bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Selection of strawberry cultivars according to their productivity and berry quality using normalized indices
Authors: Lapshin V. I. , Yakovenko V. V.
Published: October 2023

Background. Combined use of various data transformation methods and a multivariate statistical analysis that takes into account several variables would increase the efficiency of selecting promising strawberry genotypes according to a set of traits for industrial and small-scale production.

Materials and methods. In 2020–2022, 17 short-day garden strawberry cultivars were studied. The analysis was carried out for productivity (the number of berries, the weight of berries of the 1st order, and the average berry weight), marketable quality of berries (berry pulp density, berry height, and berry diameter), and total weight of berries per plant. Mathematical data processing employed a two-factor analysis of variance, the principal component method, cluster analysis by Ward’s algorithm, and Wilcoxon test.

Results. The statistical significance of the cultivar and year factors, and their interaction was measured. The cultivar’s genotype had the greatest effect on the variability of characters. Greater part of the total variance in the set of characters was determined by the first five principal components. The cluster analysis identified two groups of cultivars. The initial data were transformed according to the least significant difference (LSD05) to obtain normalized indices. Taking into account the Wilcoxon test, the cultivars were ranked by the indices. When comparing the groups built in line with mean and total values of the normalized indices with the cluster analysis results, 6 best strawberry cultivars were identified for the studied set of characters.

Conclusion. The combined use of multivariate methods and normalized indices made it possible to identify the most promising strawberry cultivars according to their yield and berry quality: ‘Olympia’, ‘Nelli’, ‘Florence’, ‘Kemia’, ‘Jive’, and ‘Alba’.
Indicators of environmental variability in spring bread wheat cultivars under the conditions of Tyumen Province
Authors: Novokhatin V. V. , Zuev E. V. , Shelomentseva Т. V. , Leonova Т. A.
Published: October 2023

Background. Among wheat breeding trends, the Research Institute of Agriculture for the Northern Trans-Ural Region prioritizes selection of new source material and development of cultivars with improved agronomic traits and higher resistance to biotic and abiotic environmental stressors. The breeders also pay attention to environmental plasticity of the cultivars.

Materials and methods. A field study of 362 spring bread wheat accessions from VIR was performed in the fields of the Research Institute of Agriculture for the Northern Trans-Ural Region in 2011–2016 under contrasting climate conditions. Thirty genotypes were identified for a set of useful agronomic traits. The data were processed using mathematical statistics methods. Rank correlation coefficients, plasticity indices (bi), yield ranges (d, %), homeostaticity (H-st), homeostasis (Hom), and responsiveness coefficients (Kp) were calculated.

Results. It was established that cultivars with potentially high yield, plasticity, and strong response to changing environmental conditions: ‘Altaiskaya 110’ (k-65128), ‘Bashkirskaya 28’ (k-64852), ‘AC Pollet’ (k-64975), ‘Chelyaba 75’ (k-64871), ‘Aletch’ (k65011), and ‘Struna Mironovskaya’ (k-65016), may be recommended for breeding intensive cultivars. Accessions with low levels of plasticity and less pronounced environmental variability indices, but tolerant to deteriorated environmental conditions: ‘Tarskaya 10’ (k-64996), ‘FPCh-Рpd-0s’ (k-65123), and ‘Novosibirskaya 44’ (k-64867), can be used to produce climateresistant cultivars.

Conclusion. The Ymax, d, V and Kp indicators should be applied for preliminary assessment of cultivars for yield variability, as they are positively correlated to each other and provide quite significant information. Such complementary indicators as bi and S2di, H-st and Hom, positively associated with each other and having a multidirectional effect, are effective for comprehensive assessment of cultivars for environmental variability.
Новые высокопродуктивные сорта ячменя Омский 104 и Омский 105 для внедрения в производство
Authors: Юсова Оксана Александровна , Николаев Петр Николаевич
Published: October 2023

Климатические особенности регионов могут в значительной степени снизить как урожайные, так и качественные показатели ячменя, что особенно актуально для условий резко континентального климата. Изучена адаптивность новых сортов ярового ячменя Омский 104 и Омский 105, которые проходят Государственное сортоиспытание с 2022 г. Исследования проведены с 2020 по 2022 г. в южной лесостепи Западной Сибири. Новые перспективные сорта Омский 105 и Омский 104 характеризуются повышенными значениями по массе 1000 зерен (+10,9 и +10,1 г к st.), урожайности (+0,21 и +1,13 т/га к st.) и по содержанию в зерне крахмала (+0,5 % к st.) соответственно. Также сорт Омский 105 отмечен как высокобелковый (+0,7 % к st.). Данные показатели обусловили повышенный сбор питательных элементов с единицы площади: белка (+58,5 и +90,5 кг/га к st.), крахмала (+0,17 и +0,5 т/га к st.), сырого жира (+9,52 и +16,86 кг/га к st.) соответственно у сортов Омский 105 и Омский 104. Сорт Омский 104 относится к интенсивной группе (bi > 1) по урожайности, содержанию в зерне белка и крахмала; к экстенсивной (bi < 1) — по масличности и крупности зерна. Стабилен Омский 104 по массе 1000 зерен = 1,02). Сорт Омский 105: интенсивен ((bi > 1) по масличности и крупности зерна.
Are manner of speaking verbs truly manner?
Authors:   University of Bucharest, Stoica Irina
Published: October 2023

