bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KREATIF MATEMATIS SISWA MADRASAH ALIYAH DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SISTEM PERSAMAAN LINEAR TIGA VARIABEL
Authors: Sukiyanto Sukiyanto , Agustito Denik , Kuncoro Krida Singgih , Riswandi Mohammad Fauzan
Published: August 2023

Kemampuan berpikir kreatif adalah kemampuan menemukan banyak cara atau alternatif jawaban untuk menyelesaikan suatu permasalahan. Indikator kemampuan berpikir kreatif yang digunakan adalah kefasihan, fleksibilitas dan kebaruan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa jauh kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis siswa dalam menyelesaikan masalah system persamaan linear tiga variabel. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di MAN 2 Yogyakarta. Subjek penelitian ini adalah kelas XD. Instrument yang digunakan adalah berupa tes kemampuan berpikir kreatif yang berbentuk soal uraian pada materi sistem persamaan linear tiga variabel. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah dari ketiga siswa yang diteliti dan diwawancarai lebih mendalam satu siswa memenuhi dan dua siswa tidak memenuhi dari ketiga aspek kemampuan berpikir kreatif menurut silver dan dari 24 siswa yang mengerjakan tes dan setelah diteliti hasil jawabannya  18 orang yang memiliki kemampuan berpikir kreatif tinggi, 5 orang yang memiliki kemampuan berpikir kreatif sedang dan 1 orang yang memiliki kemampuan berpikir kreatif rendah. Hasil interpretasi tingkat berpikir kreatif matematis : Kefasihan 98,95 %, fleksibilitas 81,25 %, dan kebaruan 79,16%. Maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa kemampuan berpikir kreatif siswa tergolong tinggi.
IMPLEMENTASI USWATUN HASANAH GURU DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN MORALITAS SISWA DI SMK NEGERI 1 KWANYAR KABUPATEN BANGKALAN
Authors: Mujayin Mujayin , Yusub Muhammad , Asan Asan
Published: August 2023

Tujuan studi ini untuk menggambarkan dan menganalisis implementasi Uswatun Hasanah guru dalam mengembangkan moralitas siswa di SMK Negeri 1 Kwanyar, Kabupaten Bangkalan. Melalui pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif, ditemukan bahwa implementasi guru Uswatun Hasanah dalam mengembangkan moralitas siswa dimanifestasikan dalam perilaku guru sebagai model seperti a) moralitas yang baik; b) kejujuran; c) disiplin; d) mematuhi aturan. Keempat model diketahui memiliki peran yang sangat penting dalam mengembangkan moralitas siswa. Perilaku siswa sangat terkait erat dengan kinerja guru sebagai model. Seorang guru yang baik akan dengan mudah menginspirasi dan memengaruhi siswa untuk lebih aktif dalam belajar dan mencoba menciptakan perilaku yang baik.
INFLUENCE OF THE QUALITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN PUBLIC SERVICES ON COMMUNITY SATISFACTION IN SOLOKAN JERUK DISTRICT, BANDUNG REGENCY
Authors: Santa Rahmat , Ngesti Marcelina Utami
Published: August 2023

The role of human resources in government is a very important element in running the government. Human resource management in government is very important as an effort in the relevance between capabilities and fields that are carried out, so that there is no imbalance between abilities and duties and obligations that must be carried out. The progress or failure of an organization depends on the management or management of human resources. Therefore, existing human resources will affect the achievement of work goals and the response of society. The research was conducted using a quantitative descriptive method. The results of the data collected will be processed numerically and described based on the processed data that has been tested. The research subjects that have been determined are the people around the Solokan Jeruk District, Bandung Regency. The research population taken in this study was 60 people. This study has two variables that are the focus of research, namely the human resource variable (X) and community satisfaction variable (Y). The hypothesis to be tested in this study relates to whether or not there is a significant influence between the independent or independent variables on the dependent or independent variables. The results of this study obtained a score of human resources and community satisfaction in the Good category. These results state that there is an influence of human resources on community satisfaction in Solokan Jeruk District, Bandung Regency.
DEVELOPMENT OF A MAINTENANCE POSSESSION SCHEDULER FOR A RAILWAY
Authors: Cillie Dewald , Bekker James
Published: August 2023

Maintenance of rail infrastructure is an important element in rail operations to keep traffic moving. However, maintenance causes infrastructure to be taken out of service, which impacts traffic flow. In this study, the requirements of a maintenance possession scheduler for a South African application were investigated and a proposed solution was developed. The main objective of the scheduler was to minimise the deviation of the train service on a subset of rail infrastructure while ensuring that the required maintenance was done. An application case – the railway infrastructure between Bellville and Wellington in the Western Cape province of South Africa – was identified. A novel mixed-integer linear programming model that could do possession scheduling for 24 hours on a microscopic level was formulated for this case, and implemented in the software Cplex, after which it was validated. Finally, several experiments were conducted to investigate the model’s performance and the results. It was found that the model delivered optimal results in less than nine minutes, which makes it a feasible maintenance possession scheduler for day-to-day work in the immediate planning horizon. Keywords: rail scheduling, maintenance, mixed-integer linear programming
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PERSPECTIVES: THE KU LEUVEN CASE STUDY
Authors: Steenkamp Rigard Johan
Published: August 2023

