal and postnatal women resulting in 20,203 cultures.

Results:

Of 20,203 cultures, significant bacteriuria was seen in 9.48% of antenatal and 13.28% of postnatal women. A higher mean age was seen among those with UTI, antenatal 27 (SD 3.5) and postnatal 26.4 (SD 4.7) years versus 23.9 (SD 3.6) with no growth in culture. The mean BMI among antenatal was 28.2 (SD 3.5) and postnatal was 28 (SD 7.4). Most (60%) were primigravida. At delivery, 37% required cesarean sections while 21.2% required instrumental delivery. Recurrent UTI was seen in 25% antenatally and 10% in the postnatal period. Escherichia coli accounted for 66 and 60% of infections among antenatal and postnatal women, respectively. Enterococcus species accounted for 13% in both while Klebsiella species was 4.9 and 7.3%, respectively. Among E. coli, 68.3 and 59.2% of isolates in antenatal and postnatal period were cefpodoxime susceptible. Nearly 75% of ante- and postnatal isolates were susceptible to amoxicillin-clavulanate while 90.2% and 92.5% were susceptible to nitrofurantoin. Enterococci spp. up to 84.4 and 97.1% in ante- and postnatal isolates were susceptible to ampicillin, 64.4 and 77.4% susceptible to high-level gentamicin, and 84 and 95.5% susceptible to nitrofurantoin. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy was documented in 2.1% of antenatal outpatients and E. coli was isolated in 74% of these cultures.

Conclusion:

Importance of microbiological evidence prior to administration of antimicrobials is evidenced by 79% negative cultures in this 5-year cohort. Escherichia coli accounted for 60-66% of significant bacteriuria followed by Enterococcus and Klebsiella species with 30-40% E.coli probable ESBL producers. Nitrofurantoin followed by amoxicillin-clavulanate were found to be the best oral antimicrobial options.
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ANESTHETIC EMERGENCIES IN UKRAINE
Authors: BIELKA K. , KUCHYN I. , FRANK M. , SIRENKO I. , YUROVICH A. , SLIPUHA D. , LISNYY I. , SOLYARIK S. , MAZUR A. , POSTERNAK G.
Published: November 2022

Anesthesia-associated mortality has decreased during the last three decades as a result of several measures undertaken to improve patient safety. These included analysis of critical incidents and errors that occurred during the anesthesia, as well as factors that contribute to such incidents. Such factors may be related to the patient, operation or anesthesia. According to our study the most common incidents were related to the respiratory system: difficult airway, reintubation, oxygen desaturation; cardiovascular system: hypotension, tachycardia, bradycardia, hypertension, collapse; massive hemorrhage.
Anesthetic emergencies occur rather often in Ukraine and impact the treatment results significantly. Notification, registration and analysis of such incidents are not being performed systematically, which proves to be one of the major threats to patient safety during anesthesia.
Importance of Dispersion in the Molecular Geometries of Mn(III) Spin Crossover Complexes
Authors: Roy Chowdhury Sabyasachi , Nguyen Ngan , Vlaisavljevich Bess
Published: November 2022

We report the computational investigation of the molecular geometries of a pair of manganese(III) spin crossover complexes. For the high-spin geometry, the density functionals significantly overestimate the Mn−Namine bond distances, although the geometry for the intermediate-spin is well-described. Comparisons with several wavefunction-based methods demonstrate that this error is due to the limited ability of density functional theory (DFT) to recover dispersion beyond a certain extent. Among the methods employed for geometry optimization, Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) appropriately describes the high-spin geometry, but results in a slightly reduced Mn−O distance in both the spin-states. On the other hand, complete active space second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) results in a good description of the geometry for the intermediate spin state, but also sufficiently recovers dispersion performing well for the high-spin state. Despite the fact that the electronic structure of both spin states is dominated by one electron configuration, CASPT2 offers a balanced approach leading to molecular geometries with much better accuracy than MP2 and DFT. A scan along the Mn−Namine bond demonstrates that coupled cluster methods (i.e., DLPNO-CCSD(T)) also yield bond distances in agreement with experiment, while multiconfiguration pair density functional theory (MC-PDFT) is unable to recover dispersion well enough, analogous to single reference DFT.
De Novo Glycan Sequencing by Electronic Excitation Dissociation MS2-Guided MS3 Analysis on an Omnitrap-Orbitrap Hybrid Instrument
Authors: Wei Juan , Papanastasiou Dimitris , Kosmopoulou Mariagela , Smyrnakis Thanos , Hong Pengyu , Tursumamat Nafisa , Klein Joshua , Xia Chaoshuang , Tang Yang , Zaia Joseph , Costello Catherine , Lin Cheng
Published: November 2022

