bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Automated Framework for Ensuring Information Consistency in Price List Tendering Document
Authors: Gatto Chiara , Gholamzadehmir Maryam , Zampogna Marta , Mirarchi Claudio , Pavan Alberto
Published: February 2024

Effective cost estimation for tendering plays a critical role in the building construction process, enabling efficient investment management and ensuring successful execution of the construction phase. Traditional cost estimation procedure involves manual information processing to extract and match technical data from textual description construction resources. This activity requires practitioner deep experience and manual effort, often resulting in errors and, in the worst scenario, judicial disputes.
In response to the increasing demand for structured information and automated processes, this study addresses the need for Public Administrations to achieve better control over the data contained in public tendering documents provided to practitioners. To fulfill this objective, a framework is proposed to automatically retrieve information from these documents, serving as a support tool to map items within the documents, highlight missing data, and critical semantic ambiguity.
The designed framework aims to develop a tool for automatically identifying similarities between work items and their corresponding elementary resource items in Price List tendering documents. By leveraging the information retrieval NLP technique of cosine similarity through TF-IDF, a methodology was developed to support and facilitate practitioners' activities. Finally, the framework was tested on four case studies extracted from Lombardy Regional Italian price list documents showing that the resulting support tool is able to automate the analysis process and efficiently reveal inconsistency. The model successfully extracted and correctly matched the elementary resource to the corresponding work query in 75% of the cases where the elementary resource was present in the list. Additionally, the model proved to be a valuable tool in helping practitioners identify missing resources
Indoor Trajectory Reconstruction Using Building Information Modeling and Graph Neural Networks
Authors: Li Mingkai , Wong Peter Kok-Yiu , Huang Cong , Cheng Jack C. P.
Published: February 2024

Trajectory reconstruction of pedestrian is of paramount importance to understand crowd dynamics and human movement pattern, which will provide insights to improve building design, facility management and route planning. Camera-based tracking methods have been widely explored with the rapid development of deep learning techniques. When moving to indoor environment, many challenges occur, including occlusions, complex environments and limited camera placement and coverage. Therefore, we propose a novel indoor trajectory reconstruction method using building information modeling (BIM) and graph neural network (GNN). A spatial graph representation is proposed for indoor environment to capture the spatial relationships of indoor areas and monitoring points. Closed circuit television (CCTV) system is integrated with BIM model through camera registration. Pedestrian simulation is conducted based on the BIM model to simulate the pedestrian movement in the considered indoor environment. The simulation results are embedded into the spatial graph for training of GNN. The indoor trajectory reconstruction is implemented as GNN conducts edge classification on the spatial graph
Planning Alternative Building Façade Designs Using Image Generative AI and Local Identity
Authors: Jo Hayoung , Chae Sumin , Choi Su Hyung , Lee Jin-Kook
Published: February 2024

This paper describes an approach utilizing Generative AI to support diverse design alternatives for building facades based on the local identity. Extensive research is currently being conducted for exploring the applications of LLM-based generative AI models to diverse kinds of visualizations. By applying generative AI to facade design, the study aims to develop additional training models that generate alternative design options reflecting local identity, facilitating the acquisition of remodel design images from multiple texts and images. Building facades in cities and regions are essential for people's aesthetic perception and understanding of the local environment, enabling the recognition and differentiation of specific areas from others. Therefore, implementation method of the additional training model based on generative AI in this study, reflecting this, can be summarized as follows: 1) collection and pre-processing of image data using Street View, 2) pairing text data with image data, 3) conducting additional training and testing with various inputs, 4) proposing relevant application methods. This approach can be expected to enable efficient communication of design at an early stage of the architectural design process beyond traditional 3D modeling and rendering tools
Real-Time Geometry Assessment Using Laser Line Scanner During Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing of SS316L Component with Sharp Feature
Authors: Yang Liu , Wang Boyu , Cheng Jack C. P. , Liu Peipei , Sohn Hoon
Published: February 2024

Directed energy deposition (DED) is a major metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology that is increasingly used in many industries due to its ability to manufacture complex components of arbitrary shapes and sizes. However, a lack of timely geometry assessment and the consequent geometry control hinders the development of DED towards zero defect manufacturing. In this study, a real-time geometry assessment methodology is developed for laser pow-der directed energy deposition (LP-DED). A geometry assessment system is developed using a laser line scanner capable of inspecting the melt pool area, the just solidified area, as well as layer-wise inspection. An image processing method with an encoder-decoder based profile completion network was developed to obtain accurate track profile in images from real-time inspection. Experiments have been conducted to validate the proposed methodology by depositing multi-layer X-shape objects
A Pragmatics Analysis of Language Use in Selected Nigerian Newspaper Headlines on Banditry Reportage
Authors: Ojoo Saidu Yahaya , Ibrahim Almu Gafai
Published: February 2024

The paper examines the analysis of language use in Nigerian Newspapers on banditry Reportage. A Speech Act Analysis of headlines in The Guardian and The Punch newspaper reports on banditry are considered with a view to finding out the speech acts that characterize the headlines. The speech act presents and documents locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts that convey the intention of speakers in banditry speeches. In an attempt to carry out the analysis, the study randomly collected 16 headlines on banditry from the Punch newspaper and the Guardian newspaper respectively. These headlines were analyzed to reveal their speech act import. The study adopted a qualitative descriptive research method. The speech act theory as modified by Searle (1969) serves as the theoretical framework of analysis for the study. The findings reveal that three of the five speech acts modified are found in the headlines reported in the selected newspaper headlines but the assertive dominates the occurrence of the speech acts. In conclusion, headlines reported concerning banditry may serve as weapons of negotiation, dialogue, intimidation, blackmail, incitement and coercion and thus create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety within the country. Based on this, the paper recommends that language users or communicators on either side of the contention must think before they speak, such speech should be devoid of rage, emotion, and irrationality, but must reflect calm, reality and humility.
Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programme on Livelihoods and Wellbeing of Community Members of Kaugama LGA of Jigawa State
Authors: Kwassam MAITALATA Yakubu , Ade ALIEGBA Becky
Published: February 2024

