bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Arabic version of the Back Pain Attitudes Questionnaire: Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric properties
Authors: Kanaan Saddam F. , Khraise Hana’a , Almhdawi Khader A. , Darlow Ben , Oteir Alaa O. , Mansour Zaid M.
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: The Back Pain Attitudes Questionnaire (Back-PAQ) is a tool developed for the assessment of attitudes about back pain. However, this tool is not available in the Arabic language. The availability of the Arabic version of the questionnaire will enable clinicians and researchers in Arabic-speaking countries to assess patients’ attitudes towards back pain. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the English version of the Back-PAQ into Arabic and study its psychometric properties. METHODS: The translation and cross-cultural adaptation processes were performed according to published guidelines. The translated Arabic version was tested for face and content validity on 40 participants. The psychometric properties of the final Arabic version were tested on 110 participants. Participants completed the Arabic version of the Back-PAQ and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ). A subgroup of 50 participants completed the questionnaire twice in a week interval to determine the Back-PAQ test-retest reliability. RESULTS: The majority of participants found the questionnaire understandable and the questions relevant and appropriate for their back problem. There was a fair correlation between the Back-PAQ-Arabic and the FABQ physical activity scale (rho = 0.283, p= 0.001), and little to no correlation with total FABQ (rho = 0.186, p= 0.026) and education level (rho =-0.162, p= 0.045). The Arabic Back-PAQ-Arabic showed moderate internal consistency with Cronbach’s α of 0.601, and excellent test-retest reliability (ICC2,1= 0.963). The Back-PAQ standard error of measurement was 3.57 and minimum detectable changes was 9.90. CONCLUSION: The Arabic version of the Back-PAQ has adequate validity and reliability properties.
Education for business analysts in Poland
Authors: Zych Magdalena
Published: September 2020

The research aim is to investigate the relationship between skills required for a business analyst’s (BA) job and learning outcomes from selected Library and Information Science (LIS) degrees in Poland. Two hypotheses are stated: 1. Employers in Poland look for their future BAs among graduates with different degrees; 2. LIS-related degrees provide the core competences required for a BA job in Poland. An analysis of job offers for BAs in Poland was made, along with a comparative analysis of BA skills from the Standard Classification of Occupations, version 3 of the Guide to Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK 3), job offers and learning outcomes from Polish LIS-related degree courses. The most common requirements posted in job offers are language skills, knowledge of IT tools, communication, presentation and mediation skills, personality traits and analytical skills. Distinctive BA features such as understanding the nature of business analysis, requirements engineering, using notations and process frameworks, systems modelling and programming were found only in job offers and BABOK 3. Recommendations are made for LIS-related degree courses on how to deal with the mismatch between the skills required in the job market and those received through formal education.
Automatic Extraction of Lithuanian Cybersecurity Terms Using Deep Learning Approaches
Authors: Rokas Aivaras , Rackevičienė Sigita , Utka Andrius
Published: September 2020

The paper presents the results of research on deep learning methods aiming to determine the most effective one for automatic extraction of Lithuanian terms from a specialized domain (cybersecurity) with very restricted resources. A semi-supervised approach to deep learning was chosen for the research as Lithuanian is a less resourced language and large amounts of data, necessary for unsupervised methods, are not available in the selected domain. The findings of the research show that Bi-LSTM network with Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) can achieve close to state-of-the-art results.
Data Augmentation for Pipeline-Based Speech Translation
Authors: Alves Diego , Salimbajevs Askars , Pinnis Mārcis
Published: September 2020

Pipeline-based speech translation methods may suffer from errors found in speech recognition system output. Therefore, it is crucial that machine translation systems are trained to be robust against such noise. In this paper, we propose two methods for parallel data augmentation for pipeline-based speech translation system development. The first method utilises a speech processing workflow to introduce errors and the second method generates commonly found suffix errors using a rule-based method. We show that the methods in combination allow significantly improving speech translation quality by 1.87 BLEU points over a baseline system.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with COVID-19 infection: Statistics from a single hospital in Iran
Authors: Samsami Majid , Mehravaran Elham , Tabarsi Payam , Javadi Abdolreza , Arsang-Jang Shahram , Komaki Alireza , Taheri Mohammad , Ghafouri-Fard Soudeh
Published: September 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a global pandemic in early 2020. This infectious disorder has a heterogeneous course ranging from asymptomatic disorder to a critical situation needing intensive cares. In the current study, we present a report of affected patients admitted in a single hospital in Iran. Eighty-two hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were assessed. Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical parameters were gathered and statistically analyzed. The median age (IQR) of the patients was 57.32 (45.75, 70) years. At primary evaluation, fever was present in 45.12% of the affected individuals. The most common clinical symptoms were dyspnea (81.71%) and cough (65.85%). Totally, 12 (14.63%) and 14 (17.07%) of patients had low and high WBC counts, respectively. Lymphopenia was detected in 36 (43.9%) of patients, while 6 (7.32%) of patients had lymphocytosis. High levels of Il-6 were detected in 4 (4.88%) of patients. CRP levels were elevated in 69 (84.1%) of patients. The median (IQR) of hospitalization was 7 (5, 9) days. Totally, 26 patients (31%) were hospitalized in ICU. All patients were discharged with good health conditions except for one patient who died. The current study shows the heterogeneous clinical manifestations and paraclinical parameters of COVID-19 patients.
Mindfulness and its impacts on managers: A pilot study
Authors: Konte Aboubacar Garba
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: Nowadays most companies look for innovations in managerial training in order to develop among their employees some qualities such as motivation, commitment, creativity, autonomy or the ability to adapt to change and manage intensive pressure. Mindfulness is drawing the attention of a growing number of companies. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to explore how mindfulness can be a tool that helps managers not only to develop their capacities but also to better cope with stress and contribute to great workplace performance. METHOD: 13 managers went through MBSR training and their managerial practices were evaluated after the training. Data were collected during individual semi-directive qualitative interviews before and after the training of the managers. RESULTS: The results indicate that organizations may reap considerable benefits from training their managers in programs that support the practice of mindfulness in the workplace. The MBSR training generated significant impacts on two major skills that managers have identified: the ability to supervise a team of employees with all that this implies in terms of interpersonal skills and the ability to organize and prioritize their activities. Also, the research methodology sheds light on the innovative nature of mindfulness in a favorable organizational environment.
Learning fair models and representations
Authors: Oneto Luca
Published: September 2020

