bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effectiveness of the Government Internal Supervision Apparatus (APIP) in Agency "A"
Authors: Husna Zahratul , Lisdiono Purwatiningsih
Published: February 2025

Supervision is the most important element in a management system in government. One of the main factors that can support the successful implementation of control is the effectiveness of the role of the government's internal supervisory apparatus (APIP).  This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the government's internal supervisory apparatus based on three factors consisting of the audit environment or position (management support, Independence, Objectivity), audit implementers (Skills, Human Resources Development), and audit processes (Quality control, Activity planning, Activity coordination, Scope of work, Implementation of activities, and Communication of results) using the Professional Standards of Internal Audit Practice (International Professional) Practices Framework – IPPF) issued by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). This research is a case study with a qualitative approach and data triangulation method obtained from interviews, documentation, and observation. The results of the study show that from the environment/position of APIP agency A, there are still several points that are not effective, such as limited human resource support and a non-independent organizational/reporting structure. The skills and competence of audit implementers can be said to be effective, but except for inadequate auditors, it is not proportional to the scope that must be done so the audit assignment is not optimal and there are still some audit processes that are not comprehensive. The results of this study are expected to provide input to relevant agencies to be considered in improving the institution of government internal supervision apparatus so that they can realize effective APIP.
CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION IN FACING THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION
Authors: Susianto Susianto , Nurita Riski Febria , Sunarjo Sunarjo
Published: February 2025

This research focuses on Progress technology has bring change big in life society , including in matter implementation constitution. One of the challenges that arise is potential the occurrence violation right basic human in the field technology information . Technology information can used For spread misinformation , speech hatred , and propaganda. In addition , technology information can also be used For do crime cyber , such as data theft , hacking , and online fraud . Other challenges that arise is existence digital divide . This is can cause discrimination and marginalization to groups prone to. Globalization presents both opportunities and challenges that require societies to adapt while preserving their core values and principles. Constitutional education plays a pivotal role in preparing individuals to navigate these changes effectively. This study explores the significance of constitutional education in addressing the challenges posed by globalization. It highlights how an understanding of constitutional principles fosters critical thinking, promotes active citizenship, and strengthens democratic values in a globalized world. Through a qualitative approach, this research examines the relationship between constitutional education and the development of a well-informed and socially responsible citizenry capable of addressing global issues without compromising national identity. The findings emphasize the need for integrating constitutional education into curricula to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to balance global integration with local governance and cultural preservation. By enhancing constitutional literacy, societies can build resilience against the disruptive forces of globalization while contributing to sustainable and inclusive development
Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia - Edição II
Authors: Barroso L. de Freitas Guilherme , Castro de Almeida Camilla
Published: February 2025

É com grande satisfação que apresentamos este livro, uma obra que reúne os avanços mais relevantes e as práticas consolidadas no campo da Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia. Este trabalho é fruto da colaboração dedicada de profissionais experien
Thank you Sara and Bhav at Wikimedia UK
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Last month I attended a three day Training of Trainers (ToT) course at the University of Glasgow. Run as an interactive workshop, the course was designed to help leaders of Wikipedia training events to improve their delivery and organisation. Having participated and run several Wikipedia events in the past, such an Ada Lovelace event earlier […]
Manchester Digital, Education & Digital Skills in 2015
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Manchester Digital a non-profit trade assocation of around 500 digital businesses in the north west of england. Every year they hold elections at their AGM for members of their council who serve for two years. It’s time for me to stand for re-election because my two years is up. Here’s a vote-for-me pitch in 100 words: Digital skills […]
Drop the Digital Dummy!
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Here is an experiment to investigate dependence on your “digital dummy”. A digital dummy is any computer, smartphone or other digital device on which you suckle data like a baby. What you need to do is: Delete all your so-called “social networks” on LinkedIn, Facebook etc. Being sat in front of a computer is distinctly unsociable. Delete your twitter account.
Bring Me the Web of Alfredo Garcia
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Veteran broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton sadly passed away last week. He was probably best known for hosting the BBC Radio 4 show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. To commemorate, over at Nature Network, Bob O’Hara kicked off a game of Cheddar Gorge.
WWW2008: The Great Firewall of China
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The seventeenth international World Wide Web conference (WWW2008.org) is currently finishing in Beijing, China. There are some interesting papers this year. Thankfully, the Great Firewall of China doesn’t prevent these papers reaching the rest of the world. It’s One World, One Web (allegedly). Here are some brief highlights from the conference.
8-OHdG: Entity of the Month
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) release 67 is now available, containing 548,850 total entities, of which 20,565 are annotated entities and 720 were submitted via the ChEBI submission tool. New in this release, the ChEBI ontology is now available in the Web Ontology Language (OWL), which is part of an ongoing research project to automate the classification of small molecules in ChEBI.
A Fistful Of Papers: Journal Club for Gunslingers
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