This study investigated the effects of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme on the livelihoods and well-being of community members in Kaugama Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Conditional Cash Transfer programmes have gained prominence as a poverty alleviation strategy for low-income countries. The research employed a narrative method with qualitative assessments. The study adopted both primary and secondary methods of data collection through the means of survey and documentary methods of data collection. The primary data analysed in this study was collected using a structured interview, while the secondary data was collected from the documented records of the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO). Tables, percentages, and content analysis methods were used to analyse the data. This study utilised Social Capital Theory to advance credible arguments for the discourse. From the findings made, it was concluded that the Conditional Cash Transfer programme has improved the food consumption of beneficiaries, enhanced access to health facilities for beneficiaries and enabled them to enrol more of their children in schools. One of the recommendations was that, based on the promising outcomes in the Kaugama Local Government Area, more funding should be provided for the Conditional Cash Transfer programme to upscale it to cover more beneficiaries in Jigawa State. This could have a wider-reaching positive impact on food security, healthcare access, and education in the state in particular and the nation at large.
Rikiɗa a Ƙirar Kalma: Tsokaci a Kan Fasalin Ƙirar Kalma a Hausa
Authors: Muhammad Dr. Isah A. , Bashir Abdullahi
Published: February 2024

Sauyi a ilimin ƙirar kalma batu ne mai matuƙar muhimmanci. Haka kuma, babban guzuri ne na bayanin fasalin ƙirar kalmomi a harshe. A Hausa, fitattun ayyukan da suka yi bayani a kan sauyi, akwai Malumfashi (1986) wanda ya yi a kan sauyi na ƙirar kalma, sai Yakasai (2006) wanda ya mayar da hankali a kan sauyin zati da na nahawu a muhallin ninki a Hausa. Shi kuwa Sani (2011), ya yi bayani ne a kan wasu daga cikin sauye-sauyen da akan samu ta fuskar tsarin sauti. Wannan ya nuna salon binciken da aka yi wa sauyi a ilimin ƙirar kalma na zaman ‘yan marina ne, domin kuwa, kowanne da inda ya sa gaba, watau ba a haɗa su wuri ɗaya balle ma a fito da kyawun da yake cikin wannan sauyi. A taƙaice dai, wannan maƙala ta ƙudurci tattaro waɗannan sauye-sauyen tare da yin bayanin kowanensu da kuma yadda yake aukuwa a tsakanin kalmomin Hausa saboda ganin irin muhimmiyar rawar da suke takawa wajen bayanin abin da ya shafi ginin kalmomi. Waɗannan sauye-sauyen su ne: Sauyi na tsarin sauti; kamar a kalmomin gidaa da gidàajee da sauyi na ƙirar kalma; kamar a ràagoo da tunkìyaa da sauyi na zatin kalma; kamar a laalàataa da magoorii da sauyi na al’umma; kamar a kalmar kyâutaa a al’ummar Sakkwato da Kano da kuma sauyi na nahawu; kamar a tàakàa lumui da tàakàlmii ko saura yà yii da sauràyii. Muƙalar ta ƙunshi gabatarwa sai bayani a kan ilimin ƙirar kalma da kuma bayani a kan sauye-sauyen da akan samu a ƙirar kalmomin Hausa.
A Lexico-Semantics Study of Dr Martin Luther King’s Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech of 10th December 1964
Authors: JAMES., Anthony, , OJO., Onome, , PANE Altine, Yakubu , LAGAN Blessing Saina’an , SONGDEN Rejoice, James
Published: February 2024

This study carried out a lexical-semantic study of Dr Martin Luther King’s Jr. Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on 10th December 1964. The investigation discovered that there are various lexical-semantic theories that must be applied to the interpretation of meaning in a given text. In this case, the Principles of Recursiveness, Composition, Relevance, Informativeness, Scalar-Implicature, Function and Denotation were used to analyse the speech to ascertain the rhetorical power of the speech and how the fluency of meaning was achieved by the speaker (Dr Martin Luther King Jr) choice of words. The study discovered that the speaker did not only carefully choose his words to meet the standard of the above-laid principles, but at the same time ensured that these semantic theories enhanced the effectiveness of the speech. These facts were revealed in the study. This is why “words” form the thread on which we string our experiences Aldous Huxley (1937).
Ƙirƙira da Harɗantawa a Sunayen ‘Yan Ta’adda a Arewa Maso Yammacin Nijeriya
Authors: Fada Isah Sarkin , Abdullahi Musa
Published: February 2024