Machine learning based systems and products are reaching society at large in many aspects of everyday life, including financial lending, online advertising, pretrial and immigration detention, child maltreatment screening, health care, social services, and education. This phenomenon has been accompanied by an increase in concern about the ethical issues that may rise from the adoption of these technologies. In response to this concern, a new area of machine learning has recently emerged that studies how to address disparate treatment caused by algorithmic errors and bias in the data. The central question is how to ensure that the learned model does not treat subgroups in the population unfairly. While the design of solutions to this issue requires an interdisciplinary effort, fundamental progress can only be achieved through a radical change in the machine learning paradigm. In this work, we will describe the state of the art on algorithmic fairness using statistical learning theory, machine learning, and deep learning approaches that are able to learn fair models and data representation.
Using local trust measures to form agent CoT groups1
Authors: Fortino Giancarlo , Fotia Lidia , Messina Fabrizio , Rosaci Domenico , Sarné Giuseppe M.L.
Published: September 2020

IoT devices dealing with complex tasks usually require powerful hardware capabilities or, as a possible alternative, to get on the Cloud those resources they need. When an IoT device is “virtualized” on the Cloud, it can take benefit from relying on one or more software agents and their social skills to mutually interact and cooperate. In particular, in a Cloud of Things scenario, where agents cooperate to perform complex tasks, the choice of a partner is a sensitive question. In such a context, when an agent is not capable to perform a reliable choice then, like real social communities, it can ask information to other agents it considers as trustworthy. In order to support agents in their partner choices, we conceived a local trust model, based on reliability and reputation measures coming from its ego-network, adopted to partition the agents in groups by exploiting trust relationships to allow agents to be associated with the most reliable partners. To this aim, we designed an algorithm to form agent groups by exploiting available local trust measures and the results obtained in a simulated scenario confirmed the potential advantages of this approach.
Association of Androgens and Gonadotropins with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Probable Alzheimer’s Disease in Chinese Elderly Men
Authors: Li Yan , Li Sha , Xu Shunjiang , Yu Hong , Tang Longmei , Liu Xiaoyun , Wang Xuemei , Zhang Yuanyuan , Zhang Kaixia , Mi Shixiong , Chen Meiqin , Cui Huixian
Published: September 2020

Background: Age-related hormone changes play important roles in cognitive decline in older men, and apolipoprotein E ɛ4 (APOE ɛ4) is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Objective: This study aimed to investigate the interactive role of androgen decline and APOE ɛ4 genotype in the pathogenesis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and AD. Methods: In total, 576 elderly men over 65 years old from communities in Shijiazhuang were enrolled in this study, including 243 with normal cognition (NC), 271 with aMCI, and 62 with probable AD. Cognitive function was evaluated with a battery of neuropsychological tests. The serum levels of androgen and gonadotropin were detected by ELISA and chemiluminescence immunoassay. Results: The levels of free testosterone (FT) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) were lower in the aMCI group (p < 0.05), and even lower in the AD group (p < 0.001), but the levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) were higher in AD group (p < 0.01), comparing with that in NC or aMCI group. The interaction of lower FT or DHT levels with APOE ɛ4 had a risk role in global cognitive impairment (p < 0.05). The area under the curve (AUC) of the ROC curve for predicting aMCI by serum FT levels was 0.745. Conclusion: These results indicated that the interaction of androgen decline and APOE ɛ4 genotype play a role in aMCI and AD. Serum FT levels have a predictive value for aMCI and might be a potential biomarker for prodromal AD.
Comorbidity of Cerebrovascular and Alzheimer’s Disease in Aging
Authors: Xia Ying ,   for the AIBL Research Group, Yassi Nawaf , Raniga Parnesh , Bourgeat Pierrick , Desmond Patricia , Doecke James , Ames David , Laws Simon M. , Fowler Christopher , Rainey-Smith Stephanie R. , Martins Ralph , Maruff Paul , Villemagne Victor L. , Masters Colin L. , Rowe Christopher C. , Fripp Jurgen , Salvado Olivier
Published: September 2020

