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Demons of the XXth century (typology of destructive characters in Ukrainian and Russian literature)
Authors:   T.H. Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Hodik Kateryna
Published: February 2023

This book is a first attempt to analyze modifications of the concept of devilry in Ukrainian and Russian literature of the twentieth century. The concept has been analyzed in philosophical, sociological and literary context. For this research were chosen texts of Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Valerian Pidmohylnyi, Mykola Kvylovyi, Todos Osmachka, Borys Antonenko-Davydovych, Serhiy Zhadan, Maksym Horkyi, Fedir Solohub, Mykhailo Bulhakov and Andryi Platonov. Precise criteria for determining devilry as a social and cultural phenomenon have been formulated, features of devilry worldview have been addressed and the hierarchy within the structure of devilry has been described. Historical preconditions which influenced the differences in the shaping of the concept of devilry in Russia and Ukraine have been highlighted. Basic distinctions between the development of devilry in both nation’s literature at the first and the second stages of its maturation have also been ascertained. Ways of inclusion and further exclusion of characters within such structures at the first and the second stages of the concept’s exercise have been examined. In the book, devilry is defined as the phenomenon of human self-destructiveness, which expresses itself in the collective mentality through the obsession with social constructionism in the form of utopia combining historical, religious and value-based aspects; through the strive for translating and fetishizing the social ideal and through the activity directed to ruin society and social institutions, to perpetrate violence against people. Several factors that influenced the development of the concept in Ukrainian and Russian literature have been determined. The most influential among those were national myths, bolshevism, traditions of European modernism and national traditions of depiction of devilry in Ukrainian and Russian literature. The most defining work of literature to influence the concept was a novel by Dostoevsky called “Demons”, which was a source of the devilry model. Under this influence, two different concepts of devilry had formed in Ukrainian and Russian literature. It was established that the presented concept has a spiral development. Thus, at the first stage, an individual destructive consciousness is fixed, at the second stage, a group of similar individuals is formed, at the third stage, the state apparatus is formed, which aims to destroy people. The fourth stage is marked by the decline of the governing system and the birth of a new type of destructive person, tangential to the previous one. The presented book will help to understand on the basis of literary material how destructive types of state entities appear and what place a person occupies in them.
Excitation of pairing vibrations in superfluid nuclei
Authors:   Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Abrosimov V.I.
Published: February 2023

Excitation of monopole pairing vibrations in superfluid nuclei in the two-neutron transfer reaction is studied within a kinetic model based on the semiclassical time-dependent Hartree - Fock - Bogolyubov theory. Using the anomalous (correlated) density response function, the monopole pairing mode and the amplitude of the dynamic variation of the pairing gap associated with this mode are obtained. It is shown that the pairing correlations give a coherent contribution to the spectroscopic factor for the excitation of monopole pairing vibrations in the two-neutron transfer reaction in superfluid nuclei. The contribution is determined by the distribution of neutron levels near the Fermi energy and does not exceed a few percent of the spectroscopic factor for the transfer of two neutrons to the ground state. This estimate is in agreement with experimental data for the ratio of the cross-section for excitation of the 0+-state in the (p, t)-reaction in the energy region of the monopole pairing mode, which is equal to the double pairing gap, to the cross section for excitation of the ground state in superfluid nuclei.
Increasing Seizures, Encephalopathy, and Hypothermia in an 18-Year-Old Woman
Authors: Thompson Tika Zbornik , Rearick William A. , Pizzuto Matthew F. , Quinsey Carolyn , Enyart Catherine E. , Trau Steven P.
Published: February 2023

An 18-year-old woman with a history of focal epilepsy presents with increasingly frequent seizures, encephalopathy, multiple laboratory abnormalities, and hypothermia. During her hospital course, her symptoms waxed and waned. Multiple etiologies of her symptoms were considered, but the spontaneous resolution of her symptoms and an abnormal MRI of the brain revealed the final diagnosis.
Strengthening Reading Competence in English Using a Reading Comprehension Module
Authors: Gálvez Juan Diego , Del Campo Marcela
Published: February 2023

This article reports the results of a study carried out at a public high school in Colombia whose objective was to design and determine how a reading comprehension module contributed to strengthening English literacy competence in sixth graders. The methodological framework entailed a basic outline of the action-research cycle. The qualitative data analysis was designed descriptively, focusing on three research moments corresponding to each cycle’s stages. The results show that the implementation of the material had a significant impact on the development of literacy competence, which suggests the material could be a tool for supporting English language learning.
Mapping English Language Teacher-Researchers’ Collaboration and Networking Practices Throughout Their Professional Paths
Authors: Trujeque-Moreno Eva Estefania , Aguilar-González Georgina , Encinas-Prudencio Fatima
Published: February 2023

