bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Quality of Life of Military Policemen in a Western Amazon State in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Gomes José Aparecido , Paraguassú-Chaves Carlos Alberto , Stein Amélia Cristina , Almeida Fabrício Moraes de , Dantas Lenita Rodrigues Moreira , Trindade Carla Dolezel , Filho Simão Aznar , Smith Ruy Drummont , Aznar Simão Dolezel
Published: August 2022

Objective: To analyze the quality of life of active military police in a state in the Western Amazon during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methodology. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional field study, with a convenience sample, non-probabilistic and with a quantitative focus, with 358 active PMs in the PMRO. A self-report questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data and health conditions. To assess QOL, the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire was used, consisting of 26 questions related to the physical, psychological, social relationships and environment domains and their facets. Results: Analyzing the sociodemographic characteristics, the age variable obtained (39.21 ± 6.41) years and (61.17%) of the PMs were less than 40 years old. The variable length of service was (15.44 ± 7.64) and (78.21%) of the police officers had less than 20 years of experience in the police service. The working hours obtained (6.87 ± 2.04) and (29.10 ± 80.79) days away from work due to NCDs or Covid-19. In terms of education, (52.79%) have a college degree, (69.27%) are married, (47.49%) are warrant officers and sergeants with an income between 5 and 7 minimum wages, (49.44%) work 6 daily hours, (43.02%) were removed from the service due to CNCD and (34.08%) due to Covid-19. The general quality of life obtained an average of (15.21 ± 2.00). Among the WHOQOL-Bref domains, the highest score was for the psychological domain (16.01± 2.11) and the lowest for the environment (14.20 ± 2.28) and the self-assessment of QOL was (14, 97 ± 2.69). Conclusion: The quality of life has satisfactory levels, despite chronic health conditions and the multidimensional character of quality of life, with (76.8%) of the PMs evaluating their QOL as very good and good and (65.8%) being very satisfied or satisfied with their health, with the highest scores in the social relationships domain and the lowest in the environment domain. For the facets, the highest scores were for mobility, self-esteem, sexual activity and the lowest scores were for negative feelings, dependence on medication or treatment, and finally, pain and discomfort, data that are corroborated by the self-report of NCDs and Covid-19.
Seizing the Moment and Controlling the Future of Rice Production with Agricultural Transformation Agenda Programme in Nigeria
Authors: Itunnu Wole-Alo Felicia
Published: August 2022

This study examined the contribution of Agricultural Transformation Agenda Programme (ATA) on Rice Production in Ondo and Kwara States, Nigeria. A total of 360 respondents were sampled using multi-stage sampling procedure. The study revealed among others that the majority of the respondents were male (60.3%), the mean age of the respondents was 44years. The majority of the respondents (80.0%) were married, 68.1% of the respondents had one form of education or the other. The majority of the respondents have manageable household size of five (5) persons that can assist on the farm. The result showed that Radio and fellow farmers were the major sources of information available to the farmers on ATA programme. Some of the positive perception towards ATA programme are; ATA programme has increased the quantity of my farm product ( =3.7), quality of their product was positively affected ( =3.5) and the programme served as a sure source of good planting materials for them ( =3.5). The result showed that household size, year of farming experience and farm size had a positive and significant effect on rice production in the study areas. This implies that an increase in the farmers’ family will lead to increase in the labour available to cultivate the land and this shows the relationship between increase in farm size and household size. This also implies that there will be meaningful contribution to food security in the country when farming experience, farm size and household size increase at the same pace.
Profit Analysis of Garlic Seed Farming in Jangkat Subdistrict Merangin Regency
Authors: Rahman A , Saputra Ardhiyan
Published: August 2022

Garlic is an important commodity controlling inflation besides chilies, shallots, and CPO or cooking oil. In the last ten years, the import condition of horticultural products, especially garlic, has tended to increase by up to 95 percent. This study aims to examine whether the development of a garlic farming within the framework of national garlic self-sufficiency in Jangkat Subdistrict, Merangin Regency, is feasible, especially from a financial and social aspect, so that it can become a recommendation material for the sustainability of garlic development in the research area. The research was conducted on 150 respondents. The results showed that from the short-term financial aspect, the R / C value is less than 1, as well as in the medium term, the NPV value is minus and the IRR is smaller than the social interest rate with B/C less than one so that the garlic seed breeding business in the research area is not feasible. From the physical condition, the appearance of onions is smaller and dirty causing marketing problems. most of the respondents did not understand the cultivation of garlic, the varieties of garlic planted in the study area were still less uniform and presumably not suitable with local agro-climatic conditions. So, Garlic self-sufficiency can only be realized if in a potential area such as this research area, a variety trial has been carried out to select the most suitable variety so that the maximum results.
Плазменная обработка поверхностей материалов для задач фотоники
Authors: Сидорова С.В. , Моисеев К.М. , Васильев Д.Д. , Назаренко М.В. , Михайлова И.В.
Published: August 2022

Плазменная обработки является мощным инструментом для очистки поверхностей материалов от загрязнений, уменьшения шероховатости поверхности, повышения поверхностной энергии и модификации поверхности. Использование установок плазменной обработки в цепочке технологического оборудования является общемировой тенденций. В статье приведены результаты обработки в плазме высокочастотного газового разряда в установке плазменной обработки MPC RF‑12 стеклянных подложек, используемых в изделиях фотоники. Исследовано влияние параметров и режимов плазменной обработки, а именно мощности и времени, на качество обработки, определяемое углом смачивания. Показано, что в некоторых случаях можно достичь сходных результатов при разном соотношении параметров плазменной обработки.
Los pagos por servicios ambientales en la Ciudad de México: un enfoque de coherencia de políticas públicas
Authors: Cetina Arenas Lucero , Koff Harlan , Maganda-Ramírez Carmen , Almeida-Leñero Lucía Oralia
Published: August 2022

