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Financial Cybercrimes During COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Sambo Usman , Sule Babayo , Zamfara Misbahu Ibrahim , Nakitende Marie G.
Published: March 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced and altered the daily routine of the masses around the globe. The pandemic has far-reaching economic, political, social, and cultural implications on the African continent. Although Africa witnessed low levels of infections and deaths as compared to other continents, African socio-economic life was affected tremendously. This scenario facilitated the increased social media usage for source information, communication, and socializing in Africa. The study examined how COVID-19 caused increased social media use in Africa and the corresponding cybersecurity threats. Documented sources were used for data sourcing while empirical data analysis was used to discuss the ideas. The study revealed that COVID-19 significantly increased the number of social media users in Africa and has a correlation with cybersecurity threats and cybercrimes. The study observed that there is a need to secure African cyberspace due to the significant increase in social media activities.
Protective Effects of Cannabis in Neuroinflammation-Mediated Alzheimer's Disease
Authors: Kashif Mohd , Waseem Mohammad , Vijendra Poornima D. , Pandurangan Ashok Kumar
Published: March 2023

In recent years, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been recognized as an age-related neurological disorder wherein neurons degenerate and exhibit abnormal structure and function. Aging is the primary factor in the progression of AD from mild to severe cognitive impairment. No effective targeted therapies are presently available, and treatment is limited to symptomatic management. The neuropathologic hallmarks of the disease include the accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques in brain tissues and the aggregation of hyperphosphorylated-tau proteins (tangles) within neurons. Associated hyperactivation of neuroinflammation results in release of inflammatory molecules from neurons, microglia, and astrocytes, which have been linked with neuronal loss and the worsening neurodegeneration. The anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties of cannabis-based medicines may offer benefits in delaying the progression of neurodegenerative diseases including AD. This chapter explores the role of cannabinoids in countering neuroinflammation-mediated AD pathology.
Using Written Responses to Reflection Questions to Improve Online Student Retention
Authors: Glick Danny , Cohen Anat , Gabbay Hagit
Published: March 2023

Online learning has been recognized as a promising approach to improve learning outcomes in developing countries where high-quality learning resources are limited. Concomitant with the boom in online learning, there are escalating concerns about academic accountability, specifically student outcomes as measured by persistence and success. This chapter examines whether evidence of reflection found in student written responses to a set of skill-building videos predicts success in online courses. Using a text analysis approach, this study analyzes 1,871 student responses to four reflection questions at a large online university in Panama. A Kruskal-Wallis test found median final course grade differences between students who showed no evidence of significant learning in their written responses and those using 1-13 words associated with significant learning. These results suggest that persistence and performance in online courses can be predicted by evidence of reflection found in student written responses to reflection questions.
Teacher Beliefs and Attitudes About Gifted Education
Authors: Cheesman Christine
Published: March 2023

Giftedness can have varying definitions. For this chapter, giftedness will be defined using the national definition, specifically, that gifted students excel academically, creatively, artistically, and demonstrate strong leadership skills. Further, gifted students are those that require services beyond the typical curriculum to develop their unique skills. Teachers and students interact each day in a classroom microsystem. When students feel respected and challenged by the teacher, the students will work at higher levels. Teacher beliefs and attitudes are a reflection of teacher professional efficacy. The focus for this chapter includes defining teacher beliefs, attitudes, and efficacy, and how those beliefs, attitudes, and feelings of efficacy affect the gifted learner's experience in the general education classroom.
Supporting Twice Exceptional (2E) Students Through Transition Programming
Authors: Merry Krystle E. , McKoy Stefanie L.
Published: March 2023

Twice exceptional (2E) students are those with two different exceptionalities: an extraordinary gift or talent and a disability. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) requires individualized transition planning for students with disabilities – including 2E students who qualify for special education services. To prepare for post-secondary education, employment, and independent living skills, this chapter introduces transition services based on the Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2.0 (Kohler et al., 2016) model and assists educators in implementing transition services for twice-exceptional students with disabilities. This chapter also includes recommendations on how to a) coordinate across internal and external resources and services, b) include families and students in the transition process, and c) create a talent development plan within or in addition to an IEP.
A Novel Steganography Approach Using S-CycleGAN With an Improvement of Loss Function
Authors: Sarkar Minakshi , Banerjee Indrajit , Ghosh Tarun Kumar , Samanta Anirban , Sarkar Anirban
Published: March 2023

Technologies related to the internet of things (IoT) have been extensively employed in business operations, military research, networking technologies, etc. With the proliferation of the IoT, data theft and leakage have gradually increased because the data communication system is public. Various novel steganography algorithms have been proposed for data hiding. But in this process, the quality of the hidden image decreases badly. We want to give an accurate color to the image instead of severe color changes. To change it, we have to perform a colorization process by mapping the original image to the stego image. It gains more characteristics according to the actual embodiment. Here, the objective is to improve the appearance by calculating the loss function. The stego image can withstand steganalysis by using the authors' proposed scheme by maintaining its integrity while to some extent improving the quality of the image. The experimental results confirmed the proposed method outperforms the existing methods (SGAN and CycleGAN) for information hiding with enhanced image transmission quality.
AI-Based DBMS Controlled Speech Recognition Model for Some Common Computing Commands
Authors: Sen Mrinmoy , Jana Sunanda , Bhattacharya Swarnajit , Maity Gitika
Published: March 2023

