bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Climate Change Impact on Water Resources Availability of Finchaa-AmertiNeshe Multipurpose Cascaded Reservoirs
Authors: Simachew Sisay , Hatiye Samuel Dagalo
Published: March 2023

The most profound effect of climatic change may be alterations in the regional hydrologic cycle and changes in regional water availability. Besides the increasing water scarcity, climate change threatens to exacerbate the current supply-demand imbalance. In this study, the impact of climate change on water availability and reliability to satisfy the increasing demand under changing the climate on Finchaa sub-basin has been evaluated using the Water Evaluation and Planning(WEAP) model. WEAP package was utilized to simulate the future water availability using the runoff generated by the Hydrologiska Byråns Vattenbalansavdelning (HBV) model as an input. The performance of the model was assessed using statistical tools such as Nash and Sutcliffe efficiency criteria (R2) and the Relative Volume Error (RVE) during model calibration and validation steps. R2 values were greater than 0.8 and RVE values were near 0 for all the three sub-catchments showing the better performance of the model. The prediction for future climate variables, on the other hand, showed an increasing trend for both maximum and minimum temperature values. However, for precipitation, it doesn’t manifest any systematic increasing or decreasing trend in the next three decades. Consequently, the total water availability in the study area is expected to decrease by 11.88% in the next thirty years. Compared to the base scenario, the simulated future inflow to Finchaa and Neshe reservoirs has shown a slight increment at the end of 2025 and a small decrease at the end of 2040. However, the simulated future inflow volume to Amerti reservoir has shown a likelihood of small and considerable decrease at the end of 2025 and 2040, respectively. Considering the future expansion in the study area, all future and existing demand sites in the study area may be fully satisfied with 100% demand site coverageand 98.89% demand site reliability under changing the climate. Finally, it can be concluded that even though the demand in the sub-basin is increasing greatly, the available water resources is expected to be satisfactory under changing climate conditions for the next thirty years.
EFFECT OF SMOKING AS POST-HARVEST TREATMENT ON THE RIPENING AND QUALITY OF BANANA (MUSA SP)
Authors:   Department of Horticulture,  Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh., Rahman M. H. , Aktar M. T. ,   Department of Horticulture,  Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh., Kabir M. A. ,   Department of Horticulture,  Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh., Rahman M. H. ,   Department of Horticulture,  Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh., Abedin M. T. ,   Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Published: March 2023

The application of smoke is a traditional practice to trigger the ripening process of banana. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different post-harvest treatment on the physiochemical properties of banana fruits. This experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications, which constituted the seven treatments viz. control, low density polyethylene bag, as well as 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36 hours exposed to smoke. The results indicated that smoke treatment increased physiological weight loss and pulp weight during storage whereas decreased firmness, peel weight and dry matter content. Chemical parameters such as moisture, total soluble solid, and total sugar showed an increasing trend during the storage period, whereas acidity and vitamin C increased initially up to 5 days and declined thereafter during the ripening of the banana. Smoking for 18 hours resulted in uniform ripening with yellow coloration within 5 days, whereas untreated control fruits remained green for 5 days and ripened within 8 days after storage. The present study concludes that smoke treatment is a simple but quick means of banana ripening. Exposer of banana fruits to smoke for 18 hours produced better quality and improved the shelf life.
Pagan Ecofeminism: A Study of Alice Munro’s “Princess Ida”
Authors: Liza U S
Published: March 2023

This paper attempts to explore Alice Munro’s short story, “Princess Ida” from an ecofeminist lens. “Princess Ida” is one of Munro’s stories from 1971 short story collection, Lives of Girls and Women. The paper uncovers the elements of paganism, one of the strands of ecofeminism, present in the story. It offers pagan ecofeminist study of the text by opposing monotheistic religion and embracing any religion that worships the earth, nature, or fertility deity, such as the various forms of goddess worship or matriarchal religion. It establishes a connection between earth-worship and the Gaia hypothesis. The present paper attempts to underline that Earth as a living organism, like any other living thing, invariably tries to exert constant or stable conditions for itself (homeostasis). And these exit groups and beliefs that come under the category of earth religion, such as paganism, a polytheistic, naturecentered religion; animism, a doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself, have souls. Munro associates many female characters with primordial vitality, renders them with pagan and mythic qualities, constructs a narrative of female goddess figures, signifying pantheistic religions of the primitive world. The paper exhibits how Munro’s character withdraws herself from the masculine Christian mythology and is drawn towards pagan religious context of Astarte and Isis where both woman’s and earth’s life-giving powers are associated and respected.
Evolution of Canadian Poet Rupi Kaur
Authors: Neogi Dr. Tamali
Published: March 2023

Rupi Kaur is an Indian-Canadian poet and artist who had immigrated to Canada with her parents as a child. She is an alumni of University of Waterloo (Canada). She stormed the world poetry scene and carved out a niche for herself among millions of readers with self-published first poetry collection, Milk and Honey in 2014, followed by The Sun and Her Flowers in 2017, both bestsellers across the world, “sold more than 11 million copies and translated into over forty three languages.” Her third poetry collection, Homebody, was released in 2020. In 2022 she released her 4th book Healing Through Words which chronicles a journey of guided writing exercises to help the reader explore their creativity. The present article puts in sharp focus her evolution as a poet whose oeuvre is informed by feministic/human concerns.
Vignettes of Naga Culture: A Reading of Easterine Kire’s Sky is My Father
Authors: Mahato Somenath
Published: March 2023

