bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Zróżnicowanie przestrzenne, społeczne i funkcjonalne w nowych dzielnicach mieszkaniowych
Authors: Twardoch Agata , Piotrowska Zofia
Published: March 2024

Artykuł poszukuje odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy w długoterminowych, wielkoskalowych projektach mieszkaniowych wykorzystanie masterplanu, zakładającego nie tylko plan funkcjonalno-przestrzenny, ale również koordynację działań wielu uczestników, gwarantuje realizację zróżnicowania przestrzennego, społecznego i funkcjonalnego jako trzech mierników zrównoważonego rozwoju. Do badania wybrano dwa projekty spełniające podane kryteria – Miasteczko Wilanów w Warszawie oraz Nowe Żerniki we Wrocławiu, oba zrealizowane na gruntach publicznych. Przeprowadzono analizę porównawczą, a wyciągnięte z niej wnioski wpisano w szerszy kontekst. Miasteczko Wilanów nie jest zróżnicowane społecznie. Mimo planów zakładających samowystarczalność nie udało się zrealizować celów dotyczących zróżnicowania funkcjonalnego, a problematyczne okazało się zapewnienie podstawowej infrastruktury społecznej. Nowe Żerniki realizują założenia zróżnicowania społecznego i funkcjonalnego w niewielkim zakresie. Zakładane jest rozwinięcie tych aspektów na kolejnych etapach projektu. W obu projektach udało się podnieść jakość przestrzeni. W Miasteczku Wilanów niewystarczająca koordynacja działań uczestników publicznych i prywatnych miała istotny wpływ na braki w realizacji założeń zróżnicowania społecznego i funkcjonalnego. Obniżyło to jakość życia mieszkańców i miało negatywne konsekwencje finansowe dla samorządu. W przypadku Nowych Żernik pełna kontrola miasta i modyfikacja inwestycji na kolejnych etapach daje szanse na to, że podobnych błędów uda się uniknąć. Jednak w projekcie brakuje jasno określonych celów, które pozwoliłyby weryfikować i odpowiednio kształtować proces prowadzenia przedsięwzięcia. Masterplany są narzędziem, które pozwala osiągnąć wyższą jakość przestrzenną i powinno być stosowane przy projektach transformacji przestrzennej nie tylko gruntów publicznych. Jednak zwłaszcza w projektach publicznych istotne jest zachowanie pełnej transparentności procesu i stawianych celów.
Ewolucja formy wieżowca oraz jej wpływna rozwój miast na przykładzie Chicago i Nowego Jorku
Authors: Strzałka-Rogal Dominika
Published: March 2024

W artykule omówiono ewolucję formy wieżowca oraz jego wpływ na rozwój miast amerykańskich. Studium oparto na przykładach drapaczy chmur, będących dla historii architektury symbolem pomysłowości, ambicji i sprawności architektonicznej. W analizie szczególną uwagę zwrócono na przełomowe dla epoki rozwiązania konstrukcyjne i materiałowe. Celem artykułu jest nakreślenie roli wieżowca oraz wartości dodanej, jaką pionowa struktura wnosi do miejskiego krajobrazu. Autorka wykazuje, że ówczesny kontekst kulturowy, społeczny i gospodarczy odpowiada za sukces długoterminowej wizji efektywnego wykorzystania przestrzeni.
Crimes of Conspiracy and Assistance in Terrorism
Authors: Ambarita Folman P. , Idharudin Taufiq
Published: March 2024

This study aims to understand the application of material criminal law to the crime of conspiracy and assistance to commit terrorism. This study uses a normative legal research method. The collected legal material is then qualitatively analyzed to describe the problem and answer the study objectives. The results show that the definition of criminal conspiracy in Article 88 of the Penal Code encompasses an agreement between two or more individuals to commit a crime. Initial discussions not directly related to crime planning do not fall within the category of a malicious conspiracy. Furthermore, concerning the crime of terrorism, material criminal law does not differentiate between the roles of conspirators, assistants, and main perpetrators in terrorism. Consequently, an agreement to commit a terrorist crime made by two or more individuals already fulfils the element of criminal conspiracy. In this context, conspirators and terrorism assistants can be prosecuted according to Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2002, even if the planned terrorist act has not been executed. Therefore, it is recommended for law enforcers, including POLRI, Prosecutors, and Judges, to pay close attention to the nuances of the criminal conspiracy definition according to the Penal Code and Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2002 in the eradication of criminal acts of terrorism. It is crucial to distinguish between initial discussions that do not indicate preparation for a criminal act and explicit agreements to commit a terrorist crime. Law enforcers must apply a thorough understanding of how material criminal law classifies conspirators, assistants, and main perpetrators without distinction in terrorism cases. Thus, fair and accurate handling of individuals planning terrorist crimes can be realized while upholding the principles of justice and proportionality in law enforcement.
Selvmordsrisiko blant middelaldrende og eldre menn i Norge
Authors: Hughes Carla Louise
Published: March 2024

