bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Unity of Russian Society. Importance of Building Social Cohesion for the Security of Russian Federation
Authors: Minkina Mirosław
Published: January 2022

A sense of unity in any society is a great value. United society is a strong support for rulers and their policies. Public support often legitimizes the actions of rulers. Social unity is built on the basis of shared values and beliefs. The assumed goal of the research is focused on analyzing these categories in the context of their importance for building social unity. Such a goal has led to a question: What is the importance of these categories in building social cohesion for Russians? To solve the indicated problems, theoretical methods were used. Russians are convinced of the uniqueness of their society. This sense of uniqueness affects the sphere of security. It gives rise to their unwillingness to take part in formal alliances and international organizations, if Russia is not in a dominant position. Such views are deeply rooted in the consciousness of Russian society. Simultaneously, Russia airs grievances against the West, claiming that it does not notice its uniqueness.
Armeńscy Jezydzi. Proces akulturacji a specyfika diaspory
Authors: Pełczyński Grzegorz , Pomieciński Adam
Published: January 2022

Yezidis is a religious group of Yezidi faith, sometimes identifying with Kurds or considering themselves a separate ethnic group. Parts of the Yezidi diaspora are scattered mainly in the countries of the Middle East. In Armenia, they are the largest minority in this country, with a population of around 30,000. The article presents the process of Yezidi acculturation in Armenia. The concept of acculturation of D. Sam and J. Berry, which takes into account the degree to which people want to preserve their identity and culture, and the degree to which they want to be in contact with people outside their own group and participate in everyday life within the framework of wider society, turned out to be helpful here. In the case of the Armenian Yezidis, the acculturation process is quite diverse, as it extends between integrating with the Armenian society and remaining on the margins of it.
Prediction of dynamics and seaworthiness of amphibious hovercraft
Authors: Зайцев В.В. , Зайцев Вал.В. , Зайцев Д.В. , Лукашова В.В.
Published: January 2022

Annotation – The creation of hovercraft projects is a very expensive procedure, and the emergence of new ships of this type and their evolution is proceeding at a very slow pace. Despite the fact that hovercraft have been used for decades and there is a large amount of literature that is related to the theory of such ships and the practice of their design, there are still a number of unresolved problems associated with these ships. There are various methods, theories and publications that allow to calculate and design various complexes and systems of hovercraft, and as a result, this allows to create vessels that are successful in operation and with good seaworthiness. But at the same time, until now, the main problem remains to achieve sufficient accuracy in predicting the operational characteristics of hovercraft under various modes. Therefore, it is not uncommon for a successful hovercraft project to be born after a series of unsuccessful trial and error. The presented work describes a methodology for creating simulations of hovercraft for various modes of their operation. Various types of simulations of such ships and the ways of their implementation into functioning software are considered. The main mathematical models that are involved in the implementation of such simulations are described and their structure is shown for various hovercraft. The described complex of mathematical models, embodied in the program, allows an in-depth analysis of the dynamics and operational characteristics of hovercraft before the completion of their design and before the start of construction. It is argued that the most difficult, but suitable for real practical problems of analyzing the dynamics of hovercraft is the simulation of this ship with 6 degrees of freedom. The study allows us to conclude that the described methodology for creating a complex of mathematical models makes it possible with high accuracy to predict the dynamics of hovercraft and simulate any hovercraft with 6 degrees of freedom, which will reduce the cost of designing and building a lead hovercraft with accurately predictable seaworthiness and operational characteristics.
Adjustment of drilling slurry density during transportation by Platform Supply Vessels
Authors:   National university ", Карьянский Сергей Анатольевич ,   Odessa maritime academy", Марьянов Денис Николаевич
Published: January 2022

Annotation – The issues of maintaining the drilling fluid density during its transportation from shore to the oil drilling platform by the Platform Supply Vessels were considered. The research was carried out on the vessel of 5650 deadweight tons, which made 2 ... 2.5 day voyages from port to drilling platform with possible waiting for direct approach to the platform for 1 ... 1.5 days. The drilling fluid was transported in four tanks of equal-size, arranged in pairs on each side of the vessel. It was found that during this period of time there is a latent stratification of drilling fluid along the depth of cargo tank, causing stratification of its density. The density of the drilling fluid was measured at depths corresponding to 10, 50 and 90 % of the total tank depth. The drilling fluid density stratification is defined as the relative density change in the upper (at 10 % depth) and lower (at 90 % depth) parts of the cargo tank. The hydrometer was used to measure density, allowing measurements in the range of 650 ... 1630 kg/m3 with an accuracy of 1 kg/m3 while controlling the temperature. Density measurements were taken at 6-hour intervals. It has been experimentally proved that during the 48-hour transportation of the drilling fluid with the density of 1295 kg/m3, the density value at the indicated depths is 1163 and 1524 kg/m3 respectively, while the density stratification reaches 31 %. It is offered to prevent the density stratification by creating a forced X-shaped circulation of the drilling fluid between cargo tanks which stand side by side. It is offered to regulate and maintain automatically the drilling fluid density in the range of 2 ... 7 % by using programmable controllers. When the density stratification reaches 7 %, the controller switches on the circulation pumps and circulates the drilling fluid between tanks which stand side by side. This increases the drilling fluid uniformity and helps to reduce the density stratification along the depth of the cargo tank. The process of additional circulation of the drilling fluid is rationally ensured until the density stratification reaches a value of 2 %. Fulfilment of the above-mentioned conditions will ensure that the drilling fluid maintains its operational properties and the energy consumption associated with the additional operation of the circulation pumps is minimised.
Improving the management of fuel combustion in ship boilers
Authors: Михайленко В.С. , Лещенко В.В.
Published: January 2022