Long-standing taboos and conventions are a feature of Indian civilization, and they are closely related to education. Their relationship is quite complicated and has a "chicken or the egg" nature. These two allow people to express themselves. The taboos and rituals expose the people’s indigenous religious faith and vast unheard cultural heritage. The practice of these in the society plays a kind of educative purpose to nurture the newly sprung young minds and thus these taboos and conventions reshape as well as remold the society. These are prevalent in India's Northeastern tribal society. This tribal populated land is most diverse, the cultural cauldron of India. Within Northeast India, Naga life is fully submerged in the sea of taboos that includes taboo relating to birth, death, agriculture, marriage, war etc. Each and every activity of them is bound by taboo. In a nutshell, taboo acts as an authority to determine a person's course in life. It even defines their social and cultural life. The understanding of the taboos of the Naga world is the key to unlock the treasure of the Nagas’ knowledge reservoir. The researcher through the present article will try to highlight the everyday life of the Naga tribe and in addition will focus on the educative purpose of these in the society. The present paper is solely based on the Naga novel, The Sky is My Father.
Environmental Education (EE) from an Islamic Perspective
Authors: Al-Hadabi Abdulsalam Sulaiman Dawood
Published: March 2023

Due to human-being's action, environment is being rapidly changing. Human being's action is greatly affecting the environment in several ways that are unsustainable, undesirable, and unpredictable. Such misuse is the main cause for environmental pollution (EP) which is a key reason that our home (i.e. earth) is dying day-by-day. Therefore, the effect of the transition from present day patterns of unsustainable development is an issue that should be argued by all individuals, parents, teachers, schools, universities, etc. Yet, it is indispensable that everyone must be aware of environment impacts, as an ultimate goal for environmental education (EE). This research aimed to develop a model for EE to use as a framework of EE in the Islamic countries, such as Yemen. To this end, the researcher analyzed the available related literature as well as the Qur'anic verses and the tradition of Mohammed peace be upon him (PBUH). An Islamic Model for EE, as a result of analyzing the related literature, Quranic verses, and the traditions of Prophet, Mohammad, PBUH, was presented in this research.
Effects of a Nonextensive Dust Charge Variation on an Oblique Collision of Dust Acoustic Solitons in a Dusty plasma
Authors: Khaled Mahmood Ahmed Hassan
Published: March 2023

In the current study, two-dimensional collision of two dust acoustic solitons in an unmagnetized nonextensive dusty plasma is investigated, including the effect of non-extensive dust charge variation. By using the extended Poincar-Lighthill-Kuo (PLK) method, two Korteweg-de Vries equations that describe the two dust acoustic solitons propagating in two different directions are derived. The phase shifts after a two-dimensional collision of dust acoustic solitons are obtained as well. The effects of parameters of the ratio of ion temperature to electron temperature, the ratio of ion density to electron density and nonextensive parameter of electrons/ions on the phase shifts are discussed with and without dust charge variation. The results show that the phase shift has been significantly influenced by these parameters. Furthermore, the non-extensive dust charge variation has a significant effect on the amplitude, width of a new nonlinear wave, which generates during the oblique collision.
البنية الصوتية ودلالاتها في نص شعار الصرخة
Authors: الدعاني ثابت صالح '
Published: March 2023

تناول البحث دارسة البنية الصوتية في نص شعار الصرخة لأنصار الله الذي أطلقه السيد حسين بدر الدين الحوثي، وهدف البحث إلى التعرف على العناصر المكونة للبنية الصوتية وخصائصها، وبيان أثرها في إبراز المعنى وإثرائه، والكشف عن الدلالات والايحاءات المستوحاة منها، ومدى تناسبها وانسجامها مع البنية اللغوية لنص شعار الصرخة. وقد وظف البحث لتحقيق أهدافه منهجا وصفيا تحليليا؛ اعتمد على المنهج الوصفي في تقديم وصف صوتي لعناصر البنية الصوتية، واستعان بالإحصاء لتقديم معطيات رقمية شكلت محورا أساسيا في الدراسة التطبيقية واستجلاء الدلالات، كما تأسس المنهج التحليلي على تفكيك البنية الصوتية إلى عناصرها المكونة لها، فجاء البحث في ثلاثة مباحث: الأول: الأصوات الصامتة ودلالاتها. الثاني: الأصوات الصائتة ودلالاتها. الثالث: المقاطع الصوتية ودلالاتها. يسبقهم تمهيد، تطرق إلى مفهوم البنية الصوتية، وعرض لنص الشعار، مع إشارة تاريخه موجزة عنه، وبيان لأهميته ودورهالوظيفي. وتوصل البحث إلى عدد من النتائج، من أهمها: أن تأليف البنية الصوتية وفق الخصائص الصوتية والسمات النطقية للمكونات الصوتية لنص شعار الصرخة كان هو الأنسب والأمثل لنص شعار الصرخة، مضمونا وأداء، بما أثبت

