bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Analisis Ilmu Falak Tentang Pelarangan Waktu Salat
Authors: Novegar Istiqfar , Rahmatiah,HL  , Wijaya Abdi
Published: June 2024

Abstrak
Salat merupakan salah satu syarat sahnya salat, karena tidak semua akhir waktu salat adalah awal waktu salat berikutnya. Sebab ada waktu dimana kita dilarang untuk melaksanakan salat, namun dalam fikih waktu-waktu yang dilarang untuk melaksanakan salat itu dijelaskan secara tidak pasti hanya fenomena alamnya saja yang dijelaskan, maka dari itu hal ini menjadi penting untuk diketahui  karena jangan sampai kita melaksanakan salat diwaktu yang terlarang maka yang terjadi dalam ibadah kita tidak mendapatkan pahala melainkan makruh yang mendekati haram. Waktu-waktu pelaksanaan salat telah diisyaratkan oleh Allah swt. Dalam ayat-ayat Al-Qur’an, yang kemudian dijelaskan oleh Nabi saw. dalam hal ini merupakan kewajiban dalam menunaikan salat, terkait pada waktu-waktu yang telah ditentukan. Sebagaimana yang disebut dalam firman Allah swt Qs. An-nisa’ ayat 103. Salat salah satu ibadah yang langsung di wahyukan Allah swt kepada nabi Muhammad saw tanpa lantaran malaikat, pada waktu ia menjalankan Isra’ dan Mi’raj-nya, yang sesungguhnya sebanyak 50 waktu kemudian diproses menjadi 5 waktu salat wajib, kalimat salat fardhu tersebut sebenarnya sudah dari kumpulan salat-salatnya para nabi terdahulu ialah salat. Hanya saja waktu-waktu salat yang ditunjukkan oleh Al-Qur’an maupun hadis hanya berupa fenomena alam, yang kalau tidak menggunakan ilmu falak tentunya akan mengalami kesulitan dalam menentukan awal waktu salat. Adapun kriteria-kriteria waktu yang dilarang untuk melaksanakan salat sesuai konsep fikih dan memformulasikannya dalam ilmu falak sehingga dapat dipastikan mengenai kepastian waktunya. Tinggi matahari pada waktu-waktu yang dilarang untuk melaksanakan salat disesuaikan berdasarkan konsep fikih. Dan hasil perhitungan ketika matahari terbit adalah pukul 05:37 dengan tinggi matahari -1º04’43,51, sedangkan awal waktu istiwa’ ialah pada saat matahari tepat dititik kulminasi yaitu pukul 11: 52, dan awal waktu ketika terbenam adalah pukul 18:03 dengan tinggi matahari 1º04’43,51.
Uji Akurasi Posisi Toilet Masjid di Desa Kindang Kecamatan Kindang Kabupaten Bulukumba Perspektif Ilmu Falak
Authors: Nurbaya  , Adriana Mustafa  , Andi. Muh. Akmal
Published: June 2024

Toilet Masjid merupakan bagian dari tempat peribadatan ummat Islam yang tidak boleh luput dari aturan posisi dan arahnya, karena Rasulullah saw. telah menjelaskan suatu larangan buang hajat dengan menghadap atau membelakangi kiblat. Kasus kelirunya arah toilet masjid juga terjadi di Desa Kindang Kecamatan Kindangan Kabupaten Bulukumba. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis realitas posisi toilet Masjid di Desa Kindang di Kecamatan Kindang Kabupaten Bulukumba dan mengetahui pandangan masyarakat di daerah tersebut tentang posisi toilet masjid serta menguji posisi toilet Masjid di daerah itu dengan menggunakan analisis ilmu falak. Jenis penelitian adalah field research atau penelitian lapangan dengan model kualitatif deskriptif serta menggunakan pendekatan teologi normatif (syar’i) dan pendekatan yuridis sosiologi. Landasan hasil penelitian, ditemukan fakta lapangan sebagai berikut; 1) Di Desa Kindang terdapat 10 Masjid dan ada beberapa posisi toilet Masjid hampir mengarah ke kiblat justru ada yang sampai mengarah ke kiblat. 2) Masyarakat mempunyai persepsi yang berbeda-beda dalam menyikapi posisi toilet yang hampir dan sampai mengarah ke kiblat. 3) Posisi toilet Masjid dalam perspektif ilmu falak dengan uji akurasi arah kiblat menjadi sangat penting dalam menentukan posisi kiblat dan arah toilet. Implikasi dalam penelitian ini adalah: Penelitian ini mengungkapakan tentang uji akurasi Posisi Toilet Masjid Desa Kindang Kecamatan Kindang Kabupaten Bulukumba. Sehingga didapatkan titik permasalahan dan solusi atas permasalahan tersebut melalui wawancara, observasi secara langsung dan sebagainya. Apabilah terdapat banyak kekurangan maka penulis memohon masukan dan perbaikannya.
PREDIKSI HASIL PRODUKSI IKAN LELE MENGGUNAKAN MACHINE LEARNING (Studi Kasus Dinas Perikanan Kabupaten Muara Enim)
Authors: EMILDA SAKINA  , A.HAIDAR MIRZA
Published: June 2024

