bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reflection of onomaculturological knowledge in the works of Alisher Navoi
Authors: Kadymova Diana R.
Published: December 2022

The study is devoted to the revision of the translation correctness of the poem’s title by Alisher Navoi “Leyla and Majun”, when the exact complexity is established by the trace of anthroponyms: a female name and a male name or a male name and a female name in the poem’s title. It is established that Alisher Navoi could cause the appearance of a two-word anthroponymic phrase from a female name before a male nickname, thereby violating the Eastern tradition of linear localization: first the male and then female name. This fact can serve as proof of the specificity of the individual author’s poetic picture of the world of Alisher Navoi, a well-known oriental thinker and poet of the 15th century. It is proved that this semantic content of the nickname with the evaluative semantics of a person in love represents the author’s poetics of the character’s world of Alisher Navoi (naming a nickname; nickname etymology; age of a character bearing a nickname; presence of a nickname with common nouns accompanying it). It is substantiated that the rearrangement in the translation of anthroponyms in the poem’s title is the quality of the author's actualization of anthroponyms. The Eastern poet puts the female name Leyli in the first place, then the male nickname Majnun, which must be taken when translating into any language.
Alternativa de mobilidade urbana em Palmas-TO
Authors: Alves Erisvaldo , Queiroz Benvindo , Oliveira Nilton , Bazzoli João
Published: December 2022

O objetivo do artigo foi investigar a percepção dos indivíduos com relação ao uso da bicicleta como meio de transporte no município de Palmas, capital do estado do Tocantins. O estudo utilizou uma pesquisa de atitude com alguns fatores relacionados a escolha da bicicleta como meio de transporte. A aplicação dos questionários ocorreu entre 29 e 31 de setembro de 2017 em três pontos distintos da cidade: Plano Diretor, Taquaralto e Aurenys, foram aplicados 400 questionários. Os principais resultados apontaram que as pessoas utilizam a bicicleta como meio de transporte; que o seu uso faz bem para a saúde e que é um transporte barato. O sexo masculino tem maior aceitabilidade quanto ao uso. Os entrevistados reclamam da falta de infraestrutura e segurança para a utilização da bicicleta.
O estado e o planejamento regional no Brasil
Authors: Laner Izadora , Faria Rodrigo de , Pescatori Carolina
Published: December 2022

O artigo tem como objetivo geral de investigação o campo do planejamento regional no Brasil no contexto da década de 1950, especialmente no governo JK. Nesse sentido, Brasília e SUDENE são entendidas como parte de um programa de desenvolvimento com forte atuação do Estado sobre o território. A análise parte de uma estruturação conceitual-metodológica que organizou o planejamento regional em três perspectivas analíticas: o planejamento regional como instrumento de conciliação política, o planejamento regional como facilitador do desenvolvimentismo associado, a institucionalização do planejamento regional. Como resultado, buscou-se entender de que forma essas três perspectivas se coadunaram dentro das duas principais frentes de ação regional, e como contribuíram para alavancar o progresso industrial: a própria criação da SUDENE e a decisão política de se transferir a capital nacional para Brasília.
A gentrificação parcial de Poblenou, Barcelona
Authors: Simas Tarciso Binoti , Oliveira Sônia Le Cocq , Cano Hila Ana Belén
Published: December 2022

Barcelona vem investindo na replicação do seu “Modelo Barcelona” de operação urbana desde o projeto para as Olimpíadas de 1992, sendo Poblenou uma das áreas estratégicas com muitas intervenções urbanas e processos de gentrificação. Diante das transformações constantes, este artigo busca avançar em novos conhecimenots sobre os impactos mais recentes da gentrificação em Poblenou. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exporatória sobre a evolução do estoque imobiliário, valorização da moradia, perfil populacional e fotografia atual da gentrificação. Apesar da complexidade que este tema envolve, esta análise de Poblenou contribui para trazer maior clareza sobre os impactos negativos destas operações. Assim, é possível observar a evolução desse processo de gentrificação que se encontra consolidado em certas áreas e, em outras, em estágio parcial.
Paisagem urbana e produção do espaço em Feira de Santana (BA)
Authors: Alves Aryane Sinval , Jesús Mariana Oliveira de , Freitas Nacelice Barbosa
Published: December 2022

A paisagem urbana revela o processo de produção do espaço, durante dois séculos o município de Feira de Santana (BA) buscou modernizar-se. Por esse motivo, criou-se novas funcionalidades, que antes serviam ao comércio e as feiras livres vivendo sob mesmo espaço. As políticas de urbanização fragmentou os lugares definindo onde os feirantes tinha que ficar, isso revela as problemáticas socioespaciais da própria cidade. A investigação consistiu em utilizar imagens do centro urbano no período de 1919-2019, com imagens de como eram utilizado o espaço pela sociedade. Percebe-se que as politicas urbanas estão voltadas para a expansão urbana, e as características culturais estão perdendo seu espaço sofrendo processo de exclusão socioespacial.
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SPEAKING ANXIETY
Authors: Fauziah Annisa , Wati Setyo , Solihati Tri Agustini
Published: December 2022

