bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES AND PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN FOUR COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, CENTRAL THAILAND
Authors: Lertsakulbunlue Sethapong , Kunsuwan Passawith , Rangsin Ram , Sakboonyarat Boonsub
Published: September 2022

Background: Tuberculosis (TB), a communicable disease, is currently a significant health problem in Thailand. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an indicator of poor TB outcomes; however, data according to specific antihyperglycemic use and tuberculosis outcomes in community hospital settings in Thailand remain limited. We aimed to determine TB mortality as well as explore the demographic and clinical risk factors among patients with pulmonary TB and underlying T2D.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2020, to determine tuberculosis mortality and its risk factors among patients with T2D and pulmonary TB visiting three community hospitals, in central Thailand. T2D and pulmonary TB were determined according to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes presented in medical records. TB mortality data were reviewed and retrieved from the tuberculosis treatment cards. Patients were classified as “dead” when they died before completing treatment regardless of the causes. Multivariable cox proportional regression analysis was performed to obtain the adjusted hazard ratios (AHR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of factors related to TB mortality.

Results: A total of 133 patients with T2D and pulmonary TB were enrolled in the present study; 74 (55.6%) participants were males. At baseline, the average age of participants was 57.29+12.51 years. During the study period, the TB mortality rate was 15.74 (95% CI 8.13-27.50) deaths per 100 person-years. The independent risk factors for TB mortality included age ≥70 years (AHR 5.45, 95% CI; 1.36-21.84), use of insulin (AHR 4.62, 95% CI; 1.11-19.21), and positive sputum test result at 1st follow-up (AHR 16.10, 95% CI; 2.10-123.40).

Conclusion: TB mortality among patients with T2D should be emphasized. Insulin use may be a proxy indicator for poor glycemic control associated with mortality. Additionally, elderly patients should be closely observed for successful treatment as well as monitoring for any adverse events.
Research on the Evaluation of E-Commerce Cold Chain Food Consumption Based on Big Data
Authors: Chen Guo , Gao Yi
Published: September 2022

In response to the problems of low efficiency and high cost of offline questionnaires, lack of keyword-consumer attitude correlation in online comment analysis, and little help for optimization solutions, an opinion analysis and improvement evaluation model based on sentiment analysis and Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) document topic generation model is proposed. Using cold-chain food as the research object, a custom Python program was used to crawl the online consumer reviews about cold-chain food from Jingdong, a mainstream Chinese e-commerce company. A total of 70,134 reviews were obtained, including 65,535 valid reviews, which were analyzed by the LDA topic model and SnowNLP sentiment analysis to obtain the influencing factors and specific scores that affect consumer satisfaction. Then the importance ranking of the influencing factors was obtained by combining the word frequency and scores. Finally, based on the rankings and the reasons generated, suggestions are made for developing products and services for cold chain food. From theory and practice, it provides a reference basis for developing cold chain technology and consumer behavior research.
Fascismo y catolicismo en la encrucijada. Onésimo Redondo y el anticlericalismo de la Segunda República Española
Authors: Tomasoni Matteo
Published: September 2022

Los efectos provocados por el reformismo de la Segunda República originaron numerosos cambios en la sociedad española, siendo uno de los más importantes la implantación de un Estado laico. Este proceso de modernización no tardó en canalizar el descontento de los sectores tradicionalistas, entre los cuales se distinguió el llamado movimiento nacionalsindicalista. Entre sus dirigentes, fue el vallisoletano Onésimo Redondo Ortega quien asumió el cargo de adalid católico del fascismo español, liderando una campaña de firme oposición ante la autoridad republicana, y quien acabaría convirtiéndose —con el paso del tiempo— en el promotor de la línea más intransigente del tradicionalismo conservador.
A Study on Uniaxial Compressive Strength and Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Analysis of Fine-Grained Soil in Seasonally Frozen Regions
Authors: UMAR İbrahim Haruna , ORAKOĞLU FIRAT Müge Elif
Published: September 2022

Understanding the physical and mechanical properties of soils subjected to freeze-thaw cycles, including both micro and macrostructures, is critical for achieving the required performance of structures employing it as a structural or support material. An experimental study was carried out on clay soil with varying water content (18%, 21.5%, and 23%) after repeated freeze-thaw cycles (0, 2, 5, 7, 12, and 15). The performance of soil was evaluated using unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) tests. The experimental results demonstrated that UCS peak values were observed at the lowest water content before and after the freeze-thaw cycles. The stress-strain curves exhibited strain-softening behavior, and this condition transitioned to strain hardening behavior after freeze-thaw cycles with increment in the water content. Moreover, the highest values of UPV were observed to increase UCS values due to capillary forces at minimum water content. Also, an increase in the number of freeze-thaw cycles resulted in a decrease in the UPV. According to correlations between UPV and UCS values, the highest correlations for water contents were obtained at optimum water content, and a decreasing trend was observed after experiencing a number of freeze-thaw periods. In addition, the Grey Correlation Analysis was performed to show the degree of correlation between the UCS and UPV, water content as well as the freeze-thaw cycles. The results demonstrated that the UPV values have a greater impact on the UCS than other parameters.
Effect of Different Drill Bits on Delamination in Drilling Composite Materials
Authors: PIHTILI Haşim
Published: September 2022

