bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Sensory Study on the Effect of Different Thickeners in Texture-Modified Chicken Rendang
Authors: Abu Zarim Nuraihan , Zainul Abidin Syahariza , Ariffin Fazilah , Abdul Wahab Norsila
Published: April 2023

A sensory study was conducted to evaluate the acceptability of texture modified chicken rendang (TMCR) added with different thickeners (modified corn starch (MC), sago starch (S), tapioca starch (T), xanthan gum (XG) and carboxymethyl cellulose gum (CMC) among healthy elderly consumer. The sensory evaluation was rated using the hedonic test with visual 7-points Cued Facial Scale (CuFS) for ease of swallowing, overall appearance, and overall texture’s attributes. Meanwhile, a categorical scale (‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer) was used to evaluate purchase intention, liking on the flavour, residues left after swallowing, and sample’s aftertaste. Results showed that all samples were highly accepted for all attributes tested. The insignificant difference between all samples using Cued Facial Scale could be due to similar physical appearance as well as reduced sensory capability among the elderly panellists. Besides, all thickened samples were found to be free from any food residues after swallowing, due to higher cohesion between food particles contributed by the thickeners. In addition, the use of thickeners shown to prevent easy disintegration of food particles during oral consumption which involved tongue and palate shear in the presence of saliva. Even though 79% of the panellists in perceived a starchy taste for all thickened samples, this attribute did not affect the purchase intention and flavour acceptance of the developed products, as both received more than 79% and 85 % likings, respectively. The finding shows that the elderly panellists had a good impression on the developed TMCR, which indicates its promising prospect for product commercialisation.
Phân hạng gen gây bệnh sử dụng học tăng cường kết hợp với xác suất tiền nghiệm
Authors: Tùng Đặng Vũ , Trà Dương Anh , Hậu Lê Đức , Phương Từ Minh
Published: April 2023

Disease gene prioritization is the process of ranking candidate genes according to their relevance to a disease phenotype, thus facilitating the identification of disease genes by narrowing down the set of genes to be tested experimentally. Many methods have been proposed for disease gene prioritization based on relationships between proteins encoded in protein-protein interaction networks using various graph-based algorithms. In this paper, we propose a novel method for prioritizing candidate disease genes by combining reinforcement learning with PageRank algorithm and assigning priors for known disease genes. We experimentally evaluate the proposed method on a human protein interaction network and compared its performance with a state-of-the-art methods, namely PageRank with priors, Random Walk with Restart and K-Step Markov. The experiment results show that our method achieves relatively high performance in terms of AUC values and outperforms comparative methods.
Độ phức tạp của các thuật toán chuẩn hóa phụ thuộc Boole dương
Authors: Hà Trương Thị Thu
Published: April 2023

In relational databases, data dependencies represent the integrity constraints between the sets of attributes. The data dependencies play an important role to keep data in a database be reflected the reality. In various kinds of data dependencies, the class of positive Boolean dependencies is more general, including functional dependencies, multi-valued dependencies, generalized positive Boolean dependencies, differential dependencies, generalized differential dependencies, etc. In this paper, we present some new results related to the class of positive Boolean dependencies in databases. There are the membership problem and the non-redundant conjunctive normal form. The main results in the paper are representing and computing complexity of algorithms for membership problem and for converting a given set of positive Boolean dependencies to a non-redundant set of conjunctive normal forms. It is shown that the membership problem for a set of positive Boolean dependencies are NP- Complete.
Disentangling the effects of male-male competition, reproductive investment and social dominance on telomere length
Authors: Harrison Lauren , Stuart Oliver , Jennions Michael
Published: April 2023

Energetically costly events can accelerate telomere loss and ageing via oxidative damage. For adult males, increased levels of reproduction and more frequent fighting for access to mates are therefore stressful experiences that should hasten telomere shortening. Testing for these relationships is, however, confounded by potential correlations between social status and reproductive investment. We used a 2 x 2 experimental design to test how long-term winning or losing contests, in combination with variation in reproductive effort, influenced telomere loss and several key life-history traits in the eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki. After 9 weeks there were significant differences between winners and losers in their pre-copulatory reproductive investment (i.e., mating effort), but not in their post-copulatory reproductive investment (i.e., ejaculates). Males that were previously able to mate with females (i.e., had greater past reproductive investment) had significantly lower current mating effort, lower body growth, and slower swimming sperm, but only when males were small. These findings suggest that mating costs incurred from both consistent contest experiences and past reproductive effort depend on male body size. Finally, males that had previously been able to mate with a female did not have shorter telomeres than males that were unable to mate, while there was equivocal evidence that winners had shorter telomeres than losers. This intriguing finding hints at the important role social dynamics play in determining relative male investment into reproduction and somatic maintenance.
Vicuña antipredator diel migration drives spatial nutrient subsidies in a high Andean ecosystem
Authors: Monk Julia , Donadio Emiliano , Gregorio Pablo , Schmitz Oswald
Published: April 2023