Ana samun sauye-sauye a harshe ta hanyar bunƙasa da faɗaɗa da kuma samun sababbin al’amurra cikinsa da sukan faru lokaci-lokaci. Harshe yana bunƙasa ne sakamakon ƙaruwar yawan masu magana da shi. Haka kuma yana samun naƙasu sakamakon raguwar ‘yan asalin harshen da ke magana da shi. Wannan maƙala mai taken ‘Nazarin ƙirƙira da ma’anar wasu sunayen ‘yan ta’adda a Arewa Maso Yammacin Nijeriya.’ Wannan maƙala ce da ta yi nazarin bunƙasar harshen Hausa da aka samu dalilin ayyukan masu ta’addanci a wasu yankunan Arewa maso Yammacin Nijeriya. Maƙalar ta yi ƙoƙarin fitowa da wasu sababbin sunayen da ‘yan ta’adda suke kiran kansu da su waɗanda suka ƙirƙirawa kansu domin amfani da su wajen sadarwarsu ta yau da kullum da kuma wasu sunaye da mutane suke kiran su da su. Manufar maƙalar ita ce, tabbatar da bunƙasar da harshen Hausa ya samu a dalilin ayyukan ‘yan ta’adda ta hanyar samar da ƙirƙirarrun sunaye na gama-gari da ake kiran su da su da kuma sunayen da suke laƙabawa kansu da kuma sunayen da ake yi masu. An yi amfani da ra’in ‘Dangantakar Harshe da Rikici’ (Language of Violence) na Smith, Alison G. da wasu (2008), wajen gudanar da wannan bincike wanda yake magana a kan sadarwa tsakanin ‘yan ta’adda da waɗanda ke yaƙar su. Ra’in ya bayyana cewa, idan aka yi la’akari da kalmomin da ɓangaroirin biyu ke furtawa, to akwai abubuwan da ake samarwa dangane da harshe da bunƙasarsa. Daga cikin dabarun da aka yi amfani da su wajen tattara bayanan da aka rubuta wannan maƙalar akwai; tattaunawa da ‘yan ta’adda da suka tuba da mutanen da aka yi garkuwa da su domin neman kuɗin fansa, amma daga baya suka samu ‘yanci, da ‘yan jarida da wasu ɗaiɗaikun mutane da ayyukan ta’addanci suke aukawa a cikin yankunansu. Haka kuma da sunayen da ake ji na ‘yan ta’adda a kafafen sadarwa da kuma hanyar sadarwa na rediyo da talabijin da jaridu da mujallu ta intanet.
بلاغة التشيه في شعر الباغوي
Authors: هارون د. أدهم ميتكردا طلحة و يحيى محمد
Published: February 2024

كان الشاعر الباغوي خارجا عن البيئة العربية ، ومع ذلك أبدع الشعر بالعربية لحرصه على هذه اللغة لما يراه هو ومن نحا ونحوه من أن تعلم العربية دينا يتمسك به ، وكان الشاعر بارعا في التشبيه كثير المبالغة في الوصف يحسن التصوير في كل غرض من أغراض الشعر ، وله مكانته بين الأدباء في بيئته ، وفي الشعراء الديني الصوفي كافة، وكان شعره مصقولا ومسترسلا وخاليا من التكلف والتصنع ومن كل ما يؤدي إلى الغموض في الفكر والمعنى، فقد قرض القصائد الرائعة مختلفة الأغراض، في المناسبات عدة، مما يؤكد تمكنه في الصناعة الشعرية وجودة إنتاجه الأبي.
Use of Healthcare Claims Data to Generate Real-World Evidence on Patients With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Practical Considerations for Research
Authors: Stamas Nicole , Vincent Tom , Evans Kathryn , Li Qian , Danielson Vanessa , Lassagne Reginald , Berger Ariel
Published: February 2024

Objectives: Regulatory bodies, health technology assessment agencies, payers, physicians, and other decision-makers increasingly recognize the importance of real-world evidence (RWE) to provide important and relevant insights on treatment patterns, burden/cost of illness, product safety, and long-term and comparative effectiveness. However, RWE generation requires a careful approach to ensure rigorous analysis and interpretation. There are limited examples of comprehensive methodology for the generation of RWE on patients who have undergone neuromodulation for drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). This is likely due, at least in part, to the many challenges inherent in using real-world data to define DRE, neuromodulation (including type implanted), and related outcomes of interest. We sought to provide recommendations to enable generation of robust RWE that can increase knowledge of “real-world” patients with DRE and help inform the difficult decisions regarding treatment choices and reimbursement for this particularly vulnerable population.

Methods: We drew upon our collective decades of experience in RWE generation and relevant disciplines (epidemiology, health economics, and biostatistics) to describe challenges inherent to this therapeutic area and to provide potential solutions thereto within healthcare claims databases. Several examples were provided from our experiences in DRE to further illustrate our recommendations for generation of robust RWE in this therapeutic area.

Results: Our recommendations focus on considerations for the selection of an appropriate data source, development of a study timeline, exposure allotment (specifically, neuromodulation implantation for patients with DRE), and ascertainment of relevant outcomes.

Conclusions: The need for RWE to inform healthcare decisions has never been greater and continues to grow in importance to regulators, payers, physicians, and other key stakeholders. However, as real-world data sources used to generate RWE are typically generated for reasons other than research, rigorous methodology is required to minimize bias and fully unlock their value.
Frequency of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Diabetic Patients without Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Authors: Mutlu Bilgiç Nermin , Özel Ahmet Melih , Uygur Bayramiçli Oya , Bulur Atilla
Published: February 2024

