bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The effect of altitude and closed cone (seed) age on germination in red pine (Pinus brutia Ten.)
Authors: Çetin Bilal
Published: April 2023

This study investigated changes in the germination rate and germination percentage of seeds obtained from closed pine cones (Pinus brutia Ten.) of different ages collected at different altitudes. The seeds used in the study were obtained from closed cones (3/control, 4, 5, 6, and 7 years old) in the lower (0-200 m) and higher (800-1000 m) altitude zones of the Mersin-Anamur region in a section from the sea to the interior. The seeds germinated in the dark at a constant temperature of 20 °C for 28 days. At the end of the germination test, a two-way analysis of variance was performed on the germination percentage data on the 10th, 14th, and 28th days, and the interactions between altitude and cone age were found to be significant (p = 0.05). As a result of the significant interaction between the two groups, the mean separation test (Tukey test) showed that the highest germination rate was 89.0% in the control group, and the lowest was 77.5% in the 7-year-old cones. In the higher altitude zone, the highest germination rate was 74.0% and the lowest was 71.0%, obtained from 5- and 7-year-old seeds, respectively. In general, germination values in the lower altitude zone were higher than those in the higher altitude zone. However, the decrease in germination values from the control to the 7-year-old seeds was greater in the lower altitude zone than in the higher altitude zone. The study found that altitude was more effective than cone age on the germination rate and percentage.
ZRÓWNOWAŻONE ROLNICTWO W REZERWATACH BIOSFERY
Authors: Jeżyńska Beata
Published: April 2023

The implementation of the principle of sustainable development, initiated at the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, is an ongoing process that will ultimately lead to balancing all aspects of human activity. The production in rural areas is invariably linked to the use of limited agricultural natural resources. The new understanding of the principles of sustainability consists in the abandonment of the idea separating conservation from the exploitation of ecosystems, and the implementation of the policy of conservation and sustainable use with the participation of local communities involved in preparatory, constructive and decision-making processes. The holistic goal of sustainable development underlies all biosphere reserves established after 1995. A hallmark of the new approach is special protection provided for agrobiodiversity, being traditionally the largest resources in the UNESCO biosphere reserves, and taking integrated conservation measures in relation to cultural landscapes. The UNESCO biosphere reserves combine biodiversity and cultural values with social and economic development, establishing a kind of standard of balance.
Między Warszawą a Zagrzebiem. Przyczynek do badań nad recepcją twórczości Zofii Nałkowskiej w Chorwacji
Authors: Vražić Małgorzata
Published: April 2023

The text presents the Croatian reception of Zofia Nałkowska’s works (mainly plays) and the Polish writer’s “Zagreb episode” in the 1930s, when her two plays, "The House of Women" and "The Day of His Return", were staged in that city. The author also focuses on the translators of Nałkowska’s works: Julije Benešić and Zdenka Marković.
Inventing a War. In Search of the Concept of the Last Austro-Turkish War over the Balkans (1788–1791)
Authors: Horb Yevhen
Published: April 2023

The Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 was one of the failed attempts by the Austrians to “reconquer” the Balkans. Probably for this reason, this military conflict is still awaiting a monographic interpretation both in American/European and Turkish historiography. For two centuries now, historians have been searching for the concept of the last Austro-Turkish War over the Balkans, and the present article is one of the first attempts to characterize the problems researchers face when they take up this issue. The article also outlines promising directions for further studies.
The Attitude of Bosnian Muslims Toward the Ottoman Empire in the Years 1850–1914
Authors: Lis Tomasz Jacek
Published: April 2023

The article describes how the attitude of Bosnian Muslims toward the Ottoman Empire changed between 1850 and 1914. This was a very important period, as Turkish rule in Bosnia ended and Austro-Hungarian rule began. For some Bosnian elites, anti-Ottomanism was one of the elements of their national identity. The article is based on literature, as well as on archival materials found by the author in the archives in Sarajevo.
The Great Eastern Crisis (1875−1885) as a Balkan Historical Milestone (A Case Study of Article XXIII of the Berlin Treaty)
Authors: Pandevska Maria
Published: April 2023

The historical issue of the Great Eastern Crisis (1875−1885) is examined as a significant phase in the social and political development of parts of Southeastern Europe connected with the territorial withdrawal of the Ottoman Empire. Through a brief presentation of the crisis’ main events, a more extended periodization of its stages is offered when analyzing this complex historical process. Based on the analysis of Article XXIII of the Berlin Treaty (1878) and its (non)implementation, the consequences for the further historical development of Ottoman Macedonia are discussed.
Publishing Nationally or Internationally in the Humanities and Social Sciences: What Do Journal Websites Say about the Divide?
Authors: Chen Ningyang
Published: April 2023

