bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
SUMMER STATISTICAL MODELS OF CLOUD CHARACTERISTICS OVER WESTERN SIBERIA ACCORDING TO MODIS DATA
Authors:   Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ASTAFUROV V. G. , SKOROKHODOV A. V. ,   Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, KUR’YANOVICH K. V. ,   Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: January 2022

Summer statistical models of textural features and physical parameters for various cloud types over the northern and southern parts of Western Siberia are proposed. The MODIS satellite data obtained over the study region in June, July, and August from 2010 to 2019 are considered. The model was constructed by determining the distribution laws that describe fluctuations in the values of various cloud parameters based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The summer cloud classification, that includes 14 cloud types, is presented. A feature of constructing a statistical model of optical thickness for powerful towering vertical clouds is considered. Estimates of the mean and relative standard deviation are given for some parameters and all considered cloud types in the northern and southern parts of Western Siberia. The results of forming statistical models both for individual cloud levels and for all varieties in general are discussed. Promising areas of developing the present study are given.
Academic Research and Creative Writing: Redrawing the Map and Finding One’s Allies (and avoiding the Corbett phenomena)
Authors: Owen Christine
Published: January 2022

Hopefully, in a more positive and productive way, creative writing academics can recognise the interdependencies between the creative writing discipline and other disciplines. In doing so they might be able to assist postgraduates to find a better way to think of their research, other than as a distraction from their ‘real’ creative work, by helping them to find a place to hold productive conversations with the many allies to befound among creative people across the university looking at the same kinds of issues from different perspectives.
Draining Creativity: The Teacher-Writer in the Vampire Academy
Authors: Kroll Jeri
Published: January 2022

This paper investigates the complex identity of teacher-writers by considering the nature of some of the jobs that they perform in the academy, which make them ‘teachers,’ ‘supervisors’ and ‘mentors’ as well ascreative practitioners. These identities impact on a writer’s ability to produce because they require sustained and intense interaction with students. What happens to teacher-writers who can find no time to write? Does this state of affairs affect not only their stagnating CVs, but their functioning in the academy as well?
Strange directions for future research (cultural studies as creative writing)
Authors: Magee Paul
Published: January 2022

The following three short pieces constitute policy interventions into my other disciplinary home, which is Australian cultural studies. I write and teach poetry, but otherwise am located there. As for the three texts, their aim is to open that discipline up to more creative research modalities, on the grounds that cultural studies should capitalise on its sometime role as the experimental wing of humanities and social sciences research, and make it central. While initially geared to a cultural studies audience, Ithink that these three interventions can be usefully read in dialogue with Jen Webb and Donna Lee Brien’s recent call in TEXT 10:1 for writing academics to contribute to the large and growing body of scholarship on the topics of creativity and innovation (Webb and Brien 2006). I fully concur with this strategy, though I’d like to put a little spin on it, as follows: I would like to see writing academics taking the current research imperative as an opportunity to address traditional intellectual questions, whether in cultural studies or elsewhere, precisely as writers; i.e., with the same sorts of freedoms and licences we allow ourselves in our creative work.
Creativity: The fire in the fennel stalk
Authors: North Sue
Published: January 2022

How can a change be brought about, one that would allow creative writing to be identified as research in Australian universities? Writing’s whole content and context revolves around mastering language, something that everyone uses every day, and this means it is linked to speaking - to the voice, the basis of our communication. From this an assumption arises that writing is something we can all do. As one writer said to me: ‘there’s a status thing about it, which belittles the creative effort. Anyone can write poetry. Uncle Jim did when there was a wedding last week, and it had everyone’s name in it’ (North 2004: 139). If ‘we can all’ do it, then it follows that someone who is doing what everyone else can do should not be bestowed with more ‘capital’ than the rest of us. Because of this attitude, creativity attached to creative writers in the academy lacks status and cannot easily win research funding.
How to Write a ‘How to Write’ Book: The Writer as Entrepreneur
Authors: Steve Evans Jeri Kroll,
Published: January 2022

This paper considers the genre of the writing text. It canvasses a number of types, asks why authors direct their creative energies into this kind of project, and notes the most common strategies that they employ. It discusses the work of writers with an existing public profile and, therefore,with already acknowledged skills and knowledge in the area. In addition, it raises the question of the writing text as a ‘theory-free zone’, as a species of writing that acts as if it can escape theory because it has no other agenda than to inspire and teach.
The Exegesis and the Shock of the New
Authors: Bolt Barbara
Published: January 2022

Central to all postgraduate research, is the expectation that postgraduate students make a major contribution to new knowledge in the discipline. In the developing field of creative arts research, “new knowledge” sits in an ambiguous relation to a pre-existing avant-garde tradition that valorises originality and the “shock of the new”. Whilst, according to Robert Hughes, ‘the idea of the avant-garde petered out in the institutionalised culture of late modernism’ (Hughes 1981:6) and postmodernism has theoretically rendered originality and the author dead, I would suggest that the avant-garde “shock of the new” persists as a stain in institutional art education vision. In art discourse, the shock of the new has been figured as transgressive, an attempt to break the existing rules and create “shock”. As “shock value” is undermined by habituation, artists increasingly have to ratchet up “shock value” in order to maintain the level of shock. But is this really the shock of the new?