This article reports the findings of a multiple case study that identifies and describes the collaboration and networking practices of four Mexican English language teaching professionals belonging to two MA cohorts: 2005–2007 and 2007–2009. For two years, curriculum vitae analysis, maps, and in-depth interviews were used to collect data on these professionals’ paths. Three dimensions were examined: teaching, organization, and research, as well as levels of involvement in these professional activities, which construct and shape participants’ collaboration and networking practices. The findings revealed that each teacher-researcher’s agency was directly related to their capitalization of diverse strategies in each dimension and how this, in turn, configured their engagement in the English language teaching community or other communities.
Mediterranean Bioarchaeology, Meta-Analysis and Migration
Authors: Perry Megan A , Killgrove Kristina , Gregoricka Lesley A , Prowse Tracy L
Published: February 2023

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Issues in Meta-Analysis of Strontium Isotope Data
Authors: Leppard Thomas P , Esposito Carmen , Esposito Massimiliano
Published: February 2023

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Industry and Inheritance at Hellenistic Morgantina
Authors: Ennis Kevin , Peers Max T. B.
Published: February 2023

Recent excavations of a modestly appointed house at the site of Morgantina in east-central Sicily recovered 175 loom weights or fragments thereof. In this study, we combine a detailed contextual analysis with new methodologies developed by the Center for Textile Research in Copenhagen in order to provide a comprehensive assessment of textile production in this house, the House of the Two Mills. Using these methods, we are able to identify the specific weights within the larger assemblage that most probably formed a single set, used together for weaving at this location. Moreover, the results of this analysis indicate that the loom weights that constituted this set would not have been produced and acquired all at once, but must have been accumulated by the household slowly over time. We propose that the most probable mechanism by which this slow process of accumulation played out would have been through household members passing down these textile tools as heirlooms across generations. We argue that in the process these weights would have been viewed by their users as having a value beyond their mere utilitarian function, instead becoming materializations of memory and the affective bonds formed in the intergenerational transfer of craft traditions. We conclude by considering the implications of this argument for the study of heirloom objects in archaeology and how a contextual understanding of broader Greek social institutions and practices can aid us in parsing peculiarities of the archaeological record.
COVID-19 reflected in emotional journalistic texts
Authors:   University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Trnava, Slovakia, Panasenko Nataliya , Petrovičová Ida ,   Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Published: February 2023

The article presents the results of research based on the analysis of media texts reflecting the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people globally. As this impact is mainly negative, all these media texts (printed and digital) belong to the journalism of an emotional nature. The authors present the classification of journalistic genres, make the important subdivision into hard news and soft news, analyse the most popular emotions theories and approaches to their study. The pandemic reflected in media may be considered as hard news and is closely connected with news value, i.e. the impact of the publication on a wide audience. News values may function in the text as signals of addressee orientation. The definite impact may be evoked by emotively charged words in the media text; such words can be regarded from the perspective of emotive semantics. This approach leads us to media linguistics, a relatively new branch of linguistics which is based on the multilevel analysis of media text, namely text structure (each journalistic message has its own specific composition), vocabulary (texts belonging to journalism of analytical or emotional types have different vocabulary), and categories (structural and semantic text categories depend on journalistic genre). Media texts belonging to emotional journalism abound in different stylistic devices; in our essay semasiological and syntactic devices are prevalent.
Осмысление межкультурных различий и конфессиональных противоречий в философском и литературном творчестве 19 – первой половины 20 века
Authors: Pavilch Alexander
Published: February 2023

The article presents an analysis of the experience of inter­preting intercultural differences and confessional contra­dictions in the writings of Western and Russian thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The difficulties of intercultural interaction of Catholics and Orthodox are being understood, factors of negative perception of different religions and their representatives are revealed. The ways of overcoming com­municative barriers between different cultures and religions are indicated. A systematic representation of intercultural differences and confessional contradictions in works of fic­tion is presented. The material of the world literature shows that the distance between peoples and confessions was his­torically determined not so much by ethnocultural and dogmatic differences as by political and ideological factors.
Wokół duszpasterstwa polskojęzycznego na Śląsku Opolskim (1922–1939). Rozeznanie sytuacji prymasa Polski, Konsulatu RP w Opolu i korespondentów polskiej prasy
Authors: Musialik Wanda
Published: February 2023