Penelitian ini berfokus pada peningkatan pengelolaan data di Dinas Perikanan Kabupaten Muara Enim, khususnya dalam memajukan produksi ikan lele, seiring dengan meningkatnya permintaan konsumsi ikan di Provinsi Sumatera Selatan. Menghadapi tantangan seringnya kekurangan pasokan ikan lele, penelitian ini mengembangkan model prediksi untuk hasil produksi ikan lele menggunakan tiga algoritma machine learning: Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Random Forest, dan Decision Tree. Data yang digunakan meliputi data historis produksi, data lingkungan, dan data pemeliharaan. Tujuan utama adalah untuk memahami hubungan antara faktor lingkungan, praktik pemeliharaan, dan output produksi ikan lele. Kinerja dari setiap algoritma dievaluasi menggunakan metrik yang sesuai untuk menentukan pendekatan terbaik. Hasil penelitian diharapkan dapat memberikan wawasan bagi Dinas Perikanan dalam merencanakan produksi, mengelola sumber daya, dan membuat keputusan yang lebih informatif dan efisien, sehingga mendukung ketersediaan ikan lele yang berkelanjutan dan memenuhi permintaan pasar dengan lebih baik
PENGUATAN IDE BISNIS STARTUP BIDANG TEKNOLOGI PENDIDIKAN MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN METODE LEAN STARTUP
Authors: RICKY NAGATA PUTRA  , GALANG PRIHADI MAHARDHIKA
Published: June 2024

Guru dan media pembelajaran berperan penting dalam menunjang pemahaman siswa terhadap materi pembelajaran. Kemampuan pemahaman termasuk dalam salah satu aspek kognitif yang perlu ditingkatkan. Outbound menjadi media yang mampu meningkatkan kemampuan pada unsur kognitif pada anak usia 7-12 tahun. Hasil observasi menunjukkan bahwa siswa cenderung sering bosan dan sulit berkonsentrasi saat pembelajaran. Sehingga dibutuhkan platform yang dapat menangani keluhan tersebut secara efektif dan efisien. Edubound merupakan aplikasi permainan edukasi untuk perangkat Virtual Reality berkonsep outbound untuk meningkatkan kemampuan kognitif sejak usia dasar. Dalam pengembangannya, diimplementasikan metode lean startup karena dapat menjadikan proses lebih efisien. Terdapat 3 tahapan yang perlu dilakukan yaitu Build, Measure, dan Learn yang kemudian didapatkan hasil analisis dari data yang ada serta prototype dari produk yang dikembangkan.
EKSTRAKSI PITCH SINYAL WICARA (SPEECH) BAHASA DAERAH BUGIS DENGAN ALGORITMA AUTOKORELASI
Authors: SRIWIJANAKA YUDI HARTONO  , SAIDAH SUYUTI  , ST. AINUN MUTMAINNAH  , MUHAMMAD FAUZAN NUR
Published: June 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan Ekstraksi pitch sinyal wicara (speech) dengan algoritma  autokorelasi. Berdasarkan hasil eksprimen yang dilakukan dalam ekstraksi pitch Bahasa daerah Bugis dengan algoritma autokorelasi yang ditunjukkan pada skenario eksprimen diperoleh pengucapan huruf aksara diperoleh huruf “/ka/” diperoleh ekstraksi picth suara laki-laki disekitar frekuensi 54Hz – 81 Hz dan suara Perempuan dalam interval 78 Hz – 100 Hz.  Pengucapan huruf “/ga/” diperoleh pada interval frekuensi suara laki-laki 71 Hz – 81  Hz dan suara Perempuan 65 Hz – 75 Hz. Pengucapan huruf “/nga/” suara laki-laki pada frekuensi disekitar 65 Hz – 75 Hz sedangkan suara perempuan pada frekuensi sekitar 72 hz – 81 Hz. Pada pengucapan huruf ‘/ngka/” pada frekuensi 72 Hz – 81 Hz  dan suara perempuan berada pada frekuensi 74 Hz – 93 Hz. Untuk ekstraksi pitch kata/kalimat “/nabbaca/” dan “/taro ada taro gau/” frekuensi berada disekitar 52 Hz – 71  Hz dengan suara laki-laki dan pada suara Perempuan berada pada interval frekuensi 73 hz – 100 Hz.
SISTEM INFORMASI LAPORAN AKUNTABILITAS KINERJA INSTANSI PEMERINTAH
Authors: MUHAMMAD YASSIR  , AGUNAWAN AGUNAWAN , GAFUR GAFUR , ABD. RAHMAN  , ITA FITRIATI
Published: June 2024

Penelitian ini membahas implementasi sistem informasi Laporan Akuntabilitas Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah (LAKIP) berbasis elektronik di Kabupaten Polewali Mandar sebagai bagian dari upaya reformasi birokrasi. Metode Waterfall digunakan dalam pengembangan sistem ini, yang melibatkan tahap identifikasi masalah, perancangan sistem menggunakan Unified Modeling Language (UML), implementasi, dan pengujian menggunakan metode black box testing. Hasilnya adalah sebuah sistem yang memungkinkan pengelolaan data LAKIP secara efisien dan transparan, dengan antarmuka yang user-friendly dan pengujian yang memastikan kinerja yang sesuai. Sistem ini diharapkan dapat membantu meningkatkan kinerja pemerintah melalui peningkatan transparansi, efisiensi, dan integrasi dalam pengelolaan kinerja instansi pemerintah.
Mobile payment-banking efficiency nexus—A concise review of the evolution and empirical exploration of the Taiwan banking industry
Authors: Phung Manh-Trung , Kao Chen-Yu , Cheng Cheng-Ping , Liu Yi-Jyun , Liang Lien-Wen
Published: June 2024