Speaking anxiety becomes a substantial matter in foreign language learning. Many studies have been discussed foreign language anxiety. Nevertheless, slight research has been undertaken on senior high school level. This research investigated Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety (FLSA) associated with male and female difference in senior high school level. This study aims to investigate whether male and female have the significant difference on students’ speaking anxiety level or not. Differential research method was used. From 77 grade IX students of SMA Terpadu Darussalam Tasikmalaya, 43 students were participated in this study. Probability sampling was used as the technique for selecting sample. A close-ended questionnaire adopted from Horwitz et.al (1986) was administrated to the participants to examine their Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety. The questionnaire has been passed validity test to determine whether it has positive consequences when they are used in practice. The result indicated that there is no statistically difference between male and female students. Although there was no statistically difference, the finding represents that females demonstrated a higher anxiety than males. Regarding to the result, it might be a light to help teacher choosing a great treatment for students’ anxiety during English language learning.
PENINGKATAN PEMBELAJARAN MENULIS RESENSI DENGAN METODE DUTA DJARUM QRR PADA SISWA KELAS XI IPS 1 DI SMAN 1 KARAS TAHUN PELAJARAN 2019/2020
Authors: Peni Rustami Yuaftika
Published: December 2022

Faktor penyebab rendahnya kemampuan menulis siswa meliputi faktor internal dan eksternal. Faktor penyebab internal adalah siswa cenderung kurang dapat berimajinasi, mengungkapkan ide, dan kemudian menuangkan kata ke dalam bentuk tulisan, siswa belum mampu merangkai kata-kata menjadi kalimat dan menyusunnya ke dalam tulisan yang utuh, serta siswa juga kurang memperhatikan ejaan dan tanda baca dalam menulis. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah (1) memaparkan penerapan metode Duta Djarum QRR dalam   menulis resensi pada siswa kelas XI IPS 1 di   SMAN 1 Karas tahun pelajaran 2019/2020. (2) Mendeskripsikan hasil belajar menulis resensi pada siswa kelas XI IPS 1 di SMAN 1 Karas tahun pelajaran 2019/2020 dengan menggunakan metode Duta Djarum QRR. Metode Duta Djarum QRR merupakan singkatan dari dua tamu dua jaga rumah question read recite. Metode pembelajaran ini merupakan metode pembelajaran modifikasi dari metode TS-TS (two stay-two stray) dengan metode membaca SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, review). Yang membedakan metode TS-TS dengan Duta Djarum ini adalah adanya setingan membaca  QRR  (Question  Read  Recite)  pada  saat  pembelajaran.  Di  mana  QRR  sendiri merupakan bagian dari metode membaca SQ3R. Hasil belajar Bahasa Indonesia siswa mengalami peningkatan setelah menggunakan metode pembelajaran Duta Djarum QRR. Hal itu dapat ditunjukkan dari nilai rata-rata hasil LKS yang mengalami peningkatan yaitu dari nilai 76,57 pada siklus I menjadi 85,44 pada siklus II. Metode pembelajaran Duta Djarum QRR juga dapat meningkatkan keaktifan siswa pada pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia dengan materi menulis resensi.

Kata Kunci:  Menulis Resensi, Duta Djarum QRR
Physiological Response of Cantang Grouper as Zeylanicobdella Control with Papaya Leaf Extract as an Antiparasitic Agent
Authors: Amali Ikmalia , Mahasri Gunanti
Published: December 2022

Permintaan pasar terhadap ikan kerapu cantang yang terus meningkat menyebabkan intensifikasi budidaya tidak dapat dihindarkan. Salah satu kendala utama dalam upaya peningkatan produksi ikan kerapu adalah serangan penyakit. Alternatif bahan obat yang dapat digunakan dalam pengendalian penyakit yaitu dengan menggunakan daun pepaya lokal dan daun pepaya jepang. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh konsentrasi dan lama waktu perendaman ekstrak daun pepaya sebagai antiparasit terhadap kadar glukosa darah dan tingkat konsumsi oksigen selama proses pengendalian Zeylanicobdella pada ikan kerapu cantang. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode eksperimental dengan rancangan acak lengkap faktorial 6 perlakuan dan 3 ulangan. Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu diperoleh hasil rata-rata kadar glukosa yang diberi perlakuan ekstrak daun pepaya jenis berbeda selama dua jam menunjukkan bahwa pada faktor A dan B terdapat pengaruh dan interaksi yang sangat nyata (p<0,01) terhadap kadar glukosa darah, serta interaksi yang nyata (p<0,05) antara faktor A dan B terhadap tingkat konsumsi oksigen. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat interaksi yang sangat nyata antara lama waktu perendaman dan konsentrasi ekstrak daun pepaya lokal dan pepaya jepang sebagai bahan antiparasit terhadap peningkatan kadar glukosa darah dan terdapat interaksi yang nyata terhadap tingkat konsumsi oksigen selama proses pengendalian Zeylanicobdella pada ikan kerapu cantang
 
Kata Kunci: Daun pepaya jepang, Daun pepaya lokal, Kerapu cantang,Zeylanicobdella
 
 
Abstract
Efforts to increase grouper production are disease attacks. Alternative medicinal ingredients that can be used in disease control are using local papaya leaf and Japanese papaya leaf. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of concentration and duration of dipping in papaya leaf extract as an antiparasitic on blood glucose levels and oxygen consumption levels during the Zeylanicobdella control process in cantang grouper. The method used is an experimental method with a completely randomized factorial design with 6 treatments and 3 replications. The results of this study are the average results of glucose levels treated with different types of papaya leaf extract for two hours indicate that factors A and B have a very significant effect and interaction (p<0.01) on blood glucose levels, and significant interaction (p<0.05) between factors A and B on the level of oxygen consumption. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is a very significant interaction between the length of soaking time and the concentration of local papaya leaf extract and Japanese papaya as antiparasitic ingredients to increase blood glucose levels and there is a significant interaction with the level of oxygen consumption during the Zeylanicobdella control process in cantang grouper.
 
