bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
"An exploratory case study: Romania’s digital innovation opportunities due to rise of digital currencies "
Authors:   Valahia University of Târgoviște, Târgovişte, Romania, Sbîrneciu Cristina , Florea Nicoleta-Valentina ,   Valahia University of Târgoviște, Târgovişte, Romania
Published: May 2023

This article examines the rise of digital currencies in the Eurozone. By probing into the National Strategy regarding the Digital Agenda for Romania 2020 (Romanian Government, 2015), we are aiming to present future researchers with a set of propositions to continue the inquiry on possible opportunities derived from emerging opportunities associated with innovation in the Decentralized Financial sector. This exploratory case study is determined to identify a positive and advantageous moment for Romania while planning the governmental digital strategy in the Field of action III - eCommerce, research and development, and innovation in Information Technology & Communication (IT&C). Given the strong influence of a well-executed implementation plan to achieve strategic objectives, we consider it crucial to prioritize this subject. In this exploratory case study, we analyzed the development of centralized digital currencies in some European National Central Banks and examined the impact of blockchain technology on the financial sector. Additionally, we provided a detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages associated with the increasing popularity of digital currencies. It was concluded that due to the lack of in-depth empirical studies, and due to a relatively young and highly volatile digital currency market, we cannot ignore the chances Romania has to assimilate and develop the latest technologies in the financial sector or to improve the existing e-commerce framework and promote investment in innovation. The outcome of the case study is that there are specific and unique opportunities to improve the existing traditional financial system, by creating digital solutions, flexible and accessible to all consumers in Romania, and beyond.
"Turning employees into brand ambassadors: a qualitative study of four companies in Durres and Tirana "
Authors:   Aleksander Moisiu University of Durres, Durres, Albania, Sotirofski Ilindena
Published: May 2023

"The main aim of this study is to investigate some of the strategies that four companies of different sizes in Durres and Tirana Municipalities use for turning their employees into brand ambassadors. It is inevitable for the success of an organization to be measured by the importance that the organization gives to its employees. Employees are considered a significant asset of the organization: thus, they must be treated accordingly. Organizations must pay attention to the complex and increasing demands of their customers. In this regard, managers have to realize the importance and role of the employees in meeting the customer’s demands. Employees represent the image of an organization, which is why activating new strategies and techniques that optimize the workforce efforts would help achieve the organization’s vision and mission. Under these considerations, four face-to-face interviews were conducted with the owners or HR Managers, or Marketing Managers of one shipping agency, one medium-sized production company in Durres, one big-sized production company, and one company that offers telecommunications services in Tirana, Albania. This study first underlines the importance of evaluating marketing and brand management objectives, and afterward explores the strategies that these companies use for turning their employees into brand ambassadors. Within the framework of this study, the advantages of turning employees into brand ambassadors and the problems that the companies face have been examined. The research results show that the motivation of companies to turn their employees into brand ambassadors is high, but most companies lack proper strategies. One of the big-sized companies chooses to turn into brand ambassadors only those employees who accept or have an interest in using their personal social media in this regard and/or have a great curiosity in marketing and technology. "
The Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization: An original-analytical study of the foundations and characteristics
Authors:   University of Diyala - College of Law and Political Science - Iraq, Mohammed Prof. Dr. Rasheed Majeed
Published: May 2023

This Research is dealing with the foundations and characteristics of the Agreement of Morocco- 1994 (World Trade Organization Treaty- WTO treaty), and we concluded that : 1- The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT-1947) which created integral organs, that we (termed ((an innominate international organization)) developed to WTO-1994 . 2- The WTO treaty, is , to protect and observe of the commerce, industry, and hegemony of a super- state and developed countries in all over the world . 3- The WTO treaty does not contain the following matters: foreign debts, the effective responsibility or sanction, and the other kinds of damage or harm, such as, environmental harm. 4- The WTO treaty having the following characteristics: A- a dual nature: conventional - constitutional. B - a dual rules in framework of multilateral treaty. C - No Reservations. D- Soft law in frame work of hard law. E-Its(( obligations, are, bilateral not collective in nature, in other words, are not of the interdependent or “ all or nothing “” type, also, are not part of Jus cogens or obligations erga omnes (common or collective interest ) 5- The principles of International Commerce must be consist with the fundamental principles of International Law.
Appealing decisions to assess work injuries issued in accordance with the provisions of the Jordanian Social Security Law No. (7) of 2010
Authors: Al- Qubailat Prof. Dr. Hamdy
Published: May 2023

This study discussed a subject of great importance to the practical level, namely, to challenge the decisions of assessment work injuries, issued in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Act, through the three sections discussed in the first, the concept of work-related injury in the second part, the appeal of the administrative decisions of the assessment work injuries examined in the third, including the appeal judicial decisions of the assessment work injury, the study showed that this matter is still uncertain given the lack of specialized studies and the absence of an integrated legal system of the subject also found a number of recommendations concerning the status of specific provisions for appeal against decisions of the assessment work injuries at both the administrative or judicial.
The crime of airplanes kidnapping in international law
Authors:   University of Diyala - College of Law and Political Science - Iraq, Shaabn Khalid Assistant Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz
Published: May 2023

