bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Razumevanje kolektivnog nasilja
Authors: Zirojević Mina , Spaić Ivana
Published: June 2022

Ljudska istorija je tesno povezana sa eskalacijama nasilja. Iako svaka generacija očekuje da napredak ljudske vrste na svim poljima donese i svet o globalnom miru, nasilje postaje sve raznovrsnije i brzo napreduje i po pitanju broja ljudi koja učestvuje u akcijama kolektivnog nasilja i po načinu na koji se ta agresija ispoljava. Mišljenja smo međutim da su ovi akti nasilja većinom uzrokovani ili potrebom za novom međublokovskom podelom ili za zadržavanjem hegmonije, a sa druge strane kao reakcija pojedinca ili grupe u borbi protiv nejednakosti i nepravde. Takođe je korisno prepoznati da ono što ljudi vide kao nasilje ima tendenciju da bude kulturno ugroženo. Razdvajanje države i crkve je religiji dalo novu dimenziju u pogledu upliva u državnu politiku, ali i model političkim entitetima za sakralizaciju svoje moći, kao čvrstog temelja za izgradnju totalitarnih režima, koji se održavaju kolektivnim nasiljem. Nasilje po pravilu rađa novo nasilje, bilo da je reč o odgovoru ili ispunjavanju ambicija za širenjem moći. Kolektivno nasilje može biti podstaknuto političkim, religijskim ili drugim društvenim nasiljem. Razumevanje okolnosti u kojima se nasilje rađa i razvija, može smanjiti verovatnoću njegove primene, posebno kolektivnog nasilja. S tim u vezi, naš cilj u ovom radu je bio da primenom metoda kompilacije i analize sadržaja, izdvojimo glavne uzroke kolektivnog nasilja, što nas je dovelo do zaključka da se njihovom pravovremenom identifikacijom i razumevanjem može smanjiti verovatnoća njegove primene u obimu i sa intenzitetom koji bi proizveli najteže posledice.
Veštačka inteligencija (AI) u funkciji prepoznavanja emocija i nasilničkog kriminaliteta
Authors: Bajac Momčilo , Bjelajac Željko
Published: June 2022

U ovom radu diskutujemo uticaj najnovijih tehnologija, prvenstveno veštačke inteligencije (AI) na šire društveno i prirodno okruženje, kao i na individualne živote ljudi u sve većem rasponu konteksta. Govorimo o AI kao kompleksnim ekosistemima napravljenim od prirodnih resursa, energije, infrastrukture, ljudskog rada, logistike, istorije, podataka i mnoštva klasifikacija. Uprkos tome što za sada AI nije ni veštačka a ni toliko inteligentna kao što se to predstavlja široj javnosti, postoji jaka težnja za njenom univerzalizacijom i apsolutizacijom. U ovom radu posebno smo diskutovali mogućnost primene AI u svrhu prepoznavanja emocija i nasilničkog mentaliteta u cilju prevencije nasilničkog ponašanja. To je zahtevalo analizu prakse prikupljanja podataka i njihovog klasifikovanja u fiksne kategorije kako bi se postigli “pouzdani” izlazi pretrage za različite potrebe. Profil nasilničke ličnosti je određen kako socijalno-relacionim tako i biološko-psihološkim karakteristikama, što predstavlja veliki broj varijabli koje treba uzeti u obzir prilikom konstruisanja algoritma za prepoznavanje emocija i nasilničke ličnosti. Naš zaključak je da sa trenutnim stepenom razvoja AI i veoma svedenim i diskretnim algoritmima nije moguće uzeti u obzir toliko podataka da bi se dobio pouzdan izlaz za predviđanje ponašanja kao i preduzimanje eventualnih mera, a da nisu diskriminatorne i opasne po pojedince i društvo u celini. Ali s obzirom na neverovatno brz tehnološki razvoj, naročito u oblasti kvantnog računarstva, pred ovom oblasti stoji veoma dinamična budućnost.
A Renaissance for Alba Amicorum Research
Authors: Reinders Sophie , Vandommele Jeroen
Published: June 2022

Introduction to the special issue 'A Renaissance for Alba Amicorum Research'
A Paper World
Authors: Keblusek Maria
Published: June 2022

This essay examines early modern alba amicorum as collections of social and intellectual networks, personal memories, and other textual and visual materials. In what way are these ‘paper worlds’ related to collections of objects, and to networks of connections? How do they interact with other book and manuscript genres, such as the emblem and the costume book? Taking the album of the Dutch collector Bernardus Paludanus (1550-1633) as a case study, an argument will be made regarding the conceptual and material kinship of alba with other forms of manuscript and print collections. The intermediality and materiality of friendship books will be shown to be crucial aspects for understanding how this medium functioned within early modern cultures of collecting and the communal production of memory and knowledge.
‘His Best Part Lies Hidden in His Learned Heart’
Authors: Schlueter June
Published: June 2022