Speech recognition has become an important part of the AI model. It plays a vital role in the correct function of different AI enabled devices that we see today. Many automobile industries use this voice recognition technology in their AI to develop modern voice enabled cars. To that end we have implemented a deep learning-based voice recognition model in the MySQL database to execute various DBMS command automatically through speech recognition by using intelligent Google Speech API and match-LSTM model. Our proposed model accept speech as input and by using intelligent Google Speech API service we construct MySQL database and perform training using match-LSTM. The latency rate and data transfer speed of this model is very fast because of its prior training approach. This type of methodical approach can be made in any DBMS systems to make it more convenient, smart and easy to use for normal user.
A Survey on Energy-Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Authors: Dey Prasenjit , Gain Arnab
Published: March 2023

Wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of sparsely distributed, low energy, and bandwidth sensor nodes that collect sensed data. In WSNs, these data are initially converted from analog to digital signals and transmitted to base stations. Routing in WSNs is the process of determining the most efficient path for data transmission among various sensor nodes. In routing, small sensor nodes use limited network bandwidth and energy to capture and transmit a limited amount of data. However, with the advancement of big data and IoT, large-scale sensors are used to route massive amounts of data. Routing with this huge data consumes a lot of network bandwidth and energy and thus reduces the lifespan of the network. Thus, for energy-efficient routing (EER), there is a need for data optimization that can be achieved by many machine learning (ML) algorithms. Many researchers have devised various noteworthy works related to ML to have an EER in WSNs. This chapter reviews the existing ML-based routing algorithms in WSNs.
Technology Enablement for Augmenting Employee Productivity
Authors: Bathla Devesh , Ahuja Raina
Published: March 2023

Human resources is an abundantly disregarded field by and large when contrasted with different business verticals; however, the right fit candidates are required for each business unit for better outcomes. Be that as it may, after the recession time frame of the latter half of first decade of the 21st century, the majority of the associations perceived the need of evidence-based human resource management. To come up with better decision making in the field of HR, evidence-based HRM driven by information and data should rehearse with analysis, making choices, and critical thinking. Human capital analytics transforms this information into significant understanding which reveals deeper insights. HR analytics is the utilization of systematic procedure to determine the HR issues. Starting from discovering best fit candidate till his retention, businesses are taking a stab at a lot of keen choices. The choice of selection in HR for the majority depends on trust unlike other verticals in the organisations.
Reinforcing Requirements and Stimulating the Purchase Intentions
Authors: Manohar Sridhar , Sharma Vandana , Mittal Amit
Published: March 2023

This chapter briefly discusses the growing promotional techniques and marketing strategies adopted by organisations in attracting and retaining customers. The growth of technology has enabled new insights in pulling target customers and creating intentions to purchase products and services, and one of such methods is location-based mobile targeting technique. This strategy works best for those segments of users who look for instant information and are ready to take action based on the information/offers received. Through this chapter, the readers get a brief knowledge on technologies adopted by organisations in marketing and promotions, optimising the advertisements and offers to specific target population, what location-based marketing is, how it works, and technologies and techniques employed such as geofencing, geo conquesting, geotargeting, proximity marketing, etc. Further, the chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of mobile target marketing, and finally, the chapter ends by explaining how organisations could adapt for better competitive performance.
Impact of Technology in Human Resource
Authors: Goyal Prachi , Niti  , Kataria Ritu , Prakash Anshika , Arora Meenal
Published: March 2023

Today's best managers fully understand the worth of information technology (IT) tools to achieve the objectives of the organization. The use of technologies aids in achieving set organizational goals and supports in optimization of work processes. This research examines the technological influence at the workplace and the significance of the human resource department in assisting employees in navigating these changes. Organizations are not only using cutting-edge technology, for instance, robotics, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence, for simple and repetitive automation of operations but also to make data-driven decisions to solve complicated problems. In addition, the implementation of new technologies has leveraged the adoption of more flexible working patterns. Nevertheless, this paradigm shift has induced many challenges for human resource professionals, as the need for skilled employees has amplified to compete in the dynamic business world. Furthermore, the study found that IT acts as the most powerful tool for HR.
Location-Based Green Banking Initiatives
Authors: Rani Reena , Sharma Kirti , Kanda James , Wadhawan Chanchal , Singh Amandeep
Published: March 2023

