bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Manajemen Mutu terhadap Peningkatan Kualitas Lembaga Pendidikan Islam
Authors: Mahmudah Mila
Published: October 2021

Abstract: The term management has many meanings, management is directing / leading something of effort through planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling human resources and materials aimed at achieving predetermined goals. In the science of management there is the concept of problem solving that is placed in the workplace, namely the P-D-C-A approach as a process of solving problems with a continuous and systematic pattern. While management can also be defined as a process of organizing and utilizing the resources of the organization through the cooperation of members to achieve organizational goals effectively and efficiently. The practice of organizing education can be analogous to the production process in a company (industry). It's just that the products produced by educational institutions in the form of services. Therefore educational institutions can be said as service companies. From this perspective, the quality and quality of services (services) produced is a measure of the quality of an educational institution. Namely the extent of customer satisfaction with the services produced. What is meant by customers here are internal customers, namely teachers and other education personnel, and external customers, namely students and related parties outside the educational institution. Thus, schools are said to be of good quality if they are able to provide services according to or even exceed the expectations of teachers, employees, students, and other related parties such as parents, funders, the government or the world of work of users of graduates.

Keywords: quality management, educational institutions
Potensi Zakat sebagai Filantropi Islam dalam Pemberdayaan Ekonomi
Authors: Istifhamah Lia
Published: October 2021

Abstract: Management of zakat which has been carried out by amil zakat as a whole has not been maximized so that the Islamic symbols have not been able to change the paradigm of society, especially Muslims. What needs to be done more intensely by BAZ / LAZ is the classification and grouping of the target recipients of zakat, namely the mustahiq groups that are suitable for receiving productive zakat and mustahiq which can only be given consumptive zakat (to meet daily needs). So that the implementation of Islamic da'wah through zakat as community economic empowerment can be optimal. The government must as soon as possible to revise the Law on Zakat which includes the procedures for managing Zakat, zakat regulation as a tax deduction, the formation of zakat departments / directorates in synergy with financial institutions / DG Tax.

Keywords: Zakat, Islam, Economy
Al-Qur’an dan Karakteristik Masyarakat Muslim
Authors: Diponegoro Muhammad Hatta
Published: October 2021

Abstract: Muslim society is an open society that upholds universal values ​​of humanity and life, regardless of ethnic origin and religious differences. The Muslim community is a group of people who work together and live together based on the principles of the Qur'an and Hadith in their lives. Society in the view of Islam is a means to carry out Islamic teachings concerning life together. For this reason, society must become the basis for the framework of worldly life for the unity and cooperation of the people towards a human growth that embodies equality and justice. It is not called an Islamic society if it is always filled with feelings of revenge, which arise as a result of social injustice and mistreatment of some people towards others. This form of interaction is not recognized in Islam.The characteristics of a Muslim society are a society that has positive qualities and upholds the virtues taught by Islam. Each member of the community plays their respective roles to build a harmonious society by reflecting harmony. Peace and harmony are the main characteristics of an Islamic society.
Korelasi antara Kemampuan Membaca Kitab Kuning dengan Kepribadian Siswa SMA An-Nur Bululawang Malang
Authors: Ana Saiul
Published: October 2021

The research objective of the Correlation Between the Ability to Read the Yellow Book and the Personality of An-Nur High School Students in Bululawang Malang: 1). Knowing the yellow book learning at SMA An-Nur Bululawang Malang. 2). Knowing the ability to read the yellow book of An-Nur Bululawang Malang high school students. 3). Test the correlation between the ability to read the yellow book with the student's personality.

This study uses a quantitative approach and the research design is a survey model in which the type of research is correlation research. Correlational research aims to detect the extent to which variations in one factor are related to variations in other factors based on their correlation coefficient. data collection methods used are documentation and questionnaires.

The substantive findings of this research are: 1). Yellow book learning at SMA An-Nur Bululawang Malang using the Sorogan, Bandongan, Wetonan, and Muzakaroh methods. 2). The better the ability to read the yellow book, the better the personality of the students at SMA An-Nur Bululawang Malang. 3). Meanwhile, to test the correlation between the ability to read the yellow book, the better the personality of the students at SMA An-Nur Bululawang Malang.