Background: Cerebrovascular disease often coexists with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). While both diseases share common risk factors, their interrelationship remains unclear. Increasing the understanding of how cerebrovascular changes interact with AD is essential to develop therapeutic strategies and refine biomarkers for early diagnosis. Objective: We investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the comorbidity of amyloid-β (Aβ) and cerebrovascular disease in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle Study of Ageing, and further examine their cross-sectional association. Methods: A total of 598 participants (422 cognitively normal, 89 with mild cognitive impairment, 87 with AD) underwent positron emission tomography and structural magnetic resonance imaging for assessment of Aβ deposition and cerebrovascular disease. Individuals were categorized based on the comorbidity status of Aβ and cerebrovascular disease (V) as Aβ–V–, Aβ–V+, Aβ+V–, or Aβ+V+. Results: Advancing age was associated with greater likelihood of cerebrovascular disease, high Aβ load and their comorbidity. Apolipoprotein E ɛ4 carriage was only associated with Aβ positivity. Greater total and regional WMH burden were observed in participants with AD. However, no association were observed between Aβ and WMH measures after stratification by clinical classification, suggesting that the observed association between AD and cerebrovascular disease was driven by the common risk factor of age. Conclusion: Our observations demonstrate common comorbid condition of Aβ and cerebrovascular disease in later life. While our study did not demonstrate a convincing cross-sectional association between Aβ and WMH burden, future longitudinal studies are required to further confirm this.
DNA methylation balance is involved in anthocyanin accumulation during Vaccinium corymbosum fruit ripening
Authors: Yu Lei , Zhou Ya , Zhang Yihui , Liu Wei , Li Yongqiang , Lu Mei , Fan Chaoyang , Shao Nan , Yang Li , Guo Weidong
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: DNA methylation balance is an important regulatory mechanism for mammalian and plant development. The fruit ripening and anthocyanin accumulation of Vaccinium corymbosum are complex developmental processes that involve numerous physiological, biochemical, and structural alterations. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the correlation of DNA methylation balance, DNA methylation and demethylation-related gene expression models and anthocyanin accumulation during blueberry fruit ripening. METHODS: The anthocyanin contents during V. corymbosum ‘O’Neal’ fruit development were evaluated. The V. corymbosum DNA methylation- and anthocyanin accumulation-related genes were isolated, and their relative expression patterns were detected during flower bud enlargement and fruit development. Moreover, the relative expression patterns of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes and the dynamic changes in the DNA methylation of the promoter sequences of key anthocyanin biosynthetic genes were evaluated. RESULTS: The results showed that the DNA methylation level of V. corymbosum fruit was consistent with anthocyanin accumulation during ripening, and the expression levels of anthocyanin biosynthetic and DNA methylation-related genes. CONCLUSIONS: During V. corymbosum fruit ripening, anthocyanin accumulation is regulated partially by DNA methylation balance of VcCHS and VcANS promoters.
Housing wealth in Norway, 1993–2015
Authors: Fagereng Andreas , Holm Martin Blomhoff , Torstensen Kjersti Næss
Published: September 2020

We provide a new estimate of household-level housing wealth in Norway between 1993 and 2015 using an ensemble machine learning method on housing transaction data. The new housing wealth measure is an improvement over existing data sources for two reasons. First, the model outperforms previously applied regression models in out-of-sample prediction precision. Second, we extend the sample of estimated housing wealth by including cooperative units, non-id apartments, and cabins.
Melanopsin Cell Dysfunction is Involved in Sleep Disruption in Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Feigl Beatrix , Dumpala Sunila , Kerr Graham K. , Zele Andrew J.
Published: September 2020

Background: Melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) signal the environmental light to mediate circadian photoentrainment and sleep-wake cycles. There is high prevalence of circadian and sleep disruption in people with Parkinson’s disease, however the underlying mechanisms of these symptoms are not clear. Objective: Based on recent evidence of anatomical and functional loss of melanopsin ganglion cells in Parkinson’s disease, we evaluate the link between melanopsin function, circadian, and sleep behavior. Methods: The pupil light reflex and melanopsin-mediated post-illumination pupil response were measured using chromatic pupillometry in 30 optimally medicated people with Parkinson’s disease and 29 age-matched healthy controls. Circadian health was determined using dim light melatonin onset, sleep questionnaires, and actigraphy. Ophthalmic examination quantified eye health and optical coherence tomography measured retinal thickness. Results: The melanopsin-mediated post-illumination pupil response amplitudes were significantly reduced in Parkinson’s disease (p < 0.0001) and correlated with poor sleep quality (r2 = 33; p < 0.001) and nerve fiber layer thinning (r2 = 0.40; p < 0.001). People with Parkinson’s disease had significantly poorer sleep quality with higher subjective sleep scores (p < 0.05) and earlier melatonin onset (p = 0.01). Pupil light (outer retinal) response metrics, daily light exposure and outer retinal thickness were similar between the groups (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Our evidence-based data identify a mechanism through which inner retinal ipRGC dysfunction contributes to sleep disruption in Parkinson’s disease in the presence of normal outer retinal (rod-cone photoreceptor) function. Our findings provide a rationale for designing new treatment approaches in Parkinson’s disease through melanopsin photoreceptor-targeted light therapies for improving sleep-wake cycles.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with autism spectrum disorders
Authors: Bellomo Tiffany R. , Prasad Sanjana , Munzer Tiffany , Laventhal Naomi
Published: September 2020

