bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Study of Japanese University Students Influenced by the Covid-19 Pandemic and their Awareness with Their One’s Own Face
Authors: Komiya Nozomi
Published: August 2022

In 2019, an outbreak of novel coronavirus infection (hereafter referred to as Covid-19) occurred, and on January 16, 2020, the first case of an infected person was confirmed in Japan. Now that more than two years have passed, the world is gradually returning to normal. However, the increased use of Social Networking Services (SNS) and web conferencing tools has caused young people, who are accustomed to seeing filtered faces, to become dissatisfied and uncomfortable with their own real faces. This has resulted in an increased number of young people who have become dissatisfied and mentally stressed with their facial features and expressions. Therefore, the author conducted a study on young people aged 18–20 years old in 2022 regarding this issue. The author evaluated the changes in awareness one’s own face between the Covid-19 pandemic and the present among students attending Japanese universities, despite being affected by Covid-19 in the latter half of their high school or college years. The results indicated that 49.2% of the respondents revealed that their awareness their own faces had changed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on these findings, it is necessary for educators and parents to take considerable actions, so that young people do not become obsessed with the quality of their facial features and feel unduly stressed. Furthermore, young people should not be ashamed of their real, unfiltered faces.
Is the Integrative Teaching Approach Beneficial for Learning?
Authors: Milanković Jovanov Jelena , Ivkov-Džigurski Anđelija , Stanisavljević Jelena , Ivanović Bibić Ljubica , D. Petrović Marko , Đukičin Vučković Smiljana
Published: August 2022

Environmental protection contents are characterized by a wide range of interdisciplinarity. They are realized separately within the teaching of biology and geography (5th–8th grade) in elementary school in Serbia. Numerous concepts and facts are similar, especially within the content Nature Protection. The application of an integrative teaching approach in the realization of environmental protection contents in elementary schools was investigated. Pedagogical experiment with parallel groups of elementary school students was conducted by applying integrative teaching approach in the experimental (E) and traditional approach in control (C) groups of students. The data were obtained through the pre-test and post-test. Integrative teaching approach has proven to be effective in the realization of the above-mentioned program contents.
Social Representations of Body: A Comparison in The Two Generations of Russian Women (Results of an Exploratory Study)
Authors: Bovina Inna , Dvorianchikov Nikolay , Melnikova Darya , Lavreshkin Nikita
Published: August 2022

Body is a complex and polymorphic object that lies at the intersection of a number of dimensions: natural-social-cultural; individual-social; body-soul; flesh-spirit; private-public; visible-invisible; decent-indecent; real-virtual; health-illness. If the body is in the heart of psychological research, lay thinking analysis rests somewhat in the shadow of this research line. Following the ideas of the social representations theory, the aim of study was to reveal how the body was represented in groups of young and older Russian women. A total sample consisted of 314 Russian females (N=258 females formed the group of young females from 18 to 25 years old, Mage=19.73, SDage =1.56; N=56 females formed the group of older females aged from 39 to 55 years old, Mage=45.63, SDage =4.68). The snowball technique was used in order to recruit the participants, they were invited to fulfil the online questionnaire. A free-association technique was used. The data were analysed by using prototypical analysis. The obtained results shed light on the articulation of the two normative elements health-beauty in the social representations of body in the two generations of Russian women. The comparison of the hypothetical structure of social representations (my body, ideal body, female body) in the two age groups of Russian women reveals several points concerning the lay mentality as a matter of age. A further study to verify the hypothetical structure of the social representations of body in young and older Russian women is needed.
Using Social Media Network by Special Education Teachers
Authors: Numan Al Sabi Yaser , Abdulwahab Jaradat Samar , Saleem Al Taqatqa Firas Ahmad , Saleem Khasawneh Mohamad Ahmad
Published: August 2022

This study aimed at identifying the use of the social media network (Facebook) and its relationship to psychological compatibility of special education teachers by answering four questions that include all the variables of the current study. The study used the descriptive approach and developed a scale to reveal the relationship of Facebook use and psychological compatibility. The psychological scale was applied to a random sample of special education teachers (n=520), who constitute 18% from the study population in Aseer region. The results of the study showed that the period that special education teachers spend using Facebook that received the highest frequency was less than two hours per day. The results revealed that the level of psychological compatibility among special education teachers, who use Facebook was high. There was a negative relationship between the period that special education teachers spend using Facebook and the level of psychological compatibility. The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences attributed to the effect of gender on the period of use of Facebook among special education teachers.
The Development of Critical Thinking Skills in Mobile Learning: Fact-Checking and Getting Rid of Cognitive Distortions
Authors: Gavronskaya Yulia , Larchenkova Liudmila , Berestova Anna , Latysheva Valentina , Smirnov Sergei
Published: August 2022