This article examines how the film Zombie Strippers (2008, dir. Jay Lee) and the first season of the series From Dusk Till Dawn (2014, created by Robert Rodriguez) deploy the Gothic mode to stage monstrous transgressions of commodified females in the American historical and cultural contexts of the home front and the borderlands. By transforming into monsters, the erotic dancers in the two films above challenge the patriarchal foundations of their culture by subverting their objectification, literally consuming the bodies of male consumers. I further explain how their rebellions reference the frontier history of America, which provided Western horror cinema with tropes of evil “otherness” that blend stereotypes of Native Americans with Gothic fantasies of excess. My readings cite canonical theories from the fields of cultural and literary studies, but also more recent scholarship on the philosophical paradoxes of the eternal zombie condition or the sexually transgressive dimension of vampirism.
Aesthetic and ecological characteristics of Prunus Taxa in landscape design: A Study in eastern and southeastern provinces of Türkiye
Authors: MUTLU Basri , ALP Şevket
Published: October 2023

Plants play a crucial role in landscape design and are at the heart of landscape design. Climate change's purposeful plant choices could improve landscape design. In this study, it is tackeled using some native Subgen Amygdalus taxa in the landscape to make the natural environment flexible against global climate change, as some species are indispensable elements of plant breeders and gardens, which have adapted to the arid habitat and Türkiye is among the gene centers. The research was carried out in rural areas, afforestation areas and gardens in the provinces of Adıyaman, Hakkâri, Malatya, Şanlıurfa and Van and detected taxa were recorded on form through on-site observation, photographing and collected in accordance with the herbarium technique later to identify according to Browicz (1972) and Yazbek (2010). After field studies, the aesthetic and ecological characteristics of each of Subgenus Amygdalus were evaluated based on plant design. In the course of study fields, it was determined that P. dulcis, P. orientalis and P. arabica are used in afforestation and erosion control areas, P. dulcis in almond orchard plant, P. arabica, P. orientalis and P. spinosisima are used as hedge plants, and some taxa are used as rootstock and and they grow in different ecological areas with outstanding visual effect. In this study, it is aimed to determine Subgen Amygdalus growing naturally in study area, their aesthectic and ecologic features and the roles they can undertake in the landscape against climate crisis and to be introduced.
Managing change and innovation
Authors: Nabila Salsa
Published: October 2023

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Control of L1CAM by NOD2.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: October 2023

We provide evidence here from overexpression-based gain-of-function studies in human cells (1, 2) which demonstrate control of L1CAM by the NLR (nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor) family protein NOD2.
TIMM13 is differentially expressed in central nervous system metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: October 2023

Metastasis to the brain occurs in a significant fraction of patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published RNA-sequencing and microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 13, encoded by TIMM13, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. TIMM13 mRNA was present at increased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Expression of TIMM13 in primary tumors was correlated with patient overall and recurrence-free survival. Modulation of TIMM13 expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
UPAYA PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP KORBAN KEKERASAN SEKSUAL
Authors: Ramadhani Meuthia Ariris
Published: October 2023

Kekerasan seksual merupakan sebuah masalah serius yang merugikan individu dan masyarakat secara luas. Isu ini telah lama menjadi perbincangan di tengah masyarakat Indonesia. Di Indonesia kata pelecehan seksual memang sudah tidak asing lagi karena hampir setiap tahunnya bisa dipastikan terdapat kasus pelecehan seksual yang terjadi. Artikel ini membahas upaya perlindungan hukum terhadap korban kekerasan seksual. Dengan upaya yang lebih besar dan kerjasama yang kuat antara pemerintah, lembaga hukum, dan masyarakat, perlindungan hukum terhadap korban kekerasan seksual dapat ditingkatkan, sehingga mereka dapat mendapatkan keadilan dan pemulihan yang pantas. Penelitian ini memberikan pandangan mendalam tentang perkembangan dan tantangan dalam upaya perlindungan hukum terhadap korban kekerasan seksual, serta solusi yang mungkin untuk meningkatkannya.
p53-regulated Xist modulation features Tfb2m activation/repression.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: October 2023

We recently described a sex-specific transcriptional regulation mechanism, found in physiologically relevant settings in breast cancer cells in vitro and in cells of the embryo in mice and humans, wherein mutation or loss of the p53 tumor suppressor results in transcriptional perturbation of the non-coding RNA that functions in X-inactivation, Xist, with this transcriptional change being among the most quantitatively substantial changes transcriptome-wide - naturally, in the presence of p53 mutation, or experimentally following deletion of p53 (1). Here, we studied p53 wild-type and p53 mutant breast cancer cell lines as well as Xist-positive and Xist-negative human embryonic stem cell clones (2, 3) to understand the transcriptional consequences of Xist up-regulation following loss of p53 tumor suppression in development and transformation. We reveal activation and repression of Tfb2m (4-6) as a transcriptional feature of Xist induction following impairment (disability) of p53.
The Biological Basis of Binary Sex Differentiation
Authors: McBryde Emma Sue
Published: October 2023

