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ANALYSIS OF THE VALUE OF ENERGY SKILLS IN THE REGION
Authors: Funtík Tomáš , Mayer Pavol , Erdélyi Ján
Published: January 2023

Europe today faces the challenge of energy efficient construction of new and renovation of existing buildings. However, it is closely linked and dependent on the readiness of workers who participate in individual construction activities, but also those who participate in the preparation of project documentation, including all professions. It is therefore appropriate to act on the construction market to stimulate demand for new or improved skills in renewable energy and energy efficiency in construction. In order to assess the need, survey was conducted focusing on the area of increasing the value of energy skills, which is closely linked to increasing the energy efficiency of buildings. The survey includes following European countries - Netherlands, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. The output data will result in better understanding how the energy skills are perceived by the industry stakeholders and defining the state-of-art. It will be used as a source for decision making process to better aim the stimulation strategy.
PENGARUH LINGKUNGAN KERJA DAN MOTIVASI TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN DI PURI DAJUMA BEACH ECO-RESORT & SPA
Authors: Ni Kade Eni Astini  , I Made Suwitra Wirya  , AA Ratih Wijayanti
Published: January 2023

Puri Dajuma Beach-Eco Resort & SPA is one of the tourism industries that is engaged in resort accommodation and services. This study aims to know partially between the work environment (X1) on employee performance (Y) in Puri Dajuma Beach- Eco Resort & SPA, the partial effect between motivation (X2) on employee performance (Y) at Puri Dajuma Beach-Eco Resort & SP And the simultaneous influence between work environment (X1) and motivation (X2) on employee performance (Y) at Puri Dajuma Beach-Eco Resort & SPA. In this study data collection used a questionnaire distributed to 51 respondents or the number of samples used in this study was 51 people. Processing data in this study using SPSS 22.0 for Windows and Excel software with multiple linear analysis techniques with the results of research that the work environment (X1) partially influences the performance of employees in Puri Dajuma Beach-Eco Resort & SP. The result is t count = 4.171> t table = 2.011 , then for the motivation variable (X2) the result of tcount = 2.483> t table = 2.011 means that the hypothesis is accepted and there is a partial effect between motivation (X2) on employee performance (Y). While based on the F-test, the results of Fcount = 21.086>Ftable = 3.19, means that there is a simultaneous influence between work environment (X1) and motivation (X2) on employee performance (Y) at Puri Dajuma Beach-Eco Resort & SPA.
PENGARUH HARGA DAN KUALITAS PRODUK TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN PAKET WISATA DI PT. NUSA DEVATA BALI HOLIDAY
Authors: Nurul Hakiki Nurul Hakiki , I Nengah Subadra  , Ni Putu Yunik Anggreni
Published: January 2023

This research to analyze the effect to price and quality product on buying decision of tour package partially and simultanly. The sample used in this study is purposive sampling technique where use 98 respondens of all the domestic tourist. The analysis technique used in this study are analysis descriptive, analysis classic assumption, correlation analysis, analysis regression multiple linear, hypothesis testing (T-test and F-test), analysis of determination, and analysis standardized coefficients beta. The results of this research are analysis show that price (X1) partially has a positive and significant effect on buying decision of tour package at PT. Nusa Devata Bali Holiday Bali which is shown by the positive coefficient of b1x1 regression. Quality product (X2) has a positive and significant effect on buying decision of tour package at PT. Nusa Devata Bali Holiday Bali, this can be seen from the regression coefficient b2x2 which is positive. Other information obtained is that price (X1) and quality product (X2) has a positive and significant influence on buying decision of tour package (Y) at PT. Nusa Devata Bali Holiday Bali, this is confirmed by using the F test obtained F count = 14,429> F table = 3.092 with Sig.F = 0,000 (p <0.05). The amount of influence contributed by price (X1) and quality product (X2) on buying decision (Y) is 23.3%, while the remaining 76.7% is influenced by other variables outside of this observation.
STRATEGI PEMASARAN DALAM UPAYA MENINGKATKAN PENJUALAN DI SEAFOOD LAGOON RESTAURANT NUSA DUA
Authors: I Komang Ira Agustiana  , Ni Made Hartini  , Isa Dwi Poetranto
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this research is to analyze the marketing strategy that must be carried out by Seafood Lagoon Restaurant to increase sales. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative through SWOT analysis techniques consisting of IFAS, EFAS, IFE, EFE and IE. Data collection procedures carried out include interviews, documentation and questionnaires. The sample used in this study was a purposive sampling technique which consisted of 10 respondents consisting of 1) Manager, 2) Sales & Marketing, 3) HRD, 4) Supervisor, 5) Seafood Lagoon Restaurant customers. The results of this study conclude that the scores of IFAS and EFAS are 2.52 and 2.64 in column V, which is the level of growth / stability where the most appropriate strategy applied to increase sales at the Seafood Lagoon Restaurant are market penetration and product development strategies. This research shows that the resulting strategy is very appropriate to solve the problem. This research has implications for the progress of Seafood Lagoon Restaurant in increasing sales
Eptinezumab (Vyepti)
Authors: CADTH
Published: January 2023

CADTH recommends that Vyepti be reimbursed by public drug plans for the prevention of episodic migraine (EM) or chronic migraine (CM) in adults who have had at least 4 migraine days per month if certain conditions are met.