The airplanes which carry people face kidnapping actions done by a person or group of people and changing their directions. The motive of the kidnapping may be political or sometimes personal. In either way the kidnapping is described as a criminal act which is contrary to the international legality and this is the legal basis of the crime and the kidnapper will be criminally responsible. The kidnapping act is fulfilled when the kidnapper is on the airplane and when he changes the direction of it. Since the airplane kidnapping is an act which must be punished on, the kidnapper must be arrested and judged according to the article (2) from the convention of Lahay for the year 1970. The contracting state must make a vow to make the crime be punished on, and if the state on which the airplane has land doesn’t want to judge the kidnapper, it must surrender him to the state which wants to judge him according to the rules of criminals surrendering.
The legal value of diplomatic assurances against torture
Authors:   University of Baghdad - College of Law, Adham Al-Taei Assistant Prof. Dr. Haider
Published: May 2023

Torture is one of the most practices horror and violation of human dignity has been keen constitutional provisions in the countries of the world and the texts of international conventions on the prohibition of this practice, but that is noted by some states to provide diplomatic assurances against torture, states are required to hand over the nationals of the first of those accused of certain crimes, although The States of the requested known to resort to the practice of torture periodically and regularly. this research attempts to shed light on the legal value of such guarantees, the degree after several countries to provide it.
Policy of Legal Rule to those marrying their incest
Authors:   College of Islamic Sciences-University of Diyala, Al-Mehdawi Lecturer. Dr. Ali Qasim Zidan
Published: May 2023

The research addresses a study on the policy of legal rule to clarify the meaning of legitimate policy, and clarify the meaning of the incest's marriage to kinship between women and men. The intended meaning of marriage is intercourse in general i.e. (to sleep with a woman).The cause of this prohibition in Islam is to cut the ties of kinship. There was permitting for some heavenly religions and other incest marriage, and it came to the worst of what is so-called as a marriage and other violations. Legal judgment to those who committed this crime is murder with sword in order to be judged as a deterrent to others and that because he committed the most heinous crimes in our Islamic society.
The effect of time and space in determining the moment of the formal contracts in Islamic jurisprudence and law
Authors:   College of Law and Political Science - Al-Iraqia University - Iraq, Bahar Mahmood Lecturer. Dr. Firas
Published: May 2023

There is no doubt that the contracts today are no longer in the way, which was held out immediately and be limited to the issuance of offer and acceptance that adds the status of consensual, but that the requirements of public interest and the need to protect the credit of the contracts led to find another type of contract specified by a certain characteristic which is an official or formal. The legislator thinks that there is a need to such character, so it is necessary for us to seek the meaning of this formalism in Islamic jurisprudence and law which we've done in this research. We found that the intended formality here may be a legal one required by law that contract could not be concluded without it or it may be a formal agreement imposed by the will of contractors, or it may be a legislative formality imposed by the Islamic legislator for some act is being correct. Whatever the case is, the violation of this formalism may lead to the nullity of the legal act such as the violation of the formalism drawn by the law, and sometimes to the corruption of the act of the violation of the formalism painted by Islamic legislation. According to the authentic opinion in Islamic jurisprudence, the marriage contract is a formal contract as it is required, for being a legal contract, to be associated with the consent and the acceptance at the Council of the contract and the presence of two witnesses who can hear and understand the words of the two contracting parties together at one time in the House of the marriage contract. Iraqi legislator of the Personal Status Law has made the registration of the marriage contract by the court as necessary formality needed to prove this contract which is undoubtedly an official device made by legislator to prove this contract at dispute or denial before the court. The time and the place of this contract is determined by the presence of the two contracting parties and witnesses at the real House of contract, or at the House of the constructive contract in case that one of the two contracting parties is absent, and the moment of the declaration of acceptance of the Council at reading the book or the Board of conveying the message legally, and from the moment of knowing the positive acceptance and receiving this acceptance by him legally. Of the formal contracts, as shown to us, that the Iraqi civil law addressed is the insurance or official mortgage contract by making the registration of the mortgage in the office of real estate registration as a necessary formality for holding the contract, otherwise this contract will be invalid. The moment of signing this contract is determined by the time and the place where the binder is practicing his competence in this regard with the presence of the mortgaged and mortgagee in the House of the mortgage contract.
The position of the international law of the separation wall
Authors:   College of Law and Political Science - Al-Iraqia University - Iraq, Hassan Ahmed Assistant Professor Dr. Musleh
Published: May 2023