While gender is (by definition) influenced by social factors and hence subject to change as society changes, sex reflects biology, which is fixed in the time scale of a human lifepan. Gender, given its definition, may not fit into two categories. This has led to confusion in some parts of society and the media regarding the binary nature of sex.This paper sets out a brief description of sex differentiation of the foetus, and the conditions that lead to disorders of sexual differentiation. It concludes that sex is binary and that disorders of sexual differentiation are predictable, given a combination of the binary nature of sex and the propensity of the human genome for nondisjunction and genetic mutations.
Pengelolaan Perubahan dan Inovasi
Authors: Ningtias Devi Nakafah
Published: October 2023

Perubahan Organisasi yaitu mencakup setiap perubahan pada orang, struktur, atau teknologi suatu organisasi.
COX16 is differentially expressed in central nervous system metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: October 2023

Metastasis to the brain occurs in a significant fraction of patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published RNA-sequencing and microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor COX16, encoded by COX16, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. COX16 mRNA was present at increased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Expression of COX16 in primary tumors was correlated with patient overall, distant metastasis-free and recurrence-free survival. Modulation of COX16 expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
PERANAN KOMISI PEMBERANTASAN KORUPSI (KPK) SEBAGAI LEMBAGA ANTI KORUPSI DI INDONESIA
Authors: s Winda dwi
Published: October 2023

Pemberantasan korupsi merupakan salah satu agenda penting pemerintah dalam rangkamembersihkan diri dari korupsi, kolusi dan nepotisme. Korupsi merupakan kejahatan luar biasadan sistematis sehingga diperlukan upaya yang luar biasa pula dalam memberantasnya. Selainmenjadi agenda nasional, pemberantasan korupsi juga merupakan agenda internasional.Keberadaan lembaga anti korupsi memiliki nilai yang sangat strategis dan politis bagipemerintahan suatu negara. Saat ini persoalan korupsi bukan hanya menjadi isu lokal, melainkanmenjadi isu internasional. Bagi negara-negara sedang berkembang, keberhasilan menekan angkakorupsi merupakan sebuah prestasi tersendiri. Hal ini akan berdampak pada arus investasi asingyang masuk ke negara tersebut. Negara-negara dengan tingkat korupsi tinggi tentunya akankehilangan daya saing untuk merebut modal asing yang sangat dibutuhkan oleh negara yangsedang berkembang. Negara-negara maju dan lembaga donor internasional sangat menaruhperhatian terhadap peringkat korupsi yang dikeluarkan oleh lembaga survei internasional sepertiTransparancy International dan PERC. Oleh karena itu Pemerintah Indonesia sangat memberiperhatian serius dalam upaya pemberantasan korupsi. Salah satu upayanya adalah membentuklembaga anti korupsi yang diberi nama KPK.
Comparison of the DIT2 and EERI instruments for assessing the development of ethical reasoning of engineering students
Authors: TerMaat Joel , Williams Kristopher J. , Wentworth Christopher D
Published: October 2023

Measuring the ethical reasoning of engineering students, despite its importance to the profession and accreditation requirements, remains a challenge for many undergraduate programs. Incorporation of standardized instruments into program assessment is considered advantageous due to their reliability, validity, and ease of implementation. The well-established Defining Issues Test (DIT2) is one such instrument with generalized moral dilemmas applicable to all, whereas the similarly structured Engineering Ethical Reasoning Instrument (EERI) provides discipline-relevant scenarios to specifically probe the ethical understanding of engineers. Using a pre/post-intervention methodology, both tests were administered in a semester-long, integrated design/ethics engineering course to facilitate direct comparisons by using the same set of respondents. The pre and post testing results for each test were analyzed using a pairwise, two-tailed t-test for statistical significance. More pronounced differences were observed in the N2-scores and with the EERI for the engineering-specific course. Comparison between the two instruments indicated a positive, and hence somewhat transferable, relationship between the generic and specific instruments. The utility of both instruments for short-term interventional and longitudinal programmatic assessment is discussed.
COPS5 is differentially expressed in central nervous system metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: October 2023

Metastasis to the brain occurs in a significant fraction of patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published RNA-sequencing and microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that COP9 signalosome subunit 5, encoded by COPS5, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. COPS5 mRNA was present at increased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Expression of COPS5 in primary tumors was correlated with patient recurrence-free survival. Modulation of COPS5 expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
RHBDL2 is differentially expressed in central nervous system metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: October 2023

Metastasis to the brain occurs in a significant fraction of patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published RNA-sequencing and microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that rhomboid-like 2, encoded by RHBDL2, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. RHBDL2 mRNA was present at increased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Expression of RHBDL2 in primary tumors was correlated with patient overall, distant metastasis-free and recurrence-free survival. Modulation of RHBDL2 expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
PERANAN KOMISI PEMBERANTASAN KORUPSI (KPK) SEBAGAI LEMBAGA ANTI korupsi
Authors: s Winda dwi
Published: October 2023