Working with Martin Heidegger’s notion of “handlability”, I will argue that the “shock of the new” is a particular understanding that is realized through our dealings with the tools and materials of production, rather than a self-conscious attempt at transgression. In the “work” of art, we do not consciously seek the “new” but rather are open to what emerges in the interaction with the materials of practice. Through these material dealings, Levinas notes, ‘we gain access to the world in an original and an originary way’ (Levinas 1996: 19). The exegesis is a reflection on these “shocking” realizations.
Exegesis - The Debate in TEXT
Authors: editors TEXT
Published: January 2022

TEXT has been at the forefront of the debate on the exegesis and on the associated notions of the relationship of research to art practice. Below is a list of papers that have appeared in TEXT discussing aspects of this debate.
The Problem of the Exegesis in Creative Writing Higher Degrees
Authors: Philip Neilsen Nike Bourke,
Published: January 2022

It has now become standard practice for there to be an exegetical component not only in creative writing PhDs, but also in Masters and even Honours dissertations. In this paper we will examine the main kinds of exegeses currently being submitted and discussed - including reflective/journal-based, ‘theory’ based, literary criticism, and historical or genre context - and attempt to evaluate their usefulness both for the student/writer and for the broader academic community.

We will be exploring such questions as: does current learning theory support the reflective or self-critical approach? Are current exegetical models (particularly the literary criticism model) overly embedded in an English Department idea of writing and writing theory? Does creative writing need to establish its own critical discourse, particularly through the exegesis? What kinds of students are doing these exegeses and how does our understanding of their assumed knowledges impact on developing models for critical work? Does current exegetical practice contribute to a growing theory of creative writing?
Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on profitability of banks in Pakistan: Application of GMM Approach
Authors: Nazish Mehreen , Akhtar Muhammad Hanif
Published: January 2022

The present study investigates the effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on financial performance of commercial banks in Pakistan employing the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator on a panel data. A diverse sample of 25 banks is selected for the analyses for a period of 11 years (2010-2020) based on consistently available data. In addition to the CSR index, some bank-specific and macroeconomic variables are used as control variables to test for the effects of CSR initiatives on profitability of banks in Pakistan. Our findings demonstrate that the CSR drives and commitments on social expectations reward the banks with larger profit margins. Consequently, the results tend to validate the stakeholder theory where socially responsible enterprises lead towards greater financial performance. The control variables like capital intensity, credit risk, bank size, liquidity, age of the bank, proportion of non-executive directors, tangibility and GDP growth divulge mixed results. The diversity in results propose a number of policy and managerial implications both for policy makers and banks managers.
Consumo de álcool em pessoas vivendo com HIV e suas implicações para os desfechos clínicos
Authors: Mesquita Alanis Lisboa , Melo Elizabete Santos , Costa Christefany Régia Braz , Pontes Priscila Silva , Gir Elucir , Reis Renata Karina
Published: January 2022

Objetivou-se analisar a prevalência do consumo de álcool em pessoas vivendo com HIV e sua associação com os desfechos clínicos. Trata-se de um estudo transversal, analítico, realizado com pessoas que vivem com HIV em tratamento ambulatorial no município de Ribeirão Preto, SP. Realizou-se entrevista com instrumento sociodemográfico e clínico e com o Cuestionario para La Evaluación de La Adhesión al Tratamiento Antirretroviral. Para análise dos dados utilizou-se os Testes Qui-quadrado, Exato de Fisher e regressão logística, adotando p<0,05. Dos 340 participantes, a prevalência do consumo de álcool foi 40,6%, dos quais 35% apresentavam consumo leve e moderado e 5,6% alto. Identificou-se que pessoas com carga viral detectável tem 1,76 vezes mais chance (p=0,04; IC95% 1,00–3,05) de consumir álcool. O estudo evidenciou uma alta prevalência de consumo de álcool entre pessoas que vivem com HIV e o desfecho clínico que apresentou associação com o alto consumo de álcool foi a carga viral.
O uso da aromaterapia no contexto da enfermagem: uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Silva Ilisdayne Thallita Soares da , Araújo Analice Campelo de , Medeiros Yasmin Elvira de , Santos Rebecca Stefany da Costa , Góis Mariana Melo da Cruz Domingos , Silva Richardson Augusto Rosendo da
Published: January 2022

Objetivo: Investigar na literatura científica como a aromaterapia é utilizada na prática assistencial da enfermagem. Método: Revisão integrativa da literatura com a seguinte questão norteadora: Como a aromaterapia é utilizada na prática assistencial de Enfermagem? O levantamento das publicações ocorreu no período de março e abril de 2020, nas bases de dados BDENF, LILACS e MEDLINE. Resultados: Após a leitura e análise dos artigos, 16 artigos compuseram a amostra final desta revisão. Os dados foram analisados por meio de categorias temáticas. A análise agrupou o estudo em três categorias: A aromaterapia usada no alívio da dor; A aromaterapia usada nos cuidados paliativos oncológicos; e A aromaterapia como recurso terapêutico na saúde mental. Conclusão: A síntese das evidências encontradas fortalece a prática da aromaterapia dentro da enfermagem como uma intervenção para o cuidado integral do cliente, consolidando a Política Nacional de Práticas Integrativas e Complementares no Sistema Único de Saúde.
Rastreamento do câncer de colo do útero durante o acompanhamento pré-natal
Authors: Gasparin Vanessa Aparecida , Moreira Schmalfuss Joice , Zanotelli Silvana dos Santos , Silva Eveline Franco da
Published: January 2022