Objective: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) represents a complex metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia resulting from insulin dysfunction. Numerous studies have underscored the prevalence of gastrointestinal  complications in individuals with DM. gastrointestinal  complications in DM patients primarily stem from changes in gastrointestinal motility patterns. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of asymptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in patients with DM due to the frequent occurrence of gastrointestinal (GI) complications in DM patients, which are often underdiagnosed owing to their asymptomatic nature. We further aimed to elucidate the potential correlations between GERD and peripheral neuropathy in DM patients.
Materials and Methods: Within this prospective study, 20 patients diagnosed with DM and without symptoms of GERD were selected from the Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology outpatient clinics. Patients were diagnosed with the primary method of GERD detection 24-hour ambulatory pH monitoring. Patients, devoid of any GERD symptoms and dyspepsia, were assessed through a dyspepsia questionnaire, followed by determining fasting glucose levels, HbA1c values, and Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations. Subsequent evaluations involved esophageal manometry and 24-hour ambulatory.
Results: The evaluation of results using 24-hour ambulatory pH meter testing revealed a 40% prevalence of GERD in asymptomatic DM patients (8 out of 20 patients). A comparative analysis between DM patients with and without GERD, based on age, sex, BMI, HbA1c values, and fasting blood glucose levels, demonstrated no statistically significant differences. However, the frequency of GERD was significantly elevated in asymptomatic DM patients compared to the general population in our country (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The findings indicate that 40% of DM patients exhibit GERD even in the absence of symptoms, highlighting the ubiquity of GI symptoms and complications in DM patients. This underscores the critical need for enhanced vigilance and proactive measures for GERD complications in this demographic. Implementing precise dietary plans, lifestyle modifications, and appropriate pharmacologic interventions can substantially ameliorate the quality of life and thwart GERD-related complications, even in DM patients not manifesting overt GERD symptoms.
Disease and Dis-Ease amid Covid-19
Authors: Gondwe Nomzamo
Published: February 2024

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan China in early 2019, the global spread of this virus has impacted markets, health systems and general households across the world. Even with draconian containment measures, such as monitored movement restrictions, closed borders and the various lockdowns, the disease has appeared highly difficult to contain. Within a few months, it reached all BRICS countries, affecting more than 39.7 million people, which accounts for 26.3 percent of global infections, declaring it a global pandemic by the WHO.  Unfortunately, the rapid spread and imposing nature of this virus has not provided countries with enough time and space to reflect on the far-reaching consequences that arise from poor public policy measures as well as disease control measures by their respective health systems. As a result, a lot of dis-ease amongst the public, government policy implementers and health care providers has raised. This has negatively impacted people's day-to-day activities and lives. Increased mortality rates amongst the elderly have been a growing concern as well as the increasing effects on all other age groups across BRICS countries. Using a comparative study approach, this paper seeks to analyse the effects of Covid-19 and the dis-ease that arises from its proximity in BRICS countries. Additionally, the paper will provide a qualitative overview of public policy approaches comparing the member countries, and addressing the effects of this pandemic and the dis-ease it has caused amongst BRICS countries.
BRICS Shaping the Course of Humanity
Authors: Bricsology
Published: February 2024

Opening the 14th summit of the BRICS, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, said the BRICS had demonstrated resilience and vitality, that they together faced many shared challenges and opportunities. They practically coordinated their efforts, enhanced cooperation and used solidarity to confront shared difficulties. Held under the 2022 theme -Fostering High-quality Partnership and Embarking on a New Journey of BRICS Cooperation- the BRICS theme hoped to “shape the course of humanity”, Jinping reminded his peers.
TEACHER EDUCATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION
Authors: Dr. Afshan Anees
Published: February 2024

A teacher plays an important role to mould the behaviour of the students. To maintain the quality of School Education is only possible by the support of good teacher. Teacher education is the only the way to maintain the good quality of teachers training. Teacher learning or training is a continuous never-ending process which promotes teachers teaching skills, master novel knowledge; develop better or newer proficiency, which in return assists in improving students learning. Teaching is that profession which promote the qualitative preparation of teachers the at all stages of education, including at the Early Childhood Stage which requires special attention and creation of a learning environment for children which is joyful, play based and developmentally appropriate. This full length paper define the concept of teacher and teacher education and also highlighted the importance of of early child care and education . this paper also describe the challenges faced by teacher of early education.
KEY WORDS: Teacher, Teacher Education, Early Childhood, Early Childhood Education, Learning Environment
Programa de intervención para mejorar el entorno organizacional de una empresa con base en la NOM-035-STPS-2018
Authors: Elizabeth Duarte Beltrán Elizabeth Duarte Beltrán
Published: February 2024

Para diseñar un programa de intervención que mejore el entorno organizacional de una empresa como lo demanda la NOM-035-STP-2018 es necesario comprender que programa es el documento que permite promover y realizar acciones para dar cumplimiento a las normas técnicas que se aplican en un centro de trabajo. En este estudio se utilizaron dos constructos: la Guía de referencia III de la NOM-035-STPS-2018 y el cuestionario Compromiso Organizacional y Motivación Laboral de los autores López e Ibarra para conocer más detalles del problema en una cadena de tiendas y determinar las acciones que se llevarían a cabo mediante un Programa de intervención que se puso en marcha por un período de 6 meses con 56 empleados. Como resultados se identificó que la categoría cinco Entorno organizacional y los dominios Reconocimiento al desempeño e Insuficiente sentido de pertenencia e inestabilidad deben abordarse de manera inmediata, por lo que se propuso cambiar el modelo de trabajo implementando capacitaciones y estrategias para mejorar la motivación y comunicación del personal notando cambios disruptivos ya que; el reconocimiento al desempeño de un 36% se redujo hasta un 2% e insuficiente sentido de pertenencia de un 70% a un 7% impactando en otros dominios de manera positiva como Relaciones de trabajo que se minimizó la insatisfacción del 43% al 14%,  encontrando que las herramientas de capacitación empowerment y coaching ayudaron a los trabajadores a tener más confianza en las actividades que se les asignaron, elevando su nivel de pertenencia y retención. Se considera de excelente nivel y validez el uso de estas dos herramientas, ya que ayudaron a determinar acciones de  manera muy acertada y efectiva para promover un entorno organizacional favorable.
STRATEGIC APPROACH TO INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Authors:   Russian University of Economics named after G. V. Plekhanov, Moscow, Russia, Batsaikhan Indra
Published: February 2024