A Fistful of Papers is a Journal Club with a simple recipe We pick interesting papers We read them We periodically meet to discuss said papers in the pub local saloon It’s all good fun, if you’d like to join us, details of the next gathering on Friday 27th February, can be found over at fistful.wordpress.com (Journal Club for Gunslingers). [Clint Eastwood picture by Lego Man Andrew Becraft a.k.a. Dunechaser]
A passion for England: Suffering at the Brazil WorldCup in 2014
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Are you passionate about your football team? When I say passion I mean passion as in suffering, from the Latin verb patī meaning to suffer. World cups are passionate milestones for many people, they leave indelible marks on the psyche, you remember who you were with, where you were and how your team suffered. Like many England supporters I’ve suffered as the […]
The University of Twitter, UK: A Quick Survey
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Many people are still trying to work out exactly what twitter is good for [1] but with more than 100 million users worldwide making around 50 million tweets per day, the website is clearly popular with those who like to communicate via short “sound bites” of 140 characters or less. Communication is an important part of what Universities are all about, so how many UK universities are on twitter?
So, no-one told you life was going to be this way
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

So, no-one told you life was going to be this way Your job is a joke, you are broke, your love life is DOA. It is like you are always stuck in second gear Well, it has not been your day, your week, your month, or even your year… OWL be there for you, when the rain starts to pour. Software engineer Leigh Dodds explains how: —Leigh Dodds Read the rest in How Shall I Integrate Thee?
Metadata is after-data: not just data “about” data
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Lots of people will tell you that metadata is “data about data”. While this definition is commonly used, it isn’t very helpful. Instead, it can be more useful to think of metadata as after-data. This, after all, is one the original meanings of the word meta (μετά) in the greek language. Metadata makes the world go round Ask […]
Mistaken Identity: Google thinks I’m Maurice Wilkins
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

In a curious case of mistaken identity, Google seems to think I’m Maurice Wilkins. Here is how. If you Google the words

DNA

and

mania

(google.com/search?q=dna+mania) one of the first results is a tongue-in-cheek article I wrote two years ago about our obsession with

D

eoxyribo

n

ucleic

A

cid.
myExperiment: The Videos
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

myExperiment is a research project that is exploring models, techniques and infrastructure for sharing digital items associated with  research , especially scientific workflows.
Blogging: Speakers’ Corner of the Internet
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

There is a famous place in London town, inside Hyde Park, known as Speakers’ Corner. It is a space where free speech and self-expression prevail. At Speakers’ Corner, anyone can say anything they like about anything they want to anyone who cares to listen. There are some obvious parallels between blogging and Speakers’ Corner as well as one rather striking difference.
Taverna 1.5.0
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Happy Christmas from the myGrid team, who are pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.0 of the Open Source Taverna bioinformatics workflow toolkit [1]. This is now available for download on the Sourceforge site and includes some substantial changes to version 1.4. Taverna 1.5.0 is a small download, but when first run it will then download and install the required packages which can take some time on slow networks.
Servicestelle Diamond Open Access vor dem Start – Berliner Einrichtungen beteiligt
Authors: Fischer Georg
Published: February 2025

Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) fördert den Aufbau einer nationalen Servicestelle für Diamond Open Access in Deutschland. Unter dem Akronym SeDOA entsteht während der ersten dreijährigen Förderphase eine zentrale Anlaufstelle für das Publizieren im Diamond Open Access (DOA). Diamond Open Access (DOA) meint das Publizieren im Open Access ohne Gebühren/Kosten für Autor*innen und Leser*innen.
Cheminformatics 2.0
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Some brief notes on and links to presentations from the MCISB / NaCTeM workshop on Chemical Informatics and Data-driven Science, held at the MIB in Manchester, 4th March 2008. Douglas Kell: overview of issues for chemical genomics and systems biology Sophia Ananiadou: Text mining and semantic markup David DeRoure, University of Southampton.
If Science was an Olympic Sport…
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

A fictional scene from the future

: The Olympic games, London 2012. A new candidate sport is on trial, joining skateboarding, rugby and golf at their debut Olympic games. It is challenging discipline called

Science

, a sport more ancient than Olympia itself. The crowd awaits eagerly in the all new Boris Johnson Olympic stadium.
The drugs don’t work, they just make you worse
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

