bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Manual de operación de la república 4T: presidencialismo, militarización, neoliberalismo y populismo
Authors:   Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Márquez Covarrubias Humberto
Published: March 2022

El manual de operación de la «cuarta transformación» en México sigue una serie de movimientos tácticos que van reconfigurando el entramado del poder político del Estado y las relaciones con la sociedad civil. La estrategia supone hacer una reforma del Estado mediante la restauración del presidencialismo, la subordinación de los otros poderes (Legislativo, Judicial y militar) y la supeditación de organismos e instancias de la sociedad civil, como los medios de comunicación, intelectuales, iglesias, sindicatos, científicos, académicos y artistas. Asimismo, considera hacer reajustes en la estructura social: la procreación de un nuevo bloque de poder dominante, la restauración del pacto populista para afianzar las bases sociales de apoyo y la contención del bloque social opositor. La reconfiguración de la base social de apoyo es crucial tanto para los fines del control político de la población como para la articulación de una base electoral de sustentación del gobierno mediante el populismo asistencialista. Con todo, desde la perspectiva del sistema capitalista, se trata de una transformación inocua, que pretende, sin embargo, conformar una hegemonía política duradera, que en su derrotero marca líneas de continuidad con los ejes profundos del capitalismo mexicano y apuntala reformas superficiales en la órbita gubernamental.
Effects of complexity and unpredictability on the learning of an artificial orthography
Authors: Schmalz Xenia , Mulatti Claudio , Schulte-Körne Gerd , Moll Kristina
Published: March 2022

Orthographies vary in complexity (the number of multi-letter grapheme-phoneme rules describing print-to-speech regularities) and unpredictability (the number of words which cannot be read correctly, even with at-ceiling knowledge of the rules). To assess how these constructs affect reading acquisition, we used an artificial orthography learning paradigm, where participants learn to read pseudowords written in unfamiliar symbols, and subsequently read aloud novel words written in the same symbols (generalisation). In three experiments (third experiment pre-registered), we manipulated the consistency of symbol-to-sound mappings: in the first inconsistent condition, vowel pronunciation depended on the subsequent letter (condition complexity), and in the second inconsistent condition, vowel pronunciation was unpredictable from the context (condition unpredictability). Across experiments, we found that pseudowords with inconsistent mappings are more difficult to learn than pseudowords with consistent mappings only, regardless of whether the inconsistency is due to complexity or unpredictability. Numerically, participants learning orthographies containing unpredictable correspondences seem to be less likely to form rules, either for simple or for complex correspondences. We propose that rule extraction and distributional learning happens simultaneously during reading acquisition: in a mathematical model, we show that distributional learning may lead to more complete knowledge than rule extraction for orthographies that are high in unpredictability.
Interior Design Students' Perception on Interior Health and Comfort in Shop House Design for New Normal Era
Authors: Tedjokoesoemo Purnama Esa Dora , Nilasari Poppy Firtatwentyna , Sari Sriti Mayang
Published: March 2022

Objective – The 2020 Covid-19 outbreak has deeply redefined our relationship to public spaces. Public preference has
shifted from indoor to outdoor areas which provide open-air spaces to reduce the possibility of Covid-19 transmission.
Therefore, shop house foodservice retailers that operated in big cities may find it challenging to meet the new
expectation. The Greenship (green building assessment tools in Indonesia) however, has made a checklist on how to
achieve better indoor environment quality (IEQ) under the IHC (indoor health and comfort) category.
Methodology – The method used for this research was the systematic literature review and typology studies with a
proposed conceptual design made by students in Design Interior and Styling for Commercial and Retail Space studio
academic year 2020/2021 as samples.
Findings – The result shows that almost all students only took care of 5 categories out of 11 categories provided in the
IHC category. The highest categories to get attention are indoor pollutant source control and outside view and daylight.
The research shows attempts of students to achieve better IEQ but they are unaware that a guide and reference can as
well be found in Greenship Interior Space.
Novelty - This paper examines young interior designers' perceptions of healthy interior elements that need to be
implemented for the purpose of adapting to the new normal.
Type of Paper: Review
JEL Classification: I23, I29.
A global review of COVID-19 Assistance Program for Small Business
Authors: Cheong J. Q.
Published: March 2022

Objective – This paper offers a review of the latest studies with regards to the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses in different countries around the world. Methodology – This paper reviewed a compilation of COVID-19 studies focusing on SMEs that was conducted between 2020 and 2022. The review enables us to understand the globally common or underlying challenges to SMEs due to COVID-19, along with an assessment of government’s initiatives that were implemented to alleviate the impact. The review revealed that the pandemic caused a major disruption for small businesses which also acts as a catalyst towards digitization and innovation towards competitiveness which is facilitated by government initiatives. The review process comprises systematic and vast-ranging search for articles related to the subjects to look for evidence, and secondly, for limit the risk of biasness. Findings – This survey of experiences elsewhere might provide insights to policymakers in countries that are struggling to cope with the problem on the initiatives to consider and the additional initiatives that might be necessary to make them effective in their individual country contexts. Novelty – Given limitations of space, we survey only a limited sample of countries from Asia and Europe, along with the US and Canada. Hopefully, their experiences will provide a broad enough spectrum of initiatives for policymakers elsewhere to consider and evaluate. Type of Paper: Review JEL Classification: M21, O38
Characterization of electronic charged states of high density self-aligned Si-based quantum dots evaluated with AFM/Kelvin probe technique
Authors: Imai Yuki , Makihara Katsunori , Taoka Noriyuki , Ohta Akio , Miyazaki Seiichi
Published: March 2022