للبحث أنه نص لغوي محكم، ذو بنية لغوية متينة متماسكة، تعكس المقدرة اللغوية الإبداعية في نظمه وضبط ألوان أصواته، وانتقاء ألفاظه وتركيب جمله، وشمولية دلالاته وعمقها
MODERN FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMFORTABLE URBAN SPACE IN SMALL TOWNS OF THE KALININGRAD REGION
Authors:   Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Gumenyuk Lidia G. , Berezhikhin Fedor F. ,   Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Published: March 2023

Given the issue of balanced socio-economic development of the entire territory of the Ka­liningrad region, an important task is to improve the quality of life in small towns in the re­gion, as they serve as supporting elements for the regional settlement frame. Attracting feder­al and extrabudgetary funds could be seen as an effective tool in the context of a local budget deficit. To date, improving the quality of urban spaces has been possible due to participation in the all-Russian competition for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environ­ment, which has been held since 2018. Having accumulated competencies in working on com­petitive project applications, and participating in numerous cross-border cooperation pro­grams, Kaliningrad group actively and very effectively join in this competition, which has already changed the quality of the urban environment. Many small towns of the Kaliningrad region are on the list of federal leaders among the places with the most comfortable urban en­vironment. This circumstance directly improves the possibilities of such cities in attracting investors, maintaining high-quality labor resources and the possibility of expanding their own regional socio-economic specialization.
PERIODIC GLASS FORMATION SYSTEM
Authors:   Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Funtikov Valery A.
Published: March 2023

The article proposes the periodic system of glass formation which is based on the model of glass formation where the possibility of forming glasses based on simple substances and simi­lar alloys is associated with the features of the electronic configurations of atoms, such as sta­ble electronic configurations s0, s2, p0, p3, p6, d0, d5, d10, f 0, f 7 and f 14. It results in primary and secondary periodic dependence of the tendency to glass formation of substances of differ­ent nature. Presumably, the glass formation in alloys is promoted by structural-configura­tio­nal equilibria, which are formed in vitrifying melts at the glass melting tempera­ture between clusters of different degrees of polymerization, which are formed due to the fact that the elec­tronic configurations of atoms in different chemically bonded states are close in terms of ener­gy and correspond to both low — and high-molecular states of molecular groups in melts. The author proposes the parameters of glass formation, which are determined quanti­tatively, char­acterizing the ability of the atoms of the chemical elements that make up the melt to form a glassy network. The dependence of these parameters on the charge of the nucleus of the ele­ments proves the primary and secondary periodicity of the tendency to glass formation in the case of sulfide, selenide, telluride, oxide and halide systems. The electronic configura­tion mod­el turned out to be applicable to diamond-like and metallic systems. On the basis of the propo­sed theoretical concepts and data on the regions of glass formation of binary and ternary sys­tems, a periodic system of glass formation of substances is proposed, i. e. the ability of simple substances and their alloys to form massive non-equilibrium non-crystalline objects.
Reseña "La relación laboral internacional"
Authors: Selma Penalva Alejandra
Published: March 2023

Reseña del Libro "La relación laboral internacional" de Ángel Espinella.
PROPUESTA METODOLÓGICA PARA LA GESTIÓN INTEGRAL DEL RIESGO HÍDRICO: EL CASO DE LA CUENCA DEL ARROYO NAPOSTÁ GRANDE (ARGENTINA)
Authors: Mastrandrea Aldana , Pérez María Inés
Published: March 2023

The objective of this study is to present a comprehensive water risk management plan for the Napostá Grande watershed, in the southwest of Buenos Airesprovince(Argentina). The definition of programs is used, articulated in projects and activities to be applied in the short, medium and long term. Taking into account the review of specific bibliography, scientific-technical reports,land use planning plansand interviews carried out with social actors from the scientific and political sphere, it is evident that in the study area the lack of articulation between the interventions carried out in the upper, middle and lower basin depending on the type of settlement, socio-economic activities developed and the perception and social representations of water risk built. The results express that although the proposed plan includes threats and weaknesses, it also includes opportunities and strengths that must be considered, taking into account a prospective, multiscale and trans-scale vision of spatial processes. The plan presented thus constitutes a valuable tool that can be used in various geographical situations as a model for the establishment of intervention strategies that promote the reduction of risk scenarios and guide territorial planning and decision-making.

