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A INFLUÊNCIA DA PRÁTICA DO MÉTODO PILATES NA MELHORA DO EQUILÍBRIO E REDUÇÃO DO RISCO DE QUEDAS EM IDOSOS: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA
Authors: Santos Gabriela dos , Gonzales Ana Inês , Cláudino Renato
Published: September 2022

RESUMO: A inserção de atividades físicas no cotidiano da população idosa vem se mostrando uma estratégia eficaz, na melhora do equilíbrio e redução do risco de quedas. Dentre as diversas possibilidades de atividade física, o método Pilates apresenta-se como uma modalidade popular nos últimos tempos, por se basear em um sistema de exercícios que possibilita trabalhar o corpo todo, corrigindo postura, realinhando a musculatura e desenvolvendo a estabilidade corporal necessária. Objetivo: Verificar as evidências atuais sobre os efeitos da prática do método Pilates em solo e acessórios em idosos, na melhora do equilíbrio e redução do risco de quedas. Método: Revisão sistemática da literatura, realizada nas bases de dados eletrônicas Pubmed, Scielo, Lilacs/Bireme, Pedro e Cochrane. Foram utilizados inicialmente descritores MeSH (Medical Subject Heading Terms) e operadores boleanos AND para as bases Pubmed e Cochrane, sendo posteriormente adequados para as demais bases.Resultado: Após busca completa, foram incluídos apenas 2 estudos, tendo uma amostra total de 118 indivíduos, de ambos os sexos, com idade mínima de 60 anos. O período de intervenção foi de 12 semanas de exercícios do método Pilates solo com acessórios com frequência semanal de 2 a 3x/semana. Foram identificados resultados positivos para equilíbrio para o grupo submetido ao método Pilates em comparação ao controle. Não foram evidenciados resultados significativos para o risco de quedas. Conclusão: Os resultados encontrados nesta revisão demonstram ser plausível a utilização do Método Pilates em Solo e com Acessórios quando o objetivo é promover a melhora do equilíbrio desta população.
Utilization of Cauliflower Stems and Leaves Powder in the Development of High Fibre Spent Hen Meat Cutlets
Authors: Kaur Simranjeet , Goswami Mayank , Kumar Pavan , Mehta Nitin , Sharma Amit
Published: September 2022

The present study was envisaged to develop high fibre spent hen meat cutlets by utilizing stems and leaves powder of cauliflower (CLSP) at four different levels viz. Control-0%, T1-2%, T2-4% and T3-6%, by replacing lean meat in the basic formulation. The developed meat cutlets were analyzed for various physicochemical, proximate, instrumental colour, texture and sensory attributes. Moisture, cooking yield, ash and fibre content recorded a significant (p<0.05) increase whereas pH and fat content followed a significant (p<0.05) decreasing trend in CLSP incorporated spent hen meat cutlets. Dimensional parameters such as height expansion and length/breadth shrinkage improved significantly (p<0.05) in all the treatments containing CSLP compared to control. Color values viz. L* and b* values recorded a significant (p<0.05) increase whereas a* values followed the decreasing trend with increasing levels of CLSP in meat cutlets. CLSP incorporation resulted in significant (p<0.05) improvement in the textural profile of meat cutlets. The overall acceptability scores of spent hen meat cutlets decreased significantly (p<0.05) with the addition of CSLP at a 6% level as compared to the other two treatments and control, due to the masking of meat flavor by vegetable source. Thus, fibre fortified spent hen meat cutlets having good acceptability and high nutritive value could be prepared by utilizing cauliflower waste (stems and leaves powder) at a 4% level of lean meat replacement, as it is a good source of dietary fibre and beta-carotene.
Antioxidant Potential of Indian Gooseberry (Emblica officinalis) Paste in Chicken Meatballs
Authors: Abinayaselvi R. , Natarajan A. , Nandhini K. , Santhi D. , Kalaikannan A.
Published: September 2022

The aim of the study was to evaluate the antioxidant potential of Indian gooseberry (Emblica officinalis) paste in chicken meatballs and its effect on physicochemical and sensory properties. Chicken meatballs were prepared with the inclusion of Indian gooseberry paste (GBP) at 0, 12%, 15%, and 18% levels. The emulsion pH, product pH, emulsion stability, and product yield were determined. DPPH Scavenging Activity (%) was studied to establish the antioxidant potential of the GBP in the product. Sensory properties were evaluated using 8 points hedonic scale.  Emulsion pH and Product pH decreased significantly (P<0.05) with the addition of GBP. Product yield decreased significantly (P<0.05) with the addition of GBP for 15% and 18% levels. DPPH scavenging activity significantly (P<0.01) increased with an increase in the GBP inclusion level, where 18% treatment had the highest antioxidant potential followed by 15% and 12% treatments. The sensory scores for control and 12% treatment were comparable and significantly (P<0.05) lower for 15% and 18% treatments. From this study, it was observed that Indian gooseberry paste could be added as a potential antioxidant in the chicken meatballs, up to a level of 12% without affecting the sensory qualities of the product.
ESTABLISHMENT OF SANTRI CHARACTERS THROUGH INCLUSIVE SOFT SKILL-BASED EXTRACURICULAR ACTIVITIES IN DAYAH DARUL IMAN ACEH TENGGARA
Authors: Kahar Syadidul
Published: September 2022