In the unprecedented disruption and social isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, families around the world are faced with questions of how their children can thrive in these conditions. On top of the ubiquitous challenges for all children, this public health crisis imparts unique difficulties for children with special health needs. We identify children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as being particularly vulnerable to negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we examine why children with ASD are uniquely vulnerable, recommend strategies to mitigate these stressors for children with ASD and their parents, explore the potential challenges of reintegration into society as conditions improve, and examine the obligations of healthcare and community stakeholders to support these families.
An unsupervised approach to disjointness learning based on terminological cluster trees
Authors: Rizzo Giuseppe , d’Amato Claudia , Fanizzi Nicola
Published: September 2020

In the context of the Semantic Web regarded as a Web of Data, research efforts have been devoted to improving the quality of the ontologies that are used as vocabularies to enable complex services based on automated reasoning. From various surveys it emerges that many domains would require better ontologies that include non-negligible constraints for properly conveying the intended semantics. In this respect, disjointness axioms are representative of this general problem: these axioms are essential for making the negative knowledge about the domain of interest explicit yet they are often overlooked during the modeling process (thus affecting the efficacy of the reasoning services). To tackle this problem, automated methods for discovering these axioms can be used as a tool for supporting knowledge engineers in modeling new ontologies or evolving existing ones. The current solutions, either based on statistical correlations or relying on external corpora, often do not fully exploit the terminology. Stemming from this consideration, we have been investigating on alternative methods to elicit disjointness axioms from existing ontologies based on the induction of terminological cluster trees, which are logic trees in which each node stands for a cluster of individuals which emerges as a sub-concept. The growth of such trees relies on a divide-and-conquer procedure that assigns, for the cluster representing the root node, one of the concept descriptions generated via a refinement operator and selected according to a heuristic based on the minimization of the risk of overlap between the candidate sub-clusters (quantified in terms of the distance between two prototypical individuals). Preliminary works have showed some shortcomings that are tackled in this paper. To tackle the task of disjointness axioms discovery we have extended the terminological cluster tree induction framework with various contributions: 1) the adoption of different distance measures for clustering the individuals of a knowledge base; 2) the adoption of different heuristics for selecting the most promising concept descriptions; 3) a modified version of the refinement operator to prevent the introduction of inconsistency during the elicitation of the new axioms. A wide empirical evaluation showed the feasibility of the proposed extensions and the improvement with respect to alternative approaches.
Ergonomic intervention to reduce musculoskeletal disorders among flour factory workers
Authors: Hemati Karim , Darbandi Zahra , Kabir-Mokamelkhah Elaheh , Poursadeghiyan Mohsen , Ghasemi Mohamad Sadegh , Mohseni-Ezhiye Mohammad , Abdolahian Yeganeh , Aghilinejad Mashallah , Ali Salehi Mohammad , Dehghan Naser
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most common occupational health hazards. In the flour production industry, the fast pace of work, high frequency of repetitive movements, manual handling of loads, and awkward postures put a lot of pressure on the worker’s body. OBJECTIVE: Given the high exposure of the workers of the flour production industry to ergonomic risk factors, this study aimed to reduce the rate of musculoskeletal disorders among a group of flour factory workers through ergonomic interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This interventional study was performed using the census method on the eligible workers of a flour factory. An ergonomic intervention program was planned and implemented with the goal of reducing musculoskeletal disorders. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated by measuring the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders before and six months after the interventions. RESULTS: Before the intervention, musculoskeletal disorders were most prevalent in the lower back, arms, shoulders, legs, thighs, knees, neck and wrists, respectively. Evaluation of the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders after the intervention showed the positive effect of the ergonomic intervention program on musculoskeletal disorders in the neck, shoulders, lower back, thighs, knees, and legs (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Engineering and management interventions implemented in this study led to a significant reduction in the level of ergonomic risk factors and a reduced rate of musculoskeletal disorders among workers of different units in the flour factory.
Pengaruh Kompensasi, Disipln Kerja, dan Beban Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Rumah Sakit Aisyiyah Purworejo
Authors: Dhermawan Arif , Pratama Marynta Putri
Published: September 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh kompensasi, disiplin kerja, dan beban kerja terhadap kinerja perawat Rumah Sakit Aisyiyah Purworejo. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah perawat Rumah Sakit Aisyiyah Purworejo dan teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan sampling jenuh yang berjumlah 40 responden. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Analisis yang digunakan adalah uji validitas, uji reliabilitas, uji asumsi klasik, analisis regresi berganda, dan koefisien determinasi. Alat bantu pengolahan data menggunakan SPSS for windows versi 22.0. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa variabel kompensasi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja perawat, disiplin kerja berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja perawat, beban kerja berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja perawat Rumah Sakit Aisyiyah Purworejo. Nilai Fhitung sebesar 19,706 lebih besar daripada Ftabel 2,86 dengan tingkat sig 0,000 yang mana lebih kecil dari 0,05 menunjukkan bahwa secara simultan variabel kompensasi, disiplin kerja, dan beban kerja berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja perawat Rumah Sakit Aisyiyah Purworejo.
Uma abordagem integrada de gestão de riscos corporativos
Authors: Matsumoto André Rodrigues
Published: September 2020