The formal findings of this researcher are: In general, the effect of the better the ability to read the yellow book, the better the personality of the students at SMA An-Nur Bululawang Malang at a good level, the level of the ability to read the yellow book, the better the personality of the student. in SMA An-Nur Bululawang Malang is in the good category, and the correlation coefficient between the method of division of tasks and student achievement (rXY) is 0.788. This r value is consulted with the product moment table r value with N = 158 and a significance level of 5%, namely 0.676, it is proven that r count is greater than r table so that the proposed hypothesis must be accepted.
Sanksi bagi Perusahaan Pers yang Melakukan Tindak Sub Judice Rule dalam Perspektif Hukum Pidana Islam dan Pasal 18 Ayat (2) Undang-Undang nomor 40 tahun 1999 tentang Pers
Authors: Achmad Achmad
Published: October 2021

This research is the result of library research conducted on the basis of problems that have often occurred recently, where the press has started to interfere too far in cases currently being handled by the judiciary, or rather the press has committed acts of Sub Judice Rule. This study aims to answer the questions, namely 1. What is the criminal sanction for the sub-judice rule according to Article 18 Paragraph (2) of Law Number 40 Year 1999 concerning the Press? 2. What is the criminal sanction for the sub-judice rule according to Islamic Criminal Law? The author, with the above problems, then studies and researches to solve these problems with library research using the descriptive method used to describe the concept of the sub-judice rule criminal act in Article 18 paragraph (2) of Law Number 40 of 1999 about the press. Furthermore, it is analyzed with a Deductive mindset that originates from basic principles and is combined with research using the perspective of Islamic Criminal Law. It is analyzed for specific conclusions regarding the general description of the sub-judice rule by the press according to Law No. 40 of 1999 concerning the press then draw conclusions that are specific to Islamic criminal law. The conclusion from the results of this study can be seen that the sanctions for criminal acts of the sub-judice rule contained in Article 18 paragraph (2) of Law Number 40 of 1999 concerning the press, namely, shall be punished with a maximum fine of Rp. 500,000,000.00 (Five hundred million rupiah). Sub-judice rule is a criminal act of insulting the court by means of publication, which in this case is classified as a takzir, because neither the type nor the sanctions are determined by the syarak, so that the determination of the penalty is fully left to Ulil Amri.
Integrasi Pesantren pada Sistem Pendidikan Formal di Sekolah Dasar Negeri (SDN)
Authors: Musya'adah Umi
Published: October 2021

This study aims to see how Islamic boarding schools apply the totality of education by relying on exemplary, environment and habituation through various tasks and activities. So that all what children see, hear, feel and do is education. In the midst of globalization, people are increasingly individualistic and materialist, so education oriented to character values ​​is needed. In this context, the pesantren has succeeded in educating its students with these character values. School is a place where students experience a process of socialization, and influence children to conform (adapt) to prevailing norms. During the first years of children entering school, the school emphasizes the importance of the control function more than other functions. therefore there should be an integration of pesantren into the formal education system in public elementary schools (SDN).
Opinions of Teachers’ Students toward Teachers Who Smoked in Thailand: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Chirasatienpon Tharisara , Napatpittayatorn Phubate , Polsorn Kanlapruk , Kongart Chomlak
Published: October 2021

The purpose of this qualitative research was to describe the opinions of teachers’ students toward teachers who smoked in Thailand. The population was teachers’ students (N=30) in their 1st–5th academic year of the Faculty of Education who participated based on purposive sampling according to eligibility criteria. The QDA Miner Lite program was used to analyze the qualitative data. The results indicated that the teachers’ students understanding of a teacher was a person who conveys knowledge, experience and life skills in various fields for students both inside and outside the classroom and school. They should be a good person with knowledge and qualifications, displaying exemplary maturity in every way and be a role model. Like a family that gives love and keeps training and teaching in the right way. A teacher should be a good adviser and listen to problems. The ideal teacher must love to teach proficiently and be knowledgeable in what is being taught, allowing students to understand various forms of knowledge and be current. Smoking also affects being a teachers’ students, in terms of inappropriateness and was not suitable for future teachers as it could affect the image of the organization. It also has harmful effect on health. A method that is likely to help prevent smoking among teachers’ students and teachers is to create awareness through training and organizing various projects such as establishing a smoking cessation treatment center and campaigning for ways to replace smoking or to refrain from smoking.
Business Combinations under Common Control: The Gain/loss Group Perspective. What the IASB Project Leaves Unaddressed
Authors: Bellandi Francesco
Published: October 2021

Although BCUCCs are widespread, a clear treatment is missing under IFRS. Most contributions have taken partial views. This article innovatively provides a systematic theoretical apparatus of the role accounting plays for all the affected members of a group, with a focus on gain or loss opportunities below the consolidated statements. The method used is international technical accounting analysis under IFRS and U.S. GAAP. It shows how a BCUCC may be driven to achieve gain/loss in separate financial statements and how cross-company consistency in policies and substance may reveal gain/loss arbitrage; the interaction of principles for disposals, demergers, and business combinations; and the position of sub-holdings, which in real practice is more relevant than the ultimate parent company. This paper is timely, as the IASB has recently published a Discussion Paper. The IASB project fails to give answers to these points as it only looks at the receiving entity and consolidated statements.
The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Materialism and Compulsive Buying
Authors: Šeinauskienė Beata , Rūtelionė Aušra , Tarutė Asta , Nikou Shahrokh , Lekavičienė Rosita
Published: October 2021