Objetivo: analizar dos programas de pagos por servicios ambientales aplicados en el Suelo de Conservación de la Ciudad de México, utilizando el marco teórico-metodológico de coherencia de políticas públicas para el desarrollo. Metodología: análisis cualitativo basado en la tipología de coherencia de políticas públicas para el desarrollo. Resultados: los beneficiarios de los programas dependen económicamente de los subsidios otorgados, existen restricciones para el desarrollo de actividades productivas, los mecanismos financieros son ineficientes y falta una visión de sostenibilidad que considere las dimensiones socioeconómicas. Limitaciones: escasa participación de las autoridades y comuneros en este tipo de estudios y falta de información sobre las interrelaciones de instituciones y programas de trabajo. Valor: analizar las políticas públicas periurbanas mediante la coherencia de políticas públicas para el desarrollo. Conclusiones: aplicar el marco teórico-metodológico de la coherencia de políticas públicas para el desarrollo brinda elementos para identificar descompensaciones y sinergias entre las dimensiones analizadas. Esta metodología puede fomentar la transversalización de la visión de sostenibilidad.
Posvedad, la estrategia de Satanás
Authors: Molina y Vedia del Castillo Silvia Inés
Published: August 2022

Este ensayo trata la posverdad. La posverdad es una forma elaborada de mentira, que tiene una tradición milenaria aunque su nombre sea relativamente reciente. El mismo trata las características de la posverdad desde tiempos bíblicos, algunos aspectos de su manifestación actual y su posible implicaciones futuras en el metaverso.
Posverdad: hacia una metodología para el análisis de la exposición de los actores políticos en redes sociales
Authors: Hernández Morales Blanca Fátima del Rosario , Durán Padilla José Arturo
Published: August 2022

La emergencia de las redes sociales como medios de comunicación política ha renovado el interés por analizar no solo la integración de narrativas en la opinión pública, sino también por diseñar instrumentos metodológicos para valorar su difusión. Lo que conlleva a un examen acerca de la información en la racionalidad comunicativa contemporánea, en el contexto de la perspectiva de posverdad y a la par de la teoría del framing. El objetivo es ofrecer una metodología auxiliar en la explicación de las condiciones eficientes en la comunicación política, cifradas en términos de replicabilidad y persistencia. Bajo la pauta conceptual de Goffman y Casero, el propósito principal del artículo es valorar la exposición de los actores políticos en la lógica de las redes sociales. Por ello, se presenta el diseño de un índice de framing orientado a medir las tendencias relevantes siguiendo las dimensiones de autorreferencialidad y visibilidad mediática. Los hallazgos presentados se disponen en dos sentidos. Por un lado, como explicación del vínculo entre las condiciones eficientes de la comunicación política y la derivación de las dimensiones del instrumento diseñado, y, por otro lado, en la identificación de los obstáculos metodológicos concomitantes a la búsqueda de datos en los medios emergentes.
Research Paper on PLUTO: A Smart Chatbot
Authors: Lonare Vaibhav , Jiwane Sahil , Janbandhu Soham , Khandale Yogesh , Khan Prof. T. H.
Published: August 2022

Abstract: Nowadays, many of us are using smartphone with many new applications, technology is expanding day by day. We are visiting implement a virtual assistant based which will solve any college related query. this may work as a university Oriented Intelligence machine. This virtual machine will respond the queries of scholars on college related issues. A chatbot has information stored in its database to spot the sentences and making a call itself as response to answer a given question. the school enquiry chat bot is built using algorithm that analyses queries and understand user’s message. A chatterbot or Chatbot aims to create a conversation between both human and machine. The response principle is matching the input sentence from user. this technical project consists of developing an expert System for faculty enquiry desk. The response principle is matching the input sentence from user. the current technical project consists of developing an expert System for faculty enquiry desk using web-based Chabot, through PHP technology and virtual assistance (Human-machine conversation), transmitting language to a server. The main objective of the Project on Online Chat Application is to manage the main points of Online Chat, Chat Application, Chat History, Chat profile, Users. It manages all the data about Online Chat, Users Online Chat. The project is completely built at administrative end and thus only the administrator is guaranteed the access. the aim of the project is to create an application to cut back the manual work for managing the net Chat, Chat Application, and Chat History. It tracks all the main points about the Chat History, Chat profile, Users. This Chat directly chats with the people using PHP and MySQL where we'll be using HTML and CSS files to resolve any College Related queries like for instance Fees Structure.
Hybridized Methods for Quantum Simulation in the Interaction Picture
Authors: Rajput Abhishek , Roggero Alessandro , Wiebe Nathan
Published: August 2022

Conventional methods of quantum simulation involve trade-offs that limit their applicability to specific contexts where their use is optimal. In particular, the interaction picture simulation has been found to provide substantial asymptotic advantages for some Hamiltonians, but incurs prohibitive constant factors and is incompatible with methods like qubitization. We provide a framework that allows different simulation methods to be hybridized and thereby improve performance for interaction picture simulations over known algorithms. These approaches show asymptotic improvements over the individual methods that comprise them and further make interaction picture simulation methods practical in the near term. Physical applications of these hybridized methods yield a gate complexity scaling aslog2⁡Λin the electric cutoffΛfor the Schwinger Model and independent of the electron density for collective neutrino oscillations, outperforming the scaling for all current algorithms with these parameters. For the general problem of Hamiltonian simulation subject to dynamical constraints, these methods yield a query complexity independent of the penalty parameterλused to impose an energy cost on time-evolution into an unphysical subspace.
Syari’at Islam dan Qanun Jinayat di Aceh
Authors: Adan Hasanuddin Yusuf
Published: August 2022