The technology transfer office (TTO) is central to the Belgian university KU Leuven Research and Development (LRD) department, and is commendable with respect to the challenges of technology transfer. Together with the current industrial revolution, the case study focuses on a contemporary problem with several dimensions. Background is provided on philosophical perspectives, academic power, technology transfer platforms, and technology readiness. The exemplary characteristics of KU Leuven and evidence of impressive artefacts obtained through personal observation of the LRD are presented. Essentially, the case study explains the primary functions of a multidisciplinary TTO for effective technology transfer to ecosystems, with platforms such as the library, university hospitals, and others. Keywords: technology readiness, technology transfer, technology transfer office, technology transfer platforms
Autobiography and the Politics and Aesthetics of Language Writing
Authors: Pióro Tadeusz
Published: August 2023

The article begins with a description of The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, which was written by ten Language poets from San Francisco, focusing on the paradoxes implied by “collective autobiography.” It then proceeds to close readings of three contributions to this work, by Carla Harryman and Lyn Hejinian, examining the relations between poetics, politics, gender and ideology their texts bring to the fore. Harryman anecdotally describes her critical stance towards the Romantic lyric and its enduring influence on some avant-garde American poets (Robert Creeley is the victim in question), while Hejinian, combining personal reminiscences of political protest with attempts at situating it within a tradition of critical thought, from Adorno through Said to Debord, makes a case for the relevance of Language writing to a future remaking of the polis. The article is, in the main, descriptive, not critical or polemical; the only doubt I voice in it concerns the difficulty involved in reading Language poems and the uncertain status of pleasure such difficulty implies, for surely it is for the sake of future pleasures we would like to have the polis reinvented, or at least improved?
“Make It News”: Racist (Micro)Aggressions, the Lyrical You, and Increased Legibility in Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric
Authors: Kamionowski Jerzy
Published: August 2023

Claudia Rankin’s Citizen: An American Lyric (2014) is a perplexing work both because of its unusual presentation of the issue of racism in America and the original formal ways through which its message is communicated. It is formally innovative and technically experimental in an ‘average reader’-friendly manner, situating itself a world apart from the poetics of “deliberate illegibility” and “increased interruption.” By communicating its message directly, it is almost a poem with a purpose, yet it makes categories travel. The subtitle emphasizes Citizen‘s belonging in the generic tradition of the lyric despite the fact that the lyrical “I” remains almost non-existent here; instead, the poem draws on extensive implementation of apostrophe?related to Butler’s concept of “addressability.” Also the phrase “American lyric” situates Rankin’s book outside of the well-established categories of black lyrical poetry whose essential feature is its connection with black musical form of the blues. Citizen can be classified as a prose-poem essay, yet its sociological orientation and emphasis on poetic form’s and language’s capacities to inform, instruct, emotionally move, and morally engage the reader go together with activating more ‘conventionally experimental’ strategies as it merges the verbal, visual, and performance arts, using photographs, TV programmes, film frames, “situation videos,” installations, and conceptual art. The article explores those issues, demonstrating how formal innovation may serve the purpose of reaching a relatively wide audience and make poetry matter within the field of current public debate on important social and cultural problems.
The Poetics of Plenitude in Peter Gizzi’s Recent Poetry
Authors: Bartczak Kacper
Published: August 2023

This article continues my earlier exploration of an aesthetic, poetic, and cognitive phenomenon that I am calling “the poetics of plenitude.” Here, I trace this poetics in Peter Gizzi’s more recent volumes, with special attention given to his 2015 collection Archeophonics. In my discussion, I show how the term “plenitude,” which I distinguish against a number of other uses of this concept, evolves in Gizzi’s poems toward an emergence of a subjectivity. Such emergence is triggered within the space of a poem working as a device that modulates a specifically understood excess of externality. The externality engaged by Gizzi’s poetry is a kind of pragmatist composite that links the sense of the material presence of the world with the larger body of the earlier poetic descriptions of this presence. Since such amalgamation of matter with its existent poetic description entails contact with the poetic predecessors of the newly emerging poet, Gizzi’s variety of the poetics of plenitude also shows a new understanding of what Harold Bloom conceptualized when he argued that poetry is a response to the “anxiety of influence.”
Prevalence of Nicotine Dependence Among Youth Smokers (Cigarette and Shisha) in Malaysia
Authors: Baharudin Muhammad Ikbal , Kubaisy Waqar Al , Norden Norsuhada , Lairy Rinakartini , Yazid Nurain Anuar , Azlan Nur Liyana Mohammad , Abdullah Nik Nairan , Bannur Zakaria
Published: August 2023

Background:

The usual explanation for why smoking produces dependence, focuses on the effects of nicotine on dopamine and other neurobiological explanations. It is evident that tobacco smoke contains nicotine that results in addictive stimulant. Smoking prevalence around the world has been increasing tremendously especially among youth. Identifying youth who may develop nicotine habit is an important step in preventing and controlling tobacco use. Unfortunately, to date no studies related to tobacco (shisha or cigarette) smoking dependence have been carried out in Malaysian particularly among youth.