The most important problem of composite materials, which have been started to be used in every field of technology, is the ability to perform machining operations such as drilling and cutting. In this respect, in this experimental study, its performance in drilling different composite materials with different reinforcements and thicknesses with drills of different types and different diameters was investigated. Three different types of drills were used in drilling operations, namely HSS, TIN and Carbide. Reinforced composites of different types and properties were used as materials. As a result of the drilling processes, the surface roughness of the drilled surface, drilling performance, hole quality and different cutting parameters were examined depending on the rotation and feed rate. The same drilling conditions were applied for each composite material. All result values obtained were transferred to graphs and tables. In addition, photographs of all samples were taken under Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the surface roughness of these photographs was examined.
Artificial Intelligence Based Smart Interchange System In Smart Urbanization
Authors: EZBERCİ Emrullah , AVCI Derya
Published: September 2022

The duration of the smart intersection system lights is determined automatically according to the nearest busy. The vehicle at the intersection with the camera is calculated by the image processing process. optimizing the signaling time in traffic signaling. It will be passed to be passed by a system that can be reached later. Also the system can be entered with this remote central management. Manually switch to roads. In this study, it is a smart intersection system used with special permission from Malatya Metropolitan Municipality transportation units. These studies and the benefits they have provided are highlighted. In addition, DARKNET's real-time object detection YOLOV3 deep learning model is used within the scope of in-vehicle real-time traffic system from data images on websites for traffic. The vehicles are placed in the targeted and future-determined database. Positive signaling with information from the designed Process-Based Intersection Management System. Agricultural bounty takes advantage of little stealing gases to be grown to take advantage of time and small items. A clean environment will be created.
Improving the Flux-Weakening Capability of Interior Permanent Magnet Machines by Number of Turns Changing Methodology
Authors: GÜNDOĞDU Tayfun
Published: September 2022

In this paper, an interior permanent magnet (IPM) machine having two sets of windings with different number of turns is developed to improve the limited flux-weakening (FW) capability and efficiency, simultaneously. The flux-adjustable range appears to be somewhat limited because of the limited maximum inverter voltage and high magnetic saturation, which degrades the FW capability. To address its restricted FW capability, a unique winding-switching concept is introduced, in which auxiliary coils with lower turns alternately function as the secondary armature winding, resulting in flux-linkage reduction within the same phase. Winding topologies, design considerations, the FW principle, and FW computations have all been addressed. To validate the feasibility of the proposed FW enhancement strategy, a co-simulation procedure based on the 2D finite element method (FEM) and MatLab codes is used to determine the steady-state and FW performance characteristics of IPM machines with various winding topologies. All steady-state and FW performance characteristics of the conventional IPM machine and the proposed IPM machines have been compared quantitatively. Furthermore, to ensure the accuracy of the analytical and numerical calculations provided in this study, the predicted efficiency map of the original Toyota Prius 2010 IPM machine is validated using the efficiency measurements provided.
Optimized YOLOv4 Algorithm for Car Detection in Traffic Flow
Authors: ALQARAGHULI Alzubair , ATA Oğuz
Published: September 2022

The vehicle detection accuracy and actual in images and videos appear to be very tough and critical duties in a key technology traffic system. Specifically, under convoluted traffic conditions. As a result, the presented study proposes single-stage deep neural networks YOLOv4-3L, YOLOv4-2L, YOLOv4-GB, and YOLOv3-GB. After optimizing the network structure by adding more layers in the right positions with the right amount of filters, the dataset will be repaired and the noise reduced before being sent to the mentoring. This research will be applied to YOLOv3 and YOLOv4. In this study the OA-Dataset is collect and used, the data set is manually labeled with the care of different weathers and scenarios, as well as for end-to-end training of the network. Around the same time, optimized YOLOv4 and YOLOv3 demonstrate a significant degree of accuracy with 99.68 % and precision of 91 %. The speed and detection accuracy of this algorithm are found to be higher than that of previous algorithms.
Okul Yöneticilerinin Yeterlik Düzeylerine İlişkin Öğretmen Görüşlerinin Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: YÜKSEKLİ Naci Ufuk , OKÇU Veysel
Published: September 2022

Okulları başarılı eğitim kurumlarına dönüştürmede birinci derecede sorumlu olan kişiler okul yöneticileridir. Okul yöneticilerinin bu hedefe ulaşabilmeleri için bir takım yeterliklere sahip olmaları gerekmektedir. Araştırmanın amacı, öğretmen görüşlerine göre okul yöneticilerinin yeterlik düzeylerini belirlemektir. Araştırmada karma yöntem kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu; 2018-2019 öğretim yılında Siirt’te bulunan, nicel çalışma için basit seçkisiz yöntemle seçilen 402 öğretmen, nitel çalışma için maksimum çeşitlilikle seçilen 15 öğretmen olmak üzere toplamda 417 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın nicel boyutunda okul yöneticileri yeterlik ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Nitel boyutunda ise, yarı yapılandırılmış soruları kapsayan görüşme formu uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, okul yöneticilerinin yeterliklerinin iyi düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Alt boyutlar incelendiğinde; nicel araştırmada en yüksek düzeyde çıkan yeterlik türünün insancıl yeterlik, nitel araştırmada ise teknik yeterlik olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca okul yöneticilerinin yeterliklerine ilişkin öğretmen görüşleri mevcut okul yöneticisi ile çalışma süresi ve okul yöneticisi ile aynı sendikaya üye olma durumu değişkenlerine göre farklılık göstermiştir.
INOVASI PUPUK KOMPOS BERBAHAN DASAR SERBUK KAYU DI DESA KEDUNGMULYO KECAMATAN BANGILAN KABUPATEN TUBAN
Authors: Yatini  , Faatin Fawziyyah  , Iftakhul Hilmiyah  , Iin Nur Jannah  , Inayah Wulandari  , Siti Lailatun Najihah  , Umniatisy Syarifah  , Khoridatul Bahiyah  , Ulfatun Nihayah  , Siti Luthfiatin Nurul Hikmah  , Siti Nur Lailatun Rahmawati  , Nurul Aini  , Yuni Nur Badriyah  , Nabila Mahmudah  , Fatma Nabila  , Ulfa Mughoyaroh  , Nurul Novitasari  , Zulfatun Anisah
Published: September 2022