Abstract: The history of the implementation of Islamic law in Aceh has taken a very long time since the colonial era to the reform era in Indonesia. All of this happened more because of the government and government that started from the Dutch East Indies government to the Old Order, New Order and Reformation. However, in the end, the Law for the implementation of Islamic Shari'ah in Aceh came down from Jakarta, starting with the Law. No. 44 of 1999 concerning the Privileges of Aceh up to Law No. 11 of 2006 concerning the Government of Aceh. As a mandate from the law, a number of laws were born to complete the operational implementation of Islamic law in Aceh. This study uses historical research methods because the study of material is related to the history of the implementation of Islamic law in Aceh. The findings of this study indicate that the struggle for the implementation of Islamic law in Aceh requires a long struggle so that it meets with success.Abstrak: Sejarah pelaksanaan syari’at Islam di Aceh mengalami uluran waktu yang sangat panjang semenjak zaman kolonial sampai kepada zaman reformasi di Indonesia. Semua itu terjadi lebih disebabkan oleh perjalanan pemerintahan dan birokrasi yang bermula dari pemerintahan Hindia Belanda sampai kepada rezim Orde Lama, Orde Baru dan Orde Reformasi. Walaubagaimanapun, akhirnya Undang-undang pemberlakuan syari’at Islam di Aceh turun dari Jakarta, mulai dari Undang-Undang Nomor 44 Tahun 1999 Tentang Keistimewaan Aceh sampai kepada Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2006 Tentang Pemerintahan Aceh. Sebagai amanah dari undang-undang tersebut maka lahirlah sejumlah qanun untuk melengkapi perangkat operasional pelaksanaan syari’at Islam di Aceh. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian historis karena kajian materinya terkait dengan pemaparan sejarah pelaksanaan syari’at Islam di Aceh. Hasil temuan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa perjuangan pelaksanaan syari’at Islam di aceh memerlukan perjuangan panjang sehingga ketemu dengan kesuksesan.
Creating Legends, Kindling Hope, and Surviving – Beyond
Authors: Yin Christina
Published: August 2022

This hybrid memoir-collage brings together myths and folklore from Iban communities in Sarawak and deep personal loss amid the pandemic that continues to shape and reshape the lives of humans around the world. The stories of death and life, reincarnation and the mingling of the orang-utan and human populations that share life in the Bornean rainforest are teased forth in this creative nonfiction piece. Upon these layers of many truths, hope still kindles and from this flickering light, new life emerges. It seems that the world that is rebuilt from this pandemic still has room for myths and folklore. Perhaps we live by creating new legends from the true tales that help us to survive though surrounded by the invisible alien that threatens to invade our bodies, damaging and sometimes killing its hosts, trying to find a way to live in this new century. We are living in a dystopian nightmare, but we survive on the hope that there is life still, beyond.
Pertumbuhan dan Hasil Padi Gogo Kultivar Buncaili pada Berbagai Dosis Pupuk NPK
Authors: Made Usman , Mustakim Mustakim , Makkulau Ayu Al Waalibau
Published: August 2022

Pemupukan dosis yang tepat sangat  dianjurkan untuk budidaya tanaman padi gogo karena penggunaan dengan dosis yang berlebihan dapat merusak sifat fisik tanah dan menimbulkan keracunan bagi tanaman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan dosis pupuk NPK yang dapat meningkatkan pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman padi gogo kultivar Buncaili. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di lahan pertanian di Desa Tamarenja (Kalama) pada ketinggian tempat 180 sampai 250 mdpl, Kecamatan Sindue, Kabupaten Donggala. Waktu penelitian dari bulan Maret sampai Agustus 2020. Penelitian ini disususn menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok satu faktor dengan perlakuan yang dicobakan adalah dosis pupuk NPK Mutiara yang terdiri dari 6 level yaitu: tanpa NPK, NPK 100 kg ha-1, NPK 200 kg ha-1, NPK 300 kg ha-1, NPK 400 kg ha-1, dan 500 kg ha-1.  Setiap perlakuan diulang empat kali sebagai kelompok sehingga terdapat 24 unit percobaan. Data hasil penelitian dianalisis menggunakan analisis ovarian  yang dilanjutkan dengan uji Beda Nyata Terkecil taraf 5%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Pemberian pupuk NPK dengan dosis 100 kg ha-1 telah nyata meningkatkan hasil padi gogo yang ditandai dengan peningkatan tinggi tanaman (157.52 cm), jumlah anakan (5.79 buah), jumlah anakan produktif 5.25), dan produksi gabah (1.67 ton/ha-1), serta menurunkan persentase gabah hampa (20.32 %).
Pengaruh Pengelolaan Benih Unggul, Jajar Legowo, dan Pupuk Berimbang Padi Sawah di Kecamatan Gumbasa Kabupaten Sigi
Authors: Akrab Ali
Published: August 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) mengetahui perilaku petani dalam penerapan SL-PTT, dan (2) mengetahui pengaruh simultan dan parsial serta dominan Pengelolaan Benih Unggul, Pengelolaan Jajar Legowo, dan Pengelolaan Pupuk Berimbang terhadap Produktivitas Padi Sawah di Kecamatan Gumbasa Kabupaten Sigi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah observasi lapangan, wawancara dan kuisioner  terhadap 70 orang responden yaitu petani padi sawah pengelola (demonstrator) Laboratorium Lapangan Program SL-PTT yang berada di  Kecamatan Gumbasa Kabupaten Sigi. Metode  analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Analisis distribusi frekuensi dan regresi linear berganda  Hasil Uji F membuktikan Pengelolaan Benih Unggul, Pengelolaan Jajar Legowo, Pengelolaan Pupuk Berimbang  secara simultan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Produktivitas Padi Sawah di Kecamatan Gumbasa Kabupaten Sigi. Hasil Uji t membuktikan bahwa Pengelolaan Benih Unggul berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Produktivitas Padi Sawah, Pengelolaan Jajar Legowo berpengaruh Positif dan signifikan terhadap Produktivitas Padi Sawah, Pengelolaan Pupuk Berimbang berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Produktivitas Padi Sawah di Kecamatan Gumbasa Kabupaten Sigi. Pengelolaan Benih Unggul berpengaruh dominan terhadap Produktivitas Padi Sawah di Kecamatan Gumbasa Kabupaten Sigi In Gumbasa District, Sigi Regency.
A rare ovarian tumor presenting as a Pathologist's dilemma and a Surgeon's nightmare
Authors: Kaur Satinder , Nandwani Megha , Garg Hemlata , K Shilpa Jamwal
Published: August 2022