As scholarly publishing continues to expand its international dimension in the globalizing era, authors in non-Anglophone contexts today are increasingly confronted with the decision to publish nationally or internationally. Linguistic challenges aside, such a decision is complicated by the tension between local interests and international solidarity with changing conventions of scholarly publishing in the national context. This study investigated one facet of this tension by comparing national and international publishing activities in the humanities and social sciences based on the data collected from the websites of sixty Chinese-medium national journals and sixty English-medium international journals. The findings point to a complex interplay between local and international traditions, norms, and politics of knowledge production. What these changes mean and how they may bear on author choice is discussed with implications for understanding the dynamic landscape of scholarly publishing in non-Anglophone systems of knowledge production.
Veterinary Students’ Knowledge and Awareness of Antimicrobial Stewardship Before and After Clinical Rotations
Authors: Sun Ruinan , Cummings Kevin J. , Beukema Andrea , Hinckley-Boltax Ariana L. , Korich Jodi A. , Cazer Casey L.
Published: April 2023

Given the global threat of antimicrobial resistance, it is imperative that veterinary graduates are effective antimicrobial stewards. Veterinary students learn the principles of antimicrobial stewardship explicitly, through pre-clinical coursework, and implicitly, through the cases they each encounter on clinical rotations. We aimed to understand the influence of pre-clinical versus clinical learning on veterinary students’ knowledge and awareness of antimicrobial concepts to guide efforts to improve instruction in these areas. To assess knowledge acquisition and to explore student perceptions of antimicrobial stewardship, a standardized online survey was administered to Cornell University veterinary students at two timepoints: in August 2020 before clinical rotations ( N = 26 complete responses and N = 24 partial responses) and again in May 2021 after their clinical rotations ( N = 17 complete responses and N = 6 partial responses). Overall and section-specific confidence and knowledge scores were calculated, using pairwise deletion for incomplete responses. Students generally had low confidence in antimicrobial topics and correctly answered only half of knowledge questions correctly; they performed the best on antimicrobial resistance knowledge questions. There were no significant differences in knowledge or confidence after clinical rotations. On average, students had only read one antimicrobial stewardship guideline. Students reported that human health care providers contributed more to antimicrobial resistance than veterinarians. In conclusion, graduating veterinary students at our institution have significant knowledge gaps in critical principles that are essential to become antimicrobial stewards. Explicit instruction in antimicrobial stewardship is necessary in the pre-clinical and clinical coursework, and the practical use of antimicrobial stewardship guidelines should be emphasized.
Innovation Management: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Salam Sidra , Senin Aslan Amat , Sheeraz Muhammad Irfan Sheeraz , Syeda Sana Zainab
Published: April 2023

Innovation Management has obtained so much consideration in functioning of management science field from the previous few years. Both Managers and academicians seem to be examining the nature of innovation and its significance for the development of an organization and competitive advantage (Lopes et al.,2016). Many research scholars have accepted positive effects of innovation towards an organization and we can find some research studies conducted on it in the past few years. Through this systematic review of past literature, this research study is an attempt to enhance the knowledge of the subject and to present the extensive analysis of the past research studies. The analysis of this study was conducted to see the trend of publications between the years 1970 to 2019; it used authors, journals, countries, universities/research institutions and different keywords related to innovation management as search words. After using multiple filters for removing irrelevant researches, 2160 research articles were examined. According to results of the study number of publications increased after 2008. Therefore, it is assumed that the annual publications will continue to increase. USA & Germany have higher rate of research publications and UK has strong international collaborations. Variables such as innovative activity, innovative management, total innovation management, management innovation and innovation development are the most common terms used in research of innovation management. Some variables with infrequent occurrences, as well as future recommendations and limitations of the study were also examined.
Reflective teaching strategy on students achievement and interest in basic technology
Authors: Hassan Abdullahi Muhammad , Ombuguhim S. U  , Alhassan, N. U  , Ahmed, T.A
Published: April 2023

The design for this study was quasi experimental, specifically the non-randomized control group pretest posttest design involving two groups – the control group and experimental group was used in this study. 6125 (JSS III) students who are offering Basic Technology in Minna Educational zone formed the population of this study. 241 Junior Secondary three (JSS III) students of two co-educational schools offering Basic Technology were sampled. The two-co-educational secondary schools were randomly drawn using balloting from four co-educational schools offering Basic Technology in Minna educational zone. Two intact classes were used for the study. In each of the sampled schools, all the JSS III students in the intact class randomly selected belonged to one group either the experimental (RTS) or control (TAT) group and thus received the same treatment. Basic Technology Achievement Test (BTAT) and the Basic Technology Interest Inventory (BTII), were developed and validated. An internal reliability consistency of BTAT was found to be 0.75 using Kuder Richardson formula 20(K – R20) and that of BTII was 0.85 using Cronbach Alpha. The BTAT and BTII were administered as pretest to the two groups. Mean and Standard Deviation was used to analyzed research questions; while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the analyses indicated that the effect of RTS on students’ achievement and interest in Basic Technology was significant and gender was not a significant factor on students’ academic achievement and interest in Basic Technology among others.
Influence of leadership during covid-19 environment on employee motivation and organizational citizenship behavior in public universities of Pakistan
Authors: Rashid Mehwish , Shafiq Muhammad , Asma Zahoor  , Muhammad Meraj  , Asmara Irfan
Published: April 2023

