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Problems and Strategies: A Study of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Chinese Undergraduates in the Philippines
Authors: Leng Bing
Published: November 2022

Investigating the intercultural adaptation of Chinese undergraduates in the Philippines provides an effective example of bridging the gap between theories of intercultural adaptation. A questionnaire and interviews were conducted to explore the problems and challenges faced by Chinese undergraduates in the Philippines, thereby providing some first-hand information for subsequent studies on cultural adaptation. Chinese undergraduates in the Philippines faced four main challenges, namely interpersonal communication, living environment, social services, and course study. As coping strategies, four suggestions are presented, including cultural integration, life experience, bridge building, and rational docking.
Un antihéroe en el exilio. Dialogismo, carnivalización y parodia en Cobro revertido de José Leandro Urbina.
Authors: Brignole Francisco
Published: November 2022

Este artículo discute la novela Cobro revertido, publicada en 1992 por el escritor chileno José Leandro Urbina. Siguiendo teorizaciones de Mikhail Bakhtin y Carlos Alberto Brocato, examino cómo, desde los propios discursos literarios, se arroja una mirada reflexiva, autoconsciente y escéptica en torno al proceso de mitificación que evidencia el discurso del exilio político en Latinoamérica. Propongo que la contribución principal de esta ficción tiene que ver con su audaz intervención en el seno de una tradición literaria que a principios de los noventa ya evidenciaba señas de saturación y desgaste. Carnivalizando estereotipadas representaciones en las que lo político-testimonial y los presuntos deberes del exiliado invaden la diégesis, la novela de Urbina marca un punto de inflexión, revitalizando la poética del exilio y anunciando nuevos rumbos.
The Railways as a Character: Representations of Conviviality in Brazilian Literature
Authors: Scarato Luciane
Published: November 2022

Stemming from the early railway system in Brazil, this article builds on conviviality in Latin America. Scholarship traditionally looks at railroads to analyse economy, architecture, and labour. However, the extent to which railroads changed everyday interactions within the smallest contexts remains overlooked. To fill in this gap, it draws from novels, plays, and short stories written between the late-nineteenth century and the first three decades of the twentieth century. This timeframe corresponds to the “railway boom” in Brazil and encompasses renowned authors such as Machado de Assis but also glossed over authors, as Júlia Lopes de Almeida. Literary sources such as these allow the analysis of the impact that trains had on the everyday that would, otherwise, remain unknown. This communication, thus, is an effort of bringing the railways and its surrounding characters, particularly the outcasts, to the forefront of Brazilian [hi]stories. The connection between railways and progress in Brazil is critical in this presentation, alongside women’s pivotal role in the convivial environments that the railway engendered. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate that the colonial discourse of civilization versus barbarism crystallised, adapted, and changed with the implementation of the railway system in such as unequal society as Brazil.
Ricardo Piglia's Plata quemada: The Queer Pietà
Authors: Brant Herbert
Published: November 2022

With the 2014 publication of Uruguayan journalist Leonardo Haberkorn’s book, _Liberaij: La verdadera historia del caso_ Plata quemada, scholars and critics must take another look at Piglia’s extraordinary 1997 novel in light of Haberkorn’s intention to reveal “the truth” of the details behind the novel’s story. This study explores the implications of Piglia’s fictionalization of the historical events, focusing specifically on the author’s decision to invent a homoerotic relationship between the two main characters —a decision that provides a key to understanding his highly complex and artistically daring version of “fake news” inspired by the events that took place in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in 1965. The invention of a queer relationship serves a powerful structural purpose in the novel. By means of this relationship, Piglia is able to join together two principle themes: his politically revolutionary message, as illustrated by the robbery and the spectacular scene when the characters burn the stolen money, and his socially revolutionary message that the love between two men can be imagined as equally emotionally intense and spiritually meaningful as the love between a man and a woman. And while the title of the novel may highlight the climactic act of rebellious socio-economic nihilism, the entire novel demands a conclusion that culminates in the radically subversive, emotionally charged image of Dorda cradling the dying Brignone, Piglia’s queer pietà.
Juliet of the Tropics: A Bilingual Edition of Alejandro Tapia y Rivera’s La cuarterona (1867). Tr. John Maddox. Cambria Press, 2016.
Authors: Perez Anibal
Published: November 2022

Review of a recent English translation of Alejandro Tapia y Rivera's play La cuarterona.
The Individual at the End of Time, and Paths Beyond
Authors: Caicedo Laura
Published: November 2022

Ana-Mauríne Lara’s Erzulíe’s Skirt, a contemporary novel set in the Dominican Republic which follows the lives of multiple generations of women, constantly moves between and outside of borders, whether they be geopolitical, temporal, or in narrative form. Just as well, Rita Indiana’s Tentacle, a speculative novel also set in the Dominican Republic, challenges borders through the story of its main protagonist and his struggles with spirits, queerness, and the politics of a dying world. Both novels utilize the environment as a grounding force that provides insight into the respective trials the characters face, both within the scope of the orishas’ continued presence as both spirits and representatives of the land and water which informs much of the narratives, and the spatiotemporal politics of the Dominican Republic. Through the machinations of the spirits who guide the characters in both novels, and the consistent engagement with questions of family, queer lifeworlds, and time, Lara and Indiana demonstrate the interconnectedness of borders, environments, and time to varying ends. By providing narratives which begin to map out worlds beyond death, be they ends or beginnings, the authors contend with the violences of the past in ways that point to the potentialities of the future. What these futures look like, as Tentacle and Erzulie’s Skirt tell us, ultimately rely on the limitations or unboundedness of our imaginations.
Border Environments: An Introduction to the Special Issue
Authors: Banerjee Anindita
Published: November 2022