Gynandroblastoma with juvenile granulosa cell and Sertoli Leydig cell as
components is an extremely rare tumor of sex-cord stromal variety and
its occurrence as a recurrent poorly differentiated Sertoli Leydig cell
tumor with heterologous rhabdomyosarcoma component is even a rarer
event. A 14 years old female presented to us in our outpatient
department with complaints of a pelvic mass and masculinizing symptoms.
She was evaluated at our hospital and underwent primary upfront surgery;
laparotomy with left salpingo-oophorectomy (ovarian mass excision) with
retroperitoneal lymph node dissection with omentectomy. The
histopathology of ovarian mass showed both juvenile granulosa cell and
Sertoli Leydig differentiation, diagnosed as gynandroblastoma. The
patient developed recurrence with a disease-free interval of 23 months
and underwent secondary cytoreductive surgery for the same. The second
histopathology report was suggestive of rhabdomyosarcoma; embryonal type
(heterologous differentiation in sex cord stromal tumor). The case
presented as a pathologist’s dilemma as adjuvant chemotherapeutic
regimens changed based on the dominant component of the tumor. Also, as
intra-operatively the tumor was extremely vascular, its surgical
management proved to be a nightmare for the operating surgeon.
A case report of insulinoma presenting with seizures and localized on endoscopic ultrasound
Authors: UMER WASEEM , Mohammed Ahmed , Khan Adeel , Zahid Muhammad , Saddique Muhammad
Published: August 2022

Insulinomas are rare functioning neuroendocrine tumors. Up to 10% of
insulinomas are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 . Several
non-invasive and invasive techniques are used to localize the lesion. We
present a case of insulinoma presenting with seizures episode , with
negative non-invasive imaging results ,diagnosed with endoscopic
ultrasound.
Parsonage Turner syndrome of the brachial plexus secondary to Covid-19 vaccine: A case report
Authors: Mejri Islam , Hmida Lenda Ben , Bedoui Ines , Znegui Tasnim , Kacem Maroua , Moatemri Zied , Derbali Hajer , Jammeli Samia , Mrissa Nejiba Fekih
Published: August 2022

Parsonage Turner syndrome (PTS) is a peripheral inflammatory neuropathy
of unknown etiology. We present a rare case of a patient with PTS
post-covid-19 BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. Symptoms occurred fifteen days
after the second dose. The patient was treated with corticosteroids,
analgesics and physical rehabilitation with a partial recovery.
Primary Segmental Omental Torsion, mimicking acute appendicitis
Authors: Gavriilidis Pascal , Milian Francisco Reyes , Burke Derek
Published: August 2022

The reported incidence rate of primary segmental omental torsion is
0.0016% to 0.37% and when compared with appendicitis, it is a ratio of
less than 4 cases per 1000 cases of acute appendicitis.Almost 80% of
cases present with right lower abdominal pain and may imitate acute
appendicitis.
Threshold dynamics of a viral infection model with impulsive CTL immune response
Authors: Wang Jie , Yang Ruirui , Huo Hai-Feng
Published: August 2022

To explore the impacts of pulse vaccination on the dynamical behaviors
of virus, the current paper investigates the threshold dynamics of a
viral infection model with impulsive CTL immune response. We first
discuss the existence of the infection-free steady state, and define the
crucial CTL-activated viral infection reproduction number $R_0$.
Then, the fundamental extinction and uniform persistence behaviors of
virus are distinguished by various case of the threshold parameter
$R_0$. Finally, we still devote to studying special global
attractivity of the positive steady state by employing the Lyapunov
function. Our results indicate that high vaccination rates stimulate the
CTL response more effectively, and can eventually force the virus to
eradicate.
Analysis and numerical simulation of the time fractional diffusion equation by using mimetic finite differences
Authors: HERRERA MARDO , Srivastava Shweta , Torres César
Published: August 2022

This paper is devoted to the numerical treatment of time fractional
diffusion equation with mixed boundary conditions. A new scheme based on
the combination of the implicit finite difference method for Caputo
derivative in time and the mimetic finite difference in space is
considered for solving this problem. The stability analysis of the
proposed scheme is given by using Von-Neumann method. The numerical
results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed
method as compared with other finite difference methods.
Non-lightlike TH-type surfaces in Minkowski space-time
Authors: Büyükkütük Sezgin
Published: August 2022