Keywords:Japanese papaya leaf, Local papaya leaf, Cantang grouper, Zeylanicobdella
HUMAN CAPITAL AND JOB SATISFACTION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
Authors: Wardani Erlita Kusuma
Published: December 2022

Introduction: The competitiveness of the workforce in Indonesia is currently still relatively low compared to several ASEAN countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. One of the main factors of this problem is the level of education possessed by the workforce. The construction services sector is a sector that can leverage the country's economy. Thus, the construction sector requires skilled, superior, and reliable workers. The competence and level of education possessed by the workforce will be an important consideration for companies in the construction sector. The purpose of this study is to find out how the influence of Human Capital and Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance.
Methods: This study uses a quantitative method with a simple regression method. The sample of this research is as many as 42 respondents of CV Gunung Emas Mahameru project employees.
Results: The results showed that the variable Human Capital and Job Satisfaction had a significant effect on employee performance. This is the main capital that is needed by the company in order to improve performance towards a more optimal and efficient direction.
Conclusion and suggestion: The biggest company’s capital is employees. Human capital is an important element that must be owned by the company. If the company's employees have good competence, it will create high productivity for the company.
JOB CRAFTING ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Nesimnasi Sarce A.R
Published: December 2022

Introduction: The organization always strives to improve its employees' ability to continue to be better; employees are required to be effective and efficient and develop every talent and potential.
Methods: To analyze the research, this paper conducted a literature review on selected publications.
Results: Job Crafting is an employee technique that adjusts the qualities of the job, either physically or cognitively, depending on the employees' preferences, abilities, and needs, thereby making the work done becomes more meaningful.
Conclusion and suggestion: Job crafting is the skills of employees who are able to redesign their work on their own initiative, with or without management involvement hence that the work carried out by employees feels easier and more comfortable because there is a balance between demands and work resources with personal abilities or employee needs.
Peningkatan Karier Keperawatan Melalui Pengembangan Pendidikan Formal di RS X Jakarta: Pilot Study
Authors: Wulandari Agnes Rini Eka , Hariyati Rr. Tutik Sri Hariyati , Dewi Laurentia
Published: December 2022

Pendahuluan: Pendidikan formal penting bagi profesi 1000 karena menjamin profesionalisme perawat. Metode: pilot study menggunakan pendekatan pemecahan masalah yang dimulai dari masalah, analisis masalah dengan diagram fishbone, penyusunan Plan of Action , implementasi dengan PDCA, evaluasi serta analisis gab dengan literature review. Penelitian dilakukan kepada perawat pelaksana n = 77 dan menggunakan wawancara dan kuesioner. Hasil:Hasil masalah yang didapatkan yaitu perawat manajer di salah satu RS X Jakarta telah merencanakan peningkatan karir perawat melalui pengembangan pendidikan formal tetapi perlu ditingkatkan. Panduan peningkatan kemajuan melalui pengembangan pendidikan formal dan Pemetaan E-Pendidikan Formal sebagai instrument dapat membantu manajer meningkatkan dalam perencanaan pendidikan formal bagi perawat.
Faktor yang mempengaruhi Kepuasan Kerja Perawat selama pandemi Covid-19 di Beberapa Rumah sakit di Kalimatan Selatan
Authors: Rizany Ichsan , Yakin Rahimul , Rusydianur Rusydianur , Risnadi Didi , Adawiyah Robiatul , Fikri M. Khairul , Azhar Ahmad
Published: December 2022

Pendahuluan: Tingkat kepuasan kerja perawat masih rendah di masa pandemi covid-19. Rendahnya kepuasan kerja disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor karakteristik perawat terhadap kepuasan kerja perawat selama masa covid-19 di beberapa rumah sakit di Kalimatan Selatan.
Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan deskriptif analitik dengan desain cross-sectional. Penelitian dilakukan di tiga rumah sakit di Kalimantan Selatan. Jumlah responden adalah 164 perawat dengan menggunakan teknik cluster random sampling. Instrumen kepuasan kerja menggunakan MSQ. Data dianalisis dengan uji korelasi spearman dan uji kruskal-wallis.
Hasil: Penelitian ini didapatkan rerata usia perawat adalah 32,10 tahun, rerata masa kerja sebesar 7,11 tahun dengan rerata gaji sebesar Rp. 2.642.726,- .  Perawat yang bekerja didominasi oleh perawat kontrak / BLUD sebesar 62,4% (103 orang). Jenjang karir perawat didominasi oleh PK I sebanyak 38,8% (64 orang). Ada hubungan yang bermakna antara usia (p= 0,0001; r= -0,318), lama kerja (p= 0,0001; r= -0,319), status kepegawaian (p= 0,020), jenjang karir (p= 0,013) dengan kepuasan kerja perawat.
Kesimpulan: Faktor yang mempengaruhi kepuasan kerja perawat adalah usia, lama kerja, status kepegawaian, dan jenjang karir. Diharapkan manajer memberikan motivasi kepada perawat agar kepuasan tetap tinggi dan mencintai pekerjaan dengan sepenuh jiwa sesuai jenjang karir.
Experience of Nurses in Implementing Patient Safety Culture at USU Hospital
Authors: Zuraidah Zuraidah , Nurmaini  , Simamora Roymond H.
Published: December 2022

