bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Relationship Between Diet Regulation, Parent Education, and Environmental Cleanliness on the Nutritional Status of Toddlers in Cibangkong Village, Pekuncen District, Banyumas Regency
Authors: Kumala Fitri Dian , Solikhah Umi
Published: August 2023

Background: The nutritional status of toddlers is a crucial thing that parents must know. It takes more parental attention to the growth and development of children at the age of toddlers, based on information that malnutrition in this golden age is irreversible. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between eating patterns, parental education and environmental hygiene with nutritional status figures in the area of Cibangkong Village, Pekuncen District, Banyumas Regency. Methods: The method used in this research is cross sectional with a sample of 78 respondents with simple random sampling. Results: Bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test found 3 significant factors related to dietary regulation on nutritional status as many as 56 respondents with a p-value of 0.037, education of parents as many as 32 respondents with a p-value of 0.026, and environmental hygiene as many as 65 respondents with p-value of 0.027. Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between 3 variables towards nutritional status of children under five years old in Cibangkong village, Pekuncen district, Banyumas regency.
Description of Knowledge Level of Prevention of Skin Hyperpigmentation in Adolescents
Authors: Ashar Nida Alhusna , Riyaningrum Wahyu
Published: August 2023

Background: Sunlight is a source of energy that plays an important role in the life of all living things on earth. In addition to its positive effects, excessive exposure to high-intensity sunlight can cause skin hyperpigmentation, make skin dull and flaky, and can even increase the risk of skin cancer. Aim: To describe the level of knowledge on prevention of skin hyperpigmentation in adolescents. Methods: This research is a quantitative descriptive study with a cross-sectional study approach. The population and sample used were students of class XI at SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Purbalingga with a total sample of 80 people. Results: The majority of respondents were female as many as 43 at 53.8%. Meanwhile, seen from the age of the respondents in the age range of 15-17 years with a mean of 16.39 and a standard deviation of 0.515. The level of knowledge of respondents regarding the prevention of skin hyperpigmentation was mostly in the moderate category with a male percentage of 43.5% and female 56.5%, good category with a male percentage of 43.5% and female 56.5%, while less knowledge category with the percentage of men 50% and women 50%. Conclusion: The level of knowledge on preventing skin hyperpigmentation in adolescents is in the sufficient category.
Primary Health Care Services During Pandemic
Authors: Nurfaiza Hijriyati , Purwito Dedy
Published: August 2023

The COVID-19 in early 2020 greatly impacted to the health care system, forced patients to change their use of health services during the pandemic. Indonesia Primary health care (Puskesmas) is the frontline in health development including health services.  In order to services provide and adopt the situation and response to the pandemic, there are several changes to anticipate the potential for a resurgence of cases. Objective of this study was to find out the Puseksmas services. A qualitative research with phenomenological methods carried out using interviews, observation, FGD, and documentation. Data reduction, data display, and verification as well as drawing conclusions made for analyze the phenomena. The study results have obtained four themes; 1) digital health care services, 2) Health Protocol Requirement, 3) The Task Force, 4) Herd Community Effort.  Puskesmas should continue the services and make an innovative for health care services to the individual and community.
The Correlation Between Clean and Healthy Living Behavior Towards Covid-19 Prevention in School-Age Children in Pahonjean 06 State Elementary School, Majenang
Authors: Gustiyana Tasy , Anggraeni Atika Dhiah , Amelia Vivi Leona
Published: August 2023

Background: Clean and healthy living behavior is a behavior to improve health in order to realize a quality life. Covid 19 is a dangerous disease caused by the Sars-Cov2 virus. One way that can be done to prevent Covid-19 is by implementing clean and healthy living behaviors in everyday life. Objective: This study aims to determine the correlation between clean and healthy living behavior and prevention of COVID-19 in school-age children. Method: The research design is descriptive quantitative correlation with cross sectional approach. The sample in this study was 61 respondents using purposive sampling method and chi square analysis. Results: The results showed a correlation between clean and healthy living behavior on the prevention of covid-19 in school-age children, with a value of -value = 0.009. Most of the respondents were women with 40 respondents (65.6%) with the age of the respondents being 11 years old. Conclusion: There is a correlation between clean and healthy living behavior and prevention of covid-19 in school-age children at SD Negeri Pahonjean 06 Majenang.
The Factors Associated with the Placement of Neonatal ward at Prof. Dr. Margono Soekarjo Hospital
Authors: Qurrotunnada Fatma , Aprilina Happy Dwi
Published: August 2023