The idea of construction the separation wall in the modern Palestinian land was not modern as claimed by the leaders of the Zionist entity, but that idea dug deep into the Zionist thought since its inception .. It is what was written by Theodor Herzl in his book "The Jewish State" who's counting stone contemporary Zionism has confirmed that the Jewish state in Palestine will be European part of the fence in front of Asia. After more than a hundred years, the body of Sharon's wall full embodiment of this vision. The importance of this study lies in shedding the light on the cause of the most serious cases on the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to build an independent state since the wall charges a lot of Palestinian land and destroyed a lot of buildings and property and hindered the movement of people and disrupted the educational process in some Palestinian areas ... and this is the Zionist entity has violated international conventions which prohibit such actions as well as this study has developed a vision the future of what was issued by the International Court of Justice on the wall ... I study resolved to answer questions related to the competence of the international Court of Justice to consider this issue and the extent of the application of the law international humanitarian and human rights law in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly with regard to the wall. In order to achieve the objectives of this study in an attempt to answer its questions have been her plan included three chapters and a conclusion and the main conclusions and recommendations reached situation In the first study deals with the historical roots of the wall and the real goals of Zionism from its construction and full specifications him and regions through which the land areas that looted the residence. The second chapter discusses the legal aspect of the construction of the wall and the position of international law and human rights law in addition to the role of the United Nations, particularly the Security Council and the General Assembly and the decisions made on the construction of the wall. The third chapter discusses the role of the International Court of Justice in the Wall case, based on the Opinion issued by the court on its construction in the Palestinian territories, and the political and legal importance of this opinion. The study concluded finale and a number of recommendations emphasized the need to strive for the issuance of decisions designed to take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the Zionist entity, the decision of the International Court of Justice actions in order to stop him for his work and the pressure on the United States not to use the veto on this issue.
The Principle of Legality of Crimes and Penalties and its Applications in International Criminal law
Authors:   University of Diyala - College of Law and Political Science - Iraq, Mahdi Al-Saadi Assistant Lecturer. Jabbar Mohammed
Published: May 2023

The legal principle of crimes and punishments is the product of a long historical development. For its social and political importance, its protection for the offender and the victim and achieving a balance between the individual and society, it has been stipulated in international and regional human rights treaties and in the constitutions and laws of penalties of countries. As it became indisputably one of the most important national, regional and international principles recognized as a means of protecting the human rights from persecution. Under this principle, the act, whether negative or positive, do not acquire decriminalization only by the provisions of the Penal Act, provided that the text of the term has been issued before the commission of the act, even if it is incompatible with the rules of morality, religion or justice or was harmful to society. Accordingly, all other sources such as conventions , the principles of natural law or the rules of justice shall be eliminated. The drafting of criminal legislations shall be precise and clear. When some crimes are described as an International . They have the Criminal description out of international criminal law. The provisions of this law differs from those of national criminal laws as a nascent law. As there is no a legislative authority at the international level to pass legal rules of criminal . Thus, it is born from the womb of human suffering, including the accumulation of customs, traditions and conventions related to war which it soon turned into a collective treaties, that did not take into account the application of a legal principle of crimes and punishments by the concept applied in the national criminal laws, and this lead to a breach of international criminal justice. Therefore, it is necessary to establish legal criminal system that is more effective in terms of reporting the general criminal principles and identifying the elements of international crimes and assets of investigation, trial and sentencing and execution of judgments and in accordance with considerations of the international community of an international criminal legal system.
Planejamento urbano, participação popular e desenvolvimento sustentável: percepções a partir da cidade de Cotonou-Benin
Authors: Metogbe Marcel , De Oliveira Tarcisio Dorn , Kpehoun Idohou Dagbegnon Kinth , Fanho Ayawovi Djidjogbe , Das Chagas Daniel Hedlund Soares
Published: May 2023

O fenômeno da urbanização, que excluía a participação cidadã porque percebida como um problema, manifestou-se sem que suas consequências pudessem ser suficientemente controladas. Isso gerou os problemas de consumo excessivo de espaço, desenvolvimento caótico, deterioração do ambiente natural e deterioração da qualidade da vida. Essa falha do planejamento requer um novo planejamento que integre ainda mais a participação do cidadão OBERLANDER, 2005). Assim, este artigo pretende contribuir para os problemas colocados pela não participação das populações no planeamento urbano da cidade de Cotonou no Benin. Como metodologia, este estudo é abordagem qualitativa, de natureza descritiva e a coleta dos dados, utilizou-se de pesquisa documental. A pesquisa, mostra que os problemas mais importantes (instalações anárquicas, inundações, falta de infraestrutura básicas em algumas zonas) de Cotonou já eram conhecidos há muito tempo. E, no entanto, o problema permanece. Esse estudo vai propor algumas abordagens de solução para um planejamento urbano mais dinâmico.
Micro-Longitudinal Examination of Emotion Dysregulation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Community Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Modeling Reciprocal Relationships Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling
Authors: Weiss Nicole , Raudales Alexa , Contractor Ateka , Forkus Shannon , Kiefer Reina , Brick Leslie , Sullivan Tami
Published: May 2023

