bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dual-output long-wave infrared sources based on a BaGa4Se7 crystal
Authors: Guo Liyuan , Li Weifan , Qi Feng , Zhang Xingyu , Yao Jiyong , Guo Xu , Liu Pengxiang
Published: January 2025

This paper presents a coherent long-wave infrared source based on a BaGa4Se7 crystal with a tuning range from 6.7 to 15 μm. The pump-reflected double-pass configuration effectively reduces the threshold and enables dual-port output. A statistical analysis of the time-series data from forward and backward outputs revealed a strong linear regression relationship. This characteristic enables single-shot synchronous spectroscopic analysis, where the forward output transmits through the sample and the backward output serves as the reference. Compared to traditional asynchronous methods, the synchronous approach offers a shorter scan time and reduced error by minimizing the impact of source fluctuations. This dual-output source shows potential for rapid and accurate spectroscopic analysis in applications such as biomedical diagnostics and atmospheric monitoring.
Dynamic modulation of nonreciprocal absorption in a graphene–InAs hybrid structure under low magnetic field and small incident angles
Authors: Ming Qing Ye , Liu Jiao , Yang Zhaoyan , Wei Wu Liang , Gou Yue , Wu Jun , Li Bingxiang
Published: January 2025

Overcoming Kirchhoff’s laws to achieve strong nonreciprocity enhances energy harvesting and thermal management. Current magneto-optical (MO) strategies need high magnetic excitation and large incident angles, hindering practicality. We designed a graphene–InAs hybrid for significant nonreciprocity between absorptivity and emissivity at small angles with just 0.16 T, showing practical potential. By tuning graphene’s Fermi energy, nonreciprocity strength can be adjusted via resonance mode competition. This design offers new insights for dynamic nonreciprocal radiation devices under near-normal light and modest magnetic excitation, facilitating practical use.
Broadband and high-sensitivity ultrasound sensing based on a low-noise random fiber laser with high-Q disordered grating array feedback
Authors: Cao Tingting , Li Ao , Wang Haiyang , Bisma Akram , Hussain Adnan , An Guowen , Jia Pinggang
Published: January 2025

A broadband and high-sensitivity ultrasound sensing system based on a low-noise random fiber laser (RFL) with a disordered fiber Bragg grating array (FBGA) feedback is proposed and demonstrated. The disordered FBGA achieves a high-Q value and a large spectral slope, resulting from complex interference among multiple randomly separated FBGs, which contributes to a narrow-linewidth and low-noise RFL sensor with high sensitivity. Experimental results show that the high-Q FBGA-based RFL achieves ultrasound sensing up to 27.9 MHz with an averaged signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 33 dB, which is extended by 6.7 MHz and increased by 13 dB than the RFL based on a random fiber grating (RFG) feedback. These improvements are attributed to the suppression of intensity noise by more than 10 dB at high frequencies and the 300 times greater spectral slope of the FBGA-based RFL compared to the RFG-based RFL.
Fiber layout sensing with one single-core standard single-mode fiber
Authors: Tovar Pedro , Lin Jiachuan , Jiang Zhiping
Published: January 2025

Fiber shape sensing is a fascinating field that has been gaining
attention over the past decade. However, its widespread utilization is
hindered by the requirement of complex detection systems connected to
either several cores in a multi-core fiber, or to multiple single-core
fibers. In this work, we propose a technique able to recover fiber
shape information, such as wounded and straight segments, using only
one single-core standard single-mode fiber, thus realizing the first
fiber layout sensor. This is achieved by exploring distributed fiber
sensors from a different perspective: rather than making use of known
fiber properties to measure environmental perturbations, we take
advantage of weak and random acoustic perturbations to measure fiber
properties. As the same acoustic noise is perceived for fiber segments
spatially close, their high correlation indicates the proximity of
fiber segments, which enables the recovery of the fiber layout. Proof
of concept experiments were realized, successfully identifying
circular loops, straight paths, and fiber spools. Although a complete
three-dimensional reconstruction of the fiber’s shape is currently
unfeasible, the technique’s simplicity and its seamless integration
with standard single-core fibers pave the way for a new class of fiber
sensors.
Spherical harmonics texture extraction for versatile analysis of biological objects
Authors: Gros Oane , Passmore Josiah B. , Borst Noa O. , Kutra Dominik , Nijenhuis Wilco , Fuqua Timothy , Kapitein Lukas C. , Crocker Justin M. , Kreshuk Anna , Köhler Simone
Published: January 2025