Objetivo: Avaliar o rastreamento do câncer do colo do útero em mulheres no período de acompanhamento pré-natal. Método: Revisão integrativa de literatura realizada em março de 2020, nas bases de dados LILACS, Web of Science, Scopus e MEDLINE. Para a seleção dos estudos foram utilizados os Descritores em Ciências da Saúde, seus respectivos sinônimos e os Medical Subject Headings correspondentes. Resultados: Os achados fortalecem as atuais recomendações sobre a realização do exame citopatológico (CP), inclusive durante o acompanhamento pré-natal, visto que a situação gravídica não impede a ocorrência e desenvolvimento de neoplasias cervicais. Conclusão: Existem lacunas no rastreio em gestantes. Os artigos incluídos neste estudo permitiram alavancar a importância do rastreio de câncer cervical em gestantes e subsidiar a atuação de profissionais à realização da prática nesse período.
Consumo prejudicial de álcool e fatores associados em populações ribeirinhas
Authors: Nogueira Wynne Pereira , Caetano Karlla Antonieta Amorim , Brandão Gisetti Corina Gomes , Freire Maria Eliane Moreira , Reis Renata Karina , Silva Ana Cristina de Oliveira e
Published: January 2022

Objetivo: identificar a prevalência do consumo prejudicial de álcool e seus fatores associados entre os ribeirinhos do estado da Paraíba, Brasil. Método: estudo transversal e analítico realizado com 250 moradores de comunidades ribeirinhas da Paraíba, no período de junho a outubro de 2019. Regressão logística bivariada e múltipla foi utilizada para análise dos dados. Resultados: a prevalência do consumo prejudicial de álcool (AUDIT ≥ 8) foi de 30,4% (IC95% 24,7-36,1). Ribeirinhos com maiores chances de apresentarem um uso prejudicial de álcool foram os que fazem uso de drogas ilícitas (OR=3,70; IC95% 1,97-6,96) e de tabaco (OR=2,80; IC95% 1,51-5,21). Conclusão: os ribeirinhos apresentaram uma alta prevalência de consumo prejudicial de álcool, o que torna necessária a adoção de estratégias de prevenção e promoção da saúde quanto ao seu uso nocivo e a suas consequências à saúde da população ribeirinha.
The actuopaleontological studies on Cuban scleractinians and coral reefs of half a century ago are not over
Authors: Zlatarski Vassil
Published: January 2022

Gathering and studying a rich collection of fossil corals in Bulgaria led to the definition of various new taxa, but highlighted the gaps in our knowledge of fossil Scleractinia. I needed to learn from living corals. An actuopaleontological project with massive sampling of all phenotypes following coral life in depth in Cuba (1970–1973) showed extraordinary scleractinian variability and led to “heresy” regarding the conventional Caribbean taxonomy. Subsequent fundamental new knowledge challenged Scleractinia taxonomy and justified the results of the investigation of the Cuban corals, through continuing contributions to: holistic approach to scleractinian species; integrative character of coral taxonomy; new paleobiological perspectives and tasks for study; and the evolutionary benefits of hybridization for reef survival. Continuing research can be supported by: an 80% preserved collection; a scientific audiovisual documentary; a monograph in Russian, French, and soon Spanish; and a substantially and rarely preserved coral life and reef ecosystem.
Pelatihan Membuat Banten Pejati bagi Masyarakat Desa Wisata Spiritual Suranadi Lombok Barat
Authors: Saridewi Desak Putu , Sudarma I Made , Suparta Ide Kade , Kariana I Nengah Putra
Published: January 2022

Community Service Activities in the form of training to make banten pejati, aims to develop human resources as support for spiritual tourism in Suranadi village, West Lombok Regency. This activity is motivated by the absence of traders who provide banten pejati in the village, even though as a spiritual tourism area it is an attraction for tourists who want to pray. The availability of banten pejati sellers in spiritual tourism areas can also make it easy for tourists, especially those from outside the region. Based on these observations, to accommodate and develop Human Resources in Suranadi village, a training program for making banten pejati in simple packaging is needed without losing its philosophical meaning. Data collection methods used in this training program are observation, interviews, and documentation. The training begins with strengthening the understanding of the philosophy of banten pejati, then continues with demonstrations and practice in groups. The results of the evaluation showed that the participants were enthusiastic about participating in the training and showed their respective creativity in the form of the ability to make tetuasan, the design of banten pejati which was minimalist, practical, economical, and fast (in a short time). Participants are expected to be able to build the skills gained from this training in an ongoing and independent manner.
Захист інформації відомчої інформаційно-телекомунікаційної мережі за допомогою парольної системи
Authors: Sobyna Vitaliy , Taraduda Dmytro , Dement Maksym
Published: January 2022