Research examining emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. However, past investigations have almost exclusively relied on cross-sectional designs and have neglected to consider the potential role of dysregulation stemming from positive emotions. The current study utilized rigorous methodology (experience sampling) and statistics (dynamic structural equation modeling) to explicate daily reciprocal associations between negative and positive emotion dysregulation and PTSD symptoms. Participants were 145 community women (M age = 40.66, 40.7% white) experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) and using substances who participated in a baseline interview and then completed surveys three times a day for 30 days. Results at the between-person level showed that women who reported higher negative and positive emotion dysregulation also reported more PTSD symptoms. At the within-person level, findings supported a significant contemporaneous effect between positive emotion dysregulation and PTSD symptoms. Further, there was a significant cross-lagged effect from negative emotion dysregulation to next-interval PTSD symptoms. Results suggest that positive emotion dysregulation co-occurs with PTSD symptoms and that negative emotion dysregulation predicts PTSD symptoms. Findings provide additional support for the utility of addressing both negative and positive emotion dysregulation in the treatment of PTSD among women experiencing IPV.
The Effect of Work Behavior, Leadership Style and Commitment on the Performance of Primary Employees of Police Cooperatives
Authors: Marsuhin Marsuhin
Published: May 2023

This study aims to examine the influence of work behavior, leadership style, and commitment to employee performance. This study uses a quantitative approach. The samples used were 32 people who were employees of the Lumajang District Police Cooperative. The results of the study show that work behavior and commitment have a significant effect on employee performance. However, leadership style has no significant effect on employee performance. An important implication of this research is that it is very important for the organization to pay attention to the work behavior and commitment of its employees. Leadership style has no effect because it often changes leaders. So employees are familiar with various leadership styles in managing the organization.
MIOKARD INFARKTI KELIB CHIQISH OMILLARI VA TAXLILI
Authors: Yaminova Nafisa
Published: May 2023

Ushbu maqolada miokard infarkti va uning kelib chiqish omillari haqida fikr bildirilgan. Bizga ma'lumki Miokard infarkti - o‘tkir holat, yurak ishemik kasallikning klinik shakli, to‘liq yoki qisman qon yetishmasligi  natijasida yurak mushak sxemasining (myocardium) nekrozi (o‘limi) tufayli keladi. Bu butun yurak-qon tomir tizimi faoliyatining buzilishiga olib keladi va bemorning hayotini havf ostiga qo‘yadi. Miokard infarktini asosiy va eng kóp tarqalgan sababi - yurak mushagini qon bilan va shunga mos ravishdagi kislorod bilan ta'minlanadigan toj tomirlar (coronar) arteriyalardagi qon oqimining tiklanishi.

Tahlil qilish jarayonida faol profilaktika va barvaqt tashxisni turli subyektiv, hamda obyektiv sabablarga kóra “boy berish” MI bilan boğliq kelib chiqadigan nohush tendensiylarini saqlanib qolishiga va hattoki, jiddiylashishiga olib kelmoqda.

Buning uchun maqola miokard infarkti, kelib chiqish jarayoni xorijiy davlatlardagiva O‘zbekistondagi tafovutini yoki uchrash chastotasini aniqlash mumkin.
QOSHALOK BOSH MIYA SHIKASTLNISHIDA BOSH MIYA TOQIMASI DIFFUS SHIKASTLANGAN BEMORLARDA IKKILAMCHI SHIKASTLOVCHI OMILLAR
Authors: Qo‘ldasheva Yayraxan , Xaydarova Feruza , Qo‘ldashev Qaxramonjon , Xodjaliev Tahirjon , Xodjaliev Jaxongir , Xolmatov Azizjon , Akbarov Ikram , Inomova Gulmira
Published: May 2023

Shikastlanishning rivojlanishi bilan bog'liq holda, miya travmatik shikastlanishlarining og'irligi va chastotasining tez o‘sishi kuzatiladi (V.V. Lebedev va boshqalar, 1981; 1995, 2001, A. Poppetal, 1979, R. Spencetal. 1990) va ularning orasida 50- Bosh suyagining 70% gacha shikastlangan. Shu bilan birga, miya to‘qimalarining diffuz lezyonlari bo‘lgan bemorlarda ikkilamchi ekstrakranial travmatik omillar miya shikastlanishining klinikasi, kursi va natijalariga sezilarli ta'sir ko‘rsatdi. Neyroreanimatsiya va reanimatsiya bo‘limlarida diffuz miya to‘qimalarining shikastlanishi bilan davolangan bemorlarda ikkilamchi shikastlanish omillarini o‘rganish 2010-2015 yillarda RSTIOM VSga yuborilgan TBI bilan kasallangan 615 qurbonning 193 nafarida miya to‘qimalarining diffuz shikastlanishi aniqlandi. Ushbu bemorlarni tanlash mezonlari a) travmadan keyin ongni yo‘qotish edi. b) Kompyuter tomografiyasi natijalariga ko‘ra jarrohlik aralashuvni talab qiladigan intrakranial gematoma holatlari, ularda jarohatlar aniqlanmagan.Jabrlanganlarning yoshi 16 yoshdan 76 yoshgacha, o‘rtacha yoshi 44,2 ± 1,2 yil. 21-45 yosh) (46%).
NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PATIENTS BEFORE THYROID SURGERY AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY IN 2022
Authors: NGUYEN Phuong Linh , NGUYEN Trong Hung , NGUYEN Trong Tai , TRAN Doan Ket , BUI Minh Thong , PHAN Huong Duong , PHAN Hoang Hiep
Published: May 2023