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Entusiastisk, men omtrentlig om ketamin
Authors: Larsen Kim
Published: March 2024

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Sosialisasi dan Edukasi Visi Misi Hasil Musyawarah Pastoral IX Keuskupan Atambua di Dekenat Mena
Authors: Asa Siri Theodorus , Sesfao Marianus
Published: March 2024

In September 2023, the Diocese of Atambua's 9th Pastoral Conference (Muspas) in Emmaus initiated a mission to redefine its pastoral vision to address current social challenges. Led by the Bishop, the quinquennial plan emphasizes enhancing understanding of Church teachings amidst socio-economic and human development concerns. Particularly in the Mena deanery of North Central Timor, a culturally diverse and pivotal area, STP St. Peter's efforts aimed to align pastoral agents with this renewed vision. The collaborative educational approach underscores the importance of education, economic prosperity, and synodal collaboration as church success cornerstones. This strategy fosters a uniform approach across the diocese, encouraging ecological farming initiatives for sustainable development, and dynamic evangelization. The ultimate goal is fostering a community that progresses in intelligence and prosperity, in harmony with the Church's evolving vision and mission.
Effect of radiofrequency on postmenopausal adipose tissue: A randomized control trial
Authors: Aboelmagd Shreen R , Elsayed Mahmoud A , Hassan Mai Helmy , Botla Afaf M. , El Ashmawi Hazem S. , Hamoda Reham E.
Published: March 2024

Aim. To determine the effect of radiofrequency on anthropometric measurements and lipid profile in postmenopausal women.
Material and methods. Sixty postmenopausal women diagnosed as having abdominal adiposity and abnormal lipid profiles were incorporated into this study. Participants were assigned at random into two equal groups. Group A adhered to a Mediterranean diet and engaged in aerobic exercise for 12 weeks (n = 30), whereas group B followed a Mediterranean diet and participated in both aerobic exercise and radiofrequency treatments for the same 12-week period (n = 30). Both groups had their anthropometric measurements, encompassing weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference, along with lipid profile components involving total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), and triglycerides (TG), assessed before and after the 12-week program duration.
Results. Significant improvements (p < 0.05) were noted in all outcome measures within both groups. Upon post-treatment comparison, both groups exhibited statistically significant reductions in all anthropometric measurements, LDL and TG (p < 0.05), while there was a statistically significant increase in HDL (p < 0.05) favoring group B. Nevertheless, there were no significant differences between groups for TC and VLDL (p > 0.05) after treatment.
Conclusion. Radiofrequency has positive effect on anthropometric measurements and lipid profile in postmenopausal women.
Impact of explosive power, agility, and focus on front kick speed in pencak silat
Authors: Jamal Alfauzan , Sepdanius Endang , Alimuddin Alimuddin , Nelson Sonya , Sidi M. Adli Bin Mohd , Saputra Endarman
Published: March 2024

Introduction. In pencak silat, a front kick is considered the most effective technique for scoring points due to its precision and power.
Aim. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of leg muscle explosiveness, agility, and focus on the speed of the front kick.
Material and methods. This type of research is causal associative research. The population in this study comprised pencak silat athletes. 30 pencak silat athletes voluntarily participated in the study. The research instruments used in this study were vertical jumps, shuttle runs, focus grids, and kick speed tests. The analytical technique used to test this research is path analysis with multiple linear regression tests.
Results. The results showed that: (1) there was a significant direct effect between the explosive power on the speed of the front kick about 13.6%. (2) Agility has a significant direct effect on the speed of the front kick, accounting for about 21.1%. (3) Focus significantly affects the speed of the front kick, contributing approximately 71.6%., (4) There is an indirect effect of explosive leg muscles on the speed of the front kick, with a focus of approximately 21.4%. (5) There is also an indirect effect of agility on the speed of the front kick among pencak silat athletes, with a focus of about 20.6%. (6) Furthermore, there is a combined effect of explosive leg muscle power, agility, and focus on the speed of the front kick, accounting for approximately 71.2%.
Conclusions. It was concluded that the front kick speed was affected by explosive power, agility, and focus by 71.2% while the rest were other variables that were not studied. The results of this study are expected to help coaches, athletes, and performance analysts in developing appropriate training programs by prioritizing explosive power, agility, and focus variables.
New Evidence on Outcomes of Primary Education Stipend Programme in Bangladesh
Authors:   Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, YUNUS MOHAMMAD , SHAHANA SIBAN
Published: March 2024

Primary Education Stipend Project, a conditional cash transfer programme, has been in operations since 2003 to increase attendance rate and stem the dropout rate of children from poor and vulnerable households in the rural areas of Bangladesh. This paper evaluates the behavioural impact of conditionality and gender targeting of transfer of fund on the direct and latent outcomes using propensity score estimation method based on a sample of 2,500 households with primary school going children from 125 primary education institutions. Results reveal that the transfer entails an income effect on the share of educational expenses and channeling the stipend through mothers of the students does not directly empower them as women but does empower them as mothers. It appears that two different but mutually reinforcing stimuli—income effect and women educational empowerment effect—lead to favourable educational outcomes of the recipient students.
Are Larger Banks Performing Better than Smaller Banks in Bangladesh?
Authors: Amir Md. Khaled Bin , Islam Mohammad Ariful
Published: March 2024