Drawing on the escape theory, we propose that emotional intelligence is negatively linked to materialism and compulsive buying. Our research demonstrates that the ability to manage one's emotions is associated with lower levels of materialism and compulsive buying. We also show that materialism functions as the mechanism underlying the emotional intelligence – compulsive buying relationship. Similarly, the ability to understand one's emotions was found to be negatively related to compulsive buying. Contrary to expectations, the path between the understanding of one's emotions and materialism was found to be non-significant, suggesting that the link between emotional intelligence and materialism might not always be direct. As expected, materialism was positively linked to compulsive buying. Our research contributes to the relevant literature with a new antecedent of materialism, namely emotional intelligence.
Catastrophizing, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain
Authors: Dimitrijević Iva , Knez Martina
Published: October 2021

The aim of this study was to determine the level of anxiety and depression and the intensity of pain in patients with chronic non-malignant pain, the correlation of catastrophizing with these factors, and the interaction of a multidisciplinary program for the treatment of chronic pain and the level of catastrophizing, anxiety, depression and pain intensity. The study was conducted on a sample of 44 participants aged 32 to 80 years who participated in the multidisciplinary program for chronic pain management at the Institute for Pain Management of the Clinical Medical Center Osijek. Pain intensity was measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS); the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used to measure anxiety and depression; while catastrophizing was measured using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). There was a moderate positive correlation between anxiety, depression, and pain intensity in patients with chronic non-malignant pain; a positive correlation between anxiety, depression, pain intensity, and catastrophic factors; and a reduction of anxiety, depression, pain intensity and catastrophization at the end of a multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment program. The findings contribute to a better understanding of the relation between emotional distress, cognitions and pain intensity in patients with chronic non-malignant pain.
O ensino de história da África na formação continuada de professores/as da educação básica: temas e encaminhamentos pedagógicos
Authors: Felipe Delton Aparecido
Published: October 2021

O presente artigo tem como objetivo discutir estratégias para formação docente para o ensino da História da África. Para isso relatamos os resultados de um curso de extensão intitulado Ações de promoção à formação de professoras e professores para o ensino de história e cultura afro-brasileira na Educação Básica e, para melhor atender ao nosso intuito, priorizamos analisar as informações coletados em um dos encontros, que teve como tema a ‘História da África e do povo negro no Brasil’. No decorrer da formação fizemos um esforço para apontar estratégias que os docentes podem adotar para trabalhar com a História da África nas diferentes disciplinas escolares e concluímos que os conhecimentos oriundos dos povos africanos são cruciais para explicar os múltiplos saberes presentes no Brasil e construir uma educação antirracista.
A universidade federal do amapá e a comissão de heteroidentificação: entraves, desafios e possibilidades
Authors: Da Silva Miriam Carvalho , Custódio Elivaldo Serrão
Published: October 2021

A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar a constituição do processo de formação da comissão de heteroidentificação na Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP), assim como o seu credenciamento. Para isso, realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória-reflexiva de cunho bibliográfico e documental. Os resultados apontam que a UNIFAP já regulamentou três comissões e com base nos dados, apenas duas seguem a obrigatoriedade de diversidade de cor e presença de pesquisadores com conhecimentos e capacitações acerca das relações raciais no Amapá, conforme é indicada na Portaria Normativa utilizada pela universidade e apresentada nos editais de ingresso universitário. Os dados apontam ainda uma necessidade de que as comissões sejam compostas por diversidades de cor e gênero, além de pesquisadores e militantes do movimento negro, com vistas às singularidades de cada região do Brasil.
TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE ACT ON MUSEUMS
Authors: Jagielska-Burduk Alicja , Stec Piotr
Published: October 2021

In the paper the analysis of two newly published
commentaries (2021) on the Act on Museums is conducted:
the first commentary by A. Barbasiewicz, a lawyer
specializing in cultural heritage, and the other by a team
of scholars: Z. Cieślik, I. Gredka-Ligarska, P. Gwoździewicz-
-Matan, I. Lipowicz, A. Matan, K. Zeidler specializing
in administrative proceedings and legal protection of
historic monuments. Both publications represent various
perspectives on the same issue, thus complementing one
another. The difference in the approach makes them both
useful to experienced practitioners on the one hand and
those who happen to confront these topics for the first time
one the other. Importantly, both have been written in a clear
language comprehensible to non-lawyers. Their high-rating
cannot be diminished by the few critical remarks formulated
in the paper.
A Deep Learning Ensemble to Classify Anxiety, Depression, and their Comorbidity from Texts of Social Networks
Authors: Souza Vanessa , Nobre Jeferson , Becker Karin
Published: October 2021