The COVID-19 epidemic has harmed staff performance and productivity in general. Organizational Citizenship Behavior is defined as an interpretation of employee performance that is necessary to contribute more to the operations and success of the business. As a result, understanding the variables influencing employees' organizational citizenship behaviour is critical to increasing organizational performance and achieving organizational goals. This paper is aim to investigate the relationship between dimensions of transformational leadership (TransL) and OCB in public universities of Pakistan. This study also aims to identify the mediating role of employee motivation between the relationship of TransL and OCB. According to this literature review paper, TransL qualities are linked to corporate citizenship behaviour, and this link is mediated by employee motivation. Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, on the other hand, have a direct beneficial relationship on organizational citizenship behaviour. This research in the second stage will be performed empirically, so that both theoretical and practical consequences can be presented, to give a complete framework for better understanding of the elements that influence workers' OCB.
An analysis of primary healthcare in terms of service management standards in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Bashir Malik Fahim , Ahmed Sarfaraz , Rais Syed Imran , Hussain Syed Tahir
Published: April 2023

This study investigates the implementation of the service management quality standards set by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government at primary health care facilities (PHCFs) in district Kohistan. Primary data through a questionnaire was collected from 42 functional PHCFs of district Kohistan. A total of 142 responses were recorded which includes 42 responses from the incharge of PHCFs and 100 from the patients who attended PHCFs facilities. Simple descriptive statistics were used to analyze this collected data. Most of the service management standards were not met in rural health centers (RHCs) However, the state of affairs at Civil Dispensary (CDs) and Basic Health Unit (BHUs) was terrifying. This study identifies the weak areas which require quality enhancement. This study suggests quality improvement in Primary Care Management Committee, A list of notifiable diseases, Essential Equipment, Rubbish Pit, waiting area, SOPs and Guidelines, and Duty roaster, Copy of Job Description, Guidelines for Risks, and Hazards and Patient’s Feedback Mechanism and Complaint Box. This study suggests that the KP government must defy trouble areas identified by the current study to improve health facilities in PHCFs.This will also reduce the patient's pressure in tertiary health facilities.
Knowledge management approaches and processes to enhance innovation: case of IT projects in developing countries
Authors: Muhammad Saeed Lodhi  , Jadoon Rivish
Published: April 2023

Nowadays, organizations continuously improve their performance through refining the knowledge where the study focuses on Knowledge Management (KM) processes and approaches to increase innovation quality. KM is important as fairs are progressively competitive, and the rate of innovation is rising. The purpose of the study is to investigate how KM affects innovation and describe how social network channels are used to communicate and exchange knowledge with each other in Information Technology (IT) projects. The data were collected from 208 analysts of IT companies in Pakistan through Google form. After the reliability analysis, the data were analyzed through descriptive and multiple regression analysis. The analysis outcome showed that the relationship of knowledge management process and approaches has a significant and positive impact on innovation, which ascertains that KM Process develops relevant expertise for encouraging innovation.
Financial development and economic growth: An application of ARDL model on developed and developing countries
Authors: Kamran Ali  , Muhammad Siddique  , Muhammad Amir Chaudhry  , Haider Tariq
Published: April 2023

Financial development and economic growth are vital for both developed and developing nations because it determines a country’s economic growth rate and the complexity of its financial system. A sample of developed and developing economies from 2005-2019 was used in this study to observe whether there is an association between financial development and economic growth. The purpose of this study is to compare the association between financial development and economic growth in developed and developing countries. An ARDL model was used to analyze secondary data from the top 15 Developed countries (United States America, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Korea, Rep., Australia, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Austria) and top 15 Developing countries (China, India, Brazil, Russian Federation, Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Argentina, Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Colombia, Egypt, Arab Rep., Pakistan) based on GDP 2019 (Current US$). Findings of the study shows some interesting insights for long and short run relationship among study indicators based on ARDL model. This research might help developed countries to enhance their financial structure and economic growth rate over time, while for developing countries suggests new policies initiatives.
The role of safety management to analyze the current situation of honour killing in Pakistan
Authors: Salma Nawaz  , Ayesha Kiran  , Mouna Koser  , Shabbir Malik Shahzad , Aysha Zamir
Published: April 2023