Annotation – The article discusses the issues of increasing the efficiency of the combustion of liquid fuel in the furnaces of ship steam boilers using the proposed neural network system for automatic correction of the excess air coefficient. It is indicated that modern systems for automatic flame detection have a number of disadvantages, in particular, low sensitivity to extraneous illumination, etc. hot air or flue gases on the walls of the boiler furnace. Such pulsations reduce the reliability of the combustion monitoring and control system. Therefore, the task of developing and introducing on ships new, economically inexpensive and effective methods of effective control and management of the fuel combustion process in ship boilers using modern means of intelligent control is urgent. On the basis of the experiments carried out on a Mitsubishi MV 50 marine steam boiler and the collected experimental data, the values for training the neural network system of the air flow correction process, taking into account the color of the burner flame and the color of the flue gases, were obtained. The use of a trained neural network in the control system, taking into account the fuzzy expert system for monitoring the color of the flame and smoke, makes it possible to achieve the best excess air ratio depending on the steam load of the SEP units. Simulation modeling of the proposed neural system was carried out in a specialized program Matlab (Neural Networks Toolbox). The simulation results showed that the use of a neural network control system for the combustion of liquid fuel, using the example of a marine boiler, allows maintaining a given thermal regime over the entire range of steam load of the power plant units, and also allows timely correction of the excess air ratio, i.e. avoid excessive consumption of fuel.
Contradictory Effect of Notch1 and Notch2 on Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog and its Influence on Glioblastoma Angiogenesis
Authors: Shabani Mostafa , Taghvaei Javanshir Hamid , Bereimipour Ahmad , Ebrahimi Sadrabadi Amin , Jalili Arsalan , Nayernia Karim
Published: January 2022

Many genes induce angiogenesis in tumors, and among them, Notch family genes have received particular attention due to their extensive network of connections with other genes active in this function. Suppression of angiogenic signaling has been studied in various cancers, confirming Notch's fundamental and extensive role. According to studies, four Notch genes work independently with many genes such as vascular endothelial growth factor, phosphatase and tensin homolog, Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt, and matrix metalloproteinases, and so many other genes, as well as proteins (such as hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha) significantly affect tumor angiogenesis. Notch1 regular activity in a healthy person causes angiogenesis in body tissues, controlled by normal Notch2 activity. However, in many cases of glioblastoma, whether on patients or tumor xenografts or in vivo models, a mutation in one of these two essential genes or at least one of the genes and proteins that affected by them can cause better angiogenesis in hypoxic conditions and lead to become an invasive tumor. In this review, we examined the contrasting activity of Notch1 and Notch2 and the signaling cascade that each generates in the angiogenesis of glioblastoma, the most invasive cancer of the central nervous system. [GMJ.2021;10:e2091]
The Comparative Effect of Citrullus colocynthis Hydro-Alcoholic Extract and Metformin on Morphometric Ovarian Follicles Disorders in Estradilol valerate-Iinduced Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Rats
Authors: Barzegar Bafrouei Mohammad Hossein , Khazali Homayoun , Kalantar Seyyed Mehdi , Khoradmehr Arezoo
Published: January 2022

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that affects 6-10% of women in reproductive age. The medicinal values of Citrullus colocynthis extract (CCT) stems from its anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects. This study evaluated the comparative effect of CCT and metformin on morphometric ovarian disorders in PCOS rats.Materials and Methods: Fifty female Wistar rats having 2-3 consecutive estrous cycles during two weeks were divided into five groups (n=10 each group).  The rats in the control group only received sesame oil as estradiol valerate solvent, whereas the rats in the sham group were injected intramuscularly with 4 mg/rat estradiol valerate-induced PCOS. Following PCOS induction, the rats in the metformin group received 50 mg/kg metformin orally for three weeks. Rats in the Extract group were treated with 50 mg/kg plant extract for 21 days following the induction with PCOS. Additionally, the rats in metformin+ extract group were treated with the combination of 50 mg metformin plus plant extract for three weeks. The ovaries were removed and were fixed for tissue processing. The slices were stained by hematoxylin-eosin after clearing and hydration. Follicular count and morphometric changes were evaluated in primordial, primary, pre-antral and antral follicles.Results: The mean diameter of primordial follicle was similar in all groups, but mean diameter of primary follicle decreased in the sham group (145.50± 49.26 µm) compared to metformin (278.76± 156.64 µm), extract (311.70± 147.74 µm) and metformin+ extract groups (265.35± 88.16 µm). The diameter of pre-antral and antral follicles in the sham group were significantly larger than those in the control group, but were not significantly different in all other groups including metformin, extract, and metformin+ extract in comparison with control group (P< 0.05).Conclusion: In this study, the data has demonstrated that CCT like metformin could improve follicular morphometric disorders in PCOS rats. [GMJ.2018;7:e1045]
Proteinuria and Renal Dysfunction after Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy: A Prospective Observational Study
Authors: Bagheri Sina , Dormanesh Banafshe , Afarid Mehrdad , Sagheb Mohammad Mahdi
Published: January 2022