Since the 12th century the Germans have settled among Polish- and Czech-speaking populations in the Silesia. The immigration has changed linguistic relationships in the pastoral ministry of the local Catholic Church. In the 18th century after the annexation of this area by the Prussian state, German became an official language there. Over time, Polish as a native language in the Upper Silesia was used publicly during religious practices. However, under the pressure of German authorities the Polish language was gradually eradicated from this area. Before the change of state affiliation of the eastern part of Silesia in 1922, which was the result of the Upper Silesian plebiscite and the Silesian uprisings, the extent of the Polish language used in the church depended on the attitude of the representatives of the local clergy. After the division of the disputed territory, the parts included into Germany were defined as the Opole Silesia, and parts excluded from Germany were defined as the Polish Upper Silesia. The language needs of the national minorities located in this area could be supported by neighboring countries which these minorities originated from. The Germans supported the German population living both in the part of Silesia granted to the Second Republic of Poland, as well as the remaining territory of the Second Republic of Poland. It has not been thoroughly analyzed to what extent Poland’s representatives were involved in activities aimed at preserving the mother tongue of the discussed population. Thus far scientific research has been focused on the political aspects of the Polish minority in the Opole Silesia. The question remains to what extent the language problems of the Polish minority in Opole Silesia concerned matters related to religious practices, as well as the degree of interest of Church representatives and state authorities of the Second Polish Republic in these language concerns. Information about the Polish language used in Opole parishes was gained from Polish newspapers. It is believed that the information provided by correspondents of local newspapers reflected the interest in this problem, expressed by members of the local Polish-speaking community.
Dzieje domu zakonnego Zgromadzenia Sióstr Karmelitanek Dzieciątka Jezus w Sosnowcu (1925–1989) – wybrane zagadnienia (cz. 2)
Authors: Sadownicza Urszula
Published: February 2023

The Congregation of Sisters Carmelites of Baby Jesus was founded on 31 December, 1921 in Cracow by Father Anselm from St. Andrew Corsini OCD (Maciej Józef Gądek 1884–1969) with Janina Kierocinska’s participation (later: Mother Theresa from St. Józef). On the same day when the new community came to Sosnowiec, it started its activity in Christian Charity Organization, at the church Of Sacred Heart of Lord Jesus. The stabilization of the congregation was followed by its settlement in a house at Wiejska 25 in Sosnowiec (14 September, 1925). The religious house in Sosnowiec at Wiejska 25 was the place in which life of the convent was concentrated. The house was a seat of the general management (1925–1967), the noviciate (1925–1969), and also the place where the main directions of the activity of the institute developed. Within the convent which was patronized by St. Theresa from Baby Jesus, the charisma of the convent was shaped. Sisters who lived in the house in Sosnowiec led wide and various apostolic activities: educational-protective, charitable, and catechistic.
Prepozyci klasztoru kanoników regularnych laterańskich w Suchej Beskidzkiej. Od fundacji do potopu szwedzkiego
Authors: Łatak Kazimierz
Published: February 2023

The Order of Regular Lateran Canons in Sucha Beskidzka was founded in 1624 by count Piotr Komorowski and closed in September 1782. The order was not big, however, the place distinguished from other places in the area when it comes to a social, religious and ecclesiastical climate; it was one of main culture-forming and civilization centres. The order’s history has not been elaborated so far; in the monograph of the city which was published in 1998 the place was described very modestly. In the article I dealt with provosts of the order from its foundation to the Swedish Deluge; as the provosts were co-authors of the history of the order. According to monastic statutes, a provost replaced Christ in the monastery, however, for Sucha, Krzeszów and all neighbouring villages he was a parson. The provosts influenced on fate of the order, directions and forms of its activity which in different degrees, though always, influenced on culture of the environment. They formed programmes and tasks, made decisions which in the order, church and in the parish left real traces. Their personalities, talents, intellectual and spiritual culture, and also connections were not without a meaning. Naturally, the collected source material did not permit to answer all questions which were formulated in the phase of constructing the research project. However, in my opinion, this what has been presented is a significant contribution to studies concerning history, culture and prosopography of this order, and also its place and part it played in the direct environment and region.
Obchody 10. rocznicy odzyskania niepodległości przez Polskę w Zagłębiu Dąbrowskim na łamach „Kuriera Zachodniego – Iskry”
Authors: Sitarz Krystyna
Published: February 2023

Celebrations of the 10th anniversary of regaining independence of Poland are an opportunity to study a social and patriotic mood among contemporary people who witnessed the processes of regeneration of the Second Polish Republic. Analysing the press of the Dąbrowa Basin from 1928, and more exactly the organ press „Western Courier – The Spark” we can find out what preparations to the celebrations the decade of existence of Poland in such cities as Będzin, Sosnowiec or Dąbrowa Górnicza looked like. Researches seem to be more interesting as the celebrations took place on Sunday, what in practice permitted to stretch all the ceremonies for two weekend days. In the Dąbrowa Basin the opportunity was used to organize many events; even in smaller places, on 10th and 11th November, 1928 the anniversary was celebrated. The celebrations were organized by specially called committees and caused huge satisfaction among people. Residents actively participated in many events such as solemn celebrations, academies and other entertainments. All the events reflected patriotism and general joy of affiliation to the Polish state.
Cytokine balance as a diagnostic marker of inflammation in experimental purulent lesions of soft tissues
Authors: Solovyeva A. S. , Melkonyan G. G. , Koval A. N. , Tashkinov N. V. , Rukina N. Yu. , Shokur O. A. , Sapozhnikov Yu. A.
Published: February 2023