This paper utilizes an advanced Network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to examine the impact of mobile payment on the efficiency of Taiwan banking industry. Inheriting the literature, we separate the banking operation process into two stages, namely profitability and marketability. Mobile payment is then considered as the core factor in the second stage. Our paper discovers network DEA model can effectively enhance the analysis of banking industry’s efficiency, and mobile payment has a notable impact on Taiwan banking industry. Regarding the profitability stage, there is only one efficient bank in 2019 and 2022, respectively. These banks also perform better in terms of “mobile payment production”. In the marketability stage, there is also only one bank in 2021 and one bank in 2022, that can reach to unique efficiency score. This indicates many banks attempt to increase earnings per share through investing in mobile payment services. However, the achievement still needs more wait. This leads to the fact that no bank can reach the ultimate overall efficiency. Within our sample, we also find that regarding promoting mobile payment services, Private Banks outperform Government Banks.
Factors driving plant diversity in the spontaneous vegetation of the novel ecosystem of post-coal mining spoil heaps and their relationship with soil respiration
Authors: Radosz Łukasz , Chmura Damian , Dyczko Artur , Woźniak Gabriela
Published: June 2024

The subject of the paper is the analysis of the relationship between spontaneous vegetation diversity and soil respiration in novel post-coal mine ecosystem. In the natural and semi-natural ecosystems, soil respiration process (Rs) is a crucial ecosystem function regulating terrestrial ecosystems’ carbon cycle. Soil respiration depends on the quality and quantity of the soil organic matter (SOM), the soil microbes’ activity, and root metabolism. The listed factors are directly related to the composition diversity of vegetation plant species (biochemistry). For many years, soil respiration parameters have been studied in natural and seminatural vegetation communities and ecosystems. However, there still need to be a greater understanding of the relationship between vegetation plant species diversity and soil respiration as a crucial ecosystem function. Plant species diversity has to be analysed through both the taxonomic diversity and the functional diversity. These approaches reflect the composition, structure, and function of plant species communities. We hypothesise that the diversity of the spontaneous vegetation species composition shapes the amount of soil respiration in a post-coal mine novel ecosystem. The soil respiration differs significantly along the vegetational types driven by habitat gradients and is significantly higher in highly functional richness and dispersion vegetation patches. Contrary to our expectation, soil respiration was the highest in the less diverse vegetation types – both taxonomical and functional evenness were non-significant factors. Only functional dispersion is weakly negative correlated with soil respiration level (SRL).
Disrupt Pique Technique: When Disrupting First Increases the Effectiveness of the Pique Technique
Authors: Céline Jacob , Guéguen Nicolas , Alexandre Pascual , Lubomir Lamy
Published: June 2024

This study examined the effect of the pique technique preceded by a disrupting process. Passersby in the street were asked for money, either for a common amount of change (control) or 37 cents (pique technique). In half of the cases, the requester added a disrupting sentence at the beginning of the request. Results showed that the pique technique alone and the disrupting technique alone increased compliance with the request. Adding a first disrupting sentence to the pique also increased compliance compared with the other three conditions. These results support the theoretical explanation that the initial disrupting sentence associated with the pique could reduce the influence of the refusal script activated by the money request
A Case of Extra-Pulmonary Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection
Authors: Melinte Violeta , Tudor Alexandra-Daniela , Codrean Bianca-Gabriela , Radu Maria-Adelina , Văcăriou Maria Cristina , Călinoiu Amalia Loredana , Gheorghiţă Valeriu
Published: June 2024

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common atypical pathogen causing comunitary-acquired pneumonia (CAP), mostly in children and young adults with age between 5 and 40 years old. Beyond respiratory symptoms, extra-pulmonary features are described, such as skin rash, arthralgia, gastrointestinal symptoms, and heart disease, occurring in less than 5% to 10% of patients(1). This case refers to a 26-year-old patient, without significant medical history or background treatment, immunocompetent, who is presenting to the emergency room for prolonged fever, and conjunctival suffusions. Following the investigations, pneumonia, and conjunctivitis due to atypical bacteria are suspected and appropriate treatment is administered. Along with other multiple infectious agents that could precipitate a respiratory febrile infection with ocular involvement, we should consider also Mycoplasma pneumoniae as a possible cause. Appropriate antibiotic therapy may result in a favorable, but delayed course of the disease.
The spring migration and distribution of Common Crane (Grus grus) in the Carpathian Basin during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Authors: Bozó László , Csörgő Tibor , Végvári Zsolt
Published: June 2024

During the early 21st century, the Carpathian Basin was recognised as one of the world’s most important migratory area for the Common Crane, but it is not completely clear, what was its status during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Between 1897 and 1916, a total of 1487 field observation data were published in the journal Aquila from the Carpathian Basin. Our work analysed the timing of the spring migration, how it differed between years and geographical regions, and how the temperature and geographical variables reported above influenced the timing of the migration. The results show that the migration routes of the species have changed significantly over the last century. During the study period, the migration concentrated in the eastern part of the Carpathian Basin, and was particularly rare in the Great Hungarian Plain. There was on average a two-week difference in the timing of migration between the western and eastern parts and between different years. The start and peak of migration were weeks later than today, and this change is mainly due to the effects of climate change. Geographical factors did not influence the migration of the species, whereas higher air temperatures advanced the timing of the migration.
Detecting and Estimating Local Corrosion Damages in Long-Service Aircraft Structures by the Eddy Current Method with Double-Differential Probes
Authors: Uchanin Valentyn
Published: June 2024