Vyepti should only be covered to treat patients who have tried at least 2 other types of oral treatments for the prevention of migraine. When it is first prescribed, the drug plans must also receive documented confirmation of the number of headache and migraine days that the patient is experiencing each month so that it is clear whether treatment with Vyepti is working.

Vyepti should only be reimbursed if the patient is being cared for by a physician who has experience managing those with migraine headaches. To continue treatment with Vyepti, the physician must provide proof that treatment with Vyepti reduced the average number of migraine days per month by at least 50% since starting Vyepti, and that the reduction in the frequency of migraines is maintained. Vyepti will only be reimbursed for 6 months at a time and if the total treatment cost of Vyepti does not exceed the total cost of the lowest-cost reimbursed anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) comparator.
The Living Dead Becomes a Dead Alive: A Discussion in a Key Motif in Contemporary Israeli Culture and Literature
Authors: Harel Maayan
Published: January 2023

The dead-in-life figure, which is in a state of brain death with a still functioning heart and body is a common motif in contemporary Israeli culture and literature. The article examines this as a liminal literary, socio-politic motif, as well as a ‘symbolic trope’ that undermines the dichotomies of life and death, body and soul, and private and national existence. The article discusses six representations of the motif in Israeli literature in the 2000s and their political significance for Israeli culture. It also presents them as a grotesque incarnation of the Zionist "new man" motif. On the historiographical level, the article examines the dead-in-life motif in contrast to the living-dead symbol and to its variations in its presentation in Hebrew literature. This is followed by a discussion of the various stages in the formulation of the dead-in-life motif itself. First, as characters that contribute to the creation of alternate identities and narratives of otherness in Israeli society; then, through their affinity to the possibility of a mostly feminine anti-war protest; and finally, in two later works, through characters who opt for a vegetative life state, which may undermine the critical aspect of the motif.
Writing a Home, Reading a Town: Three Novels about Bat Yam
Authors: Levine Daphna
Published: January 2023

According to French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, spaces of stability in human experience are those from the childhood home, where memory and the unconscious reside. However, what if these spaces are remembered from the childhood home of second-generation immigrants in an overcrowded and stigmatized Jewish-Israeli town? Does home under such circumstances function as a space of stability? And what of the town that surrounds the home, is that a stable space or one that destabilizes? This article examines the relationship between domestic and urban spaces in three Israeli novels written over the past decade featuring protagonists who grew up during the 1970s in Bat Yam, an immigrant town. The descriptions of home take us from the spaces of the characters’ childhood, created by people who have been torn away from their native land, to their present homes in a city which is about to undergo a massive urban renewal project. Using Gabriel Zoran’s three-dimensional model, the article examines urban re-construction and considers whether the three novels favor demolition and renewal over urban preservation. The analysis of spatial representation here facilitates an understanding of how the urban environment is imagined and the interrelationship between urban and literary studies.
Atheistic Existentialism and Post-Rationalism in the Lives of Atheists Jews in Israel
Authors: Friedman Tammar , Guzmen-Carmeli Shlomo
Published: January 2023

This paper explores spirituality and associated practices in the daily life of Jewish Atheists in Israel. While the atheist narrative excludes a belief in God, our findings show a bricolage of spiritual practices and strengthening strategies in times of crisis and loss of control. The article uses the ‘Lived Religion’ approach as a theoretical tool for exploration and focuses on everyday practices that facilitate a sociological examination of individual experience hitherto overlooked. Drawing from in-depth interviews and fieldwork conducted between 2019-2021, our article demonstrates a continuous internal discourse which emphasizes rationalism anchored in an atheistic perspective, and spiritual perceptions that resort to comforting practices influenced from a diversity of theological toolbox, such as luck management, specific prayers, perceptions of faith in a just-universe, and relating to Jewish sacred objects in their homes. Describing our interviewees' daily experiences takes their worldview into account but also seeks to illustrate their ‘lived atheism’ as a whole within which rationalism is combined with what we term ‘post-rationalism.’ Our findings add a dimension to the understanding of Israeli secular identities as bricolage, as well as the understanding of religious and spiritual symbolism in ostensibly distant fields.
VPLIV PROSTORA NA VOLILNO VEDENJE: ANALIZA DELITVE MED URBANIM IN RURALNIM NA PRIMERU VOLITEV V DRŽAVNI ZBOR 1996–2022
Authors: Uršič Matjaž , Tiran Jernej
Published: January 2023