This paper examines the relationship among bank size, net profit after tax and net interest income of 41 commercial banks in Bangladesh from 2012 to 2021. The study develops six hypotheses to diagnose the relationship between bank size and net profit or net interest income from the perspective of lag period data, generation wise data, and yearly data. Convenience sampling has been used, and the data is collected for the period 2012 to 2021 that considers all four generations of banks and thus the data set includes 410 firm year observations. After conducting OLS regression, it turns out that bank size positively impacts net interest income and net profit after tax. Overall, the correlation between net interest income and net profit after tax with bank size is significant revealed by examining the value of R2 and adjusted R2. We suggest testing with some other relevant variables (qualitative) which may produce some insightful thoughts and thus opens up the door of future research. Finally, it can be concluded that bank size is a self-sustaining attribute
Land Reform in South Africa
Authors: McCusker Brent , Moseley William G. , Ramutsindela Maano
Published: March 2024

This thoughtful book explores the history and ongoing dilemmas of land use and land reform in South Africa. Including both theoretical and applied examples of the evolution of South Africa’s current geography of land use, the authors provide a succinct overview of land reform and evaluate the range of policies conceived over time to redress the country’s stark racial land imbalance. Drawing on compelling case studies from across South Africa, they illustrate not only the progress of land reform, but also how reforms fit within the larger historical context of racialized land use. This is the first book of its kind to fully apply geographical theory to the case of South African land reform. Rather than rely on one-dimensional technicist explanations to discuss the shortcomings of the country’s land reform program, this rich study places it in the context of bitter battles between groups seeking to exploit land policies for their own benefit.
Hiroshima
Authors: Keiji Nakazawa
Published: March 2024

This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939, Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb. His gritty and stunning account of the horrific aftermath is powerfully told through the eyes of a child who lost most of his family and neighbors. In eminently readable and beautifully translated prose, the narrative continues through the brutally difficult years immediately after the war, his art apprenticeship in Tokyo, his pioneering "atomic-bomb" manga, and the creation of Barefoot Gen, the classic graphic novel based on Nakazawa's experiences before, during, and after the bomb.

This first English-language translation of Nakazawa's autobiography includes twenty pages of excerpts from Barefoot Gen to give readers who don't know the manga a taste of its power and scope. A recent interview with the author brings his life up to the present. His trenchant hostility to Japanese imperialism, the emperor and the emperor system, and U.S. policy adds important nuance to the debate over Hiroshima. Despite the grimness of his early life, Nakazawa never succumbs to pessimism or defeatism. His trademark optimism and activism shine through in this inspirational work.
Enslaved Women in America
Authors: West Emily
Published: March 2024

West offers an overview of the lives of enslaved women in America by using a broad chronological perspective, considering themes and issues in their lives from the colonial era through to the end of the Civil War. She compares the lives of enslaved women—sometimes exceptional and sometimes ordinary—across time and space with the lives of enslaved men, and with the white men and women who held them in bondage. West draws upon a wide range of evidence in evaluating enslaved women's lives and considers the major methodological issues they pose in order to build a composite, or overall, picture of enslaved womanhood through "snapshots'' of different women at various stages of their life-cycles.
How America Eats
Authors: Wallach Jennifer Jensen
Published: March 2024

In How America Eats, Food historian Jennifer Wallach examines how Americans have produced food, cooked, and filled their stomachs from the colonial era to the present. Due to the complex history of conquest, enslavement, and immigration, the United States has never developed a singular cohesive culinary tradition. U.S. food practices have been shaped by the various groups that have called a certain geographical space home. However, more than fusion and friction between different racial and ethnic groups went into creating American foodways. Wallach demonstrates that technological innovations and ideas about industrialism and progress have also impacted what and how Americans eat. Moreover, the American diet is the product of more amorphous factors, the outgrowth of both shared and competing values. The history of food in America reveals changing and contradictory ideas about subjects including nationality, race, technological innovation, gender, politics, religion, and patriotism.
Pandora's Trap
Authors: Preston Thomas
Published: March 2024

How important is presidential personality and leadership style in foreign policy decisions? To answer this question, Thomas Preston takes readers inside the Bush administration's decision-making process and use of intelligence to better understand how administration officials justified the Iraq War—and how they sought to avoid blame for the consequences of their actions. Based on extensive interviews with key Bush administration officials, Preston offers students of American foreign policy, presidential decision making, the dynamics of blame avoidance, and future practitioners with an in depth examination of how presidential personality and leadership style impacted Bush's central foreign policy failure. In addition, Preston looks critically at the oft-cited comparisons of Iraq to Lyndon Johnson's leadership during the Vietnam War, exploring where the analogy fits and a number of important differences. He shows how both presidents' styles exacerbated their managerial weaknesses in these cases and the limits of blame avoidance strategies. Importantly, the book provides a cautionary tale for future leaders to consider more carefully the long-term consequences of satisfying their short term policy desires by lifting the lid to any new Pandora's trap.
The Food and Feasts of Jesus
Authors: Neel Douglas E. , Pugh Joel A.
Published: March 2024