El objetivo de este estudio es presentar un plan integral de gestión del riesgo hídrico para la cuenca del arroyo Napostá Grande, en el sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Se recurre a la definición de programas, articulados en proyectos y actividades para aplicar en el corto, mediano y largo plazo. Teniendo en cuenta la revisión de bibliografía específica, informes científico-técnicos, planes de ordenamiento territorial y entrevistas realizadas a actores sociales provenientes del ámbito científico y político se evidencia que en el área de estudio predomina la falta de articulación entre las intervenciones llevadas a cabo en la cuenca superior, media e inferior dependiendo del tipo de asentamiento, actividades socio-económicas desarrolladas y percepción y representaciones sociales del riesgo hídrico construidas. Los resultados expresan que, si bien el plan propuesto incluye amenazas y debilidades, también involucra oportunidades y fortalezas que son necesarias considerar teniendo en cuenta una visión prospectiva, multiescalar y transescalar de los procesos espaciales. El plan presentado constituye así, una herramienta valiosa que puede ser utilizada en diversas situaciones geográficas como modelo para el establecimiento de estrategias de intervención que promuevan la reducción de escenarios de riesgo y guíen la planificación territorial y la toma de decisiones.
LOS SIG APLICADOS AL ESTUDIO DEL PAISAJE CULTURAL MARÍTIMO: COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO DESDE EL SIGLO XVII AL XX
Authors: Dourteau Matías , Cerezo Andreo Felipe , Arcila Garrido Manuel
Published: March 2023

The use of Geographical Information Systems for the study of Landscape Archaeology has been increase over the last years. Despite the rich maritime archaeological heritage of the bay of Colonia del Sacramento, no systematic investigations have been carried out on Maritime Cultural Landscape as a unit of analysis in this area. This work presents the results of the application of GIS in historical cartography for maritime spatial analysis in the bay of Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, from the 18th to the 20th century

El uso de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) dentro de la arqueología del paisaje ha tenido un incremento en los últimos años. Sin embargo, y pese al rico patrimonio marítimo arqueológico de la bahía de Colonia del Sacramento no se han realizado investigaciones sistemáticas que aborden al Paisaje Cultural Marítimo (en adelante PCM) como unidad de análisis en esta zona. En este trabajo, se presentan los resultados de la aplicación de los SIG en la cartografía histórica para el análisis espacial marítimo en la bahía de Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, durante los siglos XVIII al XX.
Analysis of the risk factors of gender-based violence and resilence strategies of women in Lamu, Kenya
Authors: Fernández Quiroga Ana , Cárdenas Rodríguez Rocío , Terrón-Caro Teresa
Published: March 2023

According to the World Health Organization (2018), gender-based violence is a global phenomenon that affects more than a quarter of women around the world. Despite the promulgation of a multitude of regulations against gender-based violence, it is estimated that more than 40% of women who suffer violence do not report it (ONU, 1979, 2017; Unión Africana, 2005). This study aims to identify and encourage strategies to counter gender-based violence in Indigenous women od Lamu, Kenya. In this work, we adopt the social justice perspective developed by Young (1990) to ask how the gender-based violence legislative reforms of the last few years in Kenya have affected indigenous women, what resilience strategies they have developed, and whether these strategies could be integrated into institutional actions. To this end, a field study was developed in Lamu (Kenya), where we conducted in-depth interviews with indigenous women and key agents. We concluded by establishing a relationship between the lack of female participation and the barriers that still exist in gender-based violence administration that silence and revictimize indigenous women (Maqueda, 2008). We also emphasize the importance of rejecting the passive image of women and incorporating the resilience strategies they have developed in education and work (Salvador, 2015; Piotti, 2015; Hambry, 2005).

Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (2018), la violencia de género es un fenómeno global que afecta a más de una cuarta parte de las mujeres en todo el mundo. A pesar de la promulgación de multitud de normativas contra la violencia de género, se estima que más del 40% de las mujeres que sufren violencia no la denuncia (ONU, 1979, 2017; Unión Africana, 2005). Este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar y fomentar estrategias para contrarrestar la violencia de género en las mujeres indígenas de Lamu, Kenia. En este trabajo, adoptamos la perspectiva de justicia social desarrollada por Young (1990) para preguntar cómo las reformas legislativas sobre violencia de género de los últimos años en Kenia han afectado a las mujeres indígenas, qué estrategias de resiliencia han desarrollado y si estas estrategias podrían integrarse en las acciones institucionales. Para ello, se desarrolló un estudio de campo en Lamu, donde realizamos entrevistas en profundidad con mujeres indígenas y agentes clave. Concluimos estableciendo una relación entre la falta de participación femenina y las barreras que aún existen en la gestión de la violencia de género que silencian y revictimizan a las mujeres indígenas (Maqueda, 2008). También destacamos la importancia de rechazar la imagen pasiva de las mujeres e incorporar las estrategias de resiliencia que han desarrollado en la educación y el trabajo (Salvador, 2015; Piotti, 2015; Hambry, 2005).
Video Lectures as Code Analysis in the Blended Learning Model
Authors:   , Alksne Linda
Published: March 2023

In the Thesis video lecture is considered to be a code through which information is conveyed to students. Entropy has not been used to quantitatively evaluate the receptivity of video lectures. The aim of the research is to analyse video lectures with the help of entropy in order to find out the relationship between the type of video lecture and entropy, as well as how the guidelines, which have been proven in the scientific literature to be decisive for increasing students’ perceptive ability, affect entropy.
Adaptive visual detection of industrial product defects
Authors: Zhang Haigang , Wang Dong , Chen Zhibin , Pan Ronghui
Published: March 2023