Artikel ini berupaya untuk menguraikan fonomena tentang pembentukan akhlak santri melalui kegiatan ekstrakurikuler berbasis soft skill inklusif. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fonomena dalam pengumpulan dan analisis data. Berdasarkan analisis data ditemukan bahwa Dayah Darul Iman menjadikan dayah sebagai wadah pembentukan akhlak santri melalui tauladan dengan mengaktualisasikan semangat penanaman nilai-nilai Islam pada berbagai kegiatan yang dilakukan oleh guru-guru dayah. Pengelolaan Dayah Darul Iman yang diupayakan oleh pimpinan dan seluruh pengelola secara umum berupaya menjadikan Dayah Darul Iman sebagai miniatur masayarakat sehingga alumni dayah mampu berkiprah di masayarakat. Kegiatan ekstrakurikuler soft skill berbasis inklusif di Dayah Darul Iman meliputi kegiatan Salam, Senyum, Sapa dan kekeluargaan; budaya tadarus setiap kegiatan; budaya membaca doa ketika memulai dan mengakhiri belajar; budaya disiplin; dan budaya bersih; budaya jujur; dan budaya malu ketika berbohong dan datang terlambat, serta budaya berperan aktif dalam menjaga lingkungan dan setiap kegiatan. Jadi, santri yang baru masuk di Dayah kemudian mendisiplinkan mereka dari berbagai kebiasaan keseharian mereka. Sejak lama Dayah Darul Iman telah mulai mengalami perubahan-perubahan baik secara fisik maupun non fisik. Secara kurikulum, sebelum kepemimpinan Abuya Bukhari Husni dayah masih menekankan kurikulum salafiah saja. Pada masa kepemimpinan Abuya Bukhari Husni, dayah telah menerapkan kurikulum dengan memadukan pendidikan umum, kitab kuning dan ekstrakurikuler soft skill inklusif. Perubahan ini karena tuntutan dari social masyarakat Aceh Tenggara yang merupakan masyarakatnya multicultural. Di sisi lain Aceh Tenggara berada pada perbatasan dengan Sumatera Utara, jadi arus informasi bergerak dengan cepat dan beragam
Nephroprotective effect of black tea extract on cadmium induced male Wistar rats
Authors: Mantur Venkappa S. , Manjunath S. Somannavar  , Satisha Hegde  , Sunil Vernekar  , Kusal K. Das  , Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Published: September 2022

Introduction and Aim Cadmium is an environmental pollutant and potential nepho-toxicant to humans. Increase in industrialization interruptions heavy metal pollution in the world. Heavy metal chemicals destruction of organ functions and disrupts physiological homeostasis. Only the chelation therapy that involve the remove the heavy metal. Our study was designed to resolve the nehro-protective possessions of tea beverage on experimentally persuaded cadmium toxicity in the renal of rats. Tea was given orally while cadmium was administered subcutaneously.
Method: Adult rats were divided into four groups (n=6/group). One control group (normal saline), two cadmium chloride group (CdCl2, 1.0 mg/kg, b.wt; i.p), Three Black tea extract group (black tea extract, 2.5 gm tea leaf/dl of water that is 2.5% of aqueous BTE) and Cadmium chloride plus black tea extract group (cadmium chloride + BTE). Simultaneously for 21 days.
Results: Supplementation of black tea remarkably improves kidney architecture of rats treated with cadmium chloride group.
Conclusion: Black tea extract seems to be nephron-protective against cadmium induced oxidative stress.
Report on carbapenemase-producing rare sequence types of Escherichia coli and Enterobacter hormaechei
Authors: Rajni Ekadashi , Shukla Suraj , Duggal Swati , Khatri P.K. , Gajjar Devarshi
Published: September 2022

Introduction and Aim: Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have emerged at an alarming rate. Multi locus sequence typing (MLST) is an important parameter for identifying drug resistant organisms.  The present study was carried out for elucidating the mechanisms of CRE and MLSTs associated with CRE.
Materials and Methods: CRE (n=14) were obtained from various clinical samples and subjected to Rapidec Carba NP (CNP) test and multiplex polymerase chain reaction (M-PCR) and five isolates proceeded for whole genome sequencing (WGS). ?-lactamase (bla) genes were analysed using Resfinder and CARD tool. Bioinformatics tools: mlplasmids, plasmid finder, mobile element finder, and Center for Genomic Epidemiology (CGE) toolbox were used.
Results: All isolates (n=14) were positive for CNP and bla genes using M-PCR. Isolates (J21, J22, J23, J27) were identified as Escherichia coli while (J34) was Enterobacter hormaechei. MLST showed E. coli isolates (J21& J22) as ST648; E. coli (J23) was ST940; E. coli (J27) was ST 2851, and E. hormaechei (J34) was closest to ST1325. Genes blaTEM, blaNDM & blaampC were found to be present in all isolates; blaCTX-M was present in all E. coli isolates but not in E. hormaechei. blaOXA was present in E. coli (J23) and in E. hormaechei (J34); while ESBL blaSFO-1 in E. hormaechei (J34).
Conclusion: ESBLs (blaTEM & blaCTXM) and metallo beta-lactamase -MBL (blaNDM) cause carbapenem resistance in rare sequence types of E. coli while; ESBL (blaSFO-1) and MBL (blaNDM) cause carbapenem resistance in                             E. hormaechei.
Effect of Metformin therapy on lipid profile in obese and non-obese women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
Authors: A. Swathi  , Vijayalakshmi  , Reddy Yogananda
Published: September 2022