The present world is without a doubt known for globalization and industrialization, yet human life is at this point encountering circumstances given standard to shame. Currently, the chief concern of businesses, corporate companies, and individuals is the security of the standard resources, which are depleting daily. Climate supportability can be kept up with and advanced by the monetary areas. Indian monetary area is firmly founded on the Indian financial area, and the Indian financial area currently has given significance to the idea of green banking. Alongside banks, different areas like stock financier organizations, credit card organizations, and money organizations are additionally following the green business idea, which has acquired ubiquity among other administrative specialists, NGOs, social orders, and clients. This chapter investigates the idea of green banking, its advantages, and its advancement in India. Two banks (private and public) are chosen for their drives taken toward green banking. Both essential and optional information have been utilized in the review.
Convite a O abraço da serpente
Authors: Rodrigues Cassiano Terra
Published: March 2023

O texto que segue foi escrito em 2015, logo após eu sair da sessão do filme na 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo, em 2015. Não é um texto que respeita o cânone do gênero literário ‘artigo acadêmico’, mas tampouco é tão arbitrário que não possa ser qualificado de científico. Na verdade, penso que sua qualificação científica apenas tornou-se mais evidente de lá para cá. Se isso não o afasta totalmente de uma crítica de cinema, ao menos o aproxima de uma crítica do olhar, pela tentativa de explicitação de alguns pressupostos do olhar do filme. Cronologicamente, de 2015 para cá não são tantos anos passados. Todavia, após dois anos de pandemia de COVID-19, atos antes corriqueiros como ir ao cinema parecem pertencer a uma realidade cada vez mais distante. Talvez seja mais correto afirmar que esses anos de pandemia escancararam a realidade e a falsidade de certos simulacros que antes ainda passavam despercebidos. É certo que a hegemonia de novas formas menos coletivas e mais privatizadas de ver já se anunciava antes da pandemia, mas nada se compara ao que vimos acontecer de 2020 para cá. A agudização destrutiva do processo colonizador – ao qual são submetidos os ecossistemas do planeta – potencializa a experiência de transmutação ou estranhamento que o filme pode suscitar. A continuar esse passo, em breve, o único fluxo que a pós-humanidade chegará a conhecer será o das transfusões de sangue artificial para alimentar cérebros vegetativos.
Da cibercultura ao capitalismo de vigilância: uma investigação acerca das consequências da informatização das relações humanas
Authors: Vicentini Max Rogério , Malizan Larissa Pinecio
Published: March 2023

Este artigo consiste na leitura e discussão das obras Cibercultura de Pierre Lévy e A era do capitalismo de vigilância de Shoshana Zuboff. Realizou-se uma análise das expectativas de Lévy sobre o desenvolvimento futuro das tecnologias digitais de informação e comunicação (TDICs), comparando-as com a perspectiva mais recentes expressa na obra de Zuboff. Essenciais para a compreensão do estudo são os conceitos de cibercultura, ciberespaço, inteligência coletiva, mineração de dados e capitalismo de vigilância. Esta pesquisa parte da descrição das projeções de Lévy acerca do uso futuro das TDICs e seu potencial libertador e a contrasta com perspectiva crítica de Zuboff, que aponta o aumento do controle e do risco de manipulação na sociedade tecnológica. No percurso realizado e apresentado neste trabalho buscou-se apurar os possíveis motivos que contribuíram para a mudança de expectativas verificada.
Selection of mixed starters for the preparation of traditional Moroccan bread
Authors: El Khaider Khaoula , Chafik Ibtissam , Hamouda Allal , Afechtal Mohammed , Ismaili Alaoui Mustapha , Mounir Majid
Published: March 2023

The main objective of this work was the selection of mixed starters with a combination of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and yeast strains for traditional bread production in Morocco. For this, a total of 21 LAB strains and 36 yeast strains were isolated from different traditional sourdough. Dough fermentation were assessed by monitoring physicochemical parameters including, titratable acidity, decrease of pH and lactic acid, ethanol and CO2 production. A total of six yeasts and four LAB were selected for their technological performances. Morphological, physiological and biochemical identification performed using API identification kits confirmed that these strains belonged to Saccharomyes cerevisiae, Candida humilis and Saccharomyces exiguus species, and Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus casei species for yeasts and LAB respectively. The yeast S3-L2 and the LAB ODBL5 strains exhibited the best performances among the selected ones; S3-L2 yeast strain were able to produce ΔV=23mL of CO2 and showed the highest values of ethanol and biomass production (2.87 g/L and 1.25 10^9 UFC/mL, respectively). Whereas OD-BL5 LAB strains produced 13.9 g/L of lactate in dough. These findings lead to consider these two strains very good candidates for the formulation of an effective mixed starter for bread preparation. Subsequently, sensorial analysis results showed that bread prepared using mixed starter No. 24 composed of the two selected species exhibited better exterior appearance, golden and crispy crust, large volume and honeycomb crumb, compared to the control.
Group Modelling Competencies of Seventh Grade Mathematics Students
Authors: Kalaycı Özlem , Gün Özge
Published: March 2023