The New Testament is filled with stories of Jesus eating with people—from extravagant wedding banquets to simple meals of loaves and fishes. The Food and Feasts of Jesus offers a new perspective on life in biblical times by taking readers inside these meals. Food production and distribution impacted all aspects of ancient life, including the teachings of Jesus. From elaborate holiday feasts to a simple farmer’s lunch, the book explores the significance of various meals, discusses key ingredients, places food within the socioeconomic conditions of the time, and offers accessible recipes for readers to make their own tastes of the first century. Ideal for individual reading or group study, this book opens a window into the tumultuous world of the first century and invites readers to smell, touch, and taste the era’s food.
JFK and His Enemies
Authors: Whalen Thomas J.
Published: March 2024

The famed 19th century humorist Finely Peter Dunne once commented that life “would not be worth living if we didn’t keep our enemies.” Certainly John F. Kennedy could appreciate the wisdom behind this observation. At nearly every stage of his noteworthy political career, which stretched from the dank, run-down tenement houses of Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1946 to the gleaming downtown skyscrapers of Dallas, Texas in 1963, Kennedy had collected his fair share of enemies.

Some, like Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. in 1952 and Lyndon Johnson in 1960, presented formidable political obstacles to his attaining higher office. Others, like Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, threatened the very survival of the human race itself.

Regardless of the stakes, Kennedy always seemed to rise to the level of the domestic or international challenge presented. “Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man,” he said. To those who knew him best, this single-mindedness was not surprising. “He clearly wanted to establish a place in history,” insisted Robert McNamara, Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense. But being an historian himself, Kennedy realized that political success did not come easily or cheaply. It required individual strength of character, clarity of thought, and the ability to act decisively. “There are risks and costs to action,” he allowed. “But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.”
Destiny's Consul
Authors: Riccards Michael P.
Published: March 2024

What makes a great president? Certainly leadership, accomplishments, crisis management, political skill, character, and integrity are part of the equation, but the great presidents have something more. They not only govern well, but are part of something lasting; their presidencies influence the thoughts and beliefs of generations. These powerful men are not flawless leaders, they have made mistakes and miscalculations, but in the end their decisions have changed the nation and often the world. In Destiny’s Consul: America’s Greatest Presidents, presidential scholar Michael P. Riccards provides a concise introduction to the lives, presidencies, and personal qualities of ten great individuals whom Riccards argues are our greatest presidents. Organized chronologically, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Ronald Reagan are shown to truly be great. It will be of interest to anyone interested in the presidency of American history.
Good Girls, Bad Girls of the New Testament
Authors: Wray T. J.
Published: March 2024

Good Girls, Bad Girls of the New Testament takes readers on a powerful journey through the vast landscape of Roman-occupied Judea during the first century and the genesis of Christianity. This landscape serves as the backdrop for twelve amazing stories of women whose paths intersect, either by providence or design, with the paths of Jesus or Paul. Some of these women are familiar, such as Mary, the mother of Jesus, while others, like the wife of the infamous Pontius Pilate, are lesser known. Whether she is popular or obscure, good or bad, each woman’s story is an important part of the overall Christian narrative.

Good Girls, Bad Girls of the New Testament invites readers to take a more nuanced look at twelve stories that feature women, to explore their lives more deeply in historical context, and to understand the real story that includes both men and women. The book goes beyond simply telling the story of a particular biblical woman to challenge readers to explore the enduring lessons the ancient writers sought to impart. These timeless lessons are as important for us today as they were thousands of years ago.
When the Earth Roars
Authors: Smits Gregory
Published: March 2024

Japan, which is among the most earthquake-prone regions in the world, has a long history of responding to seismic disasters. However, despite advances in earthquake-related safety technologies, the destructiveness of the magnitude 9 class earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on 3/11 raised profound questions about how societies can deal effectively with seismic hazards. This important book places the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown disaster in historical perspective, examining conceptions of earthquakes since the seventeenth century, the diverse ways actual earthquakes and their aftermath played out, and their enduring social and scientific significance. By looking backward, Gregory Smits identifies future pitfalls to avoid and assesses the allocation of resources for dealing with future earthquake and tsunami disasters. He criticizes Japan’s postwar quest for earthquake prediction and the concept of “characteristic” earthquakes. Smits argues that earthquakes are so chaotic as to be unpredictable, not only geologically but also in their social and cultural effects. Therefore, he contends, the best hope for future disaster mitigation is antiseismic engineering and flexible disaster-relief capabilities. As the first sustained historical analysis of destructive earthquakes and tsunamis, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in Japan, natural disasters, seismology, and environmental history.
Military Mental Health Care
Authors: Lawhorne-Scott Cheryl , Philpott Don
Published: March 2024

Too often American veterans return from combat and spiral into depression, anger and loneliness they can neither share nor tackle on their own. Military Mental Health Care: A Guide for Service Members, Veterans, Families, and Community seeks to aid our troubled, returning forces by dissecting the numerous mental health problems they face upon arriving stateside. Don Philpott and Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott, co-authors with Janelle Hill of the highly successful Wounded Warrior Handbook, detail not only each issue’s symptoms, but also discuss what treatments are available, and the best ways for veterans to access those treatments while readjusting to civilian life.