Background: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is one of the most important microvascular complications among the patients with diabetes. Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agent enacts a key role in PDR. Some studies have dealt with the systemic exposure to these agents after intravitreal administration. However, renal dysfunction following this therapy has scarcely been reported. Hence, this study aimed to determine the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab treatment on the deterioration of renal function and proteinuria.Materials and Methods: This present prospective observational study was performed on 40 patients with diabetic nephropathy and PDR and/or significant diabetic macular edema as the candidates for receiving intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. To evaluate renal function, changes in the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), serum creatinine (SCr), and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) one month after injection were measured. Also, changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressures (BPs), plasma VEGF level, platelet, white blood cell (WBC) counts, and hemoglobin (Hb) level were measured at the baseline and one month after treatment.Results: The mean age of the patients was 60.3 ± 9.2 years, and 33 patients were female. The decrease in the plasma VEGF level and platelet count, as well as the increase in diastolic BP, and Hb level were significant. However, systolic BP and WBC count remained unchanged. There were no significant changes in UACR, SCr, and eGFR after the injection as compared to baseline (P>0.05).Conclusion: Our study indicated that intravitreal bevacizumab injection was not associated with renal dysfunction and proteinuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy. Nevertheless, diastolic BP and Hb level could increase after one month. [GMJ.2018;In press:e1299]
Evaluation of the Persian Version of Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey among Iranian Nurses: Validity and Reliability
Authors: Moalemi Saba , Kavoosi Zahra , Beygi Najimeh , Deghan Azizallah , Karimi Aliasghar , Parvizi Mohammad Mahdi
Published: January 2022

Background: Nursing is a critical job in the health care system. However, nurses suffering from poor job conditions suffer from job dissatisfaction, eventually causing burnout. This is a very important concern for the health care system because the turnover of nurses leads to a waste of money and time of this system. Therefore, nurse managers need to find a way to measure and reduce the burnout. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) is a famous inventory to measure the job burnout in human services. This study aimed to measure the validity and reliability of the Persian version of MBI-HSS. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in two hospitals of Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fars Province, Iran, in July 2017. Nurses participated with their own discretion in this study and filled the MBI-HSS themselves. The questionnaire consisted of 22 items comprising three dimensions. Exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s  alpha were performed in this study using Stata software, version 12. Results: Overall, 200 nurses were included in this study, with a mean age of 29.48 ± 6 years. The result of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the weight of each item in its own dimension was greater than 0.4 or another dimension. Also, the Cronbach’s alpha for 3 dimensions was greater than 0.7. Conclusions:  Our study showed that the Persian version of MBI-HSS has sufficient validity and reliability, similar to that of the original version, for the measurement of burnout in Persian speakers of human services workers.[GMJ.2018;7:e995]
Antidepressant Effects of a Persian Medicine Remedy on Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Double-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Adalat Maryam , Khalili Mohammad , Ayromlou Hormoz , Haririan Sajjad , Fazljou Seyyed Mohammad Bagher , Rezaeizadeh Hossein , Safari Ali Akbar , Zargaran Arman
Published: January 2022

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS), an inflammatory neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, is accompanied by some psychiatric disorders, one prominent example of which is depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a Persian herbal medicine treatment that contains Crocus sativus, Hypericum perforatum, Cinnamon verum, and Vitis vinifera on fatigue and sleep disorders in MS patients. Materials and Methods: A Persian medicine remedy containing C.sativus, H.perforatum, C.verum, and V.vinifera was tested for its ability to improve the symptoms of depression in MS patients. This randomized double-blind clinical study was performed among 52 patients with MS who were allocated to their respective research groups through blocked randomization. The patients were treated for 4 weeks with either the drug or the placebo. To quantify the symptoms of depression, Beck depression inventory (BDI) was used. Results: Forty-six patients completed the study. In the course of the study, as the primary outcome, BDI decreased in the drug group (p=0.000) and the placebo group (p=0.001) significantly, but the rate of change in the drug group was significantly higher than in the placebo group (-13.9 ± 8.6 vs. -3.9 ± 4.3, p=0.000). While analyzing time and treatment effect for BDI, significant decreases in BDI were observed for the drug group, but not in the placebo group (p= 0.001). Conclusion: The present study suggests that Persian medicine remedy treatment in combination with chemical drugs may improve depression symptoms in MS patients. More investigations are needed to discover the exact mechanisms and processes involved. [GMJ.2019;8:e1212]
Ellagic Acid Protects Cardiac Arrhythmias Following Global Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Model
Authors: Dianat Mahin , Hoseiny Nejad Khojasteh , Sarkaki Alireza , Farbood Yaghoub , Badavi Mohammad , Gharib-Naseri Mohammad Kazem
Published: January 2022