Background: Neonatal placement increases the need of perinatology room. The mortality rate of neonates in the perinatology room reached a progressive rate in Indonesia in 2021. Some severe conditions in neonates placed in the perinatology room included asphyxia, low birth weight, sepsis, and infection. The importance of segregating the neonatal ward in perinatology as a special treatment room for emergency conditions is to achieve optimal health and to reduce the mortality in neonates. Objective: The study aimed to determine the factors associated with the neonatal ward at Prof. Hospital Dr. Margono Soekarjo Purwokerto. Methode: This was an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design. The study was carried out from March 24th-April 24th, 2022. The population in this study was 100 respondents. There were two groups of 50 respondents selected from the non-perinatology room and the perinatology room using a consecutive sampling technique. Result: The result showed that four significant factors were found that were associated with neonatal ward placement in perinatology based on the Bivariate analysis and Chi-Square test with 95% CI and a p-value of 0.05. They include birth weight (0.014), APGAR score (0.001), gestational period (0.003), and type of delivery (0.009). Then, the results of a multivariate analysis of the four factors indicated that the type of delivery was the most dominant (B=1.371). Conclusion: In this study, the variable of the type of delivery done by cesarean section was the most dominant factor in the placement of the neonatal ward in perinatology.
The Effect of The Animation Video "Known and Protect Yourself" on Knowledge About Sexual Harassment in Children's Elementary School 2 Cinyawang, Patimuan District
Authors: Triwiono Nadeli , Estria Suci Ratna
Published: August 2023

Background: Elementary-aged children are an important period to emphasize about their own safety. This is because at that age children like to spend time with friends. This factor makes children more vulnerable to sexual abuse. Objective: To find out the educational effect of the animated video "know and protect yourself" on the knowledge of prevention of sexual harassment in children at SD N 2 Cinyawang, Patimuan. Method: The research design used was Pre Experimental with the One Group Pretest Posttest Without Control Group Design approach. The sample of this research was 70 students in grades 4 and 5 of SD N 2 Cinyawang. Results: Most respondents were female with a percentage of 50.7%. The average result of sexual harassment prevention knowledge before being given education on the animated video "Know and Protect Yourself" is 5.47, while after being given education it is 8.89. The average difference before and after is 3.42. Conclusion: There is an educational effect of the animated video "Know and Protect Yourself" on knowledge about preventing sexual harassment in children at SD N 2 Cinyawang, Patimuan District (p value 0.000).
Teorema Titik Tetap Untuk Pemetaan Tipe Hardy-Roger Kontraksi-F_c pada Ruang Metrik Lengkap Bernilai Kompleks
Authors: Pasangka Irvandi Gorby
Published: August 2023

Dalam tulisan ini, akan dibahas mengenai teorema titik tetap untuk pemetaan tipe Hardy-Roger Kontraksi-F_c pada ruang metrik lengkap bernilai kompleks. Eksistensi titik tetap untuk pemetaan tipe Hardy-Roger Kontraksi-F_c dijamin jika memenuhi 0â‰¾Î±,Î²,Î³,Î¼,L, Î³â‰ 1, dan Î±+Î²+Î³+2Î¼=1. Lebih lanjut, jika Î±+Î¼+Lâ‰¾1, maka T memiliki titik tetap tunggal x^*âˆˆX dan untuk setiap xâˆˆX, barisan {T^n (x)} konvergen ke x^*.
The Belgium-Korea Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation of 1901
Authors: Carbonnet Adrien
Published: August 2023

During the second half of the nineteenth century, Belgian diplomats in China and Japan suggested the establishment of official relations with Korea, depicted as a potential access to resources and an outlet for Belgium’s industry. This idea did not materialize until the formation of an Anglo-Belgian syndicate in charge of the exploitation of a gold mining concession in Korea. The Belgium-Korea Treaty of 1901 was fundamentally an unequal treaty. Similar to those concluded with other Western powers in the 1880s, it consolidated the regime of multilateral imperialism in Korea by legally paving the way for Belgium’s activities in the country.
Spanish Writers in Korea Under Occupation
The Contrasting Views of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and Gaspar Tato Cumming
Authors: Álvaro Trigo Maldonado
Published: August 2023

This chapter examines the perspectives of Spanish travelers on colonial Korea, with a primary focus on the accounts of two writers who held opposing ideologies and presented contrasting views on the Japanese occupation of Korea. Introducing these two testimonies together suggest that in certain cases, accounts about East Asia were influenced more by the personal beliefs of their authors rather than by other discourses or ideas prevalent during the period
Kyŏmjae Chŏng Sŏn Screen from the Kunstkamera Collection: Question of Attribution
Authors: Khokhlova Elena
Published: August 2023

In the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg), there is an eight-panel screen attributed to Kyŏmjae Chŏng Sŏn (1676‑1759), one of the most important artists in the history of Korean art. Chŏng Sŏn was a pioneer of so-called ‘true-view’ landscapes. Only a few works of the artist are in museum collections outside the Korean peninsula, one of which is the screen in question. Each landscape is signed and bears a seal with the name and pen name of the artist, based on which, presumably, the work was attributed to the artist’s brush. However, the attribution of the work raises questions. Based on a comparative analysis of the screen with other correctly attributed work of the artist, this article suggests that the screen is a forgery and is incorrectly attributed to Chŏng Sŏn. Furthermore, not all eight panels of the screen depict the Kŭmgang mountains, as is indicated in the description of the screen presented in the museum.
South Korean Heritage Diplomacy
Sharing Expertise on Conservation with the World
Authors: Sîntionean Codruța
Published: August 2023