Inflammatory process is at the heart of artificial (artificial) purulent-inflammatory diseases of soft tissues (APDST), which may lead to the development of phlegmon and abscesses at the site of invasion within a three-day period. The study of the cytokine status of rats with APDST allows us to evaluate the dynamics of inflammation markers and assess the peculiarities of the pathological course in artificial model of inflammation. The experiment was carried out on 126 white Wistar rats divided into 3 groups: (1) the main group (n = 57), where the laboratory model of APDST was used; (2) a comparison group (n = 58), in which the rats were injected with a mixture of opportunistic bacterial strains isolated from pure cultures of human oral fluid, i.e., S. epidermidis, S. mitis, S. salivarius at the titer of 9lg (CFU) per 1 ml injected together with a mixture of 2.5% hydrocortisone acetate emulsion (20 mg per 100 g of animal body weight), and dexamethasone solution at the dose of 0.5 mg; (3) control group (n = 11), where the animals were injected with 0.9% sodium chloride solution in a volume of 0.3 ml, together with a mixture of 2.5% hydrocortisone acetate emulsion at the rate of 20 mg per 100 g of body weight, and dexamethasone solution at the dose of 0.5 mg. Blood cells were studied using the Mindray DC-2800 Vet Auto Hematology Analyzer automated rat blood test system. The dynamics of pro-inflammatory cytokines: tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), antiinflammatory cytokines: interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-10 (IL-10) was assessed by enzyme immunoassay. To predict the course of inflammation towards complications, or resolution of the inflammatory process, the ratio of pro-inflammatory to anti-inflammatory cytokines was used, with normal ratio considered an estimated average of the cytokine ratio for the control group. When analyzing results of this experimental study, the nature of cellular inflammatory response was assessed in dynamics, and its relationship with inflammation markers was determined. All animals of the main group developed soft tissue phlegmon within 3 to 7 days from the beginning of the experiment, and their mortality rate was 100%. In comparison group, the abscesses developed in 82.8% of cases on the day 12 to 15 from the start of the experiment, without any deaths observed. The ratio of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the main group increased 8-fold already by the end of the 1st day, the comparison group was characterized by the absence of significant differences from the control group. The highest levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines were recorded in the main experimental group on the days 12 to 15.
Covid-19 Forecasting Using CNN Approach With A Halbinomial Distribution And A Linear Decreasing Inertia Weight-Based Cat Swarm Optimization
Authors: Murugesan Rajesh Khanna , Madhu Karthikeyan , Sambandam Jayalakshmi , Malliga Lakshmanan
Published: February 2023

In recent times, the COVID-19 epidemic has spread to over 170 nations. Authorities all around the world are feeling the strain of COVID-19 since the total of infected people is rising as well as they does not familiar to handle the problem. The majority of current research effort is thus being directed on the analysis of COVID-19 data within the framework of the machines learning method. Researchers looked the COVID 19 data to make predictions about who would be treated, who would die, and who would get infected in the future. This might prompt governments worldwide to develop strategies for protecting the health of the public. Previous systems rely on Long Short- Term Memory (LSTM) networks for predicting new instances of COVID-19. The LSTM network findings suggest that the pandemic might be over by June of 2020. However, LSTM may have an over-fitting issue, and it may fall short of expectations in terms of true positive. For this issue in COVID-19 forecasting, we suggest using two methods such as Cat Swarm Optimization (CSO) for reducing the inertia weight linearly and then artificial intelligence based binomial distribution is used. In this proposed study, we take the COVID-19 predicting database as an contribution and normalise it using the min-max approach. The accuracy of classification is improved with the use of the first method to choose the optimal features. In this method, inertia weight is added to the CSO optimization algorithm convergence. Death and confirmed cases are predicted for a certain time period throughout India using Convolutional Neural Network with Partial Binomial Distribution based on carefully chosen characteristics. The experimental findings validate that the suggested scheme performs better than the baseline system in terms of f-measure, recall, precision, and accuracy.
Machine learning and uLBP histograms for posture recognition of dependent people via Big Data Hadoop and Spark platform
Authors: AlFayez Fayez , Bouhamed Heni
Published: February 2023