Introduction and Aim: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine condition affecting the reproductive system in women. It is characterized by obesity, irregular menstruation, anovulation, hirsutism, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia. Metformin, an oral anti-diabetic drug is known to stabilize metabolic disturbances caused by PCOS. This study aims to determine the effect of metformin therapy on lipid profile in obese and non-obese women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. 
Materials and Methods: It is a prospective, clinical, interventional study, participated by sixty women aged between 13 to 45 years, suffering with PCOS, who are attending the gynecology outpatient department at SVS medical college and hospital, from a year. The subjects were divided into two groups, Group-1 (Obese women) and Group-2 (non-obese women) and received the anti-diabetic drug, Metformin orally with doses of 500mg/day for a year. Approval of our study was done by Ethical Institutional Board. Demographic parameters age, BMI, and lipid profile including High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL), Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), Triglycerides (TAG), & Total Cholesterol (TC) were assessed. SPSS was applied for data analysis and p<0.001 was considered statistically significant.
Results: A combined group study of obese and non-obese women subjects showed a BMI decrease in non-obese subjects at 6 months by Metformin therapy. HDL levels increased in non-obese women subjects with a statistical significance. LDL and TAG levels remained unchanged at 6 months by Metformin therapy in both groups. Total cholesterol levels were high in non-obese women and were decreased in the obese women group after Metformin treatment, this metformin therapy could be useful in controlling the metabolic disturbances in non-obese women suffering from PCOS.
Conclusion: Metformin has an optimistic physiological effect on the BMI & lipid profile of women suffering from PCOS, hence can help control metabolic disturbances.
Changing urban form in a planned economy: the case of Nanjing
Authors: Zhang Lina , Ding Wowo
Published: September 2022

Plots have consistently provided effective evidence in interpretations of urban transformations. In a market economy they are profitable land units involving capital, and they play an important role in urban development. However, it is unclear what role plots play in a planned economy, where they lack exchange value and only have value in their use for supporting buildings. In China during the socialist period from 1949 to 1988, the land unit for urban construction was freely allocated land. The process of plot metamorphosis was dominated by the planned economy system, and it progressed through the creation and changes in the physical form of danweis. The specifics of the morphological process in this political and economic system merit investigation. This paper examines the morphological transformation of part of the central commercial district of Nanjing from 1949 to 1988. It explores the system of land occupation, widens morphological knowledge and complements the contribution of M. R. G. Conzen to methods of historico-geographical investigation.
Exploring the fringe-belt phenomenon in a Sino-Portuguese environment: the case of Macao
Authors: He Shaoying
Published: September 2022

The fringe-belt concept has been recognized as an effective means of investigating the growth and transformation of urban physical form. Hitherto case studies of fringe belts have been mainly conducted in fairly homogeneous cultural environments. In this paper the fringe-belt concept is investigated in a city characterized by a Sino-Western admixture of cultures. The investigation of three fringe belts in Macao Peninsula reveals major factors influencing their formation and modification processes, especially in relation to socio-economic conditions, land reclamation from the sea and industrial development. Understanding the characteristics of fringe belts has implications for the appreciation and management of urban landscapes.
Globalization, UNESCO, urban morphology and local responses
Authors: Ehlers Eckart
Published: September 2022

This paper reflects on some of the basic statements by international bodies such as UNESCO and UN-HABITAT concerning the protection, conservation and restoration of historical urban centres. These statements are seen as a challenge to the community of urban morphologists of various backgrounds. The paper pleads for a stronger involvement of academic research and urban planning in the political decision-making processes at local, regional and transnational levels. It concludes with suggestions about how to achieve a stronger visibility of urban morphology in theory and practice and how to improve the network embracing urban morphologists in the broadest sense and policy makers at various scales from local to global.
Cemeteries and urban form: a historico-geographical approach
Authors: Kolnberger Thomas
Published: September 2022

Research in urban morphology rarely takes account of the specific forms of burial grounds. This paper offers a synthesis of how Christian cities of the dead mirror the cities of the living, and provides an overview of different Western European ‘funeral epochs’. The shifting location of burial grounds relates to major changes in town planning and building. Adopting a historico-geographical approach, micro-morphological transformations of grave-plot forms and their cardinal orientations and accessibility are explored in the context of changing religious beliefs, rules on hygiene, and practical and aesthetic considerations. The role of cemeteries in fringe-belt development is presented, using Vienna as a historical case study.
The idea of the ‘ensemble’ in urban morphology
Authors: Haslam Jeremy
Published: September 2022