Background: Cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) could increase the reactive oxidative stress in the cardiomyocytes. Also, some studies report cardiac arrhythmias following oxidative stressor such as I/R. Hence, this study was aimed to investigate the effects of ellagic acid (EA) against arrhythmias in a cerebral I/R model. Materials and Methods: Thirty-two male rats were randomly allocated into four groups: Sham (normal saline, 10 days), EA (100 mg/kg EA, 10 days), I/R (20 min ischemia followed by 30 min reperfusion, 10 days), and EA + I/R (100 mg/kg EA before I/R). In all animals, electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded pre-ischemia and postischemia on the first and 11th days, respectively. Results: The I/R group showed an abnormally prolonged QTc interval after ischemia compared to the preischemia and control groups. EA administration in the EA+I/R group significantly reduced this prolonged QTc interval (P< 0.01). In the I/R group, ischemic/reperfusion resulted in a prolonged QRS complex and an elevated ST, which EA significantly prevented (P<0.01). In addition, EA significantly prevented the dramatically shortened RR interval induced by reperfusion (P<0.01). The incidence of ventricular fibrillation significantly increased in the I/R group; then it dramatically decreased following the administration of EA (P<0.0001). Conclusion: EA pretreatment repaired the adverse effects of I/R on the ECG parameters, which can be attributed to its negative chronotropic effects. EA pretreatment can prevent the cerebral I/R-induced heart arrhythmias. [GMJ.2019;8:e1235]
ПРИСТРАСТЬ ТА НАТХНЕННЯ, ДОВІРА ТА СПІВРОБІТНИЦТВО – ЦІННОСТІ, ЯКІ РОБЛЯТЬ ХУДОЖНІЙ, ПЕДАГОГІЧНИЙ ТА ОСОБИСТИЙ УСПІХ МОЖЛИВИМИ
Authors: Sutt Piotr
Published: January 2022

Мета роботи. Представити моделі та особливості поведінки, які визначають досягнення професійного, артистичного, педагогічного та особистого успіху. Основна ідея полягає в тому, щоб намітити шляхи та методи, що дозволяють використовувати і передавати мудрість і досвід наших майстрів на благо наших слухачів, учнів і власне нас. Інше питання – це необхідність правильного та повного розуміння аспектів довіри і співпраці, оскільки без цього місія артиста і наставника не може існувати. Дуже важлива ідея, що міститься у статті, – вказати на особливості заслуговуючого на довіру музиканта і педагога і не тільки його практичний досвід і мудрість, а, і, перш за все, теоретичні знання, що охоплюють різні аспекти: історичні, виробничі, формальні та асоціативні. Методологія, що застосовується в процесі дослідження, спирається на аналіз багаторічного досвіду, заснованого на художніх і дидактичних ефектах, спостереженні за спільнотою, переосмисленні спеціальної літератури та аналізі питань і компонентів пізнавального процесу. Наукова новизна. Кожен індивідуальний погляд на питання дидактики і самореалізації в професії художника новаторський і абсолютно доцільний. Навіть якщо ми піднімаємо вже відому проблему, ми робимо це у відповідності з процесом навчання і самовдосконалення, що полягає в нескінченному повторенні і консолідації певних рухів, асоціацій, висновків, думок або постійному застосуванні етичних, освітніх та культурних принципів. Таким чином, новизна полягає в тому, що представлений новий ракурс на механізми і рушійні сили, які формують розвиток артистичної і педагогічної особистості вчителя, майстра, наставника і авторитета. Висновки. Підводячи підсумок, можна сказати, що саме знання і навички створюють, у першу чергу, почуття довіри і показують артиста у світі правдоподібності або брехні. Основне завдання – розвиток компетенцій, що дозволяють сприймати нас як авторитетного педагога-артиста. Однак цього недостатньо для повної довіри і впевненості у словесній, письмовій та виразній інформації, яку ми передаємо за допомогою виконання на інструменті, голосом, пишучи або диригуючи. Якщо пристрасть не проявляється у звуках і фразах наших концертів та рядках наших лекцій, буде складно надихнути – мотивувати, дати віру і вказати на шляхи для досягнення успіху.
PRODUKTIVITAS RESIN PINUS MERKUSII JUNGH ET DE VRIESE PADA KELAS UMUR DAN KETINGGIAN TEMPAT TUMBUH YANG BERBEDA
Authors: Arip Wijayanto  , Nurmadina Nurmadina
Published: January 2022