We have characterized charged states of a self-aligned Si quantum dot (QD) structure with an areal density as high as ∼1013 cm−2 by surface potential measurements by using atomic force microscopy (AFM)/Kelvin probe force microscopy (KFM). By line scanning with the electrically-biased AFM tip with respect to the substrate in a contact mode, the corresponding area was negatively charged caused by electron injection from the tip into QDs. Cross-sectional profiles of the surface potential were clearly changed, which depends on the tip bias voltages. Also, a stepwise shape in a relationship between the change of the surface potential (ΔV) and the tip bias voltages was observed, reflecting electron charging into the discrete energy levels due to the quantum confinement effect. By assuming a simple equivalent circuit model for KFM measurements of the self-aligned Si-QDs, calculated results for ΔV are in good agreement with the measured results. The agreements precisely clarified the charged states in Si-QDs.
The Study of Loess Rocks Spread on the Territory of Tbilisi and Their Impact on Constructions
Authors:   Georgian Technical University, Varazashvili Zurab , Kakulia Zurab ,   Georgian Technical University, Chutkerashvili Dali ,   Georgian Technical University
Published: March 2022

Loess rocks spread on the Tbilisi territory are divided into two genetic types: 1) alluvial (aQII-III) northeastern periphery formations – Nadzaladevi-Tbilisi Sea and 2) alluvial-proluvial (apQIII-IV) Loess rocks in the Tbilisi south-eastern part – Lilo-Lochini-Soghanlugh territory. The characteristics of the physical and landing properties of these genetic varieties are given. Despite the fact that the physical properties of these rocks do not differ significantly from each other, varieties of loess prevail in the north-eastern regions, which have a number of more subsidence properties than their counterparts in the south-east. The content of coarse material (1-2 mm) reaches 25% in some areas. It is therefore probable that the detection of sedimentary properties in the loess rocks by the laboratory does not contribute to the content of coarse-grained material in them, which is very noticeable for construction organizations.
Development of an Optimal Econometric Model for Assessing the Financial Sustainability of a Large Electricity Company and its Forecasting Approbation in Georgia
Authors:   Georgian Technical University, Japaridze David , Jojua Giga ,   Georgian Technical University
Published: March 2022

An optimal econometric model for assessing the financial stability of a large electric power company has been developed based on the in-depth analysis, which takes into account all possible factors affecting financial stability. The types of factors are established by correlation analysis. The model is universal in nature, its application is possible in assessing the financial stability of any enterprise. For the purpose of practical implementation of the optimal econometric model for assessing financial stability, a predictive approbation was carried out using the example of the Georgian State Electricity System and JSC Telasi. As a result, problems in the management of financial stability were identified and ways to solve them were outlined.
Ecological and Cultural Goals of Georgian National Parks and Protected Areas
Authors:   Georgian Technical University, Khvedeliani Nugzar , Ratiani Ana ,   Georgian Technical University
Published: March 2022

National parks protect a variety of areas for a variety of purposes. In addition, nature and culture-based tourism on an individual scale is a manifestation of a larger community commitment. People should visit the national parks to learn about and appreciate the locally preserved natural and cultural heritage. Traditional connection with nature, arts and crafts traditions, peculiarities of arrangement of dwellings, rituals, customs belong to the field of historical and cultural heritage – "living traditional culture", which is spread and preserved by the population living in national parks and protected areas. Approaches and guidelines on how to protect and at the same time use heritage sites in protected areas from a tourism perspective are discussed. The article also includes examples from abroad. The purpose of the article is to protect, develop and preserve the historical and cultural heritage of national parks and protected areas. It should be noted that such facilities are one of the most important places for the protected areas of Georgia.
Study of the Production of Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate From Salts Deposited at the Bottom of Lake Sakhare by Mathematical Planning of the Experiment
Authors:   Georgian Technical University, Nasuashvili Tamar , Gvasalia Leri ,   Georgian Technical University
Published: March 2022