Visual inspection of the appearance defects on industrial products has always been a research hotspot pursued by industry and academia. Due to the lack of samples in the industrial defect dataset and the serious class imbalance, deep learning technology cannot be directly applied to industrial defect visual inspection to meet the real application needs. Transfer learning is a good choice to deal with insufficient samples. However, cross-dataset bias is unavoidable during simple knowledge transfer. We noticed that the appearance defects of industrial products are similar, and most defects can be classified as stains or texture jumps, which provides a research basis for building a universal and adaptive industrial defect detection model. In this article, based on the idea of model-agnostic meta-learning (MAML), we propose an adaptive industrial defect detection model through learning from multiple known industrial defect datasets and then transfer it to the novel anomaly detection tasks. In addition, the Siamese network is used to extract differential features to minimize the influence of defect types on model generalization, and can also highlight defect features and improve model detection performance. At the same time, we add a coordinate attention mechanism to the model, which realizes the feature enhancement of the region of interest in terms of two coordinate dimensions. In the simulation experiments, we construct and publish a visual defect dataset of injection molded bottle cups, termed BC defects, which can complement existing industrial defect visual data benchmarks. Simulation results based on BC defects dataset and other public datasets have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed general visual detection model for industrial defects. The dataset and code are available at https://github.com/zhg-SZPT/MeDetection.
Minimal effects of ultraviolet light supplementation on egg production, egg and bone quality, and health during early lay of laying hens
Authors: Rana Md Sohel , Clay Jonathon , Regmi Prafulla , Campbell Dana L.M.
Published: March 2023

Chicken vision is sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light containing the UVA spectrum, while UVB plays a key role in the endogenous production of vitamin D3. However, commercially available light sources are typically deficient in the UV spectrum and thus may not adequately fulfill the lighting requirements of indoor-housed laying hens. We hypothesized that supplementary UVB light may improve egg production and egg quality, and bone health during early lay relative to UVA supplementation or standard control lighting. To investigate the effects of UV light supplementation, an experiment was conducted on 252 ISA Brown hens during 16 to 27 weeks of age. Birds were housed in eighteen pens (14 hens/pen) under three different light treatment groups each with six replications: (i) UVO: standard control lighting with LED white light, (ii) UVA: control lighting plus supplemental daylight with an avian bulb, and (iii) UVA/B: control lighting plus a supplemental full spectrum reptile bulb containing both UVA and UVB wavelengths. Hen-day egg production and egg quality, blood parameters including plasma Ca and P, and serum 25(OH)D3, and hen body weight and external health scoring were measured at different age points; while bone quality was assessed at the end of the experiment at 27 weeks. Data were analyzed in JMP® 16.0 using general linear mixed models with α level set at 0.05. Results showed that UVA and UVA/B supplemented birds reached sexual maturity (50% production) 3 and 1 day earlier, respectively, than control birds. There was a trend for UV lights to increase hen-day egg production (P = 0.06). Among egg quality traits, only eggshell reflectivity and yolk index were affected by UV lights (P = 0.02 and 0.01, respectively); however, most of the egg quality traits changed over age (all P < 0.01). Post-hoc tests showed higher serum 25(OH)D3 in the UVA/B group relative to control hens (P < 0.05); but there was no treatment effect on plasma Ca and P or on bone quality parameters (all P > 0.05). A significant interaction was observed between light treatment and age for the number of comb wounds (P = 0.0004), with the UV supplemented hens showing more comb wounds after 24 weeks. These results demonstrated that supplemental UVA/B light had minimal effects on egg production and egg quality, whereas, UVA/B exposure may increase vitamin D3 synthesis during the early laying period. The optimum duration of exposure and level of intensity needs to be determined to ensure these benefits.
Design of High-Speed SAR ADC based on 40nm CMOS Process
Authors: Liu Chonghui , Li Tianfu , Wang Fengbo
Published: March 2023

In this paper, a high-speed successive approximation analog-to-digital converter is designed based on a 40 nm CMOS process. A split-capacitor Vcm-Based switching strategy is designed, which is able to keep the output common-mode voltage constant for the DAC capacitor array without using Vcm level drive, while saving half of the capacitance compared to the conventional switching strategy and greatly reducing the area consumption. It also combines the features of binary redundancy technology and non-binary redundancy technology by splitting the highest bit capacitor to the lower bit, which enables the DAC array to generate two additional redundant bits without adding other capacitors, reducing its requirements for noise and establishment accuracy; and it adopts asynchronous timing control without external clocks, which is conducive to improving the speed of SAR ADCs and reducing the design complexity. The designed SAR ADC achieves 9.83 bit effective bits, 60.9 dB signal-to-noise distortion ratio, 77.2 dB spurious-free dynamic range, 1.68 mW overall power consumption, and 18.46 fJ/conv-step superiority at a supply voltage of 1.1 V and a sampling frequency of 100 MHz through simulation.
Modelling and Optimizing the Effect of pH on Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Soil with Biochar Blend: RSM Approach
Authors: Itam Daniel Hogan , Udeh Ngozi Uzor , Ugwoha Ejikeme
Published: March 2023