In the modern economic environment, standard strategies act as ready-made solutions that can be both applied in a ready-made form and modified in accordance with the individual needs of the organization. The article analyzes the existing classifications of development strategies describing the main orientation of strategic management, its target components and objectives. Recommendations on the use of development strategies, primarily innovative, for effective planning are proposed. It is concluded that the global focus on a strategic approach to planning has determined the importance of the latter for ensuring the competitiveness of economic entities.
ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ULYANOVSK REGION
Authors:   Russian State Social University (RSSU), Moscow, Russia, Parasotskaya Nataliya N. , Stashina Yuliya S. ,   College of the Russian State Social University (RSSU), Moscow, Russia
Published: February 2024

Insufficient development of agriculture is one of the causes of unemployment and poverty in rural areas. Its development will allow solving not only important national economic problems, but also significantly improve the well-being of rural residents. The statistical study of the dynamics of livestock and crop production is an urgent area and has not only practical, but also theoretical interest. In these circumstances, the study of the state and problems of the development of the agro-industrial complex of the region is an important theoretical and practical task, which determines the relevance of the topic of this study.
TEKSTIL MATERIALLARI ÜÇÜN YANĞINDAN QORUYAN TƏRKIBLƏRIN SEÇILMƏSININ ÖZƏLLIKLƏRI
Authors: Fazil Vəliyev, İbrahim Məmmədov Fazil Vəliyev, İbrahim Məmmədov
Published: February 2024

Son zamanlarda liflərin və toxuculuq materiallarının emalının fiziki üsulları parçaların istehsalında və bəzənməsində geniş aspektdə istifadə edilməkdədir. Onlar fiziki-mexaniki və fiziki-kimyəvi xüsusiyyətləri yaxşılaşdırmaq məqsədilə tətbiq olunur.
Tekstil materiallarını yanğından qoruyan emal üsulları və yanğndan qoruyucu kompozisiyaların kimyəvi əsasları təhlil edilmişdir. Yanma məhsullarının yanıcılığının, tüstülənməsinin və toksikliyinin azaldılması, lif əmələ gətirən polimerlərin termooksidləşmə prosesinin öyrənilməsi, həmçinin optimal yanğından qoruyucuların hazırlanması və onların dəyişdirilməsi üsulları ilə bağlı məsələlər işıqlandırılmışdır.
Müxtəlif funksional təyinatlı Tekstil materiallarının yanğın təhlükəsini müəyyənləşdirmək üçün parametrlər və metodlar və onların tətbiq dairəsi haqqında məlumat verilir. Təmas zamanı insan dərisinə mənfi təsir göstərməyən parçalar üçün yanğından qoruyucu tərkibin hazırlanması imkanı öyrənilmişdir. Tekstil materiallarının hopdurulması üçün vasitələri təşkil edən və onların yanğından qoruyuculuğunu təmin edən karbamid əsaslı sabitləşdirici birləşmələrin seçilməsi ilə bağlı tədqiqatların nəticələri təqdim olunur; onların təsirinin effektivliyi qiymətləndirilmişdir.
Açar sözlər: yanğından qoruyucu hopdurucular; tekstil materialları; tekstil materiallarının yanğın təhlükəsi; yanma; tüstü əmələ gəlməsi; alovlanma.
KIÇIK TIKIŞ MÜƏSSISƏLƏRINDƏ SƏNAYE GEYIM KOLLEKSIYALARININ YARADILMASI XÜSUSIYYƏTLƏRI
Authors: Ayşən Abduləzimova, Fazil Vəliyev Ayşən Abduləzimova, Fazil Vəliyev
Published: February 2024

Bazar şəraitində hər hansı bir tikiş müəssisəsinin müvəffəqiyyəti əsasən məhsul çeşidinin yenilənməsinin səmərəliliyi ilə müəyyən edilir ki, bu da məhsulun layihələndirilmə vaxtından və keyfiyyətindən birbaşa asılıdır.
Ölkəmizdə bir neçə ildir müşahidə olunan, digər sahələr arasında iqtisadiyyatın və əhalinin rifahının artması geyim bazarının sürətli böyüməsinə səbəb oldu. Bu artımın nəticəsi olaraq həm geyim məmulatlarının dizaynına və istehsalının keyfiyyətinə, həm də onların satışı prosesinin təşkilinə dair istehlakçıların tələblərinin sərtləşdirilməsi müşahidə edilmişdir.
Geyimlərin texniki konstruksiyalaşdırılmasında konstruktiv-texnoloji xüsusiyyətləri, istifadə olunan materialların quruluşu və xüsusiyyətləri baxımından eyni olan məhsul qrupuna kolleksiya deyilir. Belə bir kolleksiya onun tərkibinə daxil olan materialların paketlərinin və onların istehsalında istifadə olunan avadanlıqların eyni növlüyünü nəzərdə tutur. Sadalanan xüsusiyyətlərə malik olan və sənaye üsulu ilə istehsal üçün nəzərdə tutulmuş məhsul qrupları sənaye geyim kolleksiyaları adlanır. Səliqəli layihələndirilmiş sənaye geyim kolleksiyaları, geyim istehsalında texnoloji proseslərin çevikliyini təmin edir.
Açar sözlər: sənayesi müəssisələri, geyim, parça, model eskizləri, kostyum, eskiz.
Relato do morcego vampiro comum (Desmodus rotundus) predando capivara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Authors: Soinski Thais Aparecida , Bernardo Renan Henrique , Stefani Pinheiro Lucio Antônio , Severino Stefani Marta , Cavallari Daiane Elen , Rodrigues Carvalho Beatriz Regina , Gazzola Prieto Beatriz Carine , Senteio Smith Welber
Published: February 2024