The study of the Mirabilith deposit of the Azambur group, namely Lake Sakhare, allowed us to plan the experiment by mathematical planning of the experiment in order to obtain anhydrous sodium sulfate, conduct experimental studies and calculate a theoretical solution of the reaction. To do this, we selected the optimization parameter and the factors affecting it, according to which experiments were planned and conducted. The validity of the results obtained in the experiments was tested according to the criteria of Fischer, Kohren and Stiudent. After that a mathematical model of processes was chosen. This model was tested for adequacy of each experiment. After the relevant calculations confirmed the adequacy of the model, process optimization was carried out and parameters were selected to ensure the maximum solution of the reaction.
The Problem of the Relationship Between Human and Technical Civilization and Their Future Prospects
Authors:   Georgian Technical University, Kopaliani Carlo , Kutubidze Iasha (Koka) ,   Georgian Technical University
Published: March 2022

The 21st century is a century of growing technology and new scientific discoveries. The facts that a few years ago belonged to the realm of science fiction are now a reality and belong to the already outdated technologies. There is no doubt that the modern material-technical revolution is a progressive event, but there is also the indisputable fact that the scientific-technical progress has put the problem of spiritual values on the agenda. It is quite obvious that this progress, together with the positive results, is accompanied by events that need to be taken into account – the ecological crisis, including increased consumer tendencies to accumulate large amounts of means of mass extermination of people, danger of forming a mass society and culture in a person, the deprivation of a person's uniqueness by standard norms (depersonalization) and so on. Among the problems of technical civilization, the most important is the problem of maintaining a human being as a biosocial being. Man finds it difficult to control the natural and complex technical environment created by him, which becomes the basis of an anthropological crisis.
EFFECTIVENESS OF CONVENTIONAL THERAPY ON GOLDSMITH WORKERS WITH NECK PAIN– AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Authors: Harde Pranami , Solanki Vidhya
Published: March 2022

Goldsmith workers are used to work for long time with cross legged posture, they may lead to develop different kinds of musculoskeletal disorder
among them. The study aimed to nd the effectiveness of conventional therapy on Gol AIM: - Objective: dsmith workers with neck pain. To
provide benets and improve the working pattern, ergonomics, strength, posture and overall condition of Goldsmith workers. An Study Design: -
Experimental In 4 weeks of intervention; 30participants with features of neck pai Methods:- n were studied. They will be collected by Study
convenience sampling. They were received conventional exercises program. The outcome was measured using the Numerical Pain rating scale
(NPRS) & the Neck Disability index (NDI). Pre and post data were collected and analyzed using SPSS 22.0. Paired t - test was used to nd out the
signicance of the treatment. A signicant improvement in pain & disabil Result: - ity (p<0.05) after the treatment was found. Greater statistically
signicant improvement was seen in all the participants. The study concl Conclusion:- ude that conventional exercises program was more effective
in treating neck pain on Goldsmith Workers.
Performance Enhanced Coded OFDM with Almost Linear Interleaver over Rayleigh Fading Channels
Authors: han chenggao
Published: March 2022

This paper presents a comprehensive performance analysis of coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (COFDM) over the quasi-static multipath Rayleigh fading channels. We first analyze the pairwise error probability (PEP) of COFDM and then consider the union bound on bit error rate (BER) by introducing the notion of diversity guard (DG) and a novel interleaver class, named almost linear interleaver (ALI). A construction of ALI is also introduced with its parameter selection. Simulation results show that the COFDM with ALI outperforms that with random interleaver (RI) and the block interleaver (BI) adopted in the IEEE industry standards.
Letteratura e psicoanalisi in Russia all’alba del XX secolo
Authors: Zalambani Maria
Published: March 2022

Psychoanalysis spread earlier and faster in Russia than in Western Europe. According to the author, there are three main reasons for this. First, psychoanalysis is based on the fictional structure of patients’s narratives. In a literary-centric country such as Russia, the ‘literary character’ of psychoanalysis quickly attracts the Russian intelligentsia. Secondly, the formal similarities between literary and psychoanalytic language, and the close connection between the poetic word and the rhetoric of the unconscious, contribute to rendering Freudian language particularly familiar in Russia. Thirdly, the Silver Age, with its attention to the symbol, the ‘other’, and the double, contributes to increasing interest in the theory of the unconscious. This will continue until after the October Revolution as the state relies on psychoanalysis to help forge the new Soviet citizen. This ‘alliance’, however, is short-lived, and Freudian psychoanalytic theory will be ostracized from the 1930s up to the end of the Soviet regime.
Form - Function Relations in English
Authors: Sharma Lok Raj
Published: March 2022

English is an affluent language as it retains the flexibility of forms and the multiplicity of messages conveyed through such forms. Phrases and sentences which are the two forms of linguistic structures can serve a number of grammatical and communicative functions. A grammatical function of language refers to the role of phrasal forms in a sentence as a subject, a predicator, a complement and an adjunct. A communicative function denotes the purpose of using the forms as the sentences. The purposes may be to advise, request, order, invite, greet, warn, thank and so on. A key purpose of this article is to expose form- function relations in English. The article writer mustered some phrases and sentences as the nominal data from the books on communication in English. Phrases and sentences which are considered forms in the study are analyzed from the perspectives of their grammatical and communicative functions respectively. This article winds up with a striking remark that a phrasal form can serve a number of grammatical functions and a sentence form can serve numerous communicative functions and vice versa. Furthermore, there is not always one to one correspondence between a linguistic form and its grammatical or communicative function.
Review on Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Detection of Disease
Authors: Jawd Dr. Saher Mahmood , Nasser Maryam Jabbar , Majeed Dr. Amal Saadoon
Published: March 2022