A Gestão de Riscos corporativos é tema central nas organizações que demandam processos organizados e integrados, baseados em análise de riscos. A suplantação das dificuldades que permeiam a implantação de um sistema eficaz, contribui para a busca de um diagnóstico eficaz. Portanto, esse trabalho, tem o objetivo de apresentar uma discussão acerca das partes 1, 2 e 3 do livro “Gestão de Riscos Corporativos: Como integrar a gestão dos riscos com a estratégia, a governança e o controle interno?”, escrito por César Ramos (2018), a fim de esclarecer pontos necessários para a construção de um modelo eficiente de Gestão de Riscos.
O Cérebro Bilíngue: Processos cerebrais durante a aquisição de linguagem
Authors: Gabriotti Rafaela Bepe , Zomignan Rosângela
Published: September 2020

Este trabalho é um estudo sobre a aquisição de linguagem, processos cerebrais envolvidos durante sua aquisição e o bilinguismo. O objetivo dessa pesquisa é melhor compreender como se dá o aprendizado de duas línguas simultaneamente, a fim de poder estarmos melhor preparados para assistir às crianças durante a aquisição linguística, bem como dar suporte ao professor e a família através de fundamentação teórica. Aspectos como a organização cortical da linguagem, diferenças entre o cérebro bilíngue, comparado ao monolíngue, e influência da interação social no aprendizado linguístico são explicados neste trabalho para proporcionar uma visão ampla da aquisição de linguagem bilíngue. Para esse estudo optamos por utilizar a pesquisa bibliográfica de literatura estrangeira, por não terem sido encontrados materiais suficientes no português que abrangessem as áreas de estudos contempladas. Os resultados apresentam de que maneira o cérebro processa a aquisição de linguagem, mostra a diferença entre aprender duas línguas simultaneamente, e de forma sequencial, e apresenta como os fatores sociais e a linguagem estão associados.
Assessing the Role of Maternal Health Care Knowledge and Practices in Postpartum Depression
Authors: Anjum Faiza , Akram Madieha , Shaharyar Raja , Yaseen Muhammad , Batool Zahira , Zafar Asma
Published: September 2020

The present study aims to access the role of maternal health care knowledge and practices in developing postpartum depressive symptoms among Pakistani women. The data was collected from 400 rural mothers, having a child up to one year of age in four rural towns of Faisalabad. An interview schedule approach was used for collection of data. Results showed that lack of education, income, maternal health care knowledge and health care practices were the most important predictors of postpartum depression. The values of chi-square (26.419) and (59.734) showed a highly significant association (P = 0.000) between lack of health care knowledge and postpartum depressive symptoms and health care practices as well as postpartum depressive symptoms, respectively. Additionally, the compulsion of social taboos (eat specific food, not allow to go outside home, infant care, spouse attachment) in the antenatal/postpartum period increased the level of emotional distress such as low mood, anxiety, poor concentration and stress. The study suggested that women’s consultancy with a health care professional to obtain postpartum instructions is beneficial for healthy mothers and their child.
MORPHOMETRIC AND REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN SHEPHERD DOG BREED UNDER DIFFERENT HOUSING CONDITIONS
Authors: Sobol Olga
Published: September 2020

The article reflects the results of the studies on the Central Asian Shepherd dog breed. The dog assessment data on the main measurements, body indices, and certain characteristics of reproduction in various housing systems are considered. The objects of the research were adult dogs of the Central Asian Shepherd breed born in 2012 - 2017, 51 heads were kept by amateurs in Kherson city.

It was established that only 39.22 % of the total number was kept under apartment conditions, while the owners preferred males - their specific weight was from 58.06 % to 75 % of the total number. The vast majority (87.50 %) of the dogs, regardless of the conditions of housing, were never used in reproduction. The intensity of the use of the female dogs was associated with the conditions of housing – under of the aviary housing, at least once in their life they received offspring of 46.15 % of female dogs, under apartment housing – only 16.67 %. The average number of healthy puppies in the offspring was 8.29 heads. The speed of realization of the puppies was influenced by their gender. At the age of 4 to 8 weeks, 63.79 % of the young animals were sold, of which 73.33 % were males and only 53.57 % were females.

Regardless of the system of dog housing, pronounced sexual dimorphism was observed by the measurements (3.98 - 8.78 cm). Relative to the minimum size, the female dogs had an advantage at the level of 11.86 %, males - at 10.46 %. Thus, the female dogs were relatively larger than the males. The apartment housing did not affect the size of the dogs negatively. For most measurements, the advantage of the apartment kept dogs ranged from 2.09 to 5.54 %.

The live weight variability was greater than the measurements (variation coefficients ranged between 6.82 - 10.21 %), sexual dimorphism was quite pronounced – the males were 5.98 - 6.21 % heavier than the female dogs. As in the measurements, the female dogs had higher rates exceeding the minimum requirements for standard live weight than the males (31.75 % and 17.59 %). The apartment kept dogs had an advantage in live weight compared to the aviary kept dogs from 4.70 % to 5.73 %.