The study aims to reveal the attitude of students and teachers to mobile learning; explore the possibility of developing critical thinking skills in mobile learning; and also evaluate knowledge after a short training course involving the use of mobile technologies in the context of the development of critical thinking. The research relies on an interview and a test. It was attended by 275 people (93 teachers and 182 students). The results showed that 58% of teachers and 55% of students believe that mobile learning does not contribute to the development of critical thinking. The test results showed that the study participants who pre-listened to the course of lectures on their mobile devices did not cope with the questions well enough, and cognitive errors were identified. The research has shown that improving the skills of interpreting, analyzing, evaluating and explaining information can increase the effectiveness of mobile learning. The research is a contribution to the study of various aspects of the impact of mobile learning on students and will be of interest to teachers, students, academic administration, parents, as well as to those who are interested in modern pedagogy and educational psychology.
Fostering Religious Education for Transformation in Indonesia: Dialogue with Transformative Learning Theory
Authors: Dwi Asmara, Alexander Hendra
Published: August 2022

This essay attempts to construct a model of religious education for transformation that effectively addresses the growth of everyday religious conflict in Indonesias post-Suharto era. Using the lens of transformative learning theory, this essay emphasizes that the task of religious education should not merely serve as an intra-ecclesial agency of church or religious maintenance but must retrieve its task to reconstruct and to transform social situations. Such a vision emphasizes the task of religious educators to inform and form people to bring them into the fullness of life for themselves and others to transform the world. This essay draws insights from two scholars in transformative learning theory Jack Mezirow and Paulo Freire who point out two foundations for transformation: (1) critical reflection, and (2) dialogue. These two visions can inspire religious educators to introduce critical reflection in their curriculum and to develop interreligious education that nurtures dialogue and collaboration. By focusing on developing critical reflection and interreligious education, religious education can offer transformation in Indonesian society plagued by ongoing conflict.
Mata Golo, the Ke'o Rado Ritual, and The Death of Jesus Christ on The Cross in the Perspective of the Ngada People in Central Flores Indonesia
Authors: Lina Paskalis , Sudhiarsa Raymundus I Made
Published: August 2022

Most traditional societies have different conceptions of death and dying. The people of Ngada in Central Flores have a conception of death and dying called ‘mata golo.’ Mata golo is a bad death or a bloody death. This kind of death is caused by, for instance, a natural disaster, being killed by others, being killed in a traffic accident, etc. This article presents a theological inculturation view of the death of Christ on the Cross as a sign of reconciliation and peace in the perspective of mata golo among the Ngada people and in that of the ke’o rado ritual that follows it. This ritual is meant to bring about reconciliation and establish peace between the members of the clan on the one hand and the dead and the ancestors on the other hand. By using the inculturation method, we first listen to the culture. For this, the qualitative research method is used by conducting field research observations, in-depth interviews with key informants, and literature studies of previous studies on mata golo. The result is then compared with the teachings and views of the Catholic Church on the death of Christ. These two themes are then synthesized to build a distinctive theological concept, which could be a contribution to future pastoral services.
Prognostic significance of oral fluid fluoride measurement in acute pericoronitis
Authors: Vagner VD , Sarf EA , Belskaya LV , Korshunov AS , Kuryatnikov KN , Bondar AA , Meloyan AD , Maksimenko KA , Kasiy MN
Published: August 2022

Oral fluid is a valuable substrate for assessing dental health and other aspects of physical status. New methods for early diagnosis and prognosis of dental diseases on the basis of oral fluid composition are in constant demand. Excessive fluoride concentrations, often oversighted by dental therapists, negatively affect organs and tissues of the oral cavity. This study aimed at development and approbation of a method for reliable measurement of fluoride ions in oral fluid by capillary electrophoresis to be used in patients with dental diseases. The fluoride ion concentrations were measured in health (2.16 ± 0.48 mg/L), in isolated acute pericoronitis (15.2 ± 2.7 mg/L) and in acute pericoronitis combined to multiple caries (18.9 ± 4.2 mg/L). By post-operative day 3, fluoride levels in the group with isolated acute pericoronitis dropped to normal values (2.28 ± 0.52 mg/L), whereas in the group with acute pericoronitis combined to multiple caries fluoride levels remained high (8.7 ± 1.9 mg/L; р < 0.0001). The developed protocol is efficient for studying fluoride ion concentrations in isolated and combined dental diseases.
Prognosticheskaya znachimost' opredeleniya ftorid-ionov v rotovoj zhidkosti pri ostrom perikoronite
Authors: Вагнер В. Д. , Сарф Е. А. , Бельская Л. В. , Коршунов А. С. , Курятников К. Н. , Бондарь А. А. , Мелоян А. Д. , Максименко К. А. , Касий М. Н.
Published: August 2022

