bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kamu Diplomasisi Bağlamında Türkiye'nin Afrika Açılım Politikası
Authors: Eren Süleyman
Published: March 2022

Geleneksel diplomasi araçlarının toplumlararası etkileşimi etkin bir şekilde yürütmede yetersiz kalması sonucu kamu diplomasisi araçlarına ihtiyaç duyulmuştur. Kamu diplomasisi, devletlerin ilişkide bulundukları toplumlara kendi değerlerini, tezlerini anlatabilmesinde etkili bir yöntem olmuştur. Bu bağlamda Türkiye de kendi değerlerini ve tezlerini başta Afrika ülkeleri olmak üzere dünyanın birçok yerinde anlatabilmek ve anlaşılabilmek için kamu diplomasisini dış politikasında aktif bir şekilde kullanmaya başlamıştır. Afrika açılımı ile Afrika diplomasisine hız veren Türkiye, birçok Afrika ülkesinde yürüttüğü kamu diplomasisi faaliyetleri ile bölgede etkin olmaya çalışmaktadır. Bu çalışmada kamu diplomasisi kuramı çerçevesinde Türkiye’nin Afrika’ya yönelik olarak 1998 yılında başlattığı Afrika açılımından 2022 yılına kadar yürüttüğü kamu diplomasisi faaliyetlerine odaklanılmıştır. Bu kapsamda çalışmada Türkiye’nin Afrika açılımı sonrası başlattığı kamu diplomasisi faaliyetlerinin etkinliklerinin ölçülmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmada Türkiye’nin Afrika’ya yönelik kamu diplomasisi faaliyetlerinin etkinliği söylem-eylem, söylem-kapasite ve söylemleri yerine getirme gücü olmak üzere üç boyutta değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmanın ulaştığı en temel sonuçlardan birisi Türkiye’nin Afrika’daki kamu diplomasisi faaliyetlerinin birbirinden farklı etkilere ve yansımalarsa sahip olduğudur. Çalışmada Türkiye’nin Afrika’daki kamu diplomasisi faaliyetlerinin zaman içerisinde geliştiği ancak her zaman etkili olamadığı savunulmaktadır.
Radovan Karadziç’in Bosna Savaşı’na Dair Güvenlikleştirme Siyasetinde Kullandığı Söylemler
Authors: Güven İbrahim Fevzi , Duran Hasan
Published: March 2022

Çalışmada, 1992-1995 yılları arasında yaşanan Bosna Savaşı döneminde Bosnalı Sırpların siyasi lideri konumunda olan Radovan Karadziç’in güvenlikleştirme siyasetinde kullandığı söylemler incelenmiştir. Kavramsal çerçeve olarak güvenlik konularının sosyal, siyasal ve söylemsel bir inşa süreci sonucunda oluşturulmasını ele alan güvenlikleştirme yaklaşımının kullanıldığı çalışmada, Karadziç’in Bosna Savaşına dair güvenlikleştirme siyasetinde hangi söylemlere başvurduğunu, politikalarını hangi iddialar üzerinden meşrulaştırmaya çalıştığını araştırmak amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemi ve bu araştırma yöntemine ait bir araştırma deseni olan durum (örnek olay) çalışması kullanılarak Karadziç’in söylem ve politikaları detaylıca ele alınmış, temel veri toplama aracı olarak Eski Yugoslavya Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi arşiv kayıtlarına başvurulmuştur. İncelenen veriler ışığında, Bosna-Hersek’in bağımsızlığını Bosnalı Sırplar için bir güvenlik sorunu olarak ilan eden Karadziç’in Bosna-Hersek topraklarında etnik olarak homojen bir Sırp devleti kurma amacını meşrulaştırmak için üç farklı güvenlik tehdidi söylemi kullandığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bunlardan birincisi, İzzetbegoviç yönetiminin Bosna-Hersek’te bir İslami rejim kurmayı hedeflediğini ve bu bağlamda Bosna-Hersek’in “İslami terörün” Avrupa’ya açılan kapısı haline geleceğini ileri süren İslami fundementalizm tehdidi söylemidir. Karadziç bir diğer tehdit söyleminde, İzzetbegoviç yönetimini ve Boşnakları tarihin çeşitli dönemlerinde Sırpların düşmanlarının safında yer alan iç düşmanlar olarak ilan etmek için Osmanlı dönemi ‘Türk işgaline’ dair Sırp milliyetçi anlatısından yararlanmıştır. Sırp lider son olarak, Hırvatları II. Dünya Savaşı döneminde kurulan Hırvat Ustaşa rejimi ile özdeşleştirmek üzere kurgulanan ve II. Dünya Savaşına dair Sırp toplumsal hafızasını etkili bir biçimde kullanan tehdit söylemi inşa etmiştir.
Effect of Combined Chloride-Sulfate Solutions and Associated Cation Types with Sulfate Ions on Corrosion Performance of Steel Rebar in Concrete
Authors: Jee Arya Anuj , Pradhan Bulu
Published: March 2022

