bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Updated Salivary Gland Immunohistochemistry: A Review
Authors: Swid Mohammed Amer , Li Liping , Drahnak Erin M. , Idom Hayden , Quinones William
Published: April 2023

Context.—

Salivary gland neoplasms are rare lesions in the head and neck (H&N) pathology realm. There are more than 20 malignant and 15 benign salivary gland neoplasms in the 5th edition of the World Health Organization classification of H&N tumors. These neoplasms consist of heterogeneous groups of uncommon diseases that make diagnosis and treatment challenging for the clinical team. Using an algorithmic immunohistochemical approach–defined tumor origin and type has proven to be effective and advantageous. Immunohistochemistry may be used as sort of a “diagnostic looking glass,” not as a positive or negative type tool, but as an indispensable complement to a hematoxylin-eosin morphologic pattern–based approach. Furthermore, the understanding of the novel discoveries of the salivary gland gene fusions and the molecular aspects of these tumors makes the process easier and improve the diagnosis as well as treatment aspects. This review reflects our experience with more recent diagnostic antibodies, which include MYB RNA, Pan-TRK, PLAG1, LEF1, and NR4A3. Each of these is linked with a specific type of neoplasm; for example, gene fusions involving the PLAG1 and HMGA2 oncogenes are specific for benign pleomorphic adenomas, and MYB is associated with adenoid cystic carcinoma.

Objective.—

To review these more recent antibodies, which highly enhance salivary gland neoplasm diagnosis.

Data Sources.—

The study sources involved literature PubMed searches, including multiple review articles, case reports, selected book chapters, and Geisinger Medical Center cases.

Conclusions.—

Salivary gland tumors are a rare, varied group of lesions in H&N pathology. We need to have continuous readings and revisions of the molecular consequences of these fusion oncoproteins and their subsequent targets, which will eventually lead to the identification of novel driver genes in salivary gland neoplasms.
The Role of Multidimensional Library Neutrality in Advancing Social Justice: Adapting Theoretical Foundations from Political Science and Urban Planning
Authors: Dudley Michael Quinn , Wright John
Published: April 2023

There is an ongoing, polarizing debate in the library profession and scholarship regarding the perceived incompatibility between library neutrality (embedded in the profession through the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights), and social justice goals. This article asserts that the growing antipathy on the part of some library practitioners and scholars towards neutrality and intellectual freedom is owed at least in part to the profession and scholarship having never articulated an adequate definition of what is meant by neutrality. As a result, the profession lacks a theoretical framework situating the library and library staff as political actors within a multicultural and largely urban society. We argue that such a framework may be drawn from the literatures of political science and urban planning. By positioning libraries and library workers within the context of liberal-democratic institutions – as is the case for urban planners in their theoretical literature – LIS theory can find more durable foundations for its core values. Stressing planning’s commitments to the participation of multiple publics, to dialogue, mediation and to consensus-building through liberal institutions, we develop a multidimensional understanding of neutrality premised on values, stakeholders, processes and goals which we then apply to these planning modes. Finally, we propose a model of “Communicative Librarianship” as best exemplifying these four dimensions of neutrality and their attendant democratic commitments.
participação social como fundamento da gestão democrática da escola: confluências entre princípios e autonomia
Authors: Castro Lilianne Borba , Ribeiro Júlia Cecília de Oliveira Alves , Cunha Júnior Adenilson Souza da , Nunes Claudio Pinto
Published: April 2023

A gestão democrática vem sendo construída no Brasil a partir da década de 1990, coincidindo com o período de reformas na educação e de um processo maior, a reforma do próprio Estado brasileiro. O presente artigo busca refletir sobre a importância da gestão democrática no processo educacional, considerando a necessidade de articulação entre as ações pedagógicas e a função social da escola, bem como as implicações políticas e sociais deste modo de gestão. Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica que abrange discussões teóricas sobre o tema em estudo. O foco de análise evidencia o modo como a atuação comprometida da equipe gestora pode possibilitar a participação de todos os sujeitos envolvidos no processo de ensino-aprendizagem, desenvolvendo, através da gestão compartilhada, uma autonomia construída pela participação social, a qual permite a legitimação do sucesso escolar e, consequentemente, o amadurecimento da democracia no país.
MITec: um modelo perceptivo para identificação das competências necessárias na integração das tecnologias digitais no processo de ensino-aprendizagem
Authors: Silva Wender Antônio da , Costa Fernando Albuquerque
Published: April 2023