In recent years many curricula all over the world have included modelling competencies and their promotion (Kaiser & Brand, 2015). There is, however, a need within the current modelling literature domain to investigate what modelling competencies are and how they vary in mathematically weak and strong groups of students. This study examined how mathematical modelling competencies displayed in seventh grade students working in two groups. It was qualitative in nature and it took competencies from existing literature into a detailed analysis of the modelling situation. The findings firmly supported the premise that strong group exhibit higher levels of modelling competencies than weak group. The differences in the levels of groups were more apparent in competencies of a sense of direction, planning and monitoring, understanding, mathematising, and validating. Recommendations for further studies include studies of heterogenous groups and further teacher development in the field of modelling.
Vehicle Handling with Tire Tread Separation
Authors: Dickerson Charles P. , Arndt Mark W. , Arndt Stephen M.
Published: March 2023

Catastrophic and sudden tire tread separation is an event that drivers of motor vehicles may encounter and, in some instances, is implicated as the cause of motor vehicle crashes and related injury or property damage. In an effort to understand how tire tread separation affects vehicle handling, a series of tread separation handling test programs were conducted. In each tread separation test program a sport utility vehicle was instrumented and equipped with steel belted radial tires that were modified to emulate tread separation between the inner and outer steel belts. The test vehicle was then subjected to a variety of open and closed loop handling test maneuvers. This paper presents the data and analysis from these tests. The research demonstrates through controlled experiments that a tire tread separation has an effect on the vehicle’s fundamental handling characteristics. It also demonstrates that the effect depends on the position of the compromised tire on the vehicle.
Buddha in Piron
Authors: Petek Nina , Zore Franci
Published: March 2023

Prispevek predstavi nekatere segmente dveh izrazov sorodnega načina filozofskega mišljenja, tj. skepticizma v zgodnji filozofski misli Indije s posebnim poudarkom na budizmu in starogrškega skepticizma, predstavnik katerega je Piron iz Elide, ki je svojo držo osnoval prek srečevanj z nauki asketov v Indiji, kamor je potoval v času osvajalskih pohodov Aleksandra Velikega v 4. stol. pr. n. št. Posebno pozornost namenja metodi Buddhovega in Pironovega skepticizma, ki temelji na pretresu uveljavljenih dogem in poleg prikaza njihove nekonsistentnosti problematizira tudi samo navezanost na stališča, kar v obeh tokovih predstavlja ne zgolj stranpot od resnice, ampak tudi glavni vir človekovega trpljenja. Njun poziv k opuščanju slehernih stališč, ki se odslikava v metodi zadržanja sodbe, ne razveljavlja možnosti spoznanja sploh, ampak zgolj konvencionalne načine spoznavanja, in vodi do resničnega, nepojmovnega doumetja, s tem pa do sprostitve slehernih navezanosti in spokojnega bivanja. Tako se v luči tovrstnega načina filozofiranja glede na predhodne miselne tokove prevrednoti tudi sama vloga filozofije kot veščine izpiljene argumentacije – le-ta namreč postane dejavnost, ki se z območja diskurzivnega pomakne v izkustvo, k praksi avtonomnega mišljenja, nezamejenega z dogmami, ki samo filozofijo preobraža v način življenja.
Budizem v himalajskih puščavah
Authors: Petek Nina , Ciglenečki Jan
Published: March 2023

Članek predstavi nekatere vidike sodobnega puščavništva v budizmu vajrayāna v samotni dolini Zangskar na območju zveznega teritorija Ladakh v predelu indijske Himalaje, kjer se neprekinjeno ohranja že vse od 11. stoletja dalje, ko je tamkajšnje kraje obiskal legendarni budistični mojster Naropa. Kratkemu zgodovinskemu orisu prihoda budizma v Ladakh sledi osvetlitev začetkov tradicije budističnih puščavnikov, tj. jogijev in jogini (yogi, yoginī), iz katere se je pozneje formirala šola drukpa kagyu. V nadaljevanju prikaže okoliščine ustalitve njene južne butanske veje (lho ‘brug) v Zangskarju, k čemur je prispeval zlasti zangskarški mojster Ngawang Tsering iz 17. stoletja, ki mu pripisujejo tudi zasluge za ustanovitev nekaterih meniških institucij butanske veje na tem območju. Na osnovi izsledkov, pridobljenih tekom našega terenskega dela v dolini, prispevek predstavi pomen štirih meniških institucij (Bardan, Dzongkhul, Sani in Stagrimo) za tradicijo puščavništva danes, hkrati pa oriše tudi vlogo jogijev in jogini v lokalnih skupnostih. Ti še danes sledijo zgledu Milarepe, prvega puščavnika, ki je poleg bivanja v samoti negoval tudi vezi z družbo in s tem uresničeval vrhovni budistični etični ideal sočutja.
The Concept of Emptiness and Accompanying Concepts in the Philosophical Analysis of Madhyamaka
Authors: Kardaš Goran
Published: March 2023