Pengabdian kepada  masyarakat ini dilakukan untuk mengenalkan kepada masyarakat luas tentang pemanfaatan limbah serbuk kayu untuk dijadikan pupuk kompos.. Kegiatan pengabdian PKM ini menggunakan pendekatan pemberdayaan masyarakat partisipatif atau Participatory Action Research (PAR) yaitu suatu metode penelitian yang melibatkan secara aktif semua pihak-pihak yang relevan dalam mengkaji tindakan yang sedang berlangsung dimana pengalaman mereka sendiri sebagai persoalan dalam rangka melakukan perubahan dan perbaikan ke arah yang lebih baik. Dari kegiatan yang telah dilakukan, peserta kegiatan yaitu mencari titik utama yang menjadi masalah terbesar di masyarakat setempat, kemudian tim KKN-PAR melakukan sosialisasi dan aksi dari masalah yang telah disepakati. Setelah itu pendampingan terhadap masyarakat. Di Desa Kedungmulyo ini, selain mata pencaharian masyarakat sebagai petani, sebagian besar pula bekerja dalam bidang industri meubel. Di industri meubel, banyak sekali limbah dari serbuk kayu yang belum tersentuh tangan masyarakat. Hal ini disebabkan masih rendahnya pengetahuan masyarakat tentang pengolahan limbah sebuk kayu meubel, Selain itu juga didukung  tindakan masyarakat yang lebih memilih cara cepat untuk menjualnya. Dari pemaparan di atas, tim KKN PAR mengadakan inovasi tentang pemanfaatan limbah serbuk kayu meubel untuk meningkatkan harga jual dan kualitas produk sehingga bisa meningkatkan pendapatan masyarakat di Desa Kedungmulyo.
Geber Madu Ayu, Gerakan Bersama Memajukan Pos Pelayanan Terpadu (Posyandu) di Kabupaten Indramayu
Authors: Indra Ruswadi  , Nengsih Yulianingsih  , Hasim Asyari  , Masliha Masliha
Published: September 2022

The Integrated Service Post, known as Posyandu, is the front line in health services and other multifunctional services. However, at this time its existence has not been seen optimally, this is due to the lack of Posyandu implementers and managers in understanding the existence of Posyandu, so that reports on Posyandu activities that should be carried out in stages have not been carried out optimally, besides that there is still an assumption that Posyandu belongs to Health people. The objectives of the service activities are: Understanding Geber Madu Ayu, Joint Movement for Advancing Posyandu in Indramayu Regency. Methods: lectures, discussions and simulations.

The results of the activity: All management of the Posyandu, Village Working Group, District Pokjanal and District Posyandu Pokjanal understand the importance of the Joint Movement to Promote Integrated Service Posts (Posyandu) in Indramayu Regency. Conclusion: The Joint Movement to establish a posyandu in Indramayu has been received and received a good response from stakeholders. Suggestion: Posyandu administrators at every level should increase their commitment to advancing posyandu by involving related elements, ranging from academics, business people, communities and media as well as advocating for regional/government heads.
Dejemos de buscar líderes y busquemos personas conectoras
Authors: Russell Cormac , Millor Vela Daniel
Published: September 2022

El distanciamiento físico ha afectado a la capacidad de conectar; sin embargo, en muchos casos, las comunidades han seguido prosperando. Dentro de nuestras comunidades, ya sea en el trabajo, en casa o en nuestros vecindarios, identificamos individuos a los que podemos denominar «personas conectoras». Estos vecinos y vecinas dentro de las comunidades asumen un rol específico, muchas veces de forma natural e involuntaria. Sin embargo, al observarlos podemos identificar una serie de rasgos o de costumbres que se repiten sistemáticamente. La influencia que estas mujeres y hombres tienen en sus comunidades los define como ciudadanos y promueve la cohesión social.