“Border Environments” is deeply informed by this rich body of recent studies, which has not only exposed the overlaps between geopolitics, biopolitics, and ecopolitics of migration but also laid open the concept of borders themselves as sites in which political economy and political ecology collide, intersect, and shape each other. Over the course of a global pandemic that simultaneously upended all notions of border control and continues to have a devastatingly disproportionate effect on migrant populations and border communities not just in the Americas but across the world, “Border Environments” coalesced into a multidisciplinary, multilocational, and multidimensional investigation of the space, place, and concept that was conspicuously and persistently absent from the macrostructural analyses of climate change and migration. Each contributor engages in rich, site-specific explorations of such interfaces, the scope of their work extends far beyond the southern border of the United States. Iconologies, narratives, aesthetic forms and performative practices examined in this issue put the heterogenous landscapes of Latin America in generative dialogue with other distant and proximate, intra- and inter-national border environments: the Marcellus Shale that connects New York and Pennsylvania, the Gangetic delta straddling India and Bangladesh, the sandy straits of the South China Sea.
Learning Management for Productive Technical and Motorcycle Business Subjects at Public Vocational High School 1 Warungasem
Authors: Haryadi Syamsu , Murniati Ngurah Ayu Nyoman , Soedjono Soedjono
Published: November 2022

This research was motivated in the midst of limited face-to-face learning restrictions that took place during the covid 19 pandemic, but the Warungasem State Vocational High School 1 was still able to excel in the Student Skills Competition at the Central Java Province, by winning 2nd place for the bicycle engineering and business competition. Motorcycle. This study aims to determine the Learning Management of Productive Subjects of Motorcycle Engineering and Business at Public Vocational High School 1 Warungasem. This study uses qualitative research methods, located at the Public Vocational High School 1 Warungasem. Research time in July 2022. Data collection techniques with the method of observation, interviews, and documentation. Test the validity of the data using triangulation. Data analysis includes: data collection, data condensation, data presentation and drawing conclusions. Research results 1) Planning includes (a) preparing the vision, mission and objectives of skill competence (b) preparing work programs (c) preparing planning for productive practice tools and budgets (d) planning for industrial work practices (e) preparing plans for skill competency tests. 2) Organizing includes: (a) formation of management, (b) division of work tasks according to their respective potentials, (c) standard SOPs for implementing tasks (d) coordination and communication in all fields. 3) Implementation includes: (a) theoretical learning in the classroom and (b) practical learning in practice rooms and industrial internships. 4) Supervision includes: (a) internal supervision is carried out by the Principal, and the Deputy Head of Curriculum. (b) external supervision is carried out by Supervisors from the Branch Office of Education Region XIII.  Keywords: management, productive learning, motorcycle business engineering
Mental, historical and geopolitical background of differences between Ukraine and Russia
Authors: Todorov Ihor
Published: November 2022

The article highlights certain prerequisites of mental, historical and geopolitical differences between Ukraine and Russia. Peculiarities of the Ukrainian mentality in comparison with the Russian mentality were studied. The historical origins of Ukraine’s belonging to European civilization were outlined. Deep contradictions in the geopolitical orientations of Russia and Ukraine were identified. The current armed conflict has been going on for the ninth year, which exceeds the average duration of modern wars. The historical extent of the Russian-Ukrainian war is caused by an inter-civilizational clash. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the hybrid aggression of the Russian Federation against the countries of the West have already radically affected international security and international relations. The author assumes that the modern war has deep foundations due to significant differences between Ukraine and Russia. These differences include a complex of mental historical and geopolitical components.
Developing countries’ continuance usage of e-services after COVID-19 in the 4IR era
Authors: Kalema Billy Mathias
Published: November 2022

The Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic highlighted the need for many enterprises to digitize their services leading to a good number of the world’s population moving into the online realm to minimize the virus spread. However the use of e-services has been slow in many developing countries as compared to the developed nations hence it is not clear whether this e-services usage will continue after the Covid-19 pandemic. This study sought to develop a model for the unprecedented and unforeseen growth continuance usage of e-services after the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with the exponential growth of 4IR. Data for the study was collected from the South African revenue services (SARs) customers that use e-filling and was analyzed quantitatively. The model was validated by the use of confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results indicated that perceived usefulness and exerted pressure are good antecedents of continuance usage of e-services. More so, the 4IR path indicated that the future will have to embrace telecommuting that will require upskilling therefore, governments and businesses should consider extending benefits and protections to independent workers and to all other employees needing to develop their skills and knowledge mid-career. This study contributes theoretically to the literature of continuance usage of technology, e- services and in the explanation of the shift from simple digitization to innovative use of combined technologies that are changing the way organization do their businesses. The study recommends that, future research should include the analysis of moderating factors as such will assist in equipping skills and expertise to citizens needed for e-services effective usage. More still, future research should also consider the triangulation of methods to have a more understanding of users perception towards mandatory usage of e-services.
Factors affecting the use of Infomediaries in Mhealth Interventions: Case of Maternal Healthcare in Rural Malawi
Authors: Maliwichi Priscilla , Chigona Wallace
Published: November 2022