This research modelled the effect of pH on the remediation of crude oil-polluted soil using biochar blend. The biochar blends, PL-500, pW-500, and RS-400, were made by pyrolyzing poultry litter, pine wood, and rice straw at varied temperatures and times. The pH of the crude oil polluted soil was 4.72. Response surface experimental design mixed biochar to remediate total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). Following 30 days of bioremediation, 15g PL-500, 3g PW-500 and 6g RS-400, removed a maximum of 46% TPH. The experimental data were statistically modelled and optimized using design expert software and response surface methods. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the significance of each regression coefficient. Biochar blend improved soil pH to 6.9 following remediation. ANOVA indicated that PL-500 was significant for predicting TPH % degradation at p =0.0290, suggesting that its high pH, nutrient, and soil water conservation values made it more effective in remediating TPH. The quadratic model predicts  with R2 =0.8567. A model fit statistics were used to examine soil pH influence on TPH remediation. RSM study indicated a good positive association between statistical model and experiment with R2 = 0.7612. The model fits experimental data and predicts that  . Remediation requires soil pH and biochar's alkalinity raised soil pH to 6.9, which promoted hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria.
Adjustment of Students to the Tertiary Landscape: The Dynamic Influence of Psychosocial Education
Authors: Asamoah-Gyawu Joseph , Owusu Maxwell Kontor , Agbezudor Theresa
Published: March 2023

Aims: The study examined the influence of psychosocial education on students’ adjustment to the tertiary landscape. Two research questions guided the study. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study.

Methodology: A total of 381 participants responded to a self-developed questionnaire after a careful review of literature. Both stratified and proportionate sampling procedures were employed in the study. A self crafted questionnaire was distributed for data collection after it had been piloted to obtain cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of 0.89. Data was analyzed using percentages.

Results: The findings of the study revealed that participating in psychosocial education and utilizing the suggestions made by professionals positively aided students in adjusting to the university atmosphere.

Conclusion: It is concluded that tertiary students should be urged to continuously avail themselves to psychosocial education and put into practice the suggestions and recommendations received from professionals since it has an extreme and rigorous influence on their adjustment.
A Scientometric Mapping of Indonesian Myth Research
Authors: Purbasari Mita , Carollina Donna
Published: March 2023

This study was carried out to investigate at previous studies themes related to Indonesian myth. So that it can map the trend of previous research themes and identify the topic of Indonesian myth that still have the opportunity to be investigated. This study utilized a descriptive methodology, which is carried out at Bina Nusantara University's Visual Communication Design Department between September 2022 and January 2023. This study uses scientometric analysis. The results study indicate that the trend production intend rapidly with the largest number published documents at 2021. Most dominant type of the publication is in article type with 67.1%. Archipel is the dominant publication source with 2 documents. The most productive countries, affiliations, and subject area in Indonesian myth research include the Indonesia with 31 documents, The Australian National University with 4 documents, and social sciences area with 45 documents. The visualization study indicate that the keywords implemented for the Indonesian myth study were categorized into ten clusters. From 2010 to 2020, these clusters act as the path map for Indonesian myth study. Additionally, depending on the visualization results, it is definite that there are still opportunities to perform studies on the topic of Indonesian myth using a wide - range of other themes and perspectives besides the terms previously depicted.
Analysis of Urbanization and Energy Consumption Using Time Series Data: Evidence from the SAARC Countries
Authors: Dev Tithy , Haghiri Morteza
Published: March 2023

Urbanization has posed some tremendous challenges which are related to environmental stresses through increased energy consumption. These challenges have drawn attention to the need to implement urbanization with sustainable energy consumption globally. The present study aims to identify the urbanizing factors that cause energy consumption in the SAARC countries. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is considered in the study during the period of 1975-2014. The data are analyzed by using simple statistics and econometric techniques, such as the ordinary least squares (OLS) method for the country level. The study has found that all urbanizing variables significantly affect energy consumption with different levels in different countries, as shown by the OLS method. The coefficient of GDP is statistically significant at 1% level of significance for Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, while at 5% and 10% levels for India and Nepal, respectively. The coefficient of the industrial sector share in GDP is statistically significant at 1% level of significance for Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. The result shows that a 1% increase in the service sector’s share in GDP leads to a reduction in energy consumption of 0.15%, 0.34% and 1.61%, respectively, in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The result for urban population indicates that a 1% increase in urban population leads to an increase in energy consumption by 1.94%, 2.32%, 0.85% and 3.87%, respectively, for Bangladesh. India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Green technology and energy efficiency technologies to use in the industries, encourage using public transportation, sustainable energy and urbanization are potential policy recommendations.
Stealing nothing
Authors: Holmes Lucy
Published: March 2023

What can psychoanalysis contribute to an understanding of the criminal act of shoptheft? While the focus of social science research is the prevention of shoptheft in order to minimize its effects upon the economy — and thus its concern is with the object not the subject of the crime — by comparison, psychoanalysis is concerned with the effect a criminal act has for the subject who commits the crime. According to Lacan, psychoanalysis does not dehumanize the criminal and instead emphasizes the role that theft has in the problematic human relationship to pleasure and satisfaction. By comparing post-Freudian theories of theft with a Lacanian approach, this paper discusses how the drives and desire are of relevance to the subjectivization of theft.
Drowning the judge
Authors: Zimmerman Lisa , Duncan Andrew
Published: March 2023