Palabras clave: participación de la comunidad, sentido de coherencia.
O ensino de 2º grau no contexto da ditadura civil-militar no Brasil: a dualidade educacional na lei nº 5.692/1971
Authors: Fernandes Aleksandra Nogueira de Oliveira , Fernandes Stenio De Brito , Paiva Marlúcia Menezes de
Published: September 2022

A Lei nº 5.692/1971 refletiu os interesses da ditadura civil-militar no Brasil, percebidos pela incorporação dos fundamentos da racionalização do trabalho escolar e na adoção do Ensino Profissionalizante no 2º grau. O presente estudo tem a propositiva de discutir sobre a dualidade do Ensino de 2º grau no contexto da Lei nº 5.692 de 11 de agosto de 1971. Para tanto, o estudo é de abordagem qualitativa em que nos utilizamos de fontes bibliográficas e históricas. Como resultados, apontamos que o Ensino de 2º grau na vigência da referida Lei se apresenta como uma proposta de cunho liberal. O estudo apontou que a politecnia e a omnilateralidade são caminhos a serem continuamente trilhados no âmbito da educação, sobretudo do atual Ensino Médio, no sentido de superar a dualidade histórica, presente com maior realce, nesse nível de ensino.
Relationship of Ethical Sales Behaviour with Customer Loyalty, Trust and Commitment: A Study with Special Reference to Retail Store in Mysore City
Authors: M. Kethan  , Mahabub Basha S
Published: September 2022

The customer is a king in the market. The mobility of the customer takes place when they don’t get favourable services from any firms. The customer can change their preference and buying decision due to many reasons, it could be because of poor services, poor quality of products, insufficient information about the product which is being purchased from sales person etc. The sale is one of the important aspects in the marketing. The effective marketing can attract huge customers, but efficiency of sales person can retain customers for a longer period of time. Hence ethical sales behaviour of salesperson and retailer plays a significant role in increasing sales volume of a firm, simultaneously, increasing customer satisfaction, loyalty and commitment. This study made an attempt to reveal the significance relationship between ethical sales behaviour with customer trust, loyalty and commitment of bank employees towards concerned retail shop in Mysore City. The structured questionnaire was prepared and distributed among fifty respondents. Questionnaire will be given to the bank employees those who regular customer of a retail shop.
An Empirical Study of Employee Retention in the Information Technology Sector in Bangalore City
Authors: N Krishnamoorthy  , Ambreen Aisha
Published: September 2022

Employee retention refers to the ability of an organization to retain its employees. Each research investigation is expected to make a definitive contribution to the existing literature. The contribution of this study would be providing some gap-filling information in the field of Employees attrition and retention in service industry in general and IT Sector in particular. Satisfaction of employees is a major problem and due to this reason service sector have high switching level of jobs. Though, companies are investing a lot on the HR practices to improve attrition rate it is suggested to think from the point of view of the employees. Present study were the employees of the IT sector; especially software engineers of various IT companies in Bangalore city. Respondents were selected randomly. Employees were mainly from TCS, Tech Mahindra, Honeywell, Caterpillar, IBM. The information of this research will be useful to service industry in their HR practices and add new information to literature. It will help the management of the IT Sector to develop their new strategies of retention. The study found the influence of HR policies, compensation and benefits, work pressure and relationship with the superiors on employee retention.
Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan: Kepuasan Kerja, Loyalitas Pegawai dan Komitmen di PT Lensa Potret Mandiri
Authors: Dian Sudiantini  , Farhan Saputra
Published: September 2022

Article The Effect of Job Satisfaction, Employee Loyalty and Employee Commitment to Leadership Style at PT Lens Portrait Mandiri. This research method uses quantitative methods, carried out using path analysis models and Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis techniques based on Partial Least Square (PLS). The researcher used the SmartPLS 3.2.9 analysis tool to test the hypothesis. In conducting the research, the researcher used accidental sampling as many as 100 employee respondents who worked at PT Lens Portrait Mandiri. The research instrument in this study is the validity test and the reliability test for the Outer Model (Measurement Model) and Inner Model (Structural Model) tests that are sourced from SEM PLS. Data analysis techniques with descriptive analysis and path analysis. The results of this study are: 1) Job Satisfaction has no and no significant effect on Leadership Style; 2) Employee Loyalty has a positive and significant effect on Leadership Style; 3) Employee Commitment has no and no significant effect on Leadership Style
Analysis of knowledge production in Chinese political science using Social Network Analysis(SNA)
Authors:   Research Center for East Asian Studies, Seo Sangmin
Published: September 2022

This paper aims to identify the characteristics of Chinese knowledge production by analyzing cases of the use of social network analysis methodology in the Chinese political science community. In the analysis based on the literature information provided by China’s CNKI, knowledge production using SNA methodology in the Chinese social science community developed rapidly in the late 1990s, but it is still focused on library and information science, sociology and economics. Research results related to political science are also very limited except for terrorist organization research, social security, national governance, and policy network research in terms of research topics, and some analysis methods such as cohesive subgroup analysis, centrality analysis, role analysis is focused on Comprehensive analysis of the research results shows that studies using SNA methodologies in Chinese political science have a strong practical and policy character, remain focused on consuming methodologies developed in the United States. It was identified that this was because access to data required for the selection of research topics and methodologies and network analysis was limited.
Representation of Feminism in South Asian Society: A Critical Study of An American Brat by Bapsi Sidhwa
Authors: Hamza Hassan & Muhammad Rizwan
Published: September 2022