What exactly is a drug? A project I’m currently working on requires a good solid definition, at the very least comprehensible to humans, and preferably understandable by more intelligent, semantically aware computers too.
What happens when you teach monkeys to use money?
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Freakonomics and its successor Superfreakonomics are two books by the economist Steven Levitt and his partner in crime Stephen Dubner that have a common theme running through them (quote): Both books give numerous and often amusing examples of the ways that various incentives often result in unexpected outcomes.
The 2nd ChEBI workshop: Call for Participation
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The second Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) workshop will be held at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK on the 23rd and 24th June 2010. The full provisional schedule (including registration page) for this workshop is now available.
AAAI’06: Highlights and conclusions
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The AAAI conference finished last Thursday, here are some highlights and papers that might be worth reading if you are interested in building and / or using a more “intelligent” (and possibly semantic) web in bioinformatics. Here are the papers or talks I enjoyed the most and hope you might also find them useful or inspiring. Unifying Logical and Statistical AI talk given by Pedro Domingos.
Andrea Wiggins on little e-Science
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Andrea Wiggins [1,2] from Syracuse University, New York is visiting Manchester this week and will be doing a seminar on “Little e-Science“, the details of which are below. Update Slides are embedded below:

References

Andrea Wiggins (2009) Social Life of Information: We Are Who We Link Andrea’s blog Andrea Wiggins, James Howison, &
Lablogs
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Some notes from a workshop on blog-based laboratory notebooks “

LaBlogs

” (Laboratory Logs / Weblogs) held at the Cosener’s House in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, hosted by Cameron Neylon, a protein biochemist based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and the University of Southampton.
Web analytics: Numbers speak louder than words
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

According to the software which runs this site, this is the 200th post here at O’Really?  To mark the occasion, here are some stats via WordPress with thoughts and general navel-gazing analysis paralysis [1] on web analytics. It all started just over six years ago at nodalpoint with help from Greg Tyrelle, the last four years have been WordPressed with help from Matt […]
Genomes to Systems 2008: Day One
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Genomes to Systems is a biannual conference held in Manchester covering the latest post-genome developments. Here are some brief and incomplete notes on some of the speakers and topics from day one of the 2008 conference.
Rare Sight: Dolphins Spotted Swimming in NYC’s East River
Authors: Frey Erzsebet
Published: February 2025

Rare Sight: Dolphins Spotted Swimming in NYC’s East River Imagine the bustling cityscape of New York City with its famed skyline and countless iconic spots. Now picture something unexpected: dolphins gracefully swimming along the waters adjacent to one of the world’s most vibrant metropolises.
Venturing Further in 2017 with student entrepreneurs in Manchester #VentureFurther
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Venture Further is a business startup competition that awards £50k of prize money to eight student entrepreneurs in Manchester. Running annually, #VentureFurther showcases the enterprising talent of students and graduates of the University of Manchester in four themed categories: Business, Research, Digital and Social. Here is a quick summary of results from the 2017 competition, now in its twelfth year.
One Thousand Databases High (and rising)
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Well it’s that time of year again. The 15th annual stamp collecting edition of the journal

Nucleic Acids Research (NAR)

, also known as the 2008 Database issue [1], was published earlier this week. This year there are 1078 databases listed in the collection, 110 more than the previous one (see Figure 1). As we pass the one thousand databases mark (1kDB) I wonder, what proportion of the data in these databases will

never

be used?
Measuring scientific coverage of @Wikipedia: Fellows of the Wiki Society index 2013
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Earlier this month confusingly-named “Royal Society” announced their new fellows for 2013. The society is made up of (quote): “…the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Fellows and Foreign Members are elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science.” A quick-and-dirty measure of the scientific coverage of […]
Need to re-invent the Web (badly)? There’s an App for that!
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

I love the convenience of mobile applications but hate the way they re-invent the wheel and are killing the Web. What can be done about it? I’m in love with the mobile Web I’ve been smitten with the Web since first venturing out on the information superhighway back in the nineties. This love affair is taken to […]
New, Improved SEMANTIC Web: Now with added meaning
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

This amusing picture-parody of the semantic web is worth a thousand words, was conceived of by Mark Butler for a presentation [1] and drawn by Rachel Murphy of Rude Girl Designs.

References

Mark Butler (2003) Is the semantic web hype?
Popular, personal and public data: Article-level metrics at PLoS
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organisation committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature freely accessible to everyone via open access publishing. As recently announced they have just published the first article-level metrics (e.g. web server logs and related information) for all articles in their library.
Blogging For Profit: Costs and Benefits
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The organisers of the Science Online London 2009 conference are asking people to propose their own session ideas (see some examples here), so here is proposal: If this is a successful proposal, I’ll need some help. Any offers?
The Infinite Professor Theorem
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

If you took an infinite number of Professors, added some comedians, recording studios (instead of typewriters) and got them to record random radio shows you

might

just end up with a program like the Infinite Monkey Cage.
Semantic Biomedical Mashups with Connotea
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JBI), will soon be publishing their special issue on Semantic Biomedical Mashups (can you fit any more buzzwords into a Call For Papers?!). Ben Good and friends have submitted a paper on their Entity Describer which extends connotea using some Semantic Web goodness. They’d appreciate your comments on their submitted manuscript over at i9606.
Open Data Manchester: Twenty Four Hour Data People
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