The article analyses the concept of emptiness (śūnyatā) of the Buddhist Mahāyāna school Madhyamaka. By way of introduction, some fundamental questions are asked regarding the possible meaning of that concept as well as the possible context within which that concept should be viewed. The article then moves on to the evaluation and reception of the theory of emptiness within some classical systems of Indian Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophy, which were all negative, identifying the concept of emptiness with the concept of non-existence (abhāva). As, historically, the Mahāyāna concept of emptiness appears for the first time in the so-called Prajñāpāramitāsūtras, part of the article is devoted to the analysis of this concept in those texts, which are traditionally considered the original inspiration of the Madhyamaka philosophy. In fact, the Madhyamaka philosophy represents precisely the systematic philosophical elaboration of those texts, primarily of the concept of emptiness as it appears there. The central part of the article comprises the analysis of this concept in the Madh­yamaka system, with a brief account on the general methodological and doctrinal framework within which Madhyamaka philosophical thinking operates. Then two key philosophical conceptions of Madhyamaka are presented and analysed, without which it is impossible to understand the concept of emptiness – the conception of two truths (satyadvaya) and the conception of “co-arising in dependence” (pratītyasamutpāda). In the context of these two conceptions, the concept of emptiness of Madhyamaka is finally situated in the horizon of a specific semantic and epistemological understanding of reality (experience) that is completely devoid of any ontological connotations.
The Concept of Exclusion (Apoha) in Buddhist Philosophy
Authors: Holba Jiří
Published: March 2023

This article critically examines the Buddhist semantic theory of apoha (lit. “exclusion”), by means of which Buddhist nominalists have attempted to resolve the question of the status of universals (sāmānya) and abstract entities in disputes with their opponents, who were metaphysical realists. The concept of apoha is methodologically based on a double negation, in which the generic term X refers to all the entities that are not non-X. Through the exclusion of everything that is not a cow it is possible to refer to a particular cow without accepting the existence of the universal term “cow”.
The Great Comeback of the Solidarity Idea in 1980. Polish Social Movement and Late Modernity
Authors: Kołtan Jacek
Published: March 2023

The idea of solidarity returned to post‑war intellectual discourse thanks to the social and trade union movement Solidarity (Solidarność), which was born in Poland in 1980. Its originality lies primarily in the renewal of the ideal of freedom and democracy at the end of the 20th century. To understand the uniqueness of that event, I interpret the turn of the 1970s and 1980s as a new phase in the development of modernity, which is moving into late modernity. It consists of economic fundamentalism with a neo‑liberal market economy (Thatcher, Reagan, Deng Xiaoping), anti‑leftist politics, as well as the return of religion in political life (Ayatollah Khomeini, John Paul II). Solidarity was born as a counterpoint to the first two phenomena, drawing inspiration from leftist traditions and Christian ethics. I then reconstruct the meaning of the idea of solidarity as it took shape in 1980–1981, analysing the notion of emancipatory, agonistic and political solidarity. Interpreting Lech Wałęsa’s Nobel Prize speech and excerpts from the most important programmatic document of the Solidarity movement, the Self‑governing Republic, I reconstruct the notion of political solidarity. Concepts of freedom, equality, dignity, truth and non‑violence allow to reconstruct the core content of the political notion of solidarity. Thus the Solidarity trade union movement is interpreted as the renewal of the Enlightenment promise of freedom –the universal freedom of every citizen.
Evaluation of Non-Point Source Pollution Load Characteristics and Identifying Management Sub-Basin Area and Best Management Practices Using HSPF Model in Yongdam Dam Watershed
Authors: Choi Yong-Ho , Jeong Yong-Hoon , Nguyen Hong-Hue Thi , Yoon Seung-Hyun , Yi In-Gyong , Kwak Dong-Heui
Published: March 2023

Objectives : To identify and estimate the non-point source (NPS) pollution loads in the Yongdam watershed, and to take an appropriate NPS management plan suitable for the environmental conditions of the sub-basin of Yongdam watershed.Methods : The NPS pollutant loads of the Yongdam watershed was investigated to establish the hydrological simulation program-fortran (HSPF) model for the study area so that the characteristics of non-point runoff were simulated. Furthermore, the detailed catchment area subject to non-point pollution management was selected and the effect of reducing non-point pollution was examined based on the various simulation results.Results and Discussion : The three sub-basins, including specific component of catchments, of Yongdam watershed was selected according to the load intensity and distribution of NPS pollution. The result of analyzing the load flowing into the downstream by rainfall intensity revealed that the pollutant load accounted for 11.8~19.9% in the dry season, and for Jinan-cheon sub-basin the load was high in the range of 10~30 mm while Janggye-cheon sub-basin and downstream of Janggye-cheon junction sub-basin showed a high load in the range 30~60 mm. In addition, the load duration curve (LDC) showed the excess frequency of BOD load was high when the flow rate increased at the end of stream for each sub-basin, whereas the load excess frequency was high in T-P in the entire flow range. LDC analysis led to us that the water quality of stream was affected by point and non-point pollutants in a complex way. When the ground cover in a farm were installed by selecting 10 detailed catchments with high need for NPS pollution management, the reduction of T-P load was estimated to be reduced by 325.256~995.912 g/d in Jinan-cheon sub-basin, 1279.813~3327.513 g/d in Janggye-cheon sub-basin, and 1316.831~3555.443 g/d in downstream of Janggye-cheon junction sub-basin.Conclusion : Through various simulation experiments using the HSPF model, it was feasible to select an catchment subject to NPS pollution control in detail and evaluate the effect of reducing NPS pollution.
Hombría, Género y Crimen: notas para una criminología de la masculinidad
Authors: Barragán Bórquez Antonio de Jesús
Published: March 2023