Spatial subsidies of nutrients within and among ecosystems have profound effects on ecosystem structure and functioning. Large animals can be important drivers of nutrient transport as they ingest resources in some habitats and release them in others, even moving nutrients against elevational gradients. In high Andean deserts, vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) navigate a landscape of fear by migrating daily between productive wet meadows, where there is abundant water and forage but high risk of predation by pumas (Puma concolor), and open plains, where soils are nutrient-poor and forage is less abundant but the risk of predation is low. As they move, vicuñas also defecate and urinate in communal latrines to maintain the cohesion of their family groups. We investigated whether these latrines impacted soil and plant nutrient concentrations across three habitats in the Andean ecosystem (meadows, plains, and high-risk rugged canyons), and used stable isotope analysis to determine the source of fecal nutrients in latrines. We found that latrines increased the concentrations of nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, and other nutrients in soils across all habitats. These inputs also corresponded with an increase in plant quality (lower C:N) at latrine sites in plains and canyons, but not in meadows. As we predicted, stable isotope mixing models revealed that a substantial proportion (30%) of nutrients in latrines in plains originated from vegetation in meadows, even though meadows accounted for only 2.6% of the landscape. Thus, vicuña diel migrations, motivated by predator avoidance, drive nutrient subsidies from low-lying, nutrient-rich meadows to more elevated, nutrient-poor plains. Scaling these results up to the landscape scale, we found that the amount of additional nitrogen and phosphorus in plains latrines were of the same order of magnitude as estimates of annual atmospheric nitrogen and phosphorus deposition for this region. These results suggest that vicuña-mediated nutrient cycling and deposition is an important process impacting ecosystem functioning in arid Andean environments, on par with other major inputs of nutrients to the system.
Double Meaning in Sophocles’ Electra 1110–1111 and the Tragedy’s Denouement
Authors: Beer Josh
Published: April 2023

In Electra 1111 there is a pun on the word Strophios, suggesting that Orestes is a “trickster”. After examining the differences of the accentuation of the word in the MSS, I consider the significance of the pun for interpreting the denouement of the tragedy. Much of the tragedy provides an intertextual dialogue with Aeschylus’ Oresteia but, in contrast to Aeschylus, the main emphasis of the curse on the family falls on Pelops not Atreus. The tragedy was first performed during the Peloponnesian War. All previous versions of the myth from the 6th century onwards seem to have had a political bias. If we take into account the subtlety of Sophoclean irony, Electra can be read as anti-Spartan. In the Peloponnesian War the Delphic Apollo was pro-Spartan (Thuc. 1.118.3). His oracle, enjoining Orestes to use deceit in his revenge, frames the whole dramatic action. Proverbially, wolves were known for deceit. In several passages of Electra, Apollo is identified as Lykeios “wolf-like”, noticeably at l. 1379, before Electra enters the curse-ridden house.
A Sociologia de Sigmund Freud
Authors: SOUZA NETO ARLINDO
Published: April 2023

Considerado um dos principais pensadores do século XX, Sigmund Freud desenvolveu não apenas um método terapêutico, a psicanálise, mas também um corpo teórico robusto, tendo como interesse a cultura, a origem da sociedade e a relação da coletividade com a vida psíquica individual. Como um pensador sem preconceitos disciplinares, Freud influenciou e foi influenciado por diversas disciplinas. Tendo isso em vista, este ensaio tem como principal objetivo esboçar heuristicamente alguns caminhos para uma análise sociológica da teoria psicanalítica de Freud, especialmente no que tange à sua compreensão do conceito de sociedade, como o apresenta em seus escritos e até que ponto tal conceito ainda é válido. O conjunto de sugestões esboçado neste ensaio, se realizado com sucesso, poderá demonstrar como funciona o sistema de enunciados da psicanálise sobre o social, como ele foi construído e o que ele inclui e exclui de seu horizonte. O que por si só explicitará o que neste ensaio é chamado de “teoria social freudiana”, ou, simplesmente, de a sociologia de Sigmund Freud.
Palavras-chave: Freud. Sociedade. Teoria social. Sociologia. Psicanálise.
As experiências escolares e culturais do Movimento de Educação de Base em Pernambuco(1961-1966)
Authors: Garcia de Oliveira Manuela , Lima dos Santos Kalline Laira
Published: April 2023

As décadas de 1950 e 1960 foram marcadas por campanhas e programas para a educação de base e cultura popular. Algumas dessas experiências emergiram da Igreja Católica, a título de exemplo, o Movimento de Educação de Base (MEB) que foi criado oficialmente pelo Decreto nº 50.370, de 21 de março de 1961, a partir de convênio entre o episcopado brasileiro, representado pela Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB) junto ao Ministério de Educação. As ações do MEB foram projetadas para atender as demandas sociais e educacionais das regiões Norte, Nordeste e Centro-Oeste do Brasil, por meio de um ensino via escolas radiofônicas que, por sua vez, foram organizadas por 11 sistemas de emissoras espalhadas pelos Estados. Com isso, esse ensino transmitido pelas ondas do rádio tinha como objetivo não somente a alfabetização, mas uma educação que promovesse a “elevação cívica, moral, econômica e espiritual”, bem como vislumbrava a formação de uma cultura popular. O artigo em questão trata das experiências escolares e culturais vivenciadas pelas comunidades rurais que foram contempladas pelo MEB em Pernambuco, entre os anos de 1961 a 1966, e a importância das tecnologias pedagógicas – a carta, cartilhas e o rádio – na estimulação de uma comunidade letrada e na construção da identidade do homem rural. O recorte temporal diz respeito ao período de funcionamento do MEB no estado pernambucano. Para tecer esta narrativa histórica abordando suas experiências escolares e construção de identidades, analisamos fontes oficiais do Movimento, cartilha, cartas, fotografias dentre outras, valendo do aporte teórico-metodológico de autores da História Cultural. Por fim, compreendemos que a comunicação pelas cartas e rádio, dentre várias funções, serviu como meio de denúncia dos descasos do meio rural, em especial da ausência de escolas públicas. Ademais, os materiais produzidos pelo MEB e seus integrantes proporcionou processos de incitação da identidade do homem rural, por meio da conscientização acerca da realidade que estavam inseridos.
Palavras-chave: MEB-Pernambuco. Alfabetização. Educação popular. Identidades.
MOBILE LEGEND GAME PREDICTION USING MACHINE LEARNING REGRESSION METHOD
Authors: Sena I Gede Wiarta , Emanuel Andi W. R.
Published: April 2023