The approach to quantitative estimation of stability of password systems taking into account power of space of passwords and length of the password is theoretically substantiated. The formalized idea of information entropy as an approach to measuring the amount of information that is unknown through random variables is determined by the randomness of a variable based on the knowledge contained in another part of the message. It is established that the greater the entropy in a given distribution of passwords, the more difficult it is to guess the password that was chosen from this distribution; passwords with higher entropy values require more expected assumptions, which makes entropy useful as a measure of password strength. Proposals for password management of the departmental information and telecommunication network of the object of critical information infrastructure are given. Studies show that much of the entropy introduced by uppercase and lowercase characters is created by users who exceed the minimum requirements of the password strength policy. Secure password creation is complicated by the trade-off between developing passwords that are both difficult to crack and use. Accordingly, the access control policy is important. Studies show that much of the entropy introduced by large and non-alphanumeric characters is created by users who exceed the minimum requirements of the password strength policy: the use of more digits than necessary, different positions of special characters. It is concluded that text passwords remain the dominant method of authentication in computer systems, despite significant improvements, including smart cards, RFID cards, USB tokens and graphic passwords, which have their advantages and are suitable for use in a particular environment or for a specific program. It is noted that there are few published empirical studies that would examine the strategies used by users under different password policies. Further research is planned in this direction/
Sutura Mendosal (Sutura Acessória): uma importante e quase desconhecida sutura craniana
Authors: Roberto Gonçalves Giuliano , Cofiño de Sá Rafael , Esteban Umanzor Ordenes Igor , De Nardo Claudino Bruno , Cavalcante Barbosa Rafael , Henrique Grecco Leandro
Published: January 2022

Não se aplica.
Mentoring na taktické úrovni pozemních sil
Authors:   Univerzita obrany, Zahradníček Pavel , Rak Luděk ,   Univerzita obrany, Hrdinka Jan ,   Univerzita obrany
Published: January 2022

The article deals with mentorship in operations. It describes general rules and conditions for effective mentorship and highlight specifics of military mentorship. The core of article compares and synthetizes rules and experiences from nowadays operations. The authors focused their point of view on andragogical, methodical and operational aspects and training development of course. There is solved tactical level of operations only.
Numerické overovanie vlastností sendvičových kompozitov pomocou programu LS-DYNA
Authors:   Akadémia ozbrojených síl generála Milana Rastislava Štefánika, Bakič Alexandra
Published: January 2022

Composite materials are one of the most progressively evolving materials today. One of the important elements of the research of these materials is also numerical calculations, which help to determine the resulting properties of the material. The aim of this work is to approach the process of creating the configuration of composite materials using simulations in the LS-DYNA program. The article introduces the system of creating numerical calculations and the use of experimental measurements to reduce the input costs of production and achieve the most accurate simulations.
Plánovanie zatarasovania
Authors:   Akadémia ozbrojených síl generála Milana Rastislava Štefánika, Spilý Peter
Published: January 2022

The article addresses the obstacles planning on the brigade or battalion level within the military decision-making process. The reason for the research is the absence of specific procedures for obstacles planning in the military publications. Using logical research methods, planning problems related to obstacles planning were extracted from the overall planning process. Subsequently, these problems were arranged in a form that allows the commander's engineering adviser to provide expert recommendations and participate in the preparation of relevant documentation.
Formulation and Evaluation of colon targeted drug Delivery of Diloxanide furoate Tablets using pH Dependent Polymers
Authors: Krosuri Pavankumar , K. Ravikumar , S.N. Priyanka , Devi G.Anjana , S. Lakshmiprasanna , A. Sujatha , A. Akhila
Published: January 2022

Diloxanide Furoate is a Dichloroacetamide derivative utilized for the treatment of various protozoal infections like amoebiasis. Colon targeted tablets were designed using pH sensitive polymers like Eudragit S100, Eudragit L 100,Cellulose acetate phthallate at different concentrations. All the matrix,compression coated formulations showed the desired physicochemical properties as per the official limits. The drug release studies were performed according to the USP paddle method by using 0.1N HCL for 2 hours, pH 7.4 phosphate buffer for 3 hours and pH 6.8 phosphate buffer upto 18 hours. A better controlled drug release was shown for Eudragit L 100. Based on the comparative drug release studies among different Formulations F9 with Eudragit L 100 polymer showed better control drug release. The release kinetics for the Optimised Formulation F9 was calculated and “r2” value was more for Zero order kinetics i.e.,0.970 indicating that the formulation doesnot depend upon its concentration and from the Korsmeyer peppas model the diffusion exponent value “n” is > 1 indicating that it follows super case II transport mechanism. The accelerated stability studies conducted for optimised formulation F9 for 3 months have no significant variation.
Docking Studies, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Pyrimidin-2-one Derivatives As a Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibitors
Authors: Chavan Prerana A. , Jadhav Shailaja B.
Published: January 2022