In this study, we handle non-lightlike TH-type surfaces in
four-dimensional Minkowski space E_1^4. First, we define
non-lightlike Translation-Homothetical surface. Then, we obtain the mean
curvature vector, normal curvature and Gaussian curvature functions.
With the help of these concepts, we classify non-lightlike minimal,
semiumbilical and flat TH-type surfaces in Minkowski space-time.
High-flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy for Respiratory Management after Postoperative Re-intubation/Re-extubation in Patients with Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13: Two Case Reports
Authors: Hirano Hirofumi , Taniguchi Yoshie , Kato Masato
Published: August 2022

We present two cases of general anesthesia in children with 18, 13
trisomy. One patient had difficulty with intubation and had to be
reintubated postoperatively, another developed postoperative acute
respiratory distress syndrome. The use of postoperative high-flow nasal
cannula oxygen therapy to avoid reintubation is considered a feasible
strategy.
Optimal frequency of retinopathy screening in adolescents with type 1 diabetes - Markov modelling approach based on 30-years of data
Authors: Januszewski Andrzej S. , Velayutham Vallimayil , Benitez-Aguirre Paul Z. , Craig Maria E. , Cusumano Janine , Pryke Alison , Hing Stephen , Liew Gerald , Cho Yoon Hi , Chew Emily Y. , Jenkins Alicia J. , Donaghue Kim C.
Published: August 2022

  

Background: Current guidelines recommend biennial diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening commencing at age of 11years and after 2-5 years duration of type 1 diabetes. Growing evidence suggests less frequent screening may be feasible. 

Methods: Prospective data were collected from 2,063 youth with type 1 diabetes who were screened ≥2 times between 1990-2019. Baseline (mean±SD) age was 13.3±1.8 years, HbA1c 8.6±1.3% (70.1±14.7 mmol/mol), diabetes duration 5.6±2.8 years and follow-up time 4.8±2.8 years. DR was manually graded from 7-field retinal photographs using the ETDRS scale. Markov chain was used to calculate probabilities of DR change over time and hazard ratio (HR) of DR stage transition. 

Results: The incidence of moderate non-proliferative DR (MNPDR) or worse was 8.6 per 1000 patient years. Probabilities of transition to this state after 3- years interval were: from no-DR 1.3%; from minimal DR 5.1%; from mild DR 22.2% respectively. HRs (95%CI) for transition per 1% current HbA1c increase were: 1.23 (1.16-1.31) from no-DR to minimal NPDR, 1.12 (1.03-1.23) from minimal to mild NPDR, 1.28 (1.13-1.46) from mild to MNPDR or worse. HbA1c alone explained 27% of the transitions between no-retinopathy and MNPDR or worse. The addition of diabetes duration into the model increased this value to 31% (p=0.03). Risk was also increased by female sex, and higher attained age. 

Conclusions: These results support less frequent DR screening in youth with type 1 diabetes without DR and short duration. Although DR progression to advanced stages is generally slow, higher HbA1c greatly accelerates it.  
Nitric oxide-inhibited chloride transport in cortical thick ascending limbs is reversed by 8-iso-prostaglandin-F2α
Authors: Cabral Pablo D. , Silva Guillermo B. , Baigorria Sandra T. , Juncos Luis I. , Ajayi Ebenezer I. O. , García Néstor H.
Published: August 2022

Background: Sodium chloride (NaCl) reabsorption in the cortical thick ascending limb (cTAL) is regulated by opposing effects. Nitric oxide (NO) inhibits NaCl reabsorption while 8-iso-prostaglandin-F2α (8-iso-PGF2α) stimulates it. Their interaction has not been evaluated in the cTAL. Because 8-iso-PGF2α has considerable stability while NO is a free radical with a short half-life, we hypothesized that, in the cTAL, the inhibition of NaCl absorption will be reversed by 8-iso-PGF2α.Methods: Chloride absorption (JCl) was measured in isolated perfused cTALs and whether the activation of protein kinase A (PKA) is required for this interaction. Since cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a major messenger for the 8-iso-PGF2α signaling cascade, and NO inhibits JCl by decreasing cAMP bioavailability, we measured 8-iso-PGF2α-stimulated cAMP in the presence of sodium nitroprusside (SNP).Results: The NO donor, SNP (10-6 M), decreased JCl by 41%, while luminal 8-iso-PGF2α (100 μM) increased JCl to 315 ± 46 pmol/min/mm (p < 0.003), reversing the effects of the NO donor. SNP inhibited JCl, 8-iso-PGF2α failed to increase JCl in the presence of H89. Basal cAMP was 56 ± 13 fmol/min/mm, in the presence of SNP 57 ± 6 fmol/min/mm, and 8-iso-PGF2α increased it to 92 ± 2 fmol/min/mm (p < 0.04).Conclusion: We concluded that 1) NO-induced inhibition of JCl in the cTAL can be reversed by 8-iso-PGF2α, 2) 8-iso-PGF2α and NO interaction requires PKA to control JCl, and 3) in the presence of NO, 8-iso-PGF2α continues to stimulate JCl because NO cannot reverse 8-iso-PGF2α-stimulated cAMP level.
Ystävyyssuhteisiin pohjautuva vertaisauttaminen
Authors: Laitinen Heleena
Published: August 2022