Aims: To evaluate the nutritional status of patients before thyroid surgery at the Thyroid Surgery Department, National Hospital of Endocrinology in 2022.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 163 patients before thyroid surgery. Nutritional status of the patients was investigated using body mass index (BMI), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), and subjective global assessment (SGA).
Results: The rates of malnutrition according to SGA and BMI were 31.3 and 7.4%, respectively. The rate of overweight according to BMI was 10.4%. The rate of obesity was 1.8% according to BMI, while it was 0% by MUAC classification.
Conclusion: High rate of malnutrition was presented in the patients before thyroid surgery. It is important to use SGA to evaluate the patients and give an approptiate intervention of nutrition to prevent severe effects of malnutrition on surgical patients.
Is Marketing Strategies and Business Sustainability are mediated through Entrepreneurial Innovation in Ethiopia?
Authors: Kant Shashi , Fisseha Dejene  , Gezu Garuma
Published: May 2023

In the current study, marketing techniques' effects on the expansion of sustainable enterprises were examined. This was done through the lens of entrepreneurial innovation in a scenario involving a sustainable business in the innovation phase. The researchers developed a number of methodologies, as well as both descriptive and inferential statistics. A simple random sampling mechanism was used by both probability and non-probability sampling techniques. The Ethiopian branch of the Addis Ababa branch of the Digital Banking Sector served as the representative organisation and conducted a survey of 425 Digital Banking Sector clients, those served in sectors, and personnel from current organisations to collect the data for this study. According to the researchers' results, the poor performance of leaders, the workplace, and low employee engagement are primarily to blame for the decline in business sustainability and the application of marketing techniques.  The researchers urged the appropriate body to file an application in order to address the problems with the predictor control, give good implementation of the marketing plan, and then give strong company sustainability.
Effects of Light Sources and Drying Methods on Plant Growth and Steviol Glycoside Content of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
Authors: Mohd Aziz Rashid  , Phebe Ding  , Siti Aishah Hassan
Published: May 2023

Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) has received great attention with the rise in demand for low-sugar food and beverage additives, and natural alternative to cane sugar and artificial sweeteners. The leaves produce intensively sweet steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside A). Stevia has been reported as a short-day plant with a critical daylength of 13 h. Daylength less than 13 h causes stevia to flower early, resulting in a low leaf biomass yield and percentage of sweetener content. The effects of night interruption treatment using six light sources for 60 min daily with the aim to lengthen vegetative phase, increase plant biomass and steviol glycoside content of stevia were investigated. Night interruption was shown to extend vegetative phase from 20 days (control) to 120 days; thus, allowing accumulation of plant biomass and steviol glycosides content. Leaf biomass and steviol glycosides of all light sources treated plants increased significantly as compared to control plants especially in week 6 and 8 after treatment initiated. Fluorescent and light-emitting diode (LED) were energy-efficient and effective as light source for night interruption. Fluorescent warm white showed the highest increase in total steviol glycosides content per plant by 190-270% most probably because it contained the highest red light at 614 nm as compared to other light sources. Stevioside content was not significantly affected by drying methods but rebaudioside A content was significantly reduced by 3.38% under oven drying at 70oC. The reduction indicated that thermal degradation of rebaudioside A has occurred at higher temperature.
Photosynthetic Efficiency and Leaf Traits of Shorea leprosula Grown Under the Sun and Shade Conditions in Lentang Forest Reserve
Authors: Ho Wai Mun  , Mohamad Fakhri Ishak  , Daniel Weber  , Faridah Ahmad Azam  , Mohd Zaki Abdullah
Published: May 2023

Rehabilitation of degraded forests can be a huge challenge as these areas usually face problems including weed invasion, nutrient-deficient soil, lack of seed source and inability of native tree species to colonise or regenerate naturally. Human intervention is thus needed to accelerate the process of rehabilitation. In this regard, using the right species is as important as providing the right environment to encourage the survival and establishment of seedlings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the photosynthetic characteristics and leaf traits of Shorea leprosula trees grown under the sun and shaded environments in a degraded forest. Shade trees were found to have about 20% higher leaf dry weight and 5% higher leaf area as well as significantly (p < 0.05) more chlorophyll than leaves on sun trees. Leaves in shade trees attained maximum photosynthesis at lower photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) compared to sun trees. When comparing both sun and shade trees, fast chlorophyll induction curve showed no significant differences in maximum quantum yield of PSII photochemistry (Fv/Fm) and thus was almost unaffected by the leaf ambient light environment. This indicated that although shade trees received lower light intensity compared to sun trees, the physiological responses indicated that the former were capable of minimising light limitation through foliar morphological and physiological adaptations. Our results thus suggested that S. leprosula, being an economically valuable timber species, can be planted in areas with partial shade or in gaps for the purpose of rehabilitation.
Callus Induction of Fig (Ficus carica cv. Violette de Soillès) via Thin Cell Layer Technique
Authors: Dahmendra Sriskanda  , Xuan Jia Chew  , Bee Lynn Chew
Published: May 2023