This paper considers the relationship between trauma and addiction, developing the idea that the superego is a useful concept in understanding this relationship, and also useful in the treatment of people with addiction. The thesis is that in the people with addictions who have a trauma history, whether it be direct trauma or the more indirect trauma of early neglect, the trauma frequently contributes to a punitive superego and addiction is a mechanism to protect the person from feeling the pain inflicted by a punitive superego. Focus on affect tolerance, forgiveness therapy and working with guilt and shame are useful in the treatment of these clients. This paper is taken from a dissertation written as part of an MHSc in Psychotherapy completed by the first author at Auckland University of Technology. The clinical illustrations in the paper come from the work of the first author.
Tūrangawaewae
Authors: Gladstone Stephen (Tipene)
Published: March 2023

There are three case stories lifted from my own experience, a descriptive analogy of how my model was generated and an overview of the practice model. I will also explain how the model could possibly work for you and your client. This is a personal account of how I connect the process of healing from a Māori world view and from a therapeutic approach. Unfortunately, Māori are over-represented in prison by a multiple of five times their number in the general population. In my work, I have observed that there is a need for the clinician to 'earn the right', from a cultural perspective, to quickly build a strong foundation upon which a successful therapeutic relationship can stand. It is therefore of great benefit for the clinician to indicate to the client that they understand the dynamics and values of Māori culture because they run parallel to the dynamics and values of clinical practice.
Acquired Diffuse Trichomalacia Associated With Prolonged Use of a Detangling Hairbrush
Authors: Tay Woo Chiao , Lee Joyce Siong-See , Wang Etienne Cho Ee
Published: March 2023

This case series reports on cases of diffuse alopecia with trichomalacia after use of a detangling hairbrush.
Nanomodulators Capable of Timely Scavenging ROS for Inflammation and Prognosis Control Following Photothermal Tumor Therapy
Authors: Wang Shuai , Huang Jixi , Zhu Hanyin , Zhu Jing , Wang Zhenqiang , Xing Yuxin , Xie Xiyue , Cai Kaiyong , Zhang Jixi
Published: March 2023

Despite the accuracy advantages of photothermal therapy (PTT), heat stress‐initiated free radicals and damage‐activated immune cells form a malignant positive feedback cycle following light irradiation. Herein, a 2D allomelanin nanomodulator with perpendicularly oriented oligomer planes is prepared by the guidance of DNA to achieve timely scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS) for inflammation and prognosis control following PTT. A large exposure degree of phenol groups and the effective transfer of delocalized electrons result in ultra‐fast redox reactions that can be boosted by a self‐amplifying process through structure disintegration. Compared with conventional photothermal agents, the nanodisks reduce the accumulation of ROS during PTT by 25‐fold, downregulate the proinflammatory factors, and adjust inflammation levels to baseline. Thereby, successful modulation of M2‐type macrophages in paratumor tissues significantly prevents burn wound progression and accelerates tissue repair, while well‐controlled neutrophil extracellular traps and largely recruited CD4+/CD8+ T cells (1.6–3.2‐fold) in the ablation site suppress the relapse of distant tumors. The study provides a useful inspiration on rationally modulating redox active nanostructures to address prognosis issues following PTT.
3D Bioprinting in Otolaryngology: A Review
Authors: McMillan Alexandra , McMillan Nadia , Gupta Nikesh , Kanotra Sohit P. , Salem Aliasger K.
Published: March 2023

The evolution of tissue engineering and 3D bioprinting has allowed for increased opportunities to generate musculoskeletal tissue grafts that can enhance functional and aesthetic outcomes in otolaryngology—head and neck surgery. Despite literature reporting successes in the fabrication of cartilage and bone scaffolds for applications in the head and neck, the full potential of this technology has yet to be realized. Otolaryngology as a field has always been at the forefront of new advancements and technology and is well poised to spearhead clinical application of these engineered tissues. In this review, current 3D bioprinting methods are described and an overview of potential cell types, bioinks, and bioactive factors available for musculoskeletal engineering using this technology is presented. The otologic, nasal, tracheal, and craniofacial bone applications of 3D bioprinting with a focus on engineered graft implantation in animal models to highlight the status of functional outcomes in vivo; a necessary step to future clinical translation are reviewed. Continued multidisciplinary efforts between material chemistry, biological sciences, and otolaryngologists will play a key role in the translation of engineered, 3D bioprinted constructs for head and neck surgery.
Recent Advances of Seed‐Mediated Growth of Metal Nanoparticles: from Growth to Applications
Authors: He Meng‐Qi , Ai Yongjian , Hu Wanting , Guan Liandi , Ding Mingyu , Liang Qionglin
Published: March 2023