Monitoring corrosion in aircraft structures through nondestructive testing is crucial for maintaining long-term aircraft serviceability. Corrosion monitoring is particularly challenging when corrosion damage is situated on internal surfaces of multilayer aircraft structures. The eddy current method is one of the most promising techniques for detecting and measuring such subsurface corrosion damage without direct contact or disassembly. However, due to their low sensitivity traditional eddy current probes with coaxial coils are not well suited for detecting corrosion damages of the local type, such as pitting or corrosion pits, in multilayer aircraft structures. This study tested the use of low-frequency eddy current probes of the double-differential type, characterized by 8 and 10 mm operational diameters, in detecting and measuring hidden corrosion damages of this local type. Such corrosion damages were simulated by means of flat-bottomed drilled holes of differing diameters and depths (or different diameters and residual thicknesses of the inspected sheet in the damaged area). The signals from the eddy current probes were evaluated in the complex plane using a universal eddy current flaw detector. The correlations between the amplitude and phase of the eddy current signal and depth of location of the local corrosion damages were analyzed. Results indicate that it is possible to estimate the residual thickness of the skin in locally corroded areas by measuring the eddy current signal phase, independently of the local corrosion damage diameter (size), providing useful information for residual service life determination.
Svenskämnesdidaktik som akademiskt professionsfält
Authors: Johansson Maritha , Martinsson Bengt-Göran
Published: June 2024

Several Swedish reforms in the early 2000s had the goal of implementing a more solid research foundation for teacher education. In this study, we investigate how external mechanisms contribute to and counteract the establishment of new research areas related to the teacher profession, through the example of the L1 subject Swedish. The study explores how the materialistic and intellectual landscape of the academic field has evolved in terms of new academic positions with new content and merit assessment. Through the investigation of a corpus of job announcements, from 1990 to 2022, we have been able to follow the development of a new research area, regarding career paths. The development of a new research area can be described in terms of a fight between different opponents for what is considered a valuable cultural capital (Bourdieu, 2000). The analysis of how the research area is formed relates to Bernstein’s (2003) distinction between singularities and regions.

Projektet Nytt vin i gamla läglar eller gammalt vin i nya läglar? Etableringen av svenskämnesdidaktik som forskningsfält är finansierat av Vetenskapsrådet (Dnr 2021-05018).
A Case Study of Public Social Advertisements Translation: Pragmatics Approach
Authors: Annas  , Nababan Mangatur Rudolf , Santosa Riyadi , Wiratno Tri
Published: June 2024

Purpose: This research analyzed the translation of Covid-19 WHO Infographics through pragmatics. It aimed to figure out speech acts in Monroe’s Motivated Sequence in source text, translation techniques applied to render, and its impact on quality and shift of speech act.
 
Theoretical framework: Main theories employed in this research are speech act theory by Searle & Vandervekken (1985) and translation technique by Molina & Albir (2002).
 
Design/methodology/approach: This is qualitative descriptive research with a single embedded study case, collecting data purposively by applying the document analysis and FGD (Focus Group Discussion), and employing Spradley’s steps of data analysis about domain, taxonomy, componential, and cultural theme.
 
Findings: The research found some speech acts such as assertive, directive, and commissive spreading in each MMS. The successful translation is mostly caused by the application of equivalent established technique. Unsuccessful translation is caused by modulation technique because the translation cannot reach the equivalency of illocutionary effect, persuasive strategy, and mis-organizing persuasive text based on MMS. This research concluded that the translator’s decision in applying the translation techniques impacted on the shift of the speech acts which is in turn to influence the quality of translation especially on the accuracy. Therefore, it can be confirmed that the translation behaviour in term of translation techniques application and its impact on the quality of translation is the image of the translator’s competency.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: Theoretically, this research showed that the translation skill can be supported by the understanding of pragmatics. Practically, this researched can help the translators to improve their skill in translating.
 
Originality/value: This is original research which is conducted by taking some source text (English version) of infographics about Covid-19 campaigns and their translation (Indonesian version). The infographics is officially released by World Health Organization (WHO) from 2020 to 2022.
Domesticating the Global War on Terrorism in West Africa: Implications for Sub-Regional Security
Authors: Newo Oluwamurewa A. , Chidozie Felix C. , Osimen Goddy U. , Bhadmus Joy
Published: June 2024

Objective: The objective of this study is to the recent incidences of terror attacks in the West African sub-region that have only overwhelmed national governments concerned. Using the case studies of Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Niger, the paper interrogates the recent scourge of terrorism in these countries within the context of sub-regional security.
 
Theoretical Framework: The structural conflict theory, which argues that conflict is built into the systems and structures of society, is employed in the work.  This is based on the radical transformative agenda promoted by globalization and accentuated by the violent intra-state conflicts in Africa, especially following the restructuring of the international security architecture after the end of the Cold War in 1989. 
 
Method: The methodology adopted for this research utilizes the qualitative research design using the case study approach. Secondary data is engaged for this study, alongside thematic analysis for the harmonization of data.
 
Results and Discussion: The study discovered that the activities of domestic terror groups is hinged on the unresolved rhetoric of globalization. The study concludes that until there are institutional measures to strengthen the fragile politico-economic structures hurriedly erected after prolonged dictatorships in the countries concerned, the solution to the threat of terrorism will remain a tantalizing mirage. It canvasses for the creation of a civil-military alliance in the war on terror, and the strengthening of democratic institutions to bring about good governance which will make states better equipped to curb terrorism.
 