In addition, they connect and explain many alarming trends, such as joblessness, poverty and addiction, appearing in our nation’s veteran population on a broader scale. PTSD and struggles with anxiety affect far more than veterans themselves, as sobering phenomena like homelessness, suicide, domestic violence and divorce too often become realities for those returning from war. Military Mental Health Care is both a resource for struggling veterans and a useful tool for their loved ones, or anyone looking for ways to support the veterans in their lives.
The Japanese Family in Transition
Authors: Vogel Suzanne Hall
Published: March 2024

In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburban community, interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Their research led to Japan’s New Middle Class, a classic work on the sociology of Japan. Now, Suzanne Hall Vogel’s compelling sequel traces the evolution of Japanese society over the ensuing decades through the lives of three of these ordinary yet remarkable women and their daughters and granddaughters.

Vogel contends that the role of the professional housewife constrained Japanese middle-class women in the postwar era—and yet it empowered them as well. Precisely because of fixed gender roles, with women focusing on the home and children while men focused on work, Japanese housewives had remarkable authority and autonomy within their designated realm. Wives and mothers now have more options than their mothers and grandmothers did, but they find themselves unprepared to cope with this new era of choice. These gripping biographies poignantly illustrate the strengths and the vulnerabilities of professional housewives and of families facing social change and economic uncertainty in contemporary Japan.
The Grand Spas of Central Europe
Authors: Large David Clay
Published: March 2024

The Grand Spas of Central Europe leads readers on an irresistible tour through the grand spa towns of Central Europe—fabled places like Baden-Baden, Bad Ems, Bad Gastein, Karlsbad, and Marienbad. Noted historian David Clay Large follows the grand spa story from Greco-Roman antiquity to the present, focusing especially on the years between the French Revolution and World War II, a period in which the major Central European Kurorte (“cure-towns”) reached their peak of influence and then slipped into decline.

Written with verve and affection, the book explores the grand spa towns, which in their prime were an equivalent of today’s major medical centers, rehab retreats, golf resorts, conference complexes, fashion shows, music festivals, and sexual hideaways—all rolled into one. Conventional medicine being quite primitive through most of this era, people went to the spas in hopes of curing everything from cancer to gout. But often as not “curists” also went to play, to be entertained, and to socialize. In their heyday the grand spas were hotbeds of cultural creativity, true meccas of the arts. High-level politics was another grand spa specialty, with statesmen descending on the Kurorte to negotiate treaties, craft alliances, and plan wars.

This military scheming was just one aspect of a darker side to the grand spa story, one rife with nationalistic rivalries, ethnic hatred, and racial prejudice. The grand spas, it turns out, were microcosms of changing sociopolitical realities—not at all the “timeless” oases of harmony they often claimed to be. The Grand Spas of Central Europe holds up a gilt-framed but clear-eyed mirror to the ever-changing face of European society—dimples, warts, and all.
Investigation of the stress-strain state of domical masonry vaults
Authors: Bedov A.I. , Gabitov A.I. , Domarova E.V. , Kolesnikov A.S.
Published: March 2024

The results of analytical study of stress-strain state of one of the varieties of vaults erected in various function buildings, i.e. domical masonry vaults covering Orthodox churches, are presented in this article. Due to the ongoing restoration of architectural monuments and religious buildings, as well as in connection with the construction of such facilities as Orthodox churches, the study of stress-strain state of masonry arches and vaults has become especially important in recent decades. Despite the rapid development of new building technologies in the construction of temples, use of these new technologies is shown to be limited and focused on the use of traditional materials. The current level of engineering of building structures with the use of software enables to significantly improve the calculation models and to obtain more reliable results, in particular for the structures under consideration. The domical vault considered herein is formed by wall extensions inclined along a given curve, converging in a horizontal crown under rectangular plan or in one point under square plan. The authors of the article have performed calculations of vaults in both linear and nonlinear formulations, with the results thereunder the forces and deformations of vaults have been analyzed. As a result profiles of vertical pressures and lateral pressures of the vault mounting groups, isopoles of principal stresses, vertical displacements, bending moments and normal forces were calculated.
Drugs for Rosacea
Authors:   Editors from The Medical Letter
Published: March 2024