Abstract: A research institute explains that with 83.7 million people using the Internet, Indonesia is among the top 20 internet users globally. Various individual or group activities require an internet network, one of which is playing games, for developments in the gaming sector, especially the MOBA (Massive Online Battle Arena) genre game, is being hotly discussed. There are various kinds of MOBA genre games, one of which is the Mobile Legends game. Many E-Sport Mobile Legends teams, especially in Asia, make this phenomenon a business space to generate large profits. In this study, the researcher recommends a good machine learning algorithm to predict the outcome of Mobile Legends matches. Of the 600 match history data analyzed, this study recommends the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Random Forest (RF) algorithms as the right algorithms to predict the outcome of the match. Prediction results from each algorithm can reach 82% and 80% accuracy. These findings can help the E-sports analysis team build their match strategy.            Keywords: artificial neural networ; machine learning; mobile legend; prediction; random forest  Abstrak: Sebuah lembaga penelitian menjelaskan bahwa dengan 83,7 juta penduduk yang menggunakan Internet, Indonesia termasuk di dalam 20 besar pengguna internet secara global. Berbagai aktivitas individu atau kelompok membutuhkan jaringan internet, salah satunya adalah bermain game, untuk perkembangan pada sektor game khususnya game bergenre MOBA (Massive Online Battle Arena) sedang hangat diperbincangkan. Ada berbagai macam game bergenre MOBA, salah satunya game Mobile Legends. Banyak tim E-Sport Mobile Legends khususnya di asia menjadikan fenomena ini sebagai ruang bisnis untuk menghasilkan keuntungnya yang besar. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti merekomendasikan algoritma pembelajaran mesin yang baik untuk memprediksi hasil pertandingan Mobile Legends. Dari 600 data riwayat pertandingan yang dianalisis, penelitian ini merekomendasikan algoritma Artificial Neural Network (ANN) dan Random Forest (RF) sebagai algoritma yang tepat untuk memprediksi hasil pertandingan. Hasil prediksi dari masing-masing algoritma dapat mencapai 82% dan akurasi 80%. Temuan ini dapat membantu tim analisis E-sports membangun strategi pertandingan mereka. Kata kunci: artificial neural network; machine learning; mobile legend; prediksi; random forest
Revisão da literatura: estudos sobre pessoas transgêneros e masculinidades no Brasil
Authors: Oliveira Adelaide Suely de , Santos Mariana Olívia Santana dos , Paz Diego , Amazonas Maria Cristina Lopes de Almeida
Published: April 2023

Desde 2012 observa-se no Brasil uma crescente visibilidade dos homens trans na mídia e movimentos sociais. Mas os estudos sobre transmasculinidades são praticamente inexistentes e os homens trans parecem ter menos visibilidade que as transexuais femininas. Este artigo visa analisar estudos sobre pessoas transgêneros e masculinidades no Brasil. Trata-se de revisão narrativa da literatura em bases de dados científicas brasileiras. Identificou-se 10 publicações entre 2018 e 2021 que foram descritas e analisadas segundo categorias temáticas identificadas. Como estratégia metodológica delineamos um panorama dessa produção científica. Os resultados demonstram uma diversidade nas áreas de pesquisa, bem como na formação e atuação dos autores. Discutiram-se temáticas identificadas: pensamento suicida; disforia de gênero; masculinidades performativas; performatividade; homo/transfobia e corpo abjeto; transgeneridade masculina; processo transexualizador e a luta pela despatologização; transexualidade e mídias sociais e, produção de masculinidades. Conclusão: Os estudos analisados passeiam por uma diversidade de áreas e categorias distintas, tendo como fio condutor a pesquisa sobre pessoas trans com enfoque na transexualidade masculina. Entendemos ser relevante que o tema esteja inserido nas mais diversas áreas de pesquisa, passando pela saúde, educação, comunicação e ciências humanas e aplicadas, o que demonstra a importância e atualidade dos estudos sobre identidade de gênero.
PELATIHAN PENGELOLAAN SDM DI ERA DIGITAL PADA KOPERASI SERBA USAHA KOMUNITAS WARGA BOJONG GEDE (KSU KOWAGE)
Authors: Rusiyati Sri , Mulyadi Hary , Elyana Instianti , Givan Bryan , Hidayah Adam , Fauzi Sulistia
Published: April 2023

