bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Platon lesen
Authors: Szlezák Thomas A.
Published: August 2023

Gesucht ist eine Deutung Platons, die vor seiner Kritik der Schrift im ›Phaidros‹ Bestand haben kann. Platons eigene Skepsis dem Schreiben gegenüber abwerten oder in ihr Gegenteil verkehren zu wollen, wie es vielfach noch versucht wird, kann keinen Weg zum Verständnis des Schriftstellers Platon eröffnen. Nur wenn man seine Einschätzung des richtigen Verhältnisses von schriftlichem und mündlichem Philosophieren ernst nimmt, kann man Technik und Wirkungsabsicht der Dialoge adäquat erfassen. – Szlezák liefert eine Bestandsaufnahme der formalen Merkmale der Dialoge und eine Beschreibung ihrer dramatischen Technik mit ihren Konstanten und Variablen der Charakterzeichnung und Handlungsführung. Das erarbeitete Gerüst wird dann zurückbezogen auf das Bild des Philosophen und auf Platons Vorstellung von philosophischer Erkenntnisvermittlung. Eine solche Analyse, die sich am Text selbst orientiert und dessen Struktur wie Inhalt gleichermaßen berücksichtigt, zeigt, daß die Dialoge nicht als philosophisch autarke Werke konzipiert sind, sondern konsistent über sich hinausweisen in Richtung auf eine Theorie der Prinzipien.
Melanchthons Briefwechsel / Band T 4,1-2: Texte 859-1109 (1530)
Authors: Melanchthon Philipp
Published: August 2023

Ein Höhepunkt der Reformationsgeschichte, der Augsburger Reichstag 1530, ist in Melanchthons Briefwechsel so sehr präsent, dass dieses Thema den gesamten vorliegenden Band füllt: Melanchthon stand als einflussreicher Berater im Zentrum des Geschehens. Dadurch entstanden außer den üblichen Schriftstücken auch Gutachten in Gemeinschaft mit anderen Verfassern, deren verschiedene Stufen in den amtlichen Akten verblieben sind und nun erhebliche paläographische und editorische Probleme aufwerfen. Große Beachtung fand schon immer der Briefwechsel mit Luther auf der Coburg, dessen zahlreiche Abschriften und Drucke erstmals vollständig erfasst und nach den Regeln methodischer Textkritik ediert werden.
Melanchthons Briefwechsel / Band T 10: Texte 2605-2865 (1541)
Authors: Melanchthon Philipp
Published: August 2023

Auch das Jahr 1541 steht im Zeichen der Religionsverhandlungen zwischen katholischer und evangelischer Seite. Nur sechs Wochen nach seiner Rückkehr aus Worms fährt Melanchthon Mitte März zum Reichstag nach Regensburg, der bis Ende Juli dauert. Beim Umstürzen des Reisewagens zieht er sich eine Handverletzung zu, die ihn nachhaltig behindert. Während des Religionsgespräches verfasst Melanchthon Gutachten, Voten, Briefe und Berichte. Eine große Freude bedeutet für ihn die im Herbst erfolgte Berufung seines Freundes Joachim Camerarius an die Universität Leipzig.
Literatur - Psychoanalyse - Film.
Authors: Dettmering Peter
Published: August 2023

INHALT: Lebendes Bild oder 'heftigste Bewegung'? Zu den Märchentexten der Brüder Grimm - Literatur als Selbstbefreiungsversuch. Zu Jean Pauls ›Titan‹ - Eine Aura der Lautlosigkeit. Zum Bilde Adalbert Stifters - Das regressive Moment in der Dichtung Robert Musils - Aspekte der Spaltung in der Dichtung Franz Kafkas - Kompensatorische Strukturen im Spätwerk von Henry James - Ein symbolischer Muttermord. Zu T. S. Eliots ›The Family Reunion‹ - Vorstoß in den Raum. Stanley Kubricks Film ›2001 - A Space Odyssey‹ - Die Wüste als Selbst-Objekt. David Leans ›Lawrence of Arabia‹ - Das Ambivalenzmotiv in den Filmen David Leans.
Conceptual Framework of Adaptive Social Planning for Sustainable Urban Transformation
Authors: Tiamiyu Barakat , Odendaal Nancy
Published: August 2023