The idea of the ensemble – as encompassing areas within plans of composite medieval towns that can be recognized as being co-functional and contemporary in origin – is argued as being an important concept in enabling the course of urban development to be unravelled in a meaningful way. In a number of cases the use of this concept, as applied to the course of development of early medieval towns, can counteract the tendency for the interpretation of spatial distinctions between different ‘morphological areas’ within a town plan to be regarded as evidence of sequential development. This is exemplified in the discussion of a number of examples of town plans in which the application of this concept can generate new historical narratives concerning their early development.
An end to Spain’s urban morphological isolation?
Authors: Barke Michael
Published: September 2022

In comparison with North America and other large European countries, Spain has historically had a limited international presence in academic urban morphology. This is remarkable in light of the striking character of Spain’s urban heritage and the large volume of Spanish writing on the country’s urban history and urban form. Possible reasons for this relative international isolation are suggested and the Spanish literature relating to urban morphological themes is reviewed. This literature contains a wide variety of themes, but no distinctive Spanish ‘school’ of urban morphology has emerged. However, the ISUF Conference in 2017 in Valencia signalled a stronger presence of Spanish urban morphologists on the international stage. An analysis of the Spanish contributions at this conference and other recent studies suggests a growing interest in the practical applications of urban morphological research. Spanish urban morphologists may be an integral part of a wider movement to use urban morphology as a ‘tool’ rather than as an end in itself.
Referential types as clues for housing design
Authors: Ledent Gérald , Komossa Susanne
Published: September 2022

A place or city can be characterized by a particular housing type – a ‘referential housing type’. It is usually embodied in the housing form that was widely produced in the golden age of a region. It may be conceived as an inseparable combination of spatial and socio-cultural features. Such a type sheds light on the socio-cultural character of a particular place. It enables a better understanding of the other housing forms in the place. These other forms can be comprehended in relation to the referential type. Bearing in mind that the ‘genius loci’ is a key to designing new projects, referential types can function in two ways: through a contemporary interpretation of their spatial features, or through the creation of new spatial features that are able to support the socio-cultural inner logic informed by the referential types. The concept of referential types is illustrated in Brussels and Amsterdam. Paradigmatic examples with identical conventions allowing for objective comparisons are explored.
Urban tissues and residential types in Cuenca (Ecuador)
Authors: Hermida M. Augusta , Juca-Freire Natalia , Carvallo-Ochoa Juan Pablo
Published: September 2022

Architecture, and particularly the architecture of housing, has been critically important in the history of humanity; however, its analysis has not often addressed all of its complexity. There is a need to understand the built structures as a fundamental component of urban form and their historical evolution as the result of a dialogue with the city as a whole. In this context, and to contribute to this analysis, this paper discusses how urban tissues and residential types emerged during the twentieth century in the city of Cuenca (Ecuador). A two-stage qualitative and exploratory methodology was used: a) the identification of urban tissues related to residential uses that, jointly with the compilation and analysis of historical maps, allowed the understanding of the city’s overall evolution; and b) the documentation of residential building types through the analysis of databases and historical archives that provided 221 case studies. From this, seven residential types were defined: Courtyard Houses, Houses on Steep Slopes, Compact Houses, Urban Villas, Attached Houses, Row Houses, and Residential Blocks. All types appear or evolve adapting to the conditions of the city, the changing needs of society, the external influences, and based on the form of their predecessor.
Towards a socio-ecological spatial morphology: a joint network approach to urban form and landscape ecology
Authors: Marcus Lars , Berghauser Pont Meta , Barthel Stephan
Published: September 2022

Interest in the green infrastructure of cities has rapidly increased in recent years. The reasons are several but generally relate to the great increase of research and policy on sustainable urban development. Of particular importance here is the more recent shift in this field towards greater emphasis on biodiversity and urban ecosystems and not only climate change and environmental engineering. This shift brings new demands for a deeper understanding of the morphology of green infrastructures in cities, understood as ecological environments and not only as areas for human use, as has been the general case in urban morphology. In an earlier paper (Marcus et al., 2019), we discussed how descriptions of landscape patterns of both urban and natural kinds, as developed in urban morphology and landscape ecology respectively, could be integrated into a joint socio- ecological spatial morphology. That paper outlined a framework for such a morphology where green (and blue) as well as built-up areas in cities can be jointly described as configurations of patches. However, the discussion in that paper does not address how to capture the relation between such configurations and the processes that they structure, or how such processes over time may alter such configurations, which is the aim of the present paper. It does so by extending the theory of generic function (Hillier, 1996) to other species than humans, and by applying the theory of affordances (Gibson, 1986) as a means to develop distance measures specific for different species. The origin of the discussion in both papers is the need for progress in sustainable urban development for which this relation is vital, since if we are to address the function of both urban and ecological systems through spatial form, we need to develop an understanding of how such patterns underpin and structure urban and ecological systems.
Urban form and culture: a comparative analysis of Anatolian and Italian towns
Authors: Eskidemir Kahraman , Kubat Ayşe Sema
Published: September 2022