V članku ugotavljamo, kako se prostorske vrednote prek aktivne vloge kraja, neformalnega druž-benega in političnega nadzora ter drugih značilnosti teritorialno-kulturnega okolja povezujejo s političnimi preferencami in prostorskim sistemom Slovenije. Članek se opira na geoprostorsko analizo volilnega vedenja na osmih zaporednih državnozborskih volitvah v obdob-ju 1996–2022, v kateri so volilni izidi opazovani skozi delitev med urbanim in ruralnim, natančneje skozi tip naselja glede na stopnjo urbaniziranosti in indeks fra-gmentiranosti. Rezultati so po eni strani pokazali, da so volilna telesa slovenskih političnih strank razmeroma heterogena, kar prispeva k ideji postopnega razvoja vse bolj raznolikih življenjskih stilov, načinov bivanja in splošnega funkcionalnega mešanja urbanih in pode-želskih območij. Po drugi strani pa rezultati kažejo, da je delitev na bolj levo usmerjena urbana in bolj desno usmerjena podeželska območja zelo zakoreninjena, da ob določenih nihanjih vztraja in se skozi politične dis-kurze napaja z elementi lokalizma.Ključni pojmi: prostorske vrednote, kraj, družbeni in politični nadzor, urbanizacija, mesto, podeželje, politič-ni razcep, lokalizem
DISKURZIVNE REPREZENTACIJE MEDNARODNIH ODNOSOV »ZAHODA« S KITAJSKO
Authors: Pejič Nina
Published: January 2023

Članek znotraj postpozitivistične metateo-retske pozicije trdi, da je študij poglavitnih zahodnih reprezentacij Kitajske v literaturi konsistentno zane-marjen in površno obravnavan. Pomen teh reprezen-tacij za dejansko oblikovanje politik zahoda do Kitajske je prav tako v veliki meri prezrt. Članek želi znova ovrednotiti zahodne reprezentacije Kitajske kot grožnje in Kitajske kot priložnosti, na katere gleda kot neločljive od znanstvenega diskurza med zahodom in Kitajsko, ki z nami ostanejo tudi v daljšem časovnem obdobju: pri tem se osredotoči na zahodne zgodovinske reprezenta-cije Kitajske v mednarodnih odnosih in prenos teh idej v moderni čas. Ključna ugotovitev članka je, da takšni pristopi gradijo na ideji drugačnosti Kitajske, kar nam pove, da zahod vidi Kitajsko v kontekstu zahodne indu-strializacije, zahodne univerzalnosti in skozi posplo-šene zahodne izkušnje, prenešene na lokalni kontekst kitajske države. Vse povedano uspešno zmanjšuje sicer večplastno kitajsko družbo in državo na niz poenosta-vljenih empiričnih primerov, ki služijo generalizaciji zahodnega pogleda na kitajsko rast. Ključni pojmi: Kitajska, kitajska rast, znanstvene repre-zentacije, znanstveni diskurz, zahod, grožnja
A PARADIGMATIC SHIFT? ECONOMIC CRISES AND LABOUR MARKET POLICIES ON THE EU’S (SEMI-)PERIPHERY
Authors: Hočevar Marko
Published: January 2023

Ireland, Portugal and Slovenia – three states with different historical legacies and institutional frameworks – promoted labour market flexibility and active labour market policies before and during the 2008 crisis. These policies were postulated as basic poli-cies on the EU level. However, a significant change came with the COVID-19 crisis when governments in all three states implemented measures much more resembling neo-Keynesian policies. In the article, we show that the crucial mechanisms for the various labour market poli-cy choices made in these three countries were due to the two crises being of distinct types, the (non)coincidence of interests of a range of actors and classes, and the dif-ferent policy frameworks promoted by the EU. Keywords: crises, flexibility, labour market, European union, semi-periphery, COVID-19
THE BIDEN DOCTRINE AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE: RENEWED TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS OR REATLANTISATION BETWEEN A STRATEGIC AND ASITUATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
Authors: Picula Boško , Luša Đana
Published: January 2023

The war in Ukraine is the most significant threat to the peace of the Euro-Atlantic area in decades. After 4 years of Trump’s weakening of transatlantic relations, Biden’s presumed foreign policy doctrine includes their quick renewal, or re-Atlantisation. The article problematises the ‘new’ strategy of containment given Russia’s aggression, the state of transatlantic relations, and the current global order’s configuration, whereby the transatlantic bond is being strengthened and the formation of Biden’s foreign policy doctrine is being followed by a ‘grand-strategic’ shift. Four different models of transatlantic relations (mutual autonomy, strategic autonomy, strategic partnership, situational partnership) are discussed where variables include the approach taken by the USA to transatlantic relations, and the approach of Europe’s EU and NATO members to transatlantic relations are addressed. The main argument is that transatlantic relations during Biden’s mandate have constantly oscillated between a stra-tegic partnership, especially related to common goals of democracy promotion and containment and situ-ational partnership. Situations like the war in Ukraine have simultaneously acted to strengthen the American–European partnership based on the shared security and political interests.Keywords: transatlantic relations, reatlantisation, USA, Europe, Biden doctrine, war in Ukraine, strategic part-nership, situational partnership
Drivers of rapid geomagnetic variations at high latitudes
Authors: Juusola Liisa , Viljanen Ari , Dimmock Andrew P. , Kellinsalmi Mirjam , Schillings Audrey , Weygand James M.
Published: January 2023