The notion of social planning has a long history as a method used by social planners to tackle societal problems. Programmes and policies implemented during this act of providing social amenities, developing policies and programmes, and other developmental activities are frequently rendered obsolete with time. Because social requirements and community elements are always changing, thereby creating the need for continual, collaborative, and inclusive efforts to deliver or adapt social development activities to meet people’s current needs. This chapter seeks to develop an adaptive social planning framework that will provide a guideline for the adaptation of social needs and ensure the continuous integration of social dynamism into urban transformation. The non-adaptability of social planning and the lack of integrative social planning were extracted from the literature, which forms the basis for the development of the conceptual framework. Findings revealed the social transformation needed to achieve sustainable urban development, which were integrated to establish a holistic view of social needs. With this, a direct connection between the adaptation of social planning activities and sustainable urban transformation was established. This study provides a guideline for social planners and policy-makers to continuously monitor and evaluate the credibility and impact of any program/policy through empirical findings.
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Authors: Hanoun Mohammad , Thabet Abdulnasser , Hanoun Abdullah
Published: August 2023

Cauda equina syndrome is a relatively rare clinical syndrome caused by compression of cauda equina and can result in significant morbidity if not treated. In this chapter, we describe briefly the anatomical background of the lumbar spine and the nerve supply of the urinary bladder, as the urinary symptoms play a crucial role in diagnosis of this syndrome. Then, we move on to discuss the etiology, symptoms, and signs of cauda equina syndrome. We also describe the different modalities to make the diagnosis including the CT scan, MRI, nerve conduction studies, and electromyogram. Finally, the management of this syndrome including the surgical procedures, complications, and prognosis. We enclosed five real-life cases of different causes of CES from our practice briefly describing the clinical background of the patients as well as CT and/ or MRI images of each case.
Pancreatic Tumorigenesis: Precursors, Genetic Risk Factors and Screening
Authors: Esmail Abdullah , Badheeb Mohamed , Abdelrahim Maen
Published: August 2023

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly fatal malignancy with a unique tumor microenvironment that limits the effectiveness of chemotherapeutics. PC develops from genetic mutations, cellular injury, and environmental exposure, progressing from precursor lesions to malignant neoplasms. This silent disease presents non-specific symptoms, including abdominal pain and painless jaundice. Serological and imaging evaluation aids in the diagnosis, with imaging modality selection dependent on cholestasis presence. The meticulous evaluation of vascular involvement and distant metastasis determines the tumor’s resectability. Neoadjuvant therapy improves patient selection and limits micrometastases, while chemotherapy is the preferred treatment for unresectable cases. Early detection and personalized treatment are essential in improving PC’s clinical outcomes.
The CAPM is Not Dead: It Works Better for Average Daily Returns
Authors: Liu Wei , Kolari James , Pynnonen Seppo
Published: August 2023

In a series of papers, Fama and French showed that the CAPM failed to explain U.S. stock returns. Subsequently, they declared the CAPM dead. In its place, they proposed a number of different factors to better explain stock returns. Given that Sharpe received the Nobel Prize in Economics for the CAPM, their conclusion that it is dead is worth further investigation. This paper revisits cross-sectional tests of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). To mitigate problems with noise in realized stock return series, we use a smoothed data series of average daily returns per month. Based on U.S. stock returns from 1965 to 2015, we find that, confirming Fama and French, beta is not priced for realized monthly returns. However, contrary to their findings, when we use average daily returns per month, we find that beta is significantly priced for average daily returns in equal-weighted stock portfolios. Further analyses reveal that popular factors proposed by Fama and French and others are more significantly priced for average daily returns also. Given that the CAPM is better supported by average daily returns per month than realized monthly returns, we conclude that it is not dead.
Sustainable Healthcare Tourism in the Post COVID 19 Era
Authors: Somu G. , Sai Sadineni Harshavardhan
Published: August 2023

Health tourism in India offers high-quality medical treatments to foreign tourists at affordable prices. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the industry, leading to a decline in the number of medical tourists. This chapter discusses the government’s response to the crisis and the opportunities for sustainable healthcare tourism in the post-pandemic era. The Indian government issued guidelines for health tourism operators, emphasizing sustainability. These guidelines aim to control the virus’s spread while ensuring the industry’s long-term sustainability. The article explores the potential for sustainable healthcare tourism in India post-COVID and how the industry can attract more foreign tourists by leveraging changing trends. The role of the government in managing the health tourism sector is to highlight and focus on sustainable practices. Measures to ensure the safety of foreign tourists seeking medical treatment in India are discussed, including sustainable infrastructure development, responsible waste management, and resource conservation. By incorporating sustainable practices, the health tourism industry can reduce its environmental impact and contribute to the well-being of local communities.
Life Cycle Assessment in Architecture as Decisional Tool in the Design Stage
Authors: Monticelli Carol
Published: August 2023