Killing in the name of Honor is used as an instrument to keep up or recover the honor of family by rebuffing or killing females whose activities invite bits of gossip about sexual inappropriateness or misbehavior, Honor killing in Pakistan is emerging issue, the objective of this study is to analyse the current situation of honor killing and its impact on other members of the society. A descriptive study was carried out and data was collected from Islamic books, previous research papers and different reports. Therefore exploratory review of previous literature was carried out. It is concluded that there is a number of cases regarding honor killing in Sindh and Punjab province due to strong tribal system and weak management in government system. A number of cases does not reported due to strong feudal system. On the other hand  Holy Quran and Sharia don't allow to murder somebody for the sake of honor nor empowers for doing as such. It is recommended that the federal and provincial government should take firm steps against those who are involve in honor killing.
Transport emission models: A bibliometric and content analysis
Authors: Huma Rauf  , Huma Sikandar  , Muhammad Umar
Published: April 2023

Environment deterioration and subsequent climate change require the accountability of each contributor. Pollutants produced from fossil fuel in the transport sector is measured using emission models and this paper offers a Bibliometric analysis of these models from 1990-2020 of previous literature supported with the content analysis done in two tiers; review of the most cited research work of last ten years and the evolving research themes from recently published articles of last five years. From Bibliometric analysis, we identified top authors, institutions and journals, co-occurrence analysis of keywords, and co-authorship countries. Content analysis revealed that emission models have evolved globally with modifications and integrations of new techniques, multi disciplinary variables combining emission, transport, air quality, dispersion, and environment models. The technological adaptations in models have also been carried out locally by some countries bringing transport emissions to inventory counting for global warming potential. Research trends for future emission reduction suggest that besides the warming potential of fossil fuel from the transport sector, parallel reductions can be achieved through efficient traffic planning, road designs, driving patterns, stop and go cycles, traffic calming techniques impacting spatial and temporal goals through reduced clustering and hot spots.
Burden among Relatives of Individuals with Depression in Southern Thailand: A University Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
Authors: Pitanupong Jarurin , Tuntikitjakun Chanawee
Published: April 2023

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the levels of burden, social support, and mental health among Thai relatives of individuals with depression, and to explore factors associations with the burden. Material and Methods: From March to July 2022, a cross-sectional study surveyed Thai relatives of individuals with depression at Songklanagarind Hospital. The questionnaires inquired about 1) demographic data, 2) Zarit burden interview- Thai version, 3) Thai version General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), and 4) Revised Thai Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (rMSPSS). The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistic method, and multiple logistic regression. Results: There were 139 relatives of individuals with depression who participated in this study. The majority of them were female (69.1%) with a mean age of 49.8±12.6 years. According to the Thai GHQ-28, most participants (90.6%) had no probable psychiatric or psychological distress. Most of them (86.3%) had little or no burden. There were no participants who reported having a severe burden, only three participants (2.2%) had a moderate to severe burden. They had a high level of perceived social support in connections to the subgroups of family and friends. The factors associated with the mild and moderate burden of relatives were the status of the relationship, psychological distress, and perceived social support in the subgroup of family. Conclusion: Most relatives of individuals with depression reported little or no burden, no psychological distress, and receiving a high level of social support. Status of relationship, psychological distress, and perceived social support were associated factors with the mild and moderate burden of relatives.
Ancrage d’un évènement sportif patrimonial dans son territoire
Authors: Lemoine Laurence , Delorme Donatienne
Published: April 2023

Cet article s’intéresse à l’ancrage d’un évènement sportif patrimonial (ESP) dans son territoire, dans une perspective entrepreneuriale. Les auteures mobilisent la notion de territoire en tant qu’espace construit, ainsi que le concept de ressource territoriale, qu’elles articulent au cadre du business model. Leur recherche s’appuie sur une étude de cas longitudinale, portant sur une course-nature devenue le premier trail de France : le Festival des Templiers, à Millau. Les résultats permettent de proposer une modélisation de l’ancrage et révèlent quatre mécanismes de création et de partage de la valeur. Cette recherche contribue ainsi à outiller et documenter le récent concept d’ESP.
Character Building at Bachelor's Psychology Program: Findings Based on a Natural Approach
Authors: Soedamah-Muthu Sabita , Hsiao Ya Ping (Amy)
Published: April 2023