This article proposes that the historian Aernout van Buchell was a cultural go-between, quietly engaged in a transnational project of globalization. The young van Buchell’s first album amicorum, begun in 1584, reveals an intellectually restless young man who was given to depression and even attempted suicide but who discovered the study of antiquities on his year-long stay in Paris. His second album reveals an older, settled, purposeful historian whose album friends were scholars and artists of considerable reputation. At least since his year in Paris, van Buchell was committed to obliterating the boundaries of space and time and removing the intellectual limits of his mind. As with the antiquities he studied, van Buchell’s alba endorse a common heritage and offer to posterity the wisdom of the ancients and that of the many contributors to his album. His stance was that of a humanist, which, in the early modern period, entailed a revival of classical languages, literature, and moral precepts.
‘Vare Wel Dur Luf’
Authors: Strijbosch Carla
Published: June 2022

This article traces the phenomenon of tune indications from their beginning to their use in three sixteenth-century manuscripts which hover on the border between alba amicorum and songbooks. The tune indication, the reference that shows which melody the song can be sung to, forms part of ‘song literacy’, the art of conserving a song beyond the moment of performance. Songs written down in alba amicorum may fill a gap in existing theories about the rapid development of song literacy in the sixteenth century. In addition, concentrating on the tune indicators may help to sharpen the definition of an album-with-songs compared to a songbook. In the Low Countries, tune indicators began to be attached to religious songs in the last decades of the fifteenth century. They were used to communicate new religious texts to an audience and to facilitate overruling sinful worldly texts. In printed collections of secular songs tune indicators seems to have been introduced after 1550 – but it took well into the 1600s before they became conventional in printed song collections. In handwritten collections the tune indicator was not the norm, with one notable exception: in circles of chambers of rhetoric. As alba-with-songs from the sixteenth century show, in the century’s last decades it became fashionable, at least within a small circle of alba owners in the western Low Countries, to provide a tune indicator. In these circles a good tune functioned as an important creative impulse to write new songs, especially semi-religious ones. These alba-with-songs might be considered harbingers of the song-minded Dutch ‘Golden Age’.
Three Alba Amicorum from the Habsburg Netherlands
Authors: Radway Robin Dora
Published: June 2022

This article uses the alba collected by three travellers from the Habsburg Netherlands to Constantinople in the 1570s and 1580s to explore the purposes of collecting and what they reveal about being part of an integrated imperial mission that represented Habsburg territory abroad. The first album was gathered by the imperial ambassador’s physician Arnold Manlius between May 1571 and November 1574. Manlius’s humanist project is filled with over ninety signatures from his fellow housemates and local notables, accompanied by explanatory annotations in Latin. The article contrasts this large collection with the alba of Lambert Wijts of Mechlin and Johann Huenich of Antwerp, both of whom spent two months in Constantinople as members of tribute-carrying delegations. Wijts (who was in Constantinople between July and August 1572) and Huenich (January through March 1586) gathered eclectic collections of signatures alongside sets of costume album images. Taken together, the three alba reveal a range of collecting practices and purposes – intellectual, documentary, and personal – of men from the Southern Low Countries working in the service of Habsburg emperors in Ottoman Constantinople.
Evaluation of Environmental Sustainability Higher in Education Ranking Systems: Towards a Flat Intraranking System
Authors: Buzaboon Anwaar , Alnaser Waheeb , Alboflasa Hanan , Shatnawia Safwan , Albinalia Khawla , Aljowder Thajba
Published: June 2022

This paper reviews different ranking criteria for universities practicing environmental sustainability – named here as “Environmental Sustainability Higher Education ranking systems (ESHERSs)”. The purpose is to evaluate the degree of such criteria in supporting the higher education institutions (HEIs) in achieving environmentally sustainable development goals (SDGs). In this paper, the potential metrics for ranking systems are identified to promote environmentally sustainable development practices within HEIs and support their home countries in achieving SDGs. Three ESHERSs - known in focusing on teaching & research, environment and social scope are evaluated and scored according to their compliance with the Berlin Principles (BPs), where the later are used to propose a new framework for an intra- ranking system that contribute to more effective practice in Environment and Education, i.e. developing University of Bahrain Environmental Sustainability Higher Education ranking system ( UoBESHERS).
Non-psychotropic Drug Interactions among Psychiatric Patients in Bahrain
Authors: Tayem Yasin I. , Al-Ghadani Marwa H. , Jahrami Haitham A. , Ali Mazen K.
Published: June 2022

Background: In psychiatric patients, interactions among non-psychotropic drugs may be unintentionally overlooked. Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the rate and degree of interactions among non-psychotropic drugs in patients suffering from mental illnesses in Bahrain. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. A random sample of prescriptions ordered by the outpatient clinics of the psychiatry hospital from the 1st of January until the 31st of December 2017 was selected. The orders, which were issued for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder were included in this study. The quantity and grade of drug interactions were measured by using Medscape drug interaction checker. The factors associated with those interactions were also examined. Data analysis was performed by using t-test, Chi-Square test, one-way ANOVA and multivariate analysis. Results: 995 prescriptions were included (55.4% males and 44.5% females) were included. The psychiatric diagnoses of the subjects were schizophrenia (39.1%), depression (23.1%), bipolar disorder (22.4%), schizoaffective disorder (11.2%) and anxiety disorders (4.1%). Polypharmacy was observed in 33.3% of the patients. Drug interactions were detected in 22.7% of the prescriptions. The grade of interaction was minor in 4.6%, significant in 15.6%, and serious in 2.5%. There was a positive correlation between the total number of interactions and polypharmacy (p< 0.001), and age over 35 years (p< 0.001). Moreover, interaction between those two risk factors was observed and resulted in a statistically significant increase in the total number of drug interactions (F = 6.286, p = 0.002). Conclusions: a relatively high rate of drug interactions was observed, associated with polypharmacy. There is a need to raise awareness among psychiatrists to check for non-psychotropic drug interactions in their patients.
Classification according to the Dewey Decimal System: 615.5 (Pharmacology and Therapeutics).
Test Case Prioritization Using Metaheuristic Search Techniques
Authors: Mann Mukesh , Tomar Pradeep , Sangwan Om Prakash
Published: June 2022