Abstract. We have examined the most intense external (magnetospheric and ionospheric) and internal (induced) |dH/dt| (amplitude of the 10 s time derivative of the horizontal geomagnetic field) events observed by the high-latitude International Monitor for Auroral Geomagnetic Effects (IMAGE) magnetometers between 1994 and 2018. While the most intense external |dH/dt| events at adjacent stations typically occurred simultaneously, the most intense internal (and total) |dH/dt| events were more scattered in time, most likely due to the complexity of induction in the conducting ground. The most intense external |dH/dt| events occurred during geomagnetic storms, among which the Halloween storm in October 2003 featured prominently, and drove intense geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). Events in the prenoon local time sector were associated with sudden commencements (SCs) and pulsations, and the most intense |dH/dt| values were driven by abrupt changes in the eastward electrojet due to solar wind dynamic pressure increase or decrease. Events in the premidnight and dawn local time sectors were associated with substorm activity, and the most intense |dH/dt| values were driven by abrupt changes in the westward electrojet, such as weakening and poleward retreat (premidnight) or undulation (dawn). Despite being associated with various event types and occurring at different local time sectors, there were common features among the drivers of most intense external |dH/dt| values: preexisting intense ionospheric currents (SC events were an exception) that were abruptly modified by sudden changes in the magnetospheric magnetic field configuration. Our results contribute towards the ultimate goal of reliable forecasts of dH/dt and GICs.
The evolution of isolated cavities and hydraulic connection at the glacier bed. Part 2: a dynamic viscoelastic model
Authors: Schoof Christian
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Many large-scale subglacial drainage models assume implicitly or explicitly that the distributed part of the drainage system consists of subglacial cavities. Few of these models however consider the possibility of hydraulic disconnection, where cavities exist but are not numerous or large enough to be pervasively connected with one another so that water can flow. Here I use a process-scale model for subglacial cavities to explore their evolution, focusing on the dynamics of connections that are made between cavities. The model uses a viscoelastic representation of ice, and computes the pressure gradients that are necessary to move water around basal cavities as they grow or shrink. The latter model component sets the work here apart from previous studies of subglacial cavities, and permits the model to represent the behaviour of isolated cavities, and of uncavitated parts of the bed at low normal stress. I show that connections between cavities are made dynamically when a cavitation ratio (the fraction of the bed occupied by cavities) reaches a critical value due to decreases in effective pressure. I also show that existing simple models for cavitation ratio and for water sheet thickness (defined as mean water depth) fail to capture even qualitatively the behaviour predicted by the present model.
Towards Strongly-coupled Ensemble Data Assimilation with Additional Improvements from Machine Learning
Authors: Kalnay Eugenia , Sluka Travis , Yoshida Takuma , Da Cheng , Mote Safa
Published: January 2023

Abstract. We assessed different coupled data assimilation strategies with a hierarchy of coupled models, ranging from the simple coupled Lorenz model to the state-of-the-art coupled general circulation model CFSv2. With the coupled Lorenz model, we assessed the analysis accuracy by strongly-coupled Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) and 4D-Variational (4D-Var) methods with varying assimilation window lengths. The analysis accuracy of the strongly-coupled EnKF with a short assimilation window is comparable to that of 4D-Var with a long assimilation window. For 4D-Var, the strongly-coupled approach with the coupled model produces more accurate ocean analysis than the ECCO-like approach using the uncoupled ocean model. Experiments with the coupled quasi-geostrophic model conclude that the strongly-coupled approach outperforms the weakly-coupled and uncoupled approaches for both the full-rank EnKF and 4D-Var, with the strongly-coupled EnKF and 4D-Var showing a similar level of accuracy higher than other coupled data assimilation approaches such as the outer loop coupling. A strongly-coupled EnKF software framework is developed and applied to the intermediate-complexity coupled model SPEEDY-NEMO and the state-of-the-art operational coupled model CFSv2. Experiments assimilating synthetic or real atmospheric observations into the ocean through strongly-coupled EnKF show that the strongly-coupled approach improves the analysis of the atmosphere and upper oceans, but degrades observation fits in the deep ocean, probably due to the unreliable error correlation estimated by a small ensemble. The correlation-cutoff method is developed to reduce the unreliable error correlations between physically irrelevant model states and observations. Experiments with the coupled Lorenz model demonstrate that strongly-coupled EnKF informed by the correlation-cutoff method produces more accurate coupled analyses than the weakly-coupled and plain strongly-coupled EnKF regardless of the ensemble size. To extend the correlation-cutoff method to operational coupled models, a neural network approach is proposed to systematically acquire the observation localization functions for all pairs between the model state and observation types. The following strongly-coupled EnKF experiments with an intermediate-complexity coupled model show promising results with this method.
Art of the Effigy
Authors: Rosario Nandan
Published: January 2023