According to Francis Maude, Open Data is the raw material for “next industrial revolution”. Now you should obviously take everything politicians say with a large pinch of salt (especially Maude) but despite the political hyperbole, when it comes to data he is onto something. According to wikipedia, which is considerably more reliable than politicians, Open Data is: “the […]
Wikipedia Science Conference @WellcomeTrust in London, September 2nd & 3rd 2015 #wikisci
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

There is growing interest in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons, and other Wikimedia projects as platforms for opening up the scientific process [1]. The first Wikipedia Science Conference will discuss activities in this area at the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre in London on the 2nd & 3rd September 2015.
Dry January: Can you switch off all your social media for a month? #DigitalDetox
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Here in the UK, there is an annual tradition known as Dry January. It’s pretty simple, in the wake of all the festive indulgence (🍻), around 4 million people voluntarily abstain from alcohol for the month of January. Why? Because they can save money, sleep better, lose weight [1] and even raise money for charity in […]
The smell of baking and toasting bread: Entity of the Month
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Release 69 of Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) is now available, with 584,456 total entities, of which 21,369 are fully annotated to three star level. This months Entity of the Month is the smell of bread (baked and toasted), or more precisely 6-acetyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine. The text below is reproduced from the ChEBI website where data is available under a Creative Commons license.
Sunday at the Lab with Uri Alon
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Ah Sunday, a day of rest, recuperation and roasted food… Unless you’re a scientist, that is, in which case you might be working. If that’s you, this one goes out to all you committed high-calibre, driven scientists [1,2,3] who are spending this Sunday working at the laboratory bench. The amusing little ditty below is written by biologists Michael Elowitz and Uri Alon, and performed here by Uri Alon.
Blue Moon hypothesis tested in Large Football Collider (LFC)
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

If you are not interested in Football Science, look away now. Normal service will be resumed shortly. There is a controversial idea in football that money buys trophies, also known as Mancini’s Blue Moon hypothesis. Two rival Universities have led the way in testing this idea, The University of Old Trafford and the The University […]
Using vim templates for markdown writing
Authors: Tzovaras Bastian Greshake
Published: February 2025

In mid-2024, I’ve moved back to using

vim

as my main text editor, both for code and prose like this blog post. Something like 15 years ago I had dabbled a bit with vim, but never much more than being able to perform simple edits and get the hang of the hjkl navigation. Good enough to quickly make minor edits from any shell, but not a whole lot more.
Abscisic Acid: Entity of the Month
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Happy New Year from the ChEBI team where release 64 is now available, containing 534,142 total entities, of which 19,645 are annotated entities and 693 were submitted via the ChEBI submission tool. This month’s entity of the month is Abscisic acid.

References

Ohkuma, K., Lyon, J., Addicott, F., &
Debugging Web Services
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

There are a growing number of biomedical services out there on

Wild Wild Web

for performing various computations on DNA, RNA and proteins as well as the associated scientific literature. Currently, using and debugging these services can be hard work. SOAP UI (SOAP User Interface) is newish and handy free tool to help debug services and get your

in silico

experiments and analyses done, hopefully more easily.
Join us to discuss blended learning, Monday 1st June at 11am on Zoom
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

At our next journal club, on Monday 1st June at 11am, we’ll be discussing blended learning. We’ve picked a subject, but we haven’t picked a paper yet. So, if you know interesting papers on blended learning, post them to the “paper suggestions” channel at  uk-acm-sigsce.slack.com – there are a few suggestions up there already for starters.
Happy Christmas Lectures (Merry “Chemist-mas” everyone)
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

If you hate Chemistry [1] it’s probably because your Chemistry teachers weren’t up to scratch. Peter Wothers, The Modern Alchemist, is someone who might rekindle your interest in Chemistry through his delivery of the 2012 Christmas Lectures. Wothers will unpick the chemistry of the world around us, looking at Air, Water and Earth, three of the original […]
Physics or Stamp Collecting? Let’s hear it for the Stamp Collectors
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The Life Scientific is a series of interviews by Jim Al-Khalili of high profile scientists. It’s a bit like Desert Island Discs without the music and with more interesting guests. If you missed them on the radio, you can download the lot as a podcast. Here’s a good example of an interview with John Sulston on the […]
An Open Letter to the Royal Society: Please employ a wikipedian in residence
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Dear Professor Nurse

Fellows of the Wiki Society?