An American Brat by Bapsi Sidhwa is a postcolonial and feminist novel. Feroza, the heroine of the novel, is a teenage Parsee girl from Lahore. The novel An American Brat is focused on the character of Feroza because she was sent to America to her uncle. There, her behaviour changed. The whole story revolved around this single character. The parents of Feroza are very modern, while Feroza is a religious and conservative girl when we are introduced to her character. She is never attracted to the young men because she is regarded as backward and narrow-minded. She is an innocent individual and loves to stay alone. Firstly, she was not ready to go to America, but her family made her go there forcefully. The modern world of America proved awful for the sixteen years old Feroza. Therefore the consequences were as appalling as expected. This is why the feminist approach can be traced in the novel's text either from her mother or from herself. Feminism as the dominant approach is waved throughout the novel in one way or the other. This research is conducted to draw out all feminist traces from the text.
Total antioxidant capacity, neutrophil profile, in vitro phagocytic activity, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and IL-8 status in uterine infected Murrah buffaloes during peripartum period
Authors: BISWAL PRACHURYA , LATHWAL S S , BAITHALU RUBINA K , NAG PRADEEP , KUMAR SUSHEEL
Published: September 2022

The present experiment was carried out with the objective to investigate the antioxidant status of peripartumMurrah buffaloes by assessing total antioxidant capacity (TAC), neutrophil profile, in vitro phagocytic activity,myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, IL-8. Based on uterine fluid scoring, white side test buffaloes (n=24) were classifiedinto healthy (n=11) and uterine infected buffaloes (n=13). Blood samples were collected 7 day before calving(day 7), on day of calving (day 0) and after calving (day 7, 14, 21 and 35) for estimation of the mentioned parametersand uterine fluid samples were collected during postpartum period, i.e. day 7, 14, 21, 35 after calving for groupingof buffaloes. Results showed that TAC concentration decreased on day of calving and elevated afterwards whereasthe percentage of neutrophils was significantly higher on 14th, 21th and 35th day after calving in uterine infectedbuffaloes compared to healthy group. Phagocytic activity was lower during peripartum period and IL-8 concentrationwas significantly higher on 21 day after calving in uterine infected buffaloes as compared to healthy buffaloes.Pearson correlation between serum TAC with uterine score gave a non-significant correlation of â€“0.33. From theabove research it can be concluded that lower concentration of TAC, decreased phagocytic activity of neutrophilsin uterine infected buffaloes indicate poor anti-oxidant status to combat against oxidative stress making animalssusceptible to infections. Therefore, proper nutritional management with additives should be provided duringperipartum period to reduce the incidence of uterine infections as well as for better welfare.
Effect of body weight and scrotal circumference on semen production traits in murrah buffalo bulls
Authors: P RAMAJAYAN , SIVASELVAM S N , KARTHICKEYAN S M K , VENKATARAMANAN R , GOPINATHAN A , KULASEKAR K
Published: September 2022

The study was undertaken to determine the effect of bodyweight and scrotal circumference on semen production traitsin Murrah buffalo bulls. Data on seminal characteristics,body weight, and scrotal circumference collected from 77Murrah bulls were utilized to study the effects using leastsquareanalysis under General Linear Model. Body weightand scrotal circumference showed a highly significantimpact on all semen production traits. Similarly, thecorrelation coefficients were also highly significant andpositive, except the non-correlation between scrotalcircumference and post-thaw motility. An increasing trendin seminal parameters in rise with body weight and scrotalcircumference were also observed. Furthermore, bullsweighing 540 kg and above with scrotal circumference of>30 cm displayed better semen quality with higher numberof frozen semen doses per ejaculate. These findings suggestthat higher body weight and scrotal circumference couldbe considered as important selection criteria parameterswhile selecting young bulls for the purpose of frozen semenproduction to improve the frozen semen doses.
Haematology and biochemical profiles of endangered local cattle of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Authors: PERUMAL P , DE A K , BHATTACHARYA D , SUNDER JAI , KUNDU A
Published: September 2022

Andaman and Nicobar Islands have two different genetic groups of cattle namely Andaman local cattle and Trinket cattle. Andaman local cattle are distributed in Andaman group of Islands and Campbell Bay of Nicobar group of Islands. Andaman local cattle are non-descriptive and represent an admixture of different Indian breeds that had been brought to these islands in different phases of inhabitation and rehabilitation of migrated people. It is believed that the Andaman local cattle have the inheritance from Red Sindhi, Sahiwal and Hariana. It is unique cattle, well adapted to special type of tropical humid island climatic and environmental condition. The present study was designed to standardise the normal reference haematological and biochemical range for different age groups of Andaman local cattle which were maintained in the South Andaman and North and Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In this study, haematological parameters, biochemical indices and antioxidant and oxidative stress profiles were estimated in healthy, normal physiological Andaman local cattle for different age groups. The present study results clearly indicated that the values of haematological, biochemical and antioxidant profiles were under the normal physiological range. These results of this study may serve as the reference values in which alterations due to metabolic, nutrient deficiency, physiological and health status can be compared for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes for Andaman local cattle in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and its neighbouring countries or other parts of the country with similar environmental and climatic conditions.
Insulin like protein from camel milk and similarity with human insulin
Authors: AGRAWAL R P , AGRAWAL R , RANGA M N , RIZWAN M
Published: September 2022