Ficus carica L. is a fruit-bearing fig plant belonging to the Moraceae family. The fig fruit is known for its health benefits with high levels of fibre, vitamins, sugars and minerals. The leaves are also used for diabetes, cholesterol reduction and skin disorders. Previous reports have documented on the different in vitro callus induction methods of F. carica via plant tissue culture. Thin cell layer (TCL) has been previously established for the micropropagation of many plant species, utilising thin sections of explants in this method to induce callus. The current study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the TCL technique in the callus induction of F. carica cv. Violette de Soillès. Stem explants with a diameter of 3.0 to 4.0 mm were excised into the thickness of approximately 0.5 to 0.8 mm and inoculated on MS media supplemented with BAP and NAA at different concentrations. The results indicated that MS media supplemented with 1.0 mg/L BAP and 0.5 mg/L NAA, and 2.0 mg/L BAP and 0.5 mg/L NAA induced the highest amount of semi-friable callus with 100% callus induction rate. The current study reported on the induction of callus from the Violette de Soillès cultivar via TCL, which in future, can be explored for shoot organogenesis, somatic embryogenesis and cell suspension culture.
Emergency-physician Performed, Ultrasound-guided Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block for Meralgia Paresthetica: A Report of Two Cases
Authors: Kongkatong Matthew M. , Thom Christopher D. , Ottenhoff Jakob
Published: May 2023

Introduction: Neuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, also known as meralgia paresthetica, causes pain and paresthesia to the anterolateral thigh. It commonly results from nerve irritation from extrinsic compression; however, it may occur spontaneously. Symptoms from this condition can be debilitating, and the pain may be ascribed to other conditions leading to delays in diagnosis. Peripheral nerve blockade can be useful both diagnostically and therapeutically for meralgia paresthetica.Case Report: Two female patients in their sixties presented to the emergency department for chronic, atraumatic, left upper thigh pain. In both cases the patients had hyperalgesia and paresthesia to the anterolateral, upper thigh. The emergency physician performed an ultrasound-guided nerve block of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve for each patient, which resulted in temporary, complete resolution of their pain. Conclusion: Meralgia paresthetica is an uncommon but painful condition that can elude diagnosis. Physical exam findings such as allodynia and hyperalgesia of the anterolateral thigh in the absence of back pain is suggestive of the diagnosis. Utrasound-guided nerve blockade can be helpful to the emergency physician to confirm the diagnosis and provide non-opioid pain relief to the patient.
Tension Pneumomediastinum and Coronary Artery Thrombosis Following a Motorcycle Accident: A Case Report
Authors: Rouleau Samuel G. , Manoukian Martin A.C. , Wong Gordon X. , Barnes David K.
Published: May 2023

Introduction: Tension pneumomediastinum and coronary artery thrombosis (CAT) secondary to blunt polytrauma are, rare yet have the potential for serious complication. Case Report: A 40-year-old man presented to the emergency department following a motorcycle accident. He was found to have multiple orthopedic injuries, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum. An electrocardiogram showed myocardial infarction. He developed obstructive shock physiology that resolved with mediastinal percutaneous needle drainage. Subsequent coronary angiography revealed acute thrombosis of the left circumflex artery.Conclusion: This is a rare case of traumatic tension pneumomediastinum associated with coronary artery thrombosis requiring coronary stenting. Emergency physicians should be mindful of CAT in the setting of blunt chest injury.
The teaching involvement of the users, the units and the whole UPC measured through the Moodle indicators of the virtual platform Atenea. An extension proposal of Atenea’s BI platform
Authors: Prat Farran Joana d'Arc , Llorens García Ariadna , Alier Forment Marc
Published: May 2023

Atenea is the Moodle virtual platform of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) with about 31000 users and 5000 active subjects from 16 school centers. Atenea indicators give information on the teaching activity of the users and centers. This is specially relevant when teaching is online, as was the case in the Covid-19 period. The UPC already has a Atenea’s Bussines Intelligent platform (BI), which has recently been launched. In this 1st phase the Institute of Science of Education (ICE) has actively participated in the design of the application. Currently it shows basic indicators over a period of time where one can filter or compare by centers or type of users. The paper presents this design and make a proposal for the extension of the BI, for the future, with respect to: 1) the inclusion of some key indicators for measuring the subjects’ activity, 2) a proposal for cross-referencing data with academic performance.
"Shaping the Past: the Founding of History as an Aesthetico-Logical Science in the German Enlightenment "
Authors: NANNINI Alessandro
Published: May 2023