To improve public engagement with Science and Scientists, the Royal Society should employ a wikipedian in residence. Here’s why: The Royal Society is a National Academy of Science which represents some of the world’s leading scientists.
myScience: “social software” for scientists
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

With apologies to Jonathan Swift: “Great sites have little sites upon their back to bite ’em And little sites have lesser sites, and so ad infinitum…” So what happened was, Carole Goble asked on the myExperiment mailing list, “is there a list of scientist social networking sites”? Here is first attempt at such a list […]
The Serene Scientists Serenity Prayer via Jon Butterworth
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The Church of Banksy Whatever your religous preferences, the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr captures a certain wisdom about life in general. So it is good to see that physicist Jon Butterworth at UCL has adapted it [1] for scientists: Amen!

References

Jon Butterworth (2014) Giles Fraser says scientists are replacing theologians.
Semantic Web for Life Sciences Book
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

All I want for Christmas is a book about the semantic web, written by people who are actually building and using it, rather than “visionaries” who don’t have to. Maybe this year I’ll be lucky… A group of semantic webheads (aka HCLSIG the Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group) led by Christopher J. Baker and Kei-Hoi Cheung and gathered together on public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org have written a book about the semantic web for life sciences.
OWL Experiences and Directions (OWLED) 2008
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

The Web Ontology Language (OWL) is a language for creating ontologies on the Web. It does exactly what it says on the tin. But what is an ontology? One way to think of it is as a better way of storing data and knowledge. Instead of just capturing and describing

data

in a databases, ontology languages like OWL provide ways to capture and describe

knowledge

in a knowledge base.
Bioinformatics Impact Factors
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

There are all sorts of flaws with using impact factors for judging the quality of biomedical research. Love them or hate them, just getting hold of impact factors for journals in bioinformatics and related fields is much harder than it should be, so I thought I’d reproduce some statistics I gathered here.
The Semantic Biochemical Journal experiment
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

There is an interesting review [1] (and special issue) in the Biochemical Journal today, published by Portland Press Ltd.
Michael Ley on Digital Bibliographies
Authors: Hull Duncan
Published: February 2025

Michael Ley is visiting Manchester this week, he will be doing a seminar on Wednesday 3rd June, here are some details for anyone who is interested in attending:

References

Lincoln Stein (2002). Creating a bioinformatics nation: screen scraping is torture Nature, 417 (6885), 119-120 DOI: 10.1038/417119a
AN OVERVIEW OF THE RELATIONS WITHIN THE IRON TRIANGLE ON A SAMPLE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN CROATIA
Authors: Tijanić Štrok Ksenija
Published: February 2025

The construction project's success generally implies completion within the planned deadline and budget and satisfactory quality performance. These three project performance parameters form the basic system of measuring its success - the iron triangle of project management. Unfortunately, construction projects often fail to meet the defined success parameters, one or more. The focus of this paper is the territory of Croatia, for which it was noticed that no comprehensive studies analyze the construction projects' success in terms of all three iron triangle parameters. This paper aimed to observe an extensive database of projects from Croatia, analyze their success in terms of time, costs, and construction quality, and determine the mutual relations between those three parameters. Based on a database of 49 construction projects, it was determined that a significant number of projects (46.94%) were not satisfactory regarding time and cost success. At the same time, problematic quality performance was less common (20.41%). Statistically significant correlations were established between the performance of time and cost. Developing reliable mathematical models for predicting real construction time and cost is also possible. As for the construction quality, the problem of its presentation and assessment has been established, and no statistically significant results have been determined by observing it. These results indicate the need for further research, primarily regarding the project performance quality. The overall results emphasize the importance of comprehensive, systematic and timely construction project management, primarily during the planning and execution phases, to achieve its goals.
IMPACT OF TRANSFERRING LIGHT BUSSES TO BRT ROUTE ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION, MOBILITY, AND SAFETY AT SWEILEH INTERSECTION IN AMMAN
Authors: Nsour Khaled , Iskandarani Mahmoud
Published: February 2025

This research aims to assess the impact of light buses on mobility and time delays. Extended wait times and unfavourable environmental factors lead to traffic jams and negative economic impacts. One suggestion is to relocate these minibuses to the bus rapid transit (BRT) lane. Three crossroads that are connected by a corridor were included in the analysis. The crossroads under consideration are the University of Jordan intersection, the Sweileh intersection, and the intersection of external patrols. Vissim simulation software is used for the evaluation and analysis, using data from detectors data at crossings. As a result of shorter wait times and shorter lines, both the simulation and the collected findings demonstrated an overall improvement in mobility. The environment would benefit from such an upgrade. The inclusion of light buses does, nonetheless, cause a little delay on the BRT lane; however, this is offset by an overall improvement in the mobility of all traffic at each crossing. Improved quantitative assessment of the dynamic traffic at each crossing was made possible based on simulation. The results generated by this study demonstrated intricate traffic interaction models (involving Sweileh, outside patrols, and the University of Jordan), which might be applied during the design phase of upcoming construction projects near these crossings.
Team effectiveness in a virtual environment: The role of trust and knowledge sharing
Authors: Hodzic Naida , Efendic Amina , Kapo Amra
Published: February 2025