Razrabotka novyh metodov rannej diagnostiki i iskhoda stomatologicheskih zabolevanij po koncentracii razlichnyh ionov v rotovoj zhidkosti yavlyaetsya perspektivnym napravleniem. Po sostavu rotovoj zhidkosti mozhno ocenivat' sostoyanie ne tol'ko stomatologicheskogo zdorov'ya, no i vsego organizma v celom. Prevyshenie koncentracii ftorid-ionov okazyvaet negativnoe vliyanie na organy i tkani polosti rta, a kontrol' za ego postupleniem v organizm vrachami ne provoditsya. Cel'yu issledovaniya bylo razrabotat' i aprobirovat' metodiku opredeleniya ftorid-ionov v rotovoj zhidkosti metodom kapillyarnogo elektroforeza pri stomatologicheskih zabolevaniyah. Polucheny dannye o koncentracii ftorid-ionov v norme (2,16 ± 0,48 mg/l), pri mnozhestvennom kariese i ostrom perikoronite (18,9 ± 4,2 mg/l), ostrom perikoronite (15,2 ± 2,7 mg/l). Na tret'i sutki posle operativnogo vmeshatel'stva znacheniya v gruppe s ostrym perikoronitom prishli v normu (2,28 ± 0,52 mg/l), pri mnozhestvennom kariese i ostrom perikoronite, dazhe posle hiruricheskogo vmeshatel'stva, ostalis' vysokimi (8,7 ± 1,9 mg/l; r < 0,0001). Razrabotannaya metodika effektivna dlya izucheniya koncentracii ftorid-ionov pri izolirovannyh i sochetannyh stomatologicheskih zabolevaniyah.
The Role of Gender on Saudi English Language Learners’ Performance of Refusals
Authors: Alalawi Badryah
Published: August 2022

Refusal is one of the most complicated challenges for the hearer, as a face-threatening act, which is influenced by social factors such as gender. Thus, the main purpose of the study is to investigate the role of gender on the speech acts of refusal by comparing the performance of English foreign language (EFL) learners and English second language (ESL) learners, males and females. EFL and ESL students’ data were collected using an online written Discourse Completion Task (DCT), which was modified and further classified based on Beebe, Takahashi and Uliss-Weltz’s (1990) model. A total of 32 postgraduate students participated in this study: 16 Saudi EFL students in Saudi Arabia (eight males, eight females) and 16 Saudi ESL students in the United Kingdom (eight males, eight females). The study found that gender has no significant role in performing refusals except in using indirect strategies and adjuncts by EFL males and females with different interlocutors and the number of instances used with different objects.
A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Applying Content and Language Integrated Learning in an Artificial Intelligence English Reading Course
Authors: Tang Jingwei , Foley Joseph
Published: August 2022

The present study was a case study on the application of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) English reading course in the Chinese general English education (GEE) context. It aimed to investigate the effectiveness of CLIL in improving EFL learners’ AI general knowledge. It was significant for the practice of applying CLIL in China and provided some recommendations for the teaching of AI English. This study proposed two research questions: 1. What are the effects of CLIL in improving students’ AI general knowledge?; 2. How do students perceive CLIL? An Artificial Intelligence English reading course was conducted as a teaching experiment in a GEE class of 45 students at Chongqing Technology and Business University, China. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied in data collection and data analysis. Research results indicated that Content and Language Integrated Learning effectively improved EFL learners’ AI general knowledge and was a teaching method applicable to most students taking part in the teaching experiment. CLIL was worthy of being further implemented and studied in the Chinese GEE context. Besides, the research results also suggested that AI-related content was feasible in Chinese GEE. Students demonstrated the need to learn both general and professional AI knowledge. AI English was a subject that needs to be further explored
Applying Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) on Factors Affecting Language Students’ Desire to Learn
Authors: Shidrah Mat Daud Nor , Mat Daud Nuraihan , Amry Abdul Latif Samshul , Simpson Jantima
Published: August 2022

This study examines factors affecting students’ desire to learn the English language using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). This is to explain and predict students’ desire to learn. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey was conducted at two public universities in Malaysia and one in Thailand. The questionnaires were developed based on Gardner’s (2004) Attitude/Motivation Test Battery. Only four subscales of the instrument were chosen for this study. These were: desire to learn, instrumental motivation, foreign language anxiety and attitude towards foreign language. It was found that although Attitude toward Foreign Language, Foreign Language Anxiety and Instrumental Motivation have small predictive relevance on Desire to Learn the English language, they are crucial in explaining the students’ desire to learn the language. The study indicates that the model is sufficiently reliable and consistent. When the groups were compared, the relationship between Instrumental Motivation and Desire to Learn was higher between International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) students but the difference is not significant where IIUM and Naresuan University (NU) students were concerned. This study serves to model a quantitative empirical research method to explain and predict factors affecting desire to learn
The Difficulties that Tertiary English Students Confront when Translating Relative Pronouns
Authors: Ali Elsiddig Ibrahim Mohammed
Published: August 2022

The study aims to alleviate the relative pronoun difficulties that Saudi students encounter whenever translating. The study’s significance is that it uncovers relative pronouns among Saudi Arabian college freshmen. The study seeks to address the question: what difficulties do Saudi students confront when translating relative pronouns? The researcher employed a descriptive analytical approach. The sampling unit of twenty-five undergraduate students, preferred from the boys’ section, were males in the first stage, attending university in the second semester of 2020 at the College of Arts and Sciences, getting a degree in English in Beljurshi, Al Baha University, and this study used a validated assessment of written Arabic sentences as a technique to gather a description of the research problem. The analysis was undertaken, and the issues that Saudi students had with relative pronouns were located and labeled as whose, who, whom, where, and where in the study. According to the study’s findings, “whom” obtained a high score and “which” received a low score. According to the discussion, the difficulties that students have are caused by a lack of the student’s failure to distinguish between subject and object pronouns, inaccuracy could be attributed to a lack of differentiation between relative pronouns, and the student’s inability to discern between relative value pronouns. The study suggests further research into other areas related to relative pronouns.
Bird species at risk in the cloud forest of five IBASIBAs of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
Authors: Caballero-Cruz Pablo , Vargas-Noguez Guillermo , Ortiz-Pulido Raúl
Published: August 2022