Maternal mHealth interventions in poor-resource settings are bedeviled by inequalities in mobile phone ownership. Some maternal mHealth providers facilitate the access of the mobile phones to those who do not own mobile phones using “infomediaries”. Infomediaries, in this case, are individuals who have custody of mobile phones, which other potential beneficiaries may use. However, use of infomediaries to offer access to the “have nots” may be influenced by a number of factors. The aim of the study was to explore how maternal healthcare clients use infomediaries in maternal mHealth interventions. The study focused on maternal healthcare clients who do not own mobile phones but use the mHealth intervention. The study used a case of a maternal mHealth intervention project in Malawi. We used a qualitative research method and interpretive paradigm. Data was collected using secondary data from the implementing agency, semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussions. Empirical data was collected from maternal healthcare clients who do not own mobile phones and infomediaries. Data was analyzed inductively using thematic analysis. We found that characteristics of the maternal healthcare client, characteristics of the mHealth infomediary, perceived value of mHealth intervention and socio-environmental factors affect maternal healthcare clients’ use of mHealth infomediaries. The study informs mHealth designers and implementers on how they can include all potential beneficiaries of an intervention. The study also proposed a framework for studying infomediaries in ICT4D. We recommend that implementers of interventions should leverage traditional systems instead of reinventing the wheel. Traditional systems may offer a good starting point for designing a system which would work for communities.
A Measurement Strategy for Business Processes in Digital Transformation
Authors: Debnath Narayan , Salgado Carlos Humberto , Peralta Mario Gabriel , Riesco Daniel , Baigorria Lorena , Montejano German , Mazzi Mouna
Published: November 2022

Facing the current situation with the correct tools has made the difference between companies that have managed to adapt to current technological and social changes and those that are in serious trouble. Today more than ever it is evident that the digital transformation of companies is the best way to follow and these transformative processes have been streamlined. There has been talk for several years about the need for companies to go through a digital transformation. Today more than ever it is necessary to face this situation of global uncertainty, having the necessary tools so that businesses can adapt quickly to the new reality. Thus, a trend that cannot be ignored in any way is the rapid growth of ecommerce. Therefore, for any organization, it will be of great help to have tools that allow evaluating the pros and cons of carrying out this digital transformation process. Therefore, in this paper we present a strategy for measuring business processes in their digital transformation process.
Software Development: Past, Present, and Future
Authors: Kiswani Jalal , Dascalu Sergiu , Harris Frederick
Published: November 2022

In the field of software development, the processes, technologies, and practices have matured over the time to achieve a higher level of delivery and quality. However, the de- velopment phase, which is an essential part of the software development life cycle (SDLC), is still consuming a significant cost (time and resources) in both approaches, waterfall and agile. The reason behind that, current technologies and approaches of software develop- ment are somehow following the same rules and practices for decades, and have not evolved with the proper velocity over the time. In this article, and based on real-life case studies, we will discuss how the utilization of components re-usability (API’s and frameworks), metadata-driven development, code generation, and Artificial Intelligence can make the software development more efficient by creating a holistic approach to creating software systems.
INCREASED OXIDATIVE STRESS AND CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF EXPRESSION OF THE BCL AND BAX GENES IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE ASD
Authors: Chudakova Yu. , Shmarina G. , Ershova E. , Martynov A. , Nikitina S. , Kostyuk S.
Published: November 2022

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a heterogeneous group of psychiatric disorders most commonly seen in children. Patients with ASD are characterized by cognitive, behavioral, communicative deficits and obsessive stereotypical behavior. At that moment, the etiology and pathogenesis of ASD is one of the most important problems in child psychiatry. Patients with ASD are characterized by increased oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to characterize the role of oxidative stress in patients with ASD in enhancing the level of apoptosis. The clinical group consisted of 133 children with ASD (DSM-5),

4-12 years old, who were followed up by the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution National Center for Health Care. Children with ASD were divided into two subgroups according to the severity of the course of the disease, according to CARS scores. The control group included 27 healthy children. Lymphocytes were isolated from whole blood by centrifugation in a ficoll-urographin gradient. The level of gene expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with ASD and healthy controls was assessed by quantitative determination of the mRNA level by real-time PCR and by the level of protein in cells, flow cytometry. cytofluorometry. In the lymphocytes of children from the subgroup with mild and moderate forms of ASD, the level of ROS was increased, but the level of significance was not reached, while in the lymphocytes of children with severe ASD, the level of ROS was 2.2-2.5 times higher than in children of the control group. groups (p<0.01). The level of expression of the anti-apoptotic gene BCL2 in lymphocytes of children with severe ASD was reduced by 2-2.5 times (p<0.01), and the level of expression of the pro-apoptotic BAX gene was increased by 1.8-2.3 (p<0.01) times higher compared to the control. This may indicate an increase in oxidative stress and apoptosis in patients with severe ASD.
THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF SYSTEMS WITH BENZOIC ACID AS MODEL SYSTEMS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS
Authors: Pastukhov A.
Published: November 2022