For dependent population, falls accident are a serious health issue, particularly in a situation of pandemic saturation of health structures. It is, therefore, highly desirable to quarantine patients at home, in order to avoid the spread of contagious diseases. A dedicated surveillance system at home may become an urgent need in order to improve the patients’ living autonomy and significantly reduce assistance costs while preserving their privacy and intimacy. The domestic fall accident is regarded as an abrupt pose transition. Accordingly, normal human postures have to be recognized first. To this end, we proposed a novel big data scalable method for posture recognition using uniform local binary pattern (uLBP) histograms for pattern extraction. Instead of saving the pixels of the entire image, only the patterns were kept for the identification of human postures. By doing so, we tried to preserve people’s intimacy, which is very important in ehealth. To our knowledge, our work is the first to use this approach in a big data platform context for fall event detection while using Random Forest instead of complex deep learning methods. Application results of our conduct are very interesting in comparison to complex architectures such as convolutional deep neural networks (CNN) and feedforward deep neural networks (DFFNN).
Avaliação da completitude e oportunidade dos dados no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan) para febre maculosa no estado de São Paulo, 2007-2017
Authors: Xavier Daniele Rosa , Albuquerque Michellin Pereira de , Latorre Maria do Rosario Dias de Oliveira , Sousa-Carmo Sílvia Von Tiesenhausen de , Pinter Adriano
Published: February 2023

Objetivo: avaliar completitude e oportunidade das notificações de casos de febre maculosa (FM) no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan), no estado de São Paulo, Brasil, no período de 2007 a 2017. Métodos: estudo descritivo e ecológico dos casos humanos confirmados de FM, mediante análise dos atributos “completitude” e “oportunidade” de dez campos da ficha de notificação (boas quando ≥ 90% para a maioria das variáveis); realizou-se análise de regressão linear para avaliar as tendências das séries temporais. Resultados: foram analisados 736 registros; dos campos essenciais, apenas “Data da alta” demonstrou baixa completitude (68,5%); “Investigação” e “Encerramento” tiveram boa oportunidade; demais intervalos não foram adequados. Conclusão: no estado de São Paulo, a completitude dos dados foi boa na maioria das variáveis, porém não adequada quanto à oportunidade (exceto para “Encerramento” e “Investigação”), apontando para a necessidade de ações de educação e comunicação em saúde sobre FM.
ELECTROMAGNETIC AND THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS SIMULATION FOR THREE-PHASE THREE-LIMB TRANSFORMERS UNDER DC MAGNETIC BIAS
Authors: Jia Xiaoyu , Wang Bo , Lin Mei , Yang Jian , Wang Qiuwang
Published: February 2023

Direct current (DC) bias is caused by DC intrusion into the transformer. DC bias will not only cause current distortion and damage electric power grid but also will lead to hot spot overheating and increase in the transformer insulation aging. The effect of DC bias on both electromagnetic and thermal characteristics of transformers should be simultaneously considered for transformer design and operation control. In this study, different levels of DC bias were introduced to a three-phase three-limb transformer. Magnetic flux offset and current distortion were obtained by field-circuit coupling simulation. The winding loss and hot spot for different loads were computed with the analytic method and the electromagnetic-thermal-fluid coupling model. The results indicate that the magnetic flux offset is sensitive to the variation of loads, but insensitive to the increase of DC. As the transformer is overloaded, the current distortion increases, and a peaked wave occurs. The harmonic frequencies of distorted current concentrate on even-order. Compared with the rated sinusoidal load, the hot spot temperature increased by 18.59 K with 10 A DC introduction. The hot spot location is transferred from the upper yoke of the core to the HV coil. As the load increases, the hot spot temperature increases first and then decreases. This study is of great significance to the assessment of DC bias effect.
Community Water Demand and Sustainable Water Supply Planning in Nigeria: A Review
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Nigeria, Ezugwu Charles , Onyelowe Kennedy ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria, Ezugwu Chisom ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Nigeria, Onyekweredike Kelechi ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Nigeria, Odumade Adegboyega ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Nigeria, Omunakwe Okechukwu ,   Rivers State Ministry of Works Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Hussaini Mahmud ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Bali, Nigeria, Oloyede Amodu ,   Primetech Project International Company, Asaba, Nigeria, Innocent Wokocha ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Nigeria
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study is to review past works in water demands and sustainable water supply planning in Nigeria as reported by many researchers and to determine how to improve the water supply infrastructure sustainably. Nigeria is endowed with abundant surface water and ground water resources. The mean annual rainfall along the coast in the south east is 4 800 mm while it is less than 500 mm in the north east. These water sources are not tapped to the fullest and most of them are polluted and unsafe for use, resulting to scarcity of potable water in most communities. Water crisis is prevalent in most cities and this is further exacerbated by deteriorating infrastructure, political instability, and poorly regulated water laws. The result of the water crisis has led to detrimental consequences for its citizens as child mortality and water-borne disease-related deaths have grown exponentially. Unsuitability of water distribution facilities, quantity of water transported, too much walking distance, long lines at water points, poor maintenance and inadequate bulk water development brought about inefficiency of the facility. The water demand and supply in some countries in the world and many towns in Nigeria were reported. The method adopted in the study involved the use of journals, books and other related literature. The result showed that water supply systems in most places in the country are in poor state, unorganized and incomplete. All countries highlighted showed many problems at various degrees in provision of the facility. Attempt was made to fill some gaps in the literature. Public enlightenment, financing, monitoring, maintenance and juicy annual remuneration packages for best water users are recommended as powerful tools towards sustenance of the water supply infrastructure.
Measuring the Characteristics among Critical Success Factors of PPP Infrastructure Projects
Authors:   Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, A. Khalifa Nasradeen , A. Hmeda Alsnose. A. ,   College of Science and Technology, Bani Waleed, Libya; School of Civil, Zainal Abidin Roslan ,   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur, Milad Abdalrhman ,   University of Azzaytuna (AZU), Tarhouna, Libya
Published: February 2023