The recent review conversed about nano-technology. Nanotechnology is very important in the diagnosis and detection of disease, as nanotechnology is the fifth generation that appeared in the world of electronics, the first generation represented in the use of the electronic lamp, including television, then the discovery of the transistor, and the spread of its wide applications and then the use of integrated circuits, which is a very small piece. Nanotechnology today has reduced the size of many devices, increased their efficiency and numbered their functions. Then the microprocessor, which made a huge revolution in the field of electronics by producing personal computers and silicon chips, and then nanotechnology. Nano-size as the material is made by light etching, cutting, scraping and grinding. Chemical methods can be used that start with single molecules as smaller A unit and assembled into a larger structure. The properties of nanomaterials can be examined and studied and their composition is confirmed using a number of devices and techniques.
Antibiotic therapy under polypragmatic conditions: a course to safety
Authors: Sychev Igor N. , Fedina L.V. , Sychev Dmitriy A.
Published: March 2022

Prescribing safe and effective drug therapy is becoming increasingly challenging. Recently, there has been an upward trend in the number of patients experiencing polypragmasy. Thus, according to epidemiological analysis of 180,815 outpatient records in Scotland, 4–9 medications were simultaneously prescribed in 16.9% of cases, 10 or more drugs – in 4.6% of cases. As the number of medications taken by an individual patient increases, so does the likelihood of drug-drug interactions which have clinically important consequences. The number of drug-drug interactions is increasing as new drugs are approved, different metabolic pathways and drug transporters are discovered, and co-prescribing recommendations emerge. This article provides an overview of principles and mechanisms of drug-drug interactions and describes pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions associated with antibiotic therapy.
The Political Party System as a Public Forum: The Incoherence of Parties as Free Speech Associations and a Proposed Correction
Authors: Batchis Wayne
Published: March 2022

The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence addressing the associational rights of political parties is both highly consequential and deeply inconsistent. It dates back at least as far as the Court’s White Primary decisions more than a half-century ago. In recent decades, the Court has imposed an arguably ad hoc formula, striking down regulations on political parties on First Amendment grounds in some cases, while upholding them in others. From a jurisprudential perspective, critics might point to insufficiently principled distinctions between these cases. From a normative perspective, the very expansion of First Amendment rights to political parties, like the parallel extension to corporations in Citizens United, is ripe for scrutiny. It relies on a questionable underlying premise: political parties, as entities, should be entitled to constitutional rights comparable to those afforded to individuals. As a consequence, this Article argues entities the Framers would have viewed as dangerous factions are empowered, and individuals—the literal targets of the First Amendment’s protection—are disempowered. This Article offers and explores a doctrinal alternative as a corrective: the American political party system should be treated as a limited public forum, subject to the Court’s well-established public forum doctrine.
Switching Employers in a Working World: American Immigrants and the Revocation Notice Problem
Authors: Aust Julie
Published: March 2022

A current tension in U.S. employment immigration law involves the notice requirements for prospective permanent residency—”green card”—applicants. Foreign workers oftentimes do not receive their green cards for more than ten years after beginning the permanent residency process. For almost four decades after the first major employment immigration legislation was passed in 1965, green card applicants were unable to change employers during this extremely long process without abandoning their applications. In 2000, Congress sought to remedy the problem by passing legislation allowing foreign workers to change employers without sacrificing progress on their green cards. This legislation, however, created a massive gap in the process which remains to this day: currently, if a foreign worker changes employers after beginning her green card application, neither the worker nor her new employer is legally entitled to notice if anything goes wrong with the underlying petition. More specifically, if the government finds error in the green card petition and seeks to revoke it, the government is not obligated to provide revocation notice to the foreign national or to her new employer. Revoking a green card petition does not merely jeopardize a worker’s permanent residency application; it could also jeopardize her entire underlying status and could force her to abruptly leave the country. The immigration agency issued a policy memo in 2017 partially addressing the problem by granting the worker temporary standing during her proceedings. The memo is an insufficient solution to the problem, however, because it may be withdrawn or superseded at any time. Because the revocation notice problem presents an immediate and dire threat to the immigration status of potentially every foreign worker who switches jobs during her green card process, this Note advocates for both immediate administrative—as well as long-term congressional—permanent reforms to the relevant statutes and regulations governing this system.
Evaluating the use of virtual reality for maintainability-focused design reviews
Authors: Bhonde Devarsh , Zadeh Puyan , Staub-French Sheryl
Published: March 2022