The different town planning cultures that shaped old towns in Anatolia and the Italian Peninsula from antiquity to today are examined as a historical morphological study. The Roman Empire had a great influence on historical towns throughout the territories of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The underlying focus of this research is the urban fabric in Anatolian towns, built with similarities to settlements in the Italian Peninsula during the Roman Empire, which have changed with the arrival of different cultures from Anatolian Turks to Ottomans under Islamic influence. Eight fortified Roman origin towns from Anatolia and Italy are selected as samples. The comparison between these towns is based on the time at which they were established and specific elements such as their location and importance in their region and their status in the state to which they belonged. Morphological values and quantitative values are obtained through space syntax analysis. In addition to the comparative analyses, the connection of cultural and religious buildings to the whole town network is examined from a mathematical point of view to understand how cultural alteration influences urban form and structure. The urban tissues in both Anatolian and Italian peninsulas differ in block size and segment length. While the legacy of the Roman Empire still exists in Italy, the influence of Islamic tradition has completely changed the urban pattern in Anatolia. This is also confirmed by mathematical interpretations.
The spatial morphology of synagogue visibility as a measure of Jewish acculturation in late nineteenth-century London
Authors: Vaughan Laura
Published: September 2022

This paper's historical focus is the latter two decades of nineteenthcentury London. During this period the established Jewish community of the city benefited from political emancipation, but this was not the case for the recently-arrived impoverished Jewish migrants from Eastern Europe. The spatial constitution of religious practice also differed across the city. A comparative study found that the more prosperous West End, other than an isolated case in the impoverished district of Soho, had purpose-built buildings fronting the street; while the poorer district of Whitechapel in the East End was dominated by smaller ad hoc arrangements – one-room or adapted premises, shtiebels – serving a wider communal and social purpose, similar to the practice of the old country. A comparative space syntax isovist analysis of the visibility of synagogue façades from surrounding streets found that while, in the West End, most synagogues had a limited public display of religious practice by this time, East End prayer houses remained visible only to their immediate, Jewish majority surroundings. This paper proposes that the amount of synagogue-street visibility corresponds to the stage of growth in both social acculturation and political confidence.
The urban form of Portuguese cities
Authors: Oliveira Vítor , Medeiros Valério , Corgo João
Published: September 2022

This paper addresses two main challenges: how to offer an overview on the urban form of Portuguese cities, and how to analyse the fundamental aspects of the evolution of this physical form over time. The Morpho methodology is applied to address these challenges. This methodology focuses on a reduced number of urban form elements and characteristics, all related to the town plan: the spatial accessibility of the street system, the dimension of street blocks, the density of plots, and the coincidence between building and plot frontages. Morpho is applied to Portugal’s 20 most important cities. In addition to producing specific new knowledge on this sample of Portuguese cities, the paper presents results that are relevant for a wider geographical context, and demonstrates the potential of the methodology in comparing a large set of cities.
Urban conservation and urban morphology in Kiruna, Sweden
Authors: Sjöholm Jennie , Hidman Erik
Published: September 2022

This paper investigates the interaction between urban conservation and urban morphology. This relationship was studied using the three basic components of urban morphology – resolution, form and time – in the context of the urban transformation of Kiruna. Kiruna is a mining town in northern Sweden where, as a result of the subsidence caused by mining, a new town centre is being built on a new site and extensive parts of the existing settlement are being demolished. The empirical data comprises conservation plans adopted by the authorities and residents’ perceptions of the town identified through an urban living lab study. The mapping of stakeholders’ perceptions of urban environments that are important to Kiruna’s character enabled identification of characteristic features of the town’s urban form and selection of the most significant areas for in-depth analysis. The study shows that traditional containment relationships between form elements, which are internationally recognized as desirable, did not prevail in the case of Kiruna. Therefore, contemporary urban planning and design ideas need to be adapted to the local context rather than only based on the overall understanding of urban form.
The relationship of building types and plots to changing family structures and land systems in Chinese settlements
Authors: Guo Pengyu , Ding Wowo
Published: September 2022

Through the analysis of plots and buildings respectively, M. R. G. Conzen and the Caniggian school of typo-morphology proposed complementary approaches to the understanding of physical changes in urban form. Understanding the role of building typological processes can contribute to the study of morphological changes. In order to understand the nature of typological processes in the process of changing settlement form, the relationship of plots and buildings to changing social forces requires further investigation. The form of Chinese rural settlements reflected the changing system of landholding and family structure. The typological process and the process of plot change in relation to building activities of individual families are examined in a sample settlement in north China. This study indicates that the investigation of the relationships between building types and plots contributes significantly to understanding the form of settlements.
Combining the historico-geographical and configurational approaches to urban morphology: the historical transformations of Ludlow, UK and Chinatown, Singapore
Authors: Li Xiaoxi , Zhang Ye
Published: September 2022