The presence of 125 species of birds at risk or endemic to Mexico’s montane mesophyll forest has been suggested. These birds need to be conserved. At a time of global defaunation and reduction of these forests, it is important to determine which bird species still inhabit this ecosystem. For the mesophyll forest located in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico, no recent field data have been published to indicate their presence. In this analysis we report the records of bird species at risk made in 2016 in five Important Bird Areas with mountain mesophyll forest (Sierra Gorda, Tlanchinol, Huayacocotla, Cuetzalan and Metlac River) located in four states of Mexico (Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz and Puebla). In total we recorded 60 bird species (48%) of the 125, 29 are considered nationally threatened and 34 have some type of endangerment. Six of the species are globally protected (Dendrortyx barbatus, Ara militaris, Contopus cooperi, Ridgwayia pinicola, Setophaga chrysoparia and Passerina ciris). This information can serve as a basis for their preservation and to establish monitoring, studies and conservation actions aimed at species in mesophyll forest areas.
Research progress on the protection and utilization technology of water resources for coal mining in China
Authors: Gu Dazhao , Zhang Yong , Cao Zhiguo
Published: August 2022

Water shortage is a global problem, and China is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. The reverse distribution of coal resources and water resources has made the protection and utilization of water resources for coal mining in China a major technical problem for the green development of coal. Western China has become the main coal-producing area, but the ecological environment in the region is fragile, the evaporation of water resources is large, and the evaporation loss after mine water discharge is the main reason for the current annual loss of 6 billion tons of mine water in coal mining in China. The technical progress and engineering application characteristics of the protection and utilization of water resources in coal mining are systematically analyzed. After nearly 20 years of technical exploration and engineering practice, Shenhua Group broke through the traditional concept, put forward the technical concept of mine water storage in the goaf for the first time, overcome the technical problems such as water source prediction, reservoir site selection, reservoir capacity calculation, dam construction, safety control and water quality assurance, and built a technical system for underground coal mine reservoirs. This technology has been fully implemented in the Shendong mining area, and will be promoted and applied in other mining areas in the western region, opening up an effective technical way for the protection and utilization of coal mining water resources.
Current situation and protection countermeasures of wetland resources in Shaanxi
Authors: Yang Bo , Wei Xiaolian , Sun Ruixin , Li Liaodui , Liao Zhengping , Li Junbao , Yu Liang , Gao Yani , Wu Zhe , Ma Zhilin , Xie Zhiguo
Published: August 2022

In order to guide the management, protection and utilization of wetlands in Shaanxi Province, this paper analyzes and summarizes the current situation and existing problems of the protection and utilization of wetland resources in Shaanxi Province, and puts forward suggestions accordingly. There are 4 wetlands and 12 wetland types in Shaanxi Province, 308,500 hectares. The area and proportion of various wetlands are 257,600 hectares of river wetlands, 83.50%; 32,300 hectares of artificial wetlands, 10.46%; 7,600 hectares of lake wetlands, 2.46%; and 11,000 hectares of swamp wetlands, 3.58%. There are 77 families, 207 genera, 341 species and 3 varieties of wild vascular plants in the wetland, including 2 species of key wild protected species at the national level and 4 species at the provincial level. In view of the problems in the protection and utilization, such as the collaborative mechanism has not been established, the resource background has not been completely clear, and the investment is insufficient, we should build a scientific and appropriate wetland evaluation index system in Shaanxi Province, carry out the investigation and evaluation of wetland resources in the province, continue to carry out wetland ecological restoration and reconstruction projects, establish and improve wetland protection management and technical system, and formulate the protection and utilization direction of different types of wetlands.
Efficiency of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Anorexia Nervosa Treatment- Case Report
Authors: Rząd Zuzanna , Szewczyk Paweł , Rog Joanna , Karakuła-Juchnowicz Hanna
Published: August 2022

Introduction: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation with considerable potential as a treatment for many CNS disorders. Individuals suffering from eating disorders have elevated rates of lifetime depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, also affecting specific brain regions. More studies assess the effect of brain modulation in anorexia nervosa (AN). This study aimed to evaluate the effect, tolerability and safety of tDCS stimulation in the patient with an AN diagnosis.

Material and method: The therapy was implemented in an 18-year-old female hospitalized at the I Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Early Intervention Medical University of Lublin. The simulation was performed twice daily for 25 minutes for two weeks, 20 sessions. To assess a. anthropometric measures, bioelectrical impedance analysis was conducted; b. biological factors fasting venous blood was drawn; c. psychological aspects: Eating Attitudes Test, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Body Esteem Scale, Perceived Stress Scale were used.

Results: The patient responded well to stimulation - apart from a mild headache. After tDCS sessions, improvement in anthropometric measurements, mood, and body self-esteem was observed. No severe changes in blood parameters were observed after the intervention.