The use of social networks to expose personal difficulties has enabled works on the automatic identification of specific mental conditions, particularly depression. Depression is the most incapacitating disease worldwide, and it has an alarming comorbidity rate with anxiety. In this paper, we explore deep learning techniques to develop a stacking ensemble to automatically identify depression, anxiety, and comorbidity, using data extracted from Reddit. The stacking is composed of specialized single-label binary classifiers that distinguish between specific disorders and control users. A meta-learner explores these base classifiers as a context for reaching a multi-label, multi-class decision. We developed extensive experiments using alternative architectures (LSTM, CNN, and their combination), word embeddings, and ensemble topologies. All base classifiers and ensembles outperformed the baselines. The CNN-based binary classifiers achieved the best performance, with f-measures of 0.79 for depression, 0.78 for anxiety, and 0.78 for comorbidity. The ensemble topology with best performance (Hamming Loss of 0.29 and Exact Match Ratio of 0.47) combines base classifiers according to three architectures, and do not include comorbidity classifiers. Using SHAP, we confirmed the influential features are related to symptoms of these disorders.
SmarT: Machine Learning Approach for Efficient Filtering and Retrieval of Spatial and Temporal Data in Big Data
Authors: De Oliveira Sávio S. T. , Rodrigues Vagner J. S. , Martins Wellington S.
Published: October 2021

Spatiotemporal data has always been big data. In these days, big data analytics for spatiotemporal data is receiving considerable attention to allow users to analyze huge amounts of data. Traditional big data platforms cannot handle all the challenges of processing spatio-temporal data. Although some big data platforms have been proposed to process a massive volume of spatiotemporal data, neither is considered a clear winner for all possible scenarios. This paper presents the SmarT query engine, a machine learning-based solution that chooses the best big data platform for processing spatiotemporal queries on the fly. In a detailed experimental evaluation, considering the Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, and SciDB big data platforms, the response time decreased up to 22% when using SmarT.
Systems-of-Systems MS&A for Complex Systems, Gaming and Decision for Space Systems
Authors: M. Nguyen Tien
Published: October 2021

This chapter discusses advanced modeling, simulation and analysis (MS&A) approaches for supporting complex space system, gaming and decision support system (DSS) using systems-of-systems perspective. The systems-of-systems MS&A approaches presented here also address capability-based approach for supporting US defense acquisition life cycle with a laser focus on the pre-award acquisition phase and combined game theory and wargaming for acquiring complex defense space systems. The chapter also provides an overview of existing models and tools for the design, analysis and development of the government reference system architecture solution and corresponding acquisition strategy in a complex defense systems-of-systems environment. Although, the proposed MS&A approaches presented here are focused on defense space systems, but the approaches are flexible and robust that can be extended to any civilian and commercial applications.
High-Power, Short-Duration Ablation in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Authors: Szegedi Nándor , Gellér László
Published: October 2021

Catheter ablation is the cornerstone of the rhythm control treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). During this procedure, creating a contiguous and durable lesion set is essential to achieve good long-term results. Radiofrequency lesions are created in two phases: resistive and conductive heating. The ablation catheters and the generators have undergone impressive technical developments to enable homogenous and good-quality lesion creation. Despite recent years’ achievements, the durable isolation of the pulmonary veins remains a challenge. These days, intensive research aims to evaluate the role of high-power radiofrequency applications in the treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The use of high-power, short-duration applications might result in a uniform, transmural lesion set. It is associated with shorter procedure time, shorter left atrial, and fluoroscopy time than low-power ablation. This technique was also associated with a better clinical outcome, possibly due to the better durability of lesions. Multiple clinical studies have proven the safety and efficacy of high-power, short-duration PVI.
Online Teaching and Learning Ecology in Thai Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Somabut Anucha , Tuamsuk Kulthida
Published: October 2021

The chapter presents the impact of COVID-19 on Thai higher education the national, and university reactions and policies to cope with the situation. Parallel with the technology disruption, most universities have been attempting to promote online teaching due to the new learning environments and learning style of students, while faculty members are still reluctant. However, the COVID-19 has inevitably changed the ways the faculty members handle their classes. In this chapter, the findings on the components of online teaching and learning ecology (OTLE) in Thai higher education during the COVID-19 is summarized and proposed, covering the following topics: learning and teaching method, technology and learning resources, teacher roles, and student roles and responsibilities. Finally, the key success factors for the development of learning ecology at the higher education level are also covered.
Advances in Postharvest Disinfestation of Fruits and Vegetables Using Hot Water Treatment Technology-Updates from Africa
Authors: Ndlela Shepard , L. Mwando Nelson , A. Mohamed Samira
Published: October 2021