Koperasi Serba Usaha Komunitas Warga Bojong Gede (KSU KOWAGE) berdiri pada tgl 01 oktober 2022,  berbentuk koperasi serba usaha dengan nama KSU KOWAGE (KOMUNITAS WARGA BOJONGGEDE) yang mempunyai kekhawatiran masa depan yang  penuh dengan ketidakpastian maka perlu persiapan-persiapan dengan menyusun perencanaan dan kekuatan besar agar dapat menghadapi ketatnya persaingan dan tingginya tuntutan kebutuhan hidup. Permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh KSU KOWAGE adalah mempunyai keinginan besar untuk mengembangkan usaha namun terkendala dengan keterbatasan seperti modal usaha yang kecil, lemahnya Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) dan adanya dampak Pandemi Covid-19 menuntut semua pihak bergeser ke era digital termasuk dalam pengelolaan SDM. KSU KOWAGE di era digital sekarang ini juga memerlukan adanya peningkatan strategi dan teknik pengelolaan SDM yang lebih efektif. Maka perlu pelatihan tentang strategi dan teknik pengelolaan SDM yang efektif dalam era digital, termasuk bagaimana mengembangkan keterampilan digital anggota koperasi, membangun budaya kerja yang sesuai dengan era digital, dan cara mengelola tim kerja anggota koperasi dari berbagai tempat. Metode pelatihan yang digunakan adalah berupa ceramah dengan menyampaikan teori, sedangkan untuk metode praktikumnya yaitu simulasi dan tanya jawab. Pelatihan ini bertujuan untuk membantu koperasi dalam menghadapi tantangan seperti kesempatan yang ditimbulkan oleh era digital dalam pengelolaan SDM dan membantu koperasi  dalam meningkatkan kinerja serta produktivitas anggota koperasi dalam era digital. Hasil pelatihan ini menunjukkan para peserta terdapat peningkatan kemampuan pemahaman tentang keterampilan digital, membangun budaya kerja yang sesuai dengan era digital, dan cara mengelola SDM dalam sebuah tim kerja serta meningkatkan kinerja dan produktivitas anggota koperasi dalam era digital.
Fine-resolution patterns of fouling community settlement, growth, and mortality using the CATAIN camera system
Authors: Schrage KR , Meyer-Kaiser KS
Published: April 2023

Settlement dynamics and post-settlement mortality of sessile invertebrates is a black box in marine benthic invertebrate ecology. Most studies capture recruitment (i.e. survival of an individual until the researcher returns) rather than the in situ settlement timing, growth, and survival of newly settled sessile invertebrates. Quantification of settlement is labor-intensive and nearly impossible in remote habitats. Using the prototype camera system CATAIN (CAmera To Analyze Invertebrates), we have a glimpse into this important transitional period. CATAIN photographs the underside of its endcap (which acts as a settlement panel) on a sub-daily time scale, capturing settlement, growth, and post-settlement mortality in sessile invertebrates. In this study, image analysis was used to track individuals of 4 species every 4 h and explore fine-scale temporal dynamics of benthic invertebrates living in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, over a 1 yr period. The goal of this study was to identify settlement rather than recruitment of common sessile species, as well as determine their early post-settlement mortality to better understand the relationship between settlement and recruitment. Beyond tracking seasonality of settlement, we found relationships between environmental factors (temperature, tidal phase, time of day) and settlement timing. We also found different growth rates between temperatures for 1 species. There were variable patterns of post-settlement mortality among species and lower mortality overall than reported by previous studies. This study demonstrates CATAIN as a promising research tool and investigates previously unknown early life-history characteristics of 4 common subtidal benthic invertebrates.
Cluster Analysis Using Principal Component Analysis Method and K-Means to Find Out the Compliance Group of Property Tax
Authors: Pramudita Rully , Rahaningsih Nining , Arum Sekar Puspita , Putri Medina Aprilia , Piseth Sok
Published: April 2023

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The village of Kendal has experienced a decline in local income due to the high rate of property tax arrears, with 226 taxpayers (19% of residents) known to have outstanding payments. Additionally, with 1,159 separate residents residing in 10 block areas with varying tax amounts, it has become increasingly difficult for the Village Apparatus to profile taxpayers based on their characteristics. To overcome these problems, a data analysis model based on Machine Learning technology will be developed using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Method combined with the K-Means method. The objective of this study is to create a cluster analysis model that can accurately map the characteristics of taxpayers, making it easier for the Village Apparatus to identify and assist residents who need to pay their property tax. This proposed solution will also simplify the reporting process to the central government regarding the estimated regional revenue sourced from property tax.
The Weighted Product Method and the Multi-Objective Optimization on the Basis of Ratio Analysis Method for Determining the Best Customer
Authors: Mugiarso Mugiarso , Rasim Rasim
Published: April 2023