Conclusions: Described study case offer preliminary support for achieving meaningful clinical outcomes using transcranial stimulation. However, future clinical studies compared to the placebo group are necessary for proposing a new type of AN therapy.
VSC-Based DSTATCOM for PQ Improvement: A Deep-Learning Approach
Authors: Mangaraj Mrutyunjaya , Sabat Jogeswara , Barisal Ajit Kumar , Ramaiah K. Subba , Rao Gudivada Eswara
Published: August 2022

With the rapid advancement of the technology, deep learning supported voltage source converter (VSC)-based distributed static compensator (DSTATCOM) for power quality (PQ) improvement has attracted significant interest due to its high accuracy. In this paper, six subnets are structured for the proposed deep learning approach (DL-Approach) algorithm by using its own mathematical equations. Three subnets for active and the other three for reactive weight components are used to extract the fundamental component of the load current. These updated weights are utilised for the generation of the reference source currents for VSC. Hysteresis current controllers (HCCs) are employed in each phase in which generated switching signal patterns need to be carried out from both predicted reference source current and actual source current. As a result, the proposed technique achieves better dynamic performance, less computation burden and better estimation speed. Consequently, the results were obtained for different loading conditions using MATLAB/Simulink software. Finally, the feasibility was effective as per the benchmark of IEEE guidelines in response to harmonics curtailment, power factor (p.f) improvement, load balancing and voltage regulation.
Bioeconomy Towards Green Deal. Case Study of Citric Acid Production through Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Authors: Bezrucko Tereza , Lauka Dace , Laktuka Krista , Sniega Liga , Vamza Ilze , Dzalbs Arnis , Terjanika Viktorija , Blumberga Dagnija
Published: August 2022

The rapid consumption of resources, as well as the increase in the number of people, has raised awareness of the urgent need to change Europe’s existing methods and attitudes towards the consumption of biological resources in production, processing, storage, reuse and disposal. One of the key principles of the European Green Deal is to make the EU economy sustainable. Achieving this goal requires promoting resource efficiency through the transition to a clean circular economy, restoring biodiversity and, above all, reducing pollution in order to mitigate climate change. The aim of the research is to create and offer bioeconomy opportunities, by demonstrating, analysing, and describing possible solution with the help of various examples. In order to compare different production process methods, which helps to understand which of them best meets the set sustainability criteria, fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) modelling method was used. Alternatives to 16 bio-products are evaluated using the FCM (fuzzy cognitive maps) method using the Mental Modeller tool, according to four criteria – environmental, economic, social and technological aspects. Obtained results are reliable and objectively reflect the validity of the FCM method, and the use of this type of integrated analysis is appropriate to compare the various alternative production processes considered in the work.
The Comparison of SVM and ANN Classifier for COVID-19 Prediction
Authors: Avianty Ditha Nurcahya , Wijaya Prof. I Gede Pasek Suta , Bimantoro Fitri
Published: August 2022

Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of an acute respiratory infectious disease that can cause death, popularly known as Covid-19. Several methods have been used to detect COVID-19-positive patients, such as rapid antigen and PCR. Another method as an alternative to confirming a positive patient for COVID-19 is through a lung examination using a chest X-ray image. Our previous research used the ANN method to distinguish COVID-19 suspect, pneumonia, or expected by using a Haar filter on Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) combined with seven Hu Moment Invariants. This work adopted the ANN method's feature sets for the Support Vector Machine (SVM), which aim to find the best SVM model appropriate for DWT and Hu moment-based features. Both approaches demonstrate promising results, but the SVM approach has slightly better results. The SVM's performances improve accuracy to 87.84% compared to the ANN approach with 86% accuracy.
Saúde: principal significado da qualidade de vida entre pessoas vivendo com HIV/Aids
Authors: Frutuoso Antunes Rômulo , Correa Marques Sérgio , Cristina Oliveira Denize , Pereira Domingues Juliana , Mantelo Cecilio Hellen Pollyanna , Yta Machado Yndira , Pinheiro Elias Silva Danielle , Fonseca de Souza Gabriel
Published: August 2022

Objetivo: Analisar a qualidade de vida de pessoas vivendo com HIV atendidas em duas unidades de saúde na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Material e Método: Estudo descritivo, fundamentado na Teoria das Representações Sociais. O estudo foi desenvolvido com 120 pessoas que vivem com HIV que fazem acompanhamento nos Serviços de Assistência Especializada em HIV/Aids. Foi aplicado um questionário de caracterização dos participantes e outro para a coleta das evocações livres ao termo indutor “Qualidade de vida”. Os dados sociodemográficos foram analisados com o auxílio do software SPSS e os conteúdos da representação pelo EVOC 2005 e pela análise de similitude. Resultados: Houve predomínio do sexo masculino (83,3%), e da faixa etária de 30-39 anos (30%). A maioria (94,2%) relatou fazer uso regular da TARV e não sentir sintomas decorrentes do HIV (95%). Na análise da estrutura da representação foi possível identificar, no possível núcleo central, os elementos positivos boa, boa-alimentação e saúde. A análise de similitude aponta os léxicos saúde, atividade-física, lazer com maiores conexões, sendo saúde com maior número de ligações indicando sua possível centralidade. Discussão: Defende-se a hipótese que para o grupo QV significa saúde. Esta exerce forte influência na QV dos participantes e os demais conteúdos (boa-alimentação, lazer, atividade-física, trabalho, família e cuidado-saúde) refletem as condições para a manutenção e a melhora da saúde, colaborando, assim, para a qualidade de vida. Conclusão: Pode-se concluir que todos os conteúdos representacionais possuem convergência com a manutenção da saúde na busca pela qualidade de vida.
An example of entrepreneurship in rural areas: socio-economic analysis of livestock enterprises supported by the expert hands project
Authors: SATAR Muharrem , ARIKAN Mehmet Saltuk , PEKER Arzu
Published: August 2022