Background: In recent years, research efforts have focused on understanding virtual environments and the importance of collaboration in such environments. The spread of remote working, exacerbated by the global pandemic and changing workforce dynamics, has meant that organizations are increasingly reliant on dispersed teams. Building trust in virtual teams is paramount to fostering effective collaboration, and achieving common goals. Trust reduces uncertainty, promotes collaboration and facilitates open communication between team members. Building trust in virtual contexts is challenging due to limited face-to-face interactions. In addition, knowledge sharing plays a crucial role in improving team effectiveness by enabling information sharing and problem solving. The lack of physical proximity in virtual environments is a barrier to spontaneous knowledge sharing and highlights the critical need for a culture that encourages knowledge sharing. Methodology: This study highlights the importance of cultivating a supportive virtual environment, ensuring psychological safety and utilizing technical platforms to facilitate information sharing. Quantitative data and survey methods are used to explore the integral impact of trust, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and team effectiveness. Findings and Conclusions: The results of this study contribute to the existing literature on virtual teamwork by highlighting techniques and practices that improve team performance. The finding that trust and information sharing play a central role in virtual teams can help organizations develop effective virtual work policies, design appropriate training programs, and select suitable collaboration platforms. Limitations and Future Research: While the study provides valuable insights, the generalizability of the findings to other contexts is limited by the restriction to a single sample. Replicating the study in different organizational contexts would improve the robustness of the results. Furthermore, the cross-sectional nature of the study limits the possibility of proving causality. Future research efforts could use longitudinal studies to examine the complex relationships between trust, teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge sharing over time.
Isolation, Proliferation, and Identification of Human Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hWJMSCs)
Authors: Raed H. Ogaili
Published: February 2025

In this research, we compared the biological characteristics and therapeutic potential of “human Wharton's jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hWJMSCs)” isolated from various anatomical regions of the umbilical cord.". Cells were isolated from maternal, middle, and fetal segments of “umbilical cords” (n = 6) of six healthy donors who underwent elective cesarean delivery and systematically compared. Several analyses were used to characterize the cells, including growth kinetics, immunophenotyping, gene expression profiling, and differentiation potential assessment. Results showed substantial segment-specific variations, with yields and characteristics of “hWJMSCs” obtained from “maternal and fetal segments” superior to middle segment. Enhanced proliferation rates (population doubling times of 1.02 ± 0.09 and 1.21 ± 0.2 days compared with 1.86 ± 0.12 days), increased cell viability, and stronger expression of stemness markers and differentiation potential were observed in these cells.
On the other hand, reduced HLA-ABC expression in maternal and fetal segments indicates perhaps improved immune privilege. This research reveals strong evidence that the anatomical origin of “hWJMSCs” from the umbilical cord remarkably impacts biological characteristics and cytotherapeutic potential. Implications of these findings for regenerative medicine are significant and suggest that targeted harvesting from maternal and fetal segments has the potential to enhance therapeutic efficacy. This research lays the groundwork for standardizing cell-sourcing protocols and has implications for advancing cell-based therapy.
Transnationale Disruption
Authors: Liste Philip
Published: February 2025

Scheinbar hat der amerikanische Vizepräsident J. D. Vance bei seiner Rede am Freitagabend das Thema verfehlt, indem er die europäische Innenpolitik kritisierte. Es handelt sich allerdings nicht um einen diplomatischen Fauxpas, sondern um die Verkündung eines Programms an der Spitze eines transnationalen „Bewegungsstaates“. Ideologische Anleihen macht Vance bei Carl Schmitt, denkt dessen „Raumnahme“ aber im transnationalen Sinne weiter.
Penerapan Terapi Komplementer Relaksasi Otot Progresif Terhadap Penurunan Kadar Gula Darah Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe Ii Di Bangsal Sakura Rsud Dr.Soeratno Gemolong, Sragen
Authors: Putri Ana Devi  , Ika Silvitasari  , Fitria Purnamawati
Published: February 2025

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood caused by insulin resistance. One way to help lower the patient's blood sugar levels is by practicing physical activity. Progressive muscle relaxation therapy can be an activity of choice for diabetes sufferers because it can reduce tension, reduce stress, and improve metabolic rate. Purpouse : to apply progressive muscle relaxation therapy, namely to determine the results of applying progressive muscle relaxation therapy to reduce blood sugar levels while in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Methode : using a descriptive method in the form of a case study on two respondents by focusing on the implementation of progressive muscle relaxation therapy to reduce blood sugar levels in diabetes mellitus patients by providing intervention for three days. Results : progressive muscle relaxation therapy had an effect on reducing the patient's blood sugar levels so that the patient's blood sugar levels were reduced. The first patient's blood sugar level went from 251 mg/dl to 123 mg/dl and the second patient's blood sugar level went from 388 mg/dl to 141 mg/dl. Conclusion : Progressive muscle relaxation therapy in diabetes mellitus patients is effective in reducing the patient's blood sugar levels.
Ketertelusuran Rantai Pasok Bahan Baku Farmasi Sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Kualifikasi dan Keamanan Pemasok
Authors: Alvita Labiibah Machsus  , Holis Abdul Holik
Published: February 2025