The Gujarat wing of the BJP, the Ruling Party of India, created controversy on the 19th of February with the publication of a cartoon on its Twitter handle. This cartoon depicting the hanging of a group of Muslim men was read, by the Indian media, in the context of the Gujarat wing's alleged complicity in orchestrating riots that left more than 700 Muslims dead. This article argues that the cartoon was neither a joke nor an insensitive reminder nor provocation. Instead, the cartoon should be read as prophetic, but prophetic in the particular sense of the BJP’s political messaging. The cartoon is prophetic in that its visual distortions create a future which action can transfer from hyperbole to reality. This call to action creates a self-fulfilling prophecy that both the people and the state strive towards. This reading of the cartoon as prophetic reveals the accessory mechanisms of the visual media and the support given by the digital circulation of the cartoon on Twitter to the threat depicted.
The effect of functional bars on the biochemical parameters of blood during physical exertion
Authors: Sinyavskiy Yuriy , Kassym Aigerim , Sarsembayev Khussein
Published: January 2023

Currently, the fast pace of life, changes in consumers’ habits, and the trend toward a healthy lifestyle around the world create the need for new healthy foods for immediate consumption. In this regard, the production of snacks with high nutritional value, as well as giving them functional properties through the use of various types of raw materials, seems promising. The choice of components following the physiological needs of various population groups in snack production allows getting new specialized food products, which improves people's quality of life and health. The most promising is the production of functional snack bars by combining vegetable and dairy raw materials. It is promising to use mare’s milk as a dairy raw material. The clinical efficacy of the new fruit-protein bars based on mare’s milk (FBBs) was tested on 25 volunteers aged 25-35 years for 60 days. The control group consisted of 15 people who received two KDV fruit and nut bars for 60 days, the nutritional and energy value of which was comparable to the snacks studied. Before and after taking snacks, blood biochemical and immunological parameters were evaluated. The results indicate a positive effect of new snacks based on mare’s milk on performance indicators, the state of cellular immunity, blood parameters, biochemical parameters, and antioxidant status. There is a decrease in fat mass, intracellular and extracellular fluid levels, and a reducing the number of final and intermediate lipid peroxidation products. The blood level of haemoglobin, erythrocytes, platelets, hematocrit, and all classes of immunoglobulins increased. Specialized functional protein bars, enriched with dry mare’s milk, can be recommended to various categories of the population experiencing intensive physical activity and psychoemotional stress to increase their adaptive capabilities and performance.
Separating life and health from property/casualty insurance operations: an assessment of solvency in the Egyptian insurance market
Authors: Abdelzaher Ahmed S. , Born Patricia
Published: January 2023

In this article, we evaluate the effect of a recent change in regulation of insurers operating in the Egyptian insurance market that required all insurance companies to separate their life and health (L&H) and property/casualty (P/C) activities. We examine,specifically, the effect on the solvency of P/C insurers when they are required to form two completely separate companies for their operations (i.e., divest of their L&H business). Separating into separate entities may increase the transparency of the insurer’s operations, especially with respect to how they allocate capital across the company. Using financial data for all insurers in the Egyptian market for the period 2006–2015, we test whether solvency—captured via 13 solvency surveillance ratios—is affected by the decree. For robustness, we run the analysis for the whole market and for private companies only, focusing on P/C insurers only before and after the decree. Our findings indicate that the likelihood of insolvency, based on our evaluation of solvency ratios, increased after the decree.
Palaeogene sediments (Mechit Formation) near Panagyurishte and Strelcha (Sredna gora Mts.)
Authors: Boyanov Ivan , Zagorchev Ivan , Goranov Aleksander
Published: January 2023

The newly-introduced Mechit Formation is a continental (fluvial) sequence of conglomerates and sandstones with occasional clays and coalefied plant debris. The pebbles derived from pre-Alpine basement rocks (gneisses, amphibolites, granites, pegmatites) and Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian – Campanian) sedimentary, volcanic and intrusive rocks and ores. The formation is more than 570 m thick. It covers with unconformable depositional contact Maastrichtian flysch and older Cretaceous and pre-Cretaceous rocks, and forms denudation pockets and neptunian clastic dykes in the pre-Cretaceous basement. On the basis of taxa from the Normapolles group, the formation is referred to uppermost Maastrichtian - Danian. The new data point at the existence of a considerably eroded relief of the Late Cretaceous Srednogorie orogen already in late Maastrichtian time, and of a fluvial system draining the region towards North and East - into the then existing narrow sea gulf from the Emine flysch trough.
Atlas of animals from the Late Westphalian of Writhlington, United Kingdom
Authors: Jarzembowski Edmund
Published: January 2023

Representative animals from the Writhlington assemblages are collectively illustrated for the first time with notes on palaeoecology, association and distribution. They are from a comparatively well sampled, terrestrial-fresh water fauna of nematodes, bivalvias, arthropods and vertebrates from the Upper Westphalian D of the UK. The Writhlington fauna provides a baseline for comparative faunal work in the Variskan Foreland.
The Upper Westphalian flora of the Bohemian Massif (pteridosperms, cordiates and extrabasinal elements)
Authors: Šimůnek Zbyněk
Published: January 2023