In this paper, Artificial Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) inspired by real Swarm social–psychological tendency is used to solve time constraint prioritization problem-the techniques to prioritize the test cases that finds faults as early as possible, or maximize the rate of fault detection in the suite. The proposed technique is compared with three searches based metaheuristic approaches–(1) an ant-colony optimization approach, (2) Cuscuta search algorithm and (3) Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm and two evolutionary metaheuristic- (1) Multi-Criteria Genetic algorithm technique which the fitness is APFD and (2) Multi-Criteria Genetic algorithm technique which the fitness is the proposed fitness multiplied by APFD and with five other non-search based prioritization techniques- (1) optimal, (2) random, (3) reverse, (4) untreated and (5) average faults found per minute algorithm based ordering. We investigate whether the proposed PSO metaheuristic outperforms existing prioritizing techniques in terms of APFD Score.
Recent Survey of Electric Load Forecasting Techniques
Authors: Boubaker Sahbi
Published: June 2022

Electric load forecasting is considered nowadays as one of the key issues for electricity utilities to ensure both good planning and design in long-term and efficient operation and management in short and medium terms. In fact, predicting as accurately as possible the electric load and peak-load can contribute to avoiding electricity feeding disturbances and allow thus a high quality of service provided to consumers. This paper reviews a selected set of papers on electricity demand forecasting techniques, published from 2008 to 2016. This review is intended to classify the proposed models and methods. The results presented in the surveyed papers show that a wide range of models and methods have been implemented and tested. Depending on the forecasting horizon, the study area and the used tools, the accuracy of the obtained forecasts are case-sensitive. Although classical time-series continue to be used, combined approaches involving more than two tools (models and methods) have started to attract more attention. More particularly, artificial neural networks (ANN) and swarm intelligence techniques are being increasingly used for their universal character and for the fact they do not need particular regularity of the load records.
Health Assessment of Elderly Attending Daycare Centers in Bahrain
Authors: Al Mahmood Mona M Al Shaikh , Hamadeh Randah R. , Fikree Majida , Nasser Mona A. , Aljowder Marya , Habib Fatima , Al Hashimi Amjad , Ahmed Naeema , Alhindi Bushra , Saleh Khadija , Hijres Thakryate
Published: June 2022

Objective: to perform a multidimensional health assessment for Bahraini elderly and identify areas of need. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Elderly 60 years and more who are attending elderly daycare centers in Bahrain. Method: A total of four hundred and fifteen men and women attending elderly daycare centers were interviewed. Mini mental state examination, depression scale, activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living were assessed through a questionnaire designed for the purpose of this study. Furthermore, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and random blood sugar were measured. Results: 76.8% of the women and 57.3% of the men were hypertensive. The prevalence of diabetes was 58.8% in women and 57.4% in men. Overweight was present among 22.4% of elderly. Three quarters of the elderly had an unremarkable mental status based on the mental and functional assessment scale. Conclusion: Attendees of elderly daycare centers in Bahrain were generally independent. However, counseling on lifestyle modification and monitoring of their health status is required.
Les facteurs prédictifs de thrombose au cours de la procédure d’autogreffe de cellules souches au cours du myélome multiple: Expérience de l’EHU Oran (Algérie)
Authors: Bekadja Mohamed Amine , Benzineb Brahim , Ouldjeriouat Hafida , ENTASOLTAN Badra , AMANI Kamila , BOUCHAMA Samira , ChAREF Leila , BRAHIMI Mohamed , ARABI Abdessamed , BOUHASS Rachid Amar , YAFOUR Nabil
Published: June 2022