Research Implications: The practical and theoretical implications of this research are discussed, providing insights into how the results can be applied or influence practices in the fields of national security, strategic studies and even institutional democracy. These implications could encompass the protection of lives and property within the state, protection of the state’s territorial integrity and the consolidation of democracy by state governments.
 
Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the fragilitiy of democracy in West African states as a consequence of prolonged terrorist attacks that are yet to be adequately catered to by civilian governments. The relevance and value of this research are evidenced by it practical applicability across the fields of policy and strategic studies, and political science.
Spiritual Intelligence as a Moderation Between Professional Ethics and Professionalism of Public Accountants
Authors: Wiyarni Wiyarni , Hanifah Nur , Murtiningtyas Triana
Published: June 2024

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the implementation of professional ethics on professionalism of Public Accountants with spiritual intelligence as moderating variable.
 
Theoretical framework:  Professional ethics and spiritual intelligence are needed by public accountants to achieve professionalism.  The professional ethics contain principles regarding professional behavior that will govern the relationship between accountants and clients as well as the public.  Spiritual intelligence is the reflection between the body and the human spirit in action. The existence of spiritual intelligence allows humans to think more creatively, broad-minded, can make or even change rules that will make the person work better.
 
Method: This study uses quantitative approach. The population in this study is Public Accountants in the Malang area which include partners, managers, supervisors, senior auditors and junior auditors. The sample was 53 Public Accountants of 11 Public Accountants. This study uses Moderate Regression Analysis (MRA) analysis techniques.
 
Results and conclusions: The implementation of Professional Ethics has a positive effect on the Professionalism of Public Accountants and Spiritual Intelligence moderates (strengthens) the influence of the implementation of Professional Ethics on the Professionalism of Public Accountants.
 
Research implications: Implementation the professional ethics can improve the professionalism of the Public Accountants. The higher spiritual intelligence of public accountant can motivate him/her to implement professional ethics and finally can improve his/her professionalism.
 
Originality/value: Including the spiritual intelligence in the professional ethics of public accountants.
Use of Agave Angustifolia Haw Bagasse Pulp as An Additive Powder For Baking Flour
Authors: Avendaño-Rito María del Carmen , Aquino-González Laura Victoria , Ríos Paulina Alejandra Flores , Martínez-Vargas Adrián , Sarubbi-Baltazar Fernando Adrihel
Published: June 2024

Objective: The main objective of this study was to determine the conditions under which the pulp of Agave Angustifolia Haw bagasse fibers should be processed to obtain a good quality bread in terms of texture, emulsion, and crumb formation.
 
Theoretical Framework: Agro-industrial residues have become in recent years alternative raw materials for different production processes, however, they must present conditions that allow food fortification, as is the case of agave residues whose nutrient content has evidence in the literature.
 
Method: The methodology used in this study is experimental and applied in stages, 10 kg of agave bagasse were collected and processed; different proportions of agave flour were established in bread recipes to test the ideal fermentation for baking.
 
Results and Discussion: The results obtained revealed that the fine residues obtained from the process of solar drying and grounding of agave bagasse pulp increase high-water absorption capacity, therefore this property favors the hydration of bakery products.
 
Implications of the research: It is concluded that these residues in a lower concentration combined with flour can be used for the elaboration of bakery products with nutritional value.
 
Originality/value: This study contributes to reduce agro-industrial waste contamination by transforming them into functional food, which represents a contribution to food security programs and social impact.
Tutoring and Academic Performance in University Students from the Peruvian Altiplano
Authors: Pari-Orihuela Miryam , Díaz-Vilcanqui Yésica Dominga , Mamani-Coaquira Humberto , Valero-Ancco Vidnay Noel
Published: June 2024

Objective: University tutoring is crucial to support students' academic, personal and professional success, provides individualized guidance, fosters the development of key skills and promotes student retention, thus contributing to the overall growth of university students. Within this framework, the objective of the research was to determine the relationship between the perception of the tutoring system and the academic performance of students of the National University of the Altiplano of Puno (UNAP).
 
Methods: The research approach is quantitative, non-experimental, with a cross-sectional correlational design. The population consisted of 474 students, obtaining a sample of 213 randomly selected students. A questionnaire was used to measure the first variable, while for the second variable the minutes of evaluation corresponding to the first academic semester of the year 2023 were consulted.
 
Results: The results reveal that students of the UNAP have a regular perception of tutoring services, both academic and personalized. While they recognize the existence of these services, they are not fully familiar with all available services. Some students have also used these services occasionally, do not consider them an essential part of their university experience and do not actively seek this type of support, except when they need it.
 