Hot Water Treatment (HWT) provides adequate phytosanitary assurance that treated fruits and vegetables exported abroad are free from devastating quarantine pests. Two systems for HWT are currently available for commercial use namely the batch/jacuzzi and the continuous flow system depending on user requirements. Several protocols have been developed the world over and a few in Africa, but adoption has been lagging because of various factors chief among them lack of large scale validations of experiments to guide application at the commercial level. Mango, Bell pepper, avocado, and French beans play an important role in the livelihoods of people in Africa. However, their export is constrained by pests such as the invasive Oriental fruit fly, the false codling moth, and thrips. To circumvent this issue, disinfestation HWT protocols have been developed which seek to provide quarantine assurance to lucrative export markets. Hot Water Treatment technology has several advantages over other conventional phytosanitary treatments. It provides a triple function of cleaning, disinfesting, and disinfecting and is friendly to users, consumers of the treated commodities, and the environment. We discuss HWT in the context of its future and applicability in Africa. It is the future of postharvest treatments.
The Escherichia coli SOS Response: Much More than DNA Damage Repair
Authors: Podlesek Zdravko , Žgur Bertok Darja
Published: October 2021

The Escherichia coli SOS response is an inducible DNA damage repair pathway controlled by two key regulators, LexA, a repressor and RecA, an inducer. Upon DNA damage RecA is activated and stimulates self cleavage of LexA, leading to, in E. coli, derepresion of approximately 50 SOS genes. The response is triggered by exogenous and endogenous signals that bacteria encounter at a number of sites within the host. Nevertheless, besides regulating DNA damage repair the SOS response plays a much broader role. Thus, SOS error prone polymerases promote elevated mutation rates significant for genetic adaptation and diversity, including antibiotic resistance. Here we review the E. coli SOS response in relation to recalcitrance to antimicrobials, including persister and biofilm formation, horizontal gene tranfer, gene mobility, bacterial pathogenicity, as well SOS induced bacteriocins that drive diversification. Phenotypic heterogeneity in expression of the SOS regulator genes, recA and lexA as well as colicin activity genes is also discussed.
Tourism Impact on Environmental Sustainability: A Focus on the Cruise Industry
Authors: Robert Anderson Kirkland
Published: October 2021

The growth of the Global Economy and in particular the Caribbean Islands has been for the last two decades fueled by the cruise shipping industry. However, the growth in this industry gives rise to the expansion in ship size and the number of destinations. Unfortunately, the cruise line industry is responsible for the largest volume of waste, pollutants and destruction to marine lives when compared to other maritime industry sector. This chapter seeks to highlight the correlation between the industry and the growing global need for vibrant economies, a high quality of life, while protecting the environment and sustaining the world’s natural resources. A review of several literature has shown that within the last twenty years, the cruise lines have invested a lot of time and money correcting the negative environmental impacts created. Several proactive and green shipping initiatives designed to improve environmental management were successfully implemented by the industry. These diverse initiatives are group as follows: Research and Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Marketing, Awareness raising/environmental education initiative, and Green technologies. Emanating from these initiatives are: reduce or obviate of harmful environmental emissions and environmental management improvements and ultimately an environment that is experiencing an increased level of sustainability and economic activities.
Current Status of COVID-19 Diagnostics
Authors: Dixit Surabhi , Sharma Monal
Published: October 2021

In December 2019, an unexpected outbreak was caused by novel corona virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The lung disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 was given the name of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 11, 2020. Since its origin in the Hubei province of Wuhan city in China, now it has spread to 218 countries worldwide. Panic situation created by COVID-19 has compelled researchers and doctors to work collaboratively. To combat with the disease, every control measures are under consideration from drug discovery to vaccine development. In the management of disease, rapid diagnosis is equally important as development of vaccine and drug. At present, various diagnostic kits are available for COVID-19. With the disease progression, global demand for diagnostics is raising. So, this chapter will include the updates on efficient diagnostic assays and future of diagnostic.
Bromatological Analysis of the Fodder Marketed in the Peri-Urban Areas of Bujumbura (Burundi): Towards Spontaneous Fodder Conservation by Transformation into Silage
Authors: Butore Joseph , Sindaye Daniel , Hitimana Mathias , Nkengurutse Jacques , Masharabu Tatien
Published: October 2021

Peri-urban areas of Bujumbura host a significant number of dairy cattle, which consequently ensure a substantial production of milk consumed in the Burundian capital. The presence of these cows in peri-urban areas has led to the emergence of an atypical market for spontaneous forage species. The present study seeks to determine the food and nutritional value of this fodder. A test on its conservation by transformation into silage was also carried out. Botanical field investigations and plant samples collection were carried out under the guidance of fodders suppliers. Based on the bromatological value deficiency thresholds for cattle, the results showed that the content of digestible nitrogenous matter and major elements (Ca, P, K, and Mg) in the forage is within acceptable limits. The final product obtained after fermentation, based on its color, its smell, and its consistency, is indeed silage. The chemical composition of fermented fodder showed that the nutritional quality has remained almost the same. Further research on digestibility of this forage is necessary. A study of the environmental determinants of spontaneous forage distribution at multiple sites and over a wide range of parameters may contribute to a better understanding of the importance of this fodder particularly in times of fodder deficit.
Sphincter Preserving Techniques in Anal Fistula Treatment
Authors: Kršul Dorian , Karlović Damir , Bačić Đordano , Zelić Marko
Published: October 2021