In this article, experimental investigation and thermodynamic modelling of benzoic acid (BA) solubility in organic solvents was made. Phase diagrams of binary systems of benzoic acid – benzophenone and benzoic acid – benzil were investigated by the thermal analysis methods. Phase diagrams are studied and eutectic coordinates in these systems were determinated. Eutectic point temperature (310.3 K) and composition of benzoic acid (18 mol. %) for benzoic acid – benzophenone system and eutectic point temperature (348.5 K) and mole fraction of benzoic acid (35 mol. %) for benzoic acid – benzil system were found. In the form of a linear relationship solubility curves of benzoic acid ln X = a – b/T, X – mole fraction BA, T – temperature in K in methyl acetate (a = 2.7748, b = 1389.7), ethyl acetate (a = 1.8099, b = 1102.6), n-propyl acetate (a = 0.9580, b = 854.2), n-butyl acetate (a = 1.2178, b = 902.0), n-pentyl acetate

(a = 1.0719, b = 836.0), 1,4-dioxane (a = 0.0164, b = 406.0), chlorobenzene (a = 8.2765, b = 3268.4), n-decane (a = 12.332, b = 4916.9), n-dodecane (a = 14.623, b = 5808.1) were introduced. The solubility of benzoic acid in solvents at 298 K were calculated using the Hildebrand and Hansen solubility parameters. Comparison of the experimental and literature data was hold. Dependence of benzoic acid solubility on difference of the solubility parameters and the reduced radius was established. Models for the thermodynamic description of the solubility of substances in organic solvents are considered using benzoic acid as an example. Regular solution models with Hansen solubility parameters for express calculate solubility method of benzoic acid in organic solvents were recommended.
THE EFFECT OF LOW-INTENSITY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY ON THE INDICATORS OF TISSUE OXIDATIVE METABOLISM
Authors: Ravaeva M. , Chuyan E. , Cheretaev I.
Published: November 2022

The paper considers the indicators of tissue oxidative in rats after 10-fold exposure to low-intensity electromagnetic radiation of the millimeter range. The experiment was carried out on 40 mature male rats of the Wistar line weighing 200-220 g, which were kept in a vivarium with a natural light regime. The animals were divided into 2 groups of 20 rats each. The animals in the first group were biological controls and were in normal vivarium conditions, the animals of the second group were exposed to EHF EMR for 10 sessions daily, in the morning. On the 10th day of EHF exposure, tissue fluorescence indicators were recorded by the diagnostic complex “LAZMA MC” (Modification of LAZMA-MC-III, LAZMA, Moscow, Russia). The results of the study showed that rats exposed to 10-fold EHF exposure had an increase in the values of normalized NADH fluorescence amplitudes and an increase in FAD amplitudes by 82.5% (p<0.05) and 42.6% (p<0.05), as well as redox potential - by 36.9% (p<0.05), respectively, compared to with control. These changes indicate that 10-fold exposure to low-intensity EHF EMR causes an increase in the contribution of aerobic metabolism in rats mainly due to oxidative phosphorylation, leads to activation of the respiratory chain. It can be assumed that these changes in oxidative metabolism are determined primarily by the process of adaptation of microcirculatory blood flow to the needs of tissues for nutrients and the removal of metabolites.
Artesanías tradicionales del estado de Hidalgo
Authors: Vergara Hernández Arturo
Published: November 2022

El estado de Hidalgo tiene una rica historia cultural queviene desde la prehistoria, pero se define regionalmente en la época prehispanica. Con un pie en Mesoamérica y el otro en Aridoamérica( lo que corresponde a la Sierra Gorda, al noroeste) fue el escenario de vrias culturas que dejaron su impronta en las poblaciones actuales que en menor o mayor medida conservan formas de vida tradicionales, muchas de las cuales están en riesgo debido al capitalismo homogeneizador.
El Pecado en la Nueva España
Authors: Nieto Estrada Enrique J.
Published: November 2022

Dentro de la doctrina católica, el pecado es, en términos generales y de acuerdo con el tridentino Misal Romano publicado en 1570, el pensamiento, la palabra, la obra o la omisión que desatiende lo establecido por Dios y, por ende, el Derecho Natural y que quebranta no sólo la relación del hombre con Dios sino que inclusive rompe el orden del Cosmos.
Manuel de la Peña y Ramírez Mártir del sitio de Querétaro 1867
Authors: Martínez Castro M.
Published: November 2022