From experimental studies, clinical studies and epidemiological studies it is proved beyond doubt that camel milk has potential role in prevention and treatment of diabetes. The main purpose of the study to isolate camel milk protein and compare its similarity with human insulin so that camel milk can be used as an adjunct therapy for diabetes. Raw camel milk (30 ml) was used for isolation of protein and peptides. The complete process included trypsin digestion, peptide fractionation and LC-MS technique. Digested and fractionized peptide sample was processed further for liquid chromatography and mass spectra/ tandem mass spectra were recorded in positive-ion and high sensitivity mode. MS/MS spectra were automatically calibrated during dynamic LC-MS. Raw data files were converted to Mascot Generic Format (MGF) and these MGF files were searched against UniPort, NCBI and common MS contaminant database. In our study 13 proteins and 22 peptide sequences were found similar to insulin/ insulin like growth factor and isoform. In our study some very large peptide sequence were identified which were seen similar to NUAK family SNF1-like kinase and this peptide sequence gives evidence of role of camel milk in cancer treatment. Observing so many similar peptides in camel milk sample with human insulin, isoform of insulin, receptors and others give strong evidence that camel milk have proteins/ peptides of such proteins similar to human insulin and give support to finding that camel milk contains insulin like molecule that mimics insulin interaction with its receptors.
PELATIHAN MENYADARI DAN MENERIMA EMOSI SEBAGAI BAGIAN DIRI DI MEDITATION BUDDHIST CENTER
Authors: Nuriani Nuriani , Siu Ong Cin , Lisniasari Lisniasari , Lukman Lukman
Published: September 2022

Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk memberikan penyuluhan tentang kemampuan seseorang untuk menyadari dan menerima emosi sebagai bagian diri. Emosi sering sekali dianggap negative, sehingga cenderung diabaikan dan ditolak. Dengan kondisi demikian, pola asuh orang tua sering mendorong anak untuk mengabaikan, menekan maupun menolak emosi, yang menjadi bibit masalah di kemudian hari. Sejatinya manusia terlahir dengan membawa emosi dasar yang akan berkembang sejalan dengan interaksi manusia dengan lingkungannya. Kerentanan emosional berarti mengakui, menerima dan memahami emosinya sendiri. Dengan kondisi demikian individu dapat mengelola emosi tersebut dengan baik, sehingga menjadi sumber kekuatannya. Ketrampilan mengelola emosi tersebut menjadikan manusia menjadi cerdas emosi. Kecerdasan emosional ini merupakan salah satu factor penting yang menentukan kesuksesan seorang manusia.
LAYANAN TRAUMA HEALING
Authors: Siu Ong Cin , Yogiawaty Yogiawaty
Published: September 2022

Kondisi traumatis akibat peristiwa yang mengancam jiwa dapat memberikan pengaruh negative pada kehidupan seseorang apabila tidak segera diatasi. Kondisi yang terjadi sering disebut sebagai PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), apabila dibiarkan berlarut-larut dapat menimbulkan gangguan baik fisiologis maupun psikologis dari korban yang mengalami trauma. Kondisi ini dialami oleh warga salah satu desa di Nusa Tenggara Barat yang mengalami kerusuhan antar dusun yang menyebabkan mereka mengalami trauma sehingga sebagian tidak berani pulang dan mengganggu aktivitas kehidupan sehari-hari. Tim trauma Healing kerja sama dari WANDANI (Wanita Theravada Indonesia) dan STAB Bodhi Dharma bergerak cepat kurang lebih 2 minggu setelah kejadian traumatis untuk memberikan layanan. Metode terapi yang digunakan yaitu The Heart technique (THT®), ciptaan dari Dr. Dr. Adi W. Gunawan, ST., M.Pd., sudah terbukti membantu ratusan ribu orang sejak diluncurkan pada tahun 2018. Metode ini dapat diaplikasikan secara massal melalui bimbingan khusus dari pencipta nya, sehingga proses trauma healing dapat berjalan lancar dan sesuai dengan waktu yang direncanakan. Hal ini dibuktikan dari kembalinya penduduk beraktivitas dan merencanakan menyelenggarakan perayaan Waisak yang sebelumnya tidak terpikirkan oleh mereka.
Metacognitive Instruction in Second Language Listening: Does Language Proficiency Matter?
Authors: Qi Li  , Limei Zhang  , Christine C. M. Goh
Published: September 2022

The metacognitive approach to listening is drawing increasing attention in the field of second language learning (Vandergrift & Goh, 2012). Nevertheless, the findings of the effects of the metacognitive approach on metacognitive knowledge and listening comprehension are inconclusive, and the impact of language proficiency on how much metacognition intervenes is not certain yet (Vandergrift & Baker, 2018). This study investigates the impact of language proficiency on metacognition in implementing the metacognitive approach and examines whether language proficiency has the same impact on different aspects of metacognition as measured by the Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ) (Vandergrift, Goh, Tafaghodtari & Mareschal, 2006). One hundred twelve non-English majors in a university in China participated in this study. Results showed that the listening performance of the experimental group improved significantly compared with that of the control group. This might be attributed to the holistic nature of the metacognitive approach. However, the lower language proficiency may have constrained learners’ engagement in metacognitive activities as the participants had trouble in using some real-time strategies successfully due to their lower language proficiency. Overall, the findings provide support for and shed light on implementing the metacognitive approach.
Extraction, formulation and evaluation of fast dissolving oral films of nicotine for smoking cessation
Authors: Mohammad Ali Khan  , Sumraiz Ammen  , Ali Zia  , Usman Ijaz  , Hafiz Muhammad Jahanzaib  , Tehseen Sehar  , Bushra Ali  Sherazi  , Misbah Hameed  , Nabila Tabassum
Published: September 2022