There have been notable efforts to coordinate and combine the historico-geographical and configurational approaches to urban morphology. Nevertheless, the new insights that the combination of these two approaches could offer are still to be fully identified, especially concerning the historical transformation of urban form. This paper develops a methodological framework for combining the historico-geographical and the configurational approaches in order to explore their complementarities. Ludlow (UK) and Chinatown (Singapore) are used as case studies to test this new framework. The results show that, on the one hand, the street configuration, especially the integration-segregation pattern, is correlated with the distribution of plan units and therefore can inform their recognition; on the other hand, place-specific knowledge relating to the historico- geographical process of the city can help to explain the changes in the configurational values of different plan units. The findings indicate that the combination of these two approaches is capable of providing enhanced understandings of the historical transformation of urban form for both urban areas with incremental growth and those with fast-changing urban landscapes.
MAP: a methodology for Morphological Analysis and Prescription
Authors: Monteiro Cláudia , Pinho Paulo
Published: September 2022

Bringing together different approaches to understand the complex physical form of cities and exploring the potential of this scientific knowledge for planning practice are crucial tasks for urban morphology. Yet these have so far been insufficiently explored. Over recent years, these two challenging issues – comparative studies and the relation between research and practice – have been brought to the centre of the morphological debate. This paper presents a new methodology to address these challenges, based on the integration of historico-geographical, process typological and configurational approaches. It aims to inform planning decisions on the transformation of urban form. The procedural framework of the methodology for Morphological Analysis and Prescription (MAP) includes six stages; three concerned with analysis and three related to prescription. The methodology has been applied to the city of Porto, Portugal.
A new complementary model for integrating historico-geographical and configurational approaches: the case of Famagusta
Authors: Allahmoradi Mitra , Cömert Nevter Zafer
Published: September 2022

This paper presents a ‘complementary model’ for analyzing urban form by utilizing the historico-geographical and configurational approaches of urban morphology to achieve a better comprehension of the evolution of the urban form and, in particular, of the street formation of Famagusta. The results confirm that structurally the historico-geographical character and configuration of the town are determined by socio-economic activities. Within this context, both approaches identify the historical patterns of urban form as the key element to comprehend the relationship between socio-economic activity and urban form, which are both configurational and historical. Famagusta, a small historical town located in the eastern part of Cyprus, lacks a detailed urban morphological study and has been used to test this complementary method. The complementary model tested in Famagusta represents the strong relationship between land use and socio- economic activities, which determine how the urban form is transformed throughout the last six historical periods, and how socio-economic changes affected the urban form during these processes. Following political conflicts in the 1960s and the division of Cyprus in 1974, Varosha became the “ghost town” it remains to this day. These are the major hindrances to further development of the city toward the south. With the establishment of the Eastern Mediterranean University in 1979, the overall socio-economic structure of Famagusta has undergone rapid development. The Walled City remains intact and functioning, but is no longer the centre of socio- economic activity of the region, and the most integrated place in terms of global integration.
Information and energy assessment of the creation of soils with specified properties
Authors: Efimov Oleg , Savich Vitaliy , Naumov Vladimir , Sedykh Vladimir , Kamennykh Natalia , Kolesnik Anna
Published: September 2022

The paper considers the information and energy assessment of soil fertility. It is shown that soil cultivation is accompanied by an increase in soil humus content, absorption capacity, content of biophilic elements, accumulation of energy in the soil, optimization of information relationships in the soil. Thus, the energy content in poorly and well cultivated sod-podzolic soils was 351.7 and 510.7 million kcal/ha, respectively. When cultivating soils, the content of mobile forms of biophilic elements in them increased, the relationship between soil properties and crop yield became more stable. It is shown that on more cultivated soils it is more profitable to grow crops that are more demanding of fertility, accumulating more energy on these soils than crops that are less demanding of fertility. The change of optimal soil properties for individual crops depending on the level of intensification of production is shown. Keywords: SOIL, FERTILITY, ENERGY STORAGE IN THE SOIL AND IN THE CROP YIELD
STRATEGIES FOR THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CAR TNCs
Authors:   University of Tirana, Albania, Vorpsi Cami Laura
Published: September 2022

Central to corporate strategies for the internationalization of the financial and economic activities of automotive TNCs are questions about both, the geographical configuration of their international value chain and the degree of its manageability, the effectiveness of management coordination, and the level of integration of the corporate organization structure. Exacerbation of the competition between automakers for raw materials sources and markets generates such a global trend of modernizing corporate strategies for the internationalization of their activities as a modularization of business activity, which underlies the powerful motivation of mega-suppliers of automotive corporations to increase their level of vertical integration production and implementation of macro components. Despite the global nature of automotive manufacturing modularization, each multinational corporation chooses the most appropriate modular platform model in terms of the most efficient combination of organizational structure, operating system of research and development and the level of versatility to maximize adaptation in the production of different models and modifications of vehicles. In the face of global trends, the automotive corporate sector undergoes a significant deepening of integration processes, which is manifested in the formation of branched and highly diversified consolidated groups of companies. This necessitates the growing need to integrate multinational corporations' complex methods of analyzing their financial status into the practice of diagnostics of the activities of multinational corporations with the introduction into the business practice of a system of corporate financial sensitivity sensitization that is unified globally.
RELIABILITY OF UNDERINVOICING REVEALING METHODS: CASE STUDY UKRAINE
Authors:   University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Irpin, Ukraine, Zhuchkov Anton , Pashko Pavlo ,   University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Irpin, Ukraine
Published: September 2022

