bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessing the genetic diversity of Indian Kharif sorghum landraces through agro-morphological characterization (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench)
Authors: Pugahendhi N. , Kumar B. Sunil , Elangovan M. , Venkatesh Karnam , Rajendrakumar P.
Published: June 2023

The agro-morphological characterization of local germplasm provides insight into existing diversity, enables the identification of desirable traits, and enhances crop improvement. The present study evaluated 96 kharif sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) landraces and 6 checks using 20 agro-morphological traits at two locations, ICAR-IIMR in Hyderabad and Experimental Farm at Annamalai University in Annamalai Nagar, using alpha lattice design with 2 replications during 2021 kharif to assess genetic diversity. Results showed significant genetic variability among the 20 traits (P<0.01), providing opportunities for improvement. The high genotypic (GCV) and phenotypic components of variance (PCV) exhibited among the traits indicated their genetic determination and potential for improvement through breeding programs. High heritability and genetic advance also indicated the presence of additive genes, offering reliable improvement through trait selection. The correlation analysis showed a strong positive relationship between grain yield and several desirable traits, including panicle length, width, primary branch length, hundred seed weight, number of leaves, and total tillers per plant, indicating that grain yield can be improved by selecting accessions with desirable characteristics for these traits. The Cluster analysis using Euclidean distance revealed (four distinct clusters), with Cluster I being the most differentiated. These clusters may serve as valuable resources for hybridization programs. The PCA analysis indicated that the first three PCs accounted for 43.26% of the total variation and highlighted the key agro-morphological traits driving diversity. The results of this study demonstrated the significant genetic diversity among kharif sorghum landraces, providing a promising opportunity for varietal development programs.
Comparative study of phytoremediation of chromium contaminated soil by Amaranthus viridis in the presence of different chelating agents
Authors: Joseph Johny , Reddy Jayaram , Sayantan D. , Cyriac Bincy , Das Sumona Sanyal
Published: June 2023

Chromium is a harmful heavy metal to the environment due to the toxicity induced by it to plants and other living organisms. High concentration of Cr in soil poses severe toxicological problems ecosystem. Phytoremediation using different plants is an economical and environment-friendly method for removing Cr from soil. The addition of chelating agents augments the phytoextraction using plants.The present study aimed to augment the Cr phytoremediation capacity of Amaranthus virdis, a predominant plant species in the Cr-contaminated open dumpsites of Bangalore. . Phytoextraction of Cr by Amaranthus viridis was studied in the presence of different chelating agents viz. ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), citric acid (CA), growth promoting hormone- indoleacetic acid (IAA) and NPK fertiliser. A. viridis grown under different concentrations (5, 10 and 20 mg/Kg) of Cr were treated with 0.5g EDTA/Kg of soil, 0.5g CA/Kg of soil, 1mg IAA/Kg of soil and NPK (125 mg of nitrogen, 45 mg of phosphorous and 156 mg of potassium per Kg of soil). Results indicated that CA, at 10 mg/kg Cr supply, induced the highest uptake (up to 29.25 µg/plant). Furthermore, the study revealed that CA amendment induced maximum Cr uptake in A. viridis at all levels of Cr supply as compared to other amendments. This was due to the increased solubility of Cr in the presence of citric acid and the amelioration of oxidative stress due to Cr to plants by citric acid. This study inferred that the non-hyperaccumulating plant, A. virdis could be used as a phytoremediator for Cr in the presence of citric acid in the places where it is grown abundantly.
Isolation and identification of multi-drug resistance Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from clinical samples at Baghdad, Iraq
Authors: Abdulhussein Narjis, M. , Mahdi Mayaada S.
Published: June 2023

An opportunistic bacterium called Acinetobacter baumannii has significantly increased the frequency of infections in recent years. With only a limited number of “traditional” virulence factors, It is infections have spread rapidly through hospitals across the globe. The present study aimed to work out the relationship between the multi-drug resistance (MDR) of A. Baumannii and biofilm formation. A total of 150 samples were collected from various clinical sources from different age groups and gender patients in Ghazi AL Hariri Hospital and Baghdad Teaching laboratories in Medical City in Baghdad, Iraq from December 2021 to March 2022. Microscopical inspection and cultural features on various culture media, including culturing on selective medium CHROMagar, were used to identify bacterial isolates. The characteristics of the isolates were then established by some biochemical tests. Identification was confirmed using the Vitek-2 system with an accuracy of 99%, which revealed that only (50) isolates were given identical morphological characteristics and biochemical tests belonging to Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. 28 (56%) isolates were collected from burns. 10 isolates (20%) and 9 isolates (18% were collected from wound and sputum cultures of A. baumannii , respectively, while only 3 isolates (6%) were from urine culture. The susceptibility test for all the fifty clinical isolates of A. baumannii was performed against 10 different antibiotics. The results showed that A. baumannii isolates were Multidrug-resistant (MDR) (98%), while the other (2%) of the isolates were extensively drug-resistance (XDR) to themajority of antibiotics tested. All 50 isolates in the present study were subjected to the micro-titer plate (MTP) assay method (96 walls). The results indicated that strong biofilm was detected in 40 (80.0%) of the tested isolates. Thirty bacterial isolates were  were found to be MDR and had strong biofilm production.
Exploring the mystery of soil carbon mineralization: Insights from incubation experiments and kinetic modeling
Authors: P Libi Robin. , R.K. Kaleeswari. , P Janaki. , D Uma. , S Karthikeyan.
Published: June 2023