This study was carried out in order to reveal the socio-economic structure of the enterprises that implement the cattle and small cattle breeding project within the scope of the expert hands project implemented as a pilot in 4 provinces in Turkey, their perspectives on the project implementation and the sustainability of the projects. Within the expert hands project scope, 50 entrepreneurs benefited from the livestock project. Within the area of the research, data were collected from the entrepreneurs of 36 projects, 18 small ruminant, and 18 cattle, in Turkey, using the Google survey tool. It has been determined that 47.2% of the entrepreneurs have worked in another job before. 61.1% of the entrepreneurs stated that they will continue their livestock activities. 24% of business owners meet their financing needs by providing loans. It has been determined that 24 of the entrepreneurs do not have any income other than animal husbandry. The capacity utilization rate was calculated as 58.6% on average. The fact that 61.1% of the entrepreneurs want to continue the project shows that the interest of young people in the sector is still high. It is thought that there is an opportunity for those who want to start their own business in rural areas despite having received sufficient training in the field within the scope of the project. Implementation of the project in all provinces will bring a new dynamism to the rural area and contribute to the sustainability of animal production with entrepreneurs trained in the sector.
Intercondylar width index of the tibia in the dogs: A morphological study
Authors: SABANCI Seyyid Said
Published: August 2022

Morphological characteristics of the proximal tibia affect the orthopedic balance of the knee region. Such as the width of the condyles, tibial plateau angle, position of the patella; Intercondylar width is one of these features as well. The objectives of this study are to calculate the intercondylar width index of the tibia (ICWI) in dogs, to determine if there are gender-related differences in ICWI, and to compare the ICWI among the six breeds of dog. For these aims, the tibial bones of 84 dogs from 26 different breeds were used. The radiographs of tibias were taken, and the tibial plateau and intercondylar widths were measured. The intercondylar width index was calculated using the following formula: (intercondylar width/tibial plateau width) *100. The mean intercondylar width index of the dogs was 19.2±2.72. The index values of male and female dogs were 19.1±3.32 and 19.3±2.02, respectively. The significant differences in the index were not determined between male and female dogs, but the significant difference was determined among dogs’ breeds. The dogs in the high-risk breeds had significantly smaller eminence width index value than the dogs in the low-risk breeds related with the non-traumatic cranial cruciate ligament rupture. The results of this study suggested performing further clinical studies to evaluate whether the difference in intercondylar width index among breeds in dogs is associated with cranial cruciate ligament deficiency.
Oksfendazol, oksiklozanid ve oksfendazol-oksiklozanid kombinasyonunun koyun ve keçilerde biyokimyasal ve hematolojik parametreler üzerine etkileri
Authors: ÖZDEMİR KÜTAHYA Zeynep , KANDIR Sinan , AVCİ Çağrı
Published: August 2022

Mevcut araştırmada sağlıklı koyun ve keçilere oral yolla oksfendazol, oksiklozanid ve oksfendazol-oksiklozanid kombinasyon uygulamasının, farklı zamanlarda biyokimyasal ve hematolojik parametreler üzerine etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlandı. Çalışma çapraz dizaynda 6 adet sağlıklı dişi, 1-3 yaştaki İvesi koyun ve Alpin keçi üzerinde gerçekleştirildi. Koyun ve keçilere oral yolla 7.5 mg/kg oksfendazol, 15 mg/kg oksiklozanid ve oksfendazol-oksiklozanid (7.5 mg/kg-15 mg/kg) kombinasyonu uygulandı. Kan örnekleri ilaç uygulamalarından önce (0.saat, kontrol) ve sonraki 8., 24., 72. saat ile 7. günde alındı. Biyokimyasal parametrelerden albümin, alkalen fosfataz, alanin aminotransferaz, aspartat aminotransferaz, kolesterol, trigliserid, total protein, kan üre nitrojen, kreatinin değerleri otoanalizatör cihazında belirlendi. Hematolojik parametrelerden alyuvar sayısı, hemoglobin, hematokrit, ortalama korpüsküler hacim, ortalama korpüsküler hemoglobin, ortalama korpüsküler hemoglobin konsantrasyonu, akyuvar sayısı, lenfosit, monosit, % granülosit, % lenfosit, % monosit ve % eritrosit dağılım genişliği değerleri kan hücresi sayım cihazında ölçüldü. İlaç grupları ve zamana bağlı olarak hematolojik ve serum biyokimya parametrelerinde anlamlı bir fark bulunamadı. Bu sonuçlar koyun ve keçilere oral yolla, 7.5 mg/kg oksfendazol ve 15 mg/kg oksiklozanid tek veya kombine olarak uygulandığında hematolojik ve biyokimyasal parametrelerin fizyolojik sınırlarda olduğu ve klinik olarak anlamlı bir etkisinin olmadığını göstermektedir.
Clinical and radiological evaluation of metacarpal fractures in calves: A retrospective study: 72 cases
Authors: AYDIN Uğur , AKSOY Özgür , YILDIZ Uğur , ÖZAYDIN İsa , KILIÇ Engin , ERMUTLU Celal Şahin , TANRIVERDİ Ersin , TURAN Mehmet , YILMAZ Alican
Published: August 2022