Ao avaliar diferentes grupos de capivaras em áreas ao longo do rio Paraíba do Sul, no município de São José dos Campos, um indivíduo de Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) foi registrado através de fotos e vídeos predando uma capivara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). São observados diferentes relatos da interação desta espécie com antas, veados, porcos selvagens, javalis, bovinos e cavalos, mas com a capivara apenas uma menção foi encontrada na Ilha Anchieta/SP e no Brasil. Além de ficar sob as patas da capivara para se alimentar, o morcego vampiro também foi visto pulando pelo chão na tentativade seguir o indivíduo e lambendo o sangue de apenas uma das patas quando parava de se alimentar. A densidade populacional de D. rotundus é geralmenteelevada em áreas com animais domésticos, especialmente bovinos. A mudança no uso da terra converteu ecossistemas naturais em pastagens, o que pode ter aumentado as populações de morcegos hematófagos devido Ã  abundância de presas. O aumento das populações de capivaras em áreas urbanas nas últimas décadas pode aumentar as populações de morcegos hematófagos, necessitandode mais estudos dessa interação, além da verificação do risco de casos de raiva, levando em consideração animais domésticos e humanos que compartilham asmesmas áreas.
Design of Educational Media for Endangered Animals and Extinct Animals Endemic to Indonesia for Grade 4 Elementary School Students in Bandung district
Authors: Gilang Banon , Santi Sheila Mei
Published: February 2024

Endemic Indonesian animals are native Indonesian animals that cannot be found in other countries, that’s why their existence must be protected and studied by children, especially those with endangered status. However, the population of these animals is decreasing and even extinct. Not many people know about endangered animals that are endemic in Indonesia and extinct animals in Indonesia, especially in grade 4 elementary school in Bandung who have started to studying these animals. The knowledge about endangered animals and Indonesian endemic animals in schools is still ineffective and boring because the media to used is school textbooks which are dominated by text. Children's illustration books are a solution for elementary school. Data collection techniques used are interviews and questionnaires. The main media for the illustration book is "Ayo!! Mengenal Dunia Hewan" with supporting media : bookmarks, stickers, key chains, puzzles, and posters. The design was made to increase the knowledge of 4th graders elementary school about endangered animals and Indonesian endemic animals.
Trend, Existence, Role and Function of National Private Television Media in the Context of Economic Welfare and Independence
Authors: . Hanafi
Published: February 2024

This paper uses the framing analysis method, especially from the content approach, ideology and media economy which not only analyzes literary discourse but also describes the analytical and interpretative aspects of writing related to the existence and business of national private media in Indonesia. The results of the study provide an explanation of the meaning of media existence, media freedom raises the problem of the concentration of ownership of media companies (conglomerates), which changes the face of media freedom and the need for public information to become the freedom to control the media market. In terms of ideological attachment, the progress of television media cannot be separated from the ideological thoughts and interests of its media crews. Economically, the press is recognized as an economic institution, although its purpose is limited to the welfare of employees (Article 3 Paragraph 2 of the 1999 Press Law). The content of the Television Broadcasting Program, shows more packages and contents that are set according to the political and economic interests of the media owners and according to the ideological framework of the media crews. Meanwhile, from the organizational side, the media is more tied to the structure and hierarchy of power (which is built for the interests of the authority of the media owners) itself. Furthermore, from the culturalist side, the media has entered into the global industrial era, and there are structural boundaries that make not all the idealistic values ​​of the press can be realized
Booklet Design Regarding The Payudara Self-Examination Program (Sadari) As A Campaign Media For Junior High School Teenage Students In Bandung
Authors: Purbasari Sophia , Septiannisaa Erina
Published: February 2024

Periksa payudara sendiri (SADARI) merupakan metode deteksi dini untuk mengetahui gejala kanker payudara. Sampai saat ini, kasus kanker payudara merupakan kasus kedua terbesar di Negara Indonesia, terutama di Kota Bandung. Kanker payudara menjadi kasus kanker yang paling beresiko bagi wanita. Sebagai seorang wanita dari seorang remaja putri menjadi seorang wanita, banyak hal penting yang harus diperhatikan mengenai kesehatan dan perkembangan. Oleh karena itu, metode deteksi dini periksa payudara sendiri (SADARI) menjadi salah satu metode yang paling aman untuk dilakukan sejak dini, implementasi metode inipun perlu dilakukan saat usia remaja, yaitu saat mulai terjadinya perkembangan secara fisik. Dalam mengatasi kanker payudara sejak dini pada remaja putri di Kota Bandung, Organisasi Yayasan Kanker Indonesia mengadakan sosialisasi kampanye cegah kanker payudara dengan periksa payudara sendiri (SADARI) melalui media buku infografis atau booklet sebagai solusi atas masalah tersebut. Perancangan buku infografis atau booklet ini memberikan informasi mengenai kanker payudara, gejala, faktor dan resiko, terutama langkah-langkah metode periksa payudara sendiri (SADARI), media inipun dirancang menyesuaikan kebutuhan dari remaja putri sebagai pengetahuan dasar akan kesehatan payudara.
CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL REALITY IN DIESEL ADVERTISING: BE A FOLLOWER
Authors: Purbasari Sophia
Published: February 2024