Objectives:

to identify the predominant type of smoking (cigarette, shisha or both), to detect the nicotine dependency among youth as well as comparing the nicotine dependence based on the type of smoking, and also to investigate the socio-demographic characteristic of the smokers.

Methodology:

A cross sectional study was conducted, from April to July 2014 in Selangor (one of the states in Malaysia). Random sample of 500 tobacco smoker individuals at age 18-24 years old was collected. Each participant was interviewed face to face, using well-constructed questionnaire. The questionnaire contains socio-demographic characteristic and information about type of smoking (cigarette, shisha or both). In addition the 16 item related to signs and symptoms of tobacco dependence were included in this questionnaire. Using SPSS version 20, data analysis was conducted using chi square. Significantly consider when p < 0.05.

Result:

Prevalence of cigarette smoking was the highest (58.4%) followed by both cigarette and shisha (31.8%), while only (9.8%) of our youth smoking shisha. Regarding the nicotine dependency, interestingly we found that those who are used to smoke both (cigarette and shisha) showing significantly higher rate of nicotine dependence in 10 out of the 16 item related to sign and symptom of dependency.

Conclusion and Recommendation:

Smoking cigarette is the highest rate. Smoking nicotine leads to dependency. Combining both shisha and cigarette for smoking leads to higher dependency status of individual to nicotine. In respect to the nicotine dependency signs and symptoms, our study revealed that the participants who used to smoke both cigarette and shisha showed significantly the highest rates of nicotine dependency. Therefore anti-smoking campaign should be strength particularly among adolescent and youth.
Exploring the Ambulatory Transitional Care Experience from Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) to Ambulatory Care Services
Authors: O’Brien Anthony Paul , Giles Michelle , Corbett Lisa , Wagener Sushilla , Ross Linda , Bantawa Kamana , Cooper Kerry , Paul Darran , Barnes Deborah , McNeil Karen
Published: August 2023

Objective(s):

To explore the transitional care journey through Ambulatory care Services (ACS) for older residents from Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF). To develop a clearer understanding of older residents needs and any gaps in current services provided; and to inform the development of a model of care to improve the resident’s transitional care journey.

Study Design:

A qualitative project design using extensive stakeholder engagement

Method:

The Ambulatory Care (AC) experience was explored through semi-structured interviews with residents and their carers to determine gaps in transitional care continuity. Focus groups with RACF and ACS staff were also utilized. Journey mapping was used to support anecdotal evidence.

Results:

Three residents and 2 carers were interviewed and a total of 40 RACF and ACS staff attended 5 focus groups. Principal Findings: Qualitative data analysis identified four main themes across the transition journey:

Inconsistent and adhoc communication;

Just waiting around;

Is it doing more harm than good?; and

Unmet expectations.

Conclusion:

The results of this study have highlighted shortcomings in the provision of quality care in this transitional care group of older clients. A collaborative approach across organizational boundaries is necessary to ensure the development of an integrated person centered model to ensure the best transition to ambulatory care for RACF residents exists.
The Investigation: The Amount Quality of Life and Quality of Life Experience and Spiritual Needs of the Elderly in Teratai and Myria Nursing Homes; Mix Methode
Authors: Suzanna  , Trilia
Published: August 2023

The increasing life expectancy of the elderly can not be separated from the problem that consists of various health problems, social, psychological, economic and spiritual will affect (Quality of Life). Quality of life is an individual's perception of life in the community in the context of culture and value system, and is strongly influenced by the physical, psychological and level of independence, and spiritual needs of the environment (WHOQOL, 2014). This research use two methode are quantitative; with descriptive and qualitative descriptive phenomenological study approach. Researchers will determine the sample information with purposive sampling. The number of participants ranged 6 in and 30 respondents in two social institutions elderly Teratai and Myria Palembang with in deep interview. Overall after interview all participant there are five theme about quality of life and spiritual needs: socialization in Nursing Homes was very good, the achieve of quality of life was optimum, spiritual of God was very powerfull, the miracle of God was very extraordinary, being soul of condition toward die. According to the quantitative the number of reachable quality of life is 70% elderly people. Overall the five of theme from result was connected and similiar with quality of life theory and Spiritual Consept ; Leinenger trancultural Theory (1985) was decribes abaout holistic dimension “Cultural Care Wordlview”. One of important factors was an overview about “Well being or Rest in Peace”. The only theme about socialization in nursing homes was very good, this theme was contradict with aging theory especially the change of spiritual.
Providing Complete Precision Timing Solution for Hospitals by GPS Time Synchronized with MCS
Authors: Aljewari Younis H. Karim , Ahmad R. Badlishah , Ahmed Ali Amer
Published: August 2023