Studies of Late Carboniferous – Early Permian plant diversity in the Czech Republic have revealed 201 species in the Namurian to Autunian interval of the Intrasudetic Basin (which also extend into Poland) and 306 species in the upper Westphalian and Stephanian of the Central Bohemian Region. Of the 378 species known from both regions, 120 are common to both. The plant biodiversity in the critical studied interval of the Bolsovian, Westphalian D, and Cantabrian is different in the two regions: During the Bolsovian and Westphalian D, the flora of the Intrasudetic Basin decline rapidly due to coarse sedimentation. In contrast, the Bolsovian in the Central Bohemian Region (Radnice Member) represents the highest plant biodiversity, with over 180 species, but then declines to 70 species at the end of the Westphalian D (lower Nýřany Member). During the Cantabrian, there was a decrease in plant diversity in the Central Bohemian Region (upper Nýřany Member), but an increase in the Intrasudetic Basin (Svatoňovice Member), albeit to less than 30 species.
FROM SURREAL TO THE REAL: SAIF-UL-MALOOK AS A SPIRITUAL TRAVELOGUEv
Authors: Dr. Ayesha Ashraf Dr. Kaneez Fatima Syeda, Prof. Dr. Mazhar Hayat,
Published: January 2023

Saif-ul-Malook is the folklore epic of love in regional literature of Punjab inviting the readers to unfold the inspirational mystic ideology of Divine love as a bond between man, God and universe. Apparently the work describes the story of love between Prince Saif-ul-Malook and Badi-ul-Jamal (the queen of fairies). The thematic under-current, however, is not so apparent; it is engrossed in various mystical and metaphysical dimensions. This very aspect of the epic enhances its scope to be acknowledged universally as it is not less than the works of Rumi and other universally acknowledged mystic poets. The subtitle of the book, “Safar-ul-Ishq (journey of divine love)” contextualizes the protagonist’s spiritual journey from physical to the metaphysical status; from surreal to the real. The work symbolically describes man’s spiritual pursuit in search of a Divine Beloved which Allama Iqbal terms as “Infinite Reality”. The journey of the hero to find out and get united with the fairy in this tale is not merely a pursuit of earthly love rather it is the journey of human soul in search of “Divine Reality” which is destined to experience a series of trials. The hero is judged on various corporeal as well as spiritual levels before his union with the “Divine Beloved”. The present paper explores the journey of the hero in search of the fairy (Infinite Reality/Divine Beloved), in the epic Saif-ul-Malook as a spiritual travelogue.
A REVIEW ON THE CONSEQUENCES OVER: ACHIEVING JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN PAKISTAN
Authors: ,Dr. Qadir Khan Miss. Naseem Akhtar, Dr. Adil Kasi
Published: January 2023

Pakistan has complete its 75 years of independence and, so far, could not achieve many targets to lift the grace and status in the world. Its politics is all about individuals and influential groups benefits at the cost of coalition among the institutions of the state. During all this actions, the judiciary on many occasions became a party or victim instead of adopting a role of a mediator. It, sometimes pushed the judiciary into politics and sometime politicized the judicial actions. During Musharraf’s regime the dormant independence activated under lawyers movement. It restored the lost image of the justice system. It couldn’t stay permanently and short after that the judicial domain turned to weak status. The judicial review and administrative laws are the tools of the justice system and its proper use may ensure the ‘independence’ of it.
Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Children with the Rescue Therapy; A Case Report
Authors: Asman Rahmi , Dianne Jurnalis Yusri , Musyarifah Zulda
Published: January 2023

Background: Helicobacter pylori infection affects more than half of the world population and it occurs generally in childhood. Risk factors include residence in a developing country, poor socio-economic status, overcrowding family, ethnic and genetic predisposition. There is a difficulty eradicating this bacterium due to its high antimicrobial resistance. We aim to discuss enforcement and management of Helicobacter pylori infection in children.
Case Presentation: A 5 year 10 months old girl diagnosed with recurrent abdominal pain due to Helicobacter pylori infection. The patient often had recurrent abdominal pain located specifically on epigastrium area. Laboratory findings demonstrated H. pylori IgM positive and negative IgG level. The result of endoscopy and biopsy revealed gastritis and mild intestinal metaplasia and moderate Helicobacter pylori density. The patient still experienced abdominal pain despite the standard therapy, and later received rescue therapy.
Conclusion: Eradication of H. pylori was failed with standard therapy and continued with rescue therapy.