Unprecedented advances in metal nanoparticle synthesis have paved the way for broad applications in sensing, imaging, catalysis, diagnosis, and therapy by tuning the optical properties, enhancing catalytic performance, and improving chemical and biological properties of metal nanoparticles. The central guiding concept for regulating the size and morphology of metal nanoparticles is identified as the precise manipulation of nucleation and subsequent growth, often known as seed‐mediated growth methods. However, since the growth process is sensitive not only to the metal seeds but also to capping agents, metal precursors, growth solution, growth/incubation time, reductants, and other influencing factors, the precise control of metal nanoparticle morphology is multifactorial. Further, multiple reaction parameters are entangled with each other, so it is necessary to clarify the mechanism by which each factor precisely regulates the morphology of metal nanoparticles. In this review, to exploit the generality and extendibility of metal nanoparticle synthesis, the mechanisms of growth influencing factors in seed‐mediated growth methods are systematically summarized. Second, a variety of critical properties and applications enabled by grown metal nanoparticles are focused upon. Finally, the current progress and offer insights on the challenges, opportunities, and future directions for the growth and applications of grown metal nanoparticles are reviewed.
Flexible Strain Sensor Enabled by Carbon Nanotubes‐Decorated Electrospun TPU Membrane for Human Motion Monitoring
Authors: Yu Xin , Wu Zijian , Weng Ling , Jiang Dawei , Algadi Hassan , Qin Zhuofan , Guo Zhanhu , Xu Ben Bin
Published: March 2023

High‐performance flexible strain sensors are gaining more and more attention with their bespoken detection range, excellent sensing performance, and good stability, which are highly desired in wearable electronics. Herein, a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) fibrous membrane is prepared as a flexible substrate by electrostatic spinning technology, then a coating of polydopamine is formed through fast synthesizing the dopamine on TPU fibrous membrane surface and loaded with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to develop an extremely sensitive flexible strain sensor. The flexible sensor prepared by TPU fibrous membrane coated with polydopamine layer has an outstanding sensibility under the pulling force (Gauge Factor of 10 528.53 with 200% strain), rapid reaction time (188–221 ms), wide sensing range (up to 200%), good stability, and durability. The theoretical studies reveal the underlying cause for the high sensitivity and the inherent relationship between the amount of conducting routes and the length between adjacent conducting fillers in the sensor. The demonstration of the device shows a promising application to sense human motion at various locations of the body, with the accurate and stable electrical signal output generated at corresponding motion.
Diffusion‐Induced Thickness Thinning of Spin‐Coated Films in Crystalline Grain Boundaries: A Process of Amorphization
Authors: Mandal Ajoy , Mandal Suman , Verma Shiv Prakash , Mallik Samik , Bag Subhendu Sekhar , Goswami Dipak K.
Published: March 2023

Complex molecular‐level interactions of receptor molecules with semiconducting channels are often engineered to achieve higher sensitivity. However, integrating receptors in the sensor's semiconducting channel introduces deformation in crystallinity leading to poor device performance. In this work, the authors have shown how the growth of a peptide‐based receptor molecule in the grain boundaries of pentacene semiconducting films can be controlled to maintain crystallinity with better integration. Pentacene has a bulk and a thin‐film crystallographic phases with ≈5.8% higher lattice constant. As the receptor molecules diffuse into the grain boundaries, they systematically start impairing the thin‐film crystalline phase to bulk depending on the amount of mass transport, ushering to a complete amorphization at higher doses of diffusion. A statistical analysis of rough surfaces has been conducted to study the evolution of thin‐film morphology, which is connected to the diffusion of the spin‐coated film. Besides, a thickness thinning of the spin‐coated film is observed due to diffusion‐related mass transport into grain boundaries, which has been explained with a new thickness thinning rate equation. The damage in the crystalline quality is confirmed qualitatively with residual compressive strain developed due to the diffusion of molecules into grain boundaries.
Wafer‐Scale Gold Nanomesh via Nanotransfer Printing toward a Cost‐Efficient Multiplex Sensing Platform
Authors: Gao Min , Zhao Yi‐Bo , Zhao Zhi‐Jun , Qiu Guangyu , Tao Yile , Bao Guochen , Du Ying , Spillmann Martin , Tang Jiukai , Hwang Soonhyoung , Jeong Jun‐Ho , Wang Jing
Published: March 2023

Multiplex sensing platforms via large‐scale and cost‐efficient fabrication processes for detecting biological and chemical substance are essential for many applications such as intelligent diagnosis, environmental monitoring, etc. For the past decades, the performance of those sensors has been significantly improved by the rapid development of nanofabrication technologies. However, facile processes with cost‐effectiveness and large‐scale throughput still present challenges. Nano‐transfer printing together with the imprinting process shows potential for the efficient fabrication of 100 nm structures. Herein, a wafer‐scale gold nanomesh (AuNM) structure on glass substrates with 100 nm scale features via nano‐imprinting and secondary transfer printing technology is reported. Furthermore, potential sensing applications are demonstrated towards biochemical substance detection by using AuNM structures as highly responsive substrates for achieving the surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and as working electrodes of electrochemical analysisfor the detection of metallic ions. In the SERS detection mode, different nucleotides can be detected down to 1 nm level and distinguished via theirunique fingerprint patterns. As for electrochemical analysis mode, Pb2+ ions can be detected out of other interfering components with concentration down to 30 nm. These multimodal sensing mechanisms provide complementary informationand pave the way for low‐cost and high‐performance sensing platforms.