bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Tax Incentive Policy, Single Login DJP Knowledge, and Taxpayer Compliance during Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Murtiningtyas Triana , Eka Puspitasari Agnes Merry , Sunarto Sunarto , Wiyarni Wiyarni
Published: August 2022

This study aims to examine the effect of the tax incentive policy and knowledge of single login DJP on taxpayer compliance during the Covid-19 pandemic on corporate taxpayers registered at KPP Pratama Malang Utara. The sampling technique used was accidental sampling by determining the number of samples using the Slovin formula and obtained 99 samples. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to respondents. The analytical method used is descriptive statistical analysis and linear regression. Hypothesis testing was carried out using SPSS version 26 software. The results showed that the tax incentive policy had a significant positive effect on taxpayer compliance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Knowledge of single login DJP also has a significant positive effect on taxpayer compliance during the Covid-19 pandemic.
On the Synthesis of Pure Sensibility and Pure Rationality in Immanuel Kant’s Epistemology
Authors: Dr. Joseph T. Ekong Rev. Fr.
Published: August 2022

Hume's skepticism, more particularly his technical distinction between a priori and a posteriori propositions or statements, awakened Kant from his dogmatic slumber, and provided a basis for treating the question of whether, and how metaphysics is possible. Kant said that it was the influence of David Hume (awakening from the dogmatic slumber), which had turned his mind to the new fields of speculative philosophy. One can identify two possible versions of Humean influence on Kant. The first is connected with the conception of the “skeptical method”, to which Kant adhered since about 1765, and the second is the true awakening which took place in the summer of 1771.1 In acknowledging the profound influence of Hume in his speculative philosophy, Kant asserts: I openly confess, the suggestion of David Hume was the very thing, which many years ago first interrupted my dogmatic slumber, and gave my investigations in the field of speculative philosophy quite a new direction. I was far from following him in the conclusions at which he arrived by regarding, not the whole of his problem, but a part, which by itself can give us no information. If we start from a well-founded, but undeveloped, thought, which another has bequeathed to us, we may well hope by continued reflection to advance farther than the acute man, to whom we owe the first spark of light. I therefore first tried whether Hume's objection could not be put into a general form, and soon found that the concept of the connection of cause and effect was by no means the only idea by which the understanding thinks the connection of things a priori, but rather that metaphysics consists altogether of such connections. But as soon as I had succeeded in solving Hume's problem not merely in a particular case, but with respect to the whole faculty of pure reason, I could proceed safely, though slowly, to determine the whole sphere of pure reason completely and from general principles, in its circumference as well as in its contents. This was req This paper sets out to discuss the nature and relevance of Kant’s synthesis between sensibility and understanding, in relation to his introduction of the synthetic a priori judgment, in his Critique of Pure Reason.
Inheritance of Agronomic Characteristics in F3 Soybeans (Agromulyo X Tanggamus) Using the Pedigree Method
Authors: Tarigan Meriaty , Purba Rosmadelina , Rosalyne Irawaty , Saragih Elisabeth
Published: August 2022

The research was conducted at the end of October 2020 - February 2021 in Raya Usang Village, Dolog Massagal District, Simalungun Regency, at an altitude of 1090 m above sea level. The purpose of this research was to determine the agronomic characteristics, heritability estimation value and the variety of genotypes of F3 (Agromulyo X Tanggamus). This research uses planting with the Pedigree method. The research design used an Augmented design, namely a strain design that was not repeated but with the elder plant being planted, to prove that the strain tends to be the parent of Agromulyo or Tanggamus. Observations made include: flowering age (days), harvesting age (days), plant height (cm), number of branches (units), number of pods (units), the seed weight per plant (g) and the weight of 100 seeds (g). From the results of research and analysis of statistical data taken from the mean character value, it is known that in the agronomic characteristics of F3 (Agromulyo X Tanggamus), there were several characters that have improved (load, harvest age, and weight of 100 seeds), there were also characteristics whose mean were between the Agromulyo and Tanggamus elder plant (plant height and number of branches, number of pods per plant, seeds weight per plant and the weight of 100 seeds). The criterion of the GCV is, low: GCV <7%, medium: GCV <14%, and high: GCV> 14%. All characters have a high GCV value except for the harvest age and the flowering age, which have a low GCV value. For heritability values in the broad sense of the criteria, it is h2 <0.2 for low heritability, 0.2 <h2 <0.5 for medium heritability, and h2> 0.5 for high heritability. The results showed that all characters in this study had high broad heritability values. The higher the heritability value, the greater the selection progress that is achieved and the faster the superior varieties are released. The results of this study were obtained in 20 genotypes through direct selection based on the character of the seed weight of which had the highest seed weight. The genotype numbers of the promising strains obtained were 181, 123, 196,113, 116, 162, 104, 39, 69, 200, 227, 70, 221, 63, 128, 15, 99, 66, 52 and 184. The genotype with the highest seed weight was found in genotype 181 (44.02 g), while the genotype with the lowest seed weight was found in genotype number 88 (28.69 g).
Aluminiumbearbeitung bleibt ein Wachstumsmarkt
Authors: Hübner Fabian
Published: August 2022