Vertaisauttaminen on toimintaa, jonka tarkoituksena on parantaa kansalaisten terveyttä ja hyvinvointia. Sen avulla edistetään elämän sujuvuutta ja hyvinvointia. Tässä tutkimuksessa kuvattiin aikuisten ystävyyssuhteisiin pohjautuvaa epävirallista vertaisauttamista. Tutkimukseen osallistui seitsemän ystäviensä vertaisauttajina toimivaa naista, jotka eivät kuuluneet mihinkään viralliseen vapaaehtoisjärjestöön. Aineisto kerättiin yksilöhaastatteluina vuosina 2018‒2020 käyttämällä avoimen haastattelun menetelmää. Tutkimuskysymys oli: Minkälainen merkitys on ystävyyssuhteeseen pohjautuvalla vertaisauttamisella autettavien ja auttajien elämässä? Aineisto analysoitiin käyttäen induktiivista sisällönanalyysia. Tutkimustulokset avasivat ystävyyssuhteisiin pohjautuvaa vertaisauttamista. Yhteiset elämänkokemukset loivat ystävien välille yhteenkuuluvuuden tunnetta ja vastavuoroista toisesta välittämistä. Ystävyyssuhteisiin tuli mukaan vertaisauttamista, kun ystävistä toisen voimavarat heikkenivät. Vertaisauttaminen oli pyyteetöntä ystävän auttamista ilman virallisten järjestöjen muodollisuuksia. Se tapahtui yhteistyössä autettavien, auttajien, sukulaisten ja virallisten tahojen kanssa. Eri osapuolten väliset sopimukset selkiyttivät yhteistyötä. Vertaisauttajat huolehtivat monipuolisesti autettaviensa arjen hyvinvoinnista ja tukivat heitä vaikeissa elämäntilanteissa. Ystävien toteuttama vertaisauttaminen osoittautui voimavaraksi, jolla oli merkitystä virallisten järjestelmien rinnalla.
Peer support based on friendship
Peer support is one way to improve the health and well-being of the community. The purpose of this study was to describe informal peer support based on adult friendships. Seven women who acted as peer supporters for friends, and who did not partake in volunteer work in any official organisation, were interviewed. Individual interviews were conducted in 2018–2020, using the open interview method. The research question was: What is the significance of friendship-based peer support in the lives of those who participate? The data were analysed using inductive content analysis. The friendships had developed over years or decades, bringing reciprocal caring and mutual trust between the friends. The friendship deepened into peer support when the health of one of the friends weakened. The peer supporters altruistically cared for the other in collaboration with relatives or official parties. Informal agreements among the parties clarified the cooperation. The peer supporters facilitated the everyday well-being of their friends by supporting them in difficult life situations. The results raise awareness of informal peer support alongside formal systems.
Ústavno-právne postavenie národnostných menšín v Slovenskej republike v kontexte štátov V4
Authors: Palúš Igor
Published: August 2022

Príspevok je venovaný ústavno-právnemu postaveniu národnostných menšín a etnických skupín v Slovenskej republike v kontexte analytického hodnotenia tejto problematiky v štátoch V4. V prvej časti príspevku autor poukazuje na prvky spoločné a rozdielne vzťahujúce sa k ústavno-právnej úprave skúmanej tematiky v štátoch V4 s naznačením, v čom by mohla byť zdrojom inšpirácie pre jej uplatnenie v slovenských podmienkach. Druhá časť je venovaná analýze a hodnoteniu práv národnostných menšín a etnických skupín na Slovensku. Autor skúma a hodnotí predmetný inštitút ako súčasť základných práv a slobôd z pohľadu jeho prirodzeno-právneho a pozitívno-právneho poňatia. Poukazuje (aj) na problémové miesta súčasnej právnej úpravy, ale aj aplikačnej praxe, naznačujúc ich možné riešenia opierajúce sa o poznatky právnej vedy, skúsenosti iných európskych štátov, ako aj potreby slovenskej spoločensko-politickej praxe.
Mapping African Student Affairs Research during the Past Interlude (2008-2019) through Bronfenbrenner’s Lens
Authors: Holtzhausen S.M. , Wahl W.P.
Published: August 2022

The research question we pursued was: What are the variations in the themes of research in the African higher education context that will enable researchers to promote student development? This contribution addresses three aspects of student affairs research in the African higher education context. First, it commences with tracing the African position with a document analysis of 121 student affairs research articles published in 34 peer-reviewed journals over the past interval (2008-2019). Secondly, the thematic categorization of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS 2019) was used to determine international publication trends as derived from this document analysis. Thirdly, we applied Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time (PPCT) model, as an appropriate umbrella research design and guiding framework to review the mapping of African student affairs research. From a comparison between the international CAS categorization and the African categorization, it was concluded that the CAS mapping was largely confirmed by the African analysis, with nine main themes as the foci. Additionally, it was found that four first-hand African themes have not found in the CAS categorization, and significantly limited research was conducted into post-graduate programmes and services (hereafter referred to as PGP's, despite the demands for increased enrolments. The findings suggest that more accurate and continuous mapping of the field can assist policymakers, managers and student affairs practitioners in making more informed choices on supporting growth and development in African higher education, with special emphasis on postgraduate students.
MEDIA LUDO GAME SEJARAH (LUGAS) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE TEAM GAME TOURNAMENT (TGT) KELAS X MIPA 1 SMAN 13 PADANG
Authors: Felia Felia , Husnita Liza , Meldawati Meldawati
Published: August 2022