Résumé 
Introduction 
Les objectifs de notre travail sont de mesurer l’incidence de la thrombose et identifier les facteurs prédictifs au cours de la procédure d’autogreffe des cellules souches hématopoïétiques, durant la vraie vie, dans l’Etablissement Hospitalier Universitaire d’Oran (Algérie).
Méthodes 
Il s’agit d’une étude rétrospective (2009-2019). Le diagnostic de thrombose a été  posé devant des signes et des symptômes cliniques de thrombose et a été confirmé par un échodoppler du site de localisation concerné ou un angio-scanner, en cas de suspicion d’une embolie artérielle et du point de vue biologique par l’élévation des D-Dimères. L’étude a porté sur l’incidence globale des thromboses et la détermination des facteurs prédictifs suivants : âge, les comorbidités, l’utilisation des immunomodulateurs (IMiDs), l’utilisation du Granulocyte-ColonyStimulating Factor au cours de la mobilisation et de la phase d’aplasie, le site d’insertion du cathéter central  ainsi que sa durée, le nombre de cytaphérèse, le taux de CD34+ perfusées et enfin la prophylaxie de la  thrombose veineuse profonde  par une héparine de bas poids moléculaire (HBPM).L’analyse statistique a porté sur une étude univariée, suivie d’une analyse multivariée à l’aide d’une régression logistique binaire.
Résultats 
Parmi les 411 patients qui ont été colligés,  249 étaient des hommes avec un sexe ratio de 1,53. L’incidence globale de la thrombose était de 18,49% (76 patients). Les facteurs associatifs retrouvés en analyse univariée ont été l’utilisation des IMiDs (p=0,0006), le site d’insertion fémorale du KTC (p=0,021) et sa durée (p=0,018), le taux de G-CSF?15µg/kg (p=0,014) au cours de la mobilisation, le nombre de CD34+ perfusées> 5x106/kg (p=0.035) et la prophylaxie avec les HBPM (p=0.029). En analyse multivariée, seule l’absence de prophylaxie par les HBPM a été un facteur indépendant prédictif de thrombose (p=0,001).
Conclusion 
Malgré la similitude de l’incidence globale de la thrombose avec la littérature, sa prophylaxie par les HBPM a été le seul facteur indépendant de son risque en Algérie, ce qui l’aurait restreint en pratique quotidienne des autogreffes dans le myélome multiple.
Animal milk a miracle food or real poison ??
Authors: OUSSADOU Larbi , DJERDJAR Louiza
Published: June 2022

Animal milk is widely consumed in the world, its composition in macro and micronutrient, its availability have made it a key element in the basic diet of individuals.Between anti-milk speeches and those who present it as a miracle food, the liquid is the subject of many controversies.This article reviews the debate about the health effects of consuming animal milk and its derivatives.
ANALYSIS OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER NEEDS WITH LEAF COLOR CHART AND FARMER PARTICIPATION FOR RICE PLANT (Oryza Sativa L.)
Authors: Achdiyat  , Narita Ayu Putri
Published: June 2022

Farmers' participation in the analysis of nitrogen fertilizer needs with leaf color chart for Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) plants in Kec. Tambaksari Regency. Ciamis, to find out: the level of participation and factors related to farmer participation. This activity was carried out from April 22, 2019 to July 26, 2019. The variables studied in this study consisted of independent variables (farmer characteristics and the role of advisors) and the dependent variable (participation). Data was collected by filling out a questionnaire (questionnaire), interviews, and secondary data (from related institutions). The results of the analysis of farmer participation include the category of "medium" or 61.2%, and the category of "high" or 38.8%, there is no category "low", because the cultivation of lowland rice is the main commodity, farmers in fertilizing to see the color of the leaves have been carried out . Then based on the results of the analysis, the factors related to participation are age, extension activities, facilitators and communicators. Farmers 'participation in the analysis of nitrogen fertilizer needs with the Leaf Color Chart for lowland rice are: The majority of farmers' participation rates are included in the "medium" category, and factors related to participation are age, extension activities, facilitators, and communicators; Farmer participation needs to be increased in order to provide optimal benefits, success must be carried out by all parties to work together to achieve goals
Valve efficiency at depth pumps
Authors:   Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, Romania, doru.stoianovici@yahoo.com, Stoianovici Doru , Pelin Ștefan ,   Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, Romania
Published: June 2022

Oil extraction by deep pumping uses bottom hole pumps whose efficiency depends on several parameters like: surface stroke length, stroke rate, pump depth, pump clearance. Pump valves play an important role in the efficiency of deep pumping. They wear out quite frequently, especially when the pumped oil contains mechanical suspensions. Choosing the right valves increases the pumping efficiency and prolongs the service life of the pump.
Numerical wellbore stability for vertical and deviated wells using finite element method
Authors:   Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, halafawi_2008@yahoo.com, Halafawi Mohamed , Diniță Alin ,   Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Faculty, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, Avram Lazăr ,   Oil & Gas Engineering Faculty,Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Published: June 2022

A 3D vertical wellbore model is created in this paper using the ANSYS finite-element software package to examine stress distribution contours and displacement plots, and then developing a comprehensive approach for converting the vertical model into any orientated and 3D deviated wellbore model. Applying isotropic rock elasticity and the Von Mises formulas, both wellbore models can be utilized repeatedly to explore the stability, stress distribution, and deformation surrounding wellbores anywhere at direction. Changing the direction and magnitude of the insitu normal and shear stress acting on the vertical wellbore model is also done to show the effect of inclination on wellbore stability.
Research on establishing the differential model of the robotic mechanisms
Authors:   ", Bădoiu Dorin ,   Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti, Romania, dorin.badoiu@gmail.com "
Published: June 2022

The paper presents the stages of realization of a computer program that allows the establishment of the differential model of the active mechanisms from the component of industrial robots. The computer program was developed using the Maple programming language. Finally, a series of simulation results are presented in the case of an active mechanism of an industrial robot with six degrees of freedom.
Formation evaluation in low resistivity low contrast (LRLC) shaly sand thin lamination; forward modeling and inversion optimization using genetic algorithm
Authors:   Oil-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, mehdi.tabatabai@gmail.com, Tabatabai Seyed Mehdi ,   m.tabatabai@petronas.com.my, Chis Timur ,   Ovidius University Constanta, Romania, tchis@univ-ovidius.ro, Jugastreanu Cristina ,   Oil-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Published: June 2022