Diabetes is a disorder which is characterized by increase in blood glucose level beyond normal value. Now days it is a metabolic disorder and considered as one of the major cause for the death of patients worldwide. Hence there is always a need for the development of newer scaffolds which are useful in treatment of diabetes. In the research computational chemistry plays an important role to discover new possible medicines. In this work, docking analysis has been carried out to study the effects of substituted pyrimidin-2-one on Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4). Docking study shows that compound A5 having 2,4-difluorophenyl and 2-hydroxy phenyl group has a potent (IC50 28.13 µM), selective and in vitro efficacious DPP-4 inhibitor. Further molecular modeling revealed compound A5 can fit in the enzyme pocket topologically very well with the pyrimidin-2-one moiety providing hydrogen bond interaction with Glu 205 and Ser 209 of DPP-4. Based on these results, compound A5 might be a promising lead compound for further optimization in the treatment of T2DM.
Bygone Exertion on Mucoadhesive Bilayered Tablets
Authors: Abdul Ahad Hindustan , Raghav Dasari Rahul , Haranath Chinthaginjala , Gowthami Madana , Jyothi Varam Naga , Sravanthi Pandyala
Published: January 2022

The point of present writing is gathering past work done on mucoadhesive bilayered tablets. Numerous specialists are getting pulled towards these systems to plan of examinations in the streamlining of medication conveyance frameworks as very few studies were advanced till date. Mucoadhesive system is simple to create, utilize, and easily accessible to evaluate the results. The authors made an adequate attempt to bring a platform on various polymers utilized in the advancement mucoadhesive bilayered tablets.
Extraction and Isolation of Phenolic compounds from
Sweet lime and Evaluation of Anticancer potentiality followed by Molecular docking against Topoisomerase II
Authors: Bhaumik Asish , Datta Samaresh , Datta Susmita , Samanta Radheshyam , Tripathi B. D.
Published: January 2022

The main aim and objective of the present research work was the isolation of some novel bioflavanoids from methanolic extract of peels of sweet lime (MEE-PSWL) and evaluation of in vitro anticancer activity followed by molecular docking against target protein topoisomerase II. The extraction was done by reflux condensation method and preliminary phytochemical screening of MEE-PSWL was carried out for the evaluation of bioactive molecules, the bioflavanoids present in MEE-PSWL was confirmed by spectral analysis such as ESI-MS-MS and FTIR. Molecular docking of isolated compounds was carried out against target protein Topoisomerase II with PDB id 1ZXM by Auto dock program and the best dock pose was selected based on the interaction study analysis. In vitro anticancer activity MEE-PSWL was evaluated by SRB assay toward human colon adenocarcinoma cell line SW620 and the test was carried out at different concentrations. A preliminary screening displayed that the MEE-PSWL was able to inhibit the proliferation of more than 60% of human colon adenocarcinoma SW620 cells. The maximum growth of inhibition was found to be at 125µg/ml (IC50 4.5µg/ml) and the standard drug doxorubicin was found to inhibit the maximum proliferation at concentration 75µg/ml (IC50 3µg/ml).
Indirect Electrochemical Determination of Chlorpropamide Through Its Interaction with Valsartan Using Square Wave Voltammetry
Authors: Al-Taee Amer Th. , Al-Hafidh Aws Z.
Published: January 2022

A square wave voltammetric technique coupled with three electrode detection system consist of hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) as working electrode, 1mm platinum wire as an auxiliary electrode (Pt-wire) and silver/silver chloride saturated potassium chloride (Ag/AgCl.sat.KCl) as reference electrode was used to determine the chlorpropamide indirectly through its interaction with valsartan, chlorpropamide gives no reduction peaks in the studied range. The effect of pH and the stability of the measurement were examined calibrations curve of chlorpropamide was constructed and the relation between current and concentration of chlorpropamide was linear with R2 value = 0.9944. The limit of detection for chlorpropamide was 4.89 x 10-9 M through its interaction with valsartan.
Screening plants extracts for Antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani
Authors: Singh Shweta , Rengarajan Jaiganesh , Sellamuthu Iyappan
Published: January 2022

The adverse effect of pesticides used for controlling pests and the diseases caused by them is extensively rising. To overcome this harmful environmental impact, alternative methods are being studied and developed. Out of many possible methods, one effective method is to use plant extracts which embodies natural substances having antifungal properties. In an attempt towards enhancement of sustainable antifungal approach, four different concentrations of four plant extracts Citrus limon, Azadirachta indica, Ocimum gratissimum and Acalypha indica, were tested for their antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani, which is a serious threat for plants, and is responsible for considerable crop and yield losses. The aim of this study is to minimize yield losses and to regain the attention of formers towards exploiting natural resources for diseases control. From the results, it can be concluded that different concentrations of plant extracts have caused substantial inhibition in the mycelial growth of R. solani. The leaf extract of Ocimum gratissimum was highly effective in inhibiting mycelial growth, at the concentration of 500mg/ml of extract followed by Citrus limon, Azadirachta indica, and Acalypha indica. These plants might have potential for the development of natural fungicide for the management of diseases caused by fungal pathogens. Also, fungicides developed from these botanical extracts can prove to be highly effective for the management of plant diseases and would be simply obtainable, nonpolluting, biodegradable and economical.
Knowledge, Perception, and Belief on Antibiotic Use in The Community of Panyabungan, Mandailing Natal District, Indonesia
Authors: Syahputra R.A. , Khairunnisa Khairunnisa , Harahap Urip
Published: January 2022