The time is very important in the life and has a special significance for hospitals, Where is specially used in operating rooms, Nurse Call System (NCS) , various medical tests and many other medical services. Those important things are mainly to use Master Clock System (MCS) in the hospitals. In this paper we provided high precision time for hospitals by used Global Positioning System (GPS) time synchronized with MCS. The time will get synchronized from satellite via GPS according to the Time Zone. GPS receivers can provide precise time, speed, and course measurements. Westerstrand GPS unit uses a miniature 12-channel GPS will use in the system and its compact size and low power consumption make it ideal for this application. The system consists of Master clock control unit, GPS receiver with antenna and related accessories.
Intensive Care Management of The Critically Ill Elderly Population: The Case of ‘Sotiria’ Regional Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens, Greece
Authors: Grigorakos Leonidas , Nikolopoulos Ioannis , Sakagianni Katerina , Markou Nikolaos , Nikolaou Dimitrios , Kechagioglou Ioannis , Veldekis Dimitris
Published: August 2023

The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics and short-term outcome of elderly patients admitted to the ICU of ‘Sotiria’ Regional Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens. We examined retrospectively the records of 344 patients aged ≥70 years old admitted to the ICU of a tertiary hospital during a five-year period, from 2009-2013. We reported demographic and clinical data, length of ICU stay, need for mechanical ventilation and ICU mortality. Among 1730 admitted to the ICU during this period, the elderly comprised 344 (19.8%). The main causes of ICU admission were Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbation (n=169), postoperative respiratory failure (n=78), acute respiratory failure of various etiologies (n=76) and cardiogenic pulmonary edema (n=25). Overall mortality rate of elderly patients was 41.5%. According to age groups, 200 patients were 70-74 years old with a mortality rate of 47%, 42 patients were 80-84 years old presenting a mortality rate of 28.5%, while 14 patients aged over 85 years old, presented a mortality of 42.8%. The mean length of ICU stay (LOS) for the elderly patients was 11.2 days, while the corresponding LOS value for younger patients was 8.1 days. Elderly patients present highest mortality than younger population. However, mortality does not correlate exclusively with advancing age over 70 years, but mostly with the underlying disease. Therefore, age should not be the sole determinant of ICU admission.
Factors Influencing the Career Choice of Nursing Students
Authors: Işık Elif , Kanbay Yalçın , Aslan Özgür
Published: August 2023

The people who choose nursing as a career should choose it consciously, should very well recognize it, and embrace it, and love it so that, this profession can develop and rise in social status. This was a descriptive type of study, aimed to determine the reasons why the students choose to study nursing.
Not Very Welcoming: A Survey of Internationally Educated Nurses Employed in Canada
Authors: Hall Linda McGillis , Jones Cheryl , Lalonde Michelle , Strudwick Gillian , McDonald Blaire
Published: August 2023

Background:

Countries around the world are struggling to cope with a shortage of nurses and are increasingly relying on internationally educated nurses to fill the gap. Internationally educated nurses represent 9% of the Canadian nursing workforce, but this is expected to grow as the shortage continues. This study aimed to identify and understand the experiences of internationally educated nurses who came to Canada to seek nursing work.

Methods:

A cross-sectional survey of a random sample of internationally educated nurses was conducted. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the survey responses. The survey also included an open-ended question about experience with the move to Canada to work as a nurse. Responses to the open-ended question were content analyzed and triangulated with the survey data.

Results:

A total of 2,107 internationally educated nurses responded to the study (47% response rate). Most were female (95%) and married (80%), and almost half were from the Philippines (49%). Professional (e.g., salary & benefits, 60%) and personal (e.g., quality of life, 56%) reasons drove migration to Canada, but 76% reported no recruitment incentives, and most (56%) relied on friends and family for information about nursing in Canada. Significant barriers to practicing in Canada included the licensure exam (75%), and obtaining information about different types of practice in Canada (56%).

Conclusions:

The findings from this study provide important information about internationally educated nurses’ perceptions and experiences of coming to Canada to obtain work in nursing. Improving the means for seeking employment by overseas nurses is a key area that regulatory agencies, health managers and policy leaders need to understand and address. Strategies to improve the barriers nurses face, particularly those related to licensure are important considerations.
Effect of Nutrition Therapy Dates for Short Term Memory of Students at Elementary School 060 886 and 060 889
Authors: Sitohang Nur Asnah , Siregar Farida Linda Sari
Published: August 2023

Improving the ability of short-term memory can be a variety of things one of them with nourishing food and drinks that contain enough sugar to the body. Sugar is safe for children and can be directly used for metabolism, namely in the form of a disaccharide sugar. Dates have a fairly high sugar content and are generally derived from the type of glucose and fructose. The research objective was to determine the effect of nutritional therapy palm against short-term memory fourth grade students in Elementary School No. 060 886 060 889 Elementary School and Medan. Quasy experimental research design using pre post design. There are two groups of respondents, intervention and control. Purposive sampling technique. In the intervention group were given nutritional therapy dates every day 100 g for 6 days. On the first day before the given therapy short-term memory measured using the test digit span forward and backward Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) after 15 seconds a child was told to repeat. On the day after consuming the nutrients dates -6 done the same test (post-test). In the control group was also done the same thing only difference was not given nutritional therapy dates. Analysis of the data used paired t test and independent t test. The results showed the average short-term memory after the students in the intervention group were given nutritional therapy dates = 25.33 seconds, SD = 20.61 seconds. The average short-term memory sisiwa posttest control group = 43.18 seconds, SD = 50.41 seconds. Mean difference = 17 850 seconds. Statistical test results obtained value of p = 0.041 (<0.05), it can be concluded that there are significant differences posttest score in the intervention group and the control (no treatment effect Nutri palm against short-term memory)
An Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice Curriculum Integration in Australian Undergraduate Nursing Programs
Authors: Malik Gulzar , McKenna Lisa , Griffiths Debra
Published: August 2023