Character building (CB) is a crucial aspect for basic psychologists who need to carry out their consultation tasks effectively. At Tilburg University, lecturers have the freedom to interpret the five CB dimensions and implement them in courses, including intellectual independence, critical mindset, social responsibility, scientific responsibility, and entrepreneurship. This study aims to investigate how the five CB dimensions are interpreted and implemented in the three-year Bachelor Psychology program at Tilburg University. As part of the regular quality assurance of assessment, we made a full program assessment plan in 2021-2022 and collected extra data on course practices of CB. At the program level, the five CB dimensions were related to the 13 program learning outcomes by reviewing the self-reflection report. At the course level, a template thematic analysis was used to code the course learning goals, instructional activities, and assessment. Two-thirds of the courses formulated CB-related learning goals, mostly delivered through interactive lecture forms. The instructional activities were categorized into six themes: academic standards, application, evaluative judgment, self-regulation, societal relevance, and taking initiatives. The five CB dimensions were mostly assessed by coursework method, but there was a lack of assessment of CB elements such as reflection. The five CB dimensions were implemented in most educational processes at the course and program level, despite the absence of a standardized implementation plan. We advise to focus on the assessment design for character education, particularly through the use of more authentic and performance-based assessment methods.
Convocatoria 2023 Concurso alumnos de la Cátedra Psicología de la Salud de la UFLO
Authors: Mazzarella Mauro
Published: April 2023

La Fundación MenteClara internacional y la Cátedra Psicología de la Salud de la Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Flores, Argentina, convocan a la participación de los estudiantes que se encuentran cursando la asignatura a la producción de artículos de revisión bibliográfica que contemplen en su desarrollo los constructos teóricos nucleares de incumbencia para la Psicología Positiva en el reciente contexto de Pandemia por Covid 19: resiliencia, calidad de vida, autoestima, autonomía, optimismo, flexibilidad psicológica, propósito en la vida, espiritualidad, personalidad, crecimiento postraumático, miedo a la muerte, resiliencia, apoyo social percibido, duelo, afrontamiento, evitación experiencial.
How the library can improve students' information retrieval skills?
Authors: Vilja-Sarromaa Heli
Published: April 2023

Good skills in information retrieval play an important role in studies. This article describes how the library can strengthen students' information retrieval skills by providing different kind of services. This article focuses in particular on students studying at the LAB University of Applied Sciences’ Master’s degree programmes in social and health care. The development of services was based on a study of library services by means of service design.
Automated Segmentation of Dental CBCT Image Using an Improved U-Net Network
Authors: Chen Zeyu , Chen Senyang , Liu Songming
Published: April 2023

In the field of clinical dental medicine, Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is a useful tool for the measurement of various dimensions related to the oral cavity, including height and thickness. This provides invaluable guidance and reference for risk assessment in orthodontic treatment, selection of treatment plans and implant treatment. However, segmentation of the teeth region from CBCT images is a daunting task due to complex root morphology and indistinct boundaries between the root and the alveolar bone. Manual annotation of the teeth area is resource-intensive, and deep learning-based segmentation methods are susceptible to noise, reducing their efficiency. To tackle these complexities, a multi-filter attention module is proposed in this paper, which effectively minimizes the noise in CBCT images through utilization of multiple filters and self-attention techniques. Additionally, an Improved U-Net model is proposed, where the original convolution block in the U-Net is replaced with a Double ConvNeXt block to yield better network performance. Experimentally, the proposed Improved U-Net method showed remarkable progress as it achieved a Dice Similarity Coefficient of 86.95% in oral CBCT image segmentation, surpassing existing models and affirming the effectiveness and advancedness of the proposed model and method.
Herança genética da cor de pele humana: determinismo genético e “raça” biológica no ensino superior
Authors: Pereira Álvaro Julio
Published: April 2023

Este artigo traz reflexões sobre questões relacionadas aos vieses que ocorrem na compreensão da genética da cor de pele e de “raça” humana por estudantes nos cursos de Ciências Biológicas. Parte da premissa que existe uma crença entre os estudantes no determinismo genético, existência de “raça” biológica na espécie humana, sem a construção histórica social e cultural do seu conceito. Esses dilemas indicam a necessidade de um ensino mais atualizado e contextualizado da herança genética da cor de pele e a existência de “raça” biológica na formação de professores de Ciências Biológicas para que a construção do conceito de “raça” não seja compreendida erroneamente, mas construída socialmente e promulgada historicamente, evitando a cristalização de conteúdos errôneos e atitudes socialmente intoleráveis, como o preconceito racial.
Utilização do método THOR II na tomada de decisão para priorizar investimento de programas públicos de infraestrutura e transportes
Authors: Reis Isabelle Ramos de Souza , Bezerra Rebeca Menezes
Published: April 2023