Auch wenn die Aluminiumherstellung energieintensiv und nur bedingt klimafreundlich ist, gehören diese Leichtbauwerkstoffe zu wichtigen Elementen bei der Dekarbonisierung der Mobilitätsindustrie wie auch beim Ausbau der Windenergie.
Flexible Anbindung von Maschinen in der Produktion
Authors: Baranowski Michael , Scholz Johannes , Friedmann Marco , Fleischer Jürgen
Published: August 2022

Die Vernetzung von Maschinen und Anlagen im Produktionsumfeld ist ein entscheidender Schlüssel zur Steigerung der Effizienz. Allerdings wird die Vernetzung durch verschiedene Kommunikationsprotokolle gehemmt und erfordert oftmals ein hohes Maß an Erfahrung und Wissen im Umgang mit den jeweiligen Protokollen.
Miocardiopatía hipertrófica obstructiva asociada a cor triatriatum: la importancia de la multimodalidad en imagen cardiaca
Authors: Auquilla Clavijo Pablo Esteban , Povar Echeverría Marina , Daga Calejero Berta , Aliaga Rivas-O´neill Verónica , Aliacar Muñoz Marta
Published: August 2022

Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 19 años en el que tras detectar un soplo cardiaco en la exploración física se diagnóstica una miocardiopatía hipertrófica en la ecocardiografía. Mantiene función sistólica de ventrículo izquierdo conservada, pero valores muy disminuidos de Strain Global Longitudinal. En la resonancia magnética cardiaca se evidencia la presencia de un extenso realce tardío de gadolinio y además se identifica un Cor Triatriatum que había pasado desapercibido mediante la ecocardiografía. Se calcula un elevado riesgo de muerte súbita y se decide implante de un desfibrilador automático.
Vista transgástrico profundo del septum interatrial, una vista subutilizada
Authors: Sánchez López Héctor Antonio , Rios Olivares Itzel Estefani
Published: August 2022

La vista transgástrico profundo del septum interatrial asemeja la vista subcostal bicaval del ecocardiograma transtorácico, es de gran utilidad para evaluar el septum interauricular y sus defectos, así como las venas cavas por su excelente alineación al haz de ultrasonido.
Arteria coronaria única con origen en seno de Valsalva derecho y válvula aórtica cuadricúspide en un paciente con infarto agudo de miocardio.
Authors: Borges López Jesús Samuel , Bazo Medina Jessica Mariel , Díaz Rojas María Fernanda , Ayala Hernández Eduardo , Castaño Guerra Rodolfo de Jesús
Published: August 2022

La arteria coronaria única es una anomalía congénita en la que el árbol coronario nace de un solo ostium, pudiendo asociarse a otras malformaciones cardíacas. Puede ser un hallazgo incidental, sin embargo, en pacientes jóvenes, o en casos de cursar con un trayecto interarterial, puede ser causa de angina, infarto agudo del miocardio e incluso muerte súbita, siendo de vital importancia su oportuna identificación. Se presenta el caso de un paciente el cual presentó dolor precordial, diagnosticando infarto agudo del miocardio sin elevación del ST, identificándose en angiografía y angiotoTC coronaria esta inusual anomalía.
¨Pericarditis constrictiva: la compleja ruta diagnóstica de una enfermedad imitadora
Authors: Chacon Loyola Gerardo , Calva Galván María José , López Meneses Mauricio , Arias Godínez José Antonio , Aceituno Melgar Jorge
Published: August 2022

Presentamos un caso de pericarditis constrictiva con cuadro de 2 años de evolución previo al diagnóstico. El principal estudio diagnóstico es el ecocardiograma transtorácico con el protocolo para pericarditis constrictiva propuesto por la clínica Mayo. La resonancia magnética y tomografía son opciones diagnósticas en caso complejos y ayudan a caracterizar la anatomía del pericardio. El cateterismo cardiaco sirve para diferenciar entre pericarditis constrictiva vs miocardiopatía constrictiva. El único tratamiento definitivo es la pericardiectomía quirúrgica. La mayoría de los pacientes experimentan una mejora sustancial en la clase funcional y las presiones de llenado cardíaco.
Automated grindstone chemistry: a simple and facile way for PEG-assisted stoichiometry-controlled halogenation of phenols and anilines using N-halosuccinimides
Authors: Das Dharmendra , Bhosle Akhil A , Chatterjee Amrita , Banerjee Mainak
Published: August 2022