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar um modelo de inquérito que busca entender como, na formação inicial de professores, é percebida a necessidade de desenvolvimento de competências específicas para a integração das tecnologias digitais no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Para isso, procurou-se construir um questionário que acabaria por ser estruturado em torno de três dimensões nucleares: 1) uma dimensão referente à atitude face às tecnologias digitais de informação e comunicação (TDIC), dimensão fundamentada no modelo Will-Skill-Tool-Pedagogy (WSTP) e incluindo 6 categorias e 9 afirmativas; 2) uma dimensão referente às competências digitais, tendo como base as competências que integram o DigComp e o Quadro Dinâmico de Referência de Competência Digital para Portugal (QDRCD), incluindo 9 categorias e 15 afirmativas; 3) uma dimensão referente às questões pedagógicas propriamente ditas relacionadas com o uso educativo das TDIC, cuja estruturação toma como base os fundamentos do modelo Synthesis of Qualitative Data (SQD), possuindo 6 categorias e 24 afirmativas. A construção do questionário foi validada por um par de pesquisadores e formadores com larga experiência na formação inicial de professores, sendo complementada pela análise de confiabilidade por meio do coeficiente Alfa de Cronbach que apresentou excelente consistência interna. Ao fazer referência ao modelo Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), os resultados iniciais demonstram que o questionário possui potencial para gerar dados relevantes que poderão ser utilizados por gestores e pesquisadores educacionais para tomada de decisão futura sobre as metodologias de trabalho utilizadas no desenvolvimento das competências digitais na formação inicial de professores, com vistas a incentivar a sua integração ao processo ensino-aprendizagem.
Near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor spinal cord oxygenation in οpen thoraco-abdominal aortic surgery. A case series
Authors: Giustiniano Enrico , Nisi Fulvio , Palma Sergio , Pisciotta Walter , Ruggieri Nadia , Barbieri Francesca , Civilini Efrem , Maurizio Cecconi
Published: April 2023

Objectives. We adopted the near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technology to monitor the spinal oxygen supply through the paraspinous muscles oxygenation in agreement with the concept of “collateral network” circulation. We retrospectively investigated our database of subjects who underwent thoraco-abdominal aorta open repair assessing for the reliability of this monitoring to predict spinal cord injury.
Methods. Consecutive patients who underwent elective thoraco-abdominal aorta open repair between March 2019
and September 2021. In addition to standard monitoring, patients received the monitoring of the paraspinous muscles
oxygenation by NIRS.
Results. In one patient a significant drop of the mean arterial pressure (49 mmHg) and the spinal-cord perfusion pressure
(31 mmHg) occurred after the aortic clamping, with a contemporary lowering of the left-side oxygenation of paraspinous muscles (<40%). Both the blood pressure and the spinal cord perfusion pressure were restored within 10 minutes, but the oxygenation remained at an unsafe level (<55%) until the end of the surgery. This same patient experienced a lower-limb paralysis post-operatively. It did not happen in the other 11 cases of the sample.
Conclusions. The main finding of our retrospective analysis indicates reliability of this technology to monitor the spinal
cord oxygenation during open thoraco-abdominal aortic surgery and possibly predict spinal cord injury. Still, several
questions need to be addressed about the suitability of this technology to the anatomic and pathophysiology of the
spinal cord circulation
Propuesta de mejora para el eje de asociatividad de la política pública para la cadena de valor cacao Ecuador, 2022-2025
Authors: Quimi Villón Mayra , Quimi Salinas Juan
Published: April 2023

El siguiente trabajo de investigación tiene como propósito impulsar la asociatividad de los actores de la cadena de valor cacao a través de la mejora en la política pública enfocada en el cambio de la matriz productiva del país, para cumplir con los objetivos de avance económico, social, político y ambiental. Las Teorías representativas son teoría de cadena de valor, teoría de clúster y teoría del desarrollo económico. En la Metodología se utilizó una investigación de tipo cualitativa, además de entrevistas a las asociaciones pertinentes para obtener información veraz de la realidad que enfrentan los eslabones productivos. Con los Resultados de la información recabada se obtuvieron propuestas por parte de las asociaciones que permitirán fortalecer la cadena de valor con el objetivo de provocar un impacto positivo en la producción, industrialización y comercialización del producto primario que aportarán a mejorar las variables macroeconómicas del territorio. Finalmente, en las Conclusiones y Recomendaciones se determina que la política pública que permitirá mejorar la sinergia en el eje dos es la política pública sectorial la cual está destinada a potenciar a un sector en específico basándose en la identificación de los sectores clave que se pretenden desarrollar, tomando en consideración las especificidades de la estructura productiva del país, dejando como futuras líneas de investigación los Estudios Prospectivos de la Transformación de la Matriz Productiva y su sublínea de investigación: La Transformación de la Matriz Productiva y su Aporte a la Generación y Distribución de la Riqueza.
Development Communication for The Empowerment of People’s Weaving Business in Timor Tengah Selatan Regency
Authors: Kuncoro Agus , Sumardjo Sumardjo , Lubis Djuara P , Agusta Ivanovich
Published: April 2023

The purpose of this research is to describe the conditions and problems faced by the people in South Central Timor (TTS) Regency, especially those who do people's weaving businesses and to analyze the development communication that occurs in the weaving group assisted by the Trade, Industry and MSME Office of TTS Regency. This study uses a qualitative method with an interpretive approach. Furthermore, the author conducted direct interviews with a group of people's weaving craftsmen under the auspices of the Department of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and SMEs in TTS Regency. This study found that development communication in an area has not led to empowerment. On the other hand, power dynamics between parents and young people will continue to be a feature of a society. Therefore, development communication must be carried out to facilitate different local cultural communication structures, in order to encourage empowerment not only for parents but also for the younger generation.
Light-Trap Catch of Lygus sp. (Heteroptera, Miridae) in Connection with the Stanford Mean Solar Magnetic Feld
Authors: Nowinszky László
Published: April 2023