The horizon of sustainability calls into question extremely complex phenomena, both in terms of social, economic, and cultural transformations, and in terms of the ecological implications of building activity in its wide territorial and temporal extension, and in terms of and the techniques to refer to. On this last aspect, in particular, today it is necessary to counteract the tendency toward an inconsiderate simplification of the aforementioned complex phenomena, because this simplistic approach is precisely the cause of the often trivialized and sometimes radically wrong interpretations. The chapter develops the theme of environmental sustainability precisely in this complex perspective, assuming the consideration of the entire life cycle of building products, whether they are materials, components, or buildings, as an inescapable reference horizon and the measurement of energy and resource consumption and of the impacts that are determined along the life cycle (Life Cycle Assessment—LCA) as the main tool for assessing the concrete sustainability of design choices with rigor and scientific basis.
Perspective Chapter: New Image Denoising Approach Based on SWT and 2-D Dual-Tree Discrete Wavelet Transform
Authors: Talbi Mourad , Baazaoui Riadh
Published: August 2023

In this chapter, we propose a new image denoising approach. It consists in applying a Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT) based image denoising technique, in the domain of 2‐D Dual-Tree Discrete Wavelet Transform. In fact, this proposed approach consists first of applying the 2‐D Dual-Tree Discrete Wavelet Transform to the noisy image. Then, the obtained noisy wavelet coefficients are denoised by applying to each of them a SWTbased image denoising technique. Finally, the denoised image is reconstructed by applying the inverse of the 2‐D Dual-Tree Discrete Wavelet Transform to the obtained denoised wavelet coefficients. For applying this SWT based image denoising technique, we use soft thresholding, the Daubechies 4 as the mother wavelet and the decomposion level is equal to 5. The performance of this proposed image denoising approach, is pouved by the results obtained from the computations of PSNR (Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio) and SSIM (Structural Similarity).
Anthropogenic Impact on Lake Ecosystem
Authors: Lukman Lukman
Published: August 2023

The world’s population growth in various ways impacts the waters environment, and these impacts have been observed since the twentieth century. However, paleolimnological data indicates that anthropogenic activities have been affecting the aquatic ecosystem for a long time ago. The primary determinant of the lake ecosystem damage is the change and utilization of the catchment area landscapes, which contributes to siltation as well as nutrient supply. The increased activities of agriculture and domestic work are the main causes of eutrophication due to nutrient input. Additionally, the cage aquaculture in the lake waters has led to oxygen depletion in the lower water column as an impact of organic loading input. Furthermore, habitat modification, including disturbance to the shore zone, has led to changes in riparian areas. Ultimately, these processes impact the biota population structure and degrade the lake ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the anthropogenic factors and their impact on the lake ecosystem will enable humans to control their activities and manage their impact on the ecosystem.
Science Teacher Experiences in Developing Stem Literacy Assessment
Authors: Rahma Suwarma Irma , Riandi R. , Kumano Yoshisuke , Permanasari Anna , Sudarmin  , Widyatmoko Arif
Published: August 2023

STEM education gives practice experiences for students. However, the assessment in identifying its impacts has not been developed in Indonesia widely. Teachers are responsible to assess students’ achievements as an impact of learning activities. They said that they have difficulties in developing the assessment instruments. Therefore, workshop activity was designed to minimize and identified the difficulties. This study aims to evaluate teachers’ experiences in developing assessments in STEM learning. Workshop activities were conducted over three days. It covered three main topics: the best practice of STEM education from experts, explanation of STEM literacy, and the group discussion session in creating STEM literacy assessment tools. The tools that were passed through the expert judgment process will be proceed to the validation process to find out its response from students. Data were analyzed using person separation method in Rasch model analysis. The result showed that the assessment tools are less sensitive in distinguishing students’ abilities. It indicated that teachers should create more sensitive tools in diagnostic students’ STEM literacy. It is also found that most of teachers face difficulties in creating technology and engineering literacy items.
Green Wearable Sensors for Medical, Energy Harvesting, Communication, and IoT Systems
Authors: Sabban Albert
Published: August 2023