Rosacea is a common, chronic inflammatory facial eruption of unknown cause. It is more prevalent in women than in men, and disease onset typically occurs after age 30. Rosacea is characterized by erythema, telangiectasia, and flushing, and sometimes by recurrent, progressive crops of acneiform papules and pustules, usually on the central part of the face. Some patients develop granulomas and tissue hypertrophy, which may lead to rhinophyma (a bulbous nose), particularly in men. Blepharitis and conjunctivitis are common. Keratitis and corneal scarring occur rarely.
Mirikizumab (Omvoh) for Ulcerative Colitis
Authors:   Editors from The Medical Letter
Published: March 2024

The FDA has approved the interleukin (IL)-23 antagonist mirikizumab-mrkz (Omvoh – Lilly) for treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) in adults. Mirikizumab is the first selective IL-23 antagonist to be approved for this indication. Ustekinumab (Stelara), an IL-12/23 antagonist, was approved for treatment of UC in 2019. The IL-23 antagonist risankizumab (Skyrizi) is approved for treatment of Crohn's disease.
Brain Over Mind, Mind Over Brain: Cognitive Strategies for Regulating Brain Activity
Authors: Kumar Dudi Ashok
Published: March 2024

Research and results: This study examines how meditation affects the brain utilizing fMRI, EEG-fMRI, machine learning, AI, molecular profiling, optogenetics, animal models, and clinical trials. It examines how meditation affects brain oscillations, connection patterns, and neurofeedback mechanisms and its therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's, epilepsy, Parkinson's, migraines, chronic pain, and mental health issues. Meditation increases brain structure, gray matter density, cortical thickness, and information processing speed. Meditation affects neurotransmitters, hormones, and the autonomic nervous system, regulating mood, attention, immunological function, and inflammation. Focus, emotion regulation, empathy, communal bonding, reduced inflammation, enhanced productivity, and illness mitigation are also discussed in meditation. Aim: This study endeavors to inform mental health patients and healthcare providers about the benefits of meditation as a therapy for mental diseases. Methods and tools: A professional psychologist who self-healed from schizophrenia found that meditation may help. Personal experience and literature evaluation inform the research, which includes peer-reviewed papers and empirical research. Psychology ethics provide anonymity and informed consent in the study. The data confirm meditation's therapeutic and mental health effects. Conclusion: The study advances meditation science and lays the groundwork for mental health clinical trials.
DIARRHOEA IN CHILDREN AGED 0-5 YEARS AT THE INPATIENT HEALTH CENTER GLENO AS HEALTH PROMOTION AN INTERFERENCE MEASURE RIGHT IN MUNICIPALITY OF ERMERA, (2024).
Authors: Tilman Carlos Boavida
Published: March 2024

Introduction: In Timor-Leste, diarrehoea is the second place with 11.5% of incidence of the 10 major diseases counted and as a cause of hospitalization of children, of all hospitalized children. Diarrhea is one of the 4 most frequent cases of admission of children aged 0-5 years to the Gleno Ermera Inpatient Health Centre. Objective: To investigate the relevance of health promotion as preventive dimensions in diarrhea in children aged 0-5 years at the Gleno Inpatient Health Centre, Ermera Administrative Post in the Municipality of Ermera, Timor-Leste. Research Methodology: Expressive study with a quantitative approach, using a purposeful non-probabilistic sample. The questionnaire contains closed questions of the bifurcated or dichotomous type of Likert scale, as used in this research methodology carried out by the researcher in the field of study. Results: Parents mention having one of the best practices of personal hygiene and in the composition, preparation and storage of food. Parents also consider that health promotion is different from the importance of preventing and controlling diarrhea. However, we have found that some parents still use soap and water as a form of disinfection, do not wash vegetables and fruits properly, nor do they wash their hands when they move them in the garbage, when they go to the bathroom. Parents allude that they do not always know the etiology of diarrhea, do not know how to clarify the forms of transmission and control through health education and hygiene measurements, which are clearer in the implementation practice by people, community, family and support by local government. Conclusion: We need to develop initiatives for the prevention of childhood diarrhea and despite the scarce number of interferences sustained by health promotion and education, it is recognized that health professionals should be promoting the improvement of the quality of life of these children to thank the profession of health professionals in Timor Leste, namely in the Administrative Post of Gleno Ermera the Municipality of Ermera of number two high population in the nation cited by (Tilman CB., 2024).
THE CONSOLIDATION OF LIMITED POWERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE (A NEW CLARIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF RDTL/2002), IN ACTUALIZATION, 2024.
Authors: Corte Real Alexandre Gentil
Published: March 2024