El Licenciado y coronel Manuel de la Peña y Ramírez nació en Alfajayucan (población entonces perteneciente al estado de México) el 7 de junio de 1830. Fue diputado al Congreso constituyente de 1857, prefecto del distrito de Tula, nuevamente diputado al Congreso de la Unión, gobernador y comandante militar del Segundo Distrito. Murió en una acción de guerra durante el sitio de Querétaro, el domingo 24 de marzo de 1867.
MEDIATING ROLE OF PRINT MEDIA IN SHAPING AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION ABOUT KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI SCHEME: A STUDY ON FARMERS OF GORAKHPUR DISTRICT UTTAR PRADESH
Authors: Mishra Bal Krishna , Chaturvedi Neekee
Published: November 2022

A quantitative study was carried out to identify farmers' awareness level and perception towards the Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme of the central government. The government's PM-Kisan program, also known as the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, offers financial support to small and marginal farmers. The government will give all eligible beneficiaries Rs. 6000 a year in three instalments under this scheme. The objective of the study is to gauge the level of awareness and perception of the farmers towards the scheme furthermore to assess the role of Print Media for the same. For this purpose, 80 beneficiaries of the Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme were taken as study respondents from Jangal Dhoosar and Jangle Rani Kuanri Suhas villages of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The data reveals that all the respondents (n = 80) were aware of the Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme. 68 respondents (85%) have the basic knowledge of the Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme. However, about 10 of the respondents (12.5 %) were moderate and 2 of the respondents (2.5 %) were advanced in their level of knowledge about the Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme. According to the study findings, approximately (92.5 %) of respondents thought the Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme was very good, while (5%) believed it was good and (2.5%) said it was average. This specifies that a positive perception has been built towards the Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme.
Optimalisasi Pelaksanaan Pergantian Crew Kapal Terhadap Kesesuaian Kontrak Perjanjian Kerja Laut (PKL) Pada PT. Gerbang Samudra Sarana
Authors: Priyono Budi , Agung Samudro Denni Farobi
Published: November 2022

Perencanaan SDM dibuat untuk tercapainya tujuan perusahaan, yang meliputi menyiapkan sumber daya manusia, penggalian potensi diri dengan perekrutan dan penyeleksian karyawan saat masuk dalam suatu perusahaan. Rekrutmen yang dilakukan perusahaan tidak lain adalah tindakan dalam rangka pemenuhan kepentingan perusahaan. Dalam pengurusan Sumber Daya Manusia dalam pengawakan kapal yang ditangani oleh devisi pengawakan, optimalisasi dalam transportasi laut sangatlah penting untuk dilakukan supaya lebih efektif lagi, salah satunya dalam hal pergantian crew kapal, pergantian crew kapal haruslah sesuai dengan rencana pergantian yang telah disusun oleh divisi pengawakan agar pergantian berjalan sesuai dengan PKL. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif. Sumber data penelitian diperoleh dari hasil observasi, hasil wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Analisis data penelitian dilakukan dengan analisis kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketidaksesuaian pergantian crew kapal yang telah direncanakan karena perusahaan hanya memiliki kepercayaan kepada Ex-crew sebagai crew kapal pengganti. Ex-crew yang sudah direncanakan untuk naik kapal tidak dapat menepati janjinya untuk kembali ke perusahaan, sehingga divisi pengawakan harus mencari crew baru, jika tidak dilakukan perekrutan crew baru akan mengakibatkan kurangnya crew kapal yang stand by yang disediakan oleh perusahaan menyebabkan keterlambatan pergantian crew sign on/off dan crew diatas kapal. sehingga crew kapal harus menambah masa kontrak Perjanjian Kerja Laut (PKL) sampai waktu yang ditentukan. Oleh karena itu masa kontrak crew kapal diatas kapal haruslah sesuai dengan perjanjian yang tertulis pada Perjanjian Kerja Laut (PKL).
Pelaksanaan Fungsi Pengawasan Syahbandar dalam Meningkatkan Keamanan dan Keselamatan Pelayaran Kapal Wisata di KSOP Kelas III Labuan Bajo
Authors: Hendrik Sadipun Theodorus , Sudirman Sudirman
Published: November 2022

Tugas dan tanggung jawab seorang syahbandar sangatlah penting dalam memberikan surat kelaiklautan kapal, ijin berlayar, keselamatan dan keamanan serta seluruh kegiatan pelayaran di perairan Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mengungkap fungsi Syahbandar dalam pengawasan keselamatan dan keamanan pelayaran di Labuan Bajo terhadap tugas Syahbandar dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 17 Tahun 2008 Tentang Pelayaran dan mengetahui Faktor-Faktor yang mempengaruhi fungsi Syahbandar dalam pengawasan keselamatan dan keamanan kapal wisata di Labuan Bajo. Adapun pengumpulan data yang digunakan merupakan salah satu faktor yang penting dalam menentukan berhasil tidaknya suatu penelitian dalam memilih data harus diperhatikan tentang kesesuaiannya dengan jenis data, dan dalam penelitian ini mengumpulkan data mengunakan metode observasi, dokumentasi, dan interview. Hasil dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa Kantor Kesyahbandaran dan Otoritas Pelabuhan Labuan Bajo telah menjalankan tugas dan peranannya dalam melaksanakan fungsi pengawasan terhadap keselamatan dan keamanan berlayar kapal yang masuk atau keluar dari pelabuhan Labuan Bajo. Adapun beberapa tugas yang tidak dijalankan dikarenakan kurang adanya perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang pelayaran di Labuan Bajo sehingga fungsi pengawasan Syahbandar tidak dijalankan sesuai Undang – Undang Nomor 17 Tahun 2008 Tentang Pelayaran.
Ciruela mexicana: de Mesoamérica para el mundo
Authors: García Flores Alejandro , Valle Marquina Raúl , Ruenes Morales María de Rocio , Montes de Oca Erika Román
Published: November 2022