Evidence-based practice (EBP) remains a relatively new concept to nursing, creating many challenges in relation to curriculum evaluation. Most of the available literature on EBP focuses to a great extent on clinical practice. There is limited literature available addressing the incorporation of EBP into nursing curricula, particularly at the undergraduate level. Existing literature highlights discrepancies in how EBP is implemented into nursing curricula, and reveals ambiguity in defining the concepts of EBP, appropriate place in the course in which to initiate EBP skills training, and in merging EBP with the research process. In the Australian context and internationally, EBP is variably addressed within undergraduate nursing education.

Aim:

This paper reports findings of an analysis of curriculum outlines from tertiary education providers exploring how EBP is incorporated into Bachelor of Nursing (BN) programs in Australia.

Method:

Curriculum outlines of BN programs were extracted through public websites. Each subject or unit of study was analysed in relation to units offered which addressed research and EBP, either in isolation or combined. Content analysis informed by Chambers and Chiang (2012) was performed to analyse the data.

Results:

In Australia, 32 universities and three colleges offer BN programs. Results revealed that of these, three did not appear to offer specific units related to research or EBP. Twenty five combined units on research and EBP with major emphasis on research concepts and methodologies. In addition, 30 education providers integrated EBP related objectives throughout their curricula ranging between one to twelve units of study. Variations among institutions were found in terms of years and semesters in which research and EBP units were introduced.

Implications:

It is paramount that EBP is considered an integral part of curricula and be embedded in all units of study.
The Influence of Internal Service Quality toward Patient's Behavioral Intention in Inpatient Unit at the Type C General Hospitals in East Java, Indonesia
Authors: Susanti Christina Esti
Published: August 2023

The research aims to examine the influence of internal service quality toward patient’s behavioral interest through nurse job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior, service quality of episode of care, and patient satisfaction in inpatient unit at type C general hospitals in East Java. Quantitative approach is used in this research and the unit of analysis is some type C hospitals in East Java.

The result of research shows that: (1) internal service quality has a significant influence toward nurse job satisfaction; (2) nurse job satisfaction has a significant influence toward organizational citizenship behavior; (3) nurse job satisfaction has a significant influence toward service quality of episode of care; (4) organizational citizenship behavior has no significant influence toward service quality of episode of care; (5) organizational citizenship behavior has no significant influence toward patient satisfaction; (6) service quality of episode of care has a significant influence towards patient satisfaction, and (7) patient satisfaction has a significant influence toward patient’s behavioral intention. (Abstract)
Self-assembly of Hyaluronic Acid-Cu-Quercetin flavonoid nanoparticles: synergistic chemotherapy to target tumors
Authors: Yue Hanxun , Zhao Xuan , Yong Qin , Shi Min , Jiang Xiaofeng , Zhang Yating , Yu Xian
Published: August 2023

Background

In this study, a natural compound quercetin (Qu) was investigated for its various antitumor effects. However, due to its poor water solubility and low bioavailability, its clinical application is limited. To overcome this constraint, a modification was to Qu, which resulted in the creation of novel flavonoid self-assembling nanoparticles (HCQ NPs).

Methods

HCQ NPs were synthesized by a self-assembly method and characterized using transmission electron microscopy, the Malvern Zetasizer instrument, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometric method (UV-vis), Fourier transform infrared (FITR) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Extracellular, methylene blue spectrophotometric analysis was used to determine the ability of HCQ NPs to react with different concentrations of H2O2 to form hydroxyl radicals (•OH). Intracellular, DCFH-DA staining was used to detect the ability of HCQ NPs to react with H2O2 to generate reactive oxygen species. Flow cytometry was used to detect the uptake of HCQ NPs by MDA-MB-231 cells at different time points. The biocompatibility of HCQ NPs was evaluated using the Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay. Calcein AM/PI double staining and the CCK-8 assay were used to evaluate the synergistic antitumor effect of HCQ NPs and H2O2.

Results

HCQ NPs showed uniformly sized analogous spherical shapes with a hydrodynamic diameter of 55.36 ± 0.27 nm. XPS revealed that Cu was mainly present as Cu2+ in the HCQ NPs. UV−vis absorption spectrum of the characteristic peak of HCQ NPs was located at 296 nm. Similarly, FTIR spectroscopy revealed a complex formation of Qu and Cu2+ that substantially changed the wavenumber of the 4-position C = O characteristic absorption peak. Based on the proportion of Qu and Cu2+ (1:2), the total drug loading of Qu and Cu2+ in the HCQ NPs for therapeutic purposes was calculated to be 9%. Methylene blue spectrophotometric analysis of •OH indicated that Cu can lead to the generation of •OH by triggering Fenton-like reactions. HCQ NPs rapidly accumulated in MDA-MB-231 cells with the extension of time, and the maximum accumulation concentration was reached at about 0.5 h. Calcein AM/PI double staining and CCK-8 revealed synergistic antitumor effects of HCQ NPs including the chemotherapeutic effect of Qu and chemodynamic therapy by Cu2+ in a simulated tumor microenvironment. HCQ NPs demonstrated very low toxicity in LO2 cells in the biocompatibility experiment.