Masculinidad y hombría, manera en que la sociedad configura un sistema sexo-genérico. Comprenden significados y creencias con efectos en los cuerpos, identidades, subjetividades, prácticas e interacciones, cuyas bases son las relaciones de poder. Tal visión representa uno de los sub-campos de estudio más recientes en la Criminología y en los estudios de género, donde se discierne una multiplicidad de configuraciones de lo masculino, operantes en un contexto determinado. Concepción que surge del constructivismo-estructuralista en los noventa, misma que proporciona claridad para comprender el asunto del crimen y las conductas disruptivas -a razón de las discusiones que propone y que habían permanecido ausentes en el pensamiento criminológico de buena parte del siglo XX-. El presente artículo examina la pertinencia que tiene el estudio de los hombres y la masculinidad desde una perspectiva de género como articulación teórico-conceptual para el robustecimiento, actualización y análisis criminológico.
Estrada de Ferro Goiás: integração econômica, urbanização e alterações nas relações de trabalho no Sudeste goiano
Authors: Santos Maria Angélica de Sousa , Castilho Denis
Published: March 2023

No início do século XX, quando a antiga Estrada de Ferro Goiás (EFG) foi implantada no território goiano, importantes alterações emergiram no âmbito das relações sociais de produção nos municípios do Sudeste goiano. O elemento técnico e a conexão com o Sudeste brasileiro, de onde vinham os imperativos de um capitalismo em formação, trouxeram um novo sentido de produção, alteraram o conteúdo urbano dos municípios e, consequentemente, o cotidiano das cidades. Este estudo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de analisar o processo de integração econômica, a urbanização e as alterações nas relações de trabalho no Sudeste goiano a partir da implantação da Estrada de Ferro Goiás (EFG). Os procedimentos metodológicos basearam-se em pesquisa bibliográfica, levantamento de dados secundários em publicações oficiais, realização de visitas técnicas, trabalho de campo e mapeamento da urbanização, das primeiras indústrias construídas na área de influência dos trilhos e de todas as estações por período de inauguração e situação atual. A EFG trouxe consigo a modernização territorial, integrou vilas e núcleos urbanos ao sistema de mercado, refuncionalizou o espaço econômico-regional bem como influenciou o surgimento de uma nova composição de classes e de relações de trabalho.
‘Who likes kidneys?’ ‘Fried in the pan?’
Authors: Mailänder Elissa
Published: March 2023

Taking a video of the Serbian paramilitary Scorpions unit recording killing as a starting point and drawing upon my own research on WWII and the German genocide, the purpose of this essay is to probe the methodological and ethical challenges of visual sources (videos, photographs) that mediate acts and experiences of violence. Today’s viewers might first notice the striking violence and horror of the Scorpions unit video, reacting in many cases with shock, alienation, or empathy. Once we engage with the gaze of the videographer, it becomes clear that the recorded scenes follow a completely different logic. Despite its indisputably violent content, the video manages to convey the impression of male bonding, fun, and bravado in a fiercely violent and racialised armed conflict, in which ethnic, religious, and national categories were murderously conflated. The Scorpions unit, like many other professional killers, was embedded in a climate of impunity and an economy of violence with significant gendered dynamics at stake that we need to question. The act of recording is a highly performative and self-referential endeavour that calls us for investigating not solely social practices but also postures and gesture as acts of visual mediation. A first section reflects on the social constellations of collective violence of perpetrators as ingroups. In the second part, the focus shifts from the violent action itself to the semantics of violent gestures, before turning in the third section to reflect upon (audio)visual recordings of violence. Visual and audio-visual sources as media hence invite us to think about the complex relationship between artefact and actors. Methodological and heuristic questions about how we deal with images of violence, particularly those captured by perpetrators, constitute, as this essay argues, one of the major challenges of studying the twentieth-century photographic age and even more so, our current digital era.
Literature Review of Curriculum Management Model Development of Addiction Science Study Program
Authors: Setiyaningrum Erna , Basuki Ismet , Setyowati Sri
Published: March 2023