Mesoamérica se caracteriza por la diversidad de ecosistemas, donde existe una gran riqueza natural pero también una importante diversidad cultural. La relación histórica entre una naturaleza tan diversa y numerosos pueblos originarios favoreció la selección y domesticación de un considerable número de especies con múltiples usos, especialmente plantas alimentarias. Destacan las que forman parte básica de la dieta mesoamericana y que se han posicionado en la alimentación mundial como el maíz, el frijol, la calabaza o el chile; pero también diversos árboles frutales que han sido parte de nuestra cultura alimentaria. El presente artículo se enfoca a la ciruela mexicana (Spondias purpurea), frutal nativo del trópico seco mesoamericano con importancia ecológica, histórica, cultural y económica, que representa un árbol promisorio en la producción rural diversificada.
Diseño axiomático para dispositivos mecatrónicos
Authors: Mares Carreño Jesús , Abarca Jiménez Griselda Stephany , Escobar Miranda Alan Eduardo
Published: November 2022

En el presente artículo se presenta el diseño axiomático como herramienta metodológica de diseño cuya finalidad es servir como puente entre lo que se necesita o desea y como se va a desarrollar e implementar una solución, ya sea de manera tangible (hardware) o intangible (software) a dichas necesidades o deseos. Se presenta la afinidad del diseño axiomático en el trabajo con equipos multidisciplinarios y finalmente se establece el potencial de aplicación del diseño axiomático en el proceso de diseño de dispositivos mecatrónicos los cuales por naturaleza requieren del trabajo de un equipo interdisciplinario para su desarrollo.
Maximum Likelihood vs. Bayesian estimation of uncertainty
Authors: Zuckerman Daniel
Published: November 2022

When a physical or mathematical model is inferred from experimental data, it is essential to assess uncertainties in model parameters, if only because highly uncertain parameters effectively have not been learned from the data. This discussion compares two frameworks for estimating uncertainty: maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI). We see that the ML framework is an approximation to the BI approach, in that ML uses a subset of the likelihood information whereas BI uses all of it. Interestingly, both approaches start from the same likelihood-based probabilistic framework. Both approaches require prior assumptions, which may only remain implicit in the case of ML. Both approaches require numerical care in complex systems with rough parameter-space landscapes.
PEMBERIAN EDUKASI KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI KEPADA REMAJA
Authors: Rohim Fitri
Published: November 2022

Kesehatan Reproduksi merupakan bagian yang sangat penting dijaga kebersihan dan kesehatannya. Kesehatan reproduksi jika tidak dijaga akan mendatangkan penyakit seperi penyakit kelamin, penyakit menular seksual dan penyakit lainnya oleh bakteri, kuman, virus dan parasite lainnya. Kesehatan Reproduksi harus dijaga untuk mengurangi angka penyakit yang berhubungan dengan penyakit kelamin. Kesehatan Reproduksi harus diajarkan sedini mungkin kepada anak.Memberi wawasan perkembangan seksual sama dengan anda mencegah terjadinya penyakit pada alat reproduksi anak. Ada beberapa cara yang bisa diterapkan untuk menjaga kebersihan reproduksi seperti melakukan pola hidup bersih , memakai celana dalam yang bersih dan membersihkan alat vital sesudah BAK dan BAB serta tidak melakukan hubungan seks sebelum menikah.
Las percepciones especializadas como fundamento metacognitivo en la toma de decisiones en las Luchas Olímpicas
Authors: Blanco Benjamin Blass Thorfe , Alonso José Rodolfo López , Martínez Carlos Andrés Pedroso
Published: November 2022