Conclusion

This study show cases a new method of creating self-assembled flavonoid HCQ NPs that show great for fighting cancer.
Lanspora dorisauae, a new marine fungus from rocky shores in Taiwan
Authors: Pang Ka-Lai , Guo Sheng-Yu , Shaumi Ami , Suetrong Satinee , Klaysuban Anupong , Chiang Michael W. L. , Jones E. B. Gareth
Published: August 2023

This article reports a new marine fungus, Lanspora dorisauae (Phomatosporales, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota), on trapped wood collected in coastal sites of Taiwan. This new fungus was subjected to a morphological examination and a phylogenetic study based on a combined analysis of the 18S, 28S, ITS rDNA, TEF1-α and RPB2 genes. Lanspora dorisauae is characterized by dark-coloured ascomata with a short neck, periphysate ostioles, subclavate, deliquescing asci without an apical ring, presence of wide paraphyses, striated wall ascospores with crown-like appendages on one pole of the ascospores. Phylogenetically, L. dorisauae grouped with Lanspora coronata (type species) with strong support. Lanspora coronata lacks paraphyses and appendages occur on both ends of the ascospores, while paraphyses are present and ascospore appendage is unipolar in L. dorisauae. Lanspora cylindrospora formed a sister clade with L. coronata and L. dorisauae, but it significantly differs in morphology with the latter two species in having cylindrical asci with an apical J- ring, smooth ascospore wall and no ascospore appendages, and may be better referred to a new genus. Lanspora, together with Phomatospora and Tenuimurus, belong to the Phomatosporaceae, Phomatosporales. Phomatospora berkeleyi should be sequenced to test the validity of the order Phomatosporales and the family Phomatosporaceae.
The Effectiveness of Audiovisual Media on Increasing Knowledge about HIV-AIDS Housewives in Makassar City
Authors: Gafur Abdul , Gani Hamsu Abdul , Ihsan Andi
Published: August 2023

This study aims to develop HIV-AIDS educational media, to test the feasibility of HIV-AIDS educational media in increasing the knowledge and reducing the stigma of housewives against HIV-positive people and to find out the effectiveness of HIV-AIDS educational media interventions in increasing knowledge and reducing the stigma of housewives living with HIV after audio-visual media intervention. This research is a type of experimental research with a one group pre posttest design to test the effectiveness of audio-visual media in increasing the knowledge of housewives about HIV-AIDS. The results showed that knowledge obtained a significant value of 0.00 < α = 0.05 which means that there was a difference between before and after the audiovisual media intervention was carried out for housewives. So expected for the heads of related agencies, it is hoped that education to increase knowledge using audio visual can be a guideline for health workers and outreach workers in the implementation of providing education to the community.
Relation between Personal Profile Characteristics of the Staff and their Attitude towards the Farmer Producers Organization
Authors: Priyanka Vavilala , Singh V. K. , Singh L. B. , Singh D. K. , Vivek  , Singh Bhim , Prajapathi Chandrashekar
Published: August 2023

The present research study was carried out during 2022-2023 to know the relation between attitude towards the organization and profile characteristics of the staff of Farmer Producers Organization in Zone III (Rajanna Siricilla) of state Telangana. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Zone III consists of five districts namely, Karimnagar, Rajanna Siricilla, Medak, Siddipet and Kamareddy. The total number of FPOs in the zone were 66. Out of these, 40 FPOs were selected and the data was collected from 5 respondents randomly from each FPO using structured interview schedule. Thus, the total numbers of respondents were 200. The findings of the research revealed that (41.50%) of the respondents were middle aged with (38.50%) having education up to graduation, (51.00%) were having low experience of 2-5 years and (40.50%) received medium number of trainings (5-8). About two-third (65.50%) respondents had reported that medium extension activities were taken up in the organization, (41.50%) were having medium interpersonal communication, (57.00%) were having neutral departmental working environment, (59.50%) were having medium attitude towards delegation of authority and (38.50%) were having low achievement motivation. It was also reported that majority of the respondents were having medium job involvement (48.50%), medium job satisfaction (49.00%), medium perception of work load (40.50%) and medium job stress (52.50%). Among this variables, experience, total number of trainings received, extension activities, attitude towards delegation of authority, job involvement, job satisfaction, perception of work load and job stress were found to be significant with the attitude of the staff towards the organization.
Impact of Cluster Front Line Demonstrations on Productivity, Profitability and Yield Gap of Blackgram in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh, India
Authors: Reddy K. Kiran Kumar , Mallikarjun M. , Jyothi G. L. Siva , Tejaswini V. , Babu S. Lokesh , Naik D. Vijay Kumar
Published: August 2023