Pemberantasan korupsi merupakan salah satu agenda penting pemerintah dalam rangkamembersihkan diri dari korupsi, kolusi dan nepotisme. Korupsi merupakan kejahatan luar biasadan sistematis sehingga diperlukan upaya yang luar biasa pula dalam memberantasnya. Selainmenjadi agenda nasional, pemberantasan korupsi juga merupakan agenda internasional.Keberadaan lembaga anti korupsi memiliki nilai yang sangat strategis dan politis bagipemerintahan suatu negara. Saat ini persoalan korupsi bukan hanya menjadi isu lokal, melainkanmenjadi isu internasional. Bagi negara-negara sedang berkembang, keberhasilan menekan angkakorupsi merupakan sebuah prestasi tersendiri. Hal ini akan berdampak pada arus investasi asingyang masuk ke negara tersebut. Negara-negara dengan tingkat korupsi tinggi tentunya akankehilangan daya saing untuk merebut modal asing yang sangat dibutuhkan oleh negara yangsedang berkembang. Negara-negara maju dan lembaga donor internasional sangat menaruhperhatian terhadap peringkat korupsi yang dikeluarkan oleh lembaga survei internasional sepertiTransparancy International dan PERC. Oleh karena itu Pemerintah Indonesia sangat memberiperhatian serius dalam upaya pemberantasan korupsi. Salah satu upayanya adalah membentuklembaga anti korupsi yang diberi nama KPK.
managing change and innovation
Authors: febriyanti Permata
Published: October 2023

Managing change and innovation
Can Consciousness cease?: A perspective from Hindu contemplative traditions
Authors: Iyer Arvind V , Venkatraman Anand , Pandit Shilpa Ashok , Ananthanarayanan Raghu
Published: October 2023

The notion of “cessation of consciousness” based on Theravāda Buddhist accounts of nirodha samāpatti (NS) in Laukkonen et al (2023) is critiqued from the perspective of Hindu contemplative traditions such as Yoga and Vedānta, wherein Consciousness is not subject to cessation by sensory deprivation or stilling of mental activity. A survey is presented of descriptions in Yoga and Vedānta source-texts of states phenomenologically similar to NS, but understood as amounting to a clearer revelation of Consciousness by the stilling of mental processes, rather than its cessation. Based on previous neuroscientific investigations, EEG measures associated with cessation events by Laukkonen et al (2023) are shown to have alternative interpretations in terms of conscious events distinct from cessation. Further research suggested includes (i) Investigations of covert consciousness and ability to track passage of time during NS, and (ii) Comparison of episodic memory and psychosomatic awareness abilities in NS-experiencers with normal controls.
Person-Organization fit in Japan: A longitudinal study of the effects of clan culture and interdependence on employee well-being
Authors: Watanabe Yasushi , TAKEMURA Kosuke , Nakayama Masataka , Gobel Matthias S , Domae Hiina , Uchida Yukiko
Published: October 2023

Studies of person-organization fit (P-O fit) have shown that a fit between the values of the individual and the values of the organization leads to higher job satisfaction. Here, we extended past research by investigating P-O fit on employees’ well-being. We tested what characteristics of the person and the organization contributed to an effective P-O fit in Japan. Specifically, we examined the role of employees’ levels of interdependence and perceptions of their organizational contexts as clan culture or market culture. This allowed us to test what type of organizational culture formed an effective P-O fit for employees with highly interdependent cultural values in Japan.A longitudinal survey of 456 workers in Japan conducted in 2021 and 2022 revealed that clan culture—organizational culture emphasizing interpersonal harmony—was positively related to employees’ well-being, and the effects were stronger for employees with high levels of interdependence. Conversely, market culture—organizational culture emphasizing competition and achievement—was unrelated to employees’ well-being. In fact, it was negatively related to those employees’ well-being who scored high on interdependence. Taken together, these results showed that the effects of organizational culture on employees’ well-being depended on the levels of their interdependence. It seems that interdependence (P) and clan culture (O) provide an ideal P-O fit for Japanese companies.
A person suffering: On danger and care in mental health law
Authors: Drassinower Abraham
Published: October 2023

The law of mental health authorizes involuntary detention in a psychiatric facility, in the absence of wrongdoing, of competent persons suffering from mental disorder likely to result in harm. Some jurisdictions are said to justify detention exclusively on the basis of danger prevention alone, thus predicating any ensuing treatment on the detainee’s categorical dignitary right to refuse treatment even while detained. Other jurisdictions are said to justify detention also on the basis of the detainee’s need of treatment, thus rendering the authorization to detain as a concomitant authorization to apply compulsory treatment. This article argues that ‘dangerousness’ is conceptually insufficient to justify detention in a psychiatric facility. If danger prevention per se were the only purpose of detention, then a psychiatric facility could perhaps be viewed as a permissible, but certainly not as the necessary, locus of authorized detention. Two propositions follow from this observation. The first is that need of treatment, in addition to danger prevention, must be a criterion of mental health law detention. The article formulates this proposition through a detailed reading of the detention provision in the Ontario (widely regarded as a ‘dangerousness’ jurisdiction) Mental Health Act and relevant case law. The second proposition is that, as much as the right to refuse treatment, regular and ongoing access to treatment is, therefore, a necessary condition of the justifiability, if any, of mental health law detention. The article develops this proposition through analysis of recent Ontario case law on the constitutionality of mental health law detention. The upshot is that failure to offer treatment is as inconsistent with constitutionally recognized liberty interests as the imposition of treatment in the absence of consent. By way of conclusion, the article focuses on what might be called the turn to criminal law to elaborate and affirm, by analogy, the rights of mental health law detainees. The article suggests that, while helpful, the turn to criminal law, because it brings into relief the dimension of danger to others, may also obscure the specific conceptual core of mental health law addressing danger to self.
Against moralism in anti-discrimination law
Authors: Sangiuliano Anthony
Published: October 2023