A complexidade no planejamento do setor de transporte brasileiro leva a uma incapacidade de acompanhar a demanda nacional logística, dificultando análises de critérios e escolha assertiva de qual modal investir em cada cenário. O estudo aqui apresentado tem o caráter de demonstrar que o método multicritério THOR pode contribuir na gestão pública, dando norte estratégico para as tomadas de decisão. Com base em uma multifacetada matriz de decisão, as equações matemáticas apresentadas nas três situações distintas criadas pelo algoritmo são solucionadas pela plataforma aberta THOR Web. O artigo mostra que o método THOR 2 enriquece o cenário de tomada decisão pública, pois, de maneira lógica, não apenas entrega uma solução ótima ou uma lista hierárquica, mas também, de forma ágil e transparente, atribui uma pontuação para cada critério em cada uma das três diferentes situações levantadas no método.
IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION SUPERVISION: THE CHALLENGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION SUPERVISION IN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0
Authors: Basuki Sunarno
Published: April 2023

This paper discusses the importance of digital media for conducting physical education supervision. The coming of twenty first century in which digital media colors the education suggests that the education supervision should be shifted from the old to the new paradigm. Digital media in physical education supervision such as using Facebook and WhatsApp is a very important innovation in the dynamics of education for answering the challenges of industrial revolution 4.0. Through multimedia technology, the task of physical education supervisors in carrying out their duties are maximized.
INTEGRATING QUIZLET FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCIENCE SUBJECT
Authors: Sailin Siti Nazuar , Alias Nur Fadzmin , Jusaini Bibi Artiqah , Ishak Husna , Yang Liu , Chong Guo Shao
Published: April 2023

Nowadays, educational institutions integrate the use of assessment tool due to its efficiency in engaging students during lesson. However, many teachers are still hesitated in integrating technology in classroom for many reasons such as lack of confidence in their IT skills, no exposure to the applications which are available online, time constraint and difficulties to change their current teaching method. Students however show their interests when exposed to new applications and they are keen to learn in an interactive environment which later could lead to better performance in the examination. To implement this, the teachers should keep up with students’ preferences and they should understand that an assessment tool should be incorporated in class not just because it is fun, but also because of its ability to help teachers in improving students’ learning outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Quizlet on students’ achievement on Science subject and also to determine students’ perception towards the use of Quizlet. A total of 77 form 1 students from four classes have participated in this study where their examination results of before and after using Quizlet in Science subject were taken. The result showed that there is a significant improvement in their Science subject achievement when using Quizlet. The survey result shows that the students’ perception towards the use of Quizlet are positive.
EXPLORING PERCEPTIONS OF EMPLOYERS ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS AMONG FRESH GRADUATES
Authors: Ab Rahman Faizahani , Mohamed Abdul Halim , Ahmad Nasir Nurul Shahidah , Saidin Khaliza
Published: April 2023

Every employer wants their newly hired employees to possess vital employability skills that can enhance the performance and growth of their organisations. Employers rely on universities to provide university graduates to have been trained adequately before entering the workforce. Adequate employability skills possessed by prospective employees will certainly satisfy employers’ expectations. In the competitive 21st century, one tangible soft skill deems essential is communication skills. They prefer graduates who possess great soft and communication skills that can enhance their organisations’ growth and performance. Effective communication is considered one of the vital skills that most employers look for in their potential new employees to possess. How marketable graduates (prospective employees) is and how soon they could be hired successfully depends on the types of programmes, tasks and activities and skills they have acquired during their university years. This exploratory research paper reports findings based on the employers’ perceptions towards graduates whom they hired in their organisations. Date obtained from interviews with 3 employers from private company, semi-government and government bodies indicate some concern over the kind and the amount of communication skills our fresh graduates possess and exhibit. From these 3 employers, it was discovered that most fresh graduates lack negotiation skills and proper communication skills which include presentation skills and interviewing. Most fresh graduates lack certain social communication skills such as not being diplomatic. These employers suggest the needs for fresh graduates to be trained in authentic situations by giving them real life simulations. The training programmes designed need to allow them to showcase and display their abilities and skills from the various learning activities taught in Malaysian universities and at the same time encourage many community service responsibility (CSR) activities to inculcate not only problem-solving skills but also communication skills. It is also suggested that universities need to keep upgrading their communication programmes in order to produce employable graduates with better chances of being hired successfully by work markets.
Role of an Organic Medium in the Formation of Au, Fe, and AuFe Nanoparticles Obtained by Metal Vapor Synthesis
Authors:   Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 28, str. 1, Moscow, 119334 Russia, Voronova A. A. , Naumkin A. V. ,   Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 28, str. 1, Moscow, 119334 Russia, Vasil'kov A. Yu. ,   Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 28, str. 1, Moscow, 119334 Russia
Published: April 2023

Nanomaterials based on Au, Fe, and AuFe are obtained by metal vapor synthesis using acetone as a dispersion medium. The comparative analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveals a significant amount of the fragments of organic compounds on the surface of the resulting nanoparticles. The Au and Fe nanoparticles display antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus.
Multi-Resolution Feature Embedded Level Set Model for Crosshatched Texture Segmentation
Authors: K. Prabhakar , K.M. Sadyojatha
Published: April 2023