Formation evaluation in thin bed lamination is challenging and classic petrophysical workflow would results in underestimation of true hydrocarbon pore thickness and consequently underestimation of hydrocarbon in place in oil and gas fields. Due to deficiency of conventional well logs to detect thin bed shale sand laminations, they appear as non- hydrocarbon bearing low resistivity interval on well logs. True log response cannot be recorded in thin bed shale sand lamination intervals since thickness of these layers is lower than logging tool resolution. Logging tools can only record the average log response of shale and sand together – rather than true response of sand - anywhere the thickness of each lamination falls below vertical resolution of logging tools. Forward modeling and inversion workflow was applied in a thinly laminated shaly sand reservoir to calculate true hydrocarbon pore thickness. The process of forward modeling and inversion was optimized by using Genetic Algorithm approach by developing a computer code. A new workflow for formation evaluation was proposed for formation evaluation in thin bed shale sand laminations and verified successfully. The result was fully integrated and verified with core, well log and production data. True hydrocarbon pore thickness was increased, and new perforation interval was suggested based on the findings.
UPAYA PENINGKATAN MINAT DAN HASIL BELAJAR BAHASA INGGRIS MELALUI PEMANFAATAN MULTIMEDIA INTERAKTIF DI SMAN 2 BATANGHARI
Authors: HARTATI DEWI
Published: June 2022

This study aims to increase reading interest and English learning outcomes through the use of interactive multimedia in class XI MIPA 1 SMA Negeri 2 Batanghari in the 2019/2020 school year. This research activity was carried out in two cycles. In Cycle I students were only given Interactive CD media, while in Cycle II they were given additional media in the form of songs and videos. The achievements of this study include an increase in the percentage of student interest in learning, from 65% in the Pre-Cycle, to 76.7% at the end of Cycle I, and to 86.7% at the end of Cycle II. Classical learning completeness also increased, from 73% in the Pre-Cycle to 80.8% at the end of Cycle I, and to 88.5% at the end of Cycle II. Another increase occurred in the activeness of students and teachers. The percentage of student activity increased from 72% in the Pre-Cycle, to 82% in Cycle I, and to 86% at the end of Cycle II. Meanwhile, teacher activity increased from 76% in Pre-Cycle, to 78% in Cycle I, and to 85% at the end of Cycle II. This increase is of course due to improvements during the learning process by teachers and collaborators for two cycles. Based on the Classroom Action Research that has been carried out at SMA Negeri 2 Batanghari, it can be concluded that the use of Interactive Multimedia appropriately can increase the interest and learning outcomes of class XI MIPA 1 students in English lessons.
ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan minat baca dan hasil belajar bahasa inggris melalui pemanfaatan multimedia interaktif di kelas XI MIPA 1 SMA Negeri 2 Batanghari tahun pelajaran 2019/2020. Kegiatan penelitian ini dilakukan dalam dua siklus. Pada Siklus I siswa hanya diberikan media CD Interaktif, sementara pada Siklus II diberikan media tambahan berupa lagu dan video. Capaian dari penelitian ini diantaranya peningkatan persentase minat belajar siswa, dari 65% pada Pra Siklus, menjadi 76,7% pada akhir Siklus I, dan menjadi 86,7% pada akhir Siklus II. Ketuntasan belajar klasikal juga mengalami peningkatan, dari 73% pada Pra Siklus menjadi 80,8% pada akhir Siklus I, dan menjadi 88,5% pada akhir Siklus II. Peningkatan lainnya terjadi pada keaktifan siswa dan guru. Persentase keaktifan siswa mengalami peningkatan dari 72% pada Pra Siklus, menjadi 82% pada Siklus I, dan menjadi 86% pada akhir Siklus II. Sementara aktivitas guru meningkat dari 76% pada Pra Siklus, menjadi 78% pada Siklus I, dan menjadi 85% pada akhir Siklus II. Peningkatan ini tentu dikarenakan adanya perbaikan-perbaikan selama proses pembelajaran oleh guru dan kolaborator selama dua Siklus. Berdasarkan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas yang telah dilakukan di SMA Negeri 2 Batanghari dapat disimpulkan penggunaan Multimedia Interaktif secara tepat mampu meningkatkan minat dan hasil belajar siswa kelas XI MIPA 1 pada pelajaran Bahasa Inggris.
Petrophysical characteristics of Silurian and Ordovician shale gas formations in the Baltic Basin (Northern Poland)
Authors: Jarzyna Jadwiga A. , Krakowska-Madejska Paulina I. , Puskarczyk Edyta , Wawrzyniak-Guz Kamila
Published: June 2022