Introduction: In an earlier work we found that some Trichoptera species from Hungary, Lepidoptera species from Hungary, Australia and two states of the USA react to changes in the solar magnetic field values. We examined in the current study the Stanford mean solar magnetic field how affect the light-trap catches of the Lygus species (Heteroptera: Miridae). Material: In our study we use the data of Stanford mean solar magnetic field published by the Wilcox Solar Observatory from 1980 to 1995. The light-trap data of Lygus sp. were used 41,830 individuals, 2,588 monitoring data and 1,342 nights. Methods: We have calculated the relative catch values of the number of specimens trapped by years. For all species the relative catch (RC) data was classified into the appropriate values of solar magnetic fields. Values of solar magnetic fields and the corresponding catch data were organized into classes. By species we depicted in figures the data coming from the different solar magnetic field and the RC values. Results: This result is very similar to the results reported in our latest book [7]. In this we found that some Trichoptera species from Hungary, Lepidoptera species from Hungary, Australia and USA react in the same way to changes in the solar magnetic field values. Stanford mean solar magnetic field, affects the efficiency of light trapping of various insect taxa. This influence can be experienced on three continents. Even if we process a huge amount of catch data, we cannot get significant results in two cases. One case is when we only have data from a single or a few light-traps. Then the standard deviations are large due to the significantly different catch data on different days. In this work, both conditions were met. According to the above, we accept our results as real.
Technological Quality of Potato Tubers: Effect of Potassium Fertilization and Application Time
Authors: Mnayer Dima
Published: April 2023

The effect of potassium fertilization and time of application on yield and tuber quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L., cv. Agria) was studied in Bekaa region in Lebanon. Potassium was applied in one split at tuber initiation (T1) and at tuber bulking (T2) in four different rates: K0 (0 kg/ha), K1 (100 kg/ha), K2 (200 kg/ha) and K3 (300 kg/ha). Results showed that aerial dry matter decreased and tuber dry matter increased during the growing period. The dry matter accumulation was dependent on potassium fertilization. Potassium concentration gradually decreased in leaves and increased in tubers during the growing period, while the most potassium treatment (K3) has accumulated at harvest, higher potassium concentrations in leaves and tubers, with more emphasis to application time T2 with respect to T1. Moreover, potassium has accelerated significantly (p<0.05) tuber dry matter accumulation. This was revealed by growth rate and harvest index values that were significantly higher (p<0.05) in K3 treatment with comparison to other treatments. Results also showed that fresh tuber yields increased with potassium fertilization and were more pronounced with T2 application whereas K3 had significantly (p<0.05) the highest value of 62.9 t/ha (K3). Yield augmentation was primarily due to an increase in tuber size in the larger (> 60 mm) and the medium (35 – 60 mm) grades. In addition, results showed that tuber dry matter content and specific gravity were statistically dependent on potassium fertilization and application time (p<0.05). The highest potassium treatment K3, regardless of application time, gave the best tuber quality of industrial potato by having the highest dry matter and the lowest reducing sugar contents. Finally, the results of this study suggest that maximum potato yield was obtained with K3 treatment (300 kg/ ha) applied during tuber bulking stage (T2).
Limological essays (Results of 40 years research in general and geographical limology)
Authors: Kagansky V. L.
Published: April 2023

A summary of the author’s scientific achievements in general and geographical limology over 40 years is provided. The category “boundary” is placed among categories: dialogue, identity, map, compromise, conflict, landscape, position, space, wayfaring/journey, diversity, reflection, etc. Boundaries span the entire spectrum of “arbitrary lines---active symbols---corporeal/physical edges---active axes.” The logic of boundary-making as partitioning and the novel types of boundaries are examined. Boundary-making as partitioning is distinguished from boundary-making as separation. Symmetric and asymmetric boundaries are also distinguished. The logical status of boundaries is specified from the standpoint of the logic of regioning (as distinct from regionalization). The special character of boundaries and working with boundaries is stated with reference to cultural landscape. The relationship between boundaries, transition zones and ecotones is considered. The fundamental duality of boundaries in research and application is defined as the duality of corporeal/physical edge of place (region) versus sign of place. The status of the problem of borders and the status of the borders themselves in different regionalization practices are clarified. Differences and connections of borders outside the districts and inter-district borders are indicated. The meaning of the border as distinguishing and dismembering is shown. A number of well-known semantic border paradoxes are summarized and new ones are formulated. A new general idea of the map is given. Ideas about nomogenic regions and borders, limogenic and limocentric systems are introduced. Atypology of border zones based on “contact - barrier” is developed. A general typology of borderline identities is given. The ecological and cultural-semiotic meanings and functions of boundaries/ecotones and the meaning and value of boundaries in landscape are defined. A summary of limological analysis of a series of places is given: ribbon (tape) forests, “opolyes— polesyes” (as geographical concepts somewhat related to Opolye and Polesye areas), Inner Periphery, Urals, etc. The scientific field of limology is distinguished from the applied sphere of “limonautics.”
Theoretical limology as an interdisciplinary area of science
Authors: Shuvalov V.E.
Published: April 2023