Soil carbon mineralization is vital for carbon sequestration but affected by factors like soil type and residue quality. Understanding the process and factors is still incomplete, including the interplay between soil properties and organic residues and the need for accurate kinetic models. Research faces significant challenges in describing carbon mineralization dynamics. The present study aimed to investigate carbon mineralization in three soils located in Tamil Nadu, India (S1, S2 and S3) that possess distinct textures. The study also focused on the effects of five different plant residues (Rice, maize, sugarcane, cotton and turmeric) on carbon mineralization in these soils. Incubation experiments were conducted for 150 days, and CO2 evolution was measured at different time intervals of 7, 10, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days. The performance of three kinetic models (Zero order model, exponential kinetic model and first order model) was also evaluated in predicting carbon mineralization using experimental data. The results showed that the rate and extent of carbon mineralization varied significantly among the different soils and residues. The highest carbon mineralization was observed in rice (989.02 µg C/g/day) and maize (966.53 µg C/g/day) residue, while the lowest was in sugarcane (752.09 µg C/g/day) residue. Among the kinetic models, the first-order kinetic model provided the best fit for all treatments (R2=0.98). The findings suggest that soil texture and residue quality play crucial roles in carbon mineralization. The first order kinetic model can be useful for predicting carbon mineralization in different soil-residue systems. These results have implications for managing soil carbon sequestration and mitigating climate change.
Palm oil formulation as 34 % mayonnaise and evaluation of its biological efficacy against citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri under laboratory and field conditions
Authors: E. M Farag , Attia Sahar A. , Elattif Nosa S. Abd , Hamouda Saad E. S.
Published: June 2023

The use of environmentally friendly pesticides using palm oil derivatives as palm oil methyl ester (PME) carrier solvents has been reported. PME-based glyphosate isopropylamine nanoemulsion in the water against weeds has been the subject of numerous studies as well as palm oil methyl ester molluscicidal against golden apple snails. This study's major goal was to formulate palm oil in an appropriate formulation form and assess its insecticidal effectiveness against citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri. Palm oil was formulated as 34% oil in water emulsion (O/W) (mayonnaise). The new mayonnaise formulation successfully passed all physical and chemical testing requirements set out by pesticide organizations for (O/W) emulsions. Under laboratory conditions, it was biologically evaluated against nymphs and adults of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri, with serial concentrations. It had considerable insecticidal activity against all study stages, although the impact on nymphs was significantly greater than that on adults. This was evident from its LC50 values, which were 53.52 and 58.58 mg/ml for nymphs and adults, respectively. The citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri, in its adult, nymphs, and gravid stages, was tested using the new palm oil 34% mayonnaise formulation in the field. The highest mortality percentages were seen in the nymphs, followed by adults and then the gravid stage. After additional research, the newly developed palm oil formula might be employed to combat the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri.
Monitoring of Land use/ land cover changes of Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India, using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System
Authors: Mayi Yomto , Jyrwa Joanica Delicia , Patnaik Santanu K
Published: June 2023

The advent of geospatial technology plays a vital role in identifying environmental problems and provides solutions to good decision-making. In India, much of wildlife research and management occurs in protected areas. Therefore, it is imperative to study the landscape dynamics of such areas. The present study aimed to investigate the spatio-temporal of land use/land cover (LULC) changes that occurred in Daying Ering wildlife sanctuary, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, for 10 years (2012-2022). The LULC were categorized into vegetation, water body, marsh, riverbed, and grassland. Supervised classification was used with the maximum likelihood algorithm in ERDAS 15.0 software. Post-assessment of the study area images revealed that there had been some major land changes whereby grassland has decreased by 25.10 %, an increase in the river bed (16.73%), and an increase in the water body (16.16%). The findings of the present study call for attention from researchers, environmentalists, policymakers, government officials and local villagers to study the consequences of LULC changes on vulnerable species and form mitigation/management measures accordingly.
Newly engineered nanoparticles as potential therapeutic agents for plants to ameliorate abiotic and biotic stress
Authors: Sharma Malika , Singh Pallavi
Published: June 2023