All dogs under study had a moderately stretched format, the value of the format index ranged from 102.67 to 106.44 units with the severity of sexual dimorphism at the level of 1.58 - 1.91 %. The aviary kept dogs had a longer format, the excess was from 1.74 % (female dogs) to 2.08 % (males), they had a lower density index than the dogs of the apartment housing (difference of 3.09 - 3.39 %). According to the mass index, there were no significant differences between the dogs, which were kept by the compared systems.
GENEALOGICAL LINES IN THE ORLOV’S TROTTING BREED OF THE UKRAINIAN PART OF THE POPULATION
Authors: Tkachova Iryna , Frolova A.
Published: September 2020

The article presents the results of the genealogical analysis of Ukrainian population of horses Orlov’s trotter breed. The total number of the breed at the time of the survey was 653 horses, including 267 mares. The largest number of horses is in Zaporozhsky stud № 86 (29.6 % mares).

Analysis of the genealogical structure of the breed's reproductive composition showed the advantage of stallions of three lines: Barchuk (branch of the Zapad) (28.1 %), Pilot (18.8 %), and Voin (15.6 %). The mother composition mainly refers to the lines of Barchuk (branch of the Zapad) (30.7 %), Pion (22.1 %), Pilot (15.7 %).

The breeding stock of the Dubrovsky stud is represented mainly by mares of the Pion line (41.2 %), the Zaporozhsky stud – Barchuk line (a branch of the Zapad) (29.1 %), Ispolnitielnyi (22.8 %), and Pion (20.3 %). In Limarevsky stud, the majority of mares belong to the lines of Barchuk (branch of the Zapapad) (35.5 %), Pilot, Pion (25.8% each). Lozovsky stud is equipped with mares mainly of the Barchuk line (branch of the Zapad) (38.2 %), Pilot (23.5 %) and Vietier (20.6 %). The largest breeding reproducer of the «Kamyshanskoe» is equipped mainly with mares of the Barchuk line (branch of the Zapad) (51.2 %), Pion (22.0 %) and Pilot (17.1 %).

Analysis of the genealogical lines of the Ukrainian part of the population of the Orlov’s trotting breed showed that the most numerous is the Barchuk line with a more developed branch of the Zapad, which includes 28.1 % of stallions and 30.7 % of mares. The breeding core of the line is concentrated in four studs for breeding Orlov’s trotting breed (basic farms), as well as in breeding reproducers and horse owners-individuals. The genealogical offshoot of the Zapad is represented by descendants of 9537 Benzol and 10173 Pozyv, in particular 9 stallions and 78 mares of reproductive age. The presence of repair young in genealogical lines suggests their further development. Most of the genealogical lines, except for the lines of Barchuk, Pilot and Voin, are under threat of extinction, as they are represented by three or less stallions and, without the allocation or acquisition of new producers, will lead to a narrowing of the genealogical structure of the breed, which will negatively affect the population as a whole.
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF VEGETATIVE ORGANS OF DENDROBIUM PARISHII RCHB.F. IN THE MUSCLE TISSUE OF RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS WALBAUM): IN VITRO MODEL STUDY
Authors: Buyun Lyudmyla , Gyrenko Oleksandr , Opryshko Maryna , Kovalska Lyudmyla , Tkachenko Halyna , Kurhaluk Natalia
Published: September 2020

This research aimed to evaluate the in vitro effect of buffer extract obtained from leaves and pseudobulbs (modified shoots) of Dendrobium parishii Rchb. f. on the 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) as lipid peroxidation biomarker, aldehydic and ketonic derivatives of oxidatively modified proteins, and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in the muscle tissue of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum). The shoots (pseudobulbs) with leaves of Dendrobium parishii cultivated under glasshouse conditions were sampled at M.M. Gryshko National Botanic Garden (NBG) (Kyiv, Ukraine). Since 1999, the whole collection of tropical and subtropical plants (including orchids) has had the status of a National Heritage Collection of Ukraine and is supported through State funding. Besides, NBG’s collection of tropical orchids was registered at the Administrative Organ of CITES in Ukraine (Ministry of Environment Protection, registration No. 6939/19/1-10 of 23 June 2004). The collected pseudobulbs and leaves were brought into the laboratory for biochemical studies. Freshly collected leaves were washed, weighed, crushed, and homogenized in 0.1M phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) (in proportion 1:19, w/w) at room temperature. The extract was then filtered and investigated for its antioxidant capacity. The extract was stored at -20°C until use. The increase in TBARS level in the muscle tissue exposed to extracts derived from leaves and pseudobulbs of D. parishii was insignificant. The level of ketonic derivatives of oxidatively modified proteins was non-significantly decreased both for leaf and pseudobulb extracts compared to the untreated samples. The extracts obtained from leaves and pseudobulbs of D. parishii significantly increased the TAC level in muscle tissue due to inhibited the Fe2+/ascorbate-induced oxidation of Tween 80. Overall, these findings demonstrate that aqueous extracts of vegetative organs of Dendrobium parishii can enhance the total antioxidant capacity in the muscle tissue of the rainbow trout. Moreover, this antioxidant effect was more intensive for pseudobulb extracts.
Anwar Ibrahim’s Struggle for the Real and Malaysian Politics in Transition
Authors: Genser Jared , Sivarasa Rasiah
Published: September 2020