This paper investigates the dynamic involvement of the South Korean government in international efforts to regulate the preservation and conservation of heritage, using as primary sources heritage declarations and recommendations that are placed under the aegis of the UNESCO. The paper argues that the guideline texts that have emerged from South Korea represent a form of soft diplomacy that reflects the country’s ability to voice its own concerns regarding heritage on the international scene, to participate in the global conversation on heritage by drafting recommendations that derive from South Korean conservation practices and interests.
Not Onlyravī. The Other Letters of the Rhyme in theMuʿǧam fī maʿāyīr ašʿār al-ʿaǧamby Šams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Qays al-Rāzī
Authors: Dal Bianco Alessia
Published: August 2023

In his treatise on Persian literary theory,al-Muʿǧam fī maʿāyīr ašʿār al-ʿaǧam, Šams-i Qays(13th century) claims that a poem without the main rhyming letter (ravī) is not a poem. However, this letter is not the only recurring letter at the end of the lines of a Persian poem. Šams-i Qays discusses eight other letters (ridf,qayd,taʾsīs,daxīl,vaṣl,xurūǧ,mazīd, andnāyira) as he determines the length and the possible patterns of a Persian rhyme (qāfiya). In this paper, I aim to improve our understanding of the linguistic rationale behind the taxonomy of Persian rhyming letters by providing an annotated Italian translation of relevant passages from theMuʿǧam.
Poetry and Labour(s): Chinese Workers’ Poetry from the Cultural Revolution to the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Garbelli Matteo
Published: August 2023

This paper looks at two different manifestations of workers’ poetry as a literary tradition: the poetry of workers, peasants and soldiers (gongnongbing 工农兵) and migrant workers’ poetry (dagong shige 打工诗歌) Through a comparison between three issues of Shikan 诗刊 (Poetry Monthly) from 1976 and an anthology of migrant worker’s poetry published in 2007, this study explores some of the most relevant differences between the two in terms of aesthetics and content, before addressing questions about the shifts in the positioning of workers’ poetry vis-à-vis the political and literary authority in China.
Elena Ferrante in China
Analysis of the Translation of Cultural References in the First Volume of My Brilliant Friend
Authors: Restucci Francesca
Published: August 2023

The international success of the Italian quadrilogy L’amica geniale (My Brilliant Friend) is roaring, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) being no exception to its popularity. The narrative, representative of a specific place and historical period of Italy, is dense with a heavy cultural load. This article aims to describe how Italian culture has been properly introduced into China: the study is conducted through a systematic categorisation of the cultural references retrieved in the first volume and their correspondent translation strategies, triangulated with a semi-structured interview with the translator
Poetics of Propensity in Sinophone Fiction
An Analysis of Lai Hsiang-yin and Lee Wai Yi’s Ghost Narrative
Authors: Chao Di-kai , Moratto Riccardo
Published: August 2023

This study aims to analyse two novellas, namely “Rain Tree” (“Yudou shu” 雨豆樹) by Lai Hsiang-yin 賴香吟 (2017) from Taiwan and “Away” (“Li” 離) by Lee Wai Yi 李維怡 (2018) from Hong Kong. This article attempts to understand how non-corporeal or non-representational ghost narratives become a mobile strategy for re-investigating mainstream narratives or the violence of modernity. Through the ‘de-temporalisation’ of the city and the momentary folding of time and space, Rain Tree reconsiders the meaning of Taiwan as a superior signifier. Away endeavours to reveal the ghostly nature underneath the instrumental rationality of Hong Kong, tapping into the fluctuating heterogeneity of modernity. This study also draws on Sinophone articulation to juxtapose two texts belonging to Taiwan and Hong Kong, thus highlighting how ghosts become a poetics of ‘propensity’ (shi 勢) within the Sinophone framework. These spectral entities transcend the confines of conventional categorisations and challenge the fixedness of ‘roots’. This strategy does not follow the logic of psychoanalytic selfhood or postcolonial grand narratives, but rather a fluid nature and potential.
Unveiling the Language of Ideology in China’s Environmental Planning
Pilot Ecolinguistic Analysis of an Environmental Impact Assessment
Authors: Brombal Daniele , Szeto Pui Yiu , Conti Sergio
Published: August 2023

While predominantly seen as a technical process, environmental planning is in fact largely shaped by cultural and ideological factors. Ecolinguistics offers a coherent approach to analyse these elements, by unearthing their linguistic traces and exposing how they naturalize social-ecological goals. So far, limited efforts have gone into developing tools for a systematic ecolinguistic analysis of Chinese texts informing environmental decision-making. This paper seeks to address this gap, by introducing a novel ecolinguistic framework and the results of its application on a Chinese Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report.
The Japanese Pithecanthropus: Interpreting Japanese Unfamiliar Compounds
Takao Suzuki’s Model of Conceptual Combination Through kun-Glossing
Authors: dalla Chiesa Simone
Published: August 2023