Food scarcity is a global concern that is growing every year. Biotic stress factors like pathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematode pests aggravate the situation by imparting detrimental effects on crops by unfavourably affecting their growth and yield. Abiotic stress factors include extreme heat and cold, drought, high salinity, floods, and heavy metal toxicity. Annually, millions of hectares of agricultural land worldwide are lost to these stress elicitors. To combat these stress factors, plants have developed strong defense mechanisms, including protective physical barriers, the overexpression of certain genes, and the production of secondary metabolites. Nanotechnology offers numerous novel and sustainable substitutes for conventional agriculture due to its potential uses in this field. Newly engineered nanoparticles (NENPs) are synthesized nanoparticles that are 1-100 nm in size and possess unique properties that help plants combat abiotic and biotic stress factors efficiently. NENPs are designed to ameliorate stress, alleviate nutrient inadequacy in soil, improve plant nutritional value, and overall boost crop productivity. This review illustrates the applications of various NENPs, which help plants cope with biotic and abiotic stresses. It highlights the effective induced changes that develop in the morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of different plants under stress and the role of NENPs. This review also highlights the toxic and deleterious effects of NENPs on the soil when used in higher doses and concludes with the prospects of NENPs in agriculture.
Studies on the relationship of weather on Fall armyworm damage in maize (Zea mays L.) under different growing environments
Authors: Haroli Mahesh , Ramanathan SP. , Dheebakaran GA. , Geethalakshmi V. , Kennedy J.S. , Duraisamy M.R.
Published: June 2023

Fall armyworm is a recently occurring invasive pest in India, the most important defoliator causing drastic damage to maize production. Hence, the present study aimed to understand the temporal infestation level of Fall armyworms on maize (Zea mays L.) with weather patterns. Field experiments were conducted during Summer (February-May) and Rainy seasons, 2022 (August-December) at Agro Climate Research Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Three different growing environments (GE1, GE2 and GE3) were created by providing staggered sowing. Regression models were developed for per cent leaf damage against three-days lagged (LT3) and seven-day lagged (LT7) weather variables. Results showed that irrespective of growing environments, weather variables showed negative correlation (Tmax: r = -0.57, -0.81*, -0.31; SSH: -0.30, -0.48, -0.39; Tmean: -0.49, -0.23, -0.30; and SR: -0.48, -0.94*, -0.40) during summer season whereas same variables (i.e Tmax =0.62*, 0.41, 0.33; SSH = 0.09, 0.68*, 0.24; Tmean = 0.29, 0.32, 0.44; and SR=0.13, 0 .67*, 0.26 ) showed a positive correlation with PLD. Rainfall exhibits positive relation (0.06, 0.54, 0.53) and negative correlation (-0.64*, -0.10, -0.02) during summer and rainy season, respectively. Among the regression models, LT7 model had higher R2 (0.65 and 0.76) than LT3 (0.57 and 0.68) during summer and rainy seasons, respectively. These models had good regression values of 0.56 and 0.70 during Rainy and Summer, respectively. It was concluded that Tmax (32.9 °C), Tmin (23.7 °C), Tmean (28.3 °C), RH-I (85.6%), RH-II (56.4%), SSH (4.1), SR (274.6 cal cm-2 m-2), afternoon cloud cover (4.8 okta) and weekly total rainfall (10.2 mm) were very conducive for the greater leaf damage.
A primary study on the degradation of low-density polyethylene treated with select oxidizing agents and starch
Authors: Palanna Arpana Pallavi , Sayantan D.
Published: June 2023

Polyethylene has become an integral part of our contemporary lives. The neoteric versatile nature of polyethylene is used in constructing various applications. Out of the plastic waste discarded, 60% of the plastic waste enters landfills. The polyethylene discarded in the soil and water on exposure to the environment forms macroplastics (>2.5 cm), mesoplastics (5 mm - 2.5 cm) and microplastics (<5 mm). Microplastics in the water and soil are observed to have lethal and ecotoxicological effects on aquatic and terrestrial organisms. They enter the food chain and permeate into the food that one eats. In order to address this impending concern, the present study aimed to treat plastics to form a degradable, safe and earthy material. The dissolved polyethylene was treated with starch and was made to react with oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid and acetic acid to lower its inert ability to withstand its degradation. The effect of starch and oxidizing agents on dissolved low density polyethylene was subsequently analysed. The analysis of treated polyethylene showed a decrease in its crystallinity percentage by 6.19 and an increase in its functional groups on reaction with solvent trichloroethylene made to react with starch and oxidizing agents. In the present research, tests were conducted to obtain the various methods that can be utilized to reverse the inert ability of polyethylene. The prevailing recycling model that uses antioxidation techniques is counterproductive since it was found that such techniques appeared to make the polyethylene more resistant to further degradation. In this study, the polyethylene was dissolved in the solvents, such as xylene and trichloroethylene, to make the polyethylene more susceptible to reactants and hence a viable model for treating polyethylene.
MIXED CONVECTIVE AND RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN A HORIZONTAL CONCENTRIC AND ECCENTRIC CYLINDRICAL ANNULI
Authors: Al-Hafidh Manal Hadi , Safwat Lina S.
Published: June 2023