This paper is about Anwar Ibrahim and politics in Malaysia. Anwar Ibrahim was born in a village near Penang, Malaysia on August 10, 1947. His parents were a hospital medical assistant and a housewife who became engaged in local grassroots politics early on. Anwar became involved in politics in 1971 as a pro-Islam student leader, founding the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia. He remained its president until 1982.67 Although he was a leader of opposition groups – in fact he was jailed under the Internal Security Act for two years for organizing mass demonstrations in 1974 – Anwar accepted an invitation in 1982 to join the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO). Rising quickly through the ranks of the party, he served in succession as the Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports in 1983, of Agriculture in 1984, of Education from 1986-91, and was appointed Minister of Finance from 1991-98. In 1993, Anwar also became Deputy Prime Minister for Prime Minister Mahathir.68 He served as Deputy Prime Minister until 1998, when he was dismissed, on the pre-text of corruption and sodomy allegations, because of major disagreements with Mahathir about the political and economic direction of Malaysia’s future.
Asian Perspective of Population 2019: A Sociological Appraisal
Authors: Sheykhi Mohammad Taghi
Published: September 2020

The present attempt fulfills the urgent need of researchers in the valuable field of sociology, economics and statistics. The author has gathered the material from various sources of population data. As data on fertility, mortality and migration are ever changing, sociologists and demographers need to compare and analyze population change and structure every now and then, to introduce and build up new strategies leading to favorable population status. In this way, remedies and reforms could be reached wherever possible. In order to enable the readers to have a comparative image of growth of population in Asia, an abridged table has been provided. Such a comparative study is necessary to understand population problems in Asia with about 60% of world population. Factors affecting population distribution are know as geographic, social, economic and demographic. One of the most important aspects of population study in modern time is the tempo of urbanization which is the result of population growth.
INDONESIA DAN ICSID: PENGECUALIAN YURISDIKSI ICSID OLEH KEPUTUSAN PRESIDEN
Authors: Amalia Prita , Pratama Garry Gumelar
Published: September 2020

Indonesia telah meratifikasi Washington Convention 1965 melalui Undang-Undang No. 5 Tahun 1968. Pasal 25 dari konvensi yang diratifikasi mengatur tentang yurisdiksi lembaga arbitrase International Centre for The Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), di antaranya adalah untuk menyelesaikan sengketa penanaman modal antara para negara peserta (dan warga negara dari negara peserta). Beberapa Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) yang disepakati menunjuk lembaga arbitrase ICSID sebagai lembaga penyelesaian sengketa apabila terjadi permasalahan. Namun demikian, pada tahun 2012, pemerintah mengeluarkan Keputusan Presiden No. 31 Tahun 2012 tentang Perselisihan yang dikecualikan dari yurisdiksi ICSID. Keputusan tersebut mengecualikan beberapa sengketa dari kewenangan ICSID. Sebagai hasil penelitian menggunakan metode yuridis-normatif, artikel ini berusaha untuk menjawab pertanyaan mengenai apakah tindakan hukum yang dilakukan oleh Indonesia untuk mengecualikan jurisdiksi ICSID sah berdasarkan hukum internasional yang berlaku. Dalam menjawab pertanyaan tersebut, selain harus dilakukan penelusuran hukum yang utuh menyeluruh, juga diperlukan pembahasan berbagai kasus yang relevan.
Valta kansalle! : vai asiantuntijoille?
Authors: Westinen Jussi
Published: September 2020

Vuoden 2011 eduskuntavaalit nostattivat odotuksia päätöksentekokulttuurin muuttumisesta avoimempaan suuntaan. Kansalaisille jäi kuitenkin edelleen passiivinen hallintoalamaisten rooli, joka vain vahvistuu politiikan depolitisoitumisesta ja asiantuntijuuteen nojaavasta päätöksenteosta. – Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan, muuttuivatko päätöksentekotapoihin kohdistetut vaatimukset vuoden 2011 vaaleissa vuoteen 2007.
Politiikan teoria ennen 1900-lukua
Authors: Silvennoinen Heikki
Published: September 2020

Klassiset poliittiset ajattelijat / toimittaneet Petri Koikkalainen & Paul-Erik Korvela. Tampere : Vastapaino, 2012.
Penurunan Kadar BOD dan Suhu pada Limbah Cair Nata De Coco dengan Metode Hibridisasi Pipe Filter Layer Elektrolisis (PFLE)
Authors: Nisa Ade'an , Fatimah Siti
Published: September 2020