The rapid deterioration of reinforced concrete structures located in marine environment because of chloride-generated corrosion remains a matter of serious concern. The marine environment mainly comprises chloride (Cl−) ions, sodium (Na+) ions, sulfate (SO42−) ions, and magnesium (Mg2+) ions. The existence of SO42− ions with Cl− ions influences the chloride-generated corrosion behavior because of the binding of these ions with hydrated C3A in concrete. In this research, an experimental study has been conducted to assess the performance of embedded rebar (carbon steel) against corrosion in normal concrete subjected to chloride (NaCl) and combined chloride-sulfate (NaCl with MgSO4 and NaCl with Na2SO4) solutions for 27 months of exposure periods. The results showed that the corrosion performance of the embedded rebar was influenced by SO42− ions and its associated cation (Na+ and Mg2+) type. The SO42− ions associated with Na+ cation resulted in higher corrosion current density (Icorr) as compared to Mg2+ cation in the concomitant presence of Cl− ions. The presence of Cl− ions significantly increased the corrosion rate of steel rebar, whereas the presence of SO42− ions (irrespective of associated cation, i.e., Na+ and Mg2+) in the exposure solution hindered the effect of Cl− ions on increasing the corrosion rate of steel. The established empirical relationship obtained between half-cell potential (E0), and Icorr predicted well the Icorr values obtained from ordinary portland cement with 20 % fly ash concrete used in the present research work and with the results obtained by different researchers in the literature.
Rapid and Gentle Immunopurification of Brain Synaptic Vesicles
Authors: Bradberry Mazdak M. , Mishra Shweta , Zhang Zhao , Wu Lanxi , McKetney Justin M. , Vestling Martha M. , Coon Joshua J. , Chapman Edwin R.
Published: March 2022

Current methods to isolate synaptic vesicles (SVs), the organellar quanta of synaptic transmission, require highly specialized materials and up to 24 h. These technical obstacles have thus far limited the study of SVs in models of synaptic function and pathophysiology. Here, we describe techniques for the rapid isolation of SVs by immunoprecipitation with widely available antibodies conjugated to magnetic beads. We report that the inexpensive rho1D4 monoclonal antibody binds SVs and show that elution with the 1D4 peptide yields native vesicles that are ≥ 10-fold purer than those obtained with classical techniques. These methods substantially widen the accessibility of SVs, enabling their purification in 60–90 min for downstream analyses including mass spectrometry and cryo-electron microscopy. Immunopurified SV preparations from mouse brain contained apolipoprotein E, the LDL receptor Lrp1, and enzymes involved in lipid metabolism, suggesting that SVs may play direct roles in lipid homeostasis and lipoprotein trafficking at the nerve terminal.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTSVs are small organelles that form and recycle at nerve terminals to enable synaptic transmission. Much remains unknown about the processes that enable the formation and function of SVs. Moreover, nerve terminals appear to be particularly vulnerable to pathophysiologic processes underlying neurodegenerative diseases and schizophrenia. Although techniques to purify synaptic vesicles thus have the potential to yield significant insights into physiology and pathophysiology of nerve terminals, current methods rely on either esoteric materials or expression of transgenes. This article addresses these problems by establishing robust, efficient methods for SV purification using widely available materials, and it highlights several promising areas of future study arising from proteomic analyses of immunopurified SVs.
From Development to Function
Authors: Sanchez-Acevedo Maricela , Kao Robert M.
Published: March 2022

In light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), recent clinical research has demonstrated that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) affects breathing and internal organs, especially the kidneys and liver function. It is evident that the kidneys are induced by the virus through the course of the medication treatments, such as the side effects that lead to kidney and liver damage. In order to scaffold kidney pathophysiology with normal kidney development and function in a virtual class or lab setting during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have developed a hands-on and cost-effective clay modeling teaching tool at the undergraduate level for learning about kidney anatomy and development. Given remote teaching, this innovative tool can be used to link the structure to molecular and cellular function through an easy hands-on model for both learning and teaching demonstration for all students.
Joan Jonas’s Ecological Portraits
Authors: Zivkovic Alex
Published: March 2022

Across various projects in the 1960s and ’70s, Joan Jonas created forms of self-portraiture enmeshed within environments. Engaging a range of media including mirrors, water, and video, Jonas repeatedly emphasized her body’s interrelation with surrounding natural and media ecologies. The resultant ecological portraits offer a model of being that encourages audiences to acknowledge their own embodiment in encounters with nature, whether experienced directly or through mediation. This article excavates this intermedia practice and explores the forms of ecocritical thought her performances and records might produce. Working in an era of expanding media experiments across performance, sculpture, and video, Jonas’s multimedia projects collaborate with the surrounding environment to explore the emergent openness of art in the 1970s. This article takes Jonas’s Disturbances (1974) as its starting point, arguing that Jonas featured the reflective and refractive properties of water to meditate upon the ecological resonances of the myth of Narcissus, the distorting optics of video, and the mediation of nature broadly. Similarly, in recent projection-based projects, Jonas has continued her exploration of the body’s relationship to both nature and media by incorporating her body into projected nature videos. In keeping with her stated unwillingness to “penetrate space,” ecological portraits across Jonas’s career reveal her multidirectional entanglements with spaces near and far, from waves in a pool to global oceanic crises.
Red Planets
Authors: Mann Daniel
Published: March 2022

The desert in the South of Jordan is a popular location for multimillion-dollar productions of science fiction films. The combination of vast arid lands and lucrative tax rebates offered by the Royal Film Commission make the Jordanian desert a desirable backdrop for expeditions to hostile extraterrestrial planets. Dune (2021), Mission to Mars (2000), The Martian (2015), Last Days on Mars (2013), Transformers (2007), and The Red Planet (2010) are a few of the feature film titles produced by American companies and filmed in Jordan’s Wadi Rum.