The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the Weighted Product (WP) and Multi-Objective Optimization on the Basis of Ratio Analysis (MOORA) methods in determining the best customers. Onesnet, the case study service provider, provides discounts and rewards to eligible customers to support this objective. The problem addressed in this study is how to determine the most relevant method for selecting eligible customers for bonuses. To achieve this, sensitivity testing was conducted by altering the weights of each criterion in both methods and observing the percentage changes of the results. The Weighted Product method multiplies the rating of each connected attribute, which is raised to the appropriate attribute weight, to decide. Data for this study was collected through interviews and observations at Onesnet and processed using the Rank Order Centroid (ROC) method for weighting, and the WP and MOORA methods for evaluating and selecting a decision. The WP and MOORA methods produced different total values and rankings, but the modeling with either method can be used equally for selecting the best customers. While there was a 60% similarity in data between the two methods, the WP method is recommended over MOORA, as it prioritizes customers with high loyalty criteria as the best customers.
Pengaruh Senam Aerobik Dan Senam Kebugaran Jasmani Terhadap Kualitas Tidur Lansia
Authors: Sonhaji Sonhaji , Adinatha Ni Nyoman M , Rifwandini Septiana Arsi
Published: April 2023

ABSTRAK

Latar belakang : Menurut WHO kurang lebih 18% penduduk dunia mengalami gangguan sulit tidur dan meningkat setiap tahunnya. Terdapat 33 orang yang mengatakan sulit tidur atau terbangun dimalam hari, jumlah tidur setiap harinya kurang lebih 3-4 jam perhari. Senam lansia merupakan salah satu contoh aktivitas fisik yang direkomendasikan oleh WHO untuk memperbaiki kualitas tidur lansia. Tujuan : Mengetahui pengaruh senam aerobik dan senam kebugaran jasmani terhadap kualitas tidur lansia. Metode : Jenis penelitian dengan desain Quasi Eksperimental. Sampel penelitian adalah 30 responden dengan teknik total sampling. Pengukuran kualitas tidur menggunakan kuesioner Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Distribusi data diuji normalitasnya dengan uji Saphiro-Wilk. Uji hipotesis menggunakan uji Mann-Whitney untuk membandingkan pengaruh senam aerobik dan senam kebugaran jasmani terhadap kualitas tidur lansia. Hasil : Rerata nilai kualitas tidur sesudah senam aerobik sebesar 7.93, sedangkan rerata nilai kualitas tidur sesudah senam kebugara jasmani sebesar 9.67. Hasil uji statistik menunjukkan bahwa perbedaan tersebut bermakna (p = 0.024 < 0.05) Kesimpulan : Ada pengaruh senam aerobik terhadap kualitas tidur dibandingkan dengan senam kebugaran jasmani.
Aplikasi Terapi Dzikir Untuk Menurunkan Kecemasan Pada Pasien Hipertensi di Ruang Penyakit Dalam RSUD Kardinah Kota Tegal
Authors: Nugroho Santoso Tri , Prastiwi Dani , Apriliani Ristiana Putri
Published: April 2023

Sampai saat ini, Hipertensi masih menjadi masalah kesehatan global dengan angka morbiditas dan mortalitas yang tinggi. Hipertensi akan semakin diperparah dengan perasaan cemas yang dialami oleh penderitanya. Diperlukan adanya suatu intervensi yang efektif untuk menurunkan kecemasan pada pasien Hipertensi. Dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh terapi dzikir terhadap kecemasan pada pasien Hipertensi yang dirawat di RSUD Kardinah Kota Tegal. Penelitian ini berjenis Quasy experiment dengan pre test dan post test with control grup design. Dua puluh orang responden terbagi menjadi kelompok perlakuan dan kelompok kontrol dengan masing-masing 10 responden. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah DASS 42. Analisis data menggunakan pair t test untuk mengetahui perbedaan rerata kecemasan pasien sebelum dan sesudah perlakuan pada kelompok intervensi dan wilcoxon pada kelompok kontrol. Untuk mengetahui signifikansi perbedaan rerata antara kelompok perlakuan dan kontrol menggunakan uji Mann Whitney. Rerata Kecemasan pada kelompok Intervensi sebelum diberikan terapi dzikir 18.90 dan sesudah diberikan terapi dzikir 10.40, dengan penurunan sebesar 8,5 dan p value: 0,016. Pada kelompok kontrol rerata pretest 16.30 dan posttest 13.10, dengan penurunan sebesar 3,6 dan p value: 0,731. Uji  Mann Whitney menunjukkan ada perbedaan rerata signifikan antara kelompok perlakuan dengan kelompok kontrol, dengan p value: 0,00. Terapi Dzikir Berpengaruh Secara Signifikan Untuk Menurunkan Kecemasan Pasien Hipertensi di Ruang Penyakit dalam RSUD kardinah Kota Tegal.
Pemanfaatan Herbal :Ubi Jalar Ungu (Ipomoea Batatas L.) Rebus Sebagai Makanan Selingan Dalam Menurunkan Kadar Glukosa Darah Pasien Diabates Mellitus Tipe II Di Desa Paciran Lamongan
Authors: Sumara Retno , Wibowo Nugroho Ari , Sumarliyah Eni , Nisa Lutfiyatun
Published: April 2023