The characterization of phenotypes in cells or organisms from microscopy data largely depends on differences in the spatial distribution of image intensity. Multiple methods exist for quantifying the intensity distribution - or image texture - across objects in natural images. However, many of these texture extraction methods do not directly adapt to 3D microscopy data. Here, we present Spherical Texture extraction, which measures the variance in intensity per angular wavelength by calculating the Spherical Harmonics or Fourier power spectrum of a spherical or circular projection of the angular mean intensity of the object. This method provides a 20-value characterization that quantifies the scale of features in the spherical projection of the intensity distribution, giving a different signal if the intensity is, for example, clustered in parts of the volume or spread across the entire volume. We apply this method to different systems and demonstrate its ability to describe various biological problems through feature extraction. The Spherical Texture extraction characterizes biologically defined gene expression patterns in Drosophila melanogaster embryos, giving a quantitative read-out for pattern formation. Our method can also quantify morphological differences in Caenorhabditis elegans germline nuclei, which lack a predefined pattern. We show that the classification of germline nuclei using their Spherical Texture outperforms a convolutional neural net when training data is limited. Additionally, we use a similar pipeline on 2D cell migration data to extract the polarization direction and quantify the alignment of fluorescent markers to the migration direction. We implemented the Spherical Texture method as a plugin in ilastik to provide a parameter-free and data-agnostic application to any segmented 3D or 2D dataset. Additionally, this technique can also be applied through a Python package to provide extra feature extraction for any object classification pipeline or downstream analysis.
Near-infrared spectroscopy discriminates mass-reared sterile and wild tsetse flies
Authors: Pagabeleguem Soumaïla , Da Dari F. , Somé Bernard M. , Avelessi Marx S. P. , Djègbè Nicaise D. C. , Yoda Rebecca L. , Bagayogo Abdramane , Maïga Hamidou , Churcher Thomas S. , Dabiré Roch K.
Published: January 2025

Background

Monitoring the efficacy of the sterile insect technique (SIT) programs, it is desirable to discriminate between wild and sterile tsetse males captured in monitoring traps. Currently, this is primarily achieved by marking sterile males with fluorescent dye powder before release, and identifying them using a fluorescence camera and/or microscope. However, the accuracy of this method is limited due to defective marking and wild flies contaminated with a few dye particles in the monitoring traps. Molecular techniques have been developed to discriminate doubtful flies, but they are expensive for endemic countries.

Methodology/Principal findings

Here, we investigate the ability of a new generation monitoring tool, Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), to discriminate between laboratory-reared Glossina palpalis gambiensis males and their field counterparts. NIRS was able to discriminate wild males from laboratory-reared males with 86% accuracy. Notably, the prediction accuracy improved to 88% when the laboratory-reared flies had been irradiated.

Conclusions/Significance

These findings suggest that NIRS can successfully identify tsetse flies even when UV camera identification is inconclusive. However, further studies are needed to expand the training dataset and include additional environmental variables before validating NIRS as a complementary method for future tsetse eradication programs.
Venous leg ulcer healing as a determinant of quality of life in patients treated with unna boot: A quasi-experimental study
Authors: Galvão de Oliveira Mário Lins , León-Morillas Felipe , Andriola Isadora Costa , Gómez Martínez Carmelo Sergio , Dantas Bruno Araújo da Silva , Torres Gilson de Vasconcelos
Published: January 2025

Our objective was to assess the effect of Venous Leg Ulcer (VLU) healing on Quality of Life (QoL) in patients undergoing compression therapy. This non-randomized, quasi-experimental, and observational study involved patients with VLU. A convenience sample of individuals receiving services was followed for at least one year while undergoing compression therapy. The Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Charing Cross Venous Ulcer Questionnaire (CCVUQ) were employed to measure the variables of interest. Study participants were categorized into the Healed Group (HG) and the Unhealed Group (UG). The final sample comprised 103 individuals. The HG demonstrated improvements in SF-36 scores in the domains of Social Role Functioning (n = 34, p<0.001), Physical Role Functioning (n = 33, p<0.001), and the Physical Health Dimension (n = 38, p<0.001). Additionally, the CCVUQ assessment revealed score enhancements in the domains of Domestic Activities (n = 30, p = 0.001) and Social Interaction (n = 30, p = 0.009). QoL showed significant improvements in functionality, physical performance, and social interaction in the HG after one year of compression therapy treatment. In contrast, the UG was the only group to experience significant deteriorations in QoL.
Measurement of population agglomeration, dynamic change characteristics, and motivations in metropolitan agglomerations—A case study of the Xi’an metropolitan area
Authors: Liu Ke , Bo Xu , Zhaoping Wang , Du Ran , Heng Chen
Published: January 2025

This article compares the population agglomeration characteristics of the Xi’an metropolitan area in western China with those of metropolitan areas in other regions officially approved by the Chinese government. The kernel density estimation method and Markov chain model were used to conduct the study. The results revealed that from 2010 to 2020, the population agglomeration level of the Xi’an metropolitan area showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. The absolute gap in the population agglomeration level between cities within the metropolitan area gradually narrowed, and the polarization phenomenon of population agglomeration was not obvious. Compared with metropolitan agglomerations such as Nanjing, Wuhan, Fuzhou, Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, Chongqing, and Chengdu, the Xi’an metropolitan agglomeration had a lower population agglomeration level, with a significant gap. Moreover, there was an obvious “club convergence” phenomenon in the population agglomeration levels of different urban agglomerations. The probability of the population agglomeration level remaining stable was at least 53.85%, indicating that there was a “Matthew effect” in which the rich become richer and the poor become poorer. Through the convergence models of α and β, the analysis suggested that there was no significant α convergence between the population agglomeration level of the Xi’an metropolitan agglomeration and that of other metropolitan agglomerations. Instead, there was a significant β divergence, indicating that the gap between the Xi’an metropolitan agglomeration’s population agglomeration level and that of other metropolitan agglomerations is gradually widening. An integrated theoretical framework of population agglomeration was constructed from three dimensions: producers, consumers, and social people. An empirical analysis was conducted on the causes of population agglomeration in the Xi’an metropolitan area and other metropolitan areas. The multiple regression results showed that the income level, public consumption expenditure level, education level, comfortable living environment, and educational level were important factors leading to differences in population agglomeration. The geographic detector results showed that factors in the consumer dimension were the main reasons for population agglomeration in metropolitan areas.
Anxiety among cancer patients: A cross-sectional study at The University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital
Authors: Aragie Hailu , Adugna Dagnew Getnet , Baye Nega Dagnew , Negash Habtu Kifle
Published: January 2025

Introduction

Anxiety is a prevalent psychological issue among cancer patients, significantly affecting their quality of life and potentially influencing treatment outcomes. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of anxiety among cancer patients at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia.