A holistic patient safety program requires a crucial and fundamental component: patient safety culture. It is also critical in the evaluation of hospital safety and service quality. The purpose of the study was to find out how nurses at USU Hospital implemented a patient safety culture. The Collaizzi approach to descriptive phenomenology was applied in the study design. Purposive sampling was used to choose fifteen participants who met the inclusion criteria. In-depth interviews were used to acquire the information. Verbatim description was used in the analysis and interpretation. Five themes emerged from the study, namely:  (1) accomplishment of patient safety goals with the support from the hospital management, (2) information provision about patient nursing care to improve patient safety, (3) report of patient safety incidents, (4) obstacles encountered by nurses in implementing patient safety culture, and (5) expectation that nurse implement safety culture. It suggested that nursing services facilitate nurses with training on patient safety culture regularly to improve their behaviors in reporting any patient safety incidents.
LINGUAL STYLISTIC FEATURES OF F. BERNETT’S NOVELS AS A REFLECTION OF THE WRITER’S IDIOSTYLE.
Authors: Borbenchuk Iryna , Lytvynets Olena
Published: December 2022

The article is focused on the study of linguo-stylistic features of the Anglo-American writer Frances Burnett idiostyle based on the novels "A little Princess" and "The Secret Garden". In the course of the study, it was defined that flourishing of children's literature in the XIXth - 1st part of the XXth century was due to a number of cultural factors that contributed to the emergence of a large number of authors whose work from the point of view of ideological, thematic and linguistic aspects was focused on children. No less important in this process was the establishment of traditions of home reading and the desire of adults to form aesthetic tastes in their children. Being both a representative of the neo-romantic trend and a children's writer, Frances Burnett rethinks traditional, even fairy-tale plots and builds a world whose image has a symbolic meaning (e.g. a garden for Mary, a boarding house for Sarah). A characteristic feature of F. Burnett's novels is the depiction of the world of childhood, realized through portrait characteristics that convey the characters' external and internal world, descriptions of landscapes and interiors that reproduce various emotional states. It was found out that to realize her own ideas, the writer uses epithets, in particular, to emphasize the specific features of the characters and to raise the emotional tension. The use of metaphors makes it possible to decorate the text with vivid pictures of nature and make images poetic, while thanks to comparisons and repetitions, the author reveals psychological states and focuses on strong emotions. The paper draws the conclusion that specific linguo-stylistic means belong to specific features of Frances Burnett's idiostyle, which make her work stand out among a large number of other authors and make it popular in the genre of children's literature.
Keywords: children’s literature; idiostyle; individual style; linguostilistic means; epithet; simile; psychological portrait.
ІNTERTEXTUAL HUMOROUS ELEMENTS IN THE ANIMATED SERIES GRAVITY FALLS AND THE SPECIFICS OF THEIR TRANSLATION INTO UKRAINIAN
Authors: Mikhnieva Yuliia , Demydenko Olga , Babak Diana
Published: December 2022

The main goal of the work is to consider the English-language animated film text “Gravity Falls” directed by Alex Hirsch, to identify the means of intertextuality of humor in it and to point out the peculiarities of their translation. It is emphasized that today, for scientists, the film text is a rich material for study due to its multidimensionality and dynamism, representing the dynamics of socio-cultural development of society in general and language in particular. The concept of intertextuality is based on the belief that all literary works are derived from or influenced by a previous literary work. There is intentional intertextuality, which borrows intentionally from texts, and there is covert intertextuality, where references occur accidentally (the connection or influence is not intentional), since any written text makes intertextuality possible. Some intertextual references are precise lines of dialogue or action, while others are more vaguely referenced. Any work of literature that participates in the creation of a new text is considered intertextual. When translating humorous elements, a specialist must take into account a number of factors. As for the transfer of a comic effect, it is quite a difficult task that requires consideration of various factors. Each language has its own specific linguistic devices for creating comic effect, and it is extremely unlikely that the same devices will be used in translation. That is why it is almost impossible to find a complete equivalent of wordplay or rhyming jokes in another language. The effectiveness of the transmission of the comic effect depends on the degree of coincidence of the background knowledge of the addressee and the recipient. Comic contexts that require awareness of another culture will often be untranslatable using equivalents. All these features greatly complicate the process of translating a cartoon, which is saturated with intertextual elements.
Keywords: audiovisual translation; humorous elements; intertext; intertextuality; context; film text; techniques of translation.
On Duality Principles and Related Convex Dual Formulations Suitable for Local Non-Convex Variational Optimization
Authors: Botelho Fabio
Published: December 2022