Diabetes Melitus merupakan penyakit degerative metabolik yang ditandai dengan hiperglikemia yang disebabkan organ pankreas tidak mampu mensekresi insulin, sehingga dapat mempengaruhi metabolisme zat gizi karbohidrat, lemak dan protein dengan disertai etiologi multi faktor. Hal tersebut menyebabkan kadar gula darah menjadi tidak stabil. Selain farmakologi pengelolaan gula darah pada diabetes militus salah satunya dengan mengkonsumsi makanan sampingan untuk mengendalikan kadar gula darah yaitu ubi jalar ungu. Tujuan: Tujuan penelitian ini mengetahui pengaruh konsumsi ubi jalar ungu rebus terhadap penurunan kadar glukosa darah pasien DM tipe 2 di desa Paciran Lamongan. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain One Groups Pre-Posttest Design. Populasi sebanyak 82 dengan sampel sebanyak 35 orang purposive sampling sesuai dengan kriteria inklusi. Pengumpulan data menggunakan pengamatan, pemberian perlakuan ( pemberian ubi jalar ) dan observasi. Analisis menggunakan uji statistik Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. Hasil dan pembahasan: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konsumsi ubi jalar ungu rebus berpengaruh terhadap penurunan kadar gula darah dengan hasil uji statistik ρ = 0,000 < α = 0,05 sehingga terdapat pengaruh konsumsi ubi jalar ungu rebus terhadap penurunan kadar glukosa darah.
« Exposer les tabous au grand jour » – théâtre politique (?) de Céline Delbecq
Authors: Niedokos Judyta
Published: April 2023

The objective of the article is to analyse the creative output of the Belgian author Celine Delbecq in order to resolve the issue of whether, and to what extent, her theatre can be termed a political theatre. To this end, the notion of cité, adapted to the field of theatre by Bérénice Hamidi-Kim, has been invoked. The analysis demonstrates that the theatre of the Belgian author draws on three types of cité. First, it is inspired by the political ecumenical theatre, revealing social injustices, giving rise to a democratic debate on them, as well as highlighting the socially engaged stance of the artist herself. Second, Delbecq’s plays aspire to restore the theatrical and political community. Third, it is a theatre of political struggle that is based on recording the facts, informing the audience of these, while dispensing justice, all in a form of epic theatre that employs parables.
Obéir pour se libérer: stratégies d’héroïsation dans le film Indigènes de Rachid Bouchareb
Authors: Franco David
Published: April 2023

This article re-examines the common understanding of heroism in Rachid Bouchareb’s 2006 film  Days of Glory ( Indigènes). It challenges the premise that the four Maghrebian infantrymen at the centre of the picture are in fact fighting in the French ranks in order to primarily serve mainland France. Stylistic, rhetoric and filmic analyses of the film will show that, instead, enrolling in the French army provides the Arab soldiers with an opportunity to – paradoxically – assert their identity as free subjects. The result of this approach is twofold: while inscribing the protagonists of  Days of Glory in the classical heroic tradition, where obedience and self-government are often complementary, it also expounds the director’s militant desire to define the North African immigrant as both France’s historical ally and an autonomous subject.
Aspects of the ecological and economic mechanism of balanced development of horticulture in the context of environmental safety
Authors: Zubchenko V.
Published: April 2023

The article examines the aspects of improving the ecological and economic mechanism of balancing the development of horticulture in the context of environmental safety. It is substantiated that the functioning of the ecological-economic mechanism of management of nature-use processes is caused by the need to create conditions for the establishment and development of an ecologically oriented way of conducting economic activity of subjects of the national economy. It was determined that the influence of state authorities (subjects of the mechanism) on certain interests of economic subjects of the national economy (objects of the mechanism) is carried out by applying a certain set of management methods and tools. It has been proven that the strategic priorities of the development of horticulture in Ukraine are: increasing the quality parameters of production; bringing quantitative indicators to the level of ensuring domestic needs and increasing the share of fruit and berry exports; expansion of fruit and berry products sales markets; rational use of investment and material and technical resources; implementation of innovative and intensive technologies for growing perennial plantations; compliance with environmental requirements in the production process; deepening of territorial specialization; application of the model of regional organization of cluster-type relationships; structural restructuring of the organizational and economic mechanism of reproduction in the industry on an innovative basis.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
Authors: Demianiuk O. , Humeniuk I. , Levishko A. , Vakulenko S. , Poltava O.
Published: April 2023

The article provides an analysis of modern domestic and international scientific sources on environmental aspects that can be used in the formation of efficient and sustainable food systems. The acute food problem is in a vicious circle — food surplus and hunger of millions of people on the planet. In a world where food is produced far more than consumed, the world’s population is smaller, and vice versa. According to UN forecasts, by 2050, the world’s population will reach 9.7 billion people, with the largest growth in regions that already face food insecurity. Therefore, one of the ways to solve the problem of providing humanity with enough quality and nutritious food is to move to sustainable food systems. It is known that the activities related to the food system include: growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, selling, cooking, consuming and disposing of food. It also includes other inputs (land, fertilisers, crop protection products, labour, water, machinery, knowledge, capital, etc.) and outputs other than food (greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural waste, municipal wastewater, etc.) at each stage of the chain. A schematic model of the food system can be represented by the following logical sequence of goals: “To feed → To feed all → To feed all with quality food that does not harm the human body → To feed all with quality food that does not harm the environment and future generations”. In addition, food systems have significant positive and negative impacts on human health and the environment. In order to move towards a sustainable food system, three main principles need to be followed: sustainable use of renewable resources, which means no degradation or depletion of renewable resources such as land and soil, water and biodiversity; efficient use of all resources; and neutral impact of the food system on the environment. Modern food systems are unsustainable, and it is probable that the pressure on natural resources will only increase. Food systems are directly dependent on natural resources. It is well known that environmental damage in ensuring food security is is generally inevitable, and the question of how they can be minimized is now very important. The research methods used in the study included a systematic approach, comparative analysis and generalisation
Using a smartphone app in the measurement of posture-related pupil center shift on centration during corneal refractive surgery
Authors: Cheng Wenbo , Li Li , Luo Gang , Wang Yan
Published: April 2023

Purpose: Pupil center is an important anchor point in corneal refractive surgery, which may affect by body position. This study investigated the feasibility of using a smartphone application in measurement of posture-related pupil center shifts.