This article argues that the cinematic portrayal of worlds ravaged by resource scarcity and climate peril too often sustains the perception of the desert as an unruly, lawless, and dead land. While the environmental humanities often aim to shift the scale of our historic lens to bear witness to the entire earth, this article reflects on the stakes of further abstracting the specificity of geography and extending the colonial imaginaries of wasteland. Reflecting on the process of capturing images of landscapes in the Middle East, the article considers desert locations as unique “extractive zones” wherein the topsoil is captured and circulated as high-definition images. Thinking of filmmaking as extractive means defining images as materials, and considering the laws, labor, and cultural imaginations merged in this process.
Elite–Middle Class Competition for Rent-Seeking in North Korea and Kim Jong Un’s Anti-Corruption Movement
Authors: Jung Suehyun
Published: March 2022

This paper examines the anti-corruption movement initiated by Kim Jong Un, focusing on the increased rent-seeking competition between the elite and the middle class as market mechanisms have developed in North Korea. I examine two hypotheses regarding this program. First, it is focused on constraining the influence gained by the elite through power–money collusion to maintain regime stability. Second, it aims to support decentralizing economic reforms and the direction of production surplus into state finances, to secure state revenue. In substantiating these hypotheses, I argue that the movement is driven by the goal of capitalizing on the benefits of the market without compromising regime security, by regulating “competitive rent-seeking” between the elite and the middle class.
The Duty of Love: Kinship and Identity in the Face of Disability in Madrid
Authors: Mateo Marina
Published: March 2022

Life with a disability in Spain implies a constant struggle not just for the person with disabilities but also for their family, who must mobilise enough care resources to compensate for the lack of social support they receive. This paper focuses on the ways in which having a family member with a cognitive disability shapes kinship relations, and how the impact related to having a family member with a disability shapes the construction of the family unit as well as the identity of the able-bodied family members. I argue that the narrative of “unconditional love” within the family unit is what enables many families to naturalise the extra work involved in caring for a person with disabilities as part of what it means to be a family – and not as a chore. Care becomes the idiom of their love as it acts as a relational activity through which personhood is created. By humanising the child with disabilities in this way, care is accepted as a “natural” part of their kinship relations.
Queer, Muslim, and Maghrebi: An Intersectional Analysis of Immigrant Identities in Contemporary France
Authors: Lara Trinidad
Published: March 2022

This study investigates the complex ways in which queer Muslim women with origins from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) negotiate belonging and selfhood in France. Drawing on a three-month long digital ethnography, I employ an intersectional approach to explore the juxtaposition of “Muslim” and “lesbian/ bisexual” identities and to answer the question, “How do queer Muslim immigrant women negotiate and conceptualize their identities in contemporary France?” As a marginalized group within a marginalized minority of immigrants from the MENA region, queer Muslim immigrant women have been overlooked in scholarship, public discourses, politics, religious, LGBTQ+ spaces, and religious spaces. This research addresses this gap by exploring the identity-related struggles of queer Muslim immigrant women in France and contributes to studies on Muslim subjectivities, immigration, and gender. Based on my findings, I argue that queer Muslim immigrant women in France negotiate their identities through reconfiguring “secular” and “Muslim” identities and queering religious texts. This negotiation takes place, in part, by using social media to connect with others who share a similar conceptualization of their identities within digital spaces.
Post-Lesbian Tensions: A Qualitative Inquiry of Lesbian Identity
Authors: Giacomuzzi Anastasja , Tal Hadas
Published: March 2022

This paper explores how lesbians aged 18 to 25 negotiate their sexual identity in relation to post-lesbian discourse. Post-lesbian discourse refers to the postmodern conceptualisation of lesbian identity as irrelevant, unnecessary, and minor because of increased acceptance of homosexuality and the popularity of queer theory and its deconstruction of identity categories. In three small focus groups with a total of 10 participants, we explored the themes of word usage, meanings, and associations, as well as exclusion, boundaries, and stigma. We found that our participants’ disdain and discomfort with the word “lesbian” does not result, as post-lesbian discourse would suggest, from its irrelevance but rather due to the old yet persisting stigmas towards lesbian sexuality. To mitigate these stigmas, most of our participants use gender-neutral terms, most notably the word “gay,” to describe themselves. Using relevant literature, we contextualise the usage of gender-neutral terms and analyse their often-overlooked negative impact on female and lesbian visibility. Moreover, we found that while participants wished to avoid the exclusion and specificity of lesbian spaces, they desired these spaces all the same, which had a positive effect on their identity formation, confidence, and sense of community.
Nationalism in the Age of Brexit: The Attitudes and Identities of Young Voters
Authors: Wolkenstein Emma
Published: March 2022