This chapter presents novel passive and active wearable sensors for biomedical systems, energy harvesting, and communication devices. Design tradeoffs, simulation, and measured results of compact efficient sensors for communication, energy harvesting, IoT, and healthcare systems are discussed in this chapter. The new sensors are green sensors with an energy harvesting unit. The sensor electrical parameters near the human body were evaluated by employing RF CAD software. The sensors are flexible passive and active devices with high efficiency and low cost. Low-cost sensor may be developed by printing the printed antenna with the antenna feed network and the active components on the same board. Efficient metamaterial sensors were developed to improve the system electrical performance. The resonant frequency range of the sensors, with Circular Split-Ring Resonators CSRRs, is lower by 5% to 11% than the sensors with CSRRs. The directivity and gain of the sensors with CSRRs are higher by 2.5dB than the sensors without CSRRs. For S11 lower than –6 dB, the bandwidth of the novel metamaterial sensors may be around 15 to 55%. The directivity and gain of the new metamaterial sensors are around 5 dBi to 7.5 dBi. The receiving active sensor gain is 12 ± 3 dB. The transmitting active sensor gain is 13 ± 3 dB.
Plasma Based Approaches to Achieve Self-Cleaning Surfaces
Authors: Adak Deepanjana , Bhattacharyya Raghunath
Published: August 2023

The role of gaseous plasma has proven to be very beneficial in creating self-cleaning of various surfaces. Few references are there, in the published literature, on plasma enhanced hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity behavior of surfaces. A range of atmospheric pressure plasma spray systems are gaining popularity for creating self-cleaning surfaces, with some unique features, as also to fabricate new types of self-cleaning materials. In this chapter a brief introduction to essentials of plasma processing will be first presented, followed by examples of plasma assisted surface modification. This will include plasma cleaning, plasma etching, plasma polymerization/deposition, etc. Subsequently, various plasma assisted techniques to achieve a variety of self-cleaning surfaces will be highlighted. A unique combination of plasma-based approaches and sol–gel derived coating will also be discussed.
Anomaly Detection through Adaptive DASO Optimization Techniques
Authors: Bhosale Surendra , Deshmukh Achala , Deore Bhushan , Bhosale Parag
Published: August 2023

An intrusion detection systems (IDS) detect and prevent network attacks. Due to the complicated network environment, the ID system merges a high number of samples into a small number of normal samples, resulting in inadequate samples to identify and train and a maximum false detection rate. External malicious attacks damage conventional IDS, which affects network activity. Adaptive Dolphin Atom Search Optimization overcomes this. Thus, the work aims to create an adaptive optimization-based network intrusion detection system that modifies the classifier for accurate prediction. The model selects feature and detects intrusions. Mutual information selects feature for further processing in the feature selection module. Deep RNNs detect intrusions. The novel Adaptive Dolphin Atom Search Optimization technique trains the deep RNN. Adaptive DASO combines the DASO algorithm with adaptive concepts. The DASO is the integration of the dolphin echolocation (DE) with the atom search optimization (ASO). Thus, the intrusions are detected using the adaptive DASO-based deep RNN. The developed adaptive DASO approach attains better detection performance based on several parameters such as specificity, accuracy, and sensitivity.
Adversarial Attacks on Image Classification Models: FGSM and Patch Attacks and Their Impact
Authors: Sen Jaydip , Dasgupta Subhasis
Published: August 2023

This chapter introduces the concept of adversarial attacks on image classification models built on convolutional neural networks (CNN). CNNs are very popular deep-learning models which are used in image classification tasks. However, very powerful and pre-trained CNN models working very accurately on image datasets for image classification tasks may perform disastrously when the networks are under adversarial attacks. In this work, two very well-known adversarial attacks are discussed and their impact on the performance of image classifiers is analyzed. These two adversarial attacks are the fast gradient sign method (FGSM) and adversarial patch attack. These attacks are launched on three powerful pre-trained image classifier architectures, ResNet-34, GoogleNet, and DenseNet-161. The classification accuracy of the models in the absence and presence of the two attacks are computed on images from the publicly accessible ImageNet dataset. The results are analyzed to evaluate the impact of the attacks on the image classification task.
Central Nicotinic and Muscarinic Receptors in Health and Disease
Authors: Tizabi Yousef , Getachew Bruk , Tsytsarev Vassiliy , B. Csoka Antonei , L. Copeland Robert , Heinbockel Thomas
Published: August 2023