Methods

A cross-sectional study design was used, involving 384 cancer patients, selected by systematic random sampling technique, from the oncology ward. Data were collected using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale and the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSS-3). Descriptive and inferential statistics, including bi-variable and multi-variable logistic regression analyses, were employed to analyze the data.

Results

The prevalence of anxiety was 88.3%, with 34.4% of patients experiencing severe anxiety, 29.2% moderate anxiety, and 24.7% mild anxiety. Significant predictors of anxiety included participants age>= 61years (AOR =  2.99, 95% CI =  1.31–6.79), participants age 30-60 years (AOR =  4.13, 95% CI =  1.53–11.07), female sex (AOR =  2.04, 95% CI =  1.02–4.07), advanced cancer stage (AOR =  3.08, 95% CI =  1.11–8.53), and ongoing treatment (AOR =  2.40, 95% CI =  1.14–5.10).

Conclusion

The study found a high prevalence of anxiety among cancer patients, compared to the previous studies, highlighting the need for integrated psycho-oncology services. Specific interventions are necessary for high-risk groups, including older patients, females, and those with advanced-stage cancer.
Exploring the relationship between established HIV risk factors and depressive symptoms amongst young women without HIV in two sites in South Africa
Authors: Gumbi Zanenhlanhla , Mehou-Loko Celia , Masson Lindi , Mdladla Makhosazana , Maphumulo Nokuthula , Passmore Jo-Ann , Mbeje Sanele , Bekker Linda Gail , Potloane Disebo , Jaspan Heather , Radzey Nina , Abrahams Andrea , Harryparsad Rushil , Mkhize Pamela , Humphries Hilton
Published: January 2025

Purpose

Adolescent girls are at high risk for depression and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. Poor mental health can increase vulnerability to risky sexual behaviours. Therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence of depressive symptomology and explore the convergence of HIV risk factors with depressive symptoms amongst cis-gender adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in rural KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and peri-urban Western Cape (WC) communities in South Africa.

Methods

Cross-sectional survey data from two sites in South Africa was used - the rural Vulindlela community in KZN and the peri-urban Philippi East community in the WC. Study inclusion criteria included being sexually active with at least one male partner, and not planning to relocate in the next 12 months. The PHQ-9 scale was used to determine depressive symptomology, a socio-behavioural questionnaire was used to determine sexual behaviours, odds ratios and confidence intervals derived from logistic regression models were used to explore the associations between depressive symptomology and socio-behavioural factors associated with HIV acquisition.

Results

The cohort consisted of 274 adolescent girls, 38.6% from the WC site and 61.4% from the KZN site. Overall, 15.7% (43/274) of AGYW reported depressive symptoms. Participants from the peri-urban WC site were more likely to experience depressive symptoms (OR 8.34; 95% CI 3.80–18.30) compared to those living in the rural KZN site. Depressive symptoms were less likely to occur in adolescent girls between the ages of 14 to 17 as compared to those between the ages of 18 and 19 (OR 0.44; 95% CI 0.22–0.90). Socio-behavioural HIV risk factors associated with depressive symptoms include: age disparate relationships (OR 2.98; 95% CI 1.52–5.84), high (four or more) numbers of lifetime partners (OR 8.15; 95% CI 3.60–18.45) and engaging in sex under the influence of alcohol (OR 2.58; 95% CI 1.32–5.04). Multivariate analysis showed that participants from the WC site (AOR 5.25; 95% CI 1.95–14.17) had higher odds of experiencing depressive symptoms while participants with four or more lifetime partners (AOR 3.46; 95% CI 1.24–9.60) were at higher odds of experiencing depressive symptoms.

Conclusion

In this cross-sectional study, depressive symptomology is associated with certain HIV risk behaviours. Longitudinal studies are required to test the causal relationship between depression and HIV acquisition and to better understand the geospatial differences observed.
Gender and creativity in fashion practices
Authors: Jäger Sandra
Published: January 2025

This article investigates the dualism of binary/non-binary approaches to gender within fashion through the lens of creative practices and community. It discusses how fashion has a special connection to performativity (Butler and other theories on gender) and deconstruction (Derrida and de Beauvoir), as well as the violence and harassment that gender non-conforming people face. Using the case study of the Fashion Freedom Fest, an annual interactive art exhibition/event in Odense, Denmark, through qualitative observation, this article analyses the ways in which this event represents a way that these conditions of binary norms in fashion can be altered in a safe space through creative and artistic practices, which in turn can either challenge or reinforce binary perceptions of masculinity and femininity within fashion. The goal of this article is not only to re-establish gender theories within fashion but also to argue for a different approach for fashion to deconstruct binary gender norms through creativity.
Intersecting realities: Desire, constraints and locality in navigating human–animal relationships in the virtual farming of Hay Day and actual pet-keeping practice
Authors: Kurniawan Raden Yusuf
Published: January 2025