The 2016 Brexit referendum revealed a division between younger voters, a majority of whom voted Remain, and older voters, a majority of whom voted Leave. From virtual interviews with six British young adults, this article analyzes the effects of the Brexit referendum on their perceptions of belonging and national identity. My theoretical framework draws upon Benedict Anderson’s definition of the nation and Michael Skey’s and Craig Calhoun’s critique that feelings of equality among members are unrealistic due to the power and identity hierarchies that exist within a nation. Interviews reveal a strong binary conception of identities created through politics and media that divide voters into distinct, distanced groups. Young voters use harsh, derogatory language to describe oppositional groups, such as Conservatives, Leave voters, and older voters, to separate themselves and reinforce their identities. However, because these oppositional groups hold the most power, continuous separation reinforces feelings of powerlessness in politics and reveals hierarchies of identities. These hierarchies can have long-lasting implications for the United Kingdom as these younger voters will eventually comprise the voting majority and strive to see their values and beliefs represented in positions of power.
On the classification error rates in terms of semivariograms for Gaussian universal kriging models
Authors: Dučinskas Kęstutis , Dreižienė Lina
Published: March 2022

Bayes multiclass classification of spatial Gaussian data following the universal kriging model is considered. The closed-form expressions for the maximum likelihood (ML) estimator of regression parameters and the actual error rate (AER) in terms of semivariograms are derived.
The predictive value of the 10th grade and Matura examination achievements for higher education admission
Authors: Jakaitienė Audronė , Želvys Rimantas
Published: March 2022

Academic institutions are seeking to attract the most capable and prospective students. Many research studies seek to identify factors determining a successful transition from secondary to tertiary education. One of the important issues is the predictive value of national testing/Matura examination results in relation to higher education institutions admission. The aim of our study is to quantify the odds to study at university and the results of centralised student assessments (the 10th grade and Matura) of mathematics and the Lithuanian language and literature for the period of five years (Matura examinations for the period 2014–2018), taking into account the student's gender, the location of the school attended, social support, and special needs indicators. We estimate that the Matura grade in mathematics is almost double more important when compared to the10th grade test results for odds of studying at higher education institutions. Grades of the Lithuanian language and literature obtained to be twice more import for males than females. From 2023 or 2024, we may observe the downward trend of people with tertiary educational attainment in Lithuania.
Rezistentiška arterine hipertenzija sergančių pacientų įvertinimas koregavus medikamentinį gydymą bei po simpatinės inkstų arterijų denervacijos
Authors:   , Juknevičius Vytautas
Published: March 2022

Evaluation of patients with resistant arterial hypertension before and after pharmacological treatment correction or a renal artery sympathetic denervation procedure
Causation between Consumption, Export, Import, and Economic Growth of Oman
Authors: Khan Uzma , Khan Aarif Mohammad , Alam Md. Shabbir , Alkatheery Nouf
Published: March 2022

To examine the causation between consumption, export, import, and economic growth for the Sultanate of Oman using yearly time series data collected from the World Bank for 2000-2018. Further, it was tested by basic statistics, the Bound test with the ARDL model, and the Granger-causality tests. The findings of the Bound test analysis indicate the presence of both long-run and short-run associations among competing variables. The ARDL Model result reflects that imports have both short-run and long-run effects, supported by the Granger Causality tests by indicating the presence of unidirectional causality import to economic growth and import to consumption. The outcome of the study revealed that import is essential for economic growth as imports can absorb foreign technology in the domestic economy that can boost the export and further act as an engine of growth.

How to Cite:

Khan, U., Khan, A. M., Alam, M. D., & Alkatheery,N. (2022). Causation Between Consumption, Export, Import & Economic Growth of Oman. Etikonomi, 21(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.15408/etk.v21i1.20034.
Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Online Transportation Drivers: A Mediation Model
Authors: Siswanto Siswanto , Masyhuri Masyhuri
Published: March 2022

The research originality is the use of organizational commitment variable as mediation and object of research in transportation start-up companies that have not been studied before. The objective of this research was to examine the mediating role of organizational commitment between job involvement and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). This research is used to develop knowledge about human resource management in start-up companies with partner status. The partial least square structural equation modeling technique is used to test quantitative data and hypotheses. The result of this research is that organizational commitment does not mediate the effect of job involvement on organizational citizenship behavior. Furthermore, job involvement has a significant positive effect on OCB. This study also provides the practical implication that employees who have a high commitment do not make them work extra because the status as partners is very different, so further discussion is needed.How to Cite:Siswanto., & Masyhuri. (2022). Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Online Transportation Drivers: A Mediation Model. Etikonomi, 21(1), 113-126. https://doi.org/10.15408/etk.v21i1.22665.
Food Insecurity and Cardiometabolic Markers: Results From the Study of Latino Youth
Authors: Maldonado Luis E. , Sotres-Alvarez Daniela , Mattei Josiemer , Perreira Krista M. , McClain Amanda C. , Gallo Linda C. , Isasi Carmen R. , Albrecht Sandra S.
Published: March 2022

OBJECTIVES

Hispanic/Latino youth bear a disproportionate burden of food insecurity and poor metabolic outcomes, but research linking the two in this diverse population is lacking. We evaluated whether lower household and child food security (FS) were adversely associated with a metabolic syndrome (MetS) composite variable and clinically measured cardiometabolic markers: waist circumference, fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

METHODS

This cross-sectional study included 1325 Hispanic/Latino youth aged 8 to 16 years from the Hispanic Community Children’s Health Study/Study of Latino Youth, a study of offspring of adults enrolled in the Hispanic Community Health Survey/Study of Latinos. Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess relationships between household FS (high, marginal, low, very low) and child FS (high, marginal, low/very low) status, separately, and our dependent variables, adjusting for participant age, sex, site, parental education, and poverty-income ratio.