Without acetylcholine (ACh) no skeletal muscle contraction, no preganglionic sympathetic or parasympathetic activity can be obtained. This can result in dysregulation of cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and renal functions as well as disruption of fluid secretion from various glands such as tears, saliva, digestive juices, sweat, and milk. Importantly, ACh deficiency in the brain can have severe cognitive consequences. The action of ACh is mediated by two distinct classes of receptors, namely the muscarinic (mAChRs), which are G-protein coupled (metabotropic) receptors and nicotinic receptors (nAChRs), which are ligand-gated ion channels (ionotropic receptors). The focus of this chapter is on interaction of these two distinct receptor classes and its implication in health and disease. Thus, following a brief description of ACh actions and its central circuitry, an update on mAChRs and nAChRs and how their interaction may impact neuropsychiatric/neurodegenerative diseases will be provided. Moreover, potential novel therapeutic intervention based on these interactions, particularly in relationship to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases will be touched upon.
The Law of Unemployment: Has Equality Law Been Captured by Friedman’s Ideologues?
Authors: Connolly Michael
Published: August 2023

The second half of the twentieth century saw in Western democracies the rise of individual rights at same time the demise of collective ones. Within this pattern, we saw collective labour rights give way to individual employment ones. What is particularly noticeable over this period is the paradoxical coincidence of growing employment equality rights alongside increasing economic inequality. Many would argue that the existing equality laws are not strong enough. However, it is arguable that in fact equality law has been an instrument of economic inequality, wielded by Friedman’s ‘cronies’ (beginning most conspicuously with Reagan and Thatcher). It does this by increasing the labour pool, making it easier for employers to expand and contribute to economic growth, but also facilitates the cruel weapon of unemployment to control inflation. This chapter details how particular anti-discrimination laws facilitate inequality, and argues that the one protected characteristic, social economic status, should be included within the equality law scheme.
Hematopoietic Development of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Authors: M. Samokhvalov Igor , Liakhovitskaia Anna
Published: August 2023

Blood development proceeds through several waves of hematopoietic progenitors with unclear lineage relationships, which convolute the understanding of the process. Thinking of the hematopoietic precursors as the “blood germ layer” can integrate these waves into a unified hematopoietic lineage that originates in the yolk sac, the earliest site of blood development. Hematopoietic differentiation of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) reflects to a certain extent the complexities of the yolk sac hematopoiesis. In the unified version of blood issue development, the PSC-derived hematopoiesis can also generate post-yolk sac hematopoietic progenitors. To do this, the differentiation has to be arranged for the reproduction of the intraembryonic hematopoiesis. Inflammatory signaling was recently shown to be actively engaged in blood ontogenesis. In addition, a highly recapitulative differentiation of human PSCs was found to spontaneously ignite intense sterile inflammation that has both instructive and destructive roles in the hPSC-hematopoiesis. Inflammatory induction of blood progenitors during hPSC-derived hematopoietic development has to be properly contained. A possible explanation of problems associated with in vitro blood development is the failure of inflammation containment and resolution.
The Possibilities for Human-Rights-Based Approach in Long-Term Care for People with Dementia in Slovenia
Authors: Mali Jana
Published: August 2023

The number of people with dementia is increasing, triggering a number of innovations in the organisation of long-term care. Modern concepts of care for people with dementia put their rights and active participation in care at the forefront. In this paper, we highlight the relevance of this perspective in Slovenia, where the institutional care dominates long-term care to date. Long-term care for people with dementia should be anti-discriminatory and against any kind of contempt, exclusion, labelling and stigmatisation. The organisation of institutional care for people with dementia alone will not be able to meet these objectives, therefore, we conduct a research with the method of rapid needs and services assessment to identify the practices of formal and informal care providers in implementing a ‘human-based approach’. The results of research manifest that there is a need to regulate respect for the fundamental human rights of people with dementia by (1) giving them equal access to medical treatment and early diagnosis, (2) by increasing the availability of care tailored to their needs and (3) by enabling them to exercise their right to live in the community. The rights of people with dementia to make free, autonomous and participatory decisions can serve as a model.
Iingxoxobunzululwazi zaseAfrika Iingxoxobunzululwazi zaseAfrika Ngokufa Kolwimi: izizathu neendlela zokukhawulelana nokufa kolwimi African scientific discussions on language death: reasons for, and methods of, dealing with language death
Authors: Diko Mlamli
Published: August 2023