Methods: Images of undilated eyes were captured for 25 participants (age: 18–38 years) at a distance of 40 cm in four body positions (seated, supine, right lateral, and left lateral) under controlled lighting conditions. During taking images, a smartphone application was used to guide positioning without head rotation and tilt. From the images, the location of the pupil center and pupil diameter with respect to the limbus boundary were measured.

Results: According to the data obtained by the smartphone application, pupil center was located slightly nasal and superior to the limbus center in the seated position, and it shifted more nasally and superiorly (p < 0.001, OD 0.54 ± 0.11 mm, OS 0.57 ± 0.14 mm) in the supine position. When body position switched between left and right lateral positions, the pupil centers of both eyes shifted along the direction of gravity (p < 0.05), and no significant shift occurred along the longitudinal axis. Moreover, pupil constriction was observed when the body position changed from seated to supine position (p < 0.001, OD 0.64 ± 0.57 mm, OS 0.63 ± 0.58 mm).

Conclusion: Posture-related pupil center shift may be larger than the error tolerance of centration in corneal refractive surgery, which might be difficult to measure by the existing instruments. An accessible application is necessary for evaluating the shift of pupil center and guiding centration during the surgery.
Strontium-doped chromium oxide for RhB reduction and antibacterial activity with evidence of molecular docking analysis
Authors: Ikram Muhammad , Shahzadi Anum , Bilal Muhammad , Haider Ali , Ul-Hamid Anwar , Nabgan Walid , Haider Junaid , Ali Salamat , Medina Francisco , Imran Muhammad
Published: April 2023

The emergence of multi-drug resistance (MDR) in aquatic pathogens and the presence of cationic dyes are the leading causes of water contamination on a global scale. In this context, nanotechnology holds immense promise for utilizing various nanomaterials with catalytic and antibacterial properties. This study aimed to evaluate the catalytic and bactericidal potential of undoped and Sr-doped Cr2O3 nanostructures (NSs) synthesized through the co-precipitation method. In addition, the morphological, optical, and structural properties of the resultant NSs were also examined. The optical bandgap energy of Cr2O3 has been substantially reduced by Sr doping, as confirmed through extracted values from absorption spectra recorded by UV-Vis studies. The field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs illustrate that the composition of Cr2O3 primarily consisted of agglomerated, irregularly shaped NSs with a morphology resembling nanoflakes. Moreover, the presence of Sr in the lattice of Cr2O3 increased the roughness of the resulting NSs. The catalytic activity of synthesized NSs was analyzed by their reduction ability of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye in the dark under different pH conditions. Their antibacterial activity was evaluated against MDR Escherichia coli (E. coli). Sr doping increased antibacterial efficiency against MDR E. coli, as indicated by inhibition zone measurements of 10.15 and 11.75 mm at low and high doses, respectively. Furthermore, a molecular docking analysis was conducted to determine the binding interaction pattern between NSs and active sites in the target cell protein. The findings corroborated antimicrobial test results indicating that Sr-Cr2O3 is the most effective inhibitor of FabH and DHFR enzymes.
Possible role of tidal and rotational forcing on bradyseismic crises and volcanic unrest in the Campi Flegrei and Somma-Vesuvius areas
Authors: Lambert S. , Sottili G.
Published: April 2023

Volcanic unrest at large calderas, led by the complex interaction between the degassing of the shallow magma reservoir and the overlying hydrothermal system, occurs at intervals of 10–100 years. Even if only a minority of bradyseismic crises ends with an eruption, discriminating between pre-eruptive and non-eruptive signals is fundamental for defining levels of alert. Our study explores the possible link between recent episodes of major unrest at the Campi Flegrei caldera, located in the densely inhabited area near the city of Naples (Italy), and the astronomical forcing arising from both lunisolar tides and Earth’s rotation. We analyze seismic data at Mount Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei sites and find significant correlation between the multiyear variation of the seismic energy and the tidal part of the strain, whereas the correlation with the rotational part from polar motion and length-of-day variations is more elusive. The near-zero time-lag between strain and seismicity suggests a rapid response of the seismicity to the excitation. We discuss how our findings are line with previous works evidencing how the decompression of the low-viscosity, mafic magma reservoir results in a rapid release of dissolved volatiles which in turn produces an abrupt acceleration in the Campi Flegrei caldera geochemical and geophysical signals.
A-SATMVSNet: An attention-aware multi-view stereo matching network based on satellite imagery
Authors: Lin Li , Zhang Yuanben , Wang Zongji , Zhang Lili , Liu Xiongfei , Wang Qianqian
Published: April 2023

Introduction: The stereo matching technology of satellite imagery is an important way to reconstruct real world. Most stereo matching technologies for satellite imagery are based on depth learning. However, the existing depth learning based methods have the problems of holes and matching errors in stereo matching tasks.