The Cluster Frontline Demonstrations (CFLDs) on Blackgram var. TBG-104 was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Nellore to find out the seed yield, technological gap, extension gap, technology index and economics during 2020 to 2022 (3 years) covering 150 farmers. The result of the study revealed that the yield of blackgram was found to be 953, 1000 and 1103 kg/ha during the years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively as compared to 752, 760 and 900 kg/ha, respectively under the farmer's practice. The increase in yield over farmers practice was found to be 25.1, 33.4 and 22.6% respectively during the years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23. The 3-year average data on the technology gap, extension gap and technology index were found to be 980 kg/ha, 215 kg/ha and 49% respectively. The average net return and B:C ratio in demonstrations was found to be Rs. 27439.00 /ha and 1.79 as against Rs.13334 and 1.38 in farmer’s practice. The findings show that utilising TBG 104 over farmer’s varieties could increase the seed output of Blackgram in the Nellore district and CFLD could be a useful method to reduce yield disparities.
Sustainability of Urban Vegetable Gardening in Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: Sebastian Shibi , A. Anuratha , G. Ravi , Bhuvaneswari Sri Vara Buddhi , Devi P. Ahila
Published: August 2023

Urban vegetable gardens are being developed in many places in India and abroad. A lot of passionate urban dwellers are taking up such initiatives in their own households. A study was conducted on sustainability of Urban vegetable gardening in Tamil Nadu, India with the objective to study the nature of urban vegetable gardening and to develop strategy for sustainability of urban vegetable gardening.

The beneficiaries of vegetable kit distribution programme and other vegetable gardeners were purposively selected.  A total of 120 respondents was selected randomly. It was found that about 50 percent of the respondents were house wives and nearly 50 percent had garden in their terrace. Nearly 52 percent of the respondents took up gardening to avoid chemicals while 48 percent took it up as hobby. 100 percent took gardening only for household consumption, none of them had any commercial outlook on the products. Recycled products were utilized by majority of the people (58%), almost equal proportion of respondents purchased material from JDAs office, Shops, online. About 48 percent used coir pith while the remaining used soil as the medium for growth. Homemade composting and vermicompost were used by majority of the respondents to a tune of 1-5 kg per month.

The potager scheme was very well taken by the urban dwellers in Coimbatore but it was discontinued after a year. However, it has caused a lot of awareness among them and their requirements are fulfilled by online sellers. Sustained and profitable terrace gardening requires scientific and precise calculations on inputs and time of use. Planned development in urban and peri urban areas by institutional interventions will lead to sustained and feasible projects which will contribute to the green cover and contribute to the food requirement of the urban areas.
Isolation and Characterization of Lactobacillus Strains with Probiotic Potential from Dairy Products
Authors: Ndaywel Olivier N. , Nsiala Gurvitch O. , Ntumba Liévin T. , Banze Tatiana , Musibono Dieudonné E. , Biey Emmanuel M.
Published: August 2023

Aims: This research aims to isolate and characterize from dairy products, in particular yogurts, cultivated Lactobacillus strains with potential for use as probiotics in poultry farming.

Study Design: This research consists of four parts, an introduction with literature review, a description of the materials and methods used, finally the results obtained and their discussion.

Place and Duration of Study: Central Veterinary Laboratory of Kinshasa, specifically in the Bacteriology and Animal Services departments, between April and September 2022.

Methodology: A yogurt was cultured in order to observe the presence of Lactobacilli in the MRS (Mans, Rogosa and Sharp) Agar culture medium; this culture revealed the growth of Lactobacilli. It was even proceeded to the serial dilution of these strains, the results had also revealed the growth of Lactobacilli in the 6 test tubes used.

Results: The results obtained showed a significant increase in weight (positive effect on the immune system) in the poultry of the experimental group and an absence of pathogenicity after an incubation period (inhibitory effect of strains of Lactobacilli on those of Escherichia coli and Streptococcus sp.) whereas in the control group, the poultry showed a lower weight gain compared to the experimental group and developed colibacillosis associated with other effects such as weakness, fever and angina after an incubation period.

Conclusion: The positive results of Lactobacilli strains obtained in poultry in the experimental group show the potential of these strains to be used as probiotics in poultry farming to improve poultry health through the inhibitory effect of these strains on pathogenic Escherichia coli and Streptococcus sp. This opens up safe alternatives to the use of these strains to fight the misuse of antibiotics by reducing their use in human and animal care.
Research on Mathematics Expression Ability among Chinese High School Students
Authors: Sun Qin , Li Gang
Published: August 2023

Mathematics expression ability is of great significance to the development of students' logical thinking. It is an essential ability required in the new mathematics curriculum standards, and it is also the focus of the current high school entrance examination and National College Entrance examination. This study used the China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI) as a data source to summarize and sort out previous research in order to provide suggestions for current teaching and found that: (1) Current domestic research on mathematics expression ability of high school students mainly focuses on the following five aspects: connotations and classification of mathematics expression ability, development status of mathematics expression ability, evaluation frameworks of mathematics expression ability, strategies for cultivating students' mathematics expression ability, and the mathematics expression ability of special groups of students. (2) There is relatively little research on the evaluation frameworks and influencing factors of mathematics expression ability, and most training strategies focus on how teachers teach, with very few on how students learn. Previous researchers use self-made test papers, questionnaires or interview outlines to investigate and research, and some researchers base their research on theoretical thinking or teaching experience. (3) Therefore, based on current research, future research needs to adopt more scientific research tools, a more reasonable analysis framework, expand the research scope, increase validation research, and give more scientific suggestions. So that the research on the mathematics expression ability of high school students is more comprehensive, systematic, and profound.
Risk of AI in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Study Framework
Authors: Muley Apoorva , Muzumdar Prathamesh , Kurian George , Basyal Ganga Prasad
Published: August 2023