Pine resin production is influenced by several factors, including altitudes and the different classes of age . In addition, the productivity of pine resin is also influenced by weather and climate. The aim of  study that entitled oductivity of Resin Pinus Merkusii Jungh Et De Vriese in Several Class Ages and Altitudes, was to investigate pine resin productivity in Forest Management Resort Guyangan, Perum Perhutani, based on variation of altitudes and class ages classified by Perum Perhutani. This study used resin production data that taped by quare methode from Forest Management Resort Guyangan, and then data were analysed with microsoft office excel. The result of this study showed that the highest pine resin productivity is 0.22 kg/tree/month for  class age (KU) V and IV,  and the lowest pine resin productivity, i.e. 0,19 kg/tree/month is for KU VII. Based on altitudes, resin productivities for 500-799 (mdpl) and 800-999 (mdpl) were 0,22 kg/tree/month and 0,20 kg/tree/month respectively. Based on this study, it can be concluded that the higher altitudes the lower pine resin productivity. Meanwile basedon the age class, the productivity of pine resin in different age class shows different values.
Presidential Election as a Postmodern Mirror
Authors: Yuriy Mykhailo
Published: January 2022

The article gives signs of postmodern. It is stated that the postmodern is an anti-fundamentalist paradigm, which proclaims that there is nothing predetermined, true without a doubt, once and for all that is given. Mosaic, eclectic, kaleidoscopic, fragmentary, combining the incompatible, where everything is a game, are inherent in him as a type of consciousness. The game has a policy associated with the carnival, in politics, as in the carnival, there is a lot of mummery. Not a single politician is free from travesty, role-playing game. Myths, legends, images, ideal political biographies, the creation and support of images, the right political move is a political routine, which is manifested in the actions of Ukrainian politicians, for whom politics is a guarantee for business. Ukrainian politics is not a decision of public, but personal affairs, from which the whole country suffers. And here on the stage of this acting, which is called Ukrainian politics, in the presidential race comes the real showman. If politicians play a show, then why should a showman not play a politician. This is where the illusion of the political life of Ukrainian society manifests itself.
The Case of Electoral Absenteeism in Ukraine Borderland, a Challenge to Electoral Model in Eastern European Democratic Regime
Authors: Lavruk Іlona
Published: January 2022

Analyzing the electoral absenteeism turnout between 1990 and 2009, one can observe a strong decreasing tendency. Given the various factors that generate absenteeism mentioned in the literature, in this paper we aim to analyze the possible causes of absenteeism experienced in recent years in in Ukraine Borderland.
Unexpected Crossroads of International Political Communication: Influence and Insights of Universal Codes of Media as Exemplified by Podcasts, Comics and New Media
Authors: Yeromin Mykola
Published: January 2022

The article dwells upon the original research conducted by author during and after his PhD studies. Through the case studies of media (exemplifying podcasts, comic books and unclassifiable new media such as web-series) directly influencing and/or vice versa being influenced directly by current political events, shown is the interconnecting tissue of universal codes of media, affecting the international political communication through media influence in unpredictable ways. Underlined is the crucial need to strengthen the awareness of experts and general population alike of such processes in Ukraine due to hybrid war occurring with Russian Federation.
Increasing the Popularity of Antisystem (Non-Traditional) Parties in the Czech Republic
Authors: Fedorchak Tetiana
Published: January 2022

The article examines the course of the elections to the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, their role and place in the political process of the country. The author argues that pluralism of opinion and multiparty system in the Czech Republic practically confirm their real strength, as evidenced by the participation of many parties in parliamentary elections and the fact, that that nine of them managed to overcome the 5% barrier and to obtain a certain number of deputy mandates. The programs of parliamentary parties are analyzed, their main election slogans and the results they achieved in the elections. Much attention in the article is paid to the winner of this election – the centrist political force – movement "Action of dissatisfied citizens", whose leader was appointed Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Emphasis is placed on new trends in the political process, which were confirmed during the will of the people. Among them, the author highlights the growing popularity of anti-system (non-traditional) parties. In their election statements, these parties set out to protest the change in the political system of society.

Along with this process, the crisis of traditional parties deepened, who were previously members of the governing bodies of the state, but they failed to demonstrate their compliance with voter inquiries, who sought solutions to pressing issues. This is confirmed by the results of traditional Czech parties – Communist Party of the Czech Republic and Moravia, which managed to get only 7.76% of the vote of the voters and the leader of the previous elections – the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won the support of only 7.27% of voters, having lost almost 13% of the vote in four years.
SIMPLIFYING SHARF MATERIALS (EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AT AT-TAQWA ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL, SUKABUMI, WEST JAVA) / تبسيط الـمواد الصرفية (دراسة تـجريبية في معهد التقوى الإسلامي سوكابومي جاوى الغربية)
Authors: Parwati Istiya Rahayu Dwi
Published: January 2022