Metacarpal fractures are frequently encountered in calves especially due to dystocia. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate metacarpus fractures in calves from many aspects especially the causes of the fracture, the location and classification of the fracture and to determine the most appropriate treatment option. 72 calves diagnosed with metacarpus fracture, aged between 1 and 15 days, regardless of gender and breed, were included in the study. Calves were classified according to fracture types and treatment method. In the treatment, external fixation with Steinman pins, polyvinylchloride-fiberglass plaster supported closed or windowed bandage methods were preferred. According to the radiological examination findings, it was determined that the fractures were distal diaphyseal in 40 (55%) cases, epiphyseal in 20 (27%) cases, and middle diaphyseal in 12 (18%) cases. It was learned that 46 of 51 cases with closed fractures and bandages healed without any problem, and 5 cases died due to comorbidities (calf diarrhea, aspiration pneumonia). 5 out of 7 patients which had external fixation using Steinmann pins had an recovery without complication, meanwhile 2 patients died due to infection. Full recovery was observed in 12 of 14 patients who underwent window bandage, meanwhile it was learned that 2 patients died due to secondary infection. As a result, subtantial data that will contribute to clinical practice and literature knowledge in the causes, location, classification, and treatment of metacarpal fractures, which are frequently encountered in calves and cause loss in terms of both economic and productivity, have been revealed.
A first look at the history of Turkish veterinary medicine with Mehmet Âkif (Ersoy)
Authors: ÖZGÜR Atilla
Published: August 2022

The history of the Agricultural and Civil Veterinary School in Halkalı, where Mehmet Âkif was a student first and then served as a lecturer, is in a very important place in terms of teaching veterinary medicine and agriculture in Turkey. The opening of the Halkalı Agricultural School and the opening of the Civil Veterinary School coincided with the same time period. The Civil Veterinary College was the partner of the Agricultural College opened in Halkalı in the first years. The Civilian Veterinary College was later moved to Sultanahmet, and agricultural education was continued in Halkalı. The teaching staff of the Halkalı Higher Agricultural College has published a journal called “Halkalı Ziraat Mekteb-i Âlisi Mecmuası”. Mehmet Âkif Bey (Ersoy), who was on the teaching staff of the College at that time, wrote an article containing the history of the School in the first issue of the Magazine. The article provides information about the Halkalı Agricultural College, as well as information about the beginning of the teaching of Civil Veterinary College. In the article, besides the information about Halkalı Higher Agricultural School, information about the beginning of civilian veterinary medicine education is also given. In this study, the relationship of Mehmet Âkif Ersoy's article, which was determined to be related to the history of the profession, with the research conducted on the teaching of veterinary medicine in Turkey and the history of agricultural teaching, was analyzed. The article, which contains information about Âkif's profession, was evaluated in terms of the history of veterinary medicine and presented to the field of science history and research ethics.
Developing the agro-industrial complex of Russia and ensuring the food security of the country under sanctions
Authors: KUZNETSOV Yurii A.
Published: August 2022

Subject. The article addresses the activities of the agro-industrial complex of Russia to ensure the country's food security in the context of sanctions, using the case of the most important sectors of crop production.
Objectives. The aims are to perform a retrospective analysis of the grain and sugar beet industries development in Russia, to describe the role of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation in ensuring the country's food security in the context of foreign trade restrictions.
Methods. The study employs methods of analysis and synthesis, grouping and comparison, abstraction, generalization, and analogy. The dynamics of the main parameters characterizing the activity of the most important branches of crop production was analyzed on the basis of statistical data, using the methods of mathematical modeling and systems analysis.
Results. The presented analysis helped identify the main trends in the development of the grain and sugar beet subcomplexes of the agro-industrial complex, to assess the achieved levels of provision of the population with the main food resources and the processing industries of the agro-industrial complex of Russia with agricultural resources. The achieved levels of provision with food resources correspond to the viewpoints of specialists and the World Health Organization on rational levels of consumption.
Conclusions. At present Russia has a real opportunity to maintain a high level of consumption of agricultural products by the population, to provide the processing industry with agricultural raw materials, to increase the export of agricultural products of the most important sectors of the agro-industrial complex.
Cluster technologies in researching the inequality of mortgage development of Russian regions
Authors: KOROSTELEVA Tat'yana S. , TSELIN Vladimir E.
Published: August 2022