The Operation and Maintenance (O&M) phase can account for as much as 80% of the overall lifecycle cost of a project. The inputs from O&M practitioners are often not incorporated during the design phase leading to maintainability issues during the O&M phase, which results in significant costs and hinders building performance. Traditionally, design communication with practitioners is conducted using 2D drawings and in some more advanced projects, with Building Information Models (BIMs). Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to facilitate maintainability-focused design input from O&M practitioners, but this application has not been studied in detail. This paper addresses the gap by examining the usability of VR for providing access-related maintainability inputs. A quasi-experimental approach was adopted to evaluate the difference in access-related inputs provided by sixteen O&M practitioners, once using 2D drawings and BIM and again using VR. We assessed the variation in time for O&M practitioners to provide the inputs and the perceived quality of the inputs using the two design communication methods. We also examined the effect of practitioners' years of experience on providing access-related maintainability inputs using VR. The results suggest that there was no statistically significant difference in the access-related maintainability inputs provided using the two design communication methods, which demonstrates that O&M practitioners could provide similar access-related inputs using VR and traditional means of communication using 2D drawings and 3D models. The results also show that O&M practitioners were able to provide inputs significantly faster using VR. The O&M practitioners also reported that VR facilitated ease of use and high confidence in their inputs. Furthermore, the practitioners' years of experience did not lead to any variation in the access-related inputs provided and the time efficiency of providing the inputs. While the small sample size limits the generalizability of the results, the study acts as a proof of concept on the usability of VR for improving O&M practitioner input on the maintainability of building designs.
Analisis Pengaruh Biaya Operasional Pendapatan Operasional (BOPO) dan Non Performing Financing (NPF) Terhadap Profitabilitas Bank Syariah
Authors: Junaedi Edy
Published: March 2022

Sharia Bank is well-known as a bank which is resistant to the global crisis that hitted Indonesia couple years ago. The performance of Sharia Bank could be maintained so that continuity of bussines also could be well maintained. Those performance could be measured by the size of the Sharia banking profitability. The factors affecting the profitability of Islamic banks used in this study are BOPO NPF and ROA. While the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of BOPO and NPF toward the profitability of Sharia banks. The population used for the study are all of sharia banks Bank Umum Sariah (BUS) and Unit Usaha Syariah (UUS) in Indonesia have been published by Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) from 2015 to 2016. The data of this study used secondary data from the website of Otoritas Jasa Keuangan. The method of data analysis which was used is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that the BOPO variabel has significant effect on ROA and NPF variable has no significant effect on ROA in Sharia Banking Industry. While BOPOand NPF variabel had significant influence with negatif direction.
Analisis Komparatif Non Performing Financing (NPF) Perbankan Syariah Indonesia
Authors: Junaedi Edy
Published: March 2022

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify performance between the Sharia Commercial Bank (SCB) and Sharia Business Unit (SBU) in Indoneia islamic banking industry, especially Non Performing Financing Design – the study uses survey based methodology for data collection, using Statistic Islamic Banking Industry from Otoritas Jasa Keuangan, for the study consists of Islamic banking Industry 13 sharia commercial banks and 21 sharia business units with ROA, OER, FDR and NPF Gross. For analizyng the obtained data, the statistical methods of SPSS 22 multivariate regression and analyzing performance ratios both of them. Indonesia’s Islamic banking industry remained under pressure after experiencing limited growth, a rise in non-performing financing (NPF) and inefficiency still hampered the further development of the Islamic banking sector to drive the domestic Islamic finance industry including easing regulations on the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio, risk-weighted assets (RWA), NPF restructuring, and capital participation. to improve the competitiveness of Indonesia’s shariah-based banks which are still lagging considerably behind conventional banks Islamic banks continued to innovate to increase their market share through various creative ways. These include exploring opportunities to manage endowment funds (waqf) and entering into a mini master repurchase agreements with other shariah-based banks to increase liquidity. Finding – the study shown that performance SCB is 85,9 percent from independent variables were researched and performance of SBU is 86,8 percent from independent variables were researched. Compared Sharia Business Unit performance more better than Sharia Commercial Bank in ROA, NPF Gross, BOPO, progressive FDR more than 100 percent, but market share of sharia commercial bank up 70 percent, so Indonesia’s Islamic banking industry still under pressure even sharia business unit has good performance.
Prevalência e Tipos de Plásticos em Albatrozes e Petréis (Aves: Procellariiformes): Recorte Espacial da Costa Sudeste e Sul do Brasil, de 2015 a 2019
Authors: David do Nascimento Gabriel , Pereira Alice , R. R. Brito Guilherme , K. M. Kolesnikovas Cristiane , Pereira Serafini Patricia
Published: March 2022