This study explores the dynamics of human–animal relationships within the virtual farming game Hay Day and actual pet-keeping practice, juxtaposing interactions with actual and virtual animals in everyday life. Drawing from ethnographic data, the research employs the concept of ‘assemblage’ to analyse these relationships in a nuanced manner and examine interconnected practices between the actual and the virtual. This study demonstrates how the player navigates the desire to interact with animals under various constraints and how these intersections construct the player’s subjectivity towards animals. This study concentrates on a single case of an Indonesian player. Its main goal is to reveal new insights rather than ensure generalizability, providing a basis for further research. This research analytically and empirically contributes to the gaming discourse on human–animal relationships by incorporating virtual animals and calls for the analytical involvement of players who live on the periphery of gaming discourse.
We are gathered here today: Sites of mourning and bereavement in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Authors: Austin Jodie
Published: January 2025

In January 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak imposed restrictions on public forms of in-person mourning throughout the United States. Mortuaries live-streamed funerals, and players of games such Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) even adapted their virtual spaces for in-game funerals. Through close-reading analysis, this paper examines examples of memorials, shrines, and other bereavement rituals created by players of ACNH to argue that such sites provide players and community members with a critical outlet for grief and a space for ritualizing mourning practices. Contrary to expectations that ACNH and related cosy games offer an escapist reprieve from loss, the findings of this paper demonstrate that players often invite signifiers of death and mourning into otherwise ideal virtual realms. In sharing images of their in-game creations in online forums, players also encourage a broader participatory and trans-spatial form of mourning within the gamer community. This paper concludes that the gaming industry should continue to be attentive to such player needs by preserving elements of creative control while employing recommendations for thanatasensitive design advanced by scholars such as Massimi and Charise.
Ready Reader One: The Stories We Tell With, About, and Around Videogames, Megan Amber Condis and Mike Sell (eds) (2024)
Authors: Alberto Maria K.
Published: January 2025

Review of: Ready Reader One: The Stories We Tell With, About, and Around Videogames, Megan Amber Condis and Mike Sell (eds) (2024)

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 344 pp.,

ISBN 978-0-80718-230-7, p/bk, USD 35.00
Not All Fun and Games: Videogame Labour, Project-based Workplaces, and the New Citizenship at Work, Marie-Josée Legault and Johanna Weststar (2024)
Authors: Johnson Matthew S. S.
Published: January 2025

Review of: Not All Fun and Games: Videogame Labour, Project-based Workplaces, and the New Citizenship at Work, Marie-Josée Legault and Johanna Weststar (2024)

Montreal: Concordia University Press, 377 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-98811-149-0, p/bk, CAD $59.95
Milicia, patronazgo y promoción nobiliaria: las estrategias de colocación de la clientela catalana de Luis de Requesens a finales del siglo XVI
Authors: Jurado Riba Víctor J.
Published: January 2025

Las clientelas nobiliarias y las relaciones entre nobles de diverso rango han sido bien estudiadas a lo largo de los últimos años. Esta investigación propone mostrar un caso inusual para el estamento catalán: la clientela de Luis de Requesens, su participación militar y, muy especialmente, qué sucedió con esos individuos cuando murió el patrón. Es habitual estudiar el funcionamiento de estructuras de poder descendiente bien marcadas, pero en estas páginas tomará especial importancia lo que sucedió una vez esta clientela quedó descabezada. Quién tomó el mando de esa estructura, las relaciones con la Corte y el uso del servicio pasado para impulsar carreras futuras serán aspectos analizados en estas páginas, así como el seguimiento de estrategias comunes en estos nobles.
venta del prebostazgo de Bilbao durante la Guerra de Sucesión: movilización de recursos para la hacienda de Felipe V en el contexto de la construcción de un nuevo régimen (1704-1705)
Authors: Guerrero Elecalde Rafael
Published: January 2025

En este trabajo indaga sobre la venta del prebostazgo del Bilbao durante la Guerra de Sucesión. Este oficio, de origen medieval, fue desempeñado de forma hereditaria desde 1605 por la familia Idiáquez, hasta que Felipe V decidió su reincorporación al patrimonio real y su posterior venta para financiar la guerra. Desde un enfoque de microanálisis, y a partir del análisis de este proceso, se contempla los importantes cambios que se llevaron a efecto desde la misma llegada del primer rey de la dinastía Borbón: acción de los nuevos gobernantes de la Monarquía, la implementación de las reformas políticas y el desarrollo de un programa de operaciones venales. Todo ello conllevó la renovación de elites gobernantes, con la caída de las familias poderosas tradicionales, como fueron los duques de Ciudad Real. Principalmente se analiza documentación conservada en el Archivo Histórico Nacional, en Madrid, y el Archivo Histórico Foral de la Diputación de Bizkaia, en Bilbao.
Comparative Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life with Advanced Therapies for Moderate-to-Severe Crohn’s Disease: A Network Meta-Analysis
Authors: Olivera Pablo A. , Parks María L. , Zubiaurre Ignacio , Peyrin-Biroulet Laurent , Lasa Juan S. , Targownik Laura E.
Published: January 2025

Background and Aims:

The comparative efficacy of advanced therapies to improve health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in Crohn’s disease (CD) is unknown. We aimed to compare the impact of approved advanced therapies for moderate-to-severe CD on HR-QoL.