Goods mispricing in international trade is regarded as customs fraud according to the WCO typology and reveals itself as a great challenge for customs and tax bodies all over the world. Revenue losses, tax avoidance, mispricing and other types of fraud create significant obstacles in the development of the social sphere, especially in the government programs implementing, which in the long run has a very negative impact on the investment climate and the development of national economies in general. Empirical data are examined to estimate accuracy and reliability of certain methods of statistical analysis in the context of targeted control enhancing. The benefits of multistage approach are shown, which can be used to reveal possible violations of customs law and prevent significant under-invoicing of imported goods. The objective of this research is to study the basic features of the most widely applied methods of abnormal pricing estimation and to examine a possibility to combine two mainly applied approaches to enhance robustness of the obtained data and credibility of the analysis results. An attempt is made to define basic efficient tool which could be used by customs authorities for further development of customs value control strategy. To accomplish the research task, general scientific methods are applied, such as inductive logic, comparative and statistical analysis as well as generalisation. The main points of widely applied mirror data analysis and price filter method are examined focusing special attention on the shortcomings and ways to diminish possible mistakes. Crucial role of appropriate statistical data and other available information using is shown to reveal potential underinvoicing, tax avoidance and other fraudulent trade activities. Possibilities of the two-staged statistical analysis of customs value indices as risks-oriented mechanism in national customs valuation database are investigated. The calculated figures show noticeable discrepancies in customs values declared at export and import. The paper identifies advantages of multistage analysis of available trade statistics data to facilitate the customs valuation control targeting and further process automation.
SUBSTANTIATION OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS IN THE PROCESSES OF CREATION OF PROJECT VALUES AT ENTERPRISES
Authors:   National Aviation University, Ukraine, Katerna Olga , Avanesova Nina ,   Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architeture, Ukraine, Hetman Olha ,   Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ukraine, Antypenko Nadiia ,   National Aviation University, Ukraine, Krivoruchko Hanna ,   Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architeture, Ukraine
Published: September 2022

The project value management model proposed in the work reveals a certain sequence of actions and tools for identifying, balancing, creating, checking relevance, and tracking the long-term consequences of using the project value, largely solves unresolved theoretical issues, provides not only the formation of conditions for ensuring the project value in all its manifestations and for a wide range of stakeholders but also tracking of the long-term results and creation of a knowledge base in the post-project period, which increases the efficiency of the project activities of the company and its competitiveness. The approaches formed during the study regarding the positioning of stakeholders, the identification of the impact of each of them on the project and the ranking of their value expectations together with methodological recommendations to ensure a balance of the project’s value characteristics are the prerequisites for creating the expected value for each project stakeholder and reducing the risk of conflict of interest. The successful implementation of the company's value direction in terms of its project activities involves the introduction of a number of organizational measures, among which the priority ones include, as an analysis of the practice of enterprises in the field of electricity supply services shows, the inclusion of the recommendations proposed in the work into corporate provisions for project management, as well as the creation of structural units, which, based on generalized experience and knowledge, would form and implement a set of tasks for project value management in their activities. This is one of the key components to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of project-oriented enterprises.
Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor-Ivacaftor and Ivacaftor (Trikafta)
Authors: CADTH
Published: September 2022

CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class.
The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec.
This review assesses Elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor and ivacaftor (Trikafta)

50 mg elexacaftor, 25 mg tezacaftor, and 37.5 mg ivacaftor (combination tablet) and 75 mg ivacaftor (tablet); oral
100 mg elexacaftor, 50 mg tezacaftor, and 75 mg ivacaftor (combination tablet) and 150 mg ivacaftor (tablet); oral.

Indication: Treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients aged 6 years and older who have at least 1 F508del mutation in the CFTR gene.
EFEKTIVITAS INTERVENSI MEDIA AUDIO VISUAL AKU BANGGA AKU TAHU DALAM PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN HIV-AIDS PADA REMAJA
Authors: NURAMALIA NURAMALIA
Published: September 2022