This study conducts a thorough examination of the research stream focusing on AI risks in healthcare, aiming to explore the distinct genres within this domain. A selection criterion was employed to carefully analyze 39 articles to identify three primary genres of AI risks prevalent in healthcare: clinical data risks, technical risks, and socio-ethical risks. Selection criteria was based on journal ranking and impact factor. The research seeks to provide a valuable resource for future healthcare researchers, furnishing them with a comprehensive understanding of the complex challenges posed by AI implementation in healthcare settings. By categorizing and elucidating these genres, the study aims to facilitate the development of empirical qualitative and quantitative research, fostering evidence-based approaches to address AI-related risks in healthcare effectively. This endeavor contributes to building a robust knowledge base that can inform the formulation of risk mitigation strategies, ensuring safe and efficient integration of AI technologies in healthcare practices. Thus, it is important to study AI risks in healthcare to build better and efficient AI systems and mitigate risks.
A Comparative Financial Analysis of Four Crops Based Cropping Patterns with Existing Cropping Patterns in Different Locations of Bangladesh
Authors: Ruma Kanis Fatema , Kamruzzaman M. , Jui Kaniz Fatima , Rahman Kazi Tamim , Hasan Jahidul
Published: August 2023

This study was undertaken to assess the comparative financial analysis of four crops based cropping pattern (FCP) with existing cropping pattern (ECP) in 35 upazilas of 25 districts under 7 divisions during the year of 2018-19 and 2019-20. Tabular technique and statistical analysis were done to achieve the objectives of the study. The Cobb-Douglas production function model was used for estimating the factors affecting FCP as well as ECP in the study areas. The major findings of the study were that cultivation of FCP was more profitable and feasible than ECP in terms of agronomic and economic point of view. The average total return per hectare for FCP was Tk. 529320.00 and Tk. 547896.00 and for ECP was an average Tk. 346788.00 and Tk. 348819.00 in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. The total variable cost per hectare for FCP was Tk. 237134.00 and Tk. 238584.00 and for ECP was an average Tk. 175968.00 and Tk. 178294.00 in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. Again the gross margin for FCP was Tk. 292186.00 and Tk. 309312.00 and for ECP was an average Tk. 170820.00 and Tk. 170525.00 in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. The Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) for FCP was 2.23 and 2.30 in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. On the other hand, the BCR for ECP was 1.97 and 1.96 in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. The average marginal benefit cost ratio (MBCR) in FCP over ECP was 2.98 and 3.30 in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. Irrespective of locations, rice equivalent yield (REY), crop productivity, land use efficiency and profitability were higher in FCP than in ECP. The study also showed that FCP faced some problems mainly related to production and marketing of the crops. It may be concluded that the farmers should be encouraged to grow four crops in a calendar year rather than existing two or three crops to enhance productivity and profitability.
Hematological Profile of Adult Haemoglobin SS and SC Sickle Cell Patients in Stationary Phase: Evidences from National Teaching Hospital of Cotonou in Benin
Authors: Zohoun A. , Baglo-Agbodande T. , Houssou B. , Massi R. , Kassehin E. , Guiwa G. G. Orou , Dèhoumon J. , Mehou J. , Anani L. , Vovor A. , Kinde-Gazard D.
Published: August 2023

Background and Objective: Sickle cell disease is a major public health problem. The aim of this study was to determine the hematological parameters in the inter-critical period of adult sickle cell patients at the National Teaching Hospital CNHU-HKM of Cotonou.

Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study with analytical aims carried out from July 2021 to December 2021 in the hematology department of the National Teaching Hospital CNHU-HKM of Cotonou. An hemogram was performed using Sysmex XT 4000i on a total of 181 sickle cell patients including 119 Hb SS and 62 Hb SC. Data were analyzed using R software.

Results: Patients studied had a mean age of 32 ± 13 years. The mean of hemoglobin level was 7.7 ± 1.9 g/dL in Hb SS patients versus 11.27 ± 1.79 g/dL in Hb SC patients (p = 0.001). The mean leukocyte count was 13.2 ± 4.4 G/L in Hb SS patients versus 7.3 ± 3 G/L in Hb SC patients (p = 0.003); the mean neutrophil count was 6.93 ± 3.24 G/L in Hb SS patients versus 3.96 ± 1.72 G/L in Hb SC patients (p = 0.001). Platelet counts averaged 426 ± 213 G/L in Hb SS patients versus 223 ± 103 G/L in Hb SC patients (p = 0.001).

Conclusion: This study revealed a higher mean hemoglobin level, mean leukocyte count and mean platelet count in Hb SS patients compared to Hb SC patients in the stationary phase.