To produce oral films of nicotine in a laboratory setting to aid smokers in smoking cessation. Nicotine is a highly addictive drug and many people suffer from its addiction around the globe in the form of smoking. This problem is particularly pronounced in Pakistan and many smokers here do not have access to cessation medications. To prevent smokers from inhaling harmful chemicals like tar, carbon mono oxide and carcinogenic compounds produced from burning vegetable matter, pharmaceutical nicotine is used in the form of chewing gums, TDDS patches and oral films. The oral route is one of the most popular routes of drug administration because of its low cost, easy administration and a high rate of patient compliance. Many patients especially geriatric and paediatric ones have dysphagia or have some level of unease when swallowing hard gelatine capsules or solid tablets. This has led to the development of fast dissolving oral films. Fast dissolving oral thin-films are useful in patients such as paediatric, bedridden or developmentally disabled, geriatric patients, many of whom face difficulty in swallowing tablets or hard gelatine capsules. Oral fast dissolving films are a novel dosage form in which a thin film is prepared using hydrophilic polymers, which rapidly disintegrates or dissolves on the tongue or in the buccal cavity. Oral films are an alternative platform for molecules that undergo high first pass metabolism. Method: The method used here to prepare fast dissolving oral films is the solvent casting method. This method is fast, reliable, and extremely feasible in a laboratory setting. This simple method involves dissolving the ingredients to make a homogeneous solution and casting the said solution in a suitable container in order to produce oral films. Results: Using this method structurally sound films were obtained. These films were then tested; employing various parameters for this task. The results obtained hence thereof were sufficiently satisfying. Conclusion: The solvent casting method is a pragmatic and suitable approach to producing standard quality films in a laboratory. The concentrations of the polymer and the plasticizer may need to be adjusted according to the active pharmaceutical ingredient.
Previsão de demanda em uma empresa de posto de combustível.
Authors: Silva Darlana Conceição , Naka Fernanda Natsuko , Silva Isamere Lara Batista , Fernandes Halinny Bonjardim , Sampaio Marcelly , Brandão Rayra
Published: September 2022

O objetivo desta pesquisa é identificar o produto classe A em uma empresa de posto de combustível, localizada no município de Tomé Açu, PA, através da classificação ABC e testar modelos de previsão de demanda. Foram coletados 24 meses de dados de vendas mensais do produto Gasolina Comum, o qual concentra maior porcentagem com 58% no faturamento da empresa. Através dos cálculos realizados, o melhor modelo de previsão de demanda é o da média móvel exponencial, possuindo o menor Desvio Médio Absoluto (MAD) de todos os erros de previsão com α=0,9.
Trabalho emigração no sudoeste do Pará: O caso de Altamira, Amazônia, Pará.
Authors: Cardoso Odília , Smith Francisco Pereira
Published: September 2022

O presente artigo proporciona uma reflexão sobre a imigraçãono sudoeste do Pará, através de narrativas que apresentam possíveis fatores de atração no processo de migração para a regiãode Altamira. Foramutilizadosprincípios de migração de Ravenstein (1980) eLee (1980), além de conceitos sobre o que é um imigrante paraSayad(1998).Bem como o conceito de entre-lugarde Santiago (2000) eHanciau (2005)em relaçãoa infindável mistura na qual a comunidadeAltamirense se encontra hoje. Klein (200) e Hall (2006) para compreender o que pode levar a crise dos atores sociaisentrevistadosna questão das identidades.
Paralelização parcial de programas SISAL utilizando a biblioteca MPI
Authors: Nakashima Raul Junji , Travieso Gonzalo
Published: September 2022

O trabalho desenvolvido teve como objetivo a implementação de um método para a paralelização parcial de programas, escritos na linguagem funcional SISAL, utilizando as bibliotecas do padrão MPI (Message Passing Interface). Para tal, propusemos a transformação dos programas SISAL através do particionamento do loop paralelo forall, utilizando o método de particionamento slice e a implementação do paralelismo utilizando o modelo de paralelização SPMD (Single Program Multiple Data) com programas no estilo mestre/escravo. A validação de nossa proposta foi obtida através da realização de testes onde foram comparados os resultados obtidos com os programas SISAL originais e os programas SISAL com as alterações propostas.
Performance Evaluation with Petri Nets of a Bus-based Multithreaded Multiprocessor
Authors: Cintra Marcelo H. , Ruggiero Wilson V.
Published: September 2022

Multithreaded architectures have been actively investigated in recent years to build large-scale multiprocessors that are more tolerant to intra-context instruction dependencies and large synchronization and memory access latencies. In this paper we develop a multilevel Petri net model of a bus-based multiprocessor system and use this model to verify the impact of multithreading in processor utilization and network latency. Using a multilevel modeling methodology for Petri nets we show that multithreaded architectures have higher processor utilizations, but offer a higher load to the interconnection network and the memory system.
Avaliando Técnicas de Prefetching para Software DSMs
Authors: Pinto Raquel Gomes , Bianchini Ricardo , Amorim Claudio Luis de
Published: September 2022