Comprehensive de novo glycan sequencing remains an elusive goal due to the structural diversity and complexity of glycans. Present strategies employing collision-induced dissociation (CID) and higher energy collisional dissociation (HCD)-based multi-stage tandem mass spectrometry (MSn) or MS/MS combined with sequential exoglycosidase digestion are inherently low-throughput and difficult to automate. Compared to CID and HCD, electron transfer dissociation (ETD) and electron capture dissociation (ECD) each generate more cross-ring cleavages informative about linkage positions, but electronic excitation dissociation (EED) exceeds their information content and is also applicable to analysis of singly charged precursors. Although EED can provide extensive glycan structural information in a single stage of MS/MS, its performance has largely been limited to FTICR MS, and thus it has not been widely adopted by the glycoscience research community. Here, effective performance of EED MS/MS was demonstrated on a hybrid Orbitrap-Omnitrap QE-HF instrument, with high sensitivity, fragmentation efficiency, and analysis speed. In addition, a novel EED MS2-guided MS3 approach was developed for detailed glycan structural analysis. We showed that the topology and linkage configurations of the Man9GlcNAc2 glycan can be accurately determined from first principles based on one EED MS2 and two CID-EED MS3 analyses, without reliance on biological knowledge, a structure database or a spectral library. The presented approach appears to hold great promise for autonomous, comprehensive and de novo glycan sequencing.
Machine Learning Potentials for Metal-Organic Frameworks using an Incremental Learning Approach
Authors: Vandenhaute Sander , Cools-Ceuppens Maarten , DeKeyser Simon , Verstraelen Toon , Van Speybroeck Veronique
Published: November 2022

Computational modeling of physical processes in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is highly challenging. The intrinsic length and time scales often stretch far beyond the nanometer and picosecond range due to e.g. large spatial heterogeneities or complex phase transitions. Machine learning potentials (MLPs) can extend the applicability of density functional theory (DFT) towards such challenging systems, but the generation of a representative training set of atomic configurations still poses a major challenge. In this work, we present an incremental learning scheme that constructs accurate and transferable MLPs based on a minimal number of DFT evaluations. Key to the approach is a combination of an active learning scheme that generates systematically improved MLPs with efficient and parallelized enhanced sampling protocols that explore increasingly larger portions of the phase space and learn physical interactions on-the-fly. The method requires a single atomic structure and a collective variable as input, after which the incremental learning approach constructs accurate interatomic potentials based on as few as 1000 single point DFT evaluations, even for flexible frameworks with multiple structurally different phases. The accuracy of the obtained potentials is extensively validated in terms of structural and mechanical properties across a wide range of thermodynamic conditions, yielding thermodynamically transferable MLPs. Finally, it is demonstrated how the incremental learning approach shows great potential to train universal MLPs for a larger set of materials. A proof of principle based on 10 well-known aluminum- and zirconium-based MOFs is shown. The proposed incremental learning approach is universally applicable and may induce a paradigm shift in both the accuracy as well as the time and length scale of computational models for framework materials.
Planar Bismuth Triamides: A Tunable Platform for Main Group Lewis Acidity and Polymerization Catalysis
Authors: Hannah Tyler , McCarvell William , Kirsch Tamina , Hynes Toren , Mayho Jacqueline , Bamford Karlee , Vos Cyler , Kozak Christopher , George Tanner , Masuda Jason , Chitnis Saurabh
Published: November 2022