Eli nqaku ligxile ekugrombonceni, ngeembono zelingwistiki, malunga nezizathu ezikhokelela ekutshabalaleni kolwimi ekungaba sisiXhosa, isiZulu, Xitsonga njalo njalo – oko kukuthi, iilwimi zomthonyama. IsiThako Sokufa Kolwimi sisetyenziswa njengesithako esigqwesayo ukubonisa ukuba iingxaki zokufa kolwimi kudala zikho. Nakubeni kunjalo, inqaku eli limi kwimbono ethi ufundonzulu ngokutshaba kolwimi ngumba omtsha nakubeni, ngokweengxaki, kudala ukho njengoko kubonakala nakwibali laseBhayibhileni nefuthe lobukoloniyali kumazwe ngamazwe aseAfrika. Ukuqhuba iingxoxobunzululwazi, kuboniswa ubungozi intlalo ejongene nabo xa kungekho nzame zaneleyo ezenziwayo ukukhusela nokusindisa iilwimi, ingakumbi iilwimi zomgquba. Ebuthunjini beengxoxobunzululwazi, kuya kuvela ngakumbi nangakumbi ukuba iipolisi zolwimi ziyaqulunqwa, kanti kolo qulunqo kukho ukufa okuncathamileyo okungakhokelela ekutshabeni kolwimi. Umsantsa ophawulekileyo, njengoko kuphengululwe uncwadi, nekuthi kuzanywe ukuba uvalwe, ngowokuba ufundonzulu ngokutshaba kolwimi lunqongophele eAfrika, nto leyo ikhwinisayo. Okona kuyinqontsonqa eyingxubakaxaka kukuba uphuhliso lolwimi luthatha ixesha elide kodwa ukufa kolwimi kuthatha ixesha nje elifutshane. Ekugqibeleni, eli nqaku livala umkhusane ngelithi, umba wophuhliso nokhuliso wolwimi kudingeka ukuba uthathelwe ingqalelo kuba asinto inokusuka yenziwe ize igqitywe ngexesha elifutshane. Iingcebiso malunga neengxoxobunzululwazi ezithe zanyuswa zibekwa ngendlela exoxayo nephendlayo ngethemba lokuba iingcali zolwimi ziza kuthabathisa apho eli nqaku liphele khona.
The Evaluation of Treatment Adherence and Its Association with Perceived Social Support in Patients with Mood Disorders in Hospitals Affiliated with Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2022
Authors: Hassanvand Pegah , Fereidooni-Moghadam Malek , Jamalinasab Aliasghar , Mousavi Seyed Reza
Published: August 2023

Background: Considering the importance of perceived social support and adherence to treatment in improving the treatment process of mood disorders, our aim was to determine the degree of adherence to treatment and its relationship with perceived social support in patients with mood disorders. Methods: This was a cross-sectional correlational study performed on 120 patients with mood disorders recruited by the convenience sampling method. Data were collected using the treatment adherence questionnaire developed by Heydari et al. and the multidimensional scale of perceived social support. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software using descriptive indices, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, and independent t-test. Results: The results revealed that the average age of the participants was 39.54 ± 13.13 years. Patients with mood disorders had a moderate level of treatment adherence and perceived social support (mean ± SD of 51.53 ± 8.31 and 54.75 ± 11.23, respectively). The Pearson correlation test indicated a significant association between the treatment adherence level and perceived social support among patients with mood disorders (P < 0.001), meaning that with an increase in the level of adherence to treatment, the level of perceived social support increased as well. Conclusions: Perceived social support has a significant impact on treatment adherence in patients with mood disorders. Larger studies with larger sample sizes are necessary to confirm our findings.
The Effect of Resistance Training and Phoenix dactylifera L. Extract on DRP1 and MFN1 Protein Expression, and the Apoptotic Status of Rat Liver: A Safe Alternative to Testosterone Injection
Authors: Alikaei Zahra , Azarbayjani Mohammad Ali , Atashak Sirvan , Peeri Maghsoud , Rahmati-Ahmadabad Saleh
Published: August 2023