La lucha es un deporte individual de combate, se caracteriza por la superación recíproca de ambos luchadores que ostentan la victoria por medio de la aplicación de movimientos técnicos-tácticos. La táctica en la actualidad constituye una polémica al cuestionar si la misma se enseña o se aprende a través de la práctica. En el área deportiva del municipio de Las Tunas, los practicantes de la categoría pioneril manifiestan a través de los topes, limitantes relacionadas con la distancia, el momento y preparación de las entradas para el ataque, implicando insuficiencias en el proceso de preparación táctica. La población fue 20 practicantes y la muestra fue de 10 luchadores de grecorromana, representando el 50%. El problema científico: ¿cómo potenciar las habilidades tácticas del luchador en distancia espacial de ataque? En el programa de preparación del deportista de la lucha para la categoría pioneril se manifiestan carencias de indicaciones referentes al trabajo personalizado para la individualización del entrenamiento; se trabaja de forma genérica y empírica. Basado en referentes teóricos tratados por González, S. (2013), Núñez, C. (2011), Aguilar, A. (2011) y Peña (2015), relacionados con la táctica como expresión integradora de la preparación del luchador, la cual se debe enseñar desde las edades tempranas, se plantea la siguiente hipótesis: con la aplicación del conjunto de ejercicios individualizados para el tratamiento de las habilidades tácticas en distancia espacial de ataque, se potenciará la factibilidad y la obtención del resultado deportivo. Los métodos utilizados fueron el de Observación con técnicas de encuestas y entrevistas como empíricos, teóricamente se utilizó el Análisis y Síntesis, el de revisión de documentos y el histórico lógico, como matemático se utilizó el procedimiento estadístico de productos cruzados con frecuencias porcentual. El resultado principal constituyó el mejoramiento de las habilidades tácticas contribuyendo a la efectividad de acciones de ataque.
Vertigo Mengganggu aktivitas
Authors: Meylani Annisa
Published: November 2022

Vertigo suatu penyakit yang datang secara tiba-tiba di bagian kepala.Yang diakibatkan oleh beban pikiran, stress dan kurangnya beristirahat. Yang sangat berisiko bagi lansia dan remaja.
PENCEGAHAN TERJADINYA STROKE PADA USIA MUDA
Authors: febriyanti ririn
Published: November 2022

Stroke terjadi ketika pembuluh darah mengalami penyumbatan ataupun pecah sehingga sebagian otak tidak dapat berfungsi dengan baik akibat tidak adanya aliran darah yang membawa oksigen yang dibutuhkan oleh otak sehingga menyebabkan kematian sel ataupun jaringan. factor pola hidup yang tidak sehat, jarang berolaharaga, meminum minum beralkohol, merokok, mengkomsumsi makanan cepat saji yang tinggi kadar lemak, serta penggunaan narkotika menjadi salah satu penyebab usia muda mudah terkena stroke. Pencegahan yan dapat dilakukan adalah dengan menerapkan gaya hidup sehat dan menghindari makanan dan minuman yang tidak baik untuk tubuh.
Peer-mediated social signals alter risk tolerance in teenage boys based on how far they are from their peers
Authors: Tehrani Safa Amir Hossein , Ghaderi Reza , Herasat Mohammad , Sarabi-Jamab Atiye
Published: November 2022

During early adolescence, peer influences play a crucial role in shaping learning and decision preferences. When teens observe what their peers are doing, they can learn and change their behavior, especially when they are taking risks. Our study incorporated an economical behavioral task and computational modeling framework to examine whether and how early male adolescents' risk attitudes change when they see information about their peers' choices. We recruited 38 middle school male students aged 12-15 years. The experiment consisted of three sessions: The first session and the third session were designed to evaluate the risk attitude of the participants. In the second session, participants were asked to guess the choices made by their peers, and then the computer gave them feedback on the correctness of their predictions. Each participant was randomly assigned to risk-taking or risk-averse peers. Our results revealed that teenagers who predicted risk-averse peers exhibited significant declines in their risk attitudes during the last session. On the other hand, participants with risk-seeking peers exhibited a significantly higher level of risk attitudes after predicting their peers. The data showed that these peer-biased changes in risk attitudes are proportional to the gap between teens' and their peers' risk perspectives. Results showed that their perspectives aligned closer after receiving the information, and approximately a third of the gap was eliminated. This shift may be part of an adaptive process that involves social integration.
In which situations do we eat and how often? A diary study on eating situations and eating pattern stability
Authors: Wowra Patricia , Joanes Tina , Gwozdz Wencke
Published: November 2022

Previous research has mostly neglected the situations in which food consumption occurs. This is surprising as eating situations have long been recognized as both drivers of and barriers to food consumption and are key to understanding and changing dietary behavior. The term ‘eating situation’ describes the situation while eating, which comprises situational dimensions such as location or hunger. While research on single situational dimensions exists, little is known about eating situations as a whole. The current paper examines the situations in which we eat our meals and how stably we eat in those situations. Over five work-days, 230 participants (M = 42.70 years; 58.70% male, 44.35% working full-time) completed an online diary study. They described their meals (2,461 meals in total) and the situations in which they ate them. Divisive hierarchical cluster analyses for each meal type (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) resulted in unique cluster solutions that characterize the main eating situations. Based on these results, we developed an eating pattern stability index to describe how stably individuals eat their meals in the same situations. Depending on the meal type, eating pattern stability was associated with age, employment status, children in the household, and income. This study leads to a better understanding of the situational aspects of food consumption and lays the groundwork for future research on health- and sustainability-related dietary behaviors. It provides tools to describe meal situations and eating pattern stability that can be applied to other eating behaviors (e.g., snacking) and samples (e.g., other cultural backgrounds). Future research can expand on these results to determine which eating situations relate to meal quantity, quality, and diversity.
Endoscopic Ear Surgery in Nepal: The Shift of Paradigm?
Authors: Shrestha B. L.
Published: November 2022

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Biochemical Parameters in Confirmed Covid-19 Patients: A Hospital Based Study from Eastern Nepal
Authors: Niraula A. , Gelal B. , Lamsal M. , Karki D. , Chhetri R.
Published: November 2022

Background COVID-19 has posed a global threat to almost every part of the world. The disease has varied form of presentation and the modern medicine has still not been able to provide definite treatment for the disease.