A ordem Procellariiformes reúne grande número de espécies ameaçadas de extinção, e sua diversidade no Brasil implica responsabilidades para a conservação. Ameaças como a ingestão de plásticos impactam negativamente os albatrozes e petréis em nível global. Assim, realizamos a quantificação e classificação de resíduos poliméricos em espécimes de Procellariiformes encontrados em praias de Florianópolis ou capturados incidentalmente na pesca industrial no sul e sudeste do Brasil. Foram analisados tratos digestórios de 44 espécimes pertencentes a nove espécies. Para identificação da localização dos itens ingeridos, o trato digestivo foi separado em três porções – esôfago, proventrículo e ventrículo. Os resíduos > 5mm foram medidos e classificados em “fragmentos plásticos”, pellets, nylon e outros. Macroplásticos foram encontrados em 13 indivíduos de seis espécies das famílias Diomedeidae e Procellariidae. Procellaria aequinoctialis apresentou as maiores frequências de macroplástico (80%) dos espécimes analisados. No geral, os fragmentos plásticos foram o tipo de resíduo mais frequente. O ventrículo foi a porção do trato digestório com maior quantidade de macroplástico. Evidências deste estudo reforçam que Procellariiformes estão consumindo plástico no Atlântico Sul. A quantificação, o monitoramento e a padronização de análises são importantes para subsidiar e orientar medidas de manejo e a implementação da Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, visando a conservação dos ambientes marinhos e fauna associada.
THE PRACTICE OF VALUES – ISLAMIC VALUES IN PODCAST CONTENT "KEJAR PAKET PINTAR" ON SPOTIFY AND HELP AKHLAKUL KARIMAH CHARACTERS OF ISLAMIC VALUE AGAINST MILLENNIALS
Authors: M. Nashoihul Ibad
Published: March 2022

Abstract

Podcasts are a form of audio content that is a trend enjoyed by millennials in Indonesia.  Content on the internet is increasingly diverse types,  audio content is becoming increasingly to be accessed in addition to content in the form of videos such as on Youtube.  Listeners' interest in Podcasts one that can be mentioned is the flexibility of its nature, meaning podcast audio can be enjoyed anytime and anywhere, even if sambal does. Work activities or time to rest unwind after work and allow it to be enjoyed as a  process to deliver to sleep.  This research aims to analyze the values of Islamic da'wah in podcast content that has the potential as a  medium for broadcasting Islamic communication.  The method used in this research is to use a literature review covering the process of deepening reading and understanding previous studies and analysis of articles. in journals,  reference books, research on similar previous research, and  Podcast material from Spotify as analysis material.
Accessory Parameters for Four-Punctured Spheres
Authors:   Technische Universit&, Bogo Gabriele ,   #228,   t Darmstadt, Germany
Published: March 2022

We study the accessory parameter problem for four-punctured spheres from the point of view of modular forms. The value of the accessory parameter giving the uniformization is characterized as the unique zero of a system of equations. This gives an effective method to compute the uniformizing differential equation. As an application, we compute numerically and study the local expansion of the real-analytic function associating to a four-punctured sphere the value of its uniformizing parameter, and make some observations on its coefficients.
Understanding How Fast Black Holes Spin by Analyzing Data from the Second Gravitational-wave Catalogue
Authors: Hoy Charlie , Fairhurst Stephen , Hannam Mark , Tiwari Vaibhav
Published: March 2022

The Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors have now observed approximately 50 black hole binary mergers, from which we can begin to infer how rapidly astrophysical black holes spin. The LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC) analysis of detections up to the end of the first half of the third observing run (O3a) appeared to uncover a distribution of spin magnitudes that peaks at ∼0.2. This is surprising: is there a black hole formation mechanism that prefers a particular, nonzero spin magnitude, or could this be the cumulative effect of multiple formation processes? We perform an independent analysis of the most recent gravitational-wave (GW) catalog, and find that (a) the support for the LVC spin magnitude is tenuous; in particular, adding or removing just one signal from the catalog can remove the statistical preference for this distribution; and (b) we find potential evidence for two spin subpopulations in the observed black holes: one with extremely low spins and one with larger spin magnitudes. We make the connection that these spin subpopulations could be correlated with the mass of the binary, with more massive binaries preferring larger spin magnitudes, and argue that this may provide evidence for hierarchical mergers in the second GW catalog.
Analytic Solution to the Dynamical Friction Acting on Circularly Moving Perturbers
Authors: Desjacques Vincent , Nusser Adi , Bühler Robin
Published: March 2022

We present an analytic approach to the dynamical friction (DF) acting on a circularly moving point mass perturber in a gaseous medium. We demonstrate that, when the perturber is turned on at t = 0, steady state (infinite time perturbation) is achieved after exactly one sound-crossing time. At low Mach numbers

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, the circular-motion steady-state DF converges to the linear-motion, finite time perturbation expression. The analytic results describe both the radial and tangential forces on the perturbers caused by the backreaction of the wake propagating in the medium. The radial force is directed inward, toward the motion center, and is dominant at large Mach numbers. For subsonic motion, this component is negligible. For moderate and low Mach numbers, the tangential force is stronger and opposes the motion of the perturber. The analytic solution to the circular-orbit DF suffers from a logarithmic divergence in the supersonic regime. This divergence appears at short distances from the perturber solely (unlike the linear-motion result, which is also divergent at large distances) and can be encoded in a maximum multipole. This is helpful to assess the resolution dependence of numerical simulations implementing DF at the level of Liénard–Wiechert potentials. We also show how our approach can be generalized to calculate the DF acting on a compact circular binary.
New Pulsating Stars Detected in EA-type Eclipsing-binary Systems Based on TESS Data
Authors: Shi 施 Xiang-dong 相东 , Qian 钱 Sheng-bang 声帮 , Li 李 Lin-Jia 临甲
Published: March 2022