Background: Testosterone enhances athletic performance in men and women, but its consumption has several side effects and is banned from most competitive sports. This study aimed to examine the effect of date palm pollen extracts (DPPE or Phoenix dactylifera L.), testosterone enanthate (T), and resistance training (RT) alone and in combination on hepatic damage and mitochondrial function of adult male rats. Methods: Thirty male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups: Control (C), RT-treated, DPPE-treated, T-treated, DPPE+RT-treated, and T+RT-treated. The DPPE-treated animals received 100 mg/kg DPPE by gavage (five days/week for four weeks). T was injected subcutaneously into the target groups at a dose of 2 mg/kg daily (five days/week for four weeks). Moreover, the RT program was performed using a vertical ladder with weights (five days/week for four weeks). Results: RT, T, and DPPE significantly reduced collagen degradation, apoptotic cells, dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1) protein expression, and increased mitofusin-1 (Mfn-1) gene and protein expression in liver tissue. RT with T/DPPE showed a synergic effect regarding present study variables. Conclusions: It seems that DPP, which is a natural compound, has less damaging effects than T on liver tissue. It can be used as a safe alternative to T injection for the enhancement of athletic performance and T deficiency.
COMORBIDITY AND CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS OF SARS-COV-2 VIRUS, WITH CONTRIBUTION OF 20 AUTOPSY CASES
Authors: Genova Sylvia , Pencheva Mina , Uchikov Petar
Published: August 2023

Analyzing the clinical and epidemiological data of COVID-19 suggests that specific comorbidities increase the risk of infection leading to worse lung injury and an even higher risk of death. The most common comorbidities reported up till now are hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. 
Aim to study: The design of the study includes comorbidity of patients and cause of death in alfa, delta, and omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus, histological changes in the lungs, thrombotic complications of coronavirus infection and laboratory tests concerning thrombotic changes.
Materials and Methods: We systematically evaluated 20 autopsies of patients deceased by COVID-19 infection. Collecting data was from February 28th, 2020, until June 2022. The cases were diagnosed with a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test and a rapid antigen test. 10 of the deceased patients were from the first, second, third, and fourth wave (I group) infected predominantly with the alfa and delta variants of coronavirus (from March 2020 until October 2021), and 10 patients infected after that date with predominantly the omicron variant (II group).
Results: Most patients were over 50 years of age with multiple co-morbidities (28-88, average 63.9). Post-mortem case studies have shown Arterial hypertension in 80% (I/II gr), 60%/90% of patients with chronic ischemic heart disease, chronic and acute ischemic brain disease in 30%/10%, atherosclerosis, 60%/90%, diabetes mellitus 30%/40%, obesity stage III, 100%/95%). Clinical laboratory studies, in connection with thrombotic complications, revealed the increased value of creatine kinase, fibrinogen, D-dimers, and CRP. Lymphopenia was observed in 60%.All of the cases with COVID-19 viral desquamative pneumonia, at different stages, developed vascular thrombosis in medium-sized pulmonary vessels. Two patients developed pulmonary thromboembolism. We established 5 patients with generalized thrombosis. Three patients were complicated by infarcts in the brain, kidney, and spleen. 
Conclusion: The autopsies revealed a consistent pattern of pulmonary alveolar damage and generalized vascular/thrombotic disease in patients with frequent co-morbidities. The high frequency of generalized thrombotic complications was observed in predominant alfa and delta variants of the infection, while in the group with the omicron prevailing variant, the lung lesions were dominant, without extrapulmonary thrombotic complications, which we explain by the effective antithrombotic therapy. Major complications in these patients were secondary bacterial infection, sepsis, and respiratory distress syndrome.
First record of the genus Parandes Muir, 1925 from China with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)
Authors: Wang Xiao-Ya , Zhi Yan , Yang Lin , Long Jian-Kun , Chang Zhi-Min , Chen Xiang-Sheng
Published: August 2023

The genus Parandes Muir, 1925 (Cixiinae, Andini) is recorded from China for the first time with two new species, Parandes circinatus Wang & Chen sp. nov. and Parandes fuscus Wang & Chen sp. nov. Color images for the adults of the two new species and line drawings for the genitalia are provided. A key is presented to separate all species within the genus.
ANALISIS RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI), RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) DAN EARNING PER SHARE (EPS) TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM PADA PERUSAHAAN PERBANKAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Adiba Farah , Saputri Dhinik
Published: August 2023

Currently, stock investment has increased significantly because it provides promising profits, but