This article develops duality principles and related convex dual formulations suitable for the local optimization of non-convex primal formulations for a large class of models in physics and engineering. The results are based on standard tools of functional analysis, calculus of variations and duality theory. In particular, we develop applications to a Ginzburg-Landau type equation.
Novel Polyhexanide-Releasing Membranes for Antimicrobial Wound Dressings: A Critical Review
Authors: Guiomar A. Jorge , Urbano Ana M.
Published: December 2022

The prevalence for chronic, non-healing skin wounds in the general population, most notably diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers and pressure ulcers, is approximately 2% and is expected to increase, driven mostly by an aging population and the steady rise in obesity and diabetes. Non-healing wounds often become infected, increasing the risk of life-threatening complications, which poses a significant socioeconomic burden. Aiming at an improved management of infected wounds, a variety of wound dressings incorporating antimicrobials (AMDs), namely polyhexanide (poly(hexamethylene biguanide); PHMB), have been introduced in the wound care market. However, many wound care professionals agree that none shows comprehensive and optimal antimicrobial activity. This manuscript summarizes and discusses studies on novel PHMB-releasing membranes (PRMs) for wound dressings, detailing their preparation, physical properties relevant in the context of AMDs, drug loading and release, antibacterial activity, biocompatibility, wound healing capacity, and clinical trials conducted. Some of these PRMs were able to improve wound healing in in vivo models, with no associated cytotoxicity, but significant differences in study design make it difficult to compare overall effi-cacies. It is hoped that this review, which includes, whenever available, international standards for testing AMDs, will provide a framework for future studies.their preparation, physical properties relevant in the context of AMDs, drug loading and release, antibacterial activity, biocompatibility, wound healing capacity, and clinical trials conducted. Some of these PRMs were able to improve wound healing in in vivo models, with no associated cytotoxicity, but significant differences in study design make it difficult to compare overall efficacies. It is hoped that this review, which includes, whenever available, international standards for testing AMDs, will provide a framework for future studies.
AI-based Detection of Aspiration for Video-endoscopy with Visual Aids in Meaningful Frames to Interpret the Model Outcome
Authors: Konradi Jürgen , Zajber Milla , Betz Ullrich , Drees Philipp , Gerken Annika , Meine Hans
Published: December 2022

Disorders of swallowing often lead to pneumonia when material enters the airways (aspiration). Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) plays a key role in the diagnostics of aspiration but is prone to human errors. An AI-based tool could facilitate this process. Recent non-endoscopic/non-radiologic attempts to detect aspiration using machine-learning approaches have led to unsatisfying accuracy and show black box characteristics. Hence, for clinical users it is hard to trust in these model decisions. Our aim is to introduce an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) approach to detect aspiration in FEES. Our approach is to teach the AI about the relevant anatomical structures like the vocal cords and the glottis based on 92 annotated FEES videos. Simultaneously, it is trained to detect bolus that passes the glottis and becomes aspirated. During testing, the AI successfully recognized glottis and vocal cords, but could not yet achieve satisfying aspiration detection quality. Albeit detection performance has to be optimized, our architecture results in a final model that explains its assessment by locating meaningful frames with relevant aspiration events and by highlighting the suspected bolus. In contrast to comparable AI tools, our framework is verifiable, interpretable and therefor accountable for clinical users.
Effect Of Adding Different Quantity And Sizes Of Volcanic Ash On Improving Some Hydro-Physical Properties Of Vertisol in Houran Plain (Syria)
Authors: Ahmad Iman , Salim Suleiman , Jaafar Abd Al Karim Ahmad
Published: December 2022

The research aims to improve some of the physical and hydro-physical properties of some Vertisols in the southern region (part of the eastern Houran Plateau) in Sweda Governorate at the south of Syria. Using different quantities of volcanic ash, soil samples were collected from the Al-Thahallah village from a depth of (0-30) cm, The experiment was designed according to the complete random design with one factor that represents the ash quantity (1.25, 2.5, 5) %, with three replicates for each treatment in addition to the control treatment a0. The experiment was carried out within the plastic pots during agricultural season 2018/2019, in which the wheat of the Sham variety 3 were cultivated as a cover plant. The results showed that the addition of volcanic ash at the quantity of 5% led to a significant increase in the infiltration rate by (328.60) %,%, where the filtration rate increased from 0.42 cm/hr -1 to 1.80 cm.h-1, as well as for each of the air porosity by (89) % and the volume of infiltrate water by (40) %, compared with the control. The above-mentioned addition also resulted in a decrease in both dry bulk density, total soil porosity and volumetric swelling coefficient by (18.60, 5.80, 314) % Respectively, compared to the control. The addition also contributed to the reduce in the weighted moisture content when saturation and the field capacity, at the level of significance of 5%. The research recommends adding volcanic ash to the soil at a quantity of 5%, and adding enhancements with volcanic ash at various levels such as organic waste.
E-Petitions and Mobilisation Dynamics: The Importance of Local Anchoring. An Environmental Case Study
Authors: Legris Martine , Matuszewicz Régis
Published: December 2022