This study aims to reveal the need for simplification of Sharf materials for Arabic language learners, what can be simplified, and to test the effectiveness of using simple Sharf materials on the success of Sharf learning. This research used mixed method by combining qualitative and quantitative method to collect the data in order to produce more comprehensive facts and researcher had a freedom to use all data collection tools to get all required data. The findings explained that the simplification of Sharf materials is an effort to facilitate the learning of Arabic language, so that the process of teaching and learning Sharf is easier and could be done in a relatively short time. The materials simplification focused on simplifying classical wazn sharf by only presenting functional wazn-wazn which is widely used in Arabic, namely 31 chapters of wazn fi’il is simplified into 14 chapters, as well as simplifying binyah kalimat from 11 patterns to 5 patterns. The simplification is present as a solution to the difficulty of learning sharf. The result of pretest and posttest showed a significant difference between the experimental and control class, as the result of the gain test, 0.35 for experimental class and 0.14 for control class, which means that the effectiveness level of experimental class is higher than control class.
DAMPAK COVID-19 TERHADAP ABNORMAL RETURN DAN VOLUME PERDAGANGAN SAHAM
Authors: Suryadi Elvina Cahya , Feranita Nungky Viana
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is a non-natural disaster that has a huge impact around the world. This research is a quantitative research with event study method. The purpose of this research is to test the capital market reaction by looking at abnormal returns and trading volume activity before and after the COVID-19 non-natural disaster. The event day in this study was April 13rd, 2020 when the Presidential Decree was issued regarding the designation of COVID-19 as a national disaster. Using purposive sampling method, the sample of this study were 27 companies engaged in the hotel, restaurant, and tourism sub-sectors listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The event period is 11 days, namely 5 days before the event, 1 day at the time of the event and 5 days after the event. Data analysis using t-test and wilxocon signed ranks test. The results of this study are: 1) there is no abnormal return during the event period, 2) there is no difference in the average abnormal return before and after the COVID-19 non-natural disaster event, 3) there is no difference in the average trading volume activity before and after the COVID-19 non-natural disaster event and after the COVID-19 non-natural disaster event.

Keywords: Event Study, Abnormal Return, Trading Volume Activity, COVID-19.
APPLICABILITY INDICATORS AND IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUE FOR A NONLINEAR MAXWELL-TYPE ELASTO-VISCOPLASTIC MODEL USING REPEATED CREEP RECOVERY TESTS
Authors: Khokhlov A.V.
Published: January 2022

A physically non-linear Maxwell-type constitutive relation for non-aging elasto-viscoplastic materials is considered. General properties of repeated creep recovery curves generated by the relation under four-step uni-axial loadings consisting of two rectangular pulses of stress and two rest periods at zero stress are studied analytically assuming two material functions of the relation are arbitrary. The analysis reveals several characteristic features of the theoretic creep recovery curves and repeated creep recovery curves that can be employed as the relation applicability (or non- applicability) indicators which are convenient for check using test data of a material. Two effective general identification techniques are developed. The first one is based on a set of creep recovery tests at various stress levels and implies measurement of two strain magnitudes in each test. The second one is based on a set of repeated creep and recovery tests and implies measurement of four strain magnitudes in each test. More complex loading program enables to reduce the number of tests and samples twice and to obtain more information on a material behavior and to check a number of additional applicability indicators. The explicit expressions are derived in each case to determine the material functions values at arbitrarily chosen points in stress domain. The identification techniques enable separate and direct evaluation of the material functions values via test data without error accumulation. A number of the identification technique versions are considered and their advantages and shortcomings are discussed.

In the case of materials exhibiting creep rate power dependence on stress, a specific rapid procedure is developed for the model identification in the class of power material functions and additional applicability indicators are found. In this case only one repeated creep recovery test and four measured magnitudes of strain are sufficient to determine four material parameters through the explicit expressions obtained.
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and the risk of breast cancer in women from Southern Morocco: A case-control study
Authors: Moukal Abdellah , El Farouqi Abdallah , Aghrouch Mohamed , Chadli Smail , Zekhnini Abderrahmane , Izaabel El Hassan
Published: January 2022

OBJECTIVES:

Assessing Vitamin-D status and checking if low serum 25(OH)D is a factor in breast cancer (BC) for Southern Moroccan women.

MATERIALS/METHODS:

Study conducted in Morocco about women with BC ( n = 90) and controls ( n = 90). 25-hydroxy-vitamin-D biological analyzes executed during the first consultation. Social data and anthropometric parameters were collected for all participants.

RESULTS:

Women from urban areas constitued 67.78 % for the cases and 85.6% for the controls. The average age was 48.72±9.71 (cases) and 46.40±12.52 (controls). We found that 53.33% of cases and 40% of controls were postmenopausal and that hypovitaminosis-D affected 80 and 64.4% of cases and controls, respectively. Statistical analysis showed that hypovitaminosis-D was a significative risk factor for BC in Southern Moroccan women. The Odds Ratio was of 5 ( p < 0.0001). The BC subtypes had Odds Ratios greater than 1. The highest value was obtained with Luminal B subtype (Odds ratio = 6.25; p = 0.0007).