This research aims to analyze the socio-cultural construction of reality on commercial products of  Brand Diesel with their campaign commercial ads series Diesel:Be A Follower. Social and cultural construction of the products seen as a sign, as well as sign language as verbal, so businesses advertising media construct social and cultural meanings inherent in a sign that structured products in the minds of consumers. Using a qualitative approach, data collected through the recording commercials advertising television. The study uses a review semiotics Barthes as a method for analyzing the layers of meaning as a sign of reality (reality of denotation, connotation and myth). The results showed that the advertisers have done a variety of ways persuasive to lead the consumer to use the product promoted, so that the function of advertising is done by the manufacturer does not emphasize on functionality or usability of the product but the social-cultural function is constructed, how to be a sign of the structure, and natural as well as the language used in the communication. Advertising messages has become a socio-cultural meanings of consumption for consumers who then applied these meanings to the social and cultural life as a natural thing
Desain Kostum Busana Musisi Independen Indonesia Sebagai Media Branding
Authors: Kali Ichsan Banon Gilang Muhamad
Published: February 2024

Kebudayaan populer tidak mampu dilepaskan dari kultur postmodern. Dalam posmodernisme segala nilai kembali  pada penampilan dan keuntungan. Industri musik dan fashion menjadi industri yang tumbuh dan berkembang dalam konsep postmodernisme.  Identitas pada akhirnya menjadi penting dalam proses branding. Dimana identitas memiliki kekuatan sebagai penunjang penampilan. Industri musik tanah air kini memasuki era dimana industri Independen lebih diuntungkan. Modal yang besar tidak lagi dibutuhkan dalam proses produksi dan distribusi musik karena dibantu oleh media daring yang kini telah mudah diakses. Dengan adanya kemudahan itu persaingan di industri musik independen juga semakin ketat. Tata busana menjadi salah satu media branding paling menarik sehingga memudahkan konsumen untuk mengingat dan menyerap ideologi dari produk tersebut. Dengan proses analisa menggunakan idiom - idiom Postmodernisme, peneliti berharap  proses branding akan dapat dilakukan secara lebih menyeluruh. Sehingga nantinya akan memudahkan sebuah produk untuk dipasarkan secara tepat.
Influence of Stepwise Nutrition Management Plus Comprehensive Nursing on Nutritional Status and Physical Fitness in Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma
Authors: Zhihong Yin , Zunqian Ke , Shuihong Hu , Liqin Yan , Baoyun Li
Published: February 2024

Esophageal carcinoma is one of the most common digestive tract malignancies and poses a serious health threat to patients. This study discussed the influence of stepwise nutrition management and comprehensive nursing on esophageal carcinoma patients, which can shed light on the future clinical treatment of esophageal carcinoma. A total of 107 esophageal carcinoma patients admitted to our hospital between July 2022 and June 2023 were divided into a control group (n = 54) that received conventional care and an experimental group (n = 53) that received stepwise nutrition management along with comprehensive care. The postoperative rehabilitation time and clinical efficacy of the two groups were statistically analyzed, and differences in nutritional status and physical fitness before and after care were determined. The results showed that the experimental group had a faster first postoperative anal exhaust, bowel movement, ambulation, and anastomotic healing time than the control group (P < 0.05). No marked intergroup difference was identified in the overall response rate (P > 0.05). In addition, better nutritional status and physical fitness were observed in the experimental group than in the control group (P < 0.05). The experimental group exhibited a lower incidence of adverse reactions (P < 0.05) than the control group. These findings demonstrated the vital role of stepwise nutrition management in combination with comprehensive nursing for esophageal carcinoma patients.
Difficulties Encountered by English Teachers in Using Storytelling to Teach Young Learners
Authors: Hulu Melfan Widia Krisdayanti
Published: February 2024

Teachers of English utilize storytelling as a common strategy while teaching second languages, especially to young learners. However, because young learners have various features when it comes to second language proficiency, English teachers will find it challenging to use storytelling in these courses. The purpose of this study was to identify the difficulties faced by English teachers while teaching through these methods. The qualitative research technique was utilized in conjunction with the phenomenological design. The three English teachers were selected as participants, who were teaching to five grade students through the purposive sampling technique. Self-developed semi-structured interviews were carried out, and the data were transcribed into codes and themes. This study found that teachers found it difficult to find stories that were suitable for children, did not know the criteria for stories that were suitable for children, lacked the confidence to compose children's own stories, and had very limited time available (75 minutes once a week). It is recommended that resource rooms be established to provide English teachers with the greatest possible training opportunities.
Rice bran oil-in-water optimized emulsions for the development of plant-based foods and beverages
Authors: Benitez Lucas O. , Petelin Raúl , Malvasio Marcos , Monetta Daiana , Rasia Mercedes , Musumeci Matias A. , Castagnini Juan M.
Published: February 2024