A numerical investigation has been performed to study the effect of eccentricity on unsteady state, laminar aiding mixed convection in a horizontal concentric and eccentric cylindrical annulus. The outer cylinder was kept at a constant temperaturewhile the inner cylinder was heated with constant heat flux. The study involved numerical solution of transient momentum (Navier-Stokes) and energy equation using finite difference method (FDM), where the body fitted coordinate system (BFC) wasused to generate the grid mesh for computational plane. The governing equations were transformed to the vorticity-stream function formula as for momentum equations and to the temperature and stream function for energy equation.A computer program (Fortran 90) was built to calculate the bulk Nusselt number (Nub) after reaching steady state condition for fluid Prandtl number fixed at 0.7 (air) with radius ratio ( =2.6), Rayleigh number (Ra=200), Reynolds number (Re=50) for both concentric and eccentric cylindrical annulus with different eccentricity ratios (ε=0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75) and angular positions (φo=0o, 45o , 90o , 135o , 180o ).The results show a reasonable representation to the relation between Nusselt number and (ε, φo). Generally, Nub decreased with the increase in (ε and φo). Also, results show that the best thermal performance for the inner cylinder was at the angularposition (φo=0o ) for eccentricity ratio (ε=0.25), while the maximum reduction in the rate of heat transfer for the inner cylinder was at the angular position (φo=180o) for eccentricity ratio (ε=0.75).Comparison of the result with the previous work shows a good agreement.
TOTAL AND MATRIC SUCTION MEASUREMENT OF UNSATURATED SOILS IN BAGHDAD REGION BY FILTER PAPER METHOD
Authors: Fattah Mohammed Y. , Yahya Asma Y. , Ahmed Balqees A.
Published: June 2023

Soil suction is one of the most important parameters describing the moisture condition of unsaturated soils. The measurement of soil suction is crucial for applying the theories of the engineering behavior of unsaturated soils.The filter paper method is one of the soil suction measurement techniques In this paper, five soil samples were collected from five sites within Baghdad city – al-Rasafa region. These soils have different properties and they were prepared at different degrees of saturation. For each sample, the total and matric suction were measured by the filter paper method at different degrees of saturation. Then correlations were made between the soil properties and the total and matric suction. It was concluded that the suction increases with decrease of the degree of saturation. The relationships between the total and matric suction and the filter paper water content are approximately linear and indicate decrease of suction with increase of the filter paper water content. The total and matric suction increase with the decrease of the soil shear strength.
A Linear Programming Method Based Optimal Power Flow Problem for Iraqi Extra High Voltage Grid (EHV)
Authors: Tuaimah Firas Mohammed , Meteb Montather Fadhil
Published: June 2023

The objective of an Optimal Power Flow (OPF) algorithm is to find steady state operation point which minimizes generation cost, loss etc. while maintaining an acceptable system performance in terms of limits on generators real and reactive powers, line flow limits etc. The OPF solution includes an objective function. A common objective function concerns the active power generation cost. A Linear programming method is proposed to solve the OPF problem. The Linear Programming (LP) approach transforms the nonlinear optimization problem into an iterative algorithm that in each iteration solves a linear optimization problem resulting from linearization both the objective function and constrains. A computer program, written in MATLAB environment, is developed to represent the proposed method. The adopted program is applied for the first time on Iraqi 24 bus Extra High Voltage (EHV) network (400 kV). The required are data taken from the operation and control office, which belongs to the ministry of electricity.
Data Classification using Quantum Neural Network
Authors: Al- Majeed Ghassan H. , Alisa Zainab T. , Naji Hassan Saadallah
Published: June 2023

In this paper, integrated quantum neural network (QNN), which is a class of feedforward

neural networks (FFNN’s), is performed through emerging quantum computing (QC) with artificial neural network(ANN) classifier. It is used in data classification technique, and here iris flower data is used as a classification signals. For this purpose independent component analysis (ICA) is used as a feature extraction technique after normalization of these signals, the architecture of (QNN’s) has inherently built in fuzzy, hidden units of these networks (QNN’s) to develop quantized representations of sample information provided by the training data set in various graded levels of certainty. Experimental results presented here show that (QNN’s) are capable of recognizing structures in data, a property that conventional (FFNN’s) with sigmoidal hidden units lack. In addition, (QNN) gave a kind of fast and realistic results compared with the (FFNN). Simulation results indicate that QNN is superior (with total accuracy of 97.778%) than ANN (with total accuracy of 93.334%).
Organic Solid Waste in Vessel Composting System
Authors: Ibrahim Jathwa Abdul Karime , Abdul Majeed Al Taib Mohammed
Published: June 2023

Low-level microbial activity due to the production of organic acids is a recognized problem during the initial phase of food waste composting. Increasing such activity levels by adjusting the pH values during the initial composting phase is the primary objective to be investigated. In this study, sodium acetate (NaoAc) was introduced as an amendment to an in-vessel composting system. NaoAc was added when the pH of the compost mixture reached a low level (pH < 5), the addition increased pH to 5.8. This had a positive effect on the degradation of organic materials i.e. the formation of methane gas compared to the results without NaoAc addition.

The results also proved that anaerobic-aerobic in-vessel composting could reduce the large amounts of wastes by 33% -30%.

However the addition of NaoAc had no significant influence on temperature profile, bulk density, electric conductivity (EC), moisture contents, Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (NPK) and heavy metals )Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb) during the composting process, in fact heavy metals and (NPK) were below the maximum permissible levels of the Japanese organic farming and the USDA and US Compost Council standards .