Antibiotics are organic compounds produced by certain microorganisms and toxic to the other microorganisms. Irrational antibiotic use can cause serious health problems, especially bacterial resistance to antibiotics. This study aimed to determine the extent of knowledge, perception and belief on antibiotic use in Panyabungankota Subdistrict Mandailing Natal District. This study used cross-sectional design, total sample 198 people taken by purposive random sampling. Research data retrieval time during December 2017. In this study the questionnare used consisted of four sections they are demographic, knowledge, perceptions and belief. Analysis of the data used are univariate and bivariate analysis with chi-square method. From the result of the research, it was found that the public knowledge regarding antibiotic use was 37.9% belongs to good category, whereas society perception regarding antibiotic use was 69.7% belong to enough category and belief regarding antibiotic use was 74.7% belong to enough category. The result of statistical test showed significant relationship among public knowledge of antibiotic use and the characteristics of sex, age, last education, and work, p<0.1. The result of statistical test showed no significant relationship among perception and belief of antibiotic use and the characteristics of sex, age, last education, and work, p>0.1. and the result showed significant relationship between knowledge and beliefs, p<0.1, the result showed no significant relationship between knowledge and perception, p>0.1. and the result showed significant relationship between perception and beliefs, p<0,1. Based on the results of this study it can be concluded, that knowledge, perceptions and belief of antibiotic use still need to be improved.
Measuring Quality of Public Participation in the Local Government of Bangladesh
Authors: Makhdum Niaz , Rumi Maruf Hasan , Islam Naznin
Published: January 2022

Public participation in local government is considered very crucial for ensuring good governance and quality service at the local level. This study aims to measure the level of public participation in the local government of Bangladesh. For this purpose, Arnstein’s citizen participation theory is used in this study. A cross-sectional quantitative approach has been followed in this study. To fulfill the research objectives, 400 samples were collected using the survey method from two divisions of Bangladesh namely Dhaka and Rangpur. A semi-structured questionnaire was used in this study for conducting the survey. Major findings of this study revealed that existing mechanisms for citizens’ participation in the local government of Bangladesh is merely for eye-washing rather than for ensuring actual citizen’s participation. People cannot influence local government decisions through these existing mechanisms. In terms of Arnstein’s citizen’s participation theory, the level of public participation in the local government of Bangladesh is at the therapy level. It indicates that the existing mechanisms are only for making people cured by showing that the people have the opportunity to participate rather than using these mechanisms for ensuring actual citizens’ participation. However, the government and other respective authorities need to take necessary measures for ensuring public participation in the local government of Bangladesh.
المباحث الإيمانية في سورة الأعلى
Authors: ، حامد إبراهيم محمد دمباي
Published: January 2022

This research deals with the names of surat Al-A'ala, number of ayas (verses), place and order of the sura its and the context in relation to other suras.

 

This sura was frequently recited by the prophet for reasons having to do with its inclusion of profound meanings in extolling the creator, and what He bestowed upon humans and especially upon his prophet in matters to do with the revelation of the Quran and the sharia (Islamic jurisprudence).

 

In addition the sura contains most of heart-taking facts; varying conditions of people and human life, the hereafter and accompanying rewards and punishments with underlying assertions that life after death is the real life.

 

The sura also stresses that humanity can only be well guided if the values laid down by the Quran are followed, and that the mission of the prophet of Islam is actually a continuation of that of Ibrahaim and Moses, peace be upon them.
استخدام أعضاء هيئة التدريس بجامعة أم درمان الإسلامية لمصادر المكتبة : دراسة تحليلية
Authors: النور حسن حسن
Published: January 2022

information sources which used by staff members in central Library of Omdurman Islamic University through analysis that sources to purpose of preparing lectures, achieving researches, or up to dating.

 

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A Collaborative Dragonfly Algorithm with Novel Communication Strategy and Application for Multi-Thresholding Color Image Segmentation
Authors: Fei-Fei Liu Fei-Fei Liu , Fei-Fei Liu Shu-Chuan Chu , Shu-Chuan Chu Xiaopeng Wang , Xiaopeng Wang Jeng-Shyang Pan
Published: January 2022

The Dragonfly Algorithm (DA) is a novel swarm intelligence algorithm with some positive applications in recent years. The algorithm simulates the basic survival ability of dragonflies to evade predators and capture prey in natural environment. The original DA algorithm converges too fast, and it is easy to fall into the local optimum, which causes the search to stagnate and the algorithm effect is not ideal. Based on above, a collaborative evolutionary dragonfly algorithm (CDA) with multi-group strategy is proposed in this paper. It uses multi-group strategy and Cauchy mutation to jointly improve the convergence speed and accuracy of the original algorithm. Image segmentation is an essential aspect of computer graphics and image processing. It has become increasingly important. This paper uses threshold technology based on the CDA algorithm to find the optimal index value under different threshold conditions. The experimental results have demonstrated that the CDA is highly competitive in terms of convergence speed and convergence accuracy DA algorithm, and CDA also performs excellent advantages in graphic segmentation experiments.