With ‘kun-glossing’, I refer to the method of interpreting unfamiliar compounds proposed by Takao Suzuki (1926-2021), a well-known Japanese scholar. Readers assign a semantic gloss to each constituent kanji, combine those meanings into a new, complex concept and attempt to validate the result(s) encyclopedically. In this essay I verify kun-glossing’s processing power by applying it to eleven compounds, beginning with enjin 猿人 (Pithecanthropus). I conclude that this method is only effective in interpreting words that are structured as descriptions, as the neoclassical compounds of science often are, and cannot be considered a universal method to infer the meaning of novel compounds.
Memories of Extinction and Human Subjectivity
Challenging the Human-Nonhuman Divide Through Technology in Kawakami Hiromi’s Ōkina torini sarawarenaiyō
Authors: Baquè Giulia
Published: August 2023

This paper seeks to analyse the role of technology and memory in Kawakami Hiromi’s novel Ōkina torini sarawarenaiyō. Set thousands of years in the future, in a world that has been subjected to several catastrophes, the novel highlights the interconnections between humanity and technology in order to defamiliarize ideas of human centrality and exceptionalism. Kawakami’s characters are forced to face the cyclical possibility of human extinction, which turns into a recurring threat rather than an abstract and discrete event. In this narrative time chronically affected by crises, the definition of what it means to be human is constantly challenged and renegotiated, allowing for the development of non-anthropocentric forms of existence. This paper will demonstrate how, in a world in which the human species is chronically experiencing the threat of extinction, technologies – such as AI entities, clones and factories – allow the renegotiation of ideas of human centrality and singularity, effectively suggesting possibilities for survival outside of a humanist and anthropocentric framework.
Élise Franssen. Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
Authors: Evans Ingrid Austveg
Published: August 2023

Review of Franssen, É. (ed.) (2022). Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Venice: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, 311 pp. Filologie medievali e moderne 26 | Serie orientale 5. http://doi.org/10.30687/978‑88‑6969‑560‑5.
Antonella Riem Natale. Coleridge and Hinduism: The Unstruck Sound
Authors: Beggiora Stefano
Published: August 2023

Review of Riem Natale, A. (2023). Coleridge and Hinduism: The Unstruck Sound. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 383 pp.
Michinori Shimoji. An Introduction to Japonic Languages. Grammatical Sketches of Japanese Dialects and Ryukyuan Languages
Authors: Pappalardo Giuseppe
Published: August 2023

Review of Shimoji, M. (ed.) (2022). An Introduction to Japonic Languages. Grammatical Sketches of Japanese Dialects and Ryukyuan Languages. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 341 pp.
Construction and Validation of Self-Assessment Instrument for Students’ Mathematics Classroom Learning Behaviour
Authors: Kunwar Rajendra , Sharma Lekhnath , Acharya Bedraj
Published: August 2023

A self-assessment instrument helps mathematics teachers to identify students' learning behaviour and intervene with appropriate instructional design for engaged and meaningful learning in a mathematics class. This study, thus, aims to design, develop, and validate a self-assessment instrument in mathematics classroom learning behaviour for secondary-level students. This study comprises four systematic levels of instrument development and validation processes. Firstly, it begins with a review of different theories and related literature for formulating the relevant assessment domains of the instrument. Secondly, it continues with tool design and item development processes based on the pre-determined domains. The third level involves the draft reviewing process by experts and pre-testing of the draft with a sample of 540 secondary level students. The last stage includes testing and verification of the draft using different statistical tools. Thus, this study establishes a verified students' mathematics classroom learning behaviour self-assessment instrument by completing a systematic process of tool construction.
Evaluation of the Effect of Silylation in the Development of an Analytical Method for the Determination of UV Filters and Hormones by GC-MS
Authors: Coll Jean Paulo , da Cunha Michele , Amaral Maria Alice , Padilha Maurício , da Silva Gabriel , Arsand Daniel , Sanches Filho Pedro
Published: August 2023

The objective of this work was to optimize a chromatographic method, combining derivatization (silylation) with MSTFA (N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)trifluoracetamide) and analysis by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS), for the determination of hormones and UV filters selectively, evaluating the effect of derivatization on the chromatographic response. The method developed for the qualitative analysis (SCAN mode) allowed the identification of the analytes more accurately, with similarities of the spectra superior to 80%. The limits of detection and quantification ranged from 0.1 to 1.3 µg L-1 and 0.3 to 4.2 µg L-1 respectively. The quantitative method, combined silylation with chromatographic determination in SIM mode, proved to be precise (Relative standard deviation <7.2%) and exact (relative error <2.0%), with models without lack of fit, and with correlation coefficients linear values greater than 0.9, in accordance with the requirements and standards of the regulatory bodies.
Efektifitas Citra Merek sebagai Variabel Pemediasi dalam Menciptakan Minat Pembelian
Authors: Shidiqy Dhiya'u
Published: August 2023