This paper presents findings from the study into the relationships between the laboratory- and well log-derived data (including the comprehensive well-log interpretation data) on petrophysical properties of the Silurian and Ordovician shale gas formations in the Baltic Basin (North Poland). Approximately 70 samples of mudstone were examined in laboratory experiments to determine total and effective porosity; bulk, grain, and rock density; total organic carbon; physical permeability; total pore area, pore distribution; and mineral components. Some rock samples were further investigated using mercury injection porosimetry, helium porosimetry, dual liquid porosimetry, NMR, N2 adsorption/desorption, rock-eval pyrolysis, and XRD to obtain the targeted petrophysical information from heterogeneous claystone/mudstone and their organic matter. Natural radioactivity, bulk density, total porosity, volume of kerogen, and other parameters were determined from the continuous curves plotted from the earlier depth matched well logging data, which were used to account for differences between vertical resolution of well logs and the point data obtained from the laboratory. The goal of this study was to provide a comprehensive characterization of the Silurian and Ordovician shale gas formations in Northern Poland to support the thesis about their heterogeneity.
Bayesian models and world contructs
Authors: Iversen Gudmund
Published: June 2022

Statistical methods have an impact on the results of any statistical study. We do not always realise that the statistical methods act in such a way as to create a construction of the world. We should therefore be more aware of the role of statistics in research, and the question is not so much about what we teach researchers but that we train them to be aware of the impact of the methods they use. This becomes particularly important in statistical inference where we have the choice between the classical, frequentist approach and the Bayesian approach. The two approaches create very different views of the world. The paper explores the relationship between a model chosen before the analysis and the construction of the world after the analysis. Bayesian statistics may ease the conflict between model and construct.
The role of a research resource centre in the training of social science researchers
Authors: Glencross Michael , Mji Andile
Published: June 2022

At the University of Transkei teaching and research are considered to be two sides of the same coin. Research is thus regarded as a fundamental and indispensable activity. With the University facing the challenge of becoming competitive within the new structure of higher education in South Africa, a strategic plan for research in the Humanities and Social Sciences has resulted in a flexible blueprint for research development. The Research Resource Centre supports this initiative by facilitating research capacity development and research excellence within the University. This paper discusses the role of the Research Resource Centre in the provision of research training for social science researchers and provides details of the various workshops and seminars used to develop skills in the use of statistics and computer-based statistical packages.
Workshop statistics: using technology to promote learning by self-discovery
Authors:   Dickinson College, Rossman Allan
Published: June 2022

Technology has been used as an active learning tool in Workshop Statistics, a project that involved the development and implementation of curricular materials which guide students to learn fundamental statistical ideas through self-discovery. Using the workshop approach, the lecture-format was completely abandoned. Classes are held in microcomputer-equipped classrooms in which students spend class-time working collaboratively on activities carefully designed to enable them to discover statistical concepts, explore statistical principles, and apply statistical techniques.
Assessing the Effects of Vocational Education Training (VET) on Depression, Stress, Anxiety on Rural Women: A Study of Mureed Khan Umrani Tharparkar
Authors: Rehman Misbah , Hanif Rabia , Rafique Maria , Malik Ayesha
Published: June 2022

This research reflects the special role of VET on the different levels of Anxiety Depression and Stress. The population selected for the study was women living in the village of Mureed Khan. By using the purposive sampling technique 120 women were selected from the population. The sample was divided into two groups i.e., targeted, and non-targeted groups. Women with age 14 to 25 years old were selected to become part of the study. SPSS-22 software was used for testing of hypothesis. Pre-test and post-test differences in study variables show that VET is an effective intervention and caused significant changes in the participants.
Asymmetric Impact of Energy Consumption on CO2 Emissions: A Case Study for Pakistan
Authors: Tanveer Zubair , Ahmad Waheed , Asghar Nabila , Rehman Hafeez ur
Published: June 2022

Efficient use of energy resources is one of the best solutions for protecting the world's ecosystem and achieving sustainability of economic growth. The present study has investigated the estimated symmetric and asymmetric relationship between energy consumption (EC) and CO2 emission in Pakistan. For empirical testing, ARDL and NARDL approaches are employed from 1976 to 2019.  The outcomes of NARDL found that positive and negative shocks in EC substantially increased CO2 emission in the short run. However, in the long run, negative shock significantly decreases CO2 emission, and positive shock insignificantly increases CO2 emission in Pakistan. It is suggested that government should concentrate on clean energy production initiatives to promote the use of renewable energy. Similarly, it is anticipated that environmentally-conscious planning throughout the capital spending stage of manufacturing activities and the proper application of environmental levies will be beneficial in lowering carbon footprints associated with all sectors of the economy.
Quantitative streamlines tractography: methods and inter-subject normalisation
Authors:   The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Smith Robert E. ,   Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Raffelt David ,   The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Tournierc J-Donald ,   Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Connelly Alan ,   The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,   Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne,   Department of Medicine, Austin Health and Northern Health, University of Melbourne
Published: June 2022

Recent developments in semi-global tractogram optimisation algorithms have opened the field of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the possibility of performing quantitative assessment of structural fibre ‘connectivity’. The proper application of these methods in neuroscience research has, however, been limited by a lack of awareness, understanding, or appreciation for the consequences of these methods; furthermore, particular steps necessary to use these tools in an appropriate manner to fully exploit their quantitative properties have not yet been described. This article therefore serves three purposes: to increase awareness of the fact that there are existing tools that attempt to address the well-known non-quantitative nature of streamlines counts; to illustrate why these algorithms work the way they do to yield quantitative estimates of white matter ‘connectivity’ (in the form of total intra-axonal cross-sectional area: ‘fibre bundle capacity (FBC)’); and to explain how to properly utilise these results for quantitative tractography analysis across subjects.
Seismic-Perturbed Obliquity Change as a Discrete Trigger Mechanism of El Niño and La Niña Episodes
Authors: Rivera Paul C.
Published: June 2022