This article argues against a moralist interpretation of the purpose of statutory anti-­discrimination law. On this interpretation, there are instrumental reasons to legally prohibit discriminatory acts to achieve a collective goal that the state ought to pursue as a matter of political morality. But the fact that a discriminatory act is morally wrong according to interpersonal morality additionally gives a separate non-instrumental or moralist reason to legally prohibit it. According to moralism, the best interpretation of anti-­discrimination law’s purpose ascribes both moralist and instrumental justifying reasons for the law’s main features. Most writing in the philosophical literature on anti-­discrimination law proceeds under a dominant, yet inarticulate, assumption that moralism is true. Indeed, I explain that we might be persuaded to invoke moralist reasons to confer intelligibility on why the law prohibits directly discriminatory acts, why certain traits are included in the prohibited grounds of discrimination, why legal regulation is limited to certain spheres of private life such as employment and housing, and why the law is enforced through a mechanism of private recourse. I argue, however, that the attractions of moralism are illusory. We ought to invoke only instrumental reasons to explain these features of the law. A thoroughgoing instrumentalist account of anti-discrimination law as a tool for achieving an egalitarian political goal offers a unifying account of legal prohibitions of direct and indirect discrimination that coheres with a justification for the law’s protection of certain prohibited grounds and its application to the typical regulated spheres. I show how this conclusion has the important implication that, to the extent that anti-discrimination law’s private recourse enforcement method is inconsistent with the law’s overall instrumental purpose of reducing inequality, it ought to be reformed to place the onus of enforcement more squarely on administrative officials. In the final analysis, anti-discrimination law’s point is not to embody the morality of anti-discrimination as between private persons. It is to function as a means for realizing public justice.
Interpreting Dicey
Authors: Lewans Matthew
Published: October 2023

Mark Walters’s book examines the intellectual development and legacy of Albert Venn Dicey, one of the most influential constitutional theorists of the twentieth century. By sifting through an impressive array of published and unpublished sources, Walters reconstructs Dicey’s characteristic legal turn of mind and invites readers to interpret it in the best possible light by highlighting implicit, but unarticulated, connections between his theory of constitutional law and the much older tradition of common law constitutionalism. The book deepens one’s understanding of the historical context that enveloped and informed Dicey’s distinct legal perspective and convincingly debunks the popular assumption that his influential constitutional theory repurposes Austinian conceptions of law and sovereignty. Furthermore, the book questions whether other aspects of Dicey’s constitutional theory – particularly, his provocative excursus on the relationship between the rule of law and droit administratif – should be reconsidered in light of subtle revisions in his later works. While Walters’s pluralistic interpretation of Dicey’s assessment of droit administratif is more tentative, it sheds an important new light on how his highly influential constitutional theory might be rehabilitated to enable contemporary public lawyers and theorists to grapple with otherwise intractable problems through the common law method of reasoning.
Preventing Rolling-Element Bearing Failures Through Heat Treatment
Authors: Dupont Pierre
Published: October 2023

An examination of a bearing failure due to mismatched and incomplete flame hardening shows the need to work with heat treaters for proper selection and application. The article includes a case study of a large bearing raceway that failed due to incomplete austenitization.
Significado de la indexación de la Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia a Scopus
Authors: Romero José Pacheco , Ramos-Castillo José
Published: October 2023

La Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia (RPGO) ha obtenido su inclusión enla importante base de datos Scopus. En una rápida recopilación de la publicaciónde la revista, se recuerda la dedicación editorial de sus seis editores, cuatro delos cuales acababan de presidir la Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología(SPOG). Los momentos iniciales de trabajo editorial fueron realizados manualmente,en máquinas de escribir y visitando la imprenta continuamente, así como a lospatrocinadores. El compromiso de los Comités Directivos de SPOG para financiar lapublicación y distribución de los ejemplares permitió la gradual indexación a basesde datos locales, regionales e internacionales. Su internalización se amplió desde lapublicación de la RPGO en el Open Journal Systems (OJS), sistema informático dondese publica los artículos con puntualidad, calidad, incluyendo sus característicaseditoriales y la Información para los Autores. Ahora la publicación es solo virtual,en español e inglés, con visibilidad e impacto de los artículos desde el inicio de laRPGO en 1955. Con datos actualizados del OJS sobre la RPGO, el número de visitasmensuales a los resúmenes llegan hasta 10 mil y las descargas mensuales deartículos en formato PDF hasta más de 9 mil. Y, en el ámbito de revistas científicasde ginecoobstetricia de América Latina y España en Scopus, destaca el índice h dela RPGO por Google Scholar Metrics, como una de las mejores. Al presente, y frentea los desafíos futuros, la actividad de la RPGO ha sido fortalecida, estableciendo unequipo editorial y herramientas que permiten la ya iniciada profesionalización de losprocesos de la actividad editorial.
Pólipo fibroepitelial vulvar: una serie de casos
Authors: Hernández Martínez Adela María , Hernández Alarcón Ronald , Fernández Silvestre Eva Clotilde
Published: October 2023