ABSTRAKNata de coco adalah salah satu produk makanan yang memanfaatkan air kelapa. Produksi industri nata de coco di Indonesia masih banyak menghasilkan limbah cair yang mengandung bahan organik  yang mengakibatkan kandungan air berubah. Bertambahnya industri nata de coco baik dalam skala kecil (industri rumahan) dan skala besar (industri pabrik) menimbulkan dampak meningkatnya hasil limbah cair nata de coco. Adsorben yang dipilih antara lain krikil, serabut kelapa, zeolite, kain, dan spon. Sedangkan variasi tegangannya adalah 5, 10, 15 volt serta untuk waktunya yaitu 10, 30, 45, 60, dan 75 menit. Hasil penelitian ini diperoleh efektivitas sebesar 34,01% untuk kandungan BOD dan 14,29% untuk perubahan suhu. Kata kunci : BOD; elektrolisis; limbah cair; nata de coco; pipe filter layer; suhu ABSTRACT Nata de coco is a food product that uses coconut water. The production of the nata de coco industry in Indonesia still produces much waste containing organic material, which causes the water content to change. The increase in the nata de coco industry on a small scale (home industry) and a large scale (factory industry) impacts of the liquid waste product of nata de coco. The adsorbents selected were gravel, coconut fiber, zeolite, cloth, and sponge. While the voltage variations are 5, 10, 15 volts and the time is 10, 30, 45, 60, and 75 minutes. This study’s results have the highest rights of 34.01% for the BOD content and 14.29% for temperature changes.
Hubungan antara Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis dengan Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif Siswa pada Materi Ekologi
Authors: Mayarni Mayarni , Yulianti Yuni
Published: September 2020

In the age of 21st century, education is faced with increasingly severe challenges. One of the challenges is to produce human resources who have the ability to face the full range of challenges in life. Competence in the 2.1 century is called 4C which includes the ability to think critically and solve problems (Critical Thinking and Problem Solving), creative thinking (Creativity), communication skills (Communication Skills), and the ability to work together (Ability to Work Collaboratively). to test the closeness between critical thinking and creative thinking on ecological material; Two classes were used in data collection, totaling 36 students, 25 of which were female and 11 were male with an age range of 15 to 17 years and were obtained by simple random sampling technique; Data were collected from the test instrument for critical and creative thinking questions and then analyzed by the regression equation Y for X, the linearity and significance test Y for X, the correlation coefficient and the significance test for the correlation coefficient Y over X; This study obtained the results that show that the relationship is linear with a correlation value of 0.724 which is classified as a strong level of closeness so that the value of the contribution of critical thinking skills to creative is 52.42%; The relationship between the ability to think critically towards creative thinking with the contribution of critical thinking skills to the ability to think creatively is 52.42%.
Pengaruh Literasi Keuangan dan Modal Minimal Terhadap Minat Investasi pada Mahasiswa
Authors: Parulian Parulian , Aminnudin Muhammad
Published: September 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh literasi keuangan dan modal minimal investasi terhadap minat mahasiswa untuk berinvestasi di pasar modal Indonesia. Penelitian menggunakan studi kasus pada UKM Kelompok Studi Pasar Modal (KSPM). Metode pengambilan sampel menggunakan sampel jenuh yaitu jumlah keseluruhan populasi UKM Kelompok Studi Pasar Modal (KSPM) sebanya 67 orang. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan kuesioner sebagai instrumen penelitian dan hasil dari pengumpulan kuesioner tersebut dari data kualitatif menjadi kuantitatif dengan menggunakan skala likert. Data dari responden tersebut akan diolah menggunakan software smartPLS 3.0 (Partial Least Square). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa literasi keuangan dan modal minimal investasi berpengaruh positif terhadap minat investasi.Kata kunci: Literasi Keuangan, Modal Minimal, Minat Investasi, Pasar Modal Indonesia The Effect of Financial Literation and Minimum Capital on Investment Interest in StudentsABSTRACTThis study aims to examine the effect of financial literacy and minimal investment capital on students' interest to invest in the Indonesian capital market. This research uses a case study on SME Capital Market Study Group (KSPM). The sampling method in this study uses a saturated sample that is the total population of the Capital Market Study Group (KSPM) consists of 67 people. This type of research is a quantitative study using a questionnaire as a research instrument and the results of collecting the questionnaire from qualitative data to quantitative using a Likert scale. Data from these respondents will be processed using smartPLS 3.0 (Partial Least Square) software. The results of this study indicate that financial literacy and minimal investment capital have a positive effect on investment interest.Keywords: Financial Literacy, Minimal Capital, Investment Interest, Indonesian Capital Market
Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan, Pelatihan dan Promosi Jabatan Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan
Authors: Ekhsan Muhamad , Nurlita Dela
Published: September 2020

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh  gaya kepemimpinan, pelatihan dan promosi jabatan terhadap kinerja karyawan. Objek Penelitian pada PT NT Indonesia Cikarang. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode kuantitatif. Jumlah sampel yang diperoleh dengan teknik pengambilan sampel secara random sampling menggunakan rumus slovin berjumlah 101 responden. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dan observasi. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa gaya kepemimpinan, pelatihan dan promosi jabatan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa apabila gaya kepemimpinan, pelatihan dan promosi jabatan meningkat maka kinerja karyawan akan meningkat secara signifikan.Kata kunci: Gaya Kepemimpinan, Pelatihan, Promosi Jabatan, Kinerja Karyawan The Effect of Leadership Style, Training and Job Promotion on Employee PerformanceABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an influence of leadership style, training, and promotion of position on employee performance. The object of this research is the NT Indonesia Company at  Cikarang. The study was conducted using quantitative methods. The number of samples obtained by a random sampling technique using the Slovin formula amounted to 101 respondents. Data collection is done through interviews and observations. The data analysis method used is multiple regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that leadership style, training and promotion have a positive and significant effect on employee performance. This shows that if the style of leadership, training, and promotion increases the employee's performance will increase significantly.Keywords: Keywords: Leadership Style, Training, Job Promotion, Employee Performance