"In this paper, I intend to study for the first time the role of demonstrations and fictions as key elements for the scientization of history in the early German Enlightenment. First, I analyze the debate about the role of demonstrative knowledge in the historical narration, with special regard to Thomasius and Heumann. Next, I explore the relationship between the knowledge of historical facts and the epistemology of sensibility, with special regard to Chladenius and the Baumgarten brothers. My conclusion is that history as a science arises out of a concurrence of logical and aesthetic features."
Ecological Care’s Compromised Conditions
Authors: Barnett Joshua Trey ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: May 2023

Braiding personal narratives and philosophical meditations, throughout this essay I reflect on what it means to care for more-than-human others when doing so often leaves us utterly compromised and when the broader conditions under which we coexist on earth with others are themselves antithetical to ecological continuity. Ecologically, the essay is situated in the midst of Cook Forest, an 8,500-acre public park in northwest Pennsylvania, where ancient eastern hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis) find themselves imperiled by the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), an aphid-like insect native to east Asia. Considering responses to the adelgid at Cook Forest, I engage in a series of philosophi­cal and ethical meditations about ecological care—about its complicities and its conditions of (im)possibility. And, finally, in conversation with Theodor Adorno and Judith Butler, I reflect upon how critique and resistance might open onto still more radical modes of ecological care.
Making Cheese Sticks from Tapioca Flour Substitution with Corn Flour
Authors: Adimarta Trian
Published: May 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui nilai kadar air dan kadar abu, serta mengetahui uji organoleptik terhadap produk cheese stick dengan penambahan tepung jagung.

Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pencampuran semua bahan, tepung tapioka 25%, 50%, 75% dan tepung jagung 75%, 50%, 25%, pengulenan adonan, giling hingga tipis, dipotong, dan digoreng. Selanjutnya dilakukan uji organoleptik yaitu kesukaan terhadap rasa, warna, dan tekstur, sedangkan uji kimia mengunakan parameter kadar air dan kadar abu.

Hasil uji organoleptik cheese stick dengan penambahan tepung jagung adalah untuk sampel 25% tepung tapioka : 75% tepung jagung nilai rata-rata kesukaan rasa, warna dan tekstur berturut-turut adalah 6,3, 6,3 dan 7,4, untuk sampel 50% tepung tapioka : 50% tepung jagung nilai rata-rata kesukaan rasa, warna dan tekstur berturut-turut adalah 7,7, 7,2 dan 7,6, sedangkan untuk sampel 75% tepung tapioka : 25% tepung jagung nilai rata-rata terdapat kesukaan rasa, warna dan teksur berturut-turut adalah 7,3, 6,97 dan 6,4. Hasil terbaik dari ketiga perlakuan tersebut adalah cheese stick dengan perlakuan 50% tepung tapioka : 50%  tepung jagung. Kemudian hasil analisis kimia dari 3 perlakuan menunjukan bahwa cheese stick dengan nilai kadar air berturut-turut 7,27%, 6,98% dan 9,23%. Sedangkan kadar abu dari 3 perlakuan berturut-turut yaitu 1,425%, 1,445% dan 1,255%.
Observasi Penerapan Sanitasi dan Higiene Karyawan pada Produksi Susu Pasteurisasi di UMKM X di Kota XX
Authors: Paramitha Dyah Ayu Pradnya , Sirajuddin Muhammad Mar'ie
Published: May 2023

Sanitasi dan higiene merupakan salah satu syarat penting dalam menjaga mutu dan keamanan pangan agar dapat menghasilkan suatu produk yang aman, sehat dan bersih. Oleh karena itu, untuk menjaga mutu dan keamanan produk susu pasteurisasi perlu dilakukan observasi penerapan sanitasi dan higiene karyawan pada pengolahan produk susu pasteurisasi di UMKM X. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan untuk menganalisis masalah yaitu menggunakan metode teknik pengumpulan data dengan observasi, wawancara, dan studi pustaka. Metodologi pemecahan masalah menggunakan CPPB-IRT Tahun 2012 dan diagram fishbone. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa penerapan prinsip sanitasi dan higiene karyawan produksi susu pasteurisasi di UMKM X sudah cukup baik. Kemudian setelah diobservasi lebih lanjut maka didapatkan kesimpulan bahwa hal yang menjadi perhatian khusus adalah pada bagian pakaian kerja dan juga pemeliharaan lingkungan. Untuk sanitasi bangunan dan fasilitas hal yang menjadi perhatian adalah dalam hal sampah dan juga konstruksi bangunan seperti lantai, dinding dan ventilasi. Untuk sanitasi peralatan hal yang perhatian adalah pada urutan penempatan alat produksi.  Oleh sebab itu diperlukan perbaikan dan penerapan sanitasi dan higiene lebih baik lagi pada karyawan proses produksi susu pasteurisasi di UMKM X.
Reformulation Of Statistical Data Sources: Big Data New Data Sources Supporting Future Official Statistics?
Authors: Ardiansyah Ari , Ilyas Amir , Haeranah Haeranah
Published: May 2023