Drug abuse among college students is a worrying problem and threatens the survival of the nation. At Health University (HU) of Healthy Building Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) Mojokerto East Java, drug education is also provided for nursing students. Therefore, the researcher conducted a literature review regarding the development of a curriculum management model for the addiction study program at HU INNA Mojokerto, East Java. This is useful as a foundation for researchers to establish schools with addiction science with the specialization of nurses and addiction counsellors who can later assist in treating victims of drug addiction and providing counselling services to drug addicts. The results shows that as for the components of mastery of knowledge, special work abilities, and authority and responsibility, it refers to the level 6 INQF in the field of addiction treatment that has been agreed upon by the INQF Directorate General of Higher Education drafting team involving the INNA. The implication of this research is to prepare the curriculum with the aim of providing guidelines for institutions providing addiction care services education in Indonesia. Content of addiction nurse management materials: addiction case management, recovery management, addiction care service management.
Critical Thinking Profile of Senior High School Students in terms of Argumentation-Based Learning
Authors: Rizki Nur Fadillah  , Budi Jatmiko  , Wahono Widodo
Published: March 2023

This study aims to describe the profile of critical thinking based on argumentation learning in senior high school. This study used a quantitative descriptive study with a subject of 30 students. Subjects were asked to choose the correct answer based on the questionnaire and questions about critical thinking. The results from the questionnaire showed that students' critical thinking skills are 43% in the low category; 47% in the medium category, and 10% students in the high category. As evidenced by the average test results of critical thinking skills, the results obtained are 57.5 in the low category. In the indicator of formulating problems, the results obtained are 57.5 with low critical thinking categories; indicators provide arguments and analyze results 50 with low critical thinking categories; and the result deduction indicator is 60 with medium critical thinking category.Therefore, it can be recommended that the first step to improving critical thinking skills is to conduct argumentation-based learning so that students can convey arguments in physics learning and students' critical thinking skills can increase, so that it's expected to produce competent students according to 21st-century learning.
LÍMITES EN LA LUCHA CONTRA LA DISCRIMINACIÓN RACIAL EN ESPAÑA: ASPECTOS LABORALES DE LOS MIGRANTES
Authors: Tomé da Mata Edileny
Published: March 2023

El derecho a la no discriminación a pesar de ser un derecho fundamental contemplado en la Constitución Española requiere modificaciones y actualizaciones, sobre todo cuando se trata de la discriminación racial/étnica en el ámbito laboral de los y las migrantes. Este manuscrito intenta exponer algunas garantías existentes en la materia, resaltando la necesidad de dotación de más recursos económicos, materiales y humanos, cambios de paradigmas conceptuales y culturales y la consideración de la condición social de los grupos poblacionales migrantes en la lucha contra la discriminación en el ámbito laboral.
THERMO - MECHANICAL MODIFICATION OF AMORPHOUS POLYESTER FIBRES: I. DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR
Authors:   KONSTANTIN PRESLAVSKI UNIVERSITY OF SHUMEN, SHUMEN 9712, 115, UNIVERSITETSKA STR., Velev Valentin
Published: March 2023

The deformation behaviour of as-spun amorphous poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) yarns subjected to simultaneous thermal and mechanical treatments has been studied. The samples heat mechanical treatments were realized using constructed and produced in the author’s laboratory device. Thermal deformation experiments were carried out on conditions of linear samples heating from room temperature up to 200 0C while they were subjected to a well-defined constant tensile force. It was observed very interesting and seemingly strange dependence of the final fibre length from the values of the applied tensile stress. The results obtained show the role of the strain stress on the causing samples deformation and in the control of the rival processes of the fluid like deformation and stress-induced crystallization.
Meta-Analysis Study
Authors: Fajari Laksmi Evasufi Widi , Dayurni Popi , Rahayu Ayu
Published: March 2023

This study aims to determine the effect of Augmented Reality on student learning outcomes. This study consists of two variables: Augmented Reality as the independent variable and student learning outcomes as the dependent variable using quantitative meta-analysis research. The instrument used is an article coding sheet containing the data needed for meta-analysis in the form of mean data, the number of samples, and the standard deviation of control and experimental groups from articles that have passed the selection based on inclusion and exclusion criteria obtained through Google Scholar search. The results of the meta-analysis on 13 research articles obtained a summary effect (average effect size) of 0.541 which means that augmented Reality has a significant positive effect on student learning outcomes based on the effect size category set by Cohen. The results of the publication bias test show that the conclusion of the meta-analysis is not indicated by publication bias, as evidenced by the results of the funnel plot, egger test, and fail-safe N results. This study concludes that there is an effect of Augmented Reality on student learning outcomes.
Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator (r-TPA) in Fibrin Dissolution due to Postoperative Endophthalmitis
Authors: Riaz Yasmin , Mehta Jodhbir S , Fernando Arosho , Ferguson Veronica
Published: March 2023

Key words: Cataract surgery, Fibrinolysis, Infection
Abuse of Prescription Buprenorphine, Regulatory Controls and the Role of the Primary Physician
Authors: Chua Sze-Ming , Lee Tih-Shih
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Buprenorphine is an opioid partial agonist approved in several countries for the treatment of opioid dependence. It was approved in Singapore in 2002 for this indication, and is more widely available in the primary care setting and can be prescribed by all licensed physicians who have undergone designated training. There is limited literature addressing the risk of its illicit abuse via intravenous self-administration.