A simple electrical mortar–pestle was used for the development of a green and facile mechanochemical route for the catalyst-free halogenation of phenols and anilines via liquid-assisted grinding using PEG-400 as the grinding auxiliary. A series of mono-, di-, and tri-halogenated phenols and anilines was synthesized in good to excellent yields within 10–15 min in a chemoselective manner by controlling the stoichiometry of N-halosuccinimides (NXS, X = Br, I, and Cl). It was observed that PEG-400 plays a key role in controlling the reactivity of the substrates and to afford better regioselectivity. Almost exclusive para-selectivity was observed for the aromatic substrates with free o- and p-positions for mono- and dihalogenations. As known, the decarboxylation (or desulfonation) was observed in the case of salicylic acids and anthranilic acids (or sulfanilic acids) leading to 2,4,6-trihalogenated products when 3 equiv of NXS was used. Simple instrumentation, metal-free approach, cost-effectiveness, atom economy, short reaction time, and mild reaction conditions are a few noticeable merits of this environmentally sustainable mechanochemical protocol.
Isolation and biosynthesis of daturamycins from Streptomyces sp. KIB-H1544
Authors: Chen Yin , Ren Jinqiu , Yang Ruimin , Li Jie , Huang Sheng-Xiong , Yan Yijun
Published: August 2022

Two novel diarylcyclopentenones daturamycin A and B (1 and 2), and one new p-terphenyl daturamycin C (3), along with three known congeners (4–6), were isolated from a rhizosphere soil-derived Streptomyces sp. KIB-H1544. The structures of new compounds were elucidated via a joint use of spectroscopic analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffractions. Compounds 1 and 2 belong to a rare class of tricyclic 6/5/6 diarylcyclopentenones, and compounds 3–6 possess a C-18 tricyclic aromatic skeleton. The biosynthetic gene cluster of daturamycins was identified through gene knockout and biochemical characterization experiments and the biosynthetic pathway of daturamycins was proposed.
La Relativite Du Principe De Non-Ingerence Dans Les Affaires Essentiellement Etatiques
Authors: Tilo Dionlaltarel
Published: August 2022

Parmi les grands principes du droit international public, figure celui de non-ingérence dans les affaires intérieures des Etats, objet de notre analyse. La notion des affaires intérieures est demeurée fort controversée. Quoiqu’inconnue du droit international classique et malgré l’absence d’une définition légale clairement établie, certains auteurs s’accordent à reconnaître une nature résiduelle à la notion de compétence nationale et ce, par rapport au champ d’activité réglementé par le droit international. L’on perçoit ici que « les affaires essentiellement étatiques » ne sont pas définies à cause de leur flexibilité. Il s’agit d’une notion très utilisée en droit international selon les intérêts des Etats. Même son renfort apparent dans la Charte des Nations Unies contrairement au Pacte de la SDN n’a pas servi à le consolider. L’extension croissante du droit international en explique aussi la relativité. L’élargissement matérielle et l’élargissement personnelle du Droit des gens ont contribué à relativiser l’existence du domaine réservé. De nos jours, rares sont des questions qui n’intéressent pas le droit international, critère de détermination du domaine réservé. La consolidation des mécanismes internationaux de protection des droits de l’homme et la consécration des autres principes du droit international nous amènent à poser la question de savoir si la théorie et la pratique du principe de non-ingérence dans les affaires intérieures des Etats favorisent-elles sa compréhension en droit international public. Ainsi, de nos jours, la théorie et la reconnaissance de la théorie du domaine réservé est particulièrement remise en discussion. Ce qui veut dire que la théorie et la pratique du principe de non-ingérence dans les affaires intérieures des Etats ne favorisent pas sa compréhension en droit international public. L’évolution de la société internationale depuis 1945 a engendré une étendue matérielle du droit international de telle sorte qu’il est aujourd’hui difficile de déterminer une matière où l’État n’est pas soumis à des règles internationales et où il jouit d’une liberté absolue.
THE ADVANTAGE OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN INCREASING A COMPANY'S INCOME AND REDUCING EXPENDITURES
Authors: Akseptori Ristanti , Bobsaid Inas Safina
Published: August 2022

It is imperative that a company's customer relationship management (CRM) strategy places a focus on steadily elevating the quality of service that is offered to the company's clientele in order for the business to achieve financial and operational success. The consumers' impressions of the company may be influenced by supporters, who can also inform, instruct, and enlighten them about the various available choices. It is not entirely out of the realm of possibility for a firm to profit from social turmoil by using a variety of different technological strategies. Programs that are intended to maintain consumers as repeat clients are variously referred to as recurrent marketing programs, club participation programs, and customer loyalty programs. All of these programs are essentially the same thing. When a company is able to properly manage its connections with its clients, they see a decrease in the number of customers who opt to discontinue doing business with that particular company. This is because the firm is better able to maintain positive relationships with its clientele. This is due to the fact that satisfied consumers are more inclined to speak positively about a certain firm to other people. The use of CRM paves the way for the company to obtain better levels of income while simultaneously minimizing the levels of operational expenses it incurs.
STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOIL WITH WASTE PLASTIC STRIPS
Authors:   ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MATRUSRI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SAIDABAD,DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, RAJA SEKHAR P
Published: August 2022