Methods: In order to improve the effect of satellite image stereo matching results, we propose a satellite image stereo matching network based on attention mechanism (A-SATMVSNet). To solve the problem of insufficient extraction of surface features, a new feature extraction module based on triple dilated convolution with attention module is proposed, which solves the problem of matching holes caused by insufficient extraction of surface features. At the same time, compared with the traditional weighted average method, we design a novel cost-volume method that integrates attention mechanism to reduce the impact of matching errors to improve the accuracy of matching.

Results and discussion: Experiments on public multi-view stereo matching dataset based on satellite imagery demonstrate that the proposed method significantly improves the accuracy and outperforms various previous methods. Our source code is available at https://github.com/MVSer/A-SATMVSNet.
“Living fossils” and the mosaic evolution of characters
Authors: Rieppel Olivier
Published: April 2023

The modern discussion of living fossils turns mostly on the persistence of archaic, or ancestral, traits in extant organisms. Prime examples mentioned by Darwin already—who also coined the term “living fossil”—include the platypus and the extant lungfishes. However, the identification of archaic traits in extant organisms requires a basis of comparison, i.e., it requires an estimate of the phylogenetic interrelationships of the living fossil in question. Phylogenetic relationships are determined not on the basis of the persistence of archaic traits, but on the basis of shared derived characters. The identification of persistent traits in an organism requires the same organism to also exhibit advanced, or specialized traits that allow its proper classification. The occurrence of such a mixture of primitive (plesiomorphic) or derived (apomorphic) traits in an organism, or species, is called the heterobathmy of characters. Willi Hennig recognized the heterobathmy of characters as quite a universal phenomenon, and made it the basis of his phylogenetic systematics.
Plasma-derived exosomal miRNA as potential biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of vector-borne diseases: A review
Authors: Venkatesan Gokulakannan , Wan Ab Rahman Wan Suriana , Shahidan Wan Nazatul Shima , Iberahim Salfarina , Muhd Besari@Hashim Alwi bin
Published: April 2023

Early disease diagnosis is critical for better management and treatment outcome of patients. Therefore, diagnostic methods should ideally be accurate, consistent, easy to perform at low cost and preferably non-invasive. In recent years, various biomarkers have been studied for the detection of cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, infectious diseases, diabetes mellitus and malignancies. Exosomal microRNA (miRNA) are small non-coding RNA molecules that influence gene expression after transcription. Previous studies have shown that these types of miRNAs can potentially be used as biomarkers for cancers of the breast and colon, as well as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. It may also be used to indicate viral and bacterial infections, such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis and hepatitis. However, its use in the diagnosis of vector-borne diseases is rather limited. Therefore, this review aims to introduce several miRNAs derived from exosomal plasma that may potentially serve as a disease biomarker due to the body’s immune response, with special focus on the early detection of vector-borne diseases.
Strain improvement of Trichoderma harzianum for enhanced biocontrol capacity: Strategies and prospects
Authors: Xiao Ziyang , Zhao Qinqin , Li Wei , Gao Liwei , Liu Guodong
Published: April 2023

In the control of plant diseases, biocontrol has the advantages of being efficient and safe for human health and the environment. The filamentous fungus Trichoderma harzianum and its closely related species can inhibit the growth of many phytopathogenic fungi, and have been developed as commercial biocontrol agents for decades. In this review, we summarize studies on T. harzianum species complex from the perspective of strain improvement. To elevate the biocontrol ability, the production of extracellular proteins and compounds with antimicrobial or plant immunity-eliciting activities need to be enhanced. In addition, resistance to various environmental stressors should be strengthened. Engineering the gene regulatory system has the potential to modulate a variety of biological processes related to biocontrol. With the rapidly developing technologies for fungal genetic engineering, T. harzianum strains with increased biocontrol activities are expected to be constructed to promote the sustainable development of agriculture.
Crosstalk between microbial biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract and chronic mucosa diseases
Authors: Wang Yumeng , Xu Shixi , He Qiurong , Sun Kun , Wang Xiaowan , Zhang Xiaorui , Li Yuqing , Zeng Jumei
Published: April 2023

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the largest reservoir of microbiota in the human body; however, it is still challenging to estimate the distribution and life patterns of microbes. Biofilm, as the predominant form in the microbial ecosystem, serves ideally to connect intestinal flora, molecules, and host mucosa cells. It gives bacteria the capacity to inhabit ecological niches, communicate with host cells, and withstand environmental stresses. This study intends to evaluate the connection between GI tract biofilms and chronic mucosa diseases such as chronic gastritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal cancer. In each disease, we summarize the representative biofilm makers including Helicobacter pylori, adherent-invasive Escherichia coli, Bacteroides fragilis, and Fusobacterium nucleatum. We address biofilm’s role in causing inflammation and the pro-carcinogenic stage in addition to discussing the typical resistance, persistence, and recurrence mechanisms seen in vitro. Biofilms may serve as a new biomarker for endoscopic and pathologic detection of gastrointestinal disease and suppression, which may be a useful addition to the present therapy strategy.