RESULTS

For both FS measures, youth in the lowest FS category had significantly lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol than those with high FS (household FS: −3.17, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −5.65 to −0.70, child FS: −1.81, 95% CI: −3.54 to −0.09). Low/very low versus high child FS was associated with greater fasting plasma glucose (β = 1.37, 95% CI: 0.08 to 2.65), triglycerides (β = 8.68, 95% CI: 1.75 to 15.61), and MetS expected log counts (β = 2.12, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.45).

CONCLUSIONS

Lower FS is associated with unfavorable MetS-relevant cardiometabolic markers in Hispanic/Latino youth. These findings also support the use of a child-level versus a household-level measure to capture the health implications of food insecurity in this population.
Evaluación de Flecha Seca en palma aceitera (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) mediante imágenes multiespectrales, Costa Rica
Authors: Alemán-Montes Bryan , Henríquez-Henríquez Carlos , Largaespada-Zelaya Kenneth , Ramírez-Rodríguez Tatiana
Published: March 2022

Introducción. El uso de la teledetección para identificar los diferentes estados de la salud de los cultivos, así como su relación con el rendimiento, constituye una herramienta muy importante en la implementación de la Agricultura de Precisión. Objetivo. Relacionar el estado fitosanitario, obtenido por expertos mediante la evaluación visual, de plantas de palma de aceite (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) afectadas por el síndrome de Flecha Seca (SFS), con los índices de vegetación calculados a partir de imágenes multiespectrales obtenidas con un vehículo aéreo no tripulado (VANT). Materiales y métodos. El estudio se desarrolló en una plantación de cuatro hectáreas con palma de aceite de tres años de trasplantada, propiedad de CoopeCalifornia R.L. ubicada en Parrita, Costa Rica. Se realizaron cuatro evaluaciones visuales del estado del SFS de diciembre de 2014 a febrero de 2017. Con estas evaluaciones se obtuvo la evolución espacio-temporal de la incidencia de la SFS durante veintiséis meses. En la última evaluación se realizó un vuelo con un VANT que portaba una cámara multiespectral Parrot Sequoia, con la cual se calcularon los índices de vegetación que luego fueron relacionados con el estado de SFS de las plantas. Resultados. Se encontró una alta variabilidad espacial y temporal del SFS durante todas las evaluaciones visuales. También se logró encontrar una fuerte relación entre los datos de las evaluaciones obtenidas en campo con los datos generados a partir de sensores remotos. El índice de vegetación Simple Ratio (SR) mostró diferencias significativas entre las plantas clasificadas como sanas y las plantas clasificadas con SFS, con grados 2 y 3 de severidad. Conclusiones. Es posible relacionar datos de campo, obtenidos mediante criterio experto, con información multiespectral de alta resolución espacial para identificar el SFS en plantaciones comerciales de palma aceitera.
EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN BRAIN
Authors: Grozlekova L. , Koeva Y.
Published: March 2022

Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric mental disorder often characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to recognize what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, auditory hallucinations, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and inactivity. Neuroontogenetic theory explains the occurrence of disease events taken place during intrauterine period. Gutamatergic signaling interferes with ethion-pathogenic mechanisms of schizophrenia. The disease is associated with N-methyl-D-aspartate NMDA receptor hypofunction and a number of genes suspected in respect of schizophrenia influence on a NMDA receptor signaling. NRG1 and ErbB4 its receptor involved in the glutamatergic signaling by regulating the NMDA receptor complex. Neuregulins are signaling proteins structurally related to the epidermal growth factor (EGF). The mechanisms underlying the contribution of NRG1/ErbB4 system to schizophrenia pathophysiology remain insignificant, but they reveal only after the complete maturation of the brain. Prenatal stress in rats simulates many of the cognitive and sensory deficits manifest in the disease. Identified in this experimental model deficits in immunochistochemical expression of Neuroregulin1- ErbB4- system directed changes at the molecular level in the hippocampus, a brain structure with a role in the regulation of stress.
METHODICAL APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN ACUPUNCTURE OF TONGUE
Authors: Pirovski N. , Dimitrov N. , Atanasova D.
Published: March 2022

Changes occurring in acupuncture and sublingually administration of medicines also have a morphological basis, which can be objectively assessed. Objective: Refine of the methodology for evaluating morphological changes associated with tongue acupuncture. Material and methods: Selection of experimental animals and appropriate protocol for material collection, fixation, staining and counting of selected morphological structures and elements. Results: The samples fixed with formalin 10% were fixed well, the consistency of the tissues remained hard and the cuts were obtained well in all thicknesses (from 5 to 15 μm). Cuts from 5 to 7 μm are suitable for visualizing the structure of the tongue. The sagittal cuts provide the largest area for single-cut exploration, as well as are more suitable than others to track the acupuncture channel in the chosen for our study point. Conclusions: The study can be carried out in rats, but if possible, it is preferable to take the material from pigs. The use of formalin 10% gives a better texture to the material and facilitates the cutting with the microtome. It is necessary to use a variety of colorings due to the wide range of structures that are involved with the acupuncture needle tract.
Puas Sesuai Syari’at: Kepuasan Pernikahan pada Pasangan yang Menikah dengan Cara Ta’aruf
Authors: Permana Muhammad Zein , Kurnia Asfahani
Published: March 2022