 
Edge Based Lightweight Authentication Architecture Using Deep Learning for Vehicular Networks
Authors: Hyunhee Park Hyunhee Park
Published: January 2022

When vehicles are connected to the Internet through vehicle-to-everything (V2X) systems, they are exposed to diverse attacks and threats through the network connections. Vehicle-hacking attacks in the road can significantly affect driver safety. However, it is difficult to detect hacking attacks because vehicles not only have high mobility and unreliable link conditions, but they also use broadcast-based wireless communication. To this end, V2X systems need a simple but a powerful authentication procedure on the road. Therefore, this paper proposes an edge based lightweight authentication architecture using a deep learning algorithm for road safety applications in vehicle networks. The proposed lightweight authentication architecture enables vehicles that are physically separated to form a vehicular cloud in which vehicle-to-vehicle communications can be secured. In addition, an edge-based cloud data center performs deep learning algorithms to detect car hacking attempts, and then delivers the detection results to a vehicular cloud. Extensive simulations demonstrate that the proposed authentication architecture significantly enhanced the security level. The proposed authentication architecture has 94.51 to 99.8% F1-score results depending on the number of vehicles in the intrusion detection system using control area network traffic.

 
Slave, Convict, and Indentured Labor and the Tyranny of the Particular
Authors: Allen Richard B.
Published: January 2022

In Slave, Convict and Indentured Labor and the Tyranny of the Particular, distinguished historian Richard B. Allen draws on forty-five years of research on slavery and indentured labor in the Indian Ocean world and Asia to challenge scholars to look beyond the chronological, conceptual, and geographical confines of the specialized case studies that characterize research on slavery and related forms of migrant labor and situate their studies in more fully developed local, regional, pan-regional, and comparative contexts. As this inaugural Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies demonstrates, the globality of European slave trading and abolitionism and the connections between the slave, convict, and indentured labor trades in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonial world highlight the need to adopt more holistic approaches to studying the nature, dynamics, and impact of the human experience with slavery and cognate forms of forced labor in both the past and the present.
Intrusion Detection Attacks Classification using Machine Learning Techniques
Authors:   Zarqa University, Jordan., Alqdah Majdi
Published: January 2022

Distributing numerous services over the internet is called Cloud Computing. Applications and tools like networking, data storage, databases, servers, software are examples of the resources. The service provider is required to provide the resource always and from any location. However, the network is the most important factor in gaining access to data in the cloud. When leveraging the cloud network, the cloud threats take advantage. An intrusion Detection System (IDS) observes the network and detects and reports threats. The anomaly method is significant in Intrusion Detection Systems. IDS monitors known and unknown data whenever a virtual machine is developed. If any anonymous data is detected, the Intrusion Detection System identifies it using an anomaly classification algorithm and sends a report to the administrator. Naive Bayes, Decision tree (CART), Support Vector Machine, and random forest techniques are utilized in this work to classify unknown data. These algorithms are assisting in reducing the percentage of false alarms. This proposed work was carried out utilizing the WEKA tool for generating the report, yielding a best result in less computing time.
Branding UMKM untuk Meningkatkan Potensi Promosi dan Penjualan Secara Mandiri
Authors: Rezky Syarifah Fadillah , Hamdani Rita , Suherdi Devri , Erwansyah Kamil , Ginting Erika Fahmi , Simangunsong Pandi Barita Nauli
Published: January 2022

Branding packaging merupakan salah satu cara untuk memikat calon konsumen UMKM dalam menentukan keputusan untuk membeli produk UMKM. Masih banyak pelaku UMKM yang tidak faham mengenai fungsi branding dan menciptakan branding produk mereka. Dari hasil survey angket yang kami berikan kepada pelaku UMKM di Binjai yang tergabung dalam organisasi IWAPI (Ikatan Wanita Pengusaha Indonesia) 79% belum memahami peran branding produk khususnya sebagai cirikhas produk UMKM, untuk dapat bersaing dipasar global maka UMKM harus terus berinovasi dan mengembangkan produk mereka. Melalui kegiatan pengabdian Masyarakat ini memberi motivasi dan pengetahuan kepada pelaku UMKM khususnya di Binjai. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini selain memotivasi dan memberi sosialisasi kepada pelaku UMKM mengenai peran branding packaging dalam meningkatkan penjualan juga sebagai media promosi digital kepada konsumen, serta sinergi kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakukan oleh akademisi. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian ini bersifat diskusi, ceramah dan praktik branding digital secara visual.
Manajemen Peserta Didik Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus Melalui Pendekatan Lingkungan Inklusi Ramah Pembelajaran (LIRP) Pada Sekolah Dasar Reguler
Authors: Goo Maria Yulianti
Published: January 2022