In image processing applications, texture is the most important element utilized by human visual systems for distinguishing dissimilar objects in a scene. In this research article, a variational model based on the level set is implemented for crosshatched texture segmentation. In this study, the proposed model’s performance is validated on the Brodatz texture dataset. The cross-hatched texture segmentation in the lower resolution texture images is difficult, due to the computational and memory requirements. The aforementioned issue has been resolved by implementing a variational model based on the level set that enables efficient segmentation in both low and high-resolution images with automatic selection of the filter size. In the proposed model, the multi-resolution feature obtained from the frequency domain filters enhances the dissimilarity between the regions of crosshatched textures that have low-intensity variations. Then, the resultant images are integrated with a level set-based active contour model that addresses the segmentation of crosshatched texture images. The noise added during the segmentation process is eliminated by morphological processing. The experiments conducted on the Brodatz texture dataset demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed model, and the obtained results are validated in terms of Intersection over the Union (IoU) index, accuracy, precision, f1-score and recall. The extensive experimental investigation shows that the proposed model effectively segments the region of interest in close correspondence with the original image. The proposed segmentation model with a multi-support vector machine has achieved a classification accuracy of 99.82%, which is superior to the comparative model (modified convolutional neural network with whale optimization algorithm). The proposed model almost showed a 0.11% improvement in classification accuracy related to the existing model.
Segmentation of Medical Images with Adaptable Multifunctional Discretization Bayesian Neural Networks and Gaussian Operation
Authors: Ramalingam Gomathi , Selvaraj Selvakumaran , James Visumathi , Kumar Saravanaperumal Senthil , Mohanram Buvaneswari
Published: April 2023

Bayesian statistics is incorporated into a neural network to create a Bayesian neural network (BNN) that adds posterior inference aims at preventing overfitting. BNNs are frequently used in medical image segmentation because they provide a stochastic viewpoint of segmentation approaches by producing a posterior probability with conventional limitations and allowing the depiction of uncertainty over following distributions. However, the actual efficacy of BNNs is constrained by the difficulty in selecting expressive discretization and accepting suitable following disseminations in a higher-order domain. Functional discretization BNN using Gaussian processes (GPs) that analyze medical image segmentation is proposed in this paper. Here, a discretization inference has been assumed in the functional domain by considering the former and dynamic consequent distributions to be GPs. An upsampling operator that utilizes a content-based feature extraction has been proposed. This is an adaptive method for extracting features after feature mapping is used in conjunction with the functional evidence lower bound and weights. This results in a loss-aware segmentation network that achieves an F1-score of 91.54%, accuracy of 90.24%, specificity of 88.54%, and precision of 80.24%.
An Effective Deep Learning Based Multi-Class Classification of DoS and DDoS Attack Detection
Authors: Kumar Silivery Arun , Ram Mohan Rao Kovvur , K. Suresh Kumar L.
Published: April 2023

In the past few years, cybersecurity is becoming very important due to the rise in internet users. The internet attacks such as Denial of service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks severely harm a website or server and make them unavailable to other users. Network Monitoring and control systems have found it challenging to identify the many classes of DoS and DDoS attacks since each operates uniquely. Hence a powerful technique is required for attack detection. Traditional machine learning techniques are inefficient in handling extensive network data and cannot extract high-level features for attack detection. Therefore, an effective deep learning-based intrusion detection system is developed in this paper for DoS and DDoS attack classification. This model includes various phases and starts with the Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks (DCGAN) based technique to address the class imbalance issue in the dataset. Then a deep learning algorithm based on ResNet-50 extracts the critical features for each class in the dataset. After that, an optimized AlexNet-based classifier is implemented for detecting the attacks separately, and the essential parameters of the classifier are optimized using the Atom search optimization algorithm. The proposed approach was evaluated on benchmark datasets, CCIDS2019 and UNSW-NB15, using key classification metrics and achieved 99.37% accuracy for the UNSW-NB15 dataset and 99.33% for the CICIDS2019 dataset. The investigational results demonstrate that the suggested approach performs superior to other competitive techniques in identifying DoS and DDoS attacks.
An Efficient Switch Migration Scheme for Load Balancing in Software Defined Networking
Authors: Ethilu Thangaraj , Sathappan Abirami , Rodrigues Paul
Published: April 2023