Black cotton soil is fine textured and clayey in nature. It has high amounts of lime, iron, magnesium and generally low quantities of phosphorus, nitrogen and organic matter.In this project an attempt is made to reinforce and stabilize black soil with plastic bottle strips. The plastic strips were prepared and added at different mixing ratio (2%,4%,6%,8% and 10%) by weight and in aspect ratio(2mm*10mm).The experimental results showed that there was a significant improvement in shear strength parameters. The swelling and desiccation cracking behavior of the soil were also expressively reduced. There was a substantial reduction in the optimum moisture content and slight increment in maximum dry density. The optimum plastic content that results in optimum result can be selected based on the importance of the selection parameter for a specified engineering work. Stabilizing Black soils with waste plastic bottles simultaneously solves the challenges of improper plastic waste recycling that is currently a teething problem in most developing countries. The results obtained from this study favorably suggest that inclusion of this material in expansive soils would be effective for ground improvement in geotechnical engineering. Keywords: Black cotton soil, Plastic strips, Soil stabilization, Ground improvement
Ignition of Carbon Burning from Nuclear Fission in Compact Stars
Authors: Horowitz C. J.
Published: August 2022

Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) are powerful stellar explosions that provide important distance indicators in cosmology. Recently, we proposed a new SN Ia mechanism that involves a nuclear fission chain reaction in an isolated white dwarf (WD). The first solids that form as a WD starts to freeze are actinide rich and potentially support a fission chain reaction. In this Letter, we explore thermonuclear ignition from fission heating. We perform thermal diffusion simulations and find at high densities, above about 7 × 108 g cm−3, that fission heating can ignite carbon burning. This could produce an SN Ia or another kind of astrophysical transient.
Cercarial dermatitis outbreak caused by ruminant parasite with intermediate snail host: schistosome in Chana, South Thailand
Authors: Krailas Duangduen , Namchote Suluck , Komsuwan Jirayus , Wongpim Thanaporn , Apiraksena Kitja , Glaubrecht Matthias , Sonthiporn Pichaya , Sansawang Choopong , Suwanrit Sirirat
Published: August 2022

A cercarial dermatitis outbreak occurred in Chana district, Songkhla Province, South Thailand, between August and October 2020. A total of 359 cases with cercarial dermatitis were confirmed with three cases of skin biopsy. The species of potential trematodes from infected snails were investigated, and the prevalence of infestation with schistosomes was described. As part of our ongoing studies of trematode diversity in freshwater systems, using morphological traits and sequence data to differentiate species, this study aimed to provide insights into the parasite species that cause cercarial dermatitis in the outbreak area and improve our understanding of parasite species distribution. Snail samples were collected in December 2020 and September and October 2021. Five main areas of outbreaks were investigated, and snails were collected by scooping and examined for infection with cercariae. The cercariae were characterized on the basis of morphological features. We found two species of snails to be infected,viz. Indoplanorbis exustusandBithynia siamensis siamensis, with infection rates of 2.05% (12/586) and 7.93% (23/290), respectively. Three species of trematodes were found inB. s. siamensis,viz. Gastrothylax crumenifer,Astiotrema monticellii, andLoxogenes liberum. Moreover, three species of trematodes were found inIndoplanorbis exustus,viz. Clinostomum giganticum,Echinostoma spiniferum, andSchistosoma indicum. The latter is a ruminant schistosome, which causes the outbreak of cercarial dermatitis in the area. They were genetically analyzed using the internal transcribed spacer subunit II region to confirm the species identity at generic and infrageneric levels.
Two new species of Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from southern Mindanao, Philippines, with ecological notes
Authors: Cabras Analyn A. , Cudera Rizalyn , Mamon Joelyn , Medina Milton Norman D.
Published: August 2022

Two new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912, subgenus Orthocyrtus Heller, 1912 are described and illustrated from southern Mindanao, Philippines: M. (O.) melibengoysp. nov. and M. (O.) flomloksp. nov. Another two species were transferred from the subgenus Artapocyrtus Heller, 1912 to Orthocyrtus, namely, M. (O.) willietorresi Cabras & Medina, 2018 and M. (O.) villalobosaePatano et al., 2021. Ecological notes are provided.
A new species of Sinopoda from China, with first description of the male of S. wuyiensis Liu, 2021 (Araneae, Sparassidae)
Authors: Zhong Yang , Zeng Meng-Yun , Gu Chao-Lan , Yu Hui-Liang , Yang Jing-Yuan
Published: August 2022

One new species of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999, S. muyuensissp. nov. (♂, ♀), is described and figured from the Shennongjia Forestry District, Hubei Province, China. In addition, the male of Sinopoda wuyiensis Liu, 2021 is described for the first time from the Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Fujian Province, China.
La GRH est-elle alexithymique ? Étude des régulations des émotions dans des métiers à incidents émotionnels
Authors: Monier Hélène
Published: August 2022