Aim: This work aimed to develop rice bran oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, stabilized with different mixtures of pea protein concentrate (PPC), Arabic gum (AG), and maltodextrin (MD), as the basis for the formulation of plant-based food products.
Methods: The effects of the aqueous phase formulation on the properties of the resulting O/W emulsions were evaluated by a mixture design approach. Volume-weighted mean diameter (D[4,3]) of the emulsion particles and polydispersity expressed as the difference of D[4,3] – D[3,2], apparent viscosity at a shear rate of 200 s–1 and backscattering at different times associated to the global stability of the emulsions were studied as response variables. A multi-response optimization was carried out and mathematical models were validated.
Results: The ternary mixtures of the aqueous phase showed significant antagonism between the three components in all the response variables. The optimal formulation of the aqueous phase for the O/W emulsions obtained after three homogenization cycles was 78% PPC and 22% MD. The properties of the O/W optimal emulsion were according to the ones predicted by the model.
Conclusions: The best-formulated emulsion is promising for developing plant-based foods and beverages.
Periodontitis and lipopolysaccharides: How far have we understood?
Authors: Banavar Spoorthi Ravi , Tan Eng Lai , Davamani Fabian , Khoo Suan Phaik
Published: February 2024

Periodontitis is a ubiquitous chronic inflammatory worldwide disease. The multiplicity of gram-negative microbiomes and their endotoxins, such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS), play a crucial role in its pathogenesis. The detection and consequent effects of LPS occur either via membrane-based cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14)/myeloid differentiation factor 2 (MD2)/Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 complex activation or through intracellular cytosolic LPS detection that further cascades its effects, resulting in a variety of cell death processes, including apoptosis, pyroptosis, necroptosis, NETosis, and their crosstalk. Irrespective of the detection of LPS, the cellular response is for protecting and resolving the inflammation. However, chronic and exaggerated responses in periodontitis result in the destruction of periodontal structures. This review summarizes the extracellular and cytosolic detection of LPS and its further consequences. Then, it sheds light on methods reported to mitigate the adverse effects of LPS.
Applications of Locally Compact Spaces in Polyhedra: Dimension and Limits
Authors: Qousini Maysoon , Hdieb Hasan , Almuhur Eman
Published: February 2024

The study of applications of locally compact spaces in polyhedra in relation to their dimensions as well as homotopy and extension problems developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s under the leadership of mathematician. Many mathematicians studied application locally compact in polyhedra. A polyhedron can be obtained by subdivision, as a simplicial metric complex; thus, re-gluings of polyhedra can also be seen as simple complexes. Thus, the topology of a simplicial metric complex X is the topology quotient of the reattachment. The objective of this work is to shed light on the applications in polyhedra of locally compact spaces and to highlight the limits of these applications. A continuous application f of X in P defines a finite open overlay of X, and a partition of the unit subordinate to this overlay, f is homotopic to an application f ', obtained by composing the restriction to A, of an application of X in the KR polyhedron, and a simplistic application of a sub-polyhedron KR' in P. The problem of extension deserves to be elucidated to understand how it is possible to get around certain conceptual difficulties.
Visuomenėje įgyta pneumonija: etiopatogenetinis mechanizmas ir uždegimo raiška. Literatūros apžvalga
Authors: Aleksa Irmantas , Vitkauskienė Astra
Published: February 2024

Visuomenėje įgyta pneumonija – tai plaučių parenchiminio audinio uždegimas, sukeltas įvairių infekcinių veiksnių (bakterijų, virusų, grybelių, pirmuonių). Ilgai bandant užkirsti kelią pneumonijos vystymuisi, išrastos vakcinos nuo pagrindinių sukėlėjų sumažino mirtingumą nuo lengvos ir vidutinio sunkumo pneumonijos, tačiau nesumažino bendrojo pneumonijos pacientų skaičiaus ir blogų ligos baigčių. Šiuo metu moksliniai tyrimai orientuojami į kitą tyrimų objektą – uždegimo raišką, ją siejant su sukėlėjų virulentiškumo veiksniais. Uždegimo raiškos tyrimai svarbūs pneumonija sergantiems pacientams gydyti ir stebėti.
Diagnostinių lėtinio širdies nepakankamumo tyrimų palyginimas senyvo amžiaus pacientų grupėje
Authors: Dzikevičiūtė Kornelija , Rimšaitė Urtė , Ališauskas Andrius
Published: February 2024

Tyrimo tikslas. Palyginti 6 min. ėjimo mėginio nueito nuotolio (6MĖMN), N galinio B tipo natriuretinio propeptido (NT-proBNP), echokardiografijos (echoKG) ir impedanso kardiografijos (IKG) reikšmę lėtinio širdies nepakankamumo (LŠN) diagnostikoje. Metodai. 2019–2022 m. Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto Kauno ligoninėje atliktas perspektyvusis stebėsenos tyrimas. Tyrime analizuoti 87 pacientų, hospitalizuotų dėl LŠN, tyrimų duomenys. Duomenų analizė atlikta naudojant „IBM SPSS Statistics“ 29.0 versiją. Rezultatai laikyti statistiškai reikšmingais, kai p < 0,05. Rezultatai. Nustatyta silpna koreliacija: tarp NT-proBNP ir skysčių kiekio krūtinės ląstoje (SKKL), SKKL indekso (SKKLI), širdies minutinio tūrio (ŠMT), sistolinio širdies tūrio indekso (SŠTI), sistolės laiko santykio (SLS); tarp 6MĖMN ir SKKLI, ŠMT, SŠTI, kairiosios širdies darbo (KŠD), KŠD indekso (KŠDI); tarp kairiojo skilvelio galinio diastolinio dydžio (KSGDD) ir SLS. Koreliacija tarp išstūmio frakcijos (IF) ir SKKL, SKKLI, SLS buvo silpna-vidutinė. Išvados. 6MĖMN ir IKG turėjo silpną-vidutinę koreliaciją su kitais diagnostiniais ŠN tyrimais tarp senyvo amžiaus pacientų, todėl gali būti vertingi diagnozei nustatyti.