This study aims to explore marital satisfaction in couples who are married through ta'aruf. The method used is qualitative approach with phenomenological analysis. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews on 5 participants. This study describes that couples who marry through ta'aruf, have relatively the same object of satisfaction, namely religiosity with the aim of getting the rida and blessing of Allah Swt. This finding shows that research related to marital satisfaction, especially in couples who are married in a ta'aruf way, is no longer a subjective study, but has an alternative to begin to be objectively explained, predicted, and even controlled through religiosity factors. Also, marriage through ta'aruf is not only explained in the relational area between husband and wife, but also becomes part of the spiritual area and even religion, getting married as part of worship.
Teknologi, Budaya SUMANG OPAT Tanah Gayo dan Kepanikan Moral
Authors: Awlawi Addahri Hafidz
Published: March 2022

This study aims to explore the issue of Sumang and moral panic including the level of understanding of adolescents, and forms and causes of violation of Sumang's values. The research method used qualitative with a case study approach. The research subjects consisted of 35 adolescents (14-20 years), 2 Guidance Counseling teachers, 3 parents, and 3 cultural community leaders. The data collection techniques used open questionnaires and direct interviews. The results of the study show, first, that the majority of adolescents who do not know Sumang mat cause adolescent behavior became inconsistent with the values in Gayo society. Second, Sumang's form of violation is in the form of Percerakan (words), Pelangkahen (steps), Penengon (vision), and Pengunulen (sitting). Third, the factor that causes Sumang's culture to fade is due to a paradigm shift in the values of success and happiness in the Gayo community.
Iklim Organisasi sebagai Moderator antara Goal Orientation terhadap Organizational Withdrawal Behavior
Authors: Augustiya Tasya , Tahrir Tahrir , Sulianti Ambar
Published: March 2022

This study aims to examine how organizational climate can moderate the effect of goal orientation on organizational withdrawal behavior (OWB). The research design used causality quantitative method. The sampling technique used population with the total of 207 members of Student Press in a university in Bandung. The data collection used a set of questionnaire consists of Organizational Withdrawal Behavior Scale, Goal Orientation Scale, and Organizational Climate Questionnaire. The data analysis used PROCESS Moderation Model test. The results show that goal orientation affect organizational withdrawal behavior significantly and organizational climate can moderate the effect. This finding indicate that organizational climate has a significant role to improve goal orientation on organizational withdrawal behavior.
Parental Child-Rearing Styles and Subjective Well-Being of Children Involved in Bullying
Authors: Borualogo Ihsana Sabriani , Casas Ferran
Published: March 2022

This study aims to examine how parental child-rearing styles contribute to subjective well-being of three groups: bullying victims, bullying perpetrator-victims, and those uninvolved in bullying. These groups were categorized based on the children’s self-reported bullying incidents. This study used quantitative approach with cross-sectional design. The participants were 781 4th to 6th-grader students (51.98% boys, 48.02% girls), consists of 329 bullying victims, 197 were both bullying perpetrators and victims, and 255 were uninvolved in bullying. Parental child-rearing styles were measured using The Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran for Children (EMBU-C), while subjective well-being was measured using the Children’s Worlds Subjective Well-Being Scale 5 items (CW-SWBS5). Data were analysed using structural equation modelling. The results revealed that the warmth of fathers and mothers made significant and direct contributions to the subjective well-being of children uninvolved in bullying, where the father’s warmth negatively contributed, while the mother’s warmth positively contributed. Similar results did not appear in the subjective well-being of victims or perpetrator-victims.
Tingkat Stres Ibu Muda di Masa Pandemi Covid-19: Bagaimana Peran Resiliensi dan Sikap Sabar?
Authors: Chodijah Medina
Published: March 2022

This study aims to examine the role of resilience and patience on stress level experienced by young mothers during Covid-19 pandemic. This study is a quantitative correlational research using 3 instruments in a set of questionnaire that is: resilience and patience questionnaire developed by the researcher, and Pandemic-Related Perceived Stress Scale of Covid-19 (PRPSSC) developed by Campo-Arias and colleagues. The participants were 44 young mothers who have 1st- and 2nd-grader children in Pasirbitung village, Tasikmalaya. The results show that most of the participants have resilience (70.4%) and patience (88.6%) in high level, and stress in mild level (70.5%). Resilience and patience have negative effect on stress level of the mothers. That is, the higher resilience and patience, the lower stress experienced by the mothers.
Self-Compassion dan Hope pada Guru Sekolah Inklusi
Authors: Rodhiyah Isyah , Widyasari Pratiwi
Published: March 2022