Keywords: Helicobacter pylori infection, rescue therapy, standard therapy, case report.
Comparative Evaluation of FNAC and USG Breast with Core Needle Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Malignant Breast Lesions: A Prospective Observational Study
Authors: Bhagat Swani , Sheikh Sheema , Choudhary Atul
Published: January 2023

Background: There is no doubt that breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed life-threatening cancer in women and a significant cause of cancer death among women in both developing and developed nations. Using breast imaging-reporting and data system (BI-RADS) classification and breast core needle biopsy (CNB) results, we compared the diagnostic efficacy of FNAC and ultrasonography breast in separating malignant from benign breast masses.
Methods: After getting the approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee, the present prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Srinagar (tertiary care hospital), Kashmir, India over a period of 2 years (July 2019 to June 2021).
Results: With a mean age of (45.4±13.4) years, the age incidence among the 108 individuals ranged from 22 to 85 years, with the most common age group for breast lumps to occur being (30-39) years. Both FNAC and USG breast were compared to CNB (gold standard), they both had sensitivity and specificity values of (94.57%, 100%) and (95%, 50%), respectively.
Conclusion: When FNAC and USG breast were compared to CNB, the gold standard test, FNAC was found to be more reliable and accurate for the identification of malignant breast lesions. However, when these two tests were utilised in tandem, a better outcome and diagnosis could be achieved.

Keywords: Ultrasonography, FNAC, Core needle biopsy, Breast malignancy
A Review on The Use of Dapagliflozin in Cardiovascular Diseases
Authors: S Satish , N P Shifnaz , Shabaraya A R
Published: January 2023

Dapagliflozin is a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2), used in decreasing the blood sugar levels in Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients by boosting urine glucose excretion, which also reduces the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events. The drug has a higher affinity for cardio-protection and is observed to have reduced the risk of cardiovascular events in clinical trials and benefited in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. It is recommended especially in patients with pre-existing CV conditions such as hypertension or myocardial infarction due to its higher baseline risk, but the use of drug was cautioned in patients who take pioglitazone or loop diuretics for hypertensive diabetes as it is believed to cause further volume depletion, resulting in lower eGFR. Dapagliflozin is a crucial treatment choice for a variety of individuals despite of its advised risk and regardless of patient history of cardiovascular disease, as it improves glycaemic control, body weight, and blood pressure while lowering the risk of cardiovascular mortality. This study reviews the therapeutic efficacy and the effects of dapagliflozin in diabetic patients with coexisting cardiovascular conditions and also compares several recent publications to comprise the risk and benefits of the drug in cardiovascular events and its role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and their complications.

Keywords: Dapagliflozin, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2), cardiovascular diseases.
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorder in Fisherwomen by Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire
Authors: Saroj Renu , Shivdikar Rutika
Published: January 2023

Background: Musculoskeletal disorder are an important public health problem and leading cause of disability worldwide, but yet unknown prevalence among the fisherwomen. The work of these female involve head loading baskets, sitting for longer hours in ergonomically compromised position. Prolonged standing in wet floor and poor sanitation adds to MSD. This study has been undertaken due to lack of study in this genders.
Objective: To assess musculoskeletal related disorder in fisher women with Extended Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire.
Method: Total 319 subjects participated in the study. With the age group of 25-55 years of age and work experience of minimum 5 years. Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal questionnaire was used to examine the site of pain period wise and details were recorded.
Results: The results revealed there is highest prevalence of low back pain in every age group in duration of 12 months, 4 weeks and current day. The prevalence was 34.8% in low back pain with high exposure of work performed in sitting with trunk flexion.
Conclusion: the study concludes that these genders are highly prone to musculoskeletal disorder.

Keywords: low back pain, musculoskeletal disorders, fisherwomen.
Analysis of Factors Affecting Dividend Policy with Firm Size as a Moderating Variable in the Consumer Goods Company Listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange
Authors: Daulay Aksa Khadija , Br Bukit Rina , Erwin Keulana
Published: January 2023

This research delves into the effects of profitability, liquidity, leverage, free cash flow, and managerial ownership as factors affecting dividend policy in the consumer goods companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period of 2016-2020. Firm size, serving as a moderating variable, is also addressed. The population consists of the consumer goods companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016 to 2020, resulting in 50 observation data. This research uses secondary data and performs panel data regression analysis with multiple linear regression tests and interaction moderation tests using EViews software to test the hypothesis. The findings indicate that profitability has a positive and significant effect on dividend policy. Managerial ownership has a negative and significant effect on dividend policy. Liquidity, Leverage, and Free Cash Flow, on the other hand, do not affect dividend policy. It is also found that firm size cannot moderate profitability, liquidity, leverage, free cash flow, and managerial ownership on Dividend Policy.

Keywords: profitability, liquidity, leverage, free cash flow, managerial ownership, dividend policy, firm size.
Analysis of Factors Affecting Poverty in North Sumatra Province (Period 2015-2020)
Authors: Harahap Julpian , . Sukardi , . Rujiman
Published: January 2023

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of economic growth, human development index, population growth, and unemployment rate on poverty in North Sumatra Province. The type of data used in this research is the type of quantitative data with secondary data. The object of this research is all regencies/cities in North Sumatra Province which consists of 33 regencies/cities. This study uses panel data, which combines time series and cross section data for 6 years, from 2015 to 2020. The data analysis method used in this study is the panel data regression analysis method with the Eviews10 analysis tool. The results of the research based on panel data regression analysis method show that economic growth, human development index, population growth, and unemployment rate have a simultaneous effect on poverty. Partially, economic growth has a negative and significant effect on poverty, the human development index has a negative and significant effect on poverty, population growth has a positive and significant effect on poverty, and the unemployment rate has a positive and significant effect on poverty. The policy implication in this research is that the government is expected to be more serious in creating an investment climate by developing Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and Industrial Estates (KI), improving government performance through the Family Hope Program (PKH), implementing Family Planning (KB) programs and delaying the age of birth. marriage to suppress population growth, and the use of Pre-Employment Cards to reduce unemployment.