The phenomenon of the border has become a topical topic of research in the sciences of various profiles. As a result, limology as a science of boundaries has developed rapidly and has become a de facto interdisciplinary field of study. However, in recent decades, the political science concept of limology has dominated, which is a reflection of the modern mainstream aimed at studying state borders and related border and trans-border phenomena. In foreign limology, the term Border Studies has come into wide use, which reflects limological studies mainly in the social sciences and the humanities. This approach narrows the concept of limology. At the same time, the development of limology not only “in depth”, but also “in breadth” due to the involvement in research in various sciences of new types and forms of boundaries has led to the ambiguity and uncertainty of many concepts and terms used in the study of boundaries and related properties and processes. All this determines the relevance of the formation of theoretical limology, which is defined as a scientific interdisciplinary direction

/ discipline that develops general approaches, principles and methods for analyzing the territorial / spatial boundaries of various types and hierarchical levels outside their object specificity. The basic tasks of theoretical limology can be such as the development of a general conceptual apparatus, a set of specific modes of border delimitation; streamlining approaches to the allocation of boundary functions; development of general foundations for their systematization, approaches to the study of border and trans-border phenomena. Particular attention is paid to the analysis and ordering of border functions, as well as to the phenomena of borderliness and borderliness.
Territorial structure of passenger air transport in the Arctic countries (case of Norway, Sweden and Finland)
Authors: Suzanskiy A.D.
Published: April 2023

The article analyses the territorial structure of air transportation in the Arctic countries of the world (on the example of Norway, Sweden and Finland). The airport network and domestic passenger air traffic of the mentioned countries are considered. There is a clear territorial “division” in the airport network of all three countries: southern airports are much more actively involved in international air transportation than other airports. Due to the lack of statistical data necessary to analyze the territorial structure of domestic passenger air traffic in Norway, Sweden and Finland, an author’s methodology has been developed. This methodology allows calculating passenger traffic values on individual air lines. The methodology is universal and can be applied to calculate the values of the mentioned indicator in any region of the world. Based on the data obtained, the cartographic schemes were constructed that allowed to identify the peculiarities of the organization of air transportation in each of the countries under consideration: Finland is characterized by a direct organization model (“point-to-point”), Norway is characterized by a connecting organization model (“hub and spoke”), Sweden is characterized by a direct in combination with a connecting organization model (mixed). In addition, the cartographic scheme based on calculated data for 2020 (the year of active spread of the coronavirus) allowed to identify “resilient” regional air hubs of the countries under consideration.
COVID-19 pandemic and mortality by main causes of death in regions of the Russian Federation in 2020
Authors: Kvasha E.A. , Kharkova T.L.
Published: April 2023

As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, the life expectancy (LE) at birth of the Russian population in 2020 compared to 2019 decreased almost equally for men and women and returned to the level of five years ago. Russia is characterized by a significant regional differentiation of LE and the rate of its decline in 2020 There is a pattern: the higher the life expectancy in the regions in 2019, the more significant its decrease in 2020. The main contribution (more than 50%) to the reduction of LE of men and women in 2020 was the increase in mortality at the age of 65 years and older and almost a third less at the age of 45-64 years. Not all regions mortality from COVID-19 in was the main cause for the decrease in LE for men and women in 2020. In 28 regions for men and 23 for women, diseases of mortality of the circulatory system made a significant contribution to the overall decrease in LE, and this contribution was greater than the contribution of COVID-19. The increase of mortality from respiratory diseases in most regions has reduced LE. In a some regions, changes LE. However, caution is necessary when interpreting the results, since the process of identifying the main cause of death is not always uniform and may vary not only by country, but also in regions within the country.
Dynamic of school graduates migration intentions due to new COVID 19 reality (based on surveys held in Smolensk oblast)
Authors: Sukhova E.E.
Published: April 2023

This article presents the results of a study on the dynamics of youth migration attitudes and university choice factors, implemented by comparing data from a series of surveys of 11th grade students in the pre-coronavirus year 2019 and subsequent pandemic years 2020 and 2021. A survey method was used, implemented in a repeat survey mode in the same area for the same general population using the same instrument. Smolensk region is considered as a typical case study of a region whose relative geographical proximity to major Russian agglomerations with super-concentration of leading universities and higher levels of socio-economic development has led to the stability of migration attitudes of school leavers and the outfl of young people for higher education and subsequent employment in the pre-pandemic period. A progressive decrease in migration attitudes among Smolensk school leavers, who consider higher education as an opportunity to change their place of residence for further employment and self-fulfi in more promising regions with high socio-economic indicators and developed socio-cultural space, has been established. The difference in the migration plans of school leavers depending on their place of residence (regional centre, border or intraregional areas, areas with direct transport connection to the Moscow agglomeration) has been revealed. At the same time, there is no correlation between the place of their residence and their non- return/post-departure strategies from their home region.
PERBANDINGAN METODE PEMBUKTIAN SECARA QARINAH DI TERENGGANU (MALAYSIA) DAN ACEH (INDONESIA)
Authors: Nuriskandar Lalu Hendri
Published: April 2023