Private-Public Partnership (PPP) is an increasingly popular choice for policy-makers in implementing critical public projects. Through the examination of essential factors of success of PPP and establishes an empirical model of PPP in the construction project in Malaysia. The PPP implementation model was hypothesised to investigate the measurements and dimensions of technology, organisational and project characteristics as critical success factors of PPP implementation. A quantitative methodology was employed to validate the measurements, hypothesis testing, and validate a structural model of PPP implementation. A total of 238 respondents were involved in the survey of the hypothesised PPP model. SPSS version 22, as well as Analysis of Moment Variance (AMOS) software, was employed to analyse the data gathered. Path analysis and mediated regression analysis of the structural equation model succeeded in determining the mediating effect of stakeholder and procurement on the relationship among critical success factors and PPP implementation. The overall results show a significant positive interaction of organisational, technical, and project characteristics as essential factors of success on stakeholder and procurement as a mediator on the achievement of PPP implementation. This paper highlights not only the vital success factors for PPP but also offers a fundamental contribution model achieved through the empirical model of critical success factors and PPP implementation in the construction project in Malaysia. This study succeeds in establishing and validating a structural model of the PPP implementation model. The model contributes to the body of knowledge of PPP and benefits to practitioners as primary guidance on construction and business development.
Statistics of Occupational Accidents Involving Heavy Machinery in Malaysia
Authors:   Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, W Ghopa Wan Aizon , Sajuri Zainuddin ,   Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Abu Mansor Mohd Radzi ,   Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Shamsudeen Azhari ,   Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Abdullah Shahrum ,   Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Omar Mohd Zaidi ,   Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Baruji Mohd Esa ,   Consultation, Research & Development Department, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, Sholehuddin Mohd Atif ,   Consultation, Research & Development Department, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Published: February 2023

Heavy machinery accidents are among the leading causes of serious and fatal accidents in various sector such as construction works, earthworks, manufacturing, and plantations. Management and operation of heavy machinery are very important to ensure safety in the workplace and prevent accidents. This study aims to clarify the statistic of accidents involving heavy machinery in Malaysia. Heavy machinery accident data from 2014 to 2019 was obtained from official sources such as DOSH, SOCSO, NIOSH, and CIDB through a desktop study. A questionnaire was also conducted towards related personnel to ensure thorough information is obtained. The factory and manufacturing industries showed the highest percentage of fatal accident cases of 22.2% among all. The same trend has also been shown by Singapore and Australia. This was followed by the plantation sector of 20.6%. Meanwhile, the highest percentage of heavy machinery involved in fatal accident cases was tractor (23.8%), followed by forklift (22.2%) and tower cranes (9.1%). From the statistic, it was found that the main cause of accidents was due to negligence and incompetency of employees. Therefore, there is an immediate call for improving the skills and competency of all personnel involved in the operation of the machinery. Ensuring the safety and preventing an accident of heavy machinery is not relying solely on the operators but also the responsibility of all parties involved in the operation.
Clinician Perceptions of Incorporating Yoga into Therapeutic Practice
Authors: Elsmore Elizabeth , Hawks Steven , May Roberta , Gast Julie , Judd Hailey
Published: February 2023

Despite increased interest in mindfulness practices such as yoga as an adjunct for depression, anxiety, and other chronic health concerns, little research exists on the potential benefits of yoga in therapeutic settings. As a complementary therapy, yoga provides a value-added benefit to traditional clinical practices for (1) clinicians as a form of self-care in treating compassion fatigue caused by, for example, fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) the patients they serve. The primary goal of the present study was to understand clinician perspectives of yoga as an intervention in the therapeutic setting for clinicians and clients. We conducted a qualitative study and surveyed therapists from a yoga teacher training program designed specifically for clinical therapists. Eight therapists completed a qualitative questionnaire designed to understand the effects of yoga on clinicians and patients in the therapeutic setting. Although the effects of COVID-19 had not been anticipated, survey results corroborate high rates of compassion fatigue for therapists and a decline in mental health for patients throughout the study. Yoga, specifically body awareness and breathwork, however, provided a baseline for navigating mental health for both patients and therapists amid the pandemic. Additionally, body awareness and breathwork were found to help therapists avoid burnout and compassion fatigue and facilitate a more positive therapy experience for patients and therapists. Yoga has the potential to be a positive adjunct in therapeutic settings and would benefit from further research into various applications.
Estimulación multisensorial y musicoterapia individual: tratamiento de la agitación y estado afectivo en demencia grave
Authors: Vargas César Axel
Published: February 2023