Software-defined networking (SDN) provides increased flexibility to network management through distributed SDN control, and it has been a great breakthrough in network innovation. Switch migration is extensively used for workload balancing among distributed controllers. The time-sharing switch migration (TSSM) scheme proposes a strategy in which more than one controller is allowed to share the workload of a switch via time sharing during overloaded conditions, resulting in the mitigation of ping-pong controller difficulty, a reduced number of overload occurrences, and better controller efficiency. However, it has increased migration costs and higher controller resource consumption during the TSSM operation period because it requires more than one controller to perform. Therefore, we have proposed a strategy that optimizes the controller selection during the TSSM period based on flow characteristics through a greedy set coverage algorithm. The improved TSSM scheme provides reduced migration costs and lower controller resource consumption, as well as TSSM benefits. For its feasibility, the implementation of the proposed scheme is accomplished through an open network operating system. The experimental results show that the proposed improved TSSM scheme reduces the migration cost and lowers the controller resource consumption by about 36% and 34%, respectively, as compared with the conventional TSSM scheme.
Çörek Otu (Nigella sativa L.), İmmün Sistem ve COVID-19
Authors: Türkmen Beyza , Ganimet Şennur , Ertaş Öztürk Yasemin
Published: April 2023

Bu derleme yazıda Nigella sativa’nın immün sistem üzerine etkinliği ve yeni koronavirüs hastalığı (COVID-19) ile olan ilişkisinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çörekotu (Nigella sativa) yapısında kırka yakın aktif bileşen içeren tek yıllık bir bitkidir. İçerisinde bulunan timokinon etken maddesi üzerine yapılan çalışmalar immün sistemi desteklediğini, immün hücre sayısını artırdığını rapor etmiştir. Nigella sativa’nın anti-inflamatuvar özellikleri, esansiyel yağ asidi oranı ve çalışmalarda önemli bir yan etki gözlenmemesi göz önünde bulundurularak bağışıklığı desteklemek için kullanımının faydalı olabileceği düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenle dünyanın savaş içinde olduğu SARS-COV-2 virüsüne karşı Nigella sativa kullanımının etkili olup olmayacağı yönünde de birçok çalışma yapılmıştır. Çalışmaların sonuçları Nigella sativa’nın hastalığın ilerleyişi üzerine faydalı olabileceğini gösterse de insan çalışmalarının sayısı sınırlıdır. Bu nedenle daha fazla insan çalışmasına ihtiyaç olduğu görülmüştür.
Relationship Between Individual Factors And Work Factors With Work Stress At The Harbor Mobile Crane Operator (HMC) At PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) Sub Regional III East Java
Authors: Al-Faris Muhammad Nadhori Faqih , Wijaya Satria , Handayani Dwi , Ayu Friska
Published: April 2023

The implementation of K3 cannot be separated from the existence of Occupational Diseases and Occupational Accidents. One of the jobs that are at risk of experiencing Occupational Diseases and Occupational Accidents is the Harbor Mobile Crane Operator. One of the diseases caused by work is work stress. The purpose to analyze the relationship between individual factors and work factors on the work stress of Harbor Mobile Crane operators at PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) Sub Regional III East Java. The research methodology used is an analytical survey research with a Cross Sectional approach. The primary data was collected by taking the sample through the DASS 21 questionnaire while the secondary data through the company profile provided by the Branch Manager of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) Sub Regional III East Java. The research sample was 26 operators which were taken from the entire population. Data analysis used chi-square test for nominal data and Spearman correlation test for ordinal data. The results showed that most of the operators experienced is normal and a small portion experienced heavy work stress. Factors related to operator work stress, namely, age, marital status, education level, work period and shift work. The results of relationship test of marital status showed a relationship with work stress and the others factor is not showing relationship with work stress. The conclusion of the study shows that there is a relationship between individual factors with operator work stress. From the results of the study, companies are advised to give a conselling session to the unmartial operators to reduce work stress  operators.
The Risk Matrix of Occupational Health and Safety on Cleaning Service Occupation in Universitas X Ponorogo
Authors: Aisy Rahmania
Published: April 2023

The risk matrix can be discovered by first identifying the hazards at the work stages. The cleaning service occupation has a risk of hazards during work. Cleaning service occupation becomes a job which often intersects with biological, ergonomic, physical, chemical and psychological hazards. If these hazards are not handled properly, they can cause work accidents, illness and even fatality. Identifying hazards at work is the initial stage before conducting risk assessment and mapping. The study aims to map the level of risk  in the cleaning service occupation. The study used a quantitative analytical method with an observational approach. Data was collected by doing observation and filling out Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA) form. The result reveals several levels of risk appearing in the risk matrix for cleaning service employees. Most of the risk matrix levels seen in the cleaning service occupation are "high risk", and "moderate risk" appears in a small percentage. According to the result, the recommended actions are controlling the hazard through repairing work tools followingthe physiology of cleaning service workers, providing periodic recess on each work shift, socializing regarding the nature and types of materials and how to handle chemicals properly, and providing appropriate PPE facilities for the type of activity occupation.