Pembuktian merupakan salah satu unsur penting dalam suatu proses hukum baik dalam hukum perdata maupun hukum Islam. Dalam perkara pidana, alat bukti yang jelas dan meyakinkan (tidak diragukan lagi) akan menjadi dasar pemidanaan suatu tindak pidana. Di sisi lain, bukti yang tidak jelas dan meyakinkan akan menjadi dasar pembebasan terdakwa dari dakwaan. Pembuktian harus diajukan di pengadilan sesuai dengan tata cara yang ditentukan dalam peraturan perundang-undangan yang ditetapkan oleh pemerintah suatu tempat atau daerah untuk menjamin keadilan dapat dicapai dengan cara yang sebaik-baiknya. Yurisprudensi Islam telah menetapkan aturan penilaian dan pembuktian sebagaimana dinyatakan dalam Al-Qur'an dan Hadits. Selain metode pembuktian yang disebutkan dalam Al-Qur'an dan Hadits seperti Ikrar (pengakuan) dan Syahadah (kesaksian), Qarinah juga diterima sebagai salah satu metode pembuktian dalam Islam. Qarinah memegang peranan penting sebagai metode atau alat pembuktian dalam suatu persidangan agar keadilan dapat ditegakkan. Penggunaan qarinah sangat diperlukan dalam pemidanaan suatu perkara jika tidak ada pengakuan atau keterangan saksi penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif,dengan metode kepustakaan, maka analisis isi dalam penelitian ini dilakukan secara induktif. Berdasarkan acuan putusan perkara di Pengadilan Syariah Terengganu dan Aceh, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kedua yurisdiksi tersebut menerima qarinah sebagai salah satu metode pembuktian di pengadilan. Dapat juga disimpulkan bahwa kedua yurisdiksi menerima qarnah kuat dan meyakinkan (qarinah al-qat'iyyah) yang dan qarinah yang perlu didukung oleh qarnah lain (qarnah ghayr al-qat'iyyah) untuk memungkinkannya mencapai tingkat kepercayaan. atau an al-gh?lib.
KONSEPSI NUSYUZ DAN SIQAQ DALAM HUKUM PERKAWINAN ISLAM
Authors: Hamdi Muh. Rizal
Published: April 2023

Dalam pernikahan terdapat suatu hak dan kewajiban antara suami isteri yang harus saling dipenuhi. Apabila diantara suami isteri ada yang menyalahi kewajibannya, sehingga ada yang merasa tidak dihargai atau diperhatikan dalam Islam disebut nusyuz. Pada dasarnya konsep nusyuz ini diambil dari Q.S An-nisa ayat 34 dan 128. Dari pengertian nusyuz al-Qur?an tersebut kemudian ditarik dan dikembangkan bagaimana konsep nusyuz dalam hukum Islam. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kepustakaan (library research), yaitu jenis penelitian yang objek utamanya adalah buku-buku perpustakaan yang berkaitan dengan pokok pembahasan dan juga literatur lainnya. AdapunPenelitian ini menggunakan data primer yaitu ayat al-Qur?an surat an-Nisa ayat 34 dan 128 yang menjelaskan tentang nusyuz isteri dan nusyuz seorang suami serta kompilasi hukum Islam pasal 84. Sedangkan untuk sumber data sekunder penulis menggunakan buku-buku, dokumentasi dan sumber lain yang relevan dengan pembahasan. Dalam penelitian ini penulis menggunakan metode content analiysis. Content analysis biasanya dilakukan untuk mengungkapkan situasi penulis dan masyarakat pada waktu skripsi itu ditulis, kemudian perlu diperoses dengan aturan dan prosedur yang telah direncanakan. Dalam penelitian ini untuk menganalisis isi dari kompilasi hukum IslaM. adapun kesimpulan Ketika istri yang nusyuz maka suami diharuskan untuk menyelesaikannya dengan cara yang sudah disedutkan dalam Al-Qur’an, yaitu, Suami memberikan nasihat kepada istrinya untuk tidak melakukan nusyuz.Dua, apabila si istri tidak mendengarkan nasihat itu, maka pisahkanlah tidur istri dari tempat suaminya (pisah ranjang), tetapi harus tetap dalam satu rumah. Ketiga, apabila cara keduanya itu tidak mempan kepada istrinya, maka suami diperbolehkan memukul istrinya dengan cara dan alat yang sedemikian rupa sehingga tidak terlalu sakit dan tidak meninggalkan bekas pada badan istri.
Climate Change and Plantations in The Humid Tropics
Authors: Prasada Rao G.S.H.L.V.
Published: April 2023