The global climate disruptor El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is difficult to forecast some years in advance due to lack of understanding of its root cause. An alternative physical mechanism is hereby proposed to describe the nature and sustaining force, and predict the occurrence of El Niño and La Niña phenomena. This is based on the earthquake-perturbed obliquity change model previously proposed as a major mechanism of the global climate change problem. Massive quakes can impart a very strong oceanic force that can move the moon which in turn pulls the earth’s axis and change the planetary obliquity. Analysis of the annual geomagnetic north-pole shift and global seismic data revealed this previously undiscovered force. Using a higher obliquity and constant greenhouse gas forcing in the global climate model EdGCM showed that the seismic-induced polar motion and associated enhanced obliquity could be the major mechanism governing the mysterious climate anomalies attributed to El Nino and La Nina cycles. The apparent eastward migration of high SST in the Pacific and the warming of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans south of the equator during ENSO years were correctly simulated by the model.  The annual time series of global surface temperatures computed by EdGCM was compared with the observed global temperature and the results showed relatively good agreement.  In addition, the heat wave that occurred in Europe during the summer of 2003 and the Russian heat wave of 2010 that killed over 55,000 people appeared to have been correctly simulated with higher obliquity. This study can help affected countries in water shortage contingency planning, disaster mitigation and may help prevent adverse economic and commercial impacts due to ENSO.
Students’ Evaluation of Faculty-Prepared Instructional Modules: Inferences for Instructional Materials Review and Revision
Authors: Hamora Lovina , Rabaya Merline , Pentang Jupeth , Pizaña Aylene , Gamozo Mary Jane
Published: June 2022

Academic institutions migrated to modular teaching-learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure the quality of the pedagogical innovations employed, the study determined the students’ evaluation of the faculty prepared instructional modules for the courses they enrolled in during the first and second semesters of Academic Year 2020-2021. Employing a descriptive-correlational research design, the study was participated by 644 students from three colleges who were then available during the data gathering. Data gathered through online surveys were then analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient utilizing jamovi software. Results revealed that the faculty-prepared instructional modules were acceptable and satisfactory to the students. Besides, the students' evaluation of the instructional modules was positively related to their level of satisfaction. Still, the students recommended that a review of the modules be done before sending the modules; a more extended time allotment is considered, and sufficient concrete examples are given in the modules. With this, the faculty concerned are encouraged to review the phases involved in the design, development, and distribution of the instructional modules to make them highly acceptable and very satisfactory to the students while maintaining the quality of both the content and aesthetics of the learning materials. Considering the study’s limitations, further endeavors may be carried out to validate this pedagogical innovation.
Preparation of some functional bakeries for celiac patients
Authors: El-Hadidy Gamal Saad , Nassef Shereen Lotfy , El-Satta Adly Samir Abd
Published: June 2022

The present investigation was carried out to prepare gluten free biscuits with high quality for celiac patients. The chemical analysis as minerals, amino acids of raw materials was estimated. Also, chemical composition for gluten free biscuits blends was determined and results showed that protein, ether extract and fibre contents were higher in all samples prepared using cassava flour, quinoa flour and sweet potato flour than those samples prepared using cassava flour. Volume, length, spread ratio and width of gluten free biscuit blends B2, B3, B4 and B5 decreased but thickness and bulk density increased compared to cassava flour biscuits B1. All sensory characteristics of free gluten biscuits samples B2, B3, B4 and B5 prepared using cassava flour, quinoa flour, and sweet potato flour were somewhat higher than biscuits prepared from cassava flour B1. Finally, blends B2 and B5 had higher scores in sensorial evaluation, chemical analysis, and physical attributes.
Geonomics vs geography and geology: confusion or new development opportunities?
Authors:   Banca Mondială, Capcelea Arcadie
Published: June 2022

In 2013, the Republic of Moldova has decreed both the emergence of “geonomics”, a supposedly new branch of science, and the application of new scientific titles of Doctor or Doctor Habilitatus in Geonomics – to the detriment of those in geographic and geological sciences. The published materials show that the existing definitions of “geonomics” are totally contradictory and its emergence as a new science, and respectively these new scientific titles, are not officially recognized and institutionalized in the states of the world countries, except for the Republic of Moldova. Analyzing of the existing definitions of “geonomics” and its concordance with the main criteria for a new independent branch of science (object of research and the existence of a concise, unambiguous and clear definition of it; methodological arsenal characteristic for the new field of research; accepted general terminology; theoretical problems and as well as areas of its practical application), the author concludes that the confirming of the “geonomics” as a new branch of science is premature, and replacement of Geography and Geology with this new notion leads to new.
The influence of climate factors on the productivity of some shrubs species
Authors:   Institutul Ştiinţifico-Practic de Horticultură şi Tehnologii Alimentare, Republica Moldova, Sava Parascovia , Caraman Ion ,   Institutul Ştiinţifico-Practic de Horticultură şi Tehnologii Alimentare, Republica Moldova
Published: June 2022