Big Data is the new oil.  The real issue of the development of information technology is the existence of Big Data. Big Data is very important, talking about Big Data not only touches the issue of how big data you have, but what can be done with the data. The high cost of Big Data access is inversely proportional to the collection of data through surveys or censuses for free. analysis of the application of efficiency theory in an economic approach in imposing access costs to statistical activities, knowing the impact of imposing Big Data access fee tariffs, knowing the potential of Big Data as a supporter of official statistics in the future, what are the obstacles and solutions in implementing it. The preparation of this paper is juridical-empirical research with the nature of descriptive research with an economic law approach. Big Data is managed for different purposes using different systems and methods and not necessarily using statistical rules. The implementation of Big Data as a new data source is carried out through a combination of data sources. The imposition of Big Data access fees as a source of data supporting official statistics causes low utilization of Big Data as a new data source. The information technology revolution makes Big Data has the potential to complement, replace, improve, add, and improve the composition of existing statistical data sources, and produce more timely outputs. Difficult access and high costs for data collection are major obstacles. Therefore, it needs to be supported by legal instruments that facilitate its implementation in Indonesia. One is the reformulation of existing regulations that make it easier for basic statistical organizations to obtain such data sources for free and use only in the national interest
Quality Management Of Pesantren-Based Education
Authors: Umar Yusup
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze aspects of how planning, implementation and evaluation in quality improvement at Kebon Jambu al-Islamy Islamic Boarding School Babakan Ciwaringin Cirebon.The approach in this study is qualitative, with descriptive analytical methods. The object of research was carried out on the stake holders of ustad / ustadah at the Kebon Jambu al-Islamy Islamic Boarding School. Data collection techniques with interviews, observation, and documentation. While data analysis through data reduction, data display, and conclusions.           The results showed that: 1) The planning in this boarding school begins with drafting, starting from planning, organizing, implementing and supervising to evaluating it. Furthermore, it is determined through a meeting mechanism 2) The implementation of education quality management in this pesantren has been carried out well through TQM techniques Focus on customers, Process improvement, TQM emphasizes self-evaluation, total involvement, the role of kiyai, the role of educators and education staff, the role of ortu, the role of students.3) Evaluation by evaluating each activity in the implementation in the field regularly
How to Sell (eCommerce) - Marketing and Internet Marketing Strategies
Authors:   Romanian Academy, Sfetcu Nicolae
Published: May 2023

Techniques and actions for a company to develop the sale of the products and services by adapting, where necessary, the production and commercialization to consumer needs. Marketing is considered as the first creative link that will lead to sales. In an environment increasingly changing, the marketing strategy is mobilized to retain a focused and solvent clients by providing economies of scale necessary for the success of the company. By advertising, marketing can also be used to create a portfolio of new customers without automatically seek a margin in the short term. The marketing strategy aims to put the company in question in line with the implicit or explicit requirements of the market in which it operates. The foundations of the strategy are to discover and especially to influence the needs of potential customers and identify products and services. Political communication, advertising, promotion and organization of the sale of products is in turn the most visible part of marketing to the general public. The rise of information technology and communications coupled with changes in consumption patterns (nomadism, mobility ...) leads marketers to rethink their campaigns by combining optimally different messages and channels.
Research practice
Authors:   EILDYE, Moreno de León Tomás
Published: May 2023

El libro está organizado en cuatro ejes temáticos: artes, educación socioemocional, lenguaje y comunicación; y pandemia, que en conjunto en el contexto de la pandemia SARS-Cov2, reportan a través de diferentes ejercicios metodológicos de carácter cualitativo y cuantitativo; el análisis de las problemáticas enfrentadas por docentes, padres de familia y niños en torno a los procesos de enseñanza aprendizaje, así como hallazgos de intervenciones pedagógicas exitosas en diferentes campos formativos como el pensamiento matemático y el lenguaje.
Teamwork as a cornerstone of a child’s educational support in early childhood education and care in Finland
Authors: Ranta Samuli , Heiskanen Noora , Heiskanen Nina , Syrjämäki Marja
Published: May 2023

This research investigates how consulting early childhood special education teachers (ECSETs) perceived teamwork in early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers. The following research questions were set: (1) What constructs or prevents the functionality of teamwork in ECEC according to ECSETs experiences, and (2) what are the perceived consequences of teamwork in ECEC as experienced by the ECSETs? We arranged 13 group discussions in which 35 ECSETs discussed their own experiences of successful teamwork in ECEC. Using a phenomenographic approach, we identified four factors that impacted the functionality of the teams: external, unit-specific, team-specific, and employee-specific factors. ECSETs described how teamwork specifically affects the quality of ECEC and the implementation of educational support for children. Our research will help in understanding the factors and functions of teamwork as well as to develop team strengths and practises in ECEC centers.