This book to comprehensively present the standard methodologies for studying the impacts of climate change on agriculture, measuring and developing inventories of greenhouse gas emission, and analyzing the vulnerabilities and mitigation options. The book describes the methodology in a simple and lucid way so that a researcher can adopt it in field studies. Individual chapters are dedicated to subjects such as quantification of climate change impacts on crops in controlled and field conditions, impacts of climate change on water resources, soil fertility, erosion and carbon sequestration, insects, pests, weeds, microbes and diseases; greenhouse gas emission assessment, assessment of regional vulnerability to climate change, selection of crop. The book converted its 23 chapters into four sections. The 1st section deals with recent mitigation strategies developed by the scientists to reduce the effect of climate changes and promote the Sustainable Agriculture by different ways viz., Role of Marker in Development of Climate Resilient Varieties. Section 2 deals with the conservation agriculture and mitigation strategies, Biofertilizers helps in development of sustainable agricultural practices. Section 3 deals with impact of climate change on pest scenario across the crops and has given insight on possible avoidance of pests. Final sections deals with the agroforestry and how they can minimise their affect of climate change. Finally section 4th deals with Impact of climate change crop and livestock sectors and strategies for mitigation and adaptation. Role of ICT and extension agencies on framing policies and effective dissemination of technologies were discussed.
Climatic Variability: Impacts on Agriculture and Allied Sectors
Authors: Datta M
Published: April 2023

“Cover methods used in clinical examination of herd/individual animals including history taking related to production disease of animals and laboratory for confirmatory diagnosis of disease. This book covers all practical aspects of clinical examination of animal and most commonly used laboratory techniques (including ruminal fluid examination, CSF examination, bone marrow and lymph node biopsy, blood transfusion, enzymology and other biochemical parameters) for the diagnosis of metabolic/production diseases. Questions given at the end of each , interpret and correlate the results with clinical signs of the diseases, which can be an aid to the confirmatory diagnosis of disease.”
Clinical Veterinary Medicine: Practical Manual Series Vol 03
Authors: Sharma Neelash
Published: April 2023

In the last 25 years, research on horticultural crops, particularly on 'crop improvement and breeding' has been taken up by many SAU's and ICAR institutes with the result the genetic base of a number of horticultural crops has been broadened and many improved cultivars have been developed despite the fact the breeding is relatively cumbersome in many horticultural crops vis a vis agricultural crops. The 3rd fully revised and expanded edition has been specially written with the hope that it may provide a satisfactory guidance for students of agriculture and horticulture including applied botany and also for the horticultural enthusiasts. More emphasis has been given in this book to explain the principles and methods of breeding of important Horticulture Crops and also the achievements made in these crops in the development of new cultivars. The book has been designed with the main consideration to serve a dual purpose of being a text and reference. Keeping this thing in mind the entire book has been divided into three major parts. The first part deals with the principles and methods of breeding adopted in horticultural crops propagated both sexually and asexually. The second part deals with the achievements in breeding of perennial horticultural crops. The third part covers achievements made in breeding of annual horticultural crops.
Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
Authors: Lenka S , Lenka N.K.
Published: April 2023

Weather and climate play an important role in plantation crops’ production. While climate determines the adaptability of a particular crop in a region, weather determines the yield attributes of the crop. The global warming and climate change impacts on plantation crops are evident in the form of extreme weather events like floods, droughts, cold and heat waves and strong cyclonic winds, the frequency of which is likely to be more and more in the ensuing decades as noticed year after year around the globe in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015. It is now a topic of concern and the plantations’ economy is in a threat in the ensuing decades due to climate variability. Decline in monsoon rainfall with number of rainy days, increasing ambient air temperatures (both day maximum and night minimum), decline in groundwater table, decline in wetland area and surface water resources, increasing number of forest fires and decline in forest area, increasing events of landslides during both the monsoon seasons, indiscriminate sand mining from river beds and unscientific land filling are the important climate change related issues in the Humid Tropics.
Climate Change and Chemicals: Environmental & Biological Aspects
Authors: Kibria Golam
Published: April 2023

The book comprises of topics on concepts of climate science and strategies to mitigate the impacts. The book therefore, covers topics of wider areas such as urbanization, coping strategies, water resources, watershed, land use patterns, atmospheric deposition, agriculture, carbon footprint etc. The book provides comprehension on which the researchers in the field may on which they can build up understanding on issues to be addressed. The articles are designed to interpret experiments, observations from the field and theory to understand the subject of climate change and its impacts.
Communication Technologies in Agriculture
Authors: Jaisridhar P
Published: April 2023

Community Ecology of Tropical Birds, the tropical ecosystems is one of the most biological diverse habitats on the earth. Seventy six per cent of all centers of avian endemism occur in tropical regions and the same is true for many plant and animal communities. Birds are important component of biological diversity and their ecological, cultural, recreational and economic benefits are recognized universally. They act as vital links in many food webs and often serve as highly visible biological indicators of ecosystem health. Many bird populations are declining all over the world due to habitat loss and fragmentation, predation, pesticide use, invasive exotic species and other factors. This book is about the ecology of tropical bird community, all together 12 chapters are described and divided into two parts. The first part of this book looks at the forest bird community including status and distribution, species-abundance relationship, seasonal changes, vertical distribution and habitat utilisation. The second part provides detailed ecology of wetland bird community. This book will be an invaluable resource for field scientist, researchers, students, and naturalists in the field of Ornithology.
Coastal Agriculture and Climate Change
Authors: Prakash M.
Published: April 2023