Policiers, urgentistes, enseignants, téléconseillers : cette recherche analyse les régulations des émotions dans des métiers à incidents émotionnels. Divers cadres théoriques sont exploités : en comportement organisationnel, en psychologie, en sociologie, en GRH. À travers l’étude des cas, l’analyse de la composante émotionnelle au travail fait apparaître différentes ressources et stratégies de régulations. Un cadre comparatif des différents niveaux de maturité des processus de GRH des métiers étudiés fait émerger le concept de régulation émotionnelle organisationnelle (REO).
Reviewing entomophagy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: species and host plant diversity, seasonality, patterns of consumption and challenges of the edible insect sector
Authors: Nsevolo M.P. , Kiatoko N. , Kambashi M.B. , Francis F. , Megido R. Caparros
Published: August 2022

This paper reviews edible insect species and the host plant diversity associated with them in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including their seasonal availability throughout the year. Entomophagy practices are mapped on country scale and nationwide patterns of consumption are explored. Moreover, motives for consumer acceptance (or rejection) of insects as food are reported based on survey data and focus groups. The paper also points out research gaps (concerning notably food-safety risk associated to local species and the effects of processing techniques on nutrient contents or the digestibility of edible insects) and discusses major challenges (as the need for standardisation of local units of sale, the implementation of insects-related regulations and field studies supported by expert taxonomic input) for the sustainable development of the edible insect consumption market in the country. The inventory showed that 148 species of insects are consumed in DRC dominated by the orders of Lepidoptera (60.1%), Orthoptera (10.1%), Coleoptera (8.1%) and Hymenoptera (8.1%). Commonalities were observed throughout the country concerning a minority of the insects consumed (these are notablyRhynchophorus phoenicis, Imbrasia epimethea, Imbrasia oyemensis, Cirina forda), whereas the consumption of several edible species (e.g.Afzeliada afzelii, Hadraphe ethiopica, Rhypopteryx poecilanthes, Acanthacris ruficornis) seems to be restricted to the production areas where they occur, due probably to the absence of a trade system and people’s alimentary habits. Furthermore, host plant species for 38 major edible lepidopterans have been inventoried nationwide. Results indicated 122 plant species dominated by 4 families ranked as follows: Fabaceae (34.4%), Phyllanthaceae (10.6%), Meliaceae (4.9%) and Apocynaceae (4.1%). However, given concerns about some host plant species being endangered(Millettia laurentii, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum) or critically endangered(Autranella congolensis), conservation strategies and methods of mass-rearing are needed. This article contributes to the growing body of knowledge detailing anthropoentomophagy in DRC.
Almost Global Existence for 3-D Quasilinear Wave Equations in Exterior Domains with Neumann Boundary Conditions
Authors: Yuan Meng
Published: August 2022

We are concerned with the initial-boundary value problems of 3-D quasilinear wave equations outside compact convex obstacles with Neumann boundary conditions. When the surfaces of 3-D compact convex obstacles are smooth and the quadratic nonlinearities in the quasilinear wave equations do not fulfill the null condition, we establish the almost global existence of smooth small-amplitude solutions to the above initial-boundary value problems. The lower bound of the lifespan is proved to be \begin{document}$ e^{\kappa/\varepsilon} $\end{document} with some positive \begin{document}$ \kappa $\end{document} and the small positive parameter \begin{document}$ \varepsilon $\end{document} as the size of the initial data. This lower bound is optimal as shown in the 3-D boundaryless case.
Retrospective technology of segmentation and classification for GARCH models based on the concept of the $ \epsilon $-complexity of continuous functions
Authors: Piryatinska Alexandra , Darkhovsky Boris
Published: August 2022

We consider a retrospective segmentation and classification problem for GARCH models. Segmentation is the partition of a long time series into homogeneous fragments. A fragment is homogeneous if only one mechanism generates it. The points of "concatenation" of homogeneous segments we call (by analogy with the term used in the stochastic literature) points of disorder or change-points. We call classification the separation of two relatively short time series generated by different mechanisms. By classification, we mean the way in which two groups of time series with unknown generating mechanism (in particularly, generated by GARCH models) can be distinguished, and the new time series can be assigned to the class. Our model free technology is based on our concept of $ \epsilon $-complexity of individual continuous functions. This technology does not use information about the time series generation mechanism. We demonstrate our approach on time series generated by GARCH models. We present simulations and real data analysis results confirming the effectiveness of the methodology.
Orchard Biomass Management
Authors: Emam Mohamed Saad Aly , Mohamed Mohamed Abul-soud
Published: August 2022