CONCLUSION:

This study reinforces the evidence implicating hypovitaminosis-D among modifiable risk factors for BC. Further studies are needed to assess the extent of hypovitaminosis-D in Moroccan women with BC.
Development of Processed Coconut Products (Cocos nucifera L) in the Form of Coconut Chips in Togafo Village, North Ternate City
Authors: Dewi Eka Kusuma
Published: January 2022

Community service is an activity that aims to help certain communities in several activities without expecting any form of reward. This community service is focused on processing coconut plantation products (Cocos nucifera .L), which is one of the main plantation products around the service area. Service activities were carried out for the community in Togafo Village, North Ternate City. This training is expected to be able to help increase people's sources of income and increase public knowledge about how to process food from coconut raw materials. The method of activity is carried out by the tutorial method and joint practice. During the training, the participants enthusiastically participated in the activities and actively engaged in two-way discussions. Participants understand and can practice coconut processing techniques into coconut chips, and this can be a business opportunity.
Watermelon Production in Dry Land with Liquid Biofertilizer and Different Compound NPK
Authors: Marlina Neni , Khodijah Khodijah , Aryani Ida , Purnama Sari Dita
Published: January 2022

An area of 12.90 million ha of dry land has not been used optimally for agriculture, opportunity available to plant watermelons with proper cultivation techniques, including the use of biological and inorganic fertilizers. Biofertilizers can help provide NPK nutrients for watermelon plants. The purpose of this study was to determine the appropriate dosage of biological fertilizers and compound NPK for increasing watermelon yields. The research was conducted at AKN Sakojo No.21 Kel. Kedondong Raya Kec. Banyuasin III Pangkalan Banyuasin City Hall, South Sumatra from July to October 2020. This study used a factorial randomized block design (RAK). Factorial 1 is the dose of liquid biological fertilizer, namely: 10 mL/L, 20 mL/L, and 30 mL/L. Factorial II is Compound NPK, namely: 600 kg/ha, 900 kg/ha, and 1200 kg/ha. The highest production of 22.32 kg/plot (38 tons/ha) was achieved at a dose of 30 mL/L of liquid biological fertilizer and 1200 kg/ha of compound NPK fertilizer.
The FGLOCTweet Corpus: An English tweet-based corpus for fine-grained location-detection tasks
Authors: Fernández-Martínez Nicolás José
Published: January 2022

Location detection in social-media microtexts is an important natural language processing task for emergency-based contexts where locative references are identified in text data. Spatial information obtained from texts is essential to understand where an incident happened, where people are in need of help and/or which areas have been affected. This information contributes to raising emergency situation awareness, which is then passed on to emergency responders and competent authorities to act as quickly as possible. Annotated text data are necessary for building and evaluating location-detection systems. The problem is that available corpora of tweets for location-detection tasks are either lacking or, at best, annotated with coarse-grained location types (e.g. cities, towns, countries, some buildings, etc.). To bridge this gap, we present our semi-automatically annotated corpus, the Fine-Grained LOCation Tweet Corpus (FGLOCTweet Corpus), an English tweet-based corpus for fine-grained location-detection tasks, including fine-grained locative references (i.e. geopolitical entities, natural landforms, points of interest and traffic ways) together with their surrounding locative markers (i.e. direction, distance, movement or time). It includes annotated tweet data for training and evaluation purposes, which can be used to advance research in location detection, as well as in the study of the linguistic representation of place or of the microtext genre of social media.
РОЛЬ ПРОФСПІЛОК У ПІДТРИМАННІ НАЛЕЖНОГО РІВНЯ ЖИТТЯ ПРАЦІВНИКІВ
Authors: Марич Максим , Мартинюк Анна
Published: January 2022

Стаття присвячена актуальним питанням визначення ролі профспілок у підтриманні належного рівня життя населення. Проаналізовано діяльність профспілки, кошторис її витрат, наслідки діяльності профспілки для працівників і визначено фактори інноваційного розвитку. Досліджено стан профспілок на сьогоднішній день та запропоновано шляхи покращення ситуації. Визначено роль профспілок як на мікро-, так і на макро- рівнях, проаналізовано форму співпраці органів державної влади та профспілок. Розкрито теоретичні основи, практичні особливості ролі профспілок у підтриманні належного рівня життя працівників, здійснення співпраці державного сектору і профспілок. Визначено проблеми нагляду та контролю стосовно дотримання законодавчих норм і правил щодо організації праці громадян України та ролі профспілок у цих процесах. Проаналізовано тенденції соціально-економічних умов суспільно корисної праці.
Implementation of Traditional Medicine Remedies During The COVID-19 Pandemic as Health Improvement and Empowerment of Indonesian Women
Authors: Pradana Dhigna Luthfiyani Citra
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is still a polemic of life in the world. WHO explains that there are still several countries showing an increase in COVID-19 incident.There are still active case of COVID-19 in Indonesia, which is why Indonesian people should remain vigilant, follow the instruction of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, and do 5M. In addition, the Ministry of Health in Indonesia also recommends using traditional medicine to maintain health, provide adequate nutrition and help overcome health problems. Muslim women groups from various regions in Indonesia can be suitable subjects of community service to assist the government in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, one of which is through education about COVID-19 and traditional medicine used during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method used in this community service is through educational webinars and measurement of understanding using an electronic questionnaire. After the educational webinar, the team collected the participant's activity in implementing traditional medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this community service activity increased the knowledge of the community service participants to 85.83%. The participants also implemented traditional medicine by sending photos of the activities of the community service participants. This community service activity aims to overcome the problem of information gaps and increase the knowledge of Muslim women groups from various regions in Indonesia to improve and maintain the quality of life and health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in this activity look active and enthusiastic during community service activities.
Trade Liberalization: Reaping Its Effects on the Agricultural Performance of the Philippines
Authors: Evangelista Jenneli , Estrella Niña Michaella , Suin Kristine April
Published: January 2022