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh store atmosphere, persepsi harga dan kualitas produk terhadap citra merek, serta efektifitas citra merek dalam memediasi variabel-variabel tersebut terhadap minat beli. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasi penelitian ini adalah pembeli pada Kedai Hakui Kopi 0 Km Tulungagung dengan sampel sebanyak 140 responden. Pedoman ukuran sampel dengan menggunakan purposive sampling. Teknik analisis data menggunakan model persamaan struktural (Structural Equation Modelling) dengan menggunakan AMOS 22. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa store atmosphere dan kualitas produk berpengaruh positif dan signifikan trhadap citra merek, sedangkan persepsi harga tidak berpengaruh terhadap citra merek. Citra merek juga terbukti menjadi variabel pemediasi penuh atas pengaruh store atmosphere dan kualits harga terhadap minat beli, sedangkan pada pengaruh persepsi harga terhadap mina beli, citra merek tebukti tidak memediasi.
Pengendalian Inflasi Di Indonesia Perspektif M. Umer Chapra
Authors: Amirotul Nur’Azmi Naqiyya  , Nuril Hidayati  , Shinta Eka Widamayanti  , Suryadini Diyah Marwati
Published: August 2023

Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui cara mengendalikan inflasi yang ada di indonesia dalam perspektif Umer Chapra. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan bersifat kepustakaan. Sumber informasi dan data data yang digunakan dalam artikel yaitu berasal dari jurnal ilmiah serta buku yang sesuai dari topik yang sedang diteliti. Hasil study yang diperoleh yaitu pertama, M. Umer Chapra memberikan pandangan upaya dalam mengendalikan inflasi yaitu dengan cara menstabilkan harga dan strategi. Menurut pemikiran M. Umer Chapra, strategi yang digunakan dalam menekan laju inflasi adalah dengan melakukan perbaikan moral baik material maupun spiritual, selanjutnya dengan melakukan pemerataan distribusi pendapatan dan kekayaan, serta penghapusan sistem bunga. Kedua di Indonesia pada saat ini, pemerintah juga sedang berusaha untuk mengembangkan keuangan dalam perbankan syariah, dengan cara diproyeksikan dalam kontribusi yang besar terhadap penekanan laju inflasi jangka yang panjang
Kewirausahaan dalam Pemberdayaan Pesantren: Best Practice pada Pondok Pesantren Mambaul Ulum Sampang
Authors: Kunaifi Aang , Aris Saputra Taufik , Subri Subri
Published: August 2023

Pondok pesantren mulai melakukan perubahan sistem, yang pada mula fungsinya hanya sebatas tempat sumber keilmuan dan sumber spiritual Islam, kemudian mencoba untuk berinovasi dengan mengembangkan potensi ekonomi pesantren. Salah satu bentuk usaha yang dilakukan dalam pemberdayaan dan pengembangan ekonomi pesantren yaitu berwirausaha dengan pengelolaan mandiri. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi dan mendiskripsikan best practice kewirausahaan dalam rangka pemberdayaan ekonomi pesantren. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan implikasi yang signifikan kegiatan kewirausahaan dalam menciptakan kemandirian pesantren, bahkan kesiapan para santri dalam mentransformasikan keilmuannya di tengah masyarakat, khususnya dalam kegiatan ekonomi. Melalui penelitian ini diharapkan pesantren dapat mengoptimalkan potensi yang ada untuk mewujudkan pesantren yang mandiri.
KINETIC MODEL OF THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE PROCESS OF COLLOID RETENTION BY THE PORE SPACE OF SOKYRNITE
Authors: Onanko Y. A. , Onanko A. P.
Published: August 2023

The physicochemical phenomena occurring on the surface of sokyrnite grains in complex system "medium grain surface - dispersion medium - surface of suspended particles" have been studied. The framework structure of the sokyrnite structure (rough surface, presence of pores and channels, entrance windows) enables it to work as a "molecular sieve" and to be a highly efficient sorbent-ion exchanger. The porosity of the filter media was determined. Namely: the porosity of the media grains (also called the internal porosity) and the porosity of the intergranular space (media layer). The internal surface area, which is an important quality parameter for sokyrnite as a physical adsorbent, was determined. Several other properties associated with sokyrnite and retained colloidal particles, which affect the strength of the physical adsorption, were investigated. The relationships characterizing the parameters of the zeolite filter media layer were formulated and given. In these studies, the requirements for determining the filter charging time and the optimal technological and design parameters of the filter, according to the operating conditions at a specific water treatment facility, were considered. They determined the need for more detailed research and development of a kinetic model for the initial stage of filtering an aqueous suspension through a filter containing zeolite media. A differential material balance expression for the zeolite filter was formulated. Based on the developed kinetic model, comparative experiments on iron removal from underground natural waters using the above-mentioned filter material were planned and carried out. The mechanism of the distribution of iron ions in the filter space due to the phenomenon of diffusion, in accordance with Fick's first law, is given. The mechanism of iron flake retention by the zeolite media pore space, the consolidation of which occurs during the transition of iron from a divalent to trivalent form, is described. The factors that interfere with autocatalytic processes in iron sediments were described. The dynamics of changes in the concentration of iron in the filtrate after the end of the ion-exchange resource of sokyrnite were studied.
DETERMINATION OF WATER DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION BASED ON THE CLIMATIC WATER BALANCE IN THE EASTERN FOREST STEPPE OF UKRAINE IN VIEW OF THE NATURAL WATER SUPPLY
Authors: Tarariko Yu. O. , Pysarenko P. V. , Saidak R. V. , Soroka Yu. V. , Shcherbyna Z. V.
Published: August 2023