Introduction: The present legislator of Timor -Leste has not yet satisfied its obligatory duty to oversee the ordinary laws provided for in the constitutional text, especially those related to the connection and application of the policy of political-administrative decentralization, in line with the national constitution. of Timor-Leste the Central Government still collects all the power. In order to change this situation, it is urgent that the present ordinary legislator create laws on decentralization, so that it can strengthen the existence of local power, and, subsequently, to reach democratization. Objective: The key or main objectives of the power in implementation of decentralization is a democratization defended of administration power. Discussion: It is about giving opportunity to the delegation of authority to limited governments and societies, of central very position due to the administrative and political heterogeneity they have. The specific functions will be returned to the Municipalities, complete a process of consultation with the Ministries and then specified in the proposal for an organic Law on Local Government, with flexibility to adjust the subsequent and connected legal instruments. The application of the principle of democratization, can limited citizens have access to the decision-making process and the application of municipal procedures, with the development of the country. Conclusion: In order to reach this goalmouth, it is urgently essential to realize the reality of application or implementation of this model. The sovereignty body, of any kind the Ordinary Legislator, shall, with the out most urgency as possible, draw up the Local Government Act (Provided for in Article 72/CDRTL-2002), the Law on the Division of the Administrative Organization (provided for in Article 71/CDRTL-2002) and the Law on Territorial Division (Provided for in Article 5/CDRTL-2002) , which always actualization and updated in the context of the Rule of Law of Democratic, Timor-Leste with regarding to all the laws of Nation cited by (Corte Real AG & Faria V.S., 2024).
SCREENING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PGPRs COLLECTED FROM RHIZOSPHERE SOILS OF SORGHUM CROP GROWN VERTISOLS
Authors: Y. Kavya  , N. Trimurtulu  , A.VIJAYA GOPAL  , P. MADHU VANI  , N. V. V. S. D. Prasad  , K. Giridhar
Published: March 2024

Different plant growth promoting rhizo bacteria were isolated from sorghum growing vertisols of different districts of Andhra Pradesh during the year 2018-19. Isolations were carried out in microbiology lab at Agricultural Research Station, ANGRAU, Amaravathi. A total of sixty isolates were obtained from 20 different rhizospheric soil samples.The PGP bacteria such as Azotobacter, Azospirillium, PSB, KRB, ZnSB and PGP isolates were isolated. The isolated PGPRs were screened for their morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics. All the 60 isolates i.e. Azotobacter, Azospirillium, PSB, KRB, ZnSB and PGP isolate performed differently based on the strain specificity
Analysis of Tuberculosis Incidence among Employees of Forensic Medicine Bureau in Tyumen Region in 2003-2022
Authors: Timofeev R. M. , Marchenko A. N. , Pirogova N. D. , Kalashnikov A. A.
Published: March 2024

The objective: to analyze tuberculosis incidence and assess prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among employees of Forensic Medicine Bureau (FMB) in Tyumen Region.

Subjects and Methods. Tuberculosis incidence was retrospectively studied, and employees of Forensic Medicine Bureau in Tyumen Region were examined in order to detect latent tuberculosis infection.

Results. In 2003-2022, the long-time average annual incidence made 105.4±23.6 per 10,000 workers. The number of employees who had suffered tuberculosis with up to 5 years of experience in the bureau was greater versus employees with 6-10 years of experience and 11-15 years of experience. The level of LTBI based on the TRA test results was 32.7±4.5%. Tuberculosis incidence and the rate of LTBI among employees performing autopsies were higher versus employees of other departments of Forensic Medicine Bureau.
Subversive fidelity theory
Authors: Sánchez López Saúl
Published: March 2024

Although often overlooked in the academy, fidelity is a critical notion for any kind of human group, whatever the size, from a simple couple to a geopolitical alliance, as it necessarily depends on it to work properly. In Social Psychology, fidelity or loyalty has mostly been approached indirectly through Social Identity Theory in a rather simplistic way: a person is considered a loyal member of a group as long as they accept all of its mainstream ideals and rules with no exception. In other words, Fidelity is thought to be inextricably linked to believing and behaving, understood in an orthodox-conformist way. By contrast, we postulate that it is possible to be faithful to a group while subverting its ideology and norms, or, to put it another way, to integrate fidelity and subversión in a paradoxical yet coherent position: subversive fidelity. There have already been similar conceptual propositions both inside and outside Social Psychology, but we delve into its distinctive features, thus laying the foundations of an initial but promising theory.
Utilization of Traditional Hide and Seek Learning Media to Enhance English Learning Outcomes for Elementary School Students in Tana Toraja
Authors: Gasong Dina , Milka Milka , Tandiseru Selvi Rajuaty
Published: March 2024

This research aims to describe the effectiveness of utilizing the traditional hide and seek learning media to improve English learning outcomes for fourth-grade students at SDN 117 Rorre, North Makale District, Tana Toraja Regency. This research is a qualitative descriptive study with data collection through interviews, questionnaires, and direct field observations. The data analysis process involves data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The population of this research includes fourth-grade students at SDN 117 Rorre, teachers, and the school principal. Hide and seek is a traditional game played by a minimum of two people. However, in this study, the traditional hide and seek game is modified into a learning model that can be used during the teaching and learning process. This study examines the improvement of English language skills among students in the topic of numbers. The research design is a classroom action research (CAR) that cycles through planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Data collected includes children's activities and learning outcomes related to the traditional hide and seek learning model. Data is obtained through observation and tests. The results indicate a significant improvement in both teacher and fourth-grade student activities in SDN 117 Rorre in English using the traditional hide and seek model. Improvement is evident in both cycles I and II, with qualifications rated as fair in cycle I and improved in cycle II. This research concludes that utilizing traditional hide and seek learning media can enhance the learning outcomes of fourth-grade students at SDN 117 Rorre.
The Application of the Discovery Learning Model in Improving Religious Understanding of Students in the Lessons of the Book of Sulam Al-Taufīq
Authors: Mun’im Amaly Abdul , Supiana Supiana , Priatna Tedi , Karman Karman
Published: March 2024

Background: Understanding of the material of the book is difficult, it is not surprising to question whether the understanding of the material has become neglected. Therefore, the religious understanding of students must be developed by the ustāẓ in the Islamic boarding school through the learning process. This can be done using the formulation of the discovery learning model which contains a comprehensive learning procedure design.