Pulsating stars in eclipsing binaries are very important for understanding the structure of stellar interiors through asteroseismology because their absolute parameters such as their masses and radii can be determined with high precision based on photometric and spectroscopic data. The high-precision and continuous time-series photometric data of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) provides an unprecedented opportunity to search for and study these kinds of variable stars in the whole sky. About 1626 Algol-type (EA-type) eclipsing-binary systems were observed by TESS in the 1–45 sectors with 2 minutes short cadence. By analyzing these TESS data, we found 57 new pulsating stars in EA-type binary stars. The preliminary results show that these binary systems have orbital periods in the range from 0.4 to 27 days, while the periods of pulsating components are in the range from 0.02 to 5 days. It is detected that 43 targets follow the correlation between the pulsation and orbital periods of Algol-type oscillating eclipsing binaries (oEA stars), which may indicate that they are typical oEA stars. The other 14 targets may be other types of variable stars in eclipsing-binary systems. These objects are a very interesting source to investigate binary structures and evolution as well as to understand the influences of tidal forces and mass transfer on stellar pulsations.
Prediction of Outcome in Anemic Critically ill Patients in Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Observational Study
Authors: Elsayed Marwa , Mahmoud Samah Mohamed , Mohamed Lamia Hamed , Omar Walid , Abdelaziz Kamel
Published: March 2022

Objective: Anemia is a universal finding in critically-ill patients which add to the risk of poor outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of anemic critically-ill patients and to detect predictors of outcome.
 
Methods: A retrospective study from 5-year data in the electronic medical record of the critical care department at Cairo University. All medical ICU patients that were admitted with or developed anemia during their ICU stay were included. All data of admission, ICU stay, and APACHE II were recorded and their association with the final outcome was determined.
 
Results: The study included 301 patients. Anemia was detected in 84.6% of patients. Blood transfusion was given to 61.8% of patients while not given to 38.2% and was not significantly associated with outcome. Non-survivors were 37.5%. Only DM, IHD and CKD were associated with poor outcome (P values 0.045, 0.026, 0.001 respectively). Need for MV or vasopressors was associated with poor outcome (P values 0.0001 for both). WBC, platelets at admission, and Hb at day 14 (P values 0.014, 0.002, 0.0001) respectively. The Multi-variate analysis detected these variables (need for MV, vasopressors, and Hb at the 14 th day ≤7.3 g/dl) could correctly detect outcome with sensitivity 91.6%, specificity 73.6%, PPV 76.7%, and NPV 90.3% and total accuracy 82.4%.
 
Conclusions: Anemia in critically-ill patients is common and associated with poor outcomes. Blood transfusion was not associated with a better outcome. Combination of MV need and vasopressors with persistent anemia at day 14 were the best predictors of poor outcomes.
Underweight, Stunted, and Wasted among Children with Congenital Heart Disease: Acyanotic versus Cyanotic
Authors: Agustini Wiwik , Yantie Ni Putu Veny Kartika , Gunawijaya Eka , Sidiartha Gusti Lanang , Pratiwi Gusti Ayu Eka
Published: March 2022

BACKGROUND Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common of all congenital lesions and is the most common type of heart diseases among children. Children with congenital heart disease are at increased risk of underweight, stunted and wasted. Wasted is a reflection of acute malnutrition, stunted is a reflection of chronic malnutrition while underweight is a reflection of both.
OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of underweight, stunted and wasted among children with acyanotic and cyanotic CHD, in tertiary center in Bali, Indonesia.
METHODS
An observational study with cross sectional approach was conducted in children under 5 years old with newly diagnosed CHD in Sanglah Hospital, Bali. Data were collected from medical records.  Anthropometric z-scores based on WHO 2006 reference ranges were generated for each child including weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height z-scores. Diagnosis of CHD was retrieved based on echocardiography examination. The significance of the anthropometric status differences between acyanotic and cyanotic group were assessed using Pearson’s Chi Square.
RESULTS
From January 2017-December 2020, we found total 200 cases of CHD which 160 (80%) cases were acyanotic CHD with predominantly ventricle septal defect (38%) and 40 (20%) cases were cyanotic CHD with predominantly Tetralogy of Fallot with all variant (40%). The prevalence of underweight, stunted and wasted in acyanotic vs cyanotic CHD were: underweight (57.5% vs 40.0%, p=0.047), stunted (47.5% vs 65%, p=0.048) and wasted (67.5% vs 50%, p=0.039).
CONCLUSION The prevalence of underweight, stunted and wasted among children with acyanotic and cyanotic CHD were high. Proportion of underweight and wasted were significantly higher in acyanotic CHD, while stunted was significantly higher in cyanotic CHD.
A workflow for expanding DNA barcode reference libraries through ‘museum harvesting’ of natural history collections
Authors: Levesque-Beaudin Valerie , Miller Meredith , Dikow Torsten , Miller Scott , Prosser Sean , Zakharov Evgeny , McKeown Jaclyn , Sones Jayme , Redmond Niamh , Coddington Jonathan , Santos Bernardo , Bird Jessica , deWaard Jeremy
Published: March 2022