Methods:

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane CENTRAL from inception to December 2023. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed approved advanced therapies for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe luminal CD. The primary outcome was change from baseline in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ). Pairwise random-effects meta-analyses were conducted, and we reported results as mean differences (MD) for continuous outcomes and risk ratios for binary outcomes, with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). A random-effects frequentist network meta-analysis was conducted, and the competing interventions were ranked using the P-score.

Results:

Our search strategy 34 records that fulfilled our eligibility criteria. In pairwise meta-analysis, advanced therapies were associated with improvements in IBDQ score (MD 16.07, 95% CI 12.59 – 19.54) after induction. In network meta-analysis, upadacitinib 45mg ranked first for change in IBDQ after induction (MD 23.10, 95% CI 14.41 – 31.78, P-score 0.86). For maintenance studies, advanced therapies showed a significant improvement in IBDQ score in pairwise meta-analysis (MD 12.72, 95% CI 10.47 – 14.97). Infliximab 10mg/kg ranked first for change in IBDQ after maintenance (MD 24.91, 95% CI 12.99 – 36.83, P-score 0.90).

Conclusion:

Advanced therapies were associated with improvements in HR-QoL after induction and maintenance. Upadacitinib 45mg and infliximab 10mg/kg ranked highest after induction and maintenance, respectively.
Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets
Authors: Brings Plenty Trevino L. , Waters Joel , Pacheco Steve , Warm Water Luke
Published: January 2025

Here's the myth: Native Americans are people of great spiritual depth, in touch with the rhythms of the earth, rhythms that they celebrate through drumming and dancing. They love the great outdoors and are completely in tune with the natural world. They can predict the weather by glancing at the sky, or hearing a crow cry, or somehow. Who knows exactly how? The point of the myth is that Indians are, well, special. Different from white people, but in a good way. The four young male Native American poets whose work is brought together in this startling collection would probably raise high their middle fingers in salute to this myth. These guys and "guys" they are—don't buy into the myth. Their poems aren't about hunting and fishing or bonding with animal spirits. Their poems are about urban decay and homelessness, about loneliness and despair, about Payday Loans and 40-ounce beers, about getting enough to eat and too much to drink. And there is nothing romantic about their poetry, either. It is written in the vernacular of mean streets: often raw and coarse and vulgar, just like the lives it describes. Sure, they write about life on the reservation. However, for the Indians in their poems, life on the reservation is a lot like life in the city, but without the traffic. These poets are sick to death of the myth. You can feel it in their poems. These poets are bound by a common attitude as well as a common heritage. All four—Joel Waters, Steve Pacheco, Luke Warm Water, and Trevino L. Brings Plenty—are Sioux, and all four identify themselves as "Skins" (as in "Redskins"). In their poems, they grapple with their heritage, wrestling with what it means to be a Sioux and a Skin today. It's a fight to the finish.
ANALISIS FAKTOR FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KINERJA KEUANGAN BANK UMUM DI INDONESIA (Studi Kasus Pada Bank Umum Dengan Total	Assets Kurang Dari 1 Triliun)
Authors: Mawardi Wisnu
Published: January 2025

Penelitian dari Biro Riset lnfobank menganalisis pengaruh efsisiensi operasi (BOPO), resiko kredit ( NPL), resiko pasar ( NIM), modal ( CAR) terhadap  kinerja keuangan ( ROA), bahwa bank umum dengan total assets kurang dari 1  triliun mempunyai kinerja  keuangan yang lebih baik dibandingkan dengan bank umum dengan total assets 1  triliun atau lebih. Data yang diambil dari Direktorat Perbankan Indonesia dan dari Biro Riset lnfobank Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh negatif dan signifikan resiko kredit ( NPL) terhadap kinerja keuangan (ROA), pengaruh positif dan signifikan resiko pasar (NIM) terhadap kinerja keuangan (ROA) serta berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan  resiko pasar (NIM) terhadap kinerja keuangan ( ROA), dan Tidak berpengaruh modal ( CAR) terhadap kinerja keuangan ( ROA)
PENGARUH TINGKAT DESENTRALISASI DAN STRATEGI MANAJERIAL TERHADAP HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGGUNAAN ANGGARAN DENGAN PENINGKATAN KINERJA MANAJERIAL
Authors: Sjahrial Dermawan
Published: January 2025

This study investigates the influence of managerial strategic on the relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance. The objectives of this study are : (1) to investigate the relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance and (2) to investigate the relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance differs depending on the degree of decentralization.  (3) to investigate the effect of managerial strategic in the relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance.  (4)) to investigate the effect of managerial  strategic on the relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance  differs depending on the degree of decentralization. The expectations in the model were explored with data gathered from 26 public banks in Bursa Efek Jakarta. The study uses a research methodology survey method supplemented by questionnaire, the survey questionnaire is adapted from previous studies. The respondents of the survey questionnaire were Chief Executive Officers and Middle Managers responsible for unit budgets in the sample of companies. The result of the study are :  (1) there is a significant relationship between budgeting design ugase and managerial performance.  (2) There is a significant relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance differs depending onteh degree of decentralization.  (3) there is a significant relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance is moderated by managerial strategic.  (4)  The moderating effect of managerial strategic on  the relationship between budgeting design usage and managerial performance differs depending on the degree of decentralization.
PENGARUH KOMITMEN ORGANISASIONAL, KEPUASAN KERJA, DAN KEPERILAKUAN ETIS TERHADAP KEINGINAN BERPINDAH PROFESIONAL SISTEM INFORMASI
Authors: Irwansyah Irwansyah
Published: January 2025