The results of the research show that even today crop cultivation in the entire territory of the steppe and in a large part of the forest-steppe zone is carried out in conditions of a significant deficit of the climatic water balance, which necessitates a significant expansion of irrigation application as a mandatory element of the of highly efficient and sustainable cultivation technologies of the most of crops. Therefore, without active measures to adapt agricultural production to climate change, which is accompanied by a significant increase in the frequency and duration of drought events and, accordingly, a shortage of moisture supply, the restoration and development of irrigation remains the main factor in increasing the productivity of field crops. The research was conducted in the Eastern Forest Steppe zone. For the assessment and analysis of climate change, raw meteorological data for 1961-2020 were used. The data source is the Global Climate Monitoring (GCM) system developed by the Climate Research Group of the University of Seville. According to the results of the assessment of the dynamics of the average annual air temperature for 1961-2020, it was established that over the past 30 years the temperature has risen on average by 1.2oC, and since 1987 the rate of its growth is 0.79oC over the decade, while the annual amount of precipitation remains practically unchanged. It was established that the potential evapotranspiration increased by 70 mm and is almost 850 mm per year. With such a difference between precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, the deficit of the annual climatic water balance reaches on average almost 300 mm over the last 30 years, against 247 mm in 1961-1990, and the tendency to its increase persists. Simulation modeling of the economic efficiency of irrigation based on preliminary results indicates the efficiency of its implementation, and especially restoration on areas with existing reclamation infrastructure.
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF WATER REGULATION PROCESSES ON DUAL-ACTION DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
Authors: Romashchenko M. I. , Bohaienko V. O.
Published: August 2023

The solution of the problem of increasing water regulation areas in the Polissia zone of Ukraine requires investigation and development of new, more effective methods for determining structural parameters of drainage systems when developing projects for their reconstruction in accordance with the requirements aimed at ensuring water regulation during systems’ operation. The paper considers the problem of improving the efficiency of water regulation on dual-action drainage systems by using mathematical modelling tools to determine the structural parameters of the systems and the parameters of their operational management. The proposed means are based on the use of Richards equation stated in terms of water head. As a tool for scenario modelling, an initial-boundary value problem of modelling moisture transfer on dual-action systems is formulated and a finite-difference scheme for obtaining its numerical solution is given. We consider the problem of determining the depth of drains installation and the distance between them at which the system provides not only the drainage of soil’s surface layer, but also the maintenance of its moisture supply level in a given range with a minimum need for irrigation during the growing season. The algorithm for solving such a problem is presented. It is based on the construction of a set of admissible values of system’s parameters using, in particular, the bisection method, followed by the minimization of an objective function on this set. Under the conditions when the implementation of underground water supply technology is economically impractical, the possibility of supplementing the drainage system with an irrigation system is considered. In this case, the cost of building a drainage system and an additional irrigation system is a criterion for the optimality of system’s parameters. Additionally, we consider the problem of operational management of water regulation, i.e., the determination, given the initial distribution of moisture, of the optimal control influences necessary to ensure an acceptable level of moisture availability during a given period of time. This minimization problem is proposed to be solved by a genetic algorithm. The results of modelling the operation of a dual-action system and the optimization of its parameters under the conditions of drained peat soils of the Panfyly Research Station (Ukraine, Kyiv region) are presented.
A Transpersonal Festschrift to Honor Charles Tart on his 85th Birthday
Authors: Cunningham Paul
Published: August 2023

This summary honors Charles Tart on his 85th birthday by reviewing his contributions and the influence of his work in the subdiscipline of Transpersonal Psychology. Six contributions are reviewed, namely his vision of Transpersonal Psychology as: (a) a science of Mind and Spirit, (b) a critical psychology, (c) an empirical, non-churchly approach to religion as spiritual psychology, (d) a state-specific science of exceptional human experience, (e) an evidence-enriched science of spirituality grounded in the scientific foundations of experimental parapsychology, and (f) a psychology of human possibilities to help individuals overcome obstacles to growth.
Body Movements During Maladaptive Daydreaming
Authors: Somer Eli
Published: August 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to shed light on the lived experience of stereotypical body movement and gesturing during maladaptive daydreaming (MD). Method: Forty-one individuals with probable MD participated in asynchronous in-depth email interviews. Results: Four themes describing the movement experience in MD emerged: Need, Variety, Awareness and Agency, and Functions. The analysis revealed two main findings about the bi-directional effect of movement on MD. First, kinesthesia might enhance the daydreamers’ experience by deepening their fantasy immersion through improved focus featuring self-hypnotic characteristics. In addition, respondents reported that their body movements enhanced the daydreaming experience by embodying the protagonists' actions. MD-related motions were associated with occasional loss of agency, suggesting unintentional neuromuscular activation.
Sam Knight Details How Not to Build a Premonitions Bureau
Authors: Mossbridge Julia
Published: August 2023