The case of pediatric oral liquid formulations in Indonesia found to contain Ethylene Glycol (EG) and Diethylene Glycol (DEG) contaminants exceeding permissible limits was traced to propylene glycol excipients with inadequate supply chain traceability, resulting from pharmaceutical manufacturers' failure to implement proper supplier qualification in accordance with established standards. The aim of this study is to identify the stages in ensuring supply chain traceability and compare various national and international regulations related to supply chain traceability as part of supplier qualification. Based on the literature review conducted, it was found that there are still gaps between regulations in Indonesia and international regulations. Although regulations in Indonesia have made significant progress, there is still room for improvement and development in several areas such as risk management, evaluation systems, and documentation to enhance the safety and quality of pharmaceutical raw materials used in Indonesia.
A pénztartozás esedékessé tétele fizetési felszólítás, valamint számla útján
Authors: Bodzási Balázs
Published: February 2025

A kötelezett a pénztartozás jogosult általi követeléséről mind a fizetési felszólítás, mind pedig a számla megküldéséből tudomást szerezhet, bármelyik alkalmas a Ptk. 6:130. § (1) bekezdése alapján a teljesítési határidő pontos meghatározására.
Algorithmic Approaches and Development Prospects of the Holding Process in the Georgian Medical Sector
Authors: Lashkhi Tsotne , Jorbenadze Zurab
Published: February 2025

The Georgian medical sector operates within a complex entrepreneurial framework where business structures, particularly holdings, play a dominant role. This paper examines the development and operational mechanisms of holdings in the medical field, analysing their influence on market competition, pricing strategies, and state-business relations. The study highlights the monopolistic tendencies, cartel agreements, and elite lobbying practices that shape the sector. Additionally, it evaluates the state's regulatory inefficiencies and the economic and social consequences of medical business consolidation. Drawing comparisons with European regulatory practices, the paper advocates for a more structured and transparent approach to price regulation and market competition in Georgia's healthcare industry.
The Perspective of Medical School Students on Distance Education
Authors: Dogan Miray , Celik Arda , Ak Handan , Aydin Hikmet Hakan
Published: February 2025

This study examines the impact of this transition on medical students at a public university by focusing on their academic performance, emotional well-being, and adaptability to remote learning environments. Since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted an unprecedented shift from traditional classroom learning to online platforms across global educational systems, it is crucial to understand how students navigated these changes and adapted to the new learning conditions. This study collected qualitative data from 65 medical students through semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal significant effects on study habits, emotional well-being, and curriculum engagement. The findings reveal a mixed response to distance education in medical schools. While some students experienced increased flexibility and, in some instances, improved academic performance, significant challenges also emerged. These challenges included a decline in practical skills, heightened emotional distress, and technical issues that obstruct effective learning. The study emphasizes the necessity for hybrid educational models that combine the advantages of online flexibility with essential in-person interactions, particularly for training practical skills in medical education. It recommends enhancing online educational platforms to better support medical training during crises. Emphasis is placed on developing a robust technical infrastructure alongside comprehensive mental health support systems.
Desafíos que enfrenta el docente ante la diversidad cultural
Authors:   Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México, Mendívil Ceballos Itzel Arlene , Romero Castro María del Rosario ,   Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México
Published: February 2025

En el año de 1998 en Europa se gestan las políticas educativas referentes a la diversidad cultural y lingüística, a partir de la inmigración. Pero es en los años setenta cuando comienza a darse la necesidad de ofrecer una educación a los hijos de los trabajadores migrantes, la cual consistía en la enseñanza de la lengua materna y la cultura de los niños inmigrantes. Dicha educación tenía el objetivo de formarlos con las herramientas suficientes y potenciar sus habilidades para que pudieran regresar a sus países de origen. Mientras que, en la década de los ochenta, de acuerdo con el Tratado de Maastricht se dio prioridad a la propia cultura, estableciendo una educación intercultural para todos, en busca de promover la comunicación y la interacción entre las diferentes culturas y políticas a largo plazo que sean de mejora en el ámbito educativo de los inmigrantes.
Orientación emocional a familias con enfermos de cáncer terminal, en la colonia las Higueritas, Choix, Sinaloa
Authors:   Secretaría de las Mujeres, Ahome, Peña Encinas Iris Anahí , Zazueta Mendívil Ramona Patricia ,   Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México
Published: February 2025