Geometric deformation in main group compounds can be used to elicit unique properties including strong Lewis acidity. Here we report on a family of planar bismuth (III) complexes (c.f. typically pyramidal structure for such compounds), which show a geometric Lewis acidity that can be further tuned by varying the steric and electronic features of the triamide ligand employed. The structural dynamism of the planar bismuth complexes was probed in both the solid and solution phase, revealing at least three distinct modes of intermolecular association. A modified Gutmann-Beckett method was used to assess their electrophilicity by employing trimethylphosphine sulfide in addition to triethylphosphine oxide as probes, providing insights into the preference for binding hard or soft substrates. Experimental binding studies were complemented by a computational assessment of the affinities and dissection of the latter into their intrinsic bond strength and deformation energy components. The results show comparable Lewis acidity to triarylboranes, with the added ability to bind two bases simultaneously and reduced discrimination against soft substrates. We also study the catalytic efficacy of these complexes in the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters ε-caprolactone and rac-lactide. The polymers obtained are in the ultra-high molecular weight regime and show excellent dispersity values. The complexes retain their performance under industrially relevant conditions suggesting they may be useful as less toxic alternatives to tin catalysts in the production of medical grade materials. Collectively, these results establish planar bismuth complexes as not only a novel neutral platform for main group Lewis acidity, but also a potentially valuable one for catalysis.
Peculiarities of local lore and tourist activity with pupil and student youth in Kharkiv region
Authors: Niemets Liudmyla , Telebienieva Ievgeniia , Skryl Iryna , Pohrebskyi Taras
Published: November 2022

In the modern socio-political life of Ukraine, the role of local lore is noticeably growing, which is aimed at preserving centuries-old cultural traditions, restoring the historical memory of the people, educating the patriotism of the citizens of an independent sovereign state. Socio-political, economic, environmental changes in the life of our country, which is being intensively reformed, affect on the younger generation. Therefore, the involvement of pupils and students in an interesting, useful and creative life by means of tourism and local lore is a socially necessary function, which is aimed at developing in accordance with the requirements of the time harmoniously developed creative personality. Various forms of work provide a comprehensive nature of tourism and local lore activities in the education, upbringing and rehabilitation of students, it provides ample opportunities for creative activities - sports, science, art, technical, social and pedagogical.

The article considers the theoretical and methodological aspects of the organization and conduct of local lore and tourism work in out-of-school education institutions. The role and place of local lore and tourism activities in working with pupils and students on the example of Kharkiv region are indicated. The role of special out-of-school education institutions, in particular of the region in the avant-garde activity of this direction is substantiated. These are the centers of scientific, educational, methodical work first of all. Also in the article features of the organization of tourist and local lore activity of youth are noted. Forms of local lore activity among student youth are considered. The main directions of work with youth in Kharkiv region are investigated, on the example of the Municipal institution "Kharkiv regional station of young tourists" of the Kharkiv regional council. The activity of circles of tourist and local history and local lore directions in Kharkiv region is analyzed. The role and significance of tourist and local lore activities for the younger generation are determined.
Internal factors of the geodemographic process (on the example of fertility in the regions of Ukraine)
Authors: Sehida Kateryna , Karaichentseva Hanna
Published: November 2022

The urgency of demographic problems in Ukraine is growing, which contributes to the aggravation of the demographic crisis. Considering the population of the state as a single geodemographic system, understanding the degree of regional differentiation of the birth rate due to specific conditions and factors, determine the characteristics of the internal factors of self-organization of the geodemographic system, including one of the geodemographic processes - birth rate. Among the internal factors of change in the birth rate is the structural and age-related birth rate. The article, based on the analysis of official statistics, establishes the temporal features of the dynamics of the birth rate in Ukraine, identifies the periods of minimum (1999-2002, 2018-2020) and maximum values (2011-2012) to determine the degree of internal factors to change the overall indicator. Using the method of standardization of demographic coefficients, the degree of influence of population structure and age, intensity of births on the change in the birth rate in terms of regions of Ukraine was determined. During the study period there was a change in the age structure and change in age-specific fertility rates, which led to a significant impact on the change in fertility, but the degree of influence of each of these factors for the studied regions is different.

Considering the influence of internal factors on the change in the birth rate, we note that the increase in the birth rate in 2002-2012 is primarily the result of changes in the age-specific birth rate, including an increase in middle and older fertile groups (+ 40%); decrease in the birth rate in 2012-2018 - changes in the age structure of the population, in particular decrease in the population in the younger groups of fertile age (-11.5%). The assessment of the influence of internal factors for the whole period shows negative changes in the population structure and the revival of reproductive behavior in middle and older age groups of women. With the help of statistical analysis the place of peculiarities of influence of each of the internal factors determining the birth rate in the context of the regions of Ukraine is determined, the revealed structural and dynamic features of the birth rate in the regions of Ukraine are outlined.
Responsabilidad con los clientes y las partes ineresadas
Authors:   Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, US, Bailey Jon S. , Burch Mary R. ,   Tallahassee, Florida, US
Published: November 2022