The objective of this study is to determine the effects of organizational commitment, job satisfaction and ethical behavior to professional turnover intention in information system. This research is using survey method. Population in this research is all professional / worker of information system or laboring employees in the field of information system. Result of research is support that organizational commitment, job satisfaction and ethical behavior have the influence to profesional turnover intention in information system.
ANALISIS PRODUKSI DAN HARGA IKAN KEMBUNG (Rastrelliger Sp) DI TEMPAT PELELANGAN IKAN PELABUHAN PERIKANAN NUSANTARA BRONDONG KABUPATEN LAMONGAN
Authors: Bambang Azis Nur
Published: January 2025

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pola produksi, jumlah produksi dan nilai produksi, serta faktor faktor yang mempengaruhi harga ikan kembung dalam pelelangan di TPI PPN Brondong Lamongan Dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode studi kasus. Alat analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah (1) statistik diskriptif dan (2) Statistik parametrik. Model regresi untuk penelitian ini dihipotesiskan sebagai berikut: HRGKB = f (PRODKB, PRODLY, Ceteris Paribus) Hasil riset menunjukkan bahwa pola produksi ikan kembung berfluktuatif, disebabkan oleh adanya pengaruh musim ikan. Jumlah produksi terbanyak pada waktu puncak musim (Agustus)dan terendah pada musim sepi (Maret). Hasil analisis regresi didapatkan dua variabel yang mempengaruhi harga ikan kembung, yaitu jumlah produksi dan harga ikan pengganti dengan persamaan HRGKB  = 2371.35-0,946 PRODKB + 0,007 HRGLY. Koefisien PRODKB bernilai minus, berarti jika produksi kembung meningkat, maka harga ikan kembung akan mengalami penurunan, demikian sebaliknya.
OBSERVASI PADA PERILAKU PENJUAL, PEMBELI DAN APARAT DINAS PADA PASAR TRADISIONAL MEMOTRET CIRI KULTURAL PELAKU BISNIS DAN PENGUASA KITA
Authors: Widiatmo Riasto
Published: January 2025

Berangkat dari kesenjangan antara pengajar atau pelatih atau nara-sumber pada Pelatihan bagi usaha mikro,  usaha kecil dan KOPERASI dengan para peserta kursus,  pelatihan atau pembinaan usaha mikro,  usaha kecil dan KOPERASI.  Masalah  tersebut berawal dari keterbatasan kemampuan pengajar yang biasanya berangkat dari buku atau literatur dan sama sekali tidak mengenal realita yang terjadi dan fakta yang sudah menjadi kultur manajemen dan marketing para pengusaha mikro,  pengusaha kecil dan KOPERASI.Materi MANAJEMEN dan MARKETING yang diberikan pasti sama dari waktu kewaktu.  Manajemen selalu menampilkan bahan-bahan  tentang fungsi-fungsi manajemen : planning,  organizing,  actuating dan controling sedangkan marketing selalu menyajikan masalah promotion,  price,  place dan product.Pengafar dari Perguruan Tinggl yang dikatakan lebih hebat semakin jauh dari realitas karena  lebih mengutamakan mengamb/1 sumber-sumber terbaru dan mutakhir dari jurnal manafemen  terbaru yang berasa/ dari negara-negara maju yang kondisi dan keadaannya sangat jauh berbeda.  Akhirnya  tujuanakhir dari penyelenggaraan pelatihan dan pembinaan bagi usaha mikro, usaha kecil dan KOPERASI akan jauh dari harapan.  Para peserta hanya mengantuk dan pulang dengan bingung karena bahan yang diperoleh tidak (J1ungkin diterapkan pada usahanya.Untuk menjembatani masalah “jurang" antara pengajar UKM dengan UKM maka observasi sosiologi-ekonomi ini berusaha memulai pembahasan manajemen dan marketing  UKM dengan memotret realita manajemen yang ada di pasar tradisional.  Metode  observasi sosiologis yang berusaha memotret fakta,  menjadikan pasar tradisional sebagai laboratorium manajemen.  Ahli sosio/ogi menjadikan kota sebagai laboratorium.  Cara memotret fakta dengan metode sosiologis memang berbeda dengan penelitian yang dilakukan oleh disiplin ilmu manajemen yang menganggap bahwa a/at analisis statistik yang rumit dianggap lebih canggih padahal a/at analisis  statistik justru memerlukan banyak sekali penyederhanaan. Selanjutnya apalah arti dan manfaat sebuah perencanaan strategis jika semua berawal dari suatu penyederhanaan.  Observasi sosiologi-ekonomi pada tu/isan ini mengambil obyek PASAR TRADISIONAL
Challenges to the Sustainability of Exports of Indonesian Commodity Products from the European Union’s Environmental Perspective
Authors: Sidabutar Victor Tulus Pangapoi
Published: January 2025