The use of different techniques for recycling the orchard's biomass provided more flexibility and efficiency under the different environmental and production conditions. Aerobic composting depending on the decomposition activities of different micro-organisms and the environmental conditions (moisture, temperature, additives, machinery, etc.) was for a long time the main method for recycling the orchard's biomass. Vermicomposting introduced a promising technique for recycling the orchard's biomass depending on vermicomposting earthworm types, which led to not just recycling the orchards biomass but also producing different products (vermicompost, vermi-liquid, and earthworm biomass, feeders, etc.). Anaerobic composting mainly produces energy, as well as composting, and still needs more knowledge transfer. The management of organic soil content is a vital agricultural operation that takes into more consideration increasing the sustainability and the production of orchards as well as sequestrating the carbon dioxide in orchards' soils.
Carbon and Water Footprint
Authors: Farag Ahmed Awny , Abdrabbo Mohamed Ahmed
Published: August 2022

Climate change has become one of the most relevant global challenges that impact the overall world. One way to combat climate change is to calculate and reduce the climate impacts of single products. An estimate of the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted from a life cycle perspective of a good or service gives an overview of the contribution to climate change from this product, usually referred to as product carbon footprint (PCF). A full life cycle product carbon footprint is necessary to identify emission hotspots in the product value chains and thereby address the climate change on the product level in the most efficient way. Products' carbon footprint also make it possible to compare the climate change impact of competing horticultural products (e.g., the fruits coming from different countries but sold in the same store). However, only a limited amount of products' carbon footprints including the raw material acquisition, production, distribution, and the consumer stage have been published about horticultural products.
Biointensive Integrated Pest Management (BIPM) Approaches in Orchards
Authors: Murugasridevi Kalirajan , Dhanapal Rajendran , Sekar Sengodan , Tamilselvan Ravichandran , Aravind Jayaraman
Published: August 2022

This chapter discusses the biointensive integrated pest management strategies to be followed to combat the pest incidence in fruit orchards. The hostile habit of insects resulted in the elevated pesticide treatments and affected the destruction of the agroecosystem, which will be indicated by extremely resistant insect species with elimination of entomophages. This chapter highlights the idea of biointensive management tactics, that is, preliminary data collection through surveillance, accurate diagnosis, sampling and field scouting, and pest forewarning threshold level assessment. The major pests found in fruit crops such as mango, citrus, grapes, litchi, guava, apple, pear, and peach along with the BIPM techniques to mitigate the pest have also been debated. In addition, various management strategies, that is, cultural, mechanical, physical, bio-rational, biological, and significance of resistant cultivars in BIPM have been discussed in this chapter. The chapter concludes with a summary of approaches for implementing biointensive pest management programmes and its forthcoming areas.
Insect Pest Control in Orchards
Authors: Abdel-Raheem Mohamed
Published: August 2022

The species of pests in our orchards have natural predators and parasites. These natural enemies of pests play an important role in regulating pest populations. One way of reducing pest damage, therefore, is to create an orchard habitat that encourages biodiversity and these natural enemies. Many pesticides will kill these beneficial species when we are trying to control the pests, and the first line of defense is removed the next time the pest species attacks fruit trees. Agriculture is more sustainable and resilient to change when it mimics biological systems. Codling moth is a common pest of apple fruit. It feeds on the fruit for many weeks. Many pests invest in orchard crops such as apple maggot, gypsy moth, peachtree borer, pecan weevil, psyllid, sawfly, and scale insect.
Different Types of Diseases Infecting Orchid Plants
Authors: Ghareeb Rehab Yassin , Ibrahim Amira A.
Published: August 2022

Many orchids species were threatened because of environmental changes and the appearance of microbial diseases. Reduction in orchard yield and productivity depends on biotic factors like bacteria, viruses and nematodes, and pests. The yield losses range from 20 to 40% in global orchard production. Diseases causing crop orchid losses were epidemics with long term and massive effects. Many species of microbes were associated with orchids that are pathogenically resulting in symptoms of many diseases like brown spot, root rot, soft rot, brown rot, wilt, and anthracnose. This chapter will discuss diseases associated with Orchidaceae species that resulted from pests and other microbes and different biological managements for these diseases.
Artificial Intelligence for Natural Intelligence
Authors: Shah Priyanshi , Shukla Ajay Narayan
Published: August 2022

The content of this chapter will start by introducing neuroscience, how the brain communicates with the human body, along with neuroscience's history and research in brief with AI. After that, some of the devices used for gathering brain signals will be explained taking its focus towards EEG signals. The preprocessing techniques and algorithms used will be detailed along with some impactful algorithms which have been proven best till now in some of the real scenarios. It will be followed by the challenges faced in neuroscience (mostly BCI). Next, applications will be discussed under two main categories—(1) medical-related fields for treatment or diagnosis and (2) for global lifestyle change—where it will be further divided into different subfields as stated previously. The chapter will be concluded with its future scope for the well-being of humanity.
Machine Learning Techniques to Diagnose and Treat Cancer Disease
Authors: Barrachina Mercedes , Valenzuela Laura
Published: August 2022