E-petitioning is a useful object of study for observing the potential emergence of a new relationship to politics and new forms of political participation. Access to a dataset of hundreds of thousands of users of an electronic petitioning platform, provides the opportunity to overcome a certain number of limitations that are associated with traditional methods of studying political participation, since it allows us to focus on the reality of the signatories’ behaviour rather than on their declarations. We follow the traces left by the petitioners on this site to better understand the process of dissemination of an online petition, and its linked with offline activities. Our examination of the three most signed petitions in the ‘environment’ category, combining an analysis of their petitioning dynamics and an analysis of the comments attached to them, allows us to show: firstly, that there is an interwoven relationship between the local anchoring of the mobilisation and the processes of dissemination by which petitions extend from local signatories to signatories who are geographically more distant; and secondly, that it is not accurate to imagine that just anyone can sign any petition, since petitioning dynamics proceed from one person to the next, whether these dynamics start from a pre-existing local anchorage on the ground, or act through a platform effect which is dependent on the attractiveness of the petition in question.
Sparse Inversion for the Iterative Marchenko Scheme of Irregularly Sampled Data
Authors: Zeng Jingwen , Han Liguo
Published: December 2022

The Marchenko method is a data-driven way which makes it possible to calculate Green's functions from virtual points in the subsurface by the reflection data at the surface, only requiring a macro velocity model. This method requires collocated sources and receivers. However, in practice, subsampling of sources or receivers will cause gaps and distortions in the obtained focusing functions and Green's functions. To solve this problem, this paper proposes to integrate sparse inversion into the iterative Marchenko scheme. Specifically, we add sparsity constraints to the Marchenko equations and apply sparse inversion during the iterative process. Our work not only reduces the strict requirements on acquisition geometries, but also avoids the complexity and instability of direct inversion for Marchenko equations. This new method is applied to a two-dimensional numerical example with irregular sampled data. The result shows that it can effectively fill gaps of the obtained focusing functions and Green's functions in the Marchenko method.
In-situ Spot Test Measurements and Icmvs for Asphalt Pavement: Lack of Correlations and the Effect of Underlying Support
Authors: Sivagnanasuntharam Suthakaran , Sounthararajah Arooran , Kodikara Jayantha
Published: December 2022

The main aim of this paper is to analyse the performance of different intelligent compaction measurement values (ICMVs) and compare them with spot test measurements for asphalt pavement. To accomplish this, a two-layer asphalt testbed was constructed using an instrumented double-drum roller. All ICMVs [compaction meter value ( ), compaction control value ( ), roller-integrated stiffness ( ), and vibratory modulus ( )] were calculated using the same accelerometer data collected during the construction of the asphalt testbed. A novel method using the cross-correlation technique was developed to estimate the phase lag between the excitation force of the roller drum and the ground reaction, which is required for and calculations. The analysis of ICMV data showed a strong correlation between and , while and demonstrated a strong correlation only when double jump of the roller drum did not occur. Further, none of the ICMVs recorded during the last roller pass of asphalt compaction showed an acceptable correlation with asphalt densities [measured using a non-nuclear density gauge (NNDG)], mainly due to the influences of the underlying support and asphalt temperature on ICMVs. A correction method to decouple the influence of underlying support on was developed and validated using existing data from the literature. The applicability of this method for different field scenarios was demonstrated using numerical modelling.
Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Mortality in Severe COVID 19 Cases
Authors: R Srivatsa , P S Supriya , L N Samaga
Published: December 2022

With covid infection having a periodic occurrence and each wave affecting millions of people, there is an urgent need for healthcare providers to develop readily available biological markers to predict the severity and mortality of COVID-19 infection at an early stage of the disease to predict the most optimal management. The Neutrophil – lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and Platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), are novel inflammatory markers suggested to predict the severity of illness in COVID -19 patients. We evaluated a retrospective cohort of 224 patients with covid 19 illnesses from August 2020 to October 2020. We categorized the patients into 'mild' and 'moderate to severe as per the severity of their illnesses. The optimal cut-off values of the continuous NLR, PLR, and Age were calculated by applying the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios were calculated from ROC analysis. The results showed that Age, Hb, and NLR are significant predictors of the severity of illness. So we quantified the predictive contribution of those variables by its Z- score and showed that NLR is the strongest predictor followed by Age.ROC curve analysis revealed NLR to be an excellent predictor of disease severity (sensitivity 88.30% and specificity 82.60%) at a cut-off of > 4.24. A cut-off of 165.63 was obtained for PLR, which showed good predictive value for the severity of illness. A NLR > 6 was used as a predictor for mortality due to covid illness with good sensitivity and specificity. Conclusion: NLR and PLR can be used as prognostic markers to identify the severity of covid illness and the probability of mortality in the future in low-resource settings. Given its low cost, easily available, accessible, and reproducible data, it can be used as a useful marker to assist the physician in early referral and treatment of covid 19 infected patients.
Application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Detecting and Preventing Suicide Ideation: A Systematic Review
Authors: Arowosegbe Abayomi , Oyelade Tope
Published: December 2022