To assess the performance of the composting process, two small-scale digesters were used with fixed temperature. Maximum methane content of 68±1% and 75±1% by volume of the generated biogas was achieved in the run without and with NaoAc respectively.

The germination  index  was  which  proved  that  the  stabilized  compost  obtained  in  this research is of the “mature" kind and it is satisfactory for agricultural use according to the organic farming recommended by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and USDA and US Compost Council standards.
The Human Body within Funerary Archaeology Research: from the Bearer of Material Culture to la Raison d'Être of the Funerary Complex
Authors:   University of Bucharest, Crețu Ciprian
Published: June 2023

The interest for graves, cemeteries, and other funerary structures was a constant in archaeologicalresearch since the pioneering period of this discipline in the 19th century. With regard to the actual human body (buried or treated in other various ways), archaeologists and anthropologists took different approaches which can be best understood only by taking into account the wider context in which they conducted their research. In this paper I will try to observe the evolution of the way in which the human body was regarded in the framework offunerary archaeology. I begin my analysis from the 19th century, when scholars operated a selection andretention mainly of skulls from the excavation in order to be able to classify individuals into ”races” and with astrong emphasis on the study of the associated artefacts, and conclude at the end of the 20th century, when the human body is at the heart of a complex research (it becomes the reason of being of the whole funerary ensemble) comprising the natural (field anthropology) and the social sciences and humanities.
Proportion and disproportion in Ancient Egyptian Art - The reign of Amenhotep IV/ Akhenaten
Authors:   Univesitatea Bucuresti, Stoica Lorena
Published: June 2023

During the New Kingdom (1550-1069) - a prosperous time for the ancient Egyptian monarchy, the reign of the pharaoh Amenhotep IV brings upon the traditional and conservatory society revolutionary changes that will led the ruler to be recognized in historiography as the Heretic King.1 Not only he revised the religious beliefs by promoting the sun disk Aten against the Theban god Amon, but he also moved the capital of Egypt to a new-build city - Akhet-aten and made changes in various domains such as art, architecture, literature, etc. At the end of the reign, his name was erased from public monuments and suffered a process of damnatio-memoriae. This article presents and briefly discusses the changes in the well established canons of proportions in the Ancient Egyptian art during the reign Amenhotep IV, with an included overview of the evolution of art from the Old Kingdom to the Amarna epoch, New Kingdom.
L'image de l'Autre dans la conception néo-assyrienne – la représentation de l'ennemi comme symbole du chaos et du mal
Authors: Costache Teodora
Published: June 2023

In the Assyrian Empire war is perceived as a factor of civilization and the Assyrians always define themselves in opposition with other populations. The geographic disposition of the Empire, inside the space called Mesopotamia, privileged the development of an antagonism towards the foreigner, due to the idea that the interior of the Empire is cultivated, well-structured, whereas the foreigners are uncultivated, savages, and chaotic.Myths, epics, royal inscriptions, and iconography are all important media that enable the diffusion of this ideology. The combat myths and their iconography present, in a symbolic way, the royal idea that the strangers are bad, that they represent a grave danger, therefore they have to be exterminated by the Assyrian king, the human correspondent of the gods. The way the monsters are described in all these mythological compositions parallels the one that describe the strangers and enemies. The Assyrian palatial reliefs, and also the minor arts use this motif in a recurrent way. The image of the tortured and decapitated enemy becomes the symbol of his defeat, of the Otherness, but most importantly, the symbol of the victorious Assyrians.
Ancient trophy monuments – origins, evolution and signification in the Greek world
Authors:   University of Bucharest, Ciobotaru Alina
Published: June 2023

Weapons and military equipment played a significant role in the life of ancient Greeks, not only as instruments needed in gaining victory on the battlefield, but as elements acquiring religious meanings in war contexts and being used in sacred ceremonies. Ancient Greek historians wrote about marvellous weapons dedicated in sanctuaries, and they mentioned trophy monuments erected on the battlefield, whose role was to delight the war Gods who helped the victorious army to defeat their enemies. The research of ancient trophy monuments needs to go back in time for the most important sources (archaeological proofs and literary evidences) regarding the first trophies from history. This paper is an attempt to reiterate the issues of the trophies, including their resemblance with the human body.
“Beauty has no price, for a beautiful woman has the world at her feet”: representations of the female body in advertisements printed in “Realitatea Ilustrată” magazine
Authors:   University of Bucharest, Mihăilă Vlad
Published: June 2023