Conclusion: In conclusion 93.4% of the students assessed the tutoring system as regular, while 6.6% considered it bad or unsatisfactory. In addition, the statistical analysis reveals a strong positive correlation (r=0.795) between the tutoring system and academic performance, supported by a p value lower than the level of significance (0.00 < 0.05) that confirms the statistical validity of this relationship. These findings suggest that as the tutoring system strengthens, there is a considerable and positive association with students' academic performance.
Evaluation of Serum Galectin- 3 Levels in Preeclampsia at Term
Authors: Muhammed Sumaya Q. , Mohammed Esraa A. , Ibrahem Salih
Published: June 2024

Background  Pre-eclampsia is a disorder of vascular endothelial dysfunction and vasospasm that occurs after 20 weeks of pregnancy and may occur up to 4–6 weeks after pregnancy. It is defined clinically by hypertension and proteinuria with or without pathological edema. Galectin-3 is expressed in all types of immune cells and organs in human tissues and plays an important role in many biological processes such as inflammatory responses, fibroids, intercellular adhesion, angiogenesis, apoptosis and cell differentiation.Aim of study  To evaluate Galectin-3 level in pre-eclampsia and to determine the association with severity of pre-eclampsiaPatients and method   A case-control study was conducted in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Azadi Teaching Hospital / Kirkuk/ Iraq. The duration of study was eight months from 1st of February till 1st of October 2021.The study involved 90 patients, 60 preeclamptic women, and 30 (control group) with gestational age (37- 40). Patients were admitted to the hospital for following up their blood pressure, urine test for albumin, renal function test, liver function test were done, between 37-40 weeks gestational age of the pregnancy.ResultsGalectin-3 was significantly higher among pregnant women with severe preeclampsia in comparison to mild pre-eclampsia and control groups (p=0.0001), while no significant correlation in the mean Galectin-3 between normal and mild preeclampsia (P=0.92). Conclusion: Serum Galectin- 3 is a marker for diagnosis of pre-eclampsia and its severity
The Effects of Waste Ceramic Powders and Waste Glass Powders on the Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete
Authors: Khairi Ammar Hisham , Rejeb Saeed K.
Published: June 2024

Two key axes dominated this experimental research. The first was developing self-compacting concrete from ceramic waste powder (CWP) and glass waste powder (GWP), which met and followed the recommended European specification and guidelines for self-compacting concrete (EFNARC) standards. The second axis indicated the self-compacting concrete's rheological and mechanical performance. Sixteen different mixtures were produced using supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) to replace cement partially. The replacement levels of SCMs were 5%, 10%, and 15% (by weight of cement), divided into three series: Series A (containing ceramic waste powder), Series B (containing glass waste powder), and Series C (containing combinations of ceramic waste powder and glass waste powder). The SCC rheological properties for all mixtures with different levels of SCMs replacement in the mixture gradually decreased as the substitution ratios increased. The reduction in flowability for substitution, ranging from 5% to 35%, was approximately 0% to 12%, respectively. However, the reduction was insignificant; the fresh properties remained within the limits specified by EFNARC. Regarding the mechanical properties, at an early age, the strength of mixtures decreased with increasing alternative ratios. However, after 90 days, the strength increased by about 11% and 9% of the compressive and flexural strengths, respectively, over the control mix, indicating that SCMs improve the concrete strength over time and are suitable to contribute to an eco-friendly concrete industry without compromising strength.
Assessment of students' awareness in the field of information technology and information security
Authors: Kostyuchenko Konstantin , Mukhachev Sergei
Published: June 2024

The article is devoted to the results of studying the state of students' awareness in the field of information technology. The subject of the study is the main elements of information technology and information security. The aspects related to the use of information technologies, the use of information protection methods, and the understanding of the nature of information threats by students in educational institutions of higher education were studied. The object of the study is various educational institutions, including law enforcement. The results of a survey of students for several years are presented. The data obtained on the possession of computer technologies, as well as the negative information impact, are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the comparison with similar data given in other publications. The main conclusions of the conducted research are that the respondents actively use information technologies in educational work, entertainment, communication, however, at the same time, they are rather poorly aware of information security issues. The younger generation does not fully understand the degree of danger in relation to the information being processed, their own mental and physical health, financial well-being, and in some cases, life. Less than half of the respondents are aware of the requirements of regulatory legal acts in the information sphere, which is why even the most common means of information protection are not used. It follows from the results of the analysis that the level of awareness changes little over time.
Teoria e análise argumentativa em produções discursivas multimodais: o caso do uso de advergames na discussão relativa ao humanismo digital crítico
Authors: Soares Edilson de Souza , Azevedo Isabel Cristina Michelan de , Barcat Iuri Michelan
Published: June 2024

Este artigo propõe a análise de dois jogos criados pela PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals)[1], classificados como exemplares do gênero discursivo advergame, a fim de entender a relação entre a produção de novas tecnologias digitais e a produção de novas formas multimodais de discurso. Argumentamos, com base em Álvaro Vieira Pinto, que a emergência dessas novas formas de produção que amalgamam texto, imagem, som, interatividade etc. e são mediadas pelas tecnologias digitais solicitam um esforço constante, por parte dos(as) pesquisadores(as), para haver discussão sobre fundamentos teórico-metodológicos que orientam as formas de análise do discurso, pela necessidade de se produzir concepções que, por um lado, apreendam os objetos em sua complexa multiplicidade, mas, por outro, possam de algum modo (re)unificar o objeto e torná-lo concreto. Com base nos conceitos da argumentação multimodal e nas noções de “produção da existência”, de “projeto” e de “tecnologia”, desenvolvidas por Vieira Pinto, propomos um procedimento analítico que permite entender a articulação entre os recursos semióticos, presentes nos advergames, e os aspectos associados ao Humanismo Digital Crítico. Os resultados obtidos indicam que, no campo da argumentação, ambos os jogos se organizam a partir de esquemas argumentativos que são instanciados com seus modais, funcionando em consórcio para a construção das semioses argumentativas; no campo ideológico, percebeu-se que, embora objetivem motivar o pensamento crítico, não criam novas condições de existência e colaboram com a manutenção do sistema capitalista vigente.
 