Developing an efficient and effective protocol for capturing biological data held in natural history collections is critically important for many emergent projects in biodiversity, such as the construction of a validated, global DNA barcode reference library. To this end, we developed and streamlined a workflow for ‘museum harvesting’ of authoritatively identified Diptera specimens from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (USNM). Our detailed workflow includes both on-site and off-site processing through specimen selection, labeling, imaging, tissue sampling, databasing and DNA barcoding. This approach was tested by harvesting and DNA barcoding 941 voucher specimens, representing 32 families, 819 genera, and 695 identified species collected from 100 countries. We recovered 867 sequences (> 0 base pairs) with a sequencing success of 88.8% (727 of 819 sequenced genera gained a barcode > 300 base pairs). While Sanger-based methods were more effective for recently-collected specimens, the methods employing next-generation sequencing recovered barcodes for specimens over a century old. The utility of the newly generated reference barcodes is demonstrated by the subsequent taxonomic assignment of nearly 5000 specimen records in the Barcode of Life Data System.
Influence of ultrasonic treatment on functional properties and structure of tussah pupa protein isolate
Authors: Ding Y.X. , Gao Y.H. , Sun J.X. , Li C.Q. , Yue X.Q. , Shao J.H.
Published: March 2022

Tussah pupa protein is one of the high-quality insect proteins with high nutritional value and has been gradually recognised by the public, which can be used as a substitute for traditional animal-derived food proteins. But in contrast, the processing potential of it is much worse. Given this, this study took tussah silkworm chrysalis as the research object, and the isolated protein was extracted by alkali dissolution and acid precipitation and treated by ultrasonic wave (suspension concentration 9%, ultrasonic time 100 min, ultrasonic amplitude 40%), the effects of ultrasound were evaluated by determining the tussah pupa protein isolate (TPPI) functionalities and its structure changes. The results showed that compared with the untreated TPPI, the ultrasound-treated TPPI solubility significantly increased 4.57 times, water-holding capacity increased 1.06 times, emulsifying activity and emulsifying stability increased 2.10 times and 1.23 times respectively, foaming capacity as well as foaming stability increased 1.83 times and 1.05 times respectively (P<0.05). Besides, the protein surface hydrophobicity and flexibility were also strongly improved (P<0.05). Protein structure analysis showed that the disulphide bonds content reduced 1.21 times, sulfhydryl content increased 0.82 times, α-helices and random coils content in protein secondary structures increased significantly, β-sheets and β-turns content significantly decreased (P<0.05) after ultrasonic treatment, indicating that ultrasound caused the transformation of some ordered structures into irregular structures. According to Fourier transform infrared spectrum, some protein characteristic peaks changed, including O-H stretching vibration intensity increased, and the amide I band moved to the low wavenumber direction, which indicated that the spatial structure of TPPI had been extended. Ultrasonic treatment can expose the internal polar groups and increasing the surface active sites of protein, to improve some functional properties of TPPI to a certain extent, which provided a theoretical foundation for developing new types of tussah pupa protein foods.
The impact of employee empowerment on organizational performance: A mediating role of employee engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour
Authors: Afram Joseph , Manresa Alba , Mas-Machuca Marta
Published: March 2022

Purpose:The aim of the study is to assess the mediating role of employee engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour on the relationship between employee empowerment (structural, psychological) and organisational performance in non-commercial banks in Ghana.Design/Methodology/ approach: SEM (EQS) was used to test the proposed hypothesis based on 304 employees selected from eight non-commercial banks in the Bono Region, Ghana.Findings: Organisational citizenship behaviour was a significant mediator on the relationship between employee empowerment (structural and psychological) and organisational performance. However, employee engagement showed no positive effect on the relationship between employee empowerment (structural, psychological) and organisational performance.Research limitations/Implications: This study assists managers and leaders to understand how employee empowerment influences organisational performance in the current business environment. The study was conducted in a particular area; Ghana, making it difficult to generalise the results across other countries. Practical implication: The study provides practical knowledge to managers and leaders on the role of organisational citizenship behaviour and employee engagement on the relationship between employee empowerment (structural, psychological) and organisational performance that facilitates the decision-making process.Originality and value: The originality of the present study relays on the interaction among structural and psychological empowerment, organisational citizenship behaviour, employee engagement and organisational performance in a developing economy where this research has not been done before.