La demencia grave supone un problema para la salud pública que afecta a la funcionalidad de los mayores de los países desarrollados y a su entorno social. Entre otras características, las personas con esta enfermedad poseen un perfil sintomatológico definido por la presencia de agitación conductual y un estado afectivo negativo (ansiedad y depresión). Tradicionalmente, se ha recurrido a la farmacoterapia para tratar estos síntomas. Sin embargo, su uso exclusivo ha demostrado generar numerosos inconvenientes en sus usuarios. Por ello, en los últimos años, el foco de atención se ha depositado en terapias conductuales como la estimulación multisensorial y la musicoterapia individual. Los pocos estudios existentes han mostrado la eficacia de la aplicación por separado de ambos tipos de intervención. Además, se ha sugerido que la administración combinada de las mismas probablemente tuviera un efecto beneficioso superior. Sin embargo, se necesitan trabajos que evalúen específicamente si la implementación conjunta de estas terapias conductuales puede producir una mayor mejora de los síntomas de agitación, ansiedad y depresión en mayores con demencia grave en comparación con su aplicación individual.
Los enconchados de La conquista de México en un museo mexicano ¿Cuadros o biombos? El dilema de un objeto
Authors: Cortés Alejandra , Zaragoza Verónica , Rossell Pedraza Xochipilli
Published: February 2023

En el Museo Nacional del Virreinato en México, la exhibición de un “biombo” enconchado de La conquista de México respondía a un simulacro museográfico desde la década de 1980, inconexo con su materialidad e historia. Las cuatro pinturas, integradas por dos tablas cada una, nunca tuvieron la función de autosoporte y articulación característica de estos muebles, ni tampoco la adquirieron cuando se simuló su montaje. En este texto se presenta la investigación histórica y la aportación de información documental inédita respecto a su ubicación y disposición en el Palacio del Infantado en Madrid, a fines del siglo XVIII. La reflexión sobre su materialidad contribuye a comprender la intencionalidad de sus autores, los distintos usos que ha tenido a lo largo de su historia y la comparación con los otros conjuntos similares del mismo tema, con el fin de fundamentar la propuesta de exhibirlos como pinturas exentas en el museo.
Factors influencing the effectiveness of trabeculectomy: following materials of the City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 2
Authors: Аntonova Аnastasiia V. , Nikolaenko Vadim P. , Brzheskiy Vladimir V. , Vuks Aleksandr Ja.
Published: February 2023

BACKGROUND: Despite the ever-expanding arsenal of IOP-lowering surgeries, trabeculectomy remains the most common procedure amongst them. Therefore, the identification of factors reducing its effectiveness and potentially being able to change the surgical treatment plan is of particular importance.
AIM: To identify factors reducing trabeculectomy effectiveness.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 443 consecutively enrolled patients who were operated in 20162020 in Saint Petersburg City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 2 for primary open-angle decompensated glaucoma and then observed for 6 to 24 months. Using statistical research methods, factors that significantly affected the impact of the procedure were identified.
RESULTS: The main predictors of trabeculectomy failure following the order of decreasing importance of established relations (p) were: loss of effectiveness of the preceding IOP-lowering procedure (р = 0.0001), dry eye syndrome (р = 0.013), number of drop instillations per day (р = 0.041), and excessive preservative load due to unnecessarily aggressive topical glaucoma treatment (р = 0.039). An obvious demonstration of excessive therapy is a simultaneous administration of four IOP-lowering medications. It also causes scarring of the procedure area, especially in patients previously operated for glaucoma. Null preservative load and prostaglandin monotherapy are associated with guaranteed complete success of trabeculectomy. Unlike the intensity of medical glaucoma treatment, its duration does not have such a significant impact on trabeculectomy outcomes (р = 0.270). Close to a significant one is the relationship between poor surgical outcomes and advanced stages of the disease (р = 0.052).
CONCLUSIONS: The main factors affecting the effectiveness of trabeculectomy were failure of the previous IOP-lowering surgeries; concomitant dry eye syndrome, arising or being aggravated by unduly intense and prolonged pharmacological effects on the eye surface; as well as delayed appliance for surgical IOP normalization at advanced disease stages.
Pengembangan Teka-teki Silang Buku Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-‘Arabiyyah Jilid 3 untuk Paket Dasar III
Authors: Habibullah Achmad Arisy , Murtadho Nurul
Published: February 2023