Los pólipos fibroepiteliales son tumores cutáneos benignos frecuentes en la poblacióngeneral. Sin embargo, la afectación del tracto genital es inhabitual. Su etiología no esclara, pero se han descrito asociaciones con trastornos metabólicos y fluctuacioneshormonales, lo cual explica su mayor prevalencia en mujeres. Debido a la variedad dediagnósticos diferenciales, es necesaria la evaluación histopatológica. Su manejo eshabitualmente conservador; sin embargo, pueden requerir intervención quirúrgicaen algunos casos. Exponemos cuatro casos de tumores fibroepiteliales vulvares dediferentes tamaños, uno de ellos clasificado como gigante, así como la aproximaciónde manejo. Con esta presentación, esperamos mejorar el conocimiento, la precisióndel diagnóstico y contribuir al tratamiento eficaz de las pacientes con esta patologíavulvar tan poco frecuente.
MEMDUH ŞEVKET ESENDAL’IN İKİ ÖYKÜSÜNDEN HAREKETLE TOPLUMSAL YOZLAŞMA ÖRNEĞİ: “BAYRAM GÜNLERİ”, TİRÂZÎZADE SADULLAH EFENDİ KONAĞI”
Authors: KÖKER Saniye
Published: October 2023

Toplumu oluşturan birey ile toplum arasında sürekli bir etkileşim söz konusudur. Birey, tabiatı gereği bir toplum içine doğarken toplum da bireyi kendi normlarına göre şekillendirir. Toplumsal yapı içinde yer alan birey, farklı değer, kural, yasa ve davranış şekilleriyle karşılaştığında mevcut normlara, değerlere yeni anlamlar yükler. Bunun sonucunda birey, üyesi olduğu toplumun tutum, değer ve davranışlarını sorgular, bazılarını terk eder ve yeni değerler edinir. Bireyde ve toplumsal yapıda meydana gelen bu değişimin olumsuz yönde gerçekleşmesi toplumsal yozlaşmaya neden olur. Özündeki iyi nitelikleri dış etkenler yoluyla yitirmek, özünden uzaklaşmak, bozulmak gibi anlamlara gelen yozlaşma, manevi değerlerden uzaklaşılmasını ve bu değerlerin yitirilmesini işaret eder. Toplumu bir arada tutan ve ona bir kimlik kazandıran dil, din, örf, adet, gelenek gibi değerlerde oluşacak bozulmalar, yozlaşmanın başlangıcını oluşturur. Dolayısıyla yozlaşma, öncelikle toplumsal yozlaşma şeklinde kendini gösterir. Toplumsal yozlaşmanın kültürel, ahlaki, ekonomik, bürokratik, dini olmak üzere birçok çeşidi vardır. Söz konusu bu çalışmada Memduh Şevket Esendal’ın “Bayram Günleri” ve “Tirâzîzade Sadullah Efendi Konağı” adlı iki öyküsü toplumsal yozlaşma bağlamında incelenmiştir. Öykülerde toplumsal yozlaşma izleğinin daha çok hangi türünün öne çıktığı ve yazarın bunları nasıl ele aldığı bu çalışmanın ana problemini oluşturmuştur.
DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF HONEY IN THE REGION OF KOSOVA WITH PHYSIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Durmishi Berat , Knights Vesna , Mehmeti Ibrahim , Stamatovska Viktorija , Nuha Demokrat , Rizani Smajl , Bytyçi Pajtim , Haziri Veton , Sadiku Valon
Published: October 2023

This article examines the physicochemical and nutritional characteristics of honey produced in different regions of Kosovo. The aim of this study is to investigate the physicochemical properties and nutritional characteristics of honey from various regions in Kosovo, shedding light on the factors influencing its composition and quality. It also underscores the importance of local beekeepers in sustaining honey production and environmental preservation. A total of 26 samples were gathered from various locations, and beekeepers were interviewed about their honey-production techniques and bee-feeding practices. The samples underwent analysis to determine parameters such as moisture content, total solids, pH, acidity, ash content, proteins, electrical conductivity, and dissolved solids content %. Notably, the physicochemical properties of honey differed significantly across the regions. Moisture content ranged from 15.02% to 18.80%, with the lowest found in Ferizaji and the highest in Sharri. Dissolved solids content % concentration at 20°C varied from 79.50% to 82.60%, with Sharri exhibiting the lowest and Prishtina displaying the highest value. The acidity and pH levels of all honey samples were measured between 4.97 and 5.63, and 3.56 to 5.60, respectively. Additionally, the Pfund scale was employed to evaluate the color of the honey, indicating white hues for Sharri, extremely light white or white for Prishtina and Ferizaj, and exceptionally white for Skenderaj. This study concludes that geographical location, feeding systems, nectar sources, honey age, and beekeeper processing methods significantly impact the physicochemical and nutritional properties of honey, including its color.
PROPOLİS VE ARI SÜTÜ İÇEREN CİLT KREMİ: ANTİOKSİDAN, ANTİ-HYALÜRONİDAZ VE ANTİMİKROBİYAL AKTİVİTELERİN DEĞERLENDİRMESİ
Authors: Boyracı Gülsüm Merve , Değirmenci Atiye , Yıldız Oktay , Çelebi Zeynep Berin
Published: October 2023