Introduction: Around a million people are reported to die by suicide every year, and due to the stigma associated with the nature of the death, this figure is usually assumed to be an underestimate. Suicide may be prevented if prompt intervention is taken to mitigate risk. Machine learning and artificial intelligence-based modelling, such as natural language processing (NLP) and other text analytics approaches, has the potential to become a major technique for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of people who are suffering from mental health issues. The primary aims of this research are to determine whether NLP techniques have been utilised in the field of suicide prevention, and if so, were they effective? What were their limitations? Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and Global Health databases were searched for studies that reported use of NLP for suicide ideation or self-harm. Thematic analysis was used to synthesise and analyse the included studies. Findings were reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement, and the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) was used in assessing paper quality. Result: The preliminary search of five databases generated 387 results. Removal of duplicates resulted in 158 potentially suitable studies. Twenty papers were finally included in this review. Discussion: Studies show that combining structured and unstructured data in NLP data modelling yielded more accurate results than utilizing either alone. Also, to reduce suicides, people with mental problems must be continuously and passively monitored. Further, NLP and other machine learning/artificial intelligence technologies can be used to address health inequities and electronic health records provide valuable data for creating suicide risk tools. Finally, Online, social media, and smartphone applications can be leverage in detecting people with suicide ideation. Conclusion: The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning opens new avenues for considerably guiding risk prediction and advancing suicide prevention frameworks. The review's analysis of the included research revealed that the use of NLP may result in low-cost and effective alternatives to existing resource-intensive methods of suicide prevention. To summarise, there is substantial evidence that NLP is useful in identifying people who have suicide ideation.
Comparative Genetic Association Analysis of Human Genetic Susceptibility to Pulmonary and Lymph Node Tuberculosis
Authors: - Abhimanyu , Bose Mridula , Giri Astha , Varma-Basil Mandira
Published: December 2022

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) manifests itself primarily in the lungs as pulmonary disease (PTB) and sometimes disseminates to other organs to cause extra-pulmonary TB, such as lymph node TB (LNTB). This study aimed to investigate the role of host genetic polymorphism in immunity related genes to find a genetic basis for such differences. Methods: Sixty-three, Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in twenty-three, TB-immunity related genes including eleven innate immunity (SLCA11, VDR, TLR2, TLR4, TLR8, IRGM, P2RX7, LTA4H, SP110, DCSIGN and NOS2A) and twelve cytokine (TNFA, IFNG, IL2, Il12, IL18, IL1B, IL10, IL6, IL4, IL1RA, IL8 and TNFB) genes were investigated to find genetic associations in both PTB and LNTB as compared to healthy community controls. The serum cytokine levels were correlated for association with the genotypes. Results: PTB and LNTB showed differential genetic associations. The genetic variants in the cytokine genes (IFNG, IL12, IL4, TNFB and IL1RA and TLR2,4 associated with PTB susceptibility and cytokine levels but not LNTB (p < 0.05). Similarly, genetic variants in LTA4H, P2RX7, DCSIGN and SP110 showed susceptibility to LNTB and not PTB. Pathway analysis showed abundance of cytokine related variants for PTB and apoptosis related variants for LNTB. Conclusions: PTB and LNTB outcomes of TB infection have a genetic component and should be considered for any future susceptibility and functional studies.
Thrombo-inflammation in COVID-19 and Sickle Cell Disease: Two Faces of the Same Coin
Authors: Chiang Kate Chander , Gupta Ajay , Sundd Prithu , Krishnamurti Lakshmanan
Published: December 2022

People with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at greater risk of severe illness and death from respiratory infections, including COVID-19 than people without SCD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA). Vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) in SCD and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection are both characterized by thrombo-inflammation mediated by endothelial injury, complement activation, inflammatory lipid storm, platelet activation, platelet-leukocyte adhesion, and activation of the coagulation cascade. Notably, lipid mediators, including thromboxane A2, significantly increase in severe COVID-19 and SCD. In addition, the release of thromboxane A2 from endothelial cells and macrophages stimulates platelets to release microvesicles which are harbingers of multicellular adhesion and thrombo-inflammation. Currently, there are limited therapeutic strategies targeting platelet-neutrophil activation and thrombo-inflammation in either SCD or COVID-19 during acute crisis. However, due to many similarities between the pathobiology of thrombo-inflammation in SCD and COVID-19, therapies targeting one disease may likely be effective in the other. Therefore, the preclinical and clinical research spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, including clinical trials of anti-thrombotic agents, are potentially applicable to VOC. Here, we first outline the parallels between SCD and COVID-19; second, review the role of lipid mediators in the pathogenesis of these diseases and lastly, examine the therapeutic targets and potential treatments for the two diseases.
Analytical Insights Into the Spread of an Epidemic through Joint Modeling of Disease Dynamics and Attitudes towards Prophylactic Measures and Vaccines
Authors: Glèlè Kakaï Romain Lucas , Tovissodé Chénagnon Frédéric
Published: December 2022

In this age of mass media and, in particular, social media-driven perception of reality, coupling disease and prophylactic opinion dynamics models can provide better insights into disease evolution than using a disease model alone. We develop in this work two disease-opinion dynamics models based on the epidemiology of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the availability or not of imperfect vaccines. We assume that susceptibility to infection decreases with the level of prophylactic attitude (personal hygiene, social distancing), and changes in prophylactic attitudes of susceptible individuals occur in response to perceived disease prevalence and vaccination coverage and efficacy in the population. We derive and discuss the disease-free equilibriums and reproduction numbers in the introduced models. We further assess the impacts of the distribution of opinions at disease introduction, the ability to detect presymptomatic, asymptomatic and symptomatic positive COVID-19 cases, the behavioural responses to the outbreak and the introduction of vaccination, and the effects of distortions of disease prevalence by public policy and mass media on disease dynamics. The insights highlighted from the proposed models are expected to make informative contributions to public policy in a context of opinion fluxes in response to perceived disease prevalence.
Is there a Role of Warburg Effect in Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness? Analysis of Expression of Enzymes of Lipidic Metabolism by Immunohistochemistry in Prostate Cancer Patients (DIAMOND Study)
Authors: Russo Giorgio Ivan , Asmundo Maria Giovanna , Lo Giudice Arturo , Trefiletti Giuseppe , Cimino Sebastiano , Ferro Matteo , Lombardo Riccardo , Nunzio Cosimo De , Morgia Giuseppe , Piombino Eliana , Failla Maria , Caltabiano Rosario , Broggi Giuseppe
Published: December 2022