The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to reduce the consumption of products entering the European Union that are linked to deforestation and forest degradation. This regulation will directly affect the global supply chain of Indonesian exports to European Union countries for palm oil products and indirectly affect importing countries as Indonesia's trading partners supply the European Union market, especially for forestry products. This could happen due to requests from Indonesian trading partners who sell their products to the European Union who apply EUDR rules. The Indonesian government needs to firmly implement supportive policies to facilitate export activities related to forest products. Apart from that, the Indonesian government must also pay attention to the impact of this regulation on Small and Medium Enterprises which will be affected because they are also importers for companies or large traders.
Sustainability of yield and value in blackgram (Vigna Mungo) through frontline demonstrations
Authors: Hanif N A K A , Albert V A , Amuthaselvi G , Ravi M , Saranraj T , Easwaran S
Published: January 2025

The present study evaluated the sustainability of yield and value in blackgram cultivation by adopting improved production technologies through frontline demonstrations. These were implemented as sole and rice fallow crop cultivation in Tamil Nadu, India, to reduce yield gaps at farmers' fields. The scientific study was conducted in 2020-2021 with 295 demonstrations (118 hectares) using cluster village methodology to examine the effects of extension gap, technology gap and technology index on yield and economics by demonstrating improved technologies. These include mechanized sowing, use of disease-resistant varieties, integrated pest and weed management, seed treatment, crop nutrient boosters and mechanized harvesting. Yield enhancement of 51.55 % was recorded in a demonstrated package of technologies over farmers' practices, primarily due to the adoption of Yellow Mosaic Virus-resistant varieties, effective weed management strategies, and foliar sprays like TNAU pulse wonder to boost crop growth. The average extension gap (2.89 q/ha), technology gap (0.87 q/ha) and technology index of demonstrations (11.01 %) were documented, which are mainly due to efforts of multidisciplinary scientists’ field visits and farm advisories. A study reported higher weed control efficiency (48–76 %) in demo plots, enhancing demon yield than in control plots. Compared to farmers' plots (Rs. 37075/ha), average net returns in demonstrations were higher at Rs. 66732/ha. The study also disclosed an additional net return (Rs.29657/hectare) with an incremental BCR of 19.95, indicating a significant increase in profitability relative to the investment. The consistently greater Sustainability Yield Index (0.61 to 0.99) and Sustainability Value Index (0.88 to 0.93) in demo plots highlight improved stability and economic value of yields compared to farmer's plots. The latest package of technologies in blackgram paved the way for sustained yield under normal conditions, which are defined as fields with adequate moisture and timely sowing and rice fallow conditions. These advancements improved farmers’ livelihoods by increasing net returns and ensuring more stable and predictable yields.
Restricted Bargaining Sets in a Club Economy
Authors: Bhowmik Anuj , Saha Sandipan
Published: January 2025

The core as a solution concept captures the set of allocations against which no objection exists by any coalition of agents. However, Aumann and Maschler (1961. The Bargaining Set for Cooperative Games. Princeton Univ NJ) emphasized that the objection mechanism does not talk about repercussions from agents and thus introduced the bargaining set. Vind (1992. “Two Characterizations of Bargaining Sets.” Journal of Mathematical Economics 21: 89–97) later introduced the notion of a global bargaining set. In this paper, we consider a club economy proposed by Ellickson et al. (1999. “Clubs and the Market.” Econometrica 67: 1185–217) where club goods are consumed parallel to private goods to capture the social aspects of consumption. We introduce the global bargaining set for our club economy and provide characterizations of it in terms of the size of the (counter-) objecting coalitions thereby extending the works of Schjødt and Sloth (1994. “Bargaining Sets with Small Coalitions.” International Journal of Game Theory 23: 49–55) and Hervés-Estévez and Moreno-García (2015. “On Restricted Bargaining Sets.” International Journal of Game Theory 44: 631–45). In the process, we obtain Schmeidler’s (1972. “A Remark on the Core of an Atomless Economy.” Econometrica 40: 579) and Vind’s (1972. “A Third Remark on the Core of an Atomless Economy.” Econometrica 40: 585) theorem for atomless club economies as simple corollaries. We provide further interpretations of the global bargaining set in terms of approximately robustly efficient states, a notion familiarised by Bhowmik and Kaur (2023. “Competitive Equilibria and Robust Efficiency with Club Goods.” Journal of Mathematical Economics 108: 102876) for club economies.
Fetal hematological phenotypes of various hemoglobinopathies and demonstration of embryonic hemoglobins on capillary electrophoresis: a large cohort data from prenatal screening program
Authors: Singha Kritsada , Yamsri Supawadee , Chaibunruang Attawut , Srivorakun Hataichanok , Pansuwan Anupong , Sanchaisuriya Kanokwan , Fucharoen Goonnapa , Fucharoen Supan
Published: January 2025

Objectives

This study reported a large cohort of fetal blood analysis of various hemoglobinopathies.

Methods

A total of 371 fetal blood specimens were recruited. Complete blood count and hemoglobin (Hb) analysis using capillary electrophoresis were performed. Genotypes were defined by DNA analysis.