La principal responsabilidad de los analistas de conducta para con sus clientes y partes interesadas es actuar en su interés y no dañar. Al hacerlo, es importante reconocer que puede ser necesario incluir en la discusión a otras personas del entorno del cliente. Dependiendo de las circunstancias, podría tratarse de un hermano, una abuela, un profesor o un trabajador social, además de los cuidadores principales. Hay que incluir como “parte interesada” a cualquiera que pueda prestar apoyo. Un problema que puede surgir es cuando los analistas de conducta se dan cuenta de que no tienen los recursos necesarios para tratar al cliente de forma eficaz después de haberle aceptado para que reciba los servicios. Esto puede evitarse realizando un análisis muy objetivo de los problemas del cliente desde el principio y derivándolo a otro proveedor que se adapte mejor a sus necesidades. Hay que tener en cuenta el número de casos de la BCBA a la hora de aceptar clientes...
Implementasi Sensor Thermocouple Berbasis Telemetri Untuk Mengukur Thermal Pembakaran Propelan Roket
Authors: Yudhanto Adiguna , Sari Anggraini Puspita , Rachman Nur , Subairi Subairi
Published: November 2022

Telemetri adalah proses pengukuran parameter suatu obyek (benda, ruang, kondisi alam) yang hasil pengukurannya di kirimkan ke tempat lain melalui kabel maupun tanpa menggunakan kabel (wireless). Penelitian ini bertujuan merancang suatu sistem telemetri wireless yang digunakan untuk mengukur panas dari pembakaran propelan roket yang dilengkapi dengan perekam data berupa program database, hasil pengukuran tersebut akan ditampilkan pada laptop dalam bentuk tabel dan grafik. Sistem alat terbagi dua bagian yaitu Unit pengirim terdiri dari sensor Thermocouple tipe K, modul MAX6675, Mikrokontroler Arduino Uno, modul telemetri pixhawk 433 MHz, modul microSD, Accu 12 V dan driver relay. Unit penerima terdiri dari Modul RX telemetri pixhawk 433 MHz, Laptop dan bahasa pemrograman Borland Delphi. Uji coba alat menggunakan propelan dengan berat 100 gram. Adapun tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk menerapkan salah satu sistem komunikasi data secara wireless menggunakan modul radio frekuensi kepada mahasiswa. Selain itu untuk memperkenalkan lebih jauh tentang pengaplikasian sensor Thermocouple berbasis telemetri untuk pengukuran panas pada proses pembakaran propelan roket yang lebih aman, akurat dan efisien.
A scenario modelling analysis to anticipate the impact of COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents and children on disease outcomes in the Netherlands, summer 2021
Authors: Ainslie Kylie E C , Backer Jantien A , de Boer Pieter T , van Hoek Albert Jan , Klinkenberg Don , Korthals Altes Hester , Leung Ka Yin , de Melker Hester , Miura Fuminari , Wallinga Jacco
Published: November 2022

Background

Since the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines in late 2020 and throughout 2021, European governments have relied on mathematical modelling to inform policy decisions about COVID-19 vaccination.

Aim

We present a scenario-based modelling analysis in the Netherlands during summer 2021, to inform whether to extend vaccination to adolescents (12–17-year-olds) and children (5–11-year-olds).

Methods

We developed a deterministic, age-structured susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered (SEIR) model and compared modelled incidences of infections, hospital and intensive care admissions, and deaths per 100,000 people across vaccination scenarios, before the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Results

Our model projections showed that, on average, upon the release of all non-pharmaceutical control measures on 1 November 2021, a large COVID-19 wave may occur in winter 2021/22, followed by a smaller, second wave in spring 2022, regardless of the vaccination scenario. The model projected reductions in infections/severe disease outcomes when vaccination was extended to adolescents and further reductions when vaccination was extended to all people over 5 years-old. When examining projected disease outcomes by age group, individuals benefitting most from extending vaccination were adolescents and children themselves. We also observed reductions in disease outcomes in older age groups, particularly of parent age (30–49 years), when children and adolescents were vaccinated, suggesting some prevention of onward transmission from younger to older age groups.

Conclusions

While our scenarios could not anticipate the emergence/consequences of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, we illustrate how our approach can assist decision making. This could be useful when considering to provide booster doses or intervening against future infection waves.