Commercial crops comprises of crops grown on a plantation scale and are of pivotal importance to the economy and export trade of many developing and developed countries. Commercial crops with long history of cultivation and active support of research and developmental efforts have made great strides in technological advancements. At regular intervals it is necessary to take stock of newly acquired knowledge in crop production and to reason out age-old experience. The book 'Commercial Crops Technology' comprehends the scattered information and provides latest technological advances in nine crops grown on a plantation scale. The book is organized into 10 s with an introductory and one each allotted to nine commercial crops (Areca Nut, Cashew, Cocoa, Coconut, Coffee, Oil palm, Palmyra, Rubber and Tea). s have been designed keeping view of the rapid progress and challenges in the field of sustainable crop production. Product diversification has also been given due importance in the light of globalization and free trade. The introductory gives an insight into the present scenario of plantation crop production, its importance, geographical distribution, soils growing, integrated nutrient management, crop protection strategies, cropping and farming systems, management of drought, organic farming, clean development mechanism, implications of IPR and strategies and recommendations. Individual s on crops covers uated information on crop improvement, biotechnology, crop production and management, crop protection and post harvest handling with emphasis on integrated nutrient and pest management, organic crop production and value addition, besides providing basic information on origin and distribution, production trends, botany and R and D institutions. Future outlook on these crops would enable to chalk out achievable programmes and projects. The bibliography facilitates further reading. This publication will be useful to everyone who are associated with commercial crops - farmers, estate managers, extension workers, technologists, policy makers, researchers and students.
Communication Skills and Personality Development
Authors: Jagdeeshan M.
Published: April 2023

"This book empowers students with specific skills that can be used to improve communication and relationships with other people. Each chapter explores concepts and valid theories that explain how interpersonal communication processes work to define, develop, and sustain relationships. The necessary communication skills namely, speaking, listening, reading and writing and their enhancement techniques have been discussed in detail with contemporary examples to make better understanding among the readers. Each and every chapter is supported with a small glimpse of it, short notes and possible objective type questions in view of examinations. "
Susceptibility of MMP3 gene polymorphism to coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis
Authors: Wenwang Liu
Published: April 2023

Background: Conclusions on susceptibility of MMP3-1612 5A/6A to morbid risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) are controversial. This meta-analysis aims to obtain the accurate relationship between them. Methods: Relevant literatures on susceptibility of MMP3-1612 5A/6A to morbid risk of CAD published before July 2019 were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang. Data were extracted from eligible literatures and analyzed by RevMan5.3 and STATA12.0 for calculating OR and corresponding 95% CI. Study selection: A total of 18 literatures reporting MMP3-1612 5A/6A and CAD were enrolled. Data extraction was conducted by two researches independently. Any disagreement was solved by the third research. Results: In recessive model (OR=1.3, 95% CI=1.2-1.64, P=0.03) and over-dominant model (OR=1.50, 95% CI=1.14-1.97, P=0.002), MMP3-1612 5A/6A was correlated to susceptibility of CAD. Subgroup analysis uncovered that in different genetic models, MMP3-1612 5A/6A was correlated to susceptibility of CAD in East Asian population (mainly Chinese population). Conclusion: MMP3-1612 5A/6A is closely linked to morbid risk of CAD. Gene-environment interaction is the research focus in future analyses.
Inventorying bamboo biodiversity of North Bengal: A Case Study
Authors: Arvind Kumar Goyal  , Prasanta Kumar Ghosh  , Ajay Kumar Dubey  , Arnab Sen
Published: April 2023

Bamboo harboring both herbaceous and woody members has both ecological and economic importance and is includedin the Non-timber forest product, but regional assessment is still lacking. North Bengal covers six districts includingboth hills and plains are rich in biological diversity. It houses different genera having several species of bamboo.Inventory resulted in recording of 34 species of bamboos under the tribe Bambuseae from North Bengal belonging to 13genera of which 26 species (76.47%) under 8 genera are sympodial type while rest 8 species (23.53%) under 5 generabelongs to monopodial type. In spite of having extensive insufficiency and discrepancies of bamboo taxonomy anddistribution, this approach may help in the conservation of this natural resource. Enumeration of different species withbotanical name, common name, vernacular name(s), the sub tribe they belong to and the type of rhizome is provided.However extensive study is required to know emphatically about the bamboo diversity of this region
Exploring the Diversification in Grafted Copolymer
Authors: Ashish Chauhan  , Balbir Kaith
Published: April 2023

The paper deals with optimization of the reaction parameters, graft copolymerization, characterizationand evaluation of the transformations in Roselle stem fiber on graft copolymerization with vinyl monomer, using cericammonium nitrate nitric acid initiator system. Methods: Different reaction parameters such as temperature, time, initiatorconcentration, monomer concentration and pH were optimized to get the maximum graft yield. The graft copolymer thusformed were characterized by advanced techniques. Results: The physico-chemico-thermal resistance, moisture absorbance,swelling behavior of graft copolymers and the dye uptake behavior were studied and found to have improved.