Objective To assess the biochemical parameters in confirmed patients of COVID-19 admitted at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, Nepal.

Method This is a retrospective hospital based cross-sectional study conducted in the Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan from October to December, 2020. Convenient sampling technique was used to enroll the data of the patients for whom the biochemical parameters were requested by the clinicians. Routine biochemical tests were performed in Cobas c311 autoanalyzer.

Result A total of 202 patients with confirmed COVID-19 infections and admitted at COVID Hospital, BPKIHS were enrolled. The findings depict an elevated liver enzyme (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase and cardiac enzymes (creatine kinase-total and creatine kinase- MB) in the study population. Increased serum ferritin (1026.08±220.53), hs CRP (41.52±5.22) and lactate dehydrogenase 360 [303.50-526.75] was found in the patients. Also, majority of the patients (> 50%) had abnormal biochemical findings.

 Conclusion Biomarkers like C-reactive protein, lactate dehydrogenase and ferritin have shown significant clinical implications in effective management, monitoring, and assessment of the severity of disease in COVID- 19 patients. Simple and cost-effective markers like CRP, LDH, HbA1c could be used for monitoring the severity of COVID-19 infection.
Prevalence and Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes among the Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases in Nepal: A Cross Sectional Study
Authors: Mahato R. K. , Laohasiriwong W. , Koju R. P.
Published: November 2022

Background Since prehistoric time to the earlier 20th century, diabetes was accounted as comorbidity among tuberculosis patients, which is reducing the treatment efficiency.

Objective To investigate the prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in central development region of Nepal.

Method An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted by using structured questionnaire. Face to face interview as well as reviewing of the medical records of the tuberculosis cases has been performed during September 2018 - February 2019. The systematic random sampling was applied to select 306 tuberculosis cases. Then the respondents were examined for blood glucose level as well as Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) level to identify TB with Diabetes Mellitus. The proportion of respondents with fasting blood glucose level ≥ 126 mg/dl or a random blood glucose ≥ 200 mg/dl was considered as Tuberculosis with Diabetes Mellitus cases. Similarly, haemoglobin A1C ≥ 7% was accessed as amplified risk for tuberculosis. Multiple logistic regression was performed to analyse the factors associated with Tuberculosis with Diabetes Mellitus by using STATA. P value < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant.

Result A total of 306 tuberculosis patients were included in the study. The mean ± standard deviation of age of participants was 36.82±15.94 years. The proportion of male slightly exceeded than that of female with a ratio of 1.73:1. The prevalence of TBDM was 17.32% (95% CI: 13.05-21.58) of all diagnosed tuberculosis cases. Our multivariable analysis identified the factors those were associated with TBDM were age ≥ 45 years (adj.OR=3.97, 95% CI 1.81-8.71, p value 0.001), patients residing in the urban areas (adj.OR=9.75, 95% CI 1.99-47.6, p value 0.005), had Body Mass Index (BMI) <18.5 Kg/m2 (adj.OR=3.20, 95% CI 1.58-6.51, p value 0.001), had diastolic blood pressure ≥ 80 mmHg (adj.OR=2.34, 95% CI 1.17-4.66, p value 0.015) and patients who were treated with Cat II and Cat III tuberculosis treatment regimens (adj.OR=2.65, 95% CI 1.22-5.73, p value 0.013).

Conclusion The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients was higher than prevalence of diabetes in general population of Nepal and it was higher among male, urban residents, patients with low BMI and the older aged tuberculosis patients.
More than health care
Authors: Mehrara Lydia
Published: November 2022

The Norwegian community health centres are one of the main providers of maternal and child health care services. They are often the primary, as well as a regular point of contact, for women during pregnancy and after childbirth. As such, they are a place where encounters between primary health care providers like public health nurses, midwives and immigrant women, are frequent.
Midwives and public health nurses play an important role as state employees in the distribution of universal health provisions at the local level. This is especially important in meeting the diverse needs of service users in a universal health care system. This study investigates the implications of cultural diversity for health care practice in a universal system. It employs a qualitative approach, using data from nine semi-structured interviews with midwives and public health nurses across three Norwegian municipalities. It analyses their experiences in working with immigrant women during pregnancy, and after childbirth, through thematic analysis. The findings illustrate the practitioners’ different approaches to meeting with culturally diverse patients, the challenges they face in their work, and how they overcome them. The discussions address the practice of cross-cultural health care in the absence of national guidelines or formal training using street-level bureaucracy as an analytical concept. This article contributes to knowledge on the practice of cross-cultural health care at Norwegian community health centres in the absence of a culturally cognizant health policy. On a broader scale, this study illustrates the implications of diversity for policy and practice in a universal welfare state.