Prostate Cancer (PCa) is still ranked as the first cancer in male population and evidences have suggested an alteration of glycemic and lipidic metabolism that are related to its progression and prognosis. Aim of the study is to investigate associations between enzymes’ expression, especially involved in the lipidic pathway, and PCa aggressiveness. We retrospectively analyzed data from 390 patients with PCa or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) at the Department of Urology, University of Catania. Immunohistochemical slides were evaluated for the expression of proteins related to glucose and lipidic metabolism. A total of 286 were affected by PCa while 104 by BPH. We demonstrated that ATP-lyase (odds ratio [OR]: 1.71; p<0.01), fatty acide sinthase (OR: 4.82; p<0.01), carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1a (OR: 2.27; p<0.05) were associated with androgen receptor (AR) expression. We found that steaoryl Co-A desaturase expression in PCa patients with total cholesterol ≥ 200 mg/dl was independently associated with ISUP ≥4 (OR: 4.22; p=0.049). We found that CPT-1a+ was associated with biochemical recurrence (hazard ratio: 1.94; p=0.03]). Our results support the evidences that the manipulation of lipidic metabolism could serve in the future to contrast PCa progression.
Forecasting Jumlah Penggunaan Obat Digestive Enzymes dengan Algoritma GRU
Authors: Zaky Abi Mahan
Published: December 2022

Obat-obatan banyak digunakan untuk mencegah atau menyembuhkan penyakit. Salah satu obat yang sering digunakan untuk meredakan sakit perut adalahobat yang mengandung Digestive Enzymes. Rumah sakit dan institusikesehatan lainnya sangat membutuhkan obat jenis ini. Rumah Sakit daninstitusi kesehatan lain harus memastikan ketersediaan obat untuk pasien. Situasi ini memaksa institusi kesehatan untuk menghadapiketidakpastian penggunaan obat. Rumah sakit sebagai salah satu institusi kesehatan memiliki beberapa tantangan. Salah satu tantangan yang harusdihadapi adalah untuk menjamin ketersediaan obat bagi pasien. Kemampuan forecasting dapat membantu memastikan ketersediaan obat di rumah sakit. Dipenelitian ini akan menyajikan model forecasting dengan menggunakan metode Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) untuk memprediksi kebutuhan obat-obatan yangmengandung Digestive Enzymes di rumah sakit. Metode ini dipilih karena diketahui memiliki akurasi yang tinggi untuk memprediksi data stasioner.Salah satu metode yang digunakan dalam identifikasi input untuk metode GRU adalah dengan menggunakan Autocorrelation Function (ACF) dan PartialFungsi Autokorelasi (PACF). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan metode GRU cocok untuk forecasting data timeseries dalam kumpulan data historis, dengan nilai Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) 13,020446
Microbial Activity and Neomorphism Influence the Composition and Microfabric of Ooids From Great Salt Lake, UT
Authors: Lincoln Tyler A. , Webb Samuel M. , Present Theodore M. , Magyar John S. , Trower Elizabeth J.
Published: December 2022

The sediment along the shorelines of Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah is dominated by ooids, concentrically-coated carbonate sand grains. Two characteristics differentiate GSL ooids from typical modern marine ooids: well-developed radial aragonite microfabrics and the ubiquitous occurrence of a Mg-silicate phase. The radial microfabrics have formed the basis of conceptual models applied to understand the formation of radial fabrics in ancient ooids, but the formation of the Mg-silicates, and the relationship between Mg-silicates and radial aragonite crystals have received little attention. The occurrence of Mg-silicates in GSL ooids is surprising because GSL lake water pH is ~8.3, too low for Mg-silicate precipitation (requires pH>8.7). We use transmitted light microscopy, element mapping via wavelength-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy with electron microprobe, scanning electron microscopy, and synchrotron x-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping and sulfur K-edge absorption spectroscopy to explore the spatial relationships between the mineral phases in GSL ooids. We observe large euhedral aragonite crystals penetrating Mg-silicate zones and cutting across laminar cortices, suggesting that the characteristic radial aragonitic fabrics in GSL ooids, traditionally interpreted as a primary structure, are enhanced, or in some cases entirely created via neomorphism. XRF maps reveal that Mg-silicate zones co-occur with elemental sulfur (S0), which we interpret as a metabolic intermediate of microbial sulfur cycling. This co-occurrence supports our hypothesis that microbial sulfur cycling plays a key role in the formation of GSL ooids by locally shifting pH beyond the threshold for Mg-silicate precipitation. This compositional fingerprint could serve as a biosignature in ancient lacustrine strata where Mg-silicates co-occur with carbonate minerals.