Complex anal fistulas present a challenge to even a seasoned colorectal surgeon due to high rate of recurrence and a real possibility of fecal incontinence if treated with conventional methods (e.g., fistulotomy, fistulectomy, seton placement). Although the illness is benign in nature, it can significantly decrease patient’s quality of life because of symptoms like pain and soiling. Given those facts, minimally invasive or sphincter preserving methods of treatment were introduced. Some of these include: Video-assisted anal fistula treatment (VAAFT), ligation of intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT), Fistula-tract laser closure (FILAC), rectal advancement flap (RAF), treatment with platelet cells and combinations of techniques. This chapter would be an overview of these novel techniques with reference to latest clinical trials and meta-analyses.
Vitamin E: Natural Antioxidant in the Mediterranean Diet
Authors: Ben Mansour-Gueddes Samia , Saidana-Naija Dhouha
Published: October 2021

Oxidation has been related to several diseases in humans. Indeed, to protect the body from high free radical damages, organism requires natural resources of antioxidant compounds, such as phenols, tocopherols (α, β, γ, and σ) which have important roles in the cell antioxidant defense system. In Mediterranean areas, olive oils and pepper fruits are considered among the best foods in a diet, which keeps on attracting the interest of scientists due to the health benefits linked with its consumption. The Olive oil and pepper fruits are among the most consumed nutrients in the Mediterranean diet; their richness in naturally powerful antioxidants, such as alpha-tocopherols, polyphenols, carotenoïds, and capsaicinoïds (specific of capsicum species), and monounsaturated fatty acids in olive and seed pepper oils, constitutes good health protection against oxidative damages and inflammation. Also, these phytochemicals shield and prevent the human body from many diseases such as cardiovascular, coronary, Alzheimer’s diseases, and cancers.
Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Aircrew
Authors: B. Buila Nathan , K. Kabanda Gilbert , M-C. Munyoka Elysee , B. Bantu Jean-Marc , René M’Buyamba-Kabangu Jean
Published: October 2021

The relation of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) to not only traditional but also new and emergent risk factors has been assessed in aircrew. Total flight hours (TFH), high altitude and weightlessness exposure have been accounted among traditional risk factors for CVD among the aircrew. The risk factors do not perform in loneliness. To predict the 10 years global CV risk, several scores are being applied either based on traditional CVD risk factors only or also including new and emergent risk factors. To prevent aircrew from developing CVD, one should focus on the control of behavioral and metabolic risks as well as the polymorphe treatment of high CV risk individuals.
Pediatrik COVID-19 ve Yaklaşımı
Authors: AKTAR Fesih , SAĞIR Halil
Published: October 2021

SARS-CoV-2 (Koronavirüsün neden olduğu ciddi akut solunum yetmezliği sendromu) enfeksiyonunun klinik ve demografik özelliklerine ilişkin pediatrik popülasyon ile ilgili çalışmalar sınırlıdır. Pnömoni çocukluk çağı yaş gruplarında ciddi mortalite nedeni olup, bu yazıda SARS-CoV-2 enfeksiyonuna ait gelişen klinik bulguları ve pandemi süresince üniversitemiz hastanesinde çocukluk çağı pandemi yönetimini sistemik olarak derlemeyi amaçladık.
Evaluation of Anticancer Effects and Molecular Mechanisms of Pomegranate Peel Extract in the Mouse Cellular Model (4T1) of Breast Cancer
Authors: Mollaei Homa , Mousavi-Kouhi Seyed Mousa , Moudi Maryam , Hosseinzadeh Mahboubeh Sadat , Ghorbany Morteza
Published: October 2021