[1] Organização não-governamental norte-americana que tem como causa a defesa de direitos animais.
Death due to multiple organ failure in a patient with severe COVID-19, AIDS, cardiovascular impairment, and previous lung infections
Authors: Medros Junior Francisco , Souza Priscila Oliveira de , Paula Juliana Eymara Fernandes Barbosa de , Gonzalez Mauricea Francisco da Silva Romero , Silva Cristiane Gomes da , Barreto-Vieira Debora Ferreira , Bandeira Derick Mendes
Published: June 2024

Objective: To report a case of SARS-CoV-2/HIV coinfection in a patient with a history of recent lung infections who had a cardiopulmonary arrest on the day of hospitalization for COVID-19 treatment, dying some days after multiple organ failure. Case detail: A 33-year-old immunosuppressed male patient (abandoning treatment for HIV) was admitted to the emergency department with respiratory symptoms and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. During hospitalization, the patient had a cardiorespiratory arrest and presented a robust inflammatory profile, fungal infection, sepsis, metabolic acidosis, arterial hypertension, thrombosis, hemorrhage, and hepatic, muscular, and renal injury. Finally, he evolved with multiple organ failures, leading to death. Conclusion: Severe immunosuppression caused by HIV, associated with underlying cardiopulmonary diseases, contributes to lethal outcomes of COVID-19.
Treating Chronic Wounds in an Acute Care Setting: The Forgotten Diagnosis
Authors: Greenstein Emily , Falone William , Patterson Teresa , Cesario Katherine , Mitchell Linda , Martel Tanya , Rivera Julie , Vooijs Maarten , Norton Sarah
Published: June 2024

BACKGROUND: Chronic wounds include lower extremity ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and pressure injuries, and can take months or years to heal. Wounds place a high burden on outpatient and inpatient care settings. This burden is expected to increase markedly in the United States as the population ages and with increased rates of diabetes, obesity, and COVID-19. PURPOSE: To articulate the effect of chronic, hard-to-heal wounds on acute care facilities, and how a few days of inpatient care can have a significant effect on the healing trajectory. METHODS: An expert panel of 7 members, all with extensive knowledge and experience in the assessment and treatment of chronic wounds in an acute care setting, was convened in March 2022. The panel discussed the role of hospitals as part of the longer-term healing pathway of chronic wounds. RESULTS: Chronic wounds have a significant effect on hospitals that includes unseen costs, bed occupancy, demands on bedside nurses, and wound complications that lead to extended stays or readmissions. A successful inpatient wound program offers appropriate identification of previously undiagnosed wounds, elevation of bedside care through simplified protocols, quickly and easily understood education and easy dressing selection, and comprehensive discharge planning with a multidisciplinary team for continuity of care and reduced risk of readmission. CONCLUSION: Hospitals can play a key role in the management of chronic wounds, thus reducing the effect on each facility and the wider care network.
Analyse der Auswirkungen einer überregionalen Wälzung von Stromnetzentgelten in Deutschland
Authors: Möst Dominik , Büttner Andreas , Glynos Dimitros
Published: June 2024

Nach dem erheblichen Anstieg der Stromnetzentgelte in Deutschland in den vergangenen zehn Jahren ist zu erwarten, dass dieser Trend im Zuge der Energiewende weiterhin anhält: Der Zubau großer Kapazitäten von Windenergie- und Photovoltaikanlagen erfordert ebenso umfassende Investitionen in den Ausbau der Stromnetze, um die eingespeiste Energie abtransportieren zu können. Aufgrund der ungleichen Verteilung geeigneter Flächen, insb. für den Ausbau der Windenergie, sind und werden die Verbraucher in EE-starken Regionen von diesen Netzkosten ungleich höher belastet als Kunden in Regionen mit niedrigeren EE-Kapazitäten. Um diese Asymmetrie der Kostenbelastung abzumildern, beabsichtigt die Bundesnetzagentur, einen bundesweiten Wälzungsmechanismus zur Verteilung der EE-bedingten Netzkosten in Form einer bundesweit einheitlichen Umlage einzuführen. In der hier vorliegenden Analyse sind erstmals die langfristigen Auswirkungen dieser Reform mit Blick auf den voranschreitenden EE-Ausbau abgeschätzt. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass im Jahr 2040 über die Hälfte der in Verteilungsnetzen anfallenden Kosten über die Umlage bundesweit gewälzt werden könnten. Von dieser Umverteilung profitieren überwiegend Kunden in ländlichen Gebieten, während Verbraucher insbesondere in großen Städten und kleineren Netzgebieten künftig erheblich höhere Lasten tragen müssen. Das Ziel einer gleichmäßigeren Beteiligung aller Verbraucher an den EE-bedingten Netzkosten wird damit zwar erreicht, zugleich bleiben jedoch künftige Herausforderungen unadressiert.
Helically chiral multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters and their use in hyperfluorescent organic light-emitting diodes
Authors: Wang Jingxiang , Chen Dongyang , Moreno-Naranjo Juan Manuel , Zinna Francesco , Frédéric Lucas , Cordes David , McKay Aidan , Fuchter Matthew , Zhang Xiaohong , Zysman-Colman Eli
Published: June 2024