Cancer is one of the most common diseases nowadays, and it is a very heterogeneous disease that consists of several different subtypes. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), this disease caused death to approximately 10 million people during 2020, and in the same period, 19.3 million new cases were identified. Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed for women, and lung cancer is the most detected cancer in men. Artificial intelligence has many different applications, and specifically, machine learning techniques are used for detecting and treating cancer. The methods associated with machine learning are computer algorithms that are considering different types of logic, and therefore, those types can be classified into supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning, self-supervised learning, active learning, etc. The main purpose of this work is to review and evaluate the different techniques associated to machine learning used by medical professionals but also by researchers with the main objectives of detecting and treating cancer.
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Glacial Lakes of the Western Himalayas in Chamoli and Pithoragarh Districts of Uttarakhand Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Authors: Basak Bulu , Umar Thahira , Gulzar Shahid , Kumar Rajeev , Roy Chowdhury Biswajit
Published: August 2022

Remote sensing technology provides a spatial-temporal database to track the dynamics of water bodies. Global climatic change has a substantial impact on the dynamic activities of glaciers and glacial lakes and in turn affects the surrounding ecosystem. Thus, monitoring and maintaining an updated database about glacial activity is essential for disaster preparedness. In this study, spatiotemporal analysis of glacial lakes of the Western Himalayas in Chamoli and Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand during 1994, 2000, 2010, and 2020 were done. These glacial lakes showed significant spatiotemporal changes and an increase in their aerial extent, nearly doubled from 1994 to 2020. GL_A had a sudden tremendous growth in the interim period may tend to many disasters like GLOF (glacial lake outburst floods). The study area holds many tourist pilgrimage attractions, and it needs sufficient monitoring of several factors over the entire fragile region for the construction of any infrastructures, disaster mitigation, and urban development processes.
Digital Ethnography Among Orang Asli Community at Kampung Orang Asli of Malaysia
Authors: Sandran Laguvendran
Published: August 2022

This chapter aims to examine the positive and negative impacts of modernization that impact the way of life of the Orang Asli community and where some communication had been done through digital approach due to the pandemic situation. A qualitative study using case study method was conducted on the Orang Asli community in Gombak, Selangor where the selection of samples using purposive sampling technique with digital approaches, digital meetings, and observation methods. Findings show that positive impacts consist of the development of technology and information, improvement of facilities and atmosphere, systematic management, modern medicine, cultural assimilation, and educational advancement. Meanwhile, negative impacts consist of alcohol and drug use, loss of heritage customs and practices, unhealthy lifestyle, use of technology and information from negative aspects, loss of traditional medicine, loss of traditional administrative system, and loss of language and dialect.
Internet as a Field
Authors: Roy Parimal , Hamidi Mashitah , Roy Shamoli
Published: August 2022

The chapter demonstrates how the Facebook platform has become an important field complement to the classical ethnographic genres in the Santal community of Bangladesh. The authors focus on this social network as the most popular one globally regarding the number of registered users and as the leading platform for Santal groups. As of April 2022, about 15 Santal online groups and pages of both open and closed types and differences in numbers of users and activity degrees are registered on Facebook. Despite the internal peculiarities of these Santal groups, the main goal of the communities under consideration is to consolidate the participants. Such a platform creates practical tools for maintaining social ties and space of constant communication beyond being connected to a physical location.
Problems and Prospects of Digital or Online Services Towards Making the Aged-Friendly City
Authors: Akther Farhana , Rahaman Md. Mustafizur
Published: August 2022

The number of aged people is increasing globally, and by 2050, around 21.9% of the population will be elderly in Bangladesh. As per the WHO framework, access to necessary services is crucial for ensuring active aging, well-being, and aging in place. Attainment of online services plays a key role in ensuring easy access to services. This study explores the problems and prospects in accessing digital/online services by elder people in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. To satisfy the objective of the study, a questionnaire survey has been conducted in Dhanmondi Residential to empirically investigate the problems and prospects of people aged over 60 years. They are suffering from constraints of using digital devices, lacking devices, lack of faith in online services, etc. These problems are causing social exclusion and digital divination. In the meantime, female respondents are uninterested in using digital devices and digital services. Therefore, addressing the problems and taking appropriate steps could ensure the independence and well-being of the aged people.
Corporate Governance Digitalization Trends
Authors: Zainullin Sergei B. , Zainullina Olga A.
Published: August 2022