Background: Breast cancer is the most common female cancer that, despite recent progress, its existing therapies do not have sufficient efficiency, and scientists are trying to find complementary therapies. Medicinal plants, such as pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), attract a great deal of attention in this regard. Objectives: The present study aimed to assess the anticancer effects of pomegranate peel alcoholic extract (PPE) in the mouse cellular model (4T1) of breast cancer and investigate the related molecular mechanism of antiproliferative effects of the extract through the evaluation of the expression level of apoptosis genes (ie, BAX and BCL2). Methods: For the accomplishment of the study objectives, after the preparation of PPE, an evaluation of cellular cytotoxicity was carried out using the 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. According to the MTT assay, the cells were treated for 24 h with selective doses of the extract. Then, ribonucleic acid extraction, complementary deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis, and gene expression analysis of BAX and BCL2 using real-time polymerase chain reaction were performed in this study. Results: The results showed that PPE reduced cancer cell viability in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The molecular analysis indicated that observed cell death could be due to an increase in the BAX/BCL2 ratio. Conclusions: Overall, PPE can be proposed as a potential complementary therapy for breast cancer. However, further studies on animal models and clinical trials are needed to verify the clinical usage of such complementary drugs.
Warty Lesion Over Amputated Stump
Authors: George Neethu Mary , George Onnarayil Thomas
Published: October 2021

Introduction: Amputation can disturb the quality of life, and it can be worsened when the amputated stump suffers from any dermatoses. It is mandatory for an amputee and the doctor to know about the common dermatoses that an amputated limb can suffer from. The prosthesis should be properly fitting, and hygiene has to be maintained. Case Presentation: A 49-year-old male presented with a warty lesion over the amputated limb. Histopathological examination revealed verrucous hyperplasia, and further examination showed improperly fitted prosthesis. A well-fitted prosthesis with proper padding cured his lesion. Conclusions: The case report highlights how a properly fitted prosthesis corrects the lymphatic flow and thereby reduces complications. It is also important to maintain stump hygiene, as the humid, relatively anaerobic environment inside the prosthesis can trigger the growth of various organisms.
Literary Testimonies and Fictional Experiences
Authors: Andén Lovisa ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

This article discusses the role of Gulag literature in connection to testimony, literature and historical documentation. Drawing on the thoughts of Jacques Derrida and Hannah Arendt, the article examines the difficulty of witnesses being believed in the absence of evidence. In particular, the article focuses on the vulnerability of the Gulag authors, due to the ongoing Soviet repression at the time of their writing. It examines the interplay between the repression and the literature that exposed it. The article contends that the fictionalization of Gulag literature enabled the authors to go further in challenging Soviet repression. Focusing on the fictional accounts written by Varlam Shalamov and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, it argues that the fictionalized Gulag literature makes the experience of the camp universe possible to imagine for those outside, allowing readers to believe in an experience that otherwise seems incredible.
The Power of Husserl’s Third Logical Investigation
Authors: Delamare Alexis ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

The peculiar legacy of Husserl’s mereology, chiefly studied by analytic philosophers interested in ontology, has led to a partial understanding of the III. LU, which is too often reduced to a chapter of “formal ontology”. Yet, the power of this Investigation goes far beyond: it enabled Husserl to deal, in the framework of a unified theory, with a vast range of particular problems. The paper focuses on one of these issues, namely abstraction, so as to expose how Husserl instrumentalizes his formal tools in order to tackle material issues. The existence of an up and down pattern is uncovered: Husserl first reinterprets the psychological problem of abstraction in ontological terms (“bottom-up”), before coming back to the original problem with new insights (“top-down”). The second, correlative aim of the paper is to emphasize the key role played by Friedrich Schumann, a forgotten yet crucial character for Husserl’s conception of abstraction.
Husserls Begriff der Trieb- und Instinktintentionalität als transzendentale Monadologie
Authors: Kühn Rolf ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

Considering that Husserl identifies passivity as the general principle of genetic dynamics and as given prior to any intentional activity, the original condition of possibility of such passivity must be clarified. Phenomenological analysis can successfully attest the presence of a drive-habituality operating prior to the level of the I, an instinct-character, thus, that raises the question about life as auto-affective capability. In the framework of a universal monadology the latter’s teleological orientation must be questioned in order to avoid that both the limes constituted by the unconscious as well as affective being remain indeterminate and anonymous, which would not do justice to the transcendental rootedness of drive and instinct through the form of ipseity.
Scheler’s Reflections on “What is Good?”
Authors: Zhang Wei ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

In Max Scheler’s non-formal ethics of value, “good” is a value but by no means a “non-moral value”; rather, it is a second-order “moral value,” always appearing in the realization of first-order non-moral values. According to the relevant notion of the a priori of phenomenology, whilst all the non-moral values are given in “value cognition,” the moral value of good is self-given in “moral cognition”. The reflections and answers offered by Scheler’s non-formal ethics of value on “What is good?” constitute the foundation of a phenomenological “meta-ethics”.
Testimony and Engagement: On the Four Elements of Witnessing
Authors: van der Heiden Gert-Jan ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