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk Mengembangkan Media Ludo Game Sejarah (Lugas) dan Untuk Menguji kelayakan Pengembangan Media Ludo Game Sejarah (Lugas). Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan (Research and Development). Dengan model 4-D meliputi 4 tahap, yaitu: Define (Pendefinisian), Design (Perancangan), Development (Pengembangan), Desiminate (Penyebaran). Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah peserta didik kelas X Mipa 1 yang mengikuti proses pembelajaran sejarah di SMA Negeri 13 Padang tahun ajaran 2021/2022 yaitu berjumlah sebanyak 35 peserta didik.Hasil dari penelitian sebagai berikut. Pertama uji validitas dengan ketegori sangat valid dengan memperoleh skor rata-rata 86,97% dari berbagai aspek penilaian. Aspek kelayakan bahasa persentase 90,62%, aspek kelayakan materi persentase 89,06% dan aspek kelayakan media 81,25%. Kedua, Uji praktikalitas guru dengan skor 36 tingkat persentase 90% dengan predikat “Sangat praktis”. Angket respon siswa pada kelas implementasi yang berjumlah 35 siswa, pengolahan data menggunakan Microsoft Excel, diperoleh skor 1.237 persentase senilai 88,35% dengan kategori “Sangat Praktis”. Praktikalitas siswa tahap uji praktikalitas ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui berapa persen tingkat kepraktisan media pembelajaran yang dikembangkan oleh peneliti.
PERKEMBANGAN NAGARI SUNGAI DUO KABUPATEN DHARMASRAYA TAHUN 2016-2021
Authors: Utami Apri Nindy , Ersi Livia , Junaidi Juliandri Kurniawan
Published: August 2022

Artikel ini mengkaji tentang perkemabngan yang terjadi di nagari Sungai Duo Kabupaten Dharmasraya tahun 2016-2021 pengahrgaan bertaraf nasional, dimana nagari Sungai Duo merupakan salah satu nagari yang memiliki potensi yang dapat memperoleh suatu. Penulisan ini bertujuan untuk: menjelaskan perkemabngan nagari Sungai Duo Kabupaten Dharmasraya tahun 2016-2021. Metode dalam penelitian adalah metode sejarah, dengan langkah-langkah sebagai berikut: 1. Heuristik, pengumpulan berbagai data dari data primer melalui wawancara dengan para pelaku dan sumber sekunder dari buku-buku yang relevan dan ada hubungan dengan tulisan ini (studi literatur), 2.kritik Sumber, 3. Analisis-sintesis dan interpretasi, 4. Historiografi, yaitu menuliskan data sejarah sehingga menjadi sebuah karya Ilmiah. Dari penelitian yang dilakukan dapat diketahui bahwa, perkembangan nagari Sungai tahun 2016 yaitu adanya revitalisasi pasar di Sungai Duo. Melakukan pembangunan kios-kios yang sangat bermanfaat bagi masyarakat. Pada tahun 2019 di bangun objek wisata Embung, Objek wisata budaya (Makam Keramat Raja Daulat). Pada tahun 2020 pembangunan pasar kuliner di tahun 2020 dan piagam penghargaan sebagai nagari statistik di tahun 2021. Nagari Sungai Duo merupakan nagari pertama yang dijadikan sebagai nagari Statistik di Sumatera Barat. Hal ini dikarenakan sistem pemerintahan nagari Sungai Duo yang dijalankan selama ini dengan sistem pemerintahan yang bersih, transparan dan akuntabel.
Kabyle corpus digital database and exploitation. Test of lexicometric analysis of the identity dimension in the romanesque discourse
Authors: Ikherbane Arezki , Boukherrouf Ramdane , Tigziri Noura
Published: August 2022

The purpose of this contribution is to show, through a preliminary analysis of a corpus sample composed of the first five kabyle novels (1963-1990), the contribution of lexicometry as a new method based on statistics, in the treatment of large corpora and the establishment of databases. The aim is to describe all the phases intrinsic to the preliminary processing of a corpus (transcription, tagging and lemmatization) before submitting them to the various stages of its exploitation. Thus, in our corpus, we have opted to deal with the theme of identity induced by the five works by highlighting both the overused vocabulary and the singularity of each work in relation to the corpus as a whole. But before moving on to the quantitative analysis of the vocabulary, a work of data preparation is necessary. We intend to focus on the orthographic choices to be adopted by removing all ambiguities, the marking out and the lemmatization of the corpus. In order to do this, we have resorted to Lexico5 computer tool.
Analysis of Test Results of the Developed Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Public Transport Application
Authors: Gulbis K. , Brakanskis U. , Kamolins E. , Gorobecs M. , Potapovs A. , Sejejs K. , Zarembo J. , Burenin V.
Published: August 2022

The paper describes the design and control method of the synchronous reluctance machine with improved efficiency compared to traction induction motor for electric vehicle application.

Magnetic field finite element modelling is used in the design process. The paper presents load characteristics calculation method for the design process, considering the cross magnetic saturation effect. Control algorithm with constant d-axis current control method is developed in the research. The prototype of the machine is constructed and tested.
Framework Proposal for Solving Problems in Railway Transport During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Bulková Zdenka , Dedík Milan , Gašparík Jozef , Kampf Rudolf
Published: August 2022

Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on rail transport in the EU. The slowdown in the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has been achieved by reducing the mobility of the population. The reduction in mobility has had an impact on passenger transport performance. The number of national rail passengers fell by as much as 90% during the first wave of the pandemic compared to the previous year. Several operators, especially new carriers, had to close down, while rail freight operators reported a dramatic drop in volumes as many sectors slowed or even stopped production as a result of the pandemic. The second wave of the autumn 2020 pandemic has forced many countries to take further restrictive measures regarding population mobility. The outbreak of the third wave of the pandemic has prevented a rapid recovery in rail transport, especially for passenger rail services. The paper focuses on the analysis of the impact of the pandemic and the measures put in place on the development of transport performance in rail transport in the Slovak Republic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper proposes operational and organizational measures against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in railway transport in the Slovak Republic.
Etnografía de la nostalgía. La crisis del opio en Guerrero
Authors: Álvarez Rodríguez Irene María
Published: August 2022