Propolis ve arı sütü eski çağlardan beri geleneksel ve modern tıpta çeşitli biyolojik aktivitelerinden dolayı kullanılmıştır. Günümüzde yapılan son çalışmalar bu ürünlerin cilt tedavisi ve bakımı alanındaki potansiyel uygulamalarını ortaya koymuştur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, cilt kremi üretiminde propolis ve arı sütünün potansiyel kullanımını incelemek ve arı ürünleriyle zenginleştirilmiş cilt kremi formülasyonunun anti-hiyalüronidaz, antioksidan ve antimikrobiyal aktivitesini değerlendirmektir. Ayrıca kremlerin farklı depolama sıcaklığı ve süresindeki fiziksel stabilitesi de incelenmiştir. Krem formülasyonunda arı sütü oranı (%0,5) sabit tutulurken propolis özütü %0,5-1,0-1,5 oranlarında kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada üretilen kremlerin pH değerleri 5,56 ile 6,02 aralığında değişmekte olup cilt pH değerine uygun bulunmuştur. Krem formülasyonunda propolis oranı arttıkça antioksidan aktivite değerlerinin istatistiksel olarak arttığı görülmüştür (p≤0,05). Krem örneklerinin anti-hiyalüronidaz aktivite analizi sonucu IC50 değerleri 0,1667-3,3460 g/mL krem olarak belirlenmiş ve en yüksek aktivite %1,5 propolis özütü ilaveli örnekte bulunmuştur. Propolis ve arı sütü ilaveli krem örneklerinin tamamı Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis ve Candida albicans mikroorganizmalarına karşı inhibisyon göstermiştir. Hızlandırılmış stabilite testleri krem formülasyonun tüm stres koşullarına karşı dikkate değer bir stabiliteye sahip olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu çalışma kozmetik sektöründe doğal, sürdürülebilir ve güvenli cilt bakım ürünleri üretebilmek için krem formülasyonuna arı ürünlerini entegre etmenin uygulanabilirliğine dair kanıt sağlamaktadır.
Experiência travesti: Conversa com Amara Moira sobre lutas, visibilidade e comunidade trans
Authors: Bessa Leandro , Motter Clarissa , Capibaribe Fernanda , Viero Felipe , Moira Amara
Published: October 2023

Nesta entrevista, a escritora e professora em literatura, Amara Moira comenta as vidas e experiências trans em relação a diversos cenários e marcadores de existência: em relação ao nome social, nas lutas travadas envolvendo o campo do simbólico e o imaginário social, sobre os processos criativos e de memória em sua escrita autobiográfica e, ainda, discorre em torno do papel das redes sociais relacionadas à visibilidade e construção de comunidades de vivências trans. A partir desses eixos, Amara Moira levanta questões relevantes para o debate sobre a transgeneridade do ponto de vista da justiça social, do respeito e alteridade.
Administrative Roles Performance of Community Development Workers and Public Infrastructure Development Outcomes in Rural Communities in Ogun state, Nigeria
Authors: A. ADENIYI Adekunle
Published: October 2023

This study is on administrative roles performance of community development workers and public infrastructure development outcomes in rural communities,Ogun state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design of the ex-post facto type was used. Using total enumeration sampling technique, 813 respondentsparticipated in the study. An adapted instrument “Administrative Roles Performance of Community Development Workers in Public InfrastructureDevelopment Project Questionnaire (ARPCDWPIDPQ)’’ designed for the study was subjected to Cronbach Alpha test of internal consistency, whichyielded 0.75. Data generated were analyzed using descriptive and correlation matrix at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation analysis showed positivesignificant relationship between administrative roles of community development workers and infrastructure development outcomes i.e ownership andcontrol of public infrastructure (r=.693), citizen participation in management of public infrastructure (r=.592), access and utilization of public infrastructure(r=.682), productive activities/income (r=.540) and capacity building/enhancement of technical expertise (r=.409) respectively. This indicates thatthe independent variable had significant positive relationship with all the dependent variables at 0.05 level of significant. Hence, the null hypothesiswas rejected at 0.05 level of significance. It is recommended that professional community development workers should be properly trained to improvetheir efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of public infrastructure development.
Reflections on Georgia’s Western Aspirations (Attitudes towards EU and NATO Integration)
Authors: CHUMBURIDZE Tea
Published: October 2023

“I am Georgian and, therefore, I am European” (Europe, 2022). Well-known phrase of the former speaker of the Georgian parliament Zurab Zhvania made in 1999 implied the idea that Georgia was supposed to be the part of European Alliance. Since that period, this phrase has been providing different interpretations of Georgian identity. If many Georgians believe in the importance of having closer ties with the West, and see the benefits of it, these aspirations sometimes have transactional undertones (Kakabadze, 2004). According to the survey conducted in September, 2020 by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) on behalf of Carnegie Europe and the Levan Mikeladze Foundation for the joint Future of Georgia project, most Georgians still follow Zhvania’s lead. Many identify themselves as Europeans and want their country to become a member of both the EU and NATO. Yet their views on Europe remain complex (CRRC-Georgia, 2021).Interesting is to find out what does it mean to Georgian society to be European? Does this mean an embrace of the social agenda and values of Western Europeans? Or is West merely seen as a protector of Georgians’ security? Georgians’ answers to these questions are sometimes contradictory, as they seek to establish a special place for themselves on the margins of Europe.