Printed interwar advertisements articulated a discourse that served both to promote specific meanings attached to femininity – physical beauty as a central social and symbolic female quality – and to define precise social sanctions that could be applied to women that did not know or follow normative beauty standards. Distinguishing constantly between what was desirable and what was repulsive, between the ideal and the imperfect, ad makers employed a series of visual and textual representations of the female body as a means to create a polarized and reductionist discourse, which in turn aimed to reduce the number and validity of definitions attached to femininity. The resulting symbolic antithesis stated that a beautiful woman was a model of social, economic and personal success, in stark opposition to the woman that did not value her physical appearance, doomed to live an unhappy and meaningless life, bereft of familial or professional fulfillment. This article will argue that representations of the female body created by the interwar advertising discourse played an important role in the structuring and dissemination of specific gender roles, expectations and stereotypes associated with femininity. The study is centered on qualitative analysis of a selection of ads printed between 1927 and 1940 in a well-known Romanian popular magazine – “Realitatea Ilustrată”.Printed interwar advertisements articulated a discourse that served both to promote specific meanings attached to femininity – physical beauty as a central social and symbolic female quality – and to define precise social sanctions that could be applied to women that did not know or follow normative beauty standards. Distinguishing constantly between what was desirable and what was repulsive, between the ideal and the imperfect, ad makers employed a series of visual and textual representations of the female body as a means to create a polarized and reductionist discourse, which in turn aimed to reduce the number and validity of definitions attached to femininity. The resulting symbolic antithesis stated that a beautiful woman was a model of social, economic and personal success, in stark opposition to the woman that did not value her physical appearance, doomed to live an unhappy and meaningless life, bereft of familial or professional fulfillment. This article will argue that representations of the female body created by the interwar advertising discourse played an important role in the structuring and dissemination of specific gender roles, expectations and stereotypes associated with femininity. The study is centered on qualitative analysis of a selection of ads printed between 1927 and 1940 in a well-known Romanian popular magazine – “Realitatea Ilustrată”.
Secondary glass kilns and local glass production in Tomis during the Roman times
Authors:   Museum of National History and Archaeology, Constanța, Romania, Cliante Laurențiu , Țârlea Alexandra ,   University of Bucharest
Published: June 2023

The aim of this paper is to present a series of finds from Tomis (Constanţa County, Romania) indicating the existence of secondary glass production in this city during the Roman period, most probably covering a chronological framework between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE. Using as a starting point the yet unpublished find of the remains of a secondary glass kiln on Ecaterina Varga Street, the article reviews all the similar instances known so far from Tomis, both published and unpublished. This situation is discussed in connection to another category of archaeological finds susceptible of bringing new information on the glass production in Tomis, several vessels belonging to Bucovală type XXV with undetached moils, feature which could serve as an argument in favour of their local production.
Rethinking Nuclear Risk in the Post-Fukushima Era
Authors: Ionescu Tudor
Published: June 2023

The paper discusses some issues concerning the different types of risks entailed by the civil uses of nuclear technology around the turn of the millennium. This discussion is meant as an introduction into a broadly studied topic revived by the Fukushima accident from 2011. As we shall see, some important theoretical strands from the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and elsewhere concerning nuclear risks have their roots in observations about the Chernobyl nuclear accident from 1986 and the less severe accident at Three Mile Island from 1979. These accidents, along with other technological crises have inspired scholars, including Ulrich Beck, Charles Perrow, Brian Wynne, Sheila Jasanoff, and William Kinsella—to name but a few—to shed a different light upon technological failure. The results of the work of these scholars were turned into social theories and sensitizing concepts about technological risk, expertise, and techno-political regimes, which have influenced the way we think about nuclear and other risks today. In the next section, we introduce some of these theories and concepts to set the stage for a discussion of different models for conceptualizing and communicating risk before proposing one of our own. We then briefly discuss radiation maps in light of what Jasanoff termed “technologies of hubris and humility” and provide an outlook into future topics of potential interest in relation to nuclear risk.
Legacy of Two Crowns: Romanians and Vlachs
Authors: Marin Mircea C.
Published: June 2023

The Romanian community living in the post-post Yugoslav Republic of Serbia presents the particularity of being split between two groups self-naming themselves with different yet equivalent names: Romanians and Vlachs. Their different modernization experiences explain this particularity of self-identification. The two cases confirm the thesis that the modern nation is a construct, a build community while the primordial elements of identity, the ethnicity, the similarity of spoken idioms, and (in some cases) the confessional particularity, does not evolve into a modern national identity without the action of an agent. The role of the state is crucial: depending on its agenda it may foster or block the group’s emancipation and identity conservation efforts. Assimilation programs may have different results depending on the general development degree of the cultural-ethnic community - modernized communities, with strong intelligentsia and bourgeoisie are able to resist successfully to strong pressure and repressive acts, while less modernized, traditional communities are more easily assimilated.
The Vietnam War. A perspective
Authors: Mateescu Ioan Dragoș
Published: June 2023

This article is about a very important geopolitical phenomenon of the Cold War meaning the Vietnam War between the Americans and their allies, and the North Vietnamese and Vietcong. We are going to analyze the causes of the Vietnam War, its progress and its consequences from a military, political and psychological point of view. Furthermore this article is going to analyze the impact of the war on the American culture.
The Post-Conflict Reconstruction and the Implications of Kosovo-Serbia Tensions for the Regional Security
Authors: Micu Andrei Alexandru
Published: June 2023