El artículo analiza los efectos de la caída de los precios de la goma de opio en las economías indígenas y campesinas de la región de La Montaña de Guerrero a partir de una serie de hallazgos etnográficos. Se recurre al concepto de memoria social para afirmar que la vida económica, pero también ritual y cultural, de las comunidades que se dedican a la producción de los cultivos ilícitos está íntimamente asociada a las dinámicas del mercado internacional de drogas. En ese sentido, la depreciación de la goma de opio tiene consecuencias en la reproducción social de las poblaciones indígenas que se dedican a dicha actividad ilícita.
Czy należy prawnie regulować funkcjonowanie platform mediów społecznościowych?
Authors: Skrzypczak Jędrzej
Published: August 2022

Celem niniejszego tekstu jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy istnieje dziś potrzeba, czy może wręcz konieczność regulacji prawnej funkcjonowania mediów społecznościowych. W przypadku pozytywnej odpowiedzi w dalszej kolejności należałoby się zastanowić, jakimi metodami (czy konieczna jest „twarda” regulacja, czy może wystarczą rozwiązania samoregulacyjne) i na jakiej płaszczyźnie (krajowej, regionalnej, międzynarodowej) należy to przeprowadzić, aby zapewnić efektywność takich rozwiązań, zważywszy na specyfikę funkcjonowania social mediów.
Exposing Pharmacy Students to Public Health Concepts through Volunteering in the Medical Reserve Corps
Authors: Rondeau Hunter O. , Emerson Robert L. , Gadbois Natalie R.
Published: August 2022

Pharmacy students at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy’s regional campus were exposed to the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), a volunteer-based network that organizes locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. The school partnered with the local Medical Reserve Corps to provide students’ opportunities to fulfill co-curricular requirements and facilitate an application-based learning environment for public health concepts. The objective of the study was to explore the relationship between volunteering in the MRC and pharmacy students’ ability to meet educational outcomes and reinforce beliefs about their profession’s role in public health. Twenty-one students completed a survey addressing their ability to meet educational outcomes and identify the role of pharmacists in public health. Pharmacy students strongly agreed their past participation (mean 4.57) and future volunteering (mean 4.48) within the MRC would continue to help them better understand their role in public health. Pharmacy students strongly agreed (means ranging from 4.43 to 4.71) that they were able to fulfill educational outcomes related to knowledge, skills, and attitudes pharmacy graduates should possess. The positive responses gathered warrants expanding the partnership to include more student healthcare disciplines as well as looking for further opportunities to engage students in public health initiatives. Pharmacy schools should look to adopt similar partnerships with MRC units.
Elementos teóricos para la construcción de un modelo de formación transversal
Authors: Correa Mosquera Deicy , Pérez Piñón Francisco Alberto
Published: August 2022

Este artículo tiene el propósito de describir y analizar los principios teóricos de un Modelo de Formación transversal para el nivel de postgrado, susceptibles de generar nuevos contextos de formación posgraduada y ofrecer nuevos modos de enseñanza-aprendizaje de la investigación. En este sentido, propone nuevas formas de organización curricular, modalidades pedagógicas y modos de evaluación para redimensionar la práctica investigativa en el nivel de posgrado. Teóricamente se basa en el principio de transversalidad, clave para la fundamentación de nuevos procesos formativos en la educación superior. Metodológicamente integra de manera sistémica componentes internos y externos: los componentes internos se refieren al currículo, la pedagogía y la evaluación; los componentes externos (político, social, cultural, económico) se relacionan con las determinaciones de las bases sociales.

El modelo de formación transversal que aquí se propone es en sí una hipótesis sobre las posibles realizaciones de nuevas modalidades de formación en la investigación e integra dos niveles de análisis: el macronivel, relacionado con aspectos de la política educativa internacional; y el micro nivel, relacionado con las políticas institucionales que recontextualizan los discursos del macronivel y los convierten en prácticas en los diferentes contextos institucionales. Procedimentalmente, el Modelo de Formación Transversal se expresa en prácticas pedagógicas socializadas, participativas y colaborativas, esenciales para redimensionar las prácticas investigativas de los actores académicos institucionales (profesores, estudiantes), y hacer de la investigación en los posgrados un principio centrado en comunidades investigativas.
Re-pensando la escala : perspectivas inter y transdisciplinares.
Authors: Mosquera-Vallejo Yilver
Published: August 2022

A raíz del giro espacial, las categorías y metáforas para pensar la espacialidad, —a mayoría de ellas provenientes de la geografía humana—, han sido objeto de notable interés por parte de académicos de las ciencias humanas y sociales. La escala, es una de las materias y conceptos fundamentales que constituyen a la geografía humana. La escala ofrece un léxico y una realidad discursiva compleja, porosa, y poderosa que conduce a que la escala no pueda ser tratada solamente como una dimensión de la espacialidad (Jonas, 1994). El debate sobre escala se ha dado principalmente en el mundo anglosajón, de ahí que, algunas de las problemáticas asociadas a la cuestión escalar, estén elaboradas desde encuadres analíticos que van desde el marxismo hasta la ontología plana. En el primero, se encuentra el trabajo pionero de Neil Smith, quien planteó que la escala surge con la producción del espacio en el capitalismo y de las discontinuas y contradictorias características del capital (Smith, 2020). A partir de estas nociones materialistas de la escala surgieron toda una serie de trabajos en la década de los noventa cuyo propósito central consistió en argumentar, a partir de diferentes conceptualizaciones y metáforas que la escala es una construcción social (Marston, 2000).