Over the years, economists had been taught that "Trade can make everyone better off", thus the rationale of the dynamic shift in the Philippine agricultural trade system from protectionism to trade liberalization. It was known that the Philippines was one of the champions in the agriculture sector as it had massively produced agricultural goods and exports during the late 20th century. However, various studies and reports have shown and concluded that agriculture in the Philippine setting is now dubbed as the “poor man’s sector”. In this study, it has reaped the reality of the country’s stance in trade agreements as it has examined the correlation of trade openness, imports of goods, and employment to the Value of Production in Agriculture—wherein, it has resulted in distinct conclusions such as (1) trade openness has a negative impact to VPA, (2) imports of goods increase VPA by 0.094373, and (3) employment’s positive impact is estimated to be at 4570.708. The researchers suggest that such results and analysis are vital for the government sector and thus revisit the pros and cons of trade policies and weigh their net effects on the agricultural sector to which people owe their daily nutrition.
Knowledge of recent medical graduates and views of stakeholders and teachers regarding medical ethics and professionalism in Bangladesh
Authors: Jahan Sharmin , Flora MS
Published: January 2022

Medical education aims to produce competent medical professionals and gives emphasis on competency-based learning in Bangladesh. Medical ethics and professionalism are considered as a core competency. A competent physician can ensure patient-centered health care system. This was an effort to obtain data regarding the knowledge of recent medical graduates and the opinion of medical educational stakeholders and teachers about medical ethics and professionalism at undergraduate medical education in Bangladesh. This mixed-method study was conducted in two rounds. The Round I was conducted from January 2018 to June 2019 for assessing the knowledge of 308 recent medical graduates towards medical ethics and professionalism. In Round II, key informant interviews were conducted among 30 medical educational stakeholders and teachers from July 2020 to December 2020. Data were collected by pre-tested self administered semi-structured questionnaire and interview guidelines. The percentages of recent medical graduates who could give correct answers regarding autonomy, justice, presenting a subject to visual social media, breaching of confidentiality, organ donation and medical certificate were 19.8%, 54.9%, 73.1%, 37.3%, 91.6% and 74.4% respectively. Most of the medical educational stakeholders and teachers (80%) expressed their opinion related to curriculum. They also suggested for practicing ethics (20.0%) and training (20.0%). A gap was observed in the knowledge regarding medical ethics and professionalism of recent medical graduates. To improve practice of ethics and professionalism, enhancement of the knowledge by incorporating “medical ethics and professionalism” in curriculum might be considered. A separate compulsory module for training on medical ethics and professionalism can be added at pre-internship period for the recent medical graduates.
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.13(1) January 2022: 40-48
A Rare Case Report on Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Authors: Rahaman Habibur , Islam Md Rafiqul , Hannan MA , Jannat Maftahul
Published: January 2022

Spinal muscular atrophies (SMA) are heterogeneous group of motor system disorders of alpha motor neuron clinically characterized by progressive lower motor neuron features. The distal form of SMA is an extremely rare disorder, which usually presents in the young adults and has a relatively slow progression with almost normal life-span. Differential diagnosis of this syndrome includes hereditary motor sensory neuropathy- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and distal myopathies, which should be excluded before confirming this rare entity. As distal form of SMA is a very extremely rare condition so we would like to present a young male with this disorder and a short discussion of the theoretical aspects.

Bangladesh Journal of Neuroscience 2016; Vol. 32 (2): 106-110
Role of occupational therapy in improving quality of life of physically challenged persons
Authors: Rahman Md Shahidur
Published: January 2022

Occupational therapy is a branch of medicine which uses different methods to help physically and mentally ill people to develop, maintain, and recover skills needed to function in day to day life, as well as in workplace environments. Thus lives of millions of disabled all over the world are enhanced to a meaningful quality of life. Occupational therapists also focus much of their work on identifying and eliminating environmental barriers to independence and participation in daily activities. This is a client-centered practice that places emphasis on the progress towards the client’s goals. The interventions are made on adapting the environment, modifying the task, teaching the skill, and educating the client/family in order to increase participation in and performance of daily activities, particularly those that are meaningful to the client. They often find it challenging to implement client-centered and occupation-based assessment tools into practice. This part of rehabilitation medicine is neglected in our country. More work is needed to understand how best practices can be incorporated into a changing occupational therapy daily practice. The aim of this review article is to highlight the importance of occupational therapy and its application in improving the quality of life and quality adjusted life years in physically challenged persons.

Bangladesh Journal of Neuroscience 2017; Vol.  33 (1): 34-38