El presente trabajo de investigación, está orientado a conocer el estado emocional por los que atraviesan las familias con un enfermo de cáncer terminal y diseñar un programa de orientación emocional a familias con dichas situaciones, en la Colonia Las Higueritas, Choix, Sinaloa.
Uno de los retos más importantes que tiene México es en el ámbito de la salud. La orientación emocional constituye de alguna manera a mantener la calidad de vida de los pacientes y de sus familias que están pasando por una situación difícil que sobrellevan las enfermedades avanzadas, de la misma manera orientar para la toma decisiones que ayuden al familiar enfermo y a la familia de acorde a sus necesidades, apoyo psicológico, acompañamiento, cuidados entre otros.
Energía y medio ambiente. Una mirada desde la Encíclica Laudato Si'
Authors: Calabrese Claudio César , Brambila Fernando , De la Vega Segura Eduardo , Torres Hernandez Anthony
Published: February 2025

Nuestro trabajo plantea los aspectos que consideramos medulares de la Encíclica, en especial la unidad economía-sociedad-ecología, tomando como idea central la noción de “conversión ecológica” y, a partir de ésta, los límites de crecimiento de una civilización basada fundamentalmente en petróleo. Esto se debe a que los niveles de consumo encontrarán rápidamente la barrera de la propia naturaleza, pues la humanidad habrá consumido la mayor parte de los combustibles fósiles, a fines del siglo XXI. Se trata, en definitiva, del agotamiento de un ideal de ciencia y de progreso que no ha podido sostener las promesas del modelo ilustrado que las generó. En este contexto, presentamos las catástrofes ecológicas ocasionadas por derrames de petróleo en el último decenio y los aspectos positivos y negativos de los últimos procedimientos en extracción de petróleo; a pesar de estos esfuerzos y de la integración de energías renovables, la ecología en clave cristiana requiere de una renovación interior que lleve a una conciencia más plena del hombre como colaborar y custodio de la creación.
Acuerpamiento y solidaridades transnacionales frente a la fronterización de la vida
Authors: Herrera Sánchez Sonia
Published: February 2025

Resumen: Ante un presente marcado por las desigualdades interseccionales donde la necropolítica se ha instalado en el imaginario colectivo como horizonte “deseable” o “inevitable”, cabe preguntarse cómo construir sociedades y nuevos simbólicos centrados en la tríada resiliencia-esperanza-cuidados que promuevan un cambio de paradigma estructural. Las propuestas feministas decoloniales, ecofeministas, comunitarias y antirracistas, desarrolladas en las últimas cuatro décadas, han configurado unos mimbres ineludibles para abordar esta reflexión a nivel g-local sobre cómo deconstruir la fronterización de la vida reproducida sistémicamente por la alianza destructiva entre patriarcado, neoliberalismo y colonialismo. Para ello, el presente ensayo pretende aproximarse y analizar dichos planteamientos como estrategia paradigmática de sostenibilidad y bienestar y como propuesta ética y política desde los saberes y praxis de los feminismos no hegemónicos.
Exploration of the effects of seawater on the mechanical properties of JUCO/carbon epoxy composites: An experimental and numerical study
Authors: Nayeem Nadim Mahmood , Hossain Md. Foisal , Rana Muhammed Sohel , Ferdous Md. Shafiul
Published: February 2025

In this current study, five types of strong, stiff, and lightweight composites were developed utilizing hand lay-up and cold press methods by the hybridization of JUCO and carbon fabrics. Before the fabrication of the composites, the surfaces of the JUCO fabrics were treated with a 5% NaOH aqueous solution. To evaluate and compare the mechanical characteristics of the fabricated composites, tensile, flexural, impact, and hardness tests were conducted. Specimens were also aged in artificial seawater (pH 8) for 150 days to explore the effects of seawater aging on the mechanical characteristics of the composites. Numerical analysis of the tensile and flexural properties was also done by the finite element method (FEM). The findings from the current study showed that hybridization with carbon fibers considerably enhanced the mechanical properties of the natural fiber-reinforced composites. On the other hand, a decrement in tensile strength, flexural strength, and hardness, and an improvement in impact strength were noticed due to fiber degradation as a result of aging in seawater. Results obtained from the numerical analysis also displayed good alignment with the experimental findings
Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors: Huaroto César A.
Published: February 2025

The publication of Roots of Underdevelopment, edited by Felipe Valencia-Caicedo (2023), coincides with a significant moment in economic history, marked by two recent Nobel Prizes awarded for contributions to this field. In 2023, Claudia Goldin received the Prize for her contributions to the historical causes of the gender gap and its change during the last centuries, as well as the primary sources of the remaining gender gap. In 2024, Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson received recognition for their contribution to understanding the deep causes of economic development (...).