The digitalization processes of the economy and business cannot bypass an important sphere of management – corporate governance. The coronavirus pandemic has spurred the transition of corporate procedures to the digital environment. Almost all corporate events of the boards of directors and general meetings of shareholders have moved to a remote or online format. Public online platforms and proprietary electronic platforms are actively used for corporate events of shareholders, board of directors and management board, inspectors, and auditors. Simultaneously, the introduction of corporate procedures and communication into the digital environment brings advantages associated with saving time, money on business trips, higher efficiency of events, and the convenience of fixing decisions. Assessing the opportunities and threats of digitalization trends makes it necessary to balance the combination of digital and non-digital approaches to corporate governance procedures.
Digitalization of Infrastructure Development Based on the Use of Public-Private Partnership Mechanisms
Authors: Ivanov Oleg V.
Published: August 2022

The author considers the digitalization of infrastructure policy at the global and national levels as an important tool for providing quality infrastructure and promoting sustainable development. The specifics of the author's approach to problems of digitalization of infrastructure development based on the use of public-private partnership mechanisms consists of a combination of “vertical” (analysis of digital and platform solutions in the field of infrastructure investment) and “horizontal” (research of sectoral spectrum of the use of information technologies in the infrastructure of public-private partnership projects) analysis. The author analyses the international experience of developing digital and platform solutions in the field of infrastructure investments. The latest approaches to the development and improvement of the infrastructure complex in the Russian Federation are analyzed. Suggestions and recommendations on ways to further improve the infrastructure complex in Russia based on digitalization and the active use of public-private partnership mechanisms are made.
Developing a Learning Model for Caring, Inclusion, and Social Change in an Online Environment
Authors: Schulz III William C. , Morgan Ann M.
Published: August 2022

A clear and explicitly communicated learning model is at the heart of the learning enterprise for a university. In this chapter, the authors present an inclusive teaching and learning model and discuss how its evolution expresses the values and mission of the university and guide it in outlining the behaviors and expectations that the university places on faculty, staff, and learners with respect to supporting inclusive learning relationships, recruiting faculty and staff, professional development, and performance management.
Designing an Inclusive Online Classroom
Authors: Trapp Kristi A. , Strang Katherine , Morrison Kathleen , Karl Laura
Published: August 2022

In this chapter, the authors share core principles and essential questions for evaluating the inclusivity of the online classroom curriculum and design. The nine core principles are building upon students' individual strengths and assets; exploring, affirming, and embracing diverse voices and students' identities; valuing each student lived experience; empowering positive social change agents; ensuring multiple means of expression; providing meaningful opportunities for feedback for growth; exploring course concepts through the lens of historically marginalized individuals and groups; ensuring designs are not systemically biased; and empowering appropriate responses and feedback to perceived inequities. Theoretical support and curriculum design strategies are provided for each of the principles.
Strategies for Doctoral Student Readiness, Student-Centered Support, and Inclusion
Authors: Lynn Laura K. , Brown Melanie , Brown Michelle , Inman Deborah
Published: August 2022

Equity in education is instrumental to individual, local, national, and international progress. Walden University exemplifies this through a commitment to support doctoral students with various levels of prior experience. The university scales doctoral resources based on data and communication with stakeholders. Resulting from this effort, Walden has developed centralized academic support services. Students who use these services report better preparation to make progress in their doctoral programs; however, some students have struggled to find and access resources when they need them. In 2019, the concern was addressed through a collaborative planning summit and position paper to create a holistically supportive doctoral journey for all students. The resulting innovative approach is described, highlighting aspects used to foster inclusion through easy access and better preparation for our diverse student body. Recommendations for faculty and administrators looking to enhance their support strategy through increased inclusivity and improved student progress are shared.
Metaverse in Education
Authors: Singh Jashandeep , Malhotra Meenakshi , Sharma Nitin
Published: August 2022

This chapter details the usage and benefits in the implementation of metaverse in the education industry. Metaverse is an enormous term that contains every digital aspect of the future. As a result, spheres like education must have the systems readdressed to adopt this technology to retain their accessibility and prolonged existence. There are numerous benefits of digital resources, comprising interactive features and portability. Still, a number of barriers exist. Additionally, there are certain technical, infrastructural, and managerial limitations to it as well. This chapter gives an overview of several aspects of metaverse in education.
Neurocutaneous melanosis : radiological perspective
Authors: Jayantha G. P. , Ganewatte E. , Wadige K. N. H. , Abeykoon U. K. K.
Published: August 2022

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A cross-sectional study on radiological measurements of kidney sizes in patients between the ages of 19 to 50 years presenting to the radiology department, national hospital of Sri Lanka
Authors: Jayantha G. P. , Wanigasiri U.
Published: August 2022

No abstract available
Ricordo di Francesco D’Agostino
Authors: Palazzani Laura
Published: August 2022

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Il disegno di legge sulla cosiddetta “morte volontaria medicalmente assistita”. Una lettura critica del documento in discussione al Senato
Authors: Sartea Claudio
Published: August 2022

Il saggio analizza il testo del disegno di legge sulla cosiddetta “morte volontaria medicalmente assistita” in discussione al Senato dopo l’approvazione alla Camera dei Deputati, evidenziandone alcune criticità biogiuridiche