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Intersection of Open Sets in the Reals
Authors: Lobo Matheus Pereira
Published: August 2023

We demonstrate that while the intersection of a finite number of open sets in $\mathbb R$ remains open in $\mathbb R$, the same cannot be universally said for intersections involving an infinite number of open sets. An illustrative example is presented to highlight this distinction.
DCTPP1 is differentially expressed in central nervous system metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2023

Metastasis to the brain occurs in a significant fraction of patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published RNA-sequencing and microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that dCTP pyrophosphatase 1, encoded by DCTPP1, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. DCTPP1 mRNA was present at increased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Expression of DCTPP1 in primary tumors was correlated with overall and recurrence-free survival. Modulation of DCTPP1 expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
Educational Data Comics: What can Comics do for Education in Visualization?
Authors: Boucher Magdalena , Bach Benjamin , Stoiber Christina , Wang Zezhong , Aigner Wolfgang
Published: August 2023

This paper discusses the potential of comics for explaining concepts with and around data visualization. With the increasing spread of visualizations and the democratization of access to visualization tools, we see a growing need for easily approachable resources for learning visualization techniques, applications, design processes, etc. Comics are a promising medium for such explanation as they concisely combine graphical and textual content in a sequential manner and they provide fast visual access to specific parts of the explanations. Based on a first literature review and our extensive experience with the subject, we survey works at the respective intersections of comics, visualization, and education: data comics, educational comics, and visualization education. We report on the potential of comics to create and share educational material, to engage wide and potentially diverse audiences, and to support educational activities. For each potential we list, we describe open questions for future research. Our discussion aims to inform both the application of comics by educators and their extension and study by researchers.
User comfort and naturalness of automated driving: The effect of vehicle kinematics and proxemics on subjective response
Authors: Peng Chen , Wei Chongfeng , Solernou Albert , Hagenzieker Marjan , Merat Natasha
Published: August 2023

Higher-level Automated Vehicles (AVs, SAE Level 4+) need to provide a comfortable user experience to enhance public acceptance. AV driving styles, characterised by vehicle kinematics and proxemics, affect user comfort, with “human-like” driving styles expected to provide natural feelings to further improve user comfort. This study investigated how the kinematic and proxemic characteristics of an AV’s driving style affect user comfort and naturalness of a ride. The similarities in automated and users’ own manual driving style, and how these similarities affect evaluations, was also investigated. Using a motion-based driving simulator, participants experienced three Level 4 automated driving styles (Defensive, Aggressive, and Machine-Learning based), and a manual drive. Participants provided ratings (separately) for comfort and naturalness of each automated controller, as it negotiated twenty-four UK road sections, with varying geometric and roadside features. Linear mixed-effects models were used to examine the effect of kinematics and proxemics of the AV’s driving style, on subjective evaluation of comfort and naturalness of the ride, and how similarities between users’ own driving style and that of the AV affected riders’ evaluation. Results showed that the AV controllers’ lateral and rotational kinematics significantly influenced both comfort and naturalness, while longitudinal jerk only affected comfort. The Euclidean distance in a range of kinematics, characterising similarities between manual and automated driving styles, had varied effects on subjective evaluations. This research facilitates understanding how control features of AVs affect user experience, which will contribute to designing more user-centred controllers, leading to better acceptance of higher-level AVs.
BAYESIAN-RIDGE ESTIMATOR FOR LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL
Authors: Usman Idowu
Published: August 2023

Multicollinearity is a problem associated with inter-dependence of explanatory variables in linear regression model. The inefficiency of the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) Estimator lead to development of various other methods which include the Ridge Regression (RR) estimator and the Bayesian Regression (BREG) estimator. In this research, a new method of estimation called the Bayesian-Ridge Estimator (BRE) was proposed. Monte-Carlo experiments were conducted to examine and compare the performance of the proposed estimator with some other existing ones. Result shows that the proposed estimator is most efficient. Real life data sets were used to support the findings in the study.
GPRC5C is differentially expressed in central nervous system metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2023

Metastasis to the brain occurs in a significant fraction of patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published RNA-sequencing and microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that G protein-coupled receptor class C group 5 member C, encoded by GPRC5C, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. GPRC5C mRNA was present at increased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Expression of GPRC5C in primary tumors, however, was not correlated with patient survival outcomes. Modulation of GPRC5C expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
LCT is differentially expressed in central nervous system metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2023