Results

Among 371 fetuses, 36 were non-thalassemic and 29 thalassemia genotypes were identified in the remaining 335 fetuses. Fetuses with β-thalassemia and Hb E traits, homozygous Hb E, and Hb E-β0-thalassemia had similar hematological parameters as those of non-thalassemic. However, the levels of Hb A in β-thalassemia and Hb E traits were approximately half of that observed in the non-thalassemic fetuses. As for Hb E, fetuses with a single copy of the βE-globin gene in the Hb E trait and Hb E-β0-thalassemia had lower Hb E levels as compared to that of the homozygous Hb E. For α-thalassemia, fetuses with one or two α-globin gene defects had small changes in hematological parameters, but variable Hb Bart’s levels were observed. Fetuses with Hb H and Hb H-CS diseases had moderate anemia, whereas those with homozygous Hb CS and Hb Bart’s hydrops fetalis had severe anemia. Identification of the fetuses with Hb Bart’s hydrops fetalis with various genetic interactions allows the exact re-location of electrophoretic mobilities of various embryonic Hbs.

Conclusions

This study confirmed the genetic heterogeneity of hemoglobinopathies among the fetuses and fetal blood analysis are useful for presumptive diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies. The results should facilitate a prevention and control program of hemoglobinopathies in the region.
Spaces of conscientization as a bridge between inequality and contestation
Authors: Amorrortu Estibaliz , Otxotorena-Aranguren Miren , Zas Luz
Published: January 2025

The EquiLing project aims at contributing to sociolinguistic justice by understanding language-mediated social inequalities and facilitating the conditions through which to challenge and transform these situations. In order to do so and following a Freirean approach and a Participatory Action Research methodology, we created conscientization spaces in two university sites in Bilbao and Madrid. In these conscientization spaces, researchers and students (or co-participants, as we term them here) engaged collaboratively in group dynamics to develop critical sociolinguistic awareness and foster transformative actions to challenge the sociolinguistic inequalities within each context. Students, when sharing these experiences, often evoked the external spaces they transit through in their daily lives, in which they faced situations that show lack of recognition, unequal distribution of resources and/or participation. Space appeared as a key element in the articulation of their narratives and experiences due to it usually being configured and constructed through hegemonic (in our case, sociolinguistic) ideologies and practices, which can leave speakers falling outside this normativity in situations of sociolinguistic injustice. In reaction to this, in our conscientization spaces, we (researchers and co-participants) have challenged these dynamics interactionally in joint reflection and practice by cultivating a safer space. In this sense, we have tried to foster counter-hegemonic practices in our spaces, facilitating in some cases a bridge to other spaces. This has shown that space is a central element in the configuration of a sociolinguistic order and that it is dynamic, socially constructed, and in continuous transformation, which also creates possibilities for resistance.
Causal associations between childhood obesity and delayed puberty or height: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study
Authors: Cui Lulu , Zhang Ying , Dong Ting , Xu Liya
Published: January 2025

Objectives

Childhood obesity is thought to influence pubertal development, according to observational studies. However, the exact causal relationship remains unclear due to the complexity of factors affecting pubertal development.

Methods

To explore the association between exposure (childhood obesity) and outcome (delayed puberty, height), we utilized various methods, including inverse-variance weighted (IVW), weighted median, weighted mode, and MR Egger regression. Additionally, sensitivity analyses were conducted using MR-Egger, MR-PRESSO, Cochran’s Q, and leave-one-out techniques to ensure the robustness of the results. Additionally, reverse MR analysis was conducted to explore potential reverse causation.

Results

The IVW analysis revealed no significant genetic causal link between childhood obesity and delayed puberty or height (all P>0.05). In the reverse analysis, height had a causal association with childhood obesity (OR=0.85, 95 % CI=0.76–0.96). The Cochran’s Q test highlighted heterogeneity in the results concerning childhood obesity and height (p<0.05). But the MR-Egger intercept and MR-PRESSO test confirmed no impact the results pleiotropic bias, supported by leave-one-out sensitivity analysis.

Conclusions

Our study found no significant genetic causal association between childhood obesity and delayed puberty or height. However, height was causally associated with childhood obesity. Future research should utilize advanced analytical methods to better understand the determinants of pubertal development.
Collision of high-resolution wide FOV metalens cameras and vision tasks
Authors: Li Shaoqi , Zhou Wangzhe , Li Yiyi , Lu Zhechun , Zhao Fen , He Xin , Jiang Xinpeng , Du Te , Zhang Zhaojian , Deng Yuehua , Zhou Shengru , Nong Hengchang , Yu Yang , Zhang Zhenfu , Han Yunxin , Huang Sha , Wu Jiagui , Chen Huan , Yang Junbo
Published: January 2025

Metalenses, with their compact form factor and unique optical capabilities, hold tremendous potential for advancing computer vision applications. In this work, we propose a high-resolution, large field-of-view (FOV) metalens intelligent recognition system, combining the latest YOLO framework, aimed at supporting a range of vision tasks. Specifically, we demonstrate its effectiveness in scanning, pose recognition, and object classification. The metalens we designed to achieve a 100° FOV while operating near the diffraction limit, as confirmed by experimental results. Moreover, the metalenses weigh only 0.1 g and occupy a compact volume of 0.04 cm3, effectively addressing the bulkiness of conventional lenses and overcoming the limitations of traditional metalens in spatial frequency transmission. This work highlights the transformative potential of metalenses in the field of computer vision, The integration of metalenses with computer vision opens exciting possibilities for next-generation imaging systems, offering both enhanced functionality and unprecedented miniaturization.