Clinical Picture: We report 2 such cases of the abuse of prescription buprenorphine in the psychiatric consultation-liaison service of a general teaching hospital, the treatment approaches and outcomes.
Conclusion: We also briefly review the indications, uses and abuses of buprenorphine in Singapore, and as reported in other countries, and the roles of primary care physicians, in order to stimulate greater awareness and understanding among specialists and general practitioners, who would encounter these patients in various settings.

Key words: Opioid dependence, Partial agonist, Primary care setting
Bodies Recovered from Wells, Sewerage Systems and Pits: What is the Cause of Death?
Authors: Esiyok Burcu , Balci Yasemin , Ozbay Mehmet
Published: March 2023

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the problems encountered during investigations into causes of death in corpses found in wells, sewer systems and pits, and to seek solutions to the problems. In fact, wells, sewer systems and pits have some common characteristics which may cause the problems. They contain water, have a hypoxic/anoxic environment and prevent corpses from being recognised. Materials and Methods: Based on the data obtained from the 1st Specialization Board of the Council of Forensic Medicine, affiliated with the Ministry of Justice, we retrospectively reviewed 69 corpses found in wells, sewer systems and pits between 1 January 1992 and 31 December 2002. Data on age, sex, crime scene and causes of death were obtained and evaluated using the SPSS 11.0 package programme. Results: Of 69 cases, 69.1% were male and 33.4% were aged 0 to 10 years. Fifty-eight per cent and 13.1% of the cases were found in wells and sewer systems respectively. Forty-three (62.3%) cases were found in a place with water. However, 34.9% of them had not drowned. The most frequent cause of death was drowning (40.6%). The cause of death was unknown in 18.8% of the cases. 15.9% of the corpses were exhumed to determine the cause of death. Twenty-six cases (37.7%) had signs of putrefaction and the cause of death was not determined in 9 cases. Diatom was investigated in 42.0% of the cases (29 cases), but 17 cases did not have diatom. Conclusion: It is a complicated process to determine the causes of death in bodies recovered from wells, pits, water supplies and sewer systems, etc. Thorough forensic investigations are required because death may result from a wide variety of factors, and lesions on the corpses may undergo some changes quickly or can be covered in wells, pits and water supplies. A complete crime scene investigation, a thorough autopsy and histopathological, toxicological and biochemical examinations would prevent potential problems in determining the causes of death in bodies recovered from wells, sewer systems and pits. Almost one-third of the bodies recovered from wells, sewer systems and pits were aged 10 years or younger, which indicates a public health problem. Extra safety precautions will help to solve this problem.

Key words: Autopsy, Drowning, Postmortem investigation
Updates on the Surgical Management of Paediatric Cataract with Primary Intraocular Lens Implantation
Authors: Fan Dorothy SP , Yip Wilson WK , Yu Christopher BO , Rao Srinivas K , Lam Dennis SC
Published: March 2023

With the advent of modern surgical techniques, paediatric cataract has become much more manageable. Intraocular lens (IOL) implantation is the standard of care for patients over the age of 2 years. The use of IOL in young infants is still controversial. In addition, there are still unresolved issues, such as the minimum age at which IOL can be safely implanted, IOL power selection and IOL power calculation. The current trends in the management of the above challenges are discussed. Although numerous reports on the prevention and management of posterior capsule opacification have been published, there are ongoing intensive debates and research. Long-term postoperative complications like glaucoma and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment are problems that cannot be overemphasised and these issues are also reviewed.

Key words: Congenital cataract, Intraocular lens, Posterior capsule opacification
Surgically-induced Corneal Changes Following Macular Translocation with Punctate Retinotomies and Chorioscleral Infolding (Limited Macular Translocation)
Authors: Pan James CH , Heng Wee-Jin , Eong Kah-Guan Au
Published: March 2023

Introduction: To report the sequential changes in corneal topography and astigmatism following limited macular translocation. Clinical Picture and Treatment: A 45-year-old-man who underwent limited macular translocation for idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation in the right eye was evaluated by corneal topography and manifest refraction preoperatively and serially for 1 year postoperatively. Outcome: An increase in astigmatism with corneal steepening along meridians corresponding to the area of chorioscleral infolding was observed and this persisted for 1 year after surgery. Vector-analysed astigmatic change showed significant surgically induced astigmatism of 2.18 dioptres (D) X 52.9 degrees, 2.17 D X 57.8 degrees and 2.56 D X 59.1 degrees at 2, 5 and 12 months after surgery respectively. Conclusion: Surgically induced corneal changes are evident after limited macular translocation and may remain up to 1 year after surgery. Key words: Astigmatism, Choroidal neovascularisation, Corneal topography, Ophthalmologic surgical procedure