Metastasis to the brain occurs in a significant fraction of patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published RNA-sequencing and microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that lactase, encoded by LCT, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. LCT mRNA was present at increased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Expression of LCT in primary tumors was correlated with distant metastasis-free and recurrence-free survival. Modulation of LCT expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
Conceptions and Perceptions of Psychotherapy in the Eyes of Therapists and their Patients: Longitudinal Analysis by the Faceted Action System Theory (FAST)
Authors: Ezrachi Amir , Shye Samuel
Published: August 2023

In this extensive longitudinal study, a total of 54 pairs comprising therapists and patients underwent thorough interviews throughout the course of their therapeutic journey. The interviews were designed to explore two primary aspects: (a) participants' fundamental understanding of psychotherapy, and (b) Participants' perception of the therapy in which they were engaged. Both therapists and patients completed comprehensive questionnaires at three distinct time points: prior to the commencement of therapy, as well as two months and eight months into the therapeutic process. Conceiving the therapeutic process as a Faceted Action System (FAST; Shye 1985; 2014a), the study categorized observable variables into four distinct functioning modes: conservative, integrative, adaptive, and expressive. These modes corresponded to different aspects of the therapist-patient dynamic: the implied contract between them, their interactive exchanges, the management of external factors, and the ultimate therapy outcome—measured as enhancements in the patient's Systemic Quality of Life (SQOL, as defined by Shye in 1989 and 2014(.Following the initial confirmation of therapy's effectiveness in the observed cases, the study delved into the dynamics between therapists and patients. This exploration utilized Faceted Smallest Space Analysis (FSSA), a variant of Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) that incorporates content analysis. FSSA visually mapped out the structure and progression of therapy of both, the way it was conceived and the way it was perceived by the therapy partners.The findings illuminated an intriguing evolution over time. Therapists' conceptual maps of therapy shifted away from the conventional "classic" systemic pattern—initially adhering to FAST's axioms—towards a viewpoint more aligned with that of the patients. Notably, variables associated with "active integrative" elements, such as diverse therapist interventions, transitioned towards the adaptive mode region. As therapy extended to eight months, patients' conceptualization diverged significantly from the classic systemic structure. Instead, it adopted a novel pattern characterized by heightened differentiation within the integrative mode, encompassing both active and passive forms. This underscored the profound significance patients attributed to the patient-therapist relationship.
Examining the neurostructural architecture of intelligence: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study
Authors: Page Danielle , Buchanan Colin , Harris Mathew , Moodie Joanna , Taylor Adele M. , del C. Valdés Hernández Maria , Maniega Susana Muñoz , Corley Janie , Bastin Mark E. , Wardlaw Joanna M. , Deary Ian , Russ Tom , Cox Simon R.
Published: August 2023

Examining underlying neurostructural correlates of specific cognitive abilities is practically and theoretically complicated by the existence of the positive manifold (all cognitive tests positively correlate): if a brain structure is associated with a cognitive task, how much of this is uniquely related to the cognitive domain, and how much is due to covariance with all other tests across domains (referred to as general cognitive functioning, general intelligence, or g)? We quantitatively address this question by examining associations between brain structural MRI measures (global tissue volumes, white matter hyperintensities, white matter diffusion measures, vertex-wise cortical volume) with g and cognitive domains (processing speed, crystallised ability, memory, visuospatial ability) using 13 cognitive tests in 697 participants from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study (mean age 72.5 years; SD=0.7). There were a range of FDR-corrected cognitive domain-specific significant associations between greater scores in specific cognitive domains and global MRI brain structural measures indicating better brain health (r range 0.008 to 0.269, p<.05), and regions implicated by vertex-wise regional cortical volume associations were consistent with previous research, including a widespread number of medial and lateral areas of the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes. However, at both global and regional level, much of the domain-MRI associations were accounted for by g. Having removed g-related variance, domain-specific association magnitudes with global brain MRI measures were attenuated by 27.9-59.7% (M = 46.2%) across cognitive domains, with only processing speed retaining all significant associations. At the regional cortical level, g appeared to account for the majority (range 22.1-88.4%; M = 52.8% across cognitive domains) of regional domain-specific associations: crystallised and memory domains had almost no unique cortical correlates, whereas processing speed maintained limited associations unique from g in medial temporal and occipital regions, and anterior regions of the left lateral temporal lobe. Visuospatial ability also retained some associations in lateral temporal, parietal and anterior cingulate cortex. The greatest spatial overlaps across cognitive domains (as denoted by g) were present in the medial and lateral temporal, lateral parietal and right lateral frontal areas. The majority of brain structural correlates of domain-level cognitive functions are shared, and we characterise the neurostructural substrates common to multiple types of complex cognition. Truly domain-specific correlates were relatively weak and sparse, with the possible exception of the domains of visuospatial ability and processing speed.