In order to develop a hermeneutic-phenomenological analysis of testimony, this essay will first argue that testimony is “said in many ways” without being homonymous and that contemporary epistemological approaches to testimony are not capable of accounting for all paradigmatic forms of testimony. Second, it is argued, following and extending the work of Paul Ricoeur, that by emphasizing the sense of engagement or Bezogenheit as a basic characteristic of testimony, we may find another approach to testimony that offers a phenomenological alternative to the observational model of witnessing and the accompanying conception of testimony as report. Third, this approach is further developed and analyzed in terms of the four elements of testimony, namely, subject matter, witness, act of testifying, and addressee.
Ecouter parler le langage
Authors: Legrand Dorothée ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

We explore the idea that a testimony is always constituted by at least three parts—the word of the witness, the listening of the one to whom it is addressed, and language as a symbolic register where speaking and listening are inscribed. Thus, the structure of testimony would not be captured only by the subjective formula “I was there”—a subject designates himself in reference to a past experience—, nor by the intersubjective formula “I am speaking to you”—a subject designates himself and his listener in the synchrony of the word addressing the other. What is also necessary to consider, in order to capture the structure of testimony, is that “there is language”—the testimony transcends diachronically the speaker and the hearer by inscribing them inseparably in the symbolic register that they share, namely language.
Knowledge by Hearing
Authors: Averchi Michele ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

In this paper, I argue that Husserl offers an important, although almost completely neglected so far, contribution to the reductionist/antireductionist debate about testimony. Through a phenomenological analysis, Husserl shows that testimony works through the constitution of an intentional intersubjective bond between the speaker and the hearer. In this paper I focus on the Logical Investigations, a 1914 manuscript now published as text 2 in Husserliana 20.2, and a 1931 manuscript now published as Appendix 12 in Husserliana 15. I argue that, in those texts, Husserl highlights three essential phenomenological features of testimony: a) testimony is personal, meaning that it only takes place among persons, b) testimony is social, meaning that it requires the joint effort of multiple cognitive agents, c) testimony is community-building, meaning that it generates a long-lasting social bond among the parts involved.
Témoigner après la « fin de la philosophie »
Authors: Sugimura Yasuhiko ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

Witnessing after the “end of philosophy,” in the sense in which Heidegger mentions it in his famous lecture on “The end of philosophy and the task of thinking”—what does this mean for us and our world today? As a preparation for an answer to this question, the present study proposes to elaborate a radical hermeneutics of testimony, by invoking French philosophers who can be qualified as “post-Heideggerian”—Lévinas, Ricoeur, Derrida, among others—whose thoughts on testimony were developed through the essential critique on Heideggerian idea of attestation (Bezeugung) and the creative reactivation of the semantic resources historically preserved by terms such as “witness” and “testimony”.
Entre parole et histoire
Authors: Peruzzotti Francesca ,   Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Published: October 2021

Witnessing is an increasingly important theme in the work of Jean-Luc Marion. According to Marion, the witness can be considered an appropriate figure to define the first person, the “I,” without reducing it to subjectivism and without envisaging the intersubjective tie as binary (dual or dialogic), inasmuch as the testimony refers instead to a ternary relation. The present analysis investigates the difference Marion identifies between the religious witness and what seems to be, according to common sense, the regular witness. While in the latter case, the subject is completely foreign to the event to which s/he testifies, in the case of the religious witness, the commitment is total. We will tackle this difference by showing that the fact of testifying always implies a connection with effectivity, which reveals itself through the profound commitment characterizing the witness’s life, up to the point of death. This becomes obvious when considering the role played by the witness’s confessing speech, which establishes an unsurpassable ternary relationship between the witness, the object of the testimony, and the one to whom it is addressed, by deploying an absolute form of the social bond.
Price level and brand knowledge and its effects on purchase behavior
Authors: De Toni Deonir , Tormen Andressa , Milan Gabriel Sperandio , Eberle Luciene , Lazzari Fernanda
Published: October 2021

Purpose:  this study aims to examine the impacts of price levels, high level vs. low level, associated to a known brand vs. an unknown brand over fairness perception, symbolism quality and purchase intention.Design/methodology/approach: one pre-experiment is conducted with a 2 (high price level vs. low price level) x 2 (known brand vs. unknown brand) between-subjects design and a sample of 152 jeans customers.Finding: the results indicate that different price levels with brand knowledge or without brand knowledge impact differently over customer behavior, mainly when it comes to quality, fairness, perceived value, symbolic value and purchase intention of the investigated product and that that the relation between symbolic value and purchase intention is totally mediated by the perceived fairness.Practical Implication: by understanding how customers integrate, relate and infer quality, fairness and symbolic aspects to products through their perceptions concerning price levels and brand knowledge levels, it is possible to supply marketing professionals with information that lead to better-informed choices about pricing policy and branding in their companies.Originality/value: among these research contributions, we emphasize the proposition of eleven research hypotheses that aim to better understand customer behavior from the manipulation of two variables: product price level and brand knowledge level and its impact on perceived quality, fairness, symbolism and purchase intention.