This study aims to examine the correlation between self-compassion and hope on teachers in inclusive schools. This study used quantitative method with cross-sectional design with correlational research type. The participants were 162 inclusive primary school teachers in Jakarta, Depok, and Bogor, who were recruited through nonprobability sampling technique that is convenience sampling. The adapted Adult Hope Scale (AHS) and Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) were used as instrument in this study. The findings show that there is a significant positive correlation between self-compassion and hope. This relationship can be caused by mental support, self-confidence, positive attitude, and the increase of competency perception based on self-compassion that may facilitate the individuals to have better hope.
Kecemburuan sebagai Moderator pada Kualitas Hubungan Romantis dan Kesejahteraan Subjektif Dewasa Awal Berstatus Menikah
Authors: Meliani Karina Tria , Baihaqi MIF , Wulandari Anastasia
Published: March 2022

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of romantic relationship quality on subjective well-being moderated by jealousy on married adolescents. This study used quantitative method with the participants were 300 married adolescents aged 21 to 30 years old in Bandung. The sampling technique used nonprobability sampling that is accidental sampling. The instrument used adaptation of Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), The Perceived Relationship Quality Component (PRQC), and The Interpersonal Jealousy Scale. The data analysis used simple and multiple regression. The results show that jealousy variable can statistically and significantly moderate the effect of romantic relationship quality on subjective well-being. The regression results of jealousy on different groups, that is high, medium, and low, lead to different results on its effect on subjective well-being.
Kesurupan Massal di Sekolah Menengah: Kerasukan Roh Jahat atau Emotional Contagion?
Authors: Hamzah Imaduddin
Published: March 2022

This study aims to explore the phenomenon of mass trance in middle school. Previous studies in trance focused in individual psychological factors and view the trance as psychological disorder (hysteria). Mass trance shows behavior and emotion performed by students through interaction process. Thus, this phenomenon is not only viewed from clinical perspective, but also social psychology explanation. This study used grounded theory by performing interview on 17 informants (students and teachers) in a school with mass trance cases in Jakarta and Tangerang, and analysis on 31 video recordings about the online news on trance cases. The findings show that there are seven categories of factors on mass trance: emotional stimulus, mystical experiences, suggestability, supernatural interpretation, anomalous experience, unconditioned emotional response, and mimicry. Core category analysis shows that mass trance on middle school students indicates emotional contagion with supernatural beliefs nuance.
Hacia un derecho canónico global centrado en la persona humana
Authors: Domingo Rafael
Published: March 2022

Este artículo analiza ciertas similitudes existentes en el tratamiento jurídico de la persona humana entre el derecho internacional público y el derecho canónico. Ambos sistemas jurídicos dotaron al concepto jurídico de persona de un sentido demasiado técnico y, por ende, reduccionista. Esta concepción reduccionista de la persona humana ha impedido el correcto desarrollo del derecho canónico y del derecho internacional. Pero de la misma manera que el derecho internacional de nuestros días ha rectificado su posición y se está convirtiendo paulatinamente en un derecho global, cada vez más centrado en la persona humana, así también el derecho canónico, para cumplir con su fin evangelizador, debe globalizarse. Esta globalización del derecho canónico consiste en priorizar la centralidad de toda persona humana creada a imagen de Dios y llamada a regenerarse en las aguas bautismales sobre la centralidad del cristiano ya regenerado por el bautismo.
„Green Office” jako forma oddolnej studenckiej inicjatywy wprowadzania zasad zrównoważonego rozwoju na uniwersytetach
Authors: Rusak Kseniya , Batorczak Anna
Published: March 2022

The aim of this study was to develop recommendations and guidelines for establishing the Green Office Model at universities in Poland, based on the example of the University of Warsaw. The Green Office is a network of university student initiatives aimed at motivating the university community to act for sustainable development. The basis for the development of recommendations and guidelines were the results of research carried out according to the original method of assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of Green Office initiatives at universities in the Netherlands and Belarus, as well as the comparison of the results of these assessments. The developed recommendations and guidelines may contribute to the effective establishment of the Green Office Model at the Polish Universities.
Data Partitioning and Asynchronous Processing to Improve the Embedded Software Performance on Multicore Processors
Authors: Bui Phuc , Le Minh , Hoang Binh , Ngoc Nguyen , Pham Huong
Published: March 2022

Nowadays, ensuring information security is extremely inevitable and urgent. We are also witnessing the strong development of embedded systems, IoT. As a result, research to ensure information security for embedded software is being focused. However, studies on optimizing embedded software on multi-core processors to ensure information security and increase the performance of embedded software have not received much attention. The paper proposes and develops the embedded software performance improvement method on multi-core processors based on data partitioning and asynchronous processing. Data are used globally to be retrieved by any threads. The data are divided into different partitions, and the program is also installed according to the multi-threaded model. Each thread handles a partition of the divided data. The size of each data portion is proportional to the processing speed and the cache size of the core in the multi-core processor. Threads run in parallel and do not need synchronization, but it is necessary to share a general global variable to check the executing status of the system. Our research on embedded software is based on data security, so we have tested and assessed the method with several block ciphers like AES, DES, etc., on Raspberry PI3. The average performance improvement rate achieved was 59.09%.
Identification of Deterioration caused by AHF, MADS or CE by RR and QT Data Classification
Authors: Abramov Maxim , Tsukanova Ekaterina , Tulupyev Alexander , Korepanova Anastasia , Aleksanin Sergei
Published: March 2022