Keywords: EU, Georgia, integration, NATO, West
The Cold War – Examination of American Power and a Test of American Ideals
Authors: SHIOSHVILI Tamar
Published: October 2023

As the Iron Curtain dropped across Europe and Cold War began to shape, no one was sure to predict that freedom and openness would finally win.The statesman of that time, nevertheless succeeded magnificently in formulating the doctrines, creating the alliances, and building the institutions that maintained freedom, contained the spread of communism.Since victory of WWII, the Truman administration envisaged the essential principles of the nation’s foreign and domestic policies in the postwar period.Prompted by the technological reduction of the world and the emergence of the Cold War, Truman and Congress had obliged the United States to continuing international engagement, involving collective security and to diverse and development programs.Keywords: Confrontation, Containment Doctrine, curtain, defense research, iron, Marshall Plan, national security, reconstruction
Ukraine – russia War, Energy Policy and Role of USA
Authors: CHITADZE Nika
Published: October 2023

The energy factor has always played a major role in international relations and it is a fact that it implements an important role in the defense of national interests, as well as in the fulfillment of numerous strategic plans. In the first half of the 20th century, which culminated in the Second World War, the concept of energy security was closely linked to the supply of fuel for military purposes. The biggest problem for energy security within the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st century was the protection of oil and gas supplies and delivery. This problem is now, related to the aggression of Russia against Ukraine. Taking into consideration the importance of the energy security policy of the US in the framework of USA-EU relations and strengthening the Trans-Atlantic links between American and European partners with the purpose to oppose the imperialistic ambitions of Russia, the transportation of natural gas from the US to Europe and other regions of the world in the light of the Russia-Ukraine war and by this way, the reduction of dependence on Russian oil and gas in Europe has made the issue actual. For the European countries, it is important to get away from Russia's energy influence and so far, it is trying to find alternative sources of energy imports and increasing the share of non-traditional sources of energy within the energy balance of the EU and other European states.On one side is Russia, which is trying to maximize its energy resources for the realization of its geopolitical interests. Particularly, after the embargo on Russian oil and oil products and the significant decreasing the volume of Russian gas export to the EU market, Kremlin tries to increase the export of oil and gas to alternative markets, first of all to China and India. It should not be forgotten, that in 2014, the Crimean Peninsula was annexed by Russia, and together with other factors one of the reasons was that there (on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine) are located important deposits of shale gas. On the other side is the United States of America, which has been intensively cultivating the shale gas deposits in recent years and intensively increasing oil production. However, it is worth mentioning that the transportation of the above-mentioned natural resources in Europe is quite a problematic issue due to its geographical location.Keywords: Energy, EU, Gas, Oil, Russia, Security, Trans-Atlantic Links, USA.
Literary center to promote the study of contemporary Colombian literature
Authors: Watts Rodríguez Karen Patricia , Castellanos León Mireya
Published: October 2023

This study aimed to propose a literary center of interest as a playful method to strengthen the meaningful learning of contemporary Colombian literature in eighth-grade A students of the Institución Educativa Agropecuaria Rosa Jaimes Barrera. Methodologically, the study was located in the post-positivist paradigm, from a qualitative approach, framed in participatory action research, considering the following phases: deconstruction, reconstruction, and evaluation of practice. 38 students of grade 8-A constituted the unit of analysis. The survey and observation (techniques) and the questionnaire, logbook, and rubric (instruments) were used for data collection. The results show that the playful activities allowed the students to realize the relevance of literary learning to strengthen linguistic expression. It is concluded that the literary works and the design of collaborative and participatory play activities strengthened the students’ meaningful learning.
Identifikasi Kesulitan Siswa Sekolah Dasar Dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Berbasis HOTS Pada Mata Pelajaran IPA
Authors: Fadliyah Fadliyah , Widiada I. Ketut , Syazali Muhammad
Published: October 2023

Banyak kesulitan belajar yang biasanya dialami oleh siswa, salah satunya adalah kesulitan dalam menyelesaikan soal berbasis HOTS. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kesulitan siswa dalam menyelesaikan soal HOTS pada muatan IPA kelas V di SDN 12 Ampenan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas V SDN 12 Ampenan sebanyak 23 siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan tes dan wawancara. Instrumen tes yang diberikan sebanyak 15 butir soal pilihan ganda muatan IPA berbasis HOTS. Analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat kesulitan yang dialami siswa dalam menyelesaikan soal HOTS diantaranya siswa kesulitan memahami perintah soal, kesulitan memahami arti gambar, kesulitan memahami pilihan jawaban, kesulitan mengetahui arti kata, kesulitan dalam menentukan pilihan jawaban, dan kesulitan konsentrasi dalam mengerjakan soal.