Abstract: Learning Arabic today is more challenging because it is not the commonly used native speaker language. The purpose of this research was to develop a crossword game medium for a companion to the book of Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-'Arabiyyah Volume 3 and test the feasibility of using crossword books. This research uses ADDIE model development research (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation). The test subjects were ten students who had memorized the book of Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-'Arabiyyah Volume 3 at the Pesantren Ilmu Al Quran (PIQ) Singosari Malang. The initial needs analysis carried out at the PIQ Hut revealed that in addition to the main textbook, namely the book of Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-'Arabiyyah Volume 3, educators and students need another learning media with a percentage of 86 percent. The results of this research stated that the validation test received valid results, which means that the book product is feasible to use with a percentage of media validation of 80 percent, a percentage of material validation of 95 percent and a percentage of student responses of 91 percent. The assessment from the teacher obtained a percentage result of 76 percent for the material/content aspect while the assessment for the display aspect obtained a percentage result of 74 percent.
Keywords: Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-‘Arabiyyah; learning media; crossword
Abstrak: Pembelajaran bahasa Arab saat ini membutuhkan penekanan dan perhatian lebih karena bukan bahasa penutur asli yang biasa digunakan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengembangkan media permainan teka-teki silang untuk pendamping kitab Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-‘Arabiyyah Jilid 3 dan menguji tingkat kelayakan penggunaan buku teka-teki silang. Penelitian ini memakai penelitian pengembangan model ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation). Subjek uji coba dalam penelitian ini adalah sepuluh santri yang telah mengkhatamkan kitab Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-‘Arabiyyah Jilid 3 di Pesantren Ilmu Al Quran (PIQ) Singosari Malang. Sebagaimana hasil analisis kebutuhan awal yang peneliti lakukan di Pondok PIQ, diperoleh hasil bahwa selain buku ajar utama dalam pembelajaran bahasa Arab yaitu kitab Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-‘Arabiyyah Jilid 3, pendidik dan peserta didik membutuhkan media pembelajaran dengan persentase 86 persen. Hasil dari penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa uji validasi mendapat hasil valid yang artinya produk buku pengembangan tersebut layak digunakan dengan persentase validasi media sebesar 80%, persentase validasi materi sebesar 95 persen dan persentase respon siswa sebesar 91 persen. Penilaian dari guru memperoleh hasil persentase sebesar 76 persen untuk aspek materi/isi sedangkan penilaian untuk aspek tampilan memperoleh hasil persentase sebesar 74 persen.
Kata Kunci: Madārij Ad-Durūs Al-‘Arabiyyah; media pembelajaran; teka-teki silang
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors: Daher Darine , Dahan Karim Seif El , Singal Amit G.
Published: February 2023

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), one of the most common causes of liver disease, is an increasingly common cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Several demographic, clinical, and genetic factors contribute to HCC risk in NAFLD patients, which may inform risk stratification scores. Proven efficacious approaches to primary prevention approach in patients with non-viral liver disease remain an area of need. Semi-annual surveillance is associated with improved early tumor detection and reduced HCC-related mortality; however, patients with NAFLD have several challenges to effective surveillance, including under-recognition of at-risk patients, low surveillance utilization in clinical practice, and lower sensitivity of current tools for early-stage HCC detection. Treatment decisions are best made in a multidisciplinary fashion and are informed by several factors including tumor burden, liver dysfunction, performance status, and patient preferences. Although patients with NAFLD often have larger tumor burden and increased comorbidities compared to counterparts, they can achieve similar post-treatment survival with careful patient selection. Therefore, surgical therapies continue to provide a curative treatment option for patients diagnosed at an early stage. Although there has been debate about the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with NAFLD, current data are insufficient to change treatment selection based on liver disease etiology.
Brechas e Inequidad en infraestructura educativa en el Perú
Authors: Osorio Rodríguez Maria Nelly
Published: February 2023

El presente texto, tiene como objeto analizar sobre la información específica y disgregada en torno a las brechaspendientes en equidad e igualdad de infraestructura educativa en relación de las zonas urbanas marginales yrurales del Perú. Para el Ministerio de Educación (2016b), las Políticas Públicas educativas del estado peruanotiene por objetivo primordial reducir las brechas calidad y equidad de infraestructura que afectan la prestación delservicio educativo que nos impone la sociedad del siglo XXI, según el censo de infraestructura Educativa (2014),gran parte de los locales educativos de las Zonas rurales del Perú, tienen necesidades de mantenimiento correctivoen infraestructura física, carencia en el equipamiento de mobiliarios, falta de instalación de energía eléctrica, faltade servicios de telecomunicaciones y sin accesibilidad para la población con discapacidad. El método utilizadopara este trabajo es cualitativo análisis documentario. Entre las principales conclusiones podemos afirmar, que elestado prioriza las inversiones orientadas al cierre de brecha de cobertura y calidad educativa, sin embargo, el 6%del Producto Bruto Interno destinado al sector educación, está debajo del promedio mundial (US$ 980.50), conun gasto aproximadamente por estudiante de US$ 928.97. Sánchez, al et. (2017), sostienen que una de las causasde la brecha existentes en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, son los bajos niveles de la inversión pública yprivada.