A sharp deterioration of the patient’s condition against the backdrop of the development of life-threatening arrhythmias with symptoms of acute heart failure (AHF), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) or cerebral edema (CE) can lead to the death of the patient. Since the known methods of automated diagnostics currently cannot accurately and promptly determine that the patient is in a life-threatening condition leading to the fatal outcome caused by AHF, MODS or CE, there is a need to develop appropriate methods. One of the ways to identify predictors of such a state is to apply machine learning methods to the collected datasets. In this article, we consider using data analysis methods to test the hypothesis that there is a predictor of death risk assessment, which can be derived from the previously obtained values of the ECG intervals, which gives a statistically significant difference for the ECG of the two groups of patients: those who suffered deterioration leading to the fatal outcome caused be MODS, AHF or CE, and those with favorable outcome. A method for unifying ECG data was proposed, which allow, based on the sequence of RR and QT intervals, to the construct of a number that is a characteristic of the patient's heart condition. Based on this characteristic, the patients are classified into groups: the main (patients with fatal outcome) and control (patients with favorable outcome). The resulting classification method lays the potential for the development of methods for identifying the patient's health condition, which will automate the detection of its deterioration. The novelty of the result lies in the confirmation of the hypothesis stated above, as well as the proposed classification criteria that allow solving the urgent problem of an automatic detection of the deterioration of the patient's condition.
THE ANTIDISBIOTIC EFFECT OF OIL CAKE FROM HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER SEEDS IN RATS WITH EXPERIMENTAL DYSBIOSIS
Authors: Lapinska А.
Published: March 2022

The work shows the relevance of the use in feeds production of means for correcting the microbiome. It is shown that the useof probiotic and prebiotic preparations increases the zootechnical efficiency of feed products, contributes to an increase in theamount of livestock and poultry products and forms its quality and safety. The expediency of using oil cake from high oleic sunflowerseeds in the production of feed products has been substantiated from the point of view of ensuring the nutritional value of productsand a positive effect on the norm of the flora of farm animals and poultry.Experimental dysbiosis in rats was reproduced with lincomycin. Oilcakes from linoleic and high oleic sunflower seeds wereadded to the diet in an amount of 10%. The experiment lasted 18 days. The activity of urease, lysozyme, elastase was determined inthe mucous membranes of the digestive tract (oral, small and large intestine), and the degree of dysbiosis was calculated.The therapeutic and prophylactic effect of oil cake from high oleic sunflower seeds on the development of inflammatory anddystrophic processes in the digestive system of rats under experimental dysbiosis was established. Studies have established an increasein the activity of elastase, urease, a decrease in the activity of lysozyme in rats with experimental dysbiosis. It was found thatthe consumption of high-oleic sunflower oil cake has a significantly greater therapeutic and prophylactic effect in comparison withthe linole-type sunflower oil cake, since it reduces the level of elastase by 23-45%, urease by 13.5-58% in the mucous membranes ofthe digestive tract. An increase of 25-94% in the activity of lysozyme in animals with experimental dysbiosis was established whenusing oil cake from high oleic sunflower. It was found that the consumption of oil cake from high oleic sunflower seeds reduces thedegree of dysbiosis in all tissues, especially in the small intestine (5 times).It was found that with dysbiosis in the digestive system, inflammatory-dystrophic processes develop as a result of a decreasein the level of nonspecific immunity. It was found that the consumption of oil cake from the seeds of high oleic sunflower has an antidisbioticeffect and, as a consequence, mucosoprotective effect.
Potencial de Bacillus spp. em promover o crescimento e controlar Fusarium verticillioides em milho
Authors: Ferreira Thiago Costa , Lago Lucas do , Silva Lucas Guedes , Pacifico Marina Guimarães , Faria Mírian Rabelo de , Bettiol Wagner
Published: March 2022

RESUMO O tratamento de sementes com microrganismos visando promoção de crescimento e controle de Fusarium verticillioides é uma tecnologia que poderá ser utilizada para ampliar a sustentabilidade da cultura do milho. Para tanto, estudos com a utilização de microrganismos para tratamento de sementes visando ao controle de F. verticillioides e promoção de crescimento vegetal em milho são necessários para o desenvolvimento de bioprodutos. Onze isolados de Bacillus spp. foram testados quanto às características bioquímicas relacionadas com promoção de crescimento (produção de ácido cianídrico, ácido indolacético, sideroforos e catalase; solubilização de fosfato e assimilação de nitrogênio). Ainda in vitro foi avaliada a habilidade dos isolados de Bacillus em inibir o crescimento micelial e a germinação de conídios de F. verticillioides. Em casa de vegetação foi avaliado o efeito dos isolados de Bacillus spp. na promoção de crescimento e no controle de F. verticillioides em duas variedades de milho. Bacillus velezensis AP-03 e Bacillus sp. AP-210, não somente inibiram o crescimento micelial e a germinação de esporos, mas também promoveram o crescimento das plantas e controlaram F. verticillioides em sementes de milho em condições de casa de vegetação.