Keywords: Economic Growth, Human Development Index,Population Growth, Unemployment Rate, Poverty
The Impact of Income and Financial Knowledge on Personal Financial Management Behavior in Millennials Shipping Companies in Medan with Locus of Control as an Intervening Variable
Authors: Theresia Sinaga Alsy , Fachrudin Khaira Amalia , Irawati Nisrul
Published: January 2023

Millennials were born in an age that has easy access to financial institutions such as banking, leasing and other financial institutions. Because of this convenience, sometimes the millennial generation does not manage finances properly. The purpose of this study is to determine whether income and financial knowledge have a positive and significant effect on personal financial management behavior through locus of control in the Millennial generation in shipping companies in Medan. The study was conducted on employees / employees who fall into the category of Millennial generation of employees in Medan shipping company. The population in this study, the Millennial generation in shipping companies in Medan amounted to 96 people. The sample was 77 people. Data collection is done through the distribution of questionnaires or questionnaires to respondents in the study and the data is processed using PLS model evaluation which consists of two stages: evaluation of the outer model and the evaluation of the inner model. The results showed that Financial knowledge has a positive and significant effect on personal financial management behavior through locus of control in the Millennial generation of shipping companies in Medan, while Income has no significant and positive effect on personal financial management behavior through locus of control in the Millennial generation of shipping companies in Medan.

Keywords: Income, Personal Management, Locus of Control, Personal Financial Management Behavior.
Factors Affecting the Budget of SKPD Maintenance at the Government of Medan City
Authors: Luthfi Utama Darin , Syarif Firman , Aulia Adnans Abdhy
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this study was to analyze and test the effect of the realization of capital expenditure, fixed asset book value, and the realization of maintenance expenditure on the SKPD maintenance budget in the City Government of Medan. This type of research is causal research. The population in this study were 34 SKPD within the Medan City Government. The method of data collection is done by documentation techniques using secondary data. The sampling method uses a saturated sampling technique (census) where all population members are used as research samples. Hypothesis testing using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that simultaneously the realization of capital expenditure, fixed asset book value, and realization of maintenance expenditure have a significant effect on the Maintenance Budget. Partially, the variable book value of fixed assets and the realization of maintenance expenditure significantly positively affect the Maintenance Budget. In contrast, capital expenditure does not affect the Maintenance Budget.

Keywords: Realization of Capital Expenditure, Fixed Assets Book Value, Realization of Maintenance Expenditure, Maintenance Budget.
KELELAHAN MEDIA SOSIAL SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI KALANGAN SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER: PEMICU, KONSEKUENSI, DAN KEBIJAKAN
Authors: Hidayanto Syahrul , Nurhaliza Wa Ode Sitti
Published: January 2023

Harus diakui, media sosial berperan penting di masa pandemi COVID-19 karena melalui platform ini, banyak orang bertukar cerita tentang pengalaman pribadi dan berbagi sudut pandang ketika harus meminimalkan aktivitas di luar rumah. Meski sebagian orang menganggap mengakses media sosial di masa pandemi COVID-19 membuat mereka tetap waras, tak sedikit juga yang mengalami kelelahan mengakses media sosial, salah satunya adalah Social Media Officer (SMO). Pengguna media sosial yang mengalami kelelahan media sosial biasanya mengalami kelelahan mental setelah partisipasi dan interaksi yang berlebihan di berbagai platform media sosial. Dalam hal ini, pekerja digital berada dalam dilema. Di satu sisi ia perlu menjaga kesehatan mentalnya, tetapi di sisi lain, media sosial adalah lingkungan kerja dan sumber mata pencaharian utama mereka. Penelitian ini penting dan sangat relevan bagi akademisi, praktisi media, dan pengguna media sosial pada umumnya. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi masalah ini secara mendalam adalah kualitatif, dengan teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara semi terstruktur dengan lima SMO yang memiliki pengalaman bekerja lebih dari tiga tahun. Temuan penelitian menguraikan pemicu dan konsekuensi dari kelelahan media sosial selama pandemi COVID-19 di antara SMO. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa information overload, self-disclosure, privacy concern, fear of missing out, compulsive use, dan social comparison adalah pemicu terkuat dari kelelahan media sosial dan bahwa kelelahan media sosial berkontribusi terhadap penurunan kinerja di kalangan SMO. Penelitian ini juga menawarkan saran bagi SMO untuk meningkatkan pengalaman kerja mereka. Kata-kata Kunci: Kelelahan media sosial; social media officer; Covid-19; media sosial; kesehatan mental