The paper presents the results of research conducted during the years 2015–2020 and the analysis of the influence of changing climatic conditions during the year on plant development, the number of crops obtained from gooseberry, Josta, black currant, red currant and white currant. The average fruit harvest obtained for the studied species varies depending on several factors, especially on the species, variety and changing climatic conditions of the year. Among the studied species, the gooseberry is the most productive, followed by the hybrid Josta, the red currant, the black currant and the white currant. As a result, the analysis of the data obtained regarding the fruit production allowed us to establish that depending on the species, the harvest of gooseberry varied between 7.36-11.9 t/ha, on Josta between 4.7-8.2 t/ha, for black currant – 4.3-8.1 t/ha, red currant – 4.3-8.5 t t/ha and for white currant – 3.7-7.8 t/ha. The crop according to variety increases the harvest on gooseberry by 3.13 %, blackcurrant by 1.49%, red currant by 2.99 %, and the harvest of white currant is not influenced by variety. In the conditions of a favorable year (year 2015), high harvests were obtained for the black currant with 8.1 t/ha; in 2016 year for gooseberry with 11.8 t/ha, Josta – 8.2 t/ha, red currant – 8.5 t/ha, for white currant – 8.2 t/ha. In the conditions of an unfavorable year (year 2020 compared to 2016), the harvest decreased on gooseberry by 36.1%, Josta by 42.7 %, black currant by 46.9 %, red currant by 49.4%, white currant by 52.6 %.
The effect of UV radiation on entomopathogenic fungal strains beauveria bassiana CNMN- FE-01 and Cordyceps fumosorosea CNMN-FE-02
Authors:   Institutul de Zoologie, Republica Moldova, Moldovan Anna , Doni Ecaterina ,   Institutul de Zoologie, Republica Moldova, Munteanu-Molotievskiy Natalia ,   Institutul de Zoologie, Republica Moldova, Toderaş Ion ,   Institutul de Zoologie, Republica Moldova
Published: June 2022

The paper aimed to investigate the influence of UV radiation on the conidia germination and vegetative growth of the fungal strains Beauveria bassiana CNMN-FE-01 and Cordyceps fumosorosea CNMN-FE-02, potential biological control agents of weevils. It was established that UV-B radiation (λ = 312 nm) significantly reduces the viability of conidia, the highest decrease being attested after 30 min. of exposure. However, the radial growth rate of the investigated fungal strains was not significantly affected by exposure of conidia to UV-B rays (p = 0,443 and 0,349, respectively).
Cystic fibrosis – multisystemic affection with complex diagnostic evaluations
Authors:   Universitatea de Stat de Medicina si Farmacie „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Republica Moldova, Balaneţchi Ludmila , Gudumac Eva ,   Universitatea de Stat de Medicina si Farmacie „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Republica Moldova, Selevestru Rodica ,   Universitatea de Stat de Medicina si Farmacie „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Republica Moldova, Şciuca Svetlana ,   Universitatea de Stat de Medicina si Farmacie „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Republica Moldova
Published: June 2022

This study highlights the clinical-paraclinical features of cystic fibrosis with multisystemic impairment in children. It is a study of 80 patients with CF, mean age 8,79±0,96 years (1 month – 38 years), and average age of cystic fibrosis diagnosis – 2,6±0,88 years. Bronchiectasis in cystic fibrosis patients was predominantly sacciforms (60 %), often with fluid levels. 25 % cystic fibrosis patients were diagnosed with pleurisy, the lung empyema was confirmed in 7,5 % of cases, pulmonary destructions – in 27,5 % cases. It was elucidated the imagistic changes in the pancreas and liver in children with cystic fibrosis.
Pre-operative diagnosis importance of urodynamics in botulinum toxin injection treatment for patients with idiopathic overactive detrusor
Authors:   Universitatea de Stat de Medicina si Farmacie „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Republica Moldova, Ivanov Mihaela , Ceban Emil ,   Universitatea de Stat de Medicina si Farmacie „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Republica Moldova
Published: June 2022

In this research, there were obtained clinical data based on the necessity and importance of performing urodynamic tests up to the actual injection procedure with botulinum toxin type A of the detrusor muscle, at the patient diagnosed with overactive bladder and detrusor overactivity, offering a guarantee of an effective and long-term result of treatment and providing predictive parameters for some postoperative complications. Urodynamic diagnosis is suitable for patients with OAB refractory to conservative empirical therapy and for providing additional information about the cause of urinary symptoms by confirming the diagnosis of detrusor overactivity.
Sveatoslav and Vsevolod Moscalenco, names that will shine forever on the vault of the scientific universe
Authors:   Institutul de Fizică Aplicată, Republica Moldova, Bologa Mircea
Published: June 2022

The twin brothers, academicians Sveatoslav and Vsevolod Moscalenco, have made a remarkable contribution to contemporary physical science. In the 1960s, Vsevolod Moscalenco laid the foundations of the scientific school of theoretical physics and mathematics, which he later strengthened and made it known in the scientific world; while Sveatoslav Moscalenco predicted, for the first time, the phenomenon of condensation Bose-Einstein, thus opening a new direction in the solid body physics, which developed and branched out with the contribution of researchers from various countries. They have consistently advocated the cause of science, becoming moral landmarks for the scientific community. The author emphasizes the main scientific achievements, captures the moral portrait of the Moscalenco brothers, whom he met and with whom he worked for over six decades.