Sistemas de memória compartilhada distribuída com coerência de dados mantida por software, denominados software DSMs, oferecem a facilidade de programação do modelo de memória compartilhada com o baixo custo das arquiteturas de memória distribuída. No entanto, são poucas as classes de aplicações que alcançam um bom desempenho nesses sistemas. Um dos maiores problemas com software DSMs é o overhead da busca de dados remotos, que ocorre no caminho crítico da computação. Neste artigo propomos três técnicas de prefetching que antecipam essa busca. Analisamos o impacto das técnicas de prefetching no desempenho de TreadMarks, usando simulações detalhadas de aplicações reais. Nossos experimentos mostram que o uso dessas técnicas reduz a latência de acesso a dados, mas aumenta o tempo de sincronização e a interferência da busca dos dados com a computação nos processadores remotos. Nossos resultados mostram também que a obtenção de ganhos de desempenho através de prefetching depende de um suporte de hardware que diminua a interferência em processadores remotos; duas das aplicações que estudamos obtiveram ganhos de 22-39% com o auxílio desse hardware especializado.
Uma Arquitetura Super Escalar com Múltiplos Fluxos de Instruções
Authors: Chaves Filho Eliseu Monteiro , Souza Alberto Ferreira de , Santos Anna Dolejsi , Santos Rafael
Published: September 2022

Mecanismos sofisticados para escalonamento dinâmico de instruções, previsão dinâmica de desvios e execução especulativo são encontrados em arquiteturas super escalares destinadas à aplicações que exigem alto desempenho. No entanto, estas arquiteturas ainda apresentam um desempenho bem inferior ao que seria alcançado por uma arquitetura super escalar ideal. Este artigo apresenta resultados experimentais que identificam algumas das principais causas da discrepância entre os desempenhos de uma arquitetura super escalar real e de uma ideal. Também é apresentado um novo mecanismo, baseado em múltiplos fluxos de instruções, que tem como objetivo reduzir as limitações encontradas.
A Segunda Geração de Computadores de Alto Desempenho da COPPE/UFRJ
Authors: Amorim C. L. , Bianchini R. , Silva G. , Pinto R. , Hor-Meyll M. , Maria M. De , Whately L. , Assunção Jr. J.
Published: September 2022

Sistemas de memória compartilhada distribuída (DSMs) podem ser implementados completamente em software. Esses sistemas, conhecidos como software DSMs, exibem um baixo custo e, portanto, representam uma alternativa atraente para computação paralela. Entretanto, software DSMs puros atingem alto desempenho numa classe restrita de aplicações. O sistema paralelo NCP2 introduz a segunda geração de computadores de alto desempenho da COPPE/UFRJ, a qual investiga a utilização de hardware simples e de baixo custo para otimizar software DSMs. Esse hardware consiste de controladores de protocolo programáveis que permitem a implementação de técnicas de tolerância à latência de comunicação e a overheads de processamento de coerência. Nossas simulações revelam que os nossos controladores de protocolo melhoram o desempenho de TreadMarks em 16 processadores em até 52%. Esses resultados sugerem que o NCP2 exibirá uma ótima relação custo/desempenho numa grande gama de aplicações, proporcionando uma opção tecnológica muito boa para investimentos nacionais em computação de alto desempenho.
Parallel Branch-and-Bound: Design and Performance Understanding
Authors: Meira Jr. Wagner , Sodero Annibal , Tavares Andréa , Carvalho Márcio
Published: September 2022

Branch-and-Bound techniques have been successfully used to solve combinatorial optimization problems. One common approach to improve the effectiveness of these techniques is via parallelization. The parallelization of Branch-and-Bound computations, however, is not trivial and programmers may experiente difficulties both in terms of correctness and efficiency of the parallelized applications. In this paper we present an environment that helps programmers in developing efficient parallel Branch-and-bound applications. This environment integrates two tools: (1) Sabor, which aids in designing those applications, and (2) Carnival, which is a performance measurement and analysis tool that helps the programmer in understanding the performance of those applications. We also present the Carnival user interface and illustrate its usefulness and functionality by identifying and explaining sources of overhead in example applications.
Performance of Sparse Binding Arrays for Or-Parallelism
Authors: Costa Vítor Santos , Correia Manuel Eduardo , Silva Fernando
Published: September 2022

One important problem in the design of novel logic programming systems is the support of several forms of implicit parallelism. A new binding model, the Sparse Binding Array (SBA), has been proposed for the efficient and simplified integration of Independent-And, Determinate-And and Or-parallelism. In this paper we report on the use of this model for pure Or-parallelism. The work discusses the major implementation issues in supporting this binding model for pure Or-parallelism. We show that an implementation based on this Binding model is more efficient then the original Aurora using tbe traditional Binding Array model [16]. Moreover, we explain how the notion of a variable level can be used to reduce overheads of the Orparallel system. Our results in supporting pure or-parallelism show that the approach is very promissing for combined paralell systems.
Implementação das Bibliotecas Multithread do Sistema Operacional Mulplix
Authors: Barros Márcio de Oliveira , Aude Júlio Salek , Santos Paulo Alberto S. dos
Published: September 2022

Mulplix é um sistema operacional multithread, que está sendo desenvolvido para o computador paralelo Multiplus, a partir de uma extensão do sistema Plurix, anteriormente desenvolvido no NCF/UFRJ. Para facilitar o reuso dos programas originais do Plurix e o desenvolvimento de aplicações paralelas, foi criado, para o sistema Mulplix, uma biblioteca multithread de rotinas para a linguagem de programação C. Este artigo apresenta a implementação desta biblioteca, focalizando os problemas encontrados no processo de transformação de uma biblioteca originalmente desenvolvida para um sistema operacional tradicional, em uma biblioteca cujas rotinas possam ser executadas paralelamente.