Subject. The article discusses the uneven development of mortgage lending in Russian regions.
Objectives. The aim is to cluster regional mortgage markets in the Russian Federation to identify uneven mortgage development in regions; to test the hypothesis about the possibility to base the differentiated approach to the State mortgage policy on the results of clustering of Russian regions.
Methods. The study employs cluster technologies. The basic method is a hierarchical cluster analysis. The optimal number of clusters was selected by finding the ‘elbow’ point based on the study of the distance of clustering. Agglomerative clustering rests on the method of weighted pairwise comparison.
Results. We performed hierarchical clustering of regional mortgage markets. Nine clusters were taken as the optimal number. The clustering results were analyzed with a search for their semantic interpretation. We revealed socio-economic reasons that determine the regional membership in the selected clusters, proved that the differentiated public policy of regional mortgage systems development to tackle the housing problems can be implemented on the basis of the results of clustering of regional mortgage markets, but not be limited to them.
Conclusions. The findings can be useful for Federal authorities of the Russian Federation in the search and study of anomalies in regional mortgage development. Cluster technologies, as a tool for system classification of regions, are effective, if the cluster analysis is complemented by other methods of multivariate statistical analysis and the development of procedures for their joint constructive application.
PENGGUNAAN GADGET TERHADAP PERILAKU SOSIAL ANAK DI SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Prasetyo Teguh
Published: August 2022

Penggunaan gadget yang digunakan secara efektif akan berdampak positif bagi penggunanya. Namun, siswa usia sekolah dasar belum dapat menggunakan gadget secara efektif, sehingga tidak jarang penggunaan gadget lebih banyak memberikan dampak negatif daripada dampak positif. Salah satu dampak negatif yang ditunjukkan secara langsung adalah penggunaan gadget secara berlebihan yang dapat mempengaruhi perilaku sosial siswa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dampak penggunaan gadget terhadap perilaku sosial siswa kelas V SD Negeri 2 Tangkil Kecamatan Cidahu Kabupaten Sukabumi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus. Pendekatan kualitatif agar peneliti dapat mengungkap dampak penggunaan gadget terhadap perilaku sosial anak usia sekolah dasar. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari sembilan siswa yang sudah memiliki gadget. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan gadget pada siswa kelas V SD Negeri 2 Tangkil rata-rata tiga jam setiap hari dengan kategori cukup tinggi. Dampak positif dari penggunaan gadget ini antara lain mendapatkan pengetahuan yang luas dengan mencari informasi di google, mempermudah berkomunikasi dengan orang lain, dan bermain game yang mengasah otak anak. Lebih lanjut siswa menyebutkan bahwa kegiatan mengakses gadget dilakukan untuk berbagai informasi melalui google dan mencari materi pelajaran, serta membantu tugas sekolah. Pada aspek perilaku sosial, siswa kelas V SD Negeri 2 Tangkil termasuk dalam kriteria baik. Siswa tetap dapat menunjukkan sikap gotong royong, sopan santun, dan rasa hormat selama maraknya penggunaan gadget pada anak usia sekolah dasar.
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) impact on the immunological activation pathways of the honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Authors: Ek-Huchim Juan Pablo , López-Torres Elizabeth , Lara-Flores Maurilio , del Río-Rodríguez Rodolfo E. , Dzul-Caamal Ricardo
Published: August 2022

Massive mortalities of the honey bee Apis mellifera called Colony Collapse Syndrome (CCD) are registered in the world. These events have been attributed to factors physical, chemical and biological. In addition, honey bee and their products are considered key tools in the evaluation of the health of ecosystems, since are a group of organism are in direct contact with environmental and anthropogenic factors such as pollutants. Pesticides like organochlorines (OCPs) are considered persistent organic pollutants, extremely toxic and dangerous for humans and bees, because can cause neurotoxicity and immunotoxicity, like as mutations, cancer and death. To mitigate the adverse effects of pollutants, vertebrates and invertebrates have detoxification systems conformed by various enzymatic pathways. However, in A. mellifera, the number of genes that involved these enzymes is limited. It has been documented, the suitable immune pathways activation of A. mellifera is essential to combat xenobiotics and pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa. This activation starts when Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs) detect the Pathogen Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) or Damage Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs). Signalling pathways include toll, JAK/STAT, RNAi, Imd, JNK, and melanization including prophenoloxidase (proPO). Few studies have been aimed at assessing the effects of OCPs on A. mellifera. Although pesticides are known to have genotoxic effect on immune system genes like AMPs, abaecin, hymenoptaecin, apisimin, defensin, lysozyme, TOLL, PCE, relish, hopscotch, domeless, NF-kB, spaetzle, cactus, dorsal, basket and proPO. Moreover, pathogenic infection showed alteration in the expression of the genes that code for JNK/bsk, p53, iap-2, caspase, NF-kB, Toll, Tube and Tep-B. In this sense, the identification of key genes alteration of the immune system as a response against pathogens would allow the determination of sensitive biomarkers of OCPs, as well as the evaluation of their impact on A. mellifera and the ecosystem health. Therefore, this review highlights the importance of the immune response of the honey bees A. mellifera, focused in the activation pathways and the genotoxic impact of the OCPs. Keywords: Apis mellifera, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), genotoxicity, immunotoxicity.