Tujuan penyusunan artikel ini adalah mendeskripsikan manajemen peserta didik anak berkebutuhan khusus melalui pendekatan LIRP. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan mengkaji literatur, observasi dan wawancara di lapangan dengan para pelaku pendidikan inklusi di sekolah inklusi. Hasil yang diperoleh bahwa manajemen peserta didik anak berkebutuhan khusus dengan pendekatan lingkungan inklusi ramah pembelajaran adalah sebuah proses dalam memberdayakan sumberdaya manusia yang ada di sekolah sebagai subyek pendidikan, dimana semua pelaku pendidikan ini saling memberdayakan diri melalui proses interaksi sosial, dengan tujuan mengasah kepekaan akfektif dan kecerdasan secara kognitif. Dengan demikian sekolah dasar reguler yang terinklusi adalah sarana untuk menciptakan lingkungan perkembangan seluruh aspek kehidupan  peserta didik yang berkebutuhan khusus dan pelaku pendidikan lainnya dengan lebih optimal. Dari hasil penelitian ini, satu rekomendasi sebagai catatan bagi para pembuat kebijakan dan penyelenggara pendidikan inklusi supaya menyediakan sumberdaya yang memadai bagi layanan anak berkebutuhan khusus seprti tenaga tarapis, psikolog, dokter dan ditempatkan di sekolah-sekolah reguler yang terinklusi.
La empresa educativa: constitución y organización
Authors:   Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Valero Ancco Vidnay Noel , Cruz Huisa Ruth Mery ,   Universidad Nacional del Altiplano
Published: January 2022

La educación universitaria es integral, por lo tanto garantiza la formación de profesionales emprendedores, capaces de generar sus propios espacios de desenvolvimiento profesional, a través de la investigación, la transferencia de tecnologías y conocimientos a la comunidad, así como generar desarrollo, esto se refleja en los currículos universitarios de las carreras de educación donde existen asignaturas orientadas a fortalecer estas capacidades de emprendimiento, además de preparar al futuro profesional en aspectos teóricos referidos a la creación de empresas, marketing entre otros y también con la creación de incubadoras de negocios. El presente texto permite al estudiante universitario, acercarse a los conceptos elementales de empresa y los procesos para constituir y organizar una empresa educativa, teniendo como finalidad motivar y acercar al estudiante en la posibilidad de crear su propia institución educativa.
The birth of minority legislation in the newly independent Finland and Estonia (1918–1920): a comparative analysis
Authors: Alenius Kari
Published: January 2022

This article analyzes how ethnic minorities were taken into account in the Finnish and Estonian constitutions, and why account was taken precisely in a certain way. At the same time, it approaches what kinds of views were presented by different political parties and interest groups, what kind of debate was being held in Parliament and how the matter was dealt with in the leading media. The outcome of the process in both countries was that exceptionally broad linguistic and cultural rights were given to minorities if the situation was compared with the rest of Europe.
There were several factors behind the process. One factor was the relationship between ethnic groups in Finland and Estonia in the historical perspective. Another factor was each country's internal debate on what kind of social order in general was to be built. The third factor was how the politics in Finland and Estonia was influenced by international trends and theories about how ethnic minorities should have been treated.
O corpo e suas representações na tessitura identitária umbandista
Authors: Purificação Marcelo Máximo , Catarino Elisângela Maura
Published: January 2022

Este texto é produzido no âmbito da disciplina Pedagogia do Corpo, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação (Doutorado) da Universidade Luterana do Brasil – ULBRA, com aproximação com o projeto de tese – que tem como objeto as identidades umbandistas juvenis no contexto escolar. Objetiva-se discutir sobre o corpo e suas representações no processo de construção identitária de jovens umbandistas. O corpo, visto a partir da perspectiva religiosa, é uma poderosa forma de comunicação por onde perpassa o espetáculo do ethos, materializando em gestos e em formas os orixás – divindades cultuadas nas religiões de matrizes africanas, por meio do processo da incorporação. A incorporação ou possessão é, segundo Ortiz (1999, p.71), o elemento central do culto, permitindo a descida dos espíritos do reino da luz, da corte de Aruanda, que cavalgam a montaria da qual eles são senhores. Para Carlos de Ogum (s/d), quando o atabaque fala, a alma escuta e o corpo responde. O corpo, como elemento desse cenário, se configura numa importante fonte dialógica que possibilita abarcar vários tipos de experiências dentro da categoria do êxtase (LEWIS, 2003).
Las tres dimensiones del aprendizaje colectivo
Authors: Pelfini Alejandro
Published: January 2022

El aprendizaje colectivo no es ni resultado automático del desarrollo social ni la sumatoria de capacidades innatas de los individuos. Este artículo se sitúa en paralelo a los esfuerzos desarrollados por autores como Max Miller y Klaus Eder por sociologizar el concepto de aprendizaje colectivo, tal como fue planteado originalmente por Jürgen Habermas. El objetivo de este trabajo es transformar las consideraciones generales sobre los procesos de aprendizaje colectivo en una categoría con sensibilidad empírica, en el sentido de una teoría de alcance intermedio. Para ello se proponen dos pasos fundamentales en la sistematización del concepto: dar cuenta del tipo de escenario que ofrece condiciones de posibilidad a su constitución, vinculado estrechamente a un proceso civilizatorio; y distinguir sus tres dimensiones fundamentales (la de los valores, la normativa y la técnico-operativa), construyendo una secuencia de su formación que sirva para analizar casos concretos.