The Western Balkans is an area of discontinuity in terms of European integration, the state of the affairs representing a direct effect of the civil war that led to the collapse of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The concerns about the Balkan geopolitical climate dominate the last decade of the 20th century, with the humanitarian implications that exacerbated nationalism episodes brought to the forefront, at a time when the Communist regimes were already gone, and the Euro-Atlantic integration was the goal the main post-revolutionary agenda at the East. The study case follows the security impact that the of Kosovo-Serbia binomial has, the first being the province that later became a self-governing state, at the periphery of European construction, but with the security guaranteed by NATO's permanent mission on site. The specificity of the developments between Belgrade and Pristina is one of the issues to be considered when analyzing the European paradigm on the medium and long-term developments of the region is debated. At a time when European actors continue to develop a common identity based on secular European ideas, Kosovo is one of the exceptions that come to confirm the rule. Therefore, European integration must be doubled by redrawing intra-regional relations, with the aim of reconciling and normalizing relations.On the other hand, the phenomenology in Yugoslavia is a complex one, practically distinguishing an overlapping of processes: the fall of communism, the collapse of federal statehood, territorial secessionism among the hereditary republics, and then a civil war between the former Yugoslavia. From a historical perspective, the Balkan space is one of the most animated spaces of the nationalist movements, movements on the basis of which we have paradoxical processes: the formation of the state entity after the First World War, and its disintegration with the end of the Cold War.
Italy's view on Turkey Joining the Atlantic Treaty (1949-1952)
Authors:   University of Bucharest, Mustățea Mihaela
Published: June 2023

This study aims to examine the difficult way in which Turkey and Greece negotiated their membership applications in the North-Atlantic Treaty and it analyzes the consequences of this foreign policy choice which placed these countries in one of the Cold War teams. Heavy emphasis was put on the reasons why the Italian administration considered and supported these states’ demands for security. Essentially, this study tried to redraw the diplomatic effort, using documents from the collections of the Italian diplomacy (I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani), mostly from the recently published 11th/XI series, which discuses Italy’s political and diplomatic view within NATO. It is also worth mentioning that this study also followed the attitudes and reactions of the government in Athens regarding the issue of the first expansion of the Atlantic Alliance, although the author placed emphasis on the more fleshed out policy of the Turkish Government, another reason being its influence in the Middle East and among the Arab states.
"Substantial progress has taken place in [the]United States-Rumanian relations": The Road to Upgrading the Level of Diplomatic Missions from Bucharest and Washington 1961-1964
Authors: Sandu Letiția
Published: June 2023

This study represents an analysis of the United States-Romanian relations during 1961-1964, focusing on the background process that led to the elevation of diplomatic missions to embassy status in June 1964. Primarily based on documents from the American and Romanian archives, it reveals the path to diplomatic ties’ improvement during the Kennedy years and the Johnson Administration’s first year. While Romania was seeking to distance itself from the Moscow’s economic and political control and to strengthen its domestic and foreign position, the United States started to reexamine her relations with the satellite – countries from Eastern Europe. In this regard, the study explains how the US’ perception toward Romania started to change, what gestures and actions influenced this change and how the bilateral relations registered progress amidst Cold War crises and international tensions.
Tugas Essay Manajemen BMT
Authors: Taufiq Istianah
Published: June 2023

PERAN BAITUL MAAL WA TAMWIL (BMT) DALAM UPAYA PEMBERDAYAAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT
Instrumen dan Komponen Kebijakan Fiskal Islami
Authors: Waasi Nur
Published: June 2023

Kebijakan fiskal atau yang disebut juga dengan kebijakan anggaran adalah kebijakan yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah melalui instrumen kebijakan fiskal seperti pengaturan pengeluaran maupun pendapatan negara yang ditujukan untuk mempengaruhi tingkat permintaan agregat didalam perekonomian.
Why and How Patients Complain: Decoding Patterns of Patient Complaint Behaviour in Private and Public Hospitals
Authors: Omari Firas , Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid  , Ya’akub Noor Inayah
Published: June 2023

The spread of diseases underscores the significance of understanding the patient complaint behaviour in order to deliver a quick responsiveness in a very empathetic, reliable, and courteous manner that helps patient recovering from illness as soon as possible. Our study mainly examines patient complaint behaviour, including the propensity to complain, engage in negative word of mouth, switch healthcare providers, and seek third-party assistance, within private and public hospitals in Damascus, Syria. Convenience sampling method was used to select 446 patients from four hospitals (two private and two public) in the Syrian capital Damascus. Structural equation modelling (SEM) implemented to empirically test the proposed hypotheses and to examine the significance relationship between the constructs. our findings indicate that complaint behaviour among Syrian patients in public hospitals differs significantly from that observed in private hospitals. Besides, in the private healthcare sector, our empirical findings provide substantial evidence of a significant association between price consciousness and the propensity to voice complaints (β= 0.36, P<0.00). However, in the public healthcare sector, the relationship between price consciousness and the propensity to complain is not statistically significant (β= 0.33, P >0.05). The findings of this study will provide valuable insights for policymakers and hospital administrators in mitigating the effects of complaints, minimizing their adverse impact on the quality of care, and improving patients' capacity to express their discontent. To the authors' knowledge, this study represents a distinctive and unique contribution as it explores and compares patient complaint behaviour in public and private hospitals, specifically within the context of developing countries. It provides a valuable contribution by addressing an area that has not been extensively explored.
Non-destructive Prediction Models for Estimation of Leaf Area for Most Commonly Grown Vegetable Crops in Ethiopia
Authors: Khan Zahid
Published: June 2023