Chiral multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) materials show great potential as emitters in circularly polarized (CP) organic light-emitting diodes (CP-OLEDs) owing to their bright and narrowband CP emission. Here, two new chiral MR-TADF emitters tBuPh-BN and DPA-tBuPh-BN possessing intrinsically helical chirality have been synthesized and studied. The large steric interactions between the tert-butylphenyl groups not only induce the helical chirality but also provide a notable configurational stability to the enantiomers. Racemic mixtures of tBuPh-BN and DPA-tBuPh-BN show narrowband emission at 490 and 477 nm with full-width at half maximum (FWHM) of 25 and 28 nm and photoluminescence quantum yields, PL, of 85 and 54% in toluene. The separated enantiomers of tBuPh-BN and DPA-tBuPh-BN show symmetric circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) with respective dissymmetry factors |gPL| values of 1.5×10-3 and 0.9×10-3. The hyperfluorescence organic light-emitting diodes (HF-OLEDs) with tBuPh-BN and DPA-tBuPh-BN acting as terminal emitters and 2,3,4,5,6-penta-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)benzonitrile (5CzBN) as their assistant dopant exhibited, respectively, maximum external quantum efficiencies (EQEmax) of 20.9 and 15.9% at 492 and 480 nm with FWHM of 34 and 38 nm. This work demonstrates a strategy for developing intrinsically helically chiral MR-TADF emitters possessing significant configurationally stability, which can be used in HF-OLEDs.
Interpretable deep-learning pKa prediction for small molecule drugs via atomic sensitivity analysis
Authors: DeCorte Joseph , Brown Benjamin , Meiler Jens
Published: June 2024

Machine learning (ML) models play a crucial role in predicting properties essential to drug development, such as a drug’s logscale acid-dissociation constant (pKa). Despite recent architectural advances, these models often generalize poorly to novel compounds due to a scarcity of ground-truth data. Further, these models lack interpretability, in part due to a dependence on explicit encodings of input molecules’ molecular substructures. To this end, atomic-resolution information is accessible in chemical structures by observing model response to atomic perturbations of an input molecule; however, no methods exist that systematically utilize this information for model and molecular analysis. Here, we present BCL-XpKa, a substructure-independent, deep neural network (DNN)-based pKa predictor that generalizes well to novel small molecules. BCL-XpKa discretizes pKa prediction from a regression problem into a multitask-classification problem, which accumulates data for prediction at biologically relevant pH values and records the model’s uncertainty in its prediction as a discrete distribution for each pKa prediction. BCL-XpKa outperforms modern ML pKa predictors and accurately models the effects of common molecular modifications on a molecule’s ionizability. We then leverage BCL-XpKa’s substructure independence to introduce atomic sensitivity analysis (ASA), which quickly decomposes a molecule’s predicted pKa value into its respective atomic contributions without model retraining. When paired with BCL-XpKa, ASA informs that BCL-XpKa has implicitly learned high-resolution information about molecular substructures. We further demonstrate ASA’s utility in structure preparation for protein-ligand docking by identifying ionization sites in 97.8% and 83.4% of complex small molecule acids and bases. We then apply ASA with BCL-XpKa to understand the physicochemical liabilities and guide optimization of a recently published KRAS-degrading PROTAC.
Simulating Solid-State Battery Cathode Manufacturing via Wet-Processing with Resolved Active Material Geometries
Authors: Weitze Dennis , Zanotto Franco , Zapata-Dominguez Diana , Franco Alejandro A.
Published: June 2024

Prior to the development of a solid-state battery cell, researchers have limited knowledge about the microstructure of the electrodes and how they are affected by manufacturing. Therefore, numerical simulations can be considered as a powerful tool to link the fabrication process to the final microstructure of the electrode. In this paper, a numerical simulation of a wet-processed solid-state battery cathode with a formulation of 75 % LiNi9Mn0.5Co0.5O2 (NMC), 17.5 %LPSCl, 5 % Timcal C65 and 2.5 % Polyisobutene (PIB) is presented. From nano-computed tomography images, realistic shapes of active material particles are extracted and used in the simulation, which is well-calibrated to experimental data. In particular, we study the effects of calendering on the microstructure of the simulated cathode and deduce structure-property relations.
Developing Force Fields for Accurate Mg2+ and Triphosphate Interactions in ATP∙Mg2+ Complexes
Authors: Hu Fangchen , Zhang Yuwei , Li Pengfei , Wu Ruibo , Xia Fei
Published: June 2024

In cells, adenosine triphosphate(ATP) and guanosine triphosphate(GTP) molecules typically form tri-coordinated or bi-coordinated ATP∙Mg2+ or GTP∙Mg2+ complexes with Mg2+ ions and bind to proteins, participating in and regulating many important cellular functions. The accuracy of their force field parameters plays a crucial role in studying the function-related conformations of ATP∙Mg2+ or GTP∙Mg2+ using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The parameters developed based on the methyl triphosphate model in existing AMBER force fields cannot accurately describe the conformational distribution of tri-coordinated or bi-coordinated ATP∙Mg2+ or GTP∙Mg2+ complexes in solution. In this study, we develop force field parameters for the triphosphate group based on the new ribosyl triphosphate model, considering dihedral coupling effect, accurate van der Waals (vdW) interactions, and the influence of strongly polarized charges on conformational balance. The new parameters can accurately describe the conformational balance of tri-coordinated and bi-coordinated ATP∙Mg2+ or GTP∙Mg2+ conformations in solution and can be applied to simulate protein kinase.