Conclusion:Hence, this first report of novel graft copolymers is to help towards various applications.
Assessment of DNA damage in pulmonary tuberculosis patients by single cell gel electrophoresis / comet assay
Authors: M.P. Narmadha  , A. S. Ushananthini  , A. Murugan  , R. Saravanan  , D. Sridhar
Published: April 2023

Background: The role of antitubercular drugs as anti bacterial agents on mycobacterium tuberculi is established.However their impact on human cell is not much explored. Objective: The present study was aimed to determine theextent of cell damage in Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients with the help of comet assay. This is a prospective studycarried out in Tiruchengodu Govt. Hospital from September 2011 to April 2012. Blood samples were collected from100 subjects [Healthy volunteers (Go), newly diagnosed TB patients (G1), Three months treated TB patients (G2), Sixmonths treated TB patients (G3). n=25 subjects in each group]. Methodology: Blood samples from anticubital veinwere collected, embedded in agarose gel, lysed in high ionic strength solution with Triton X-100, and thenelectrophoresed at pH>13, ethidium bromide stained were then subjected to analysis under Fluorescent microscope.Results: Subjects of newly diagnosed TB (G1) patients did not show any remarkable cell damage as compared to TBpatients under treatment. Extent of cell damage in six months treated TB patients (G3) was greater than three monthstreated TB patients (G2) (P<0.0001). Among quantitative comet metrics, comet length was significantly greater inmales compared with females (P= <0.0003). Extent of cell damage was observed significantly high in anti-tuberculardrug treatment patients both three months treated and six months treated TB patients.

Conclusion: DNA damage wasfound to be significantly increased in smoking & alcoholic tuberculosis patients. Anti-tubercular drug and social habitsseem to be the major contributor of the cell damage
A field based 3D QSAR model of novel anti-microtubule agent noscapine and its derivatives
Authors: Seneha Santoshi  , Pradeep Kumar Naik
Published: April 2023

BACKGROUD & OBJECTIVE: Noscapinoids are a new class of microtubule binding compounds which show greatpromise as chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of human cancers. To investigate the structural determinants ofnoscapinoids responsible for anti-cancer activity in order to design more potent derivatives, attempts were made todeveloped a 3D QSAR model based on “field point” descriptors using Forge V10 software(Cresset group).METHODOLOGY: We have used 53 structurally diverse noscapinoids in a single panel and experimentally determinedtheir IC50 value using human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells (IC50 values vary from 1.2 to 56.0 μM). Molecularmodels of these compounds were built,energy minimized and geometry optimized. The data set was randomly dividedinto 43 training and 10 test set molecules. Amino noscapine was considered as template molecule for the calculation ofhydrophobic, steric, electrostatic and volume field points. These field based descriptors were used to align the training setmolecules with the template molecule.A Partial Least Square (PLS) model was built based on field points using sphereexclusion algorithm. RESULTS:A statistically significant model (Rtrain2 = 0.884; R2LOO = 0.875) was obtained with thefield point descriptors. The robustness of the QSAR model was characterized by the values of the internal leave-one-outcross-validated regression coefficient (R2LOO) for the training set and Rtest2 for the test set. The overall root mean squareerror (RMSE) between the experimental and predicted IC50 value was 1.75 and Rtest2 = 0.713, revealing goodpredictability of the QSAR model. The 3D QSAR model developed in this study shall aid further design of novel potentnoscapine derivatives.
An updated version of Phytomellitus Database
Authors: Talambedu Usha  , Lakshminarayan Akshya  , Sanjay Kundu  , Radhika K Nair  , Ibnul Hussain  , Sushil Kumar Middha
Published: April 2023

BACKGROUND: Keeping adverse effects ofantidiabetic drugs in mind scientists have nowdiverted towards identification of plant basednovel drugs with more potential and lesser sideeffects which in turn will reduce economic andclinical toll of Diabetes. OBJECTIVE:Upgradation of Phytomellitus databaseincludes introductory details of Diabetesmellitus and its future statistical aspect,alongwith details of Ayurvedic world or itstraditional medicines. It also give option ofHome, Types, Diabetes Dictionary, DiabetesMining, Diabetes Drug, Diabetes Quiz,Diabetes FAQ’s on the top of Home Page andoptions like Copyright, Terms of Use,Contributors, Contact Us in the bottom of thepage. METHODOLOGY: Methodologyremains same as per author’s previousmanuscripts1,2. RESULTS: Up-gradation wasneeded to maintain and incorporate new dataand chemical composition of the plantsincluding their structural views. Older versionof the phytomellitus includes 31% were wholeplants, 26% leaves, 11% seeds, 10% roots, and9% fruits from the collected data1. New versionincludes more than 250 number ofethanobotanical information than the previousone. In upgraded version chemical structures ofthe plants with their IUPAC nomenclatureauthor have incorporated.
Pollen Morphology of some Carnivorous plants from Tripura, India
Authors: Somnath Bhowmik  , B. K. Datta
Published: April 2023

Pollen morphological structure of two carnivorous plant family covering four species of Tripura, India namely Droseraburmannii Vahl (Droseraceae) Utricularia bifida Linnaeus, Utricularia ceruleaea Linnaeus and Utricularia gibba Linnaeus(Lentibulariaceae) have been studied under Scanning Electron Microscope for the first time. Pollen grains of the studied fourtaxa varied widely among them and could be used for segregating both at generic as well as species level. Pollens ofDroseraceae shed in tetrahedral tetrad condition while those of Lentibulariaceae are in monad. The exine sculpture inDroseraceae is spinulose while in Lentibulariaceae it is psilate to faintly gemmate