Non-destructive Prediction Models for Estimation of LeafArea for Most Commonly Grown Vegetable Crops inEthiopia
Application of Logistic Regression Model in an Epidemiological Study
Authors: Khan Zahid
Published: June 2023

Application of Logistic Regression Model in anEpidemiological Study
Analisis Sektor Pendidikan, Ekonomi, dan Pariwisata Untuk Pembangunan Berkelanjutan
Authors: Mesra Romi
Published: June 2023

Fenomena pembangunan berkelanjutan dipandang sebagai sesuatu yang penting untuk ditelaah lebih lanjut. Secara umum sektor pendidikan, ekonomi, dan pariwisata menjadi ujung tombak pembangunan berkelanjutan di Indonesia. Masing-masing sektor memiliki kontribusi besar untuk kesejahteraan masyarakat dan memiliki hubungan yang saling melengkapi. Tim penulis berusaha menghadirkan warna dan pemahaman yang berbeda ketika melihat sebuah fenomena pembangunan berkelanjutan. Terakhir, kami menyampaikan banyak terima kasih kepada seluruh pihak yang terlibat selama proses penyusunan naskah hingga menjadi buku yang utuh. Semoga tulisan yang terangkum dalam buku ini bisa memberikan kontribusi bagi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan demi mewujudkan pembangunan berkelanjutan yang optimal.
Tugas Essai Manajemen BMT
Authors: saifullah Aan
Published: June 2023

Baitul Mal Wa Tamwil (BMT) terdiri dari dari dua frase Baitul Mal dan Baitul Tamwil, secara harfiah/lughowi Baitul Maal berarti rumah dana dan Baitul Tamwil berarti rumah usaha.
Late-Binding Scholarship in the Age of AI
Authors: Tomlinson Bill , Torrance Andrew W. , Black Rebecca W. , Patterson Donald J.
Published: June 2023

Scholarly processes play a pivotal role in discovering, challenging, improving, advancing, synthesizing, codifying, and disseminating knowledge. Since the 17th Century, both the quality and quantity of knowledge that scholarship has produced have increased tremendously, granting academic research a pivotal role in ensuring material and social progress. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to enable a new leap in the creation of scholarly content. New forms of engagement with AI systems, such as collaborations with large language models like GPT-3, offer affordances that will change the nature of both the scholarly process and the artifacts it produces. This article articulates ways in which those artifacts can be written, distributed, read, organized, and stored that are more dynamic, and potentially more effective, than current academic practices.
The Impact of social media on Mental Health: Exploring the Challenges and Promoting Digital Well-being
Authors: Kamran Dukan Kihiali bhuwana
Published: June 2023

This paper investigates the impact of social media on mental health, focusing on the challenges itposes and the strategies to promote digital well-being. The abstract provides a concise summaryof the key points discussed in the paper, highlighting the negative effects of social media on mentalhealth, such as increased anxiety and depression, and explores the importance of fostering healthyonline behaviors and promoting positive engagement.
CONTEXTUAL RENEWAL OF IBN KHALDUN'S THEORY: INTEGRATING INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Ma'arif Khoirul
Published: June 2023

This research proposes the concept of "Contextual Renewal" to integrate the intellectual legacy of Ibn Khaldun's theory into contemporary social analysis. The main objective of this study is to investigate the potential of Ibn Khaldun's theory in understanding contemporary social phenomena and dealing with the complexity of current social challenges. This research will analyze the central principles in Ibn Khaldun's theory, such as the concepts of 'asabiyyah' (social solidarity), 'umran' (cycle of progress and collapse), and 'fitrah' (basic human tendencies), and consider their relevance in the context of globalization, technological transformation, and rapid social dynamics. Appropriate research methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed approaches, will apply Ibn Khaldun's theories in contemporary social analysis. This research is expected to provide new insights into the potential contribution of Ibn Khaldun's theory in understanding social change, community development, and power dynamics in the modern era.
On a Solution of a Third Kind Mixed Integro-Differential Equation with Singular Kernel Using Orthogonal Polynomial Method
Authors: Khan Zahid
Published: June 2023

On a Solution of a Third Kind Mixed Integro-DifferentialEquation with Singular Kernel Using OrthogonalPolynomial Method
Những người kiến tạo không gian và văn hóa khoa học Phenikaa
Authors: Huyền Nguyễn Thanh Thanh
Published: June 2023

Bảng xếp hạng Nature Index 2021 của Việt Nam (sử dụng dữ liệu năm 2020, tính từ ngày 1-1-2020 tới 31-12-2020) đã vinh danh trường Đại học Phenikaa ở vị trí dẫn đầu với hai chỉ số Article Count (AC) và Fractional Count (FC) lần lượt là 10 và 6.76.