Educational media is a very important component as a means of interaction, one of which is audio-visual media. Health education through the audio-visual media Aku Bangga Aku Tahu (ABAT) is expected to be able to increase comprehensive knowledge about HIV and AIDS. This study aims to determine the effect of ABAT audio-visual media on HIV and AIDS knowledge of school adolescents in Makassar City. The research design used a quasi-experimental approach with The Nonequivalent Control Group Design. Sampling using random sampling technique, as many as 96 teenagers. The results showed that most of the respondents were in the age group of 17 years (49%), female (52%), grade 12 (51%). Based on the results of the Mann-Whitney U Test, it showed that there were differences in attitudes after the ABAT audio-visual media playback intervention was performed with the frequency of playback three times and once in the intervention group and the control group (p=0.05). Conclusion: there is a significant difference in adolescent attitudes about HIV and AIDS after the intervention. ABAT audio-visual media with three times the frequency of playback is more effective than once. Several comparisons of extension media are needed to better understand the effectiveness of a media.
ABSTRAKMedia pendidikan merupakan komponen yang sangat penting sebagai sarana interaksi, salah satunya adalah media audio visual. Pendidikan kesehatan melalui media audio visual Aku Bangga Aku Tahu (ABAT) diharapkan mampu meningkatkan pengetahuan secara komprehensif tentang HIV dan AIDS. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh media audio visual ABAT terhadap pengetahuan HIV dan AIDS remaja sekolah di Kota Makassar. Desain penelitian menggunakan pendekatan quasy eksperimen dengan rancangan The Nonequivalent Control Group Design. Penarikan sampel menggunakan teknik random sampling, sebanyak 96 remaja. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar responden berada pada kelompok umur 17 tahun (49%), berjenis kelamin perempuan (52%), tingkatan kelas 12 (51%). Berdasarkan hasil uji Mann-Whitney U Test menunjukkan ada perbedaan sikap setelah dilakukan intervensi pemutaran media audio visual ABAT dengan frekuensi pemutaran sebanyak tiga kali dan satu kali pada kelompok intervensi dan kelompok kontrol (p=0,05). Kesimpulan: ada perbedaan yang bermakna pada sikap remaja tentang HIV dan AIDS setelah dilakukan intervensi. Media audio visual ABAT dengan frekuensi pemutaran sebanyak tiga kali lebih efektif dibanding satu kali Diperlukan beberapa perbandingan media penyuluhan agar lebih mengetahui tingkat keefektifan suatu media.
PENGARUH TERAPI MUROTTAL AL-QUR’AN TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN PRE OPERASI
Authors: Simamora Febrina Angraini , Daulay Nanda Masraini
Published: September 2022

Kecemasan adalah suatu keadaan dimana seseorang merasa khawatir, gelisah, bahkan takut seolah-olah akan terjadi sesuatu yang buruk yang akan terjadi pada dirinya. Kecemasan banyak terjadi pada pasien menjelang dilakukannya operasi. Terapi murottal Al-Qur’an merupakan salah satu jenis terapi nonfarmakologis yang digunakan untuk menurunkan tingkat kecemasan karena dapat menimbulkan respon relaksasi bagi yangmendengarkannya.Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui adanya pengaruh terapi murottal Al-Qur’an terhadap tingkat kecemasan pasien pre operasi di RSUD Panyabungan.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalahPre-Experimental Design dengan rancangan one group pretest-posttest design. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Data yang dikumpul kemudian diolah dan di analisis menggunakan Wilcoxon dan Mann Whitneyuntuk melihat pengaruh terapi murottal terhadap tingkat kecemasan pasien pre operasi dengan jumlah 15 responden, dengan hasil analisis uji statistik Wilcoxondiperoleh nilai p value adalah 0,001, dan hasil analisis uji statistik Mann Whitneydiperoleh nilai p value adalah 0,000,  dengan menunjukan bahwa ada pengaruh yang signifikan terapi murottal Al-Qur’an terhadap tingkat kecemasan pasien pre operasi di RSUD Panyabungan. Diharapkan terapi murottal Al-Qur’an ini terus diaplikasikan sebagai terapi nonfarmakologi untuk menurunkan kecemasan pasien pre operasi di  RSUD Panyabungan.
ANALISIS FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PENGETAHUAN PERILAKU SEKSUAL PRANIKAH REMAJA DI SMA NEGERI 1 BATANGTORU TAPANULI SELATAN
Authors: Harahap Tetty Misbah , Lubis Ayu Ulfah Nur
Published: September 2022

This study result to analyse several variables that affect secsual behavior before marriage in SMA Negeri 1 Batangtoru south Tapanuli. The kind of the research used the survey through exsplanatori analytic research with cross sectional approach.total population of 738 students with a sample of 88 students. Biavriate analysis using the chi-square, with significance level α <0.05 and conviden level of 95%.

       Research results used test statistics chi-square show variabel that influental significantly against the knowledge of sexual behavior is a role parents (p=0.016), the role of peers (p=0.008) and exspusure information (p=0.019.variabel is have infiunce knowledge sexsual behavior towards.

       Expected teachers SMAN 1 Batangtoru can foster students to use media information correctly, increase students knowledge about reproductive health and increase extracurricular activities so that students spend more time on things that are more useful. The parents do not consider avoid doing communicatin with  children about sexuality and reproductive health and be more open to the children, so that children get the aducation or correct information about sexuality and cared for each child’s activities and association child’s out board home.