Purpose:. This study aims to determine the application of the discovery learning model, and the religious understanding of students using discovery learning and non-discovery learning models, as well as increasing the religious understanding of students after using discovery learning and non-discovery learning models in Class 1 Aliyah Darul Falah Islamic Boarding School and Al-Mukhtariyah Islamic Boarding School West Bandung

Method:. The research approach used is an experimental study with a quasi-experimental type in the form of a nonequivalent pre-test and post-test control group design. The research population was students of Class 1 Aliyah Darul Falah Islamic Boarding School and Al-Mukhtariyah Islamic Boarding School, West Bandung with a sample of 106 students consisting of experimental and control classes. The research instrument used was a 38-item questionnaire, providing 20 multiple-choice questions and 5 description questions. Data were analyzed using statistical tests

Results:  The results of the research show that the discovery learning model is very suitable to be applied to the Al-Taufīq Sulam Book lesson, at the Darul Falah Islamic boarding school it got an average score of 93.65% which shows a very good interpretation value, and at the Al-Mukhtariyah Islamic boarding school, it got an average score of 93.65%. an average of 90.42% which shows a very good interpretation value. The religious understanding of students using the discovery learning model at the Darul Falah Islamic boarding school is at high criteria with an average pretest score of 52.39 and posttest 82.85 which has increased by 30.46%, at Al-Mukhtariyah Islamic boarding school it is at sufficient criteria. The average pretest score was 43.57 and posttest 75.87, which was an increase of 32.3%.

Conclusion: Meanwhile, non-discovery learning at the Darul Falah Islamic boarding school is at sufficient criteria with an average pretest score of 58.44 and posttest of 70.22, an increase of 11.78%, at the Al-Mukhtariyah Islamic boarding school it is at sufficient criteria with an average score -average pretest 51.22 and posttest 60.65, an increase of 9.43%
Türkiye’nin Seçilmiş Sektör ve Ülkelerle Endüstri İçi Ticaretinin Analizi
Authors: Sezer Şerife , Önder Kübra
Published: March 2024

Yeni dış ticaret teorileri arasında yer alan Endüstri İçi Ticaret (EİT) kavramı, bir ülkenin belirli bir sektör veya ürün kategorisinde hem ithalat hem ihracat yapması anlamına gelmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, EİT’yi kullanarak Türkiye’nin en fazla ihracat değerine sahip olduğu ilk beş sektörünün dış ticaretini incelemektir. Analizde, HS87, HS84, HS27, HS72 ve HS85 harmonize kodlu endüstriler kullanılmıştır. Türkiye’nin bu ürünlere yönelik ikili ticareti Grubel-Lloyd endeksi ile analiz edilmiş olup analizde 2018-2022 dönemine ait yıllık veri seti kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonucunda, ürün gruplarında EİT’in yoğun olarak Almanya, Hollanda, İspanya, Meksika, Singapur, ABD ve Birleşik Krallık ile gerçekleştiği belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca analizde, endüstri içi ticarette en fazla konu olan sektörlerin de HS87 ve HS84 olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Digital Technology as a Tool for Changing Learning Space for Workers’ Training in Nigeria
Authors: Akinyooye Funmilola Elizabeth
Published: March 2024

Workers are essential part of the organisational system because they represent the human capital resources that drive all other factors or parts of the system in a bid to achieve the organizational goal. In order to keep the workers abreast of changes and to ensure acquisition of requisite skills needed for optimal performance, there is always the need to engage the workers in training and retraining from time to time. Organization of trainings for workers come in different forms and types. There could be on the job training where workers are exposed to learning components while on duty at work. There could also be organization of training outside the workplace when workers take time off to undergo trainings which will help in additional skill acquisition. Facilitators used for workers training can either be internal or external facilitators depending on the needs and choice of organisers. However, with the emergence of technology and the recent occurrence like the world pandemic which nearly stopped all activities even at the workplace, there have been many evolutions on how activities at workplace can be carried out. This is also inclusive of training process which can afford the workers the opportunity to learn and improve their skills inspite of the limitations prevalent in the world. One would then think of exploring digital training for workers in Nigeria. This paper looks at the need for a change of learning space for Nigerian workers, opportunities in digital training, challenges of digital technology at the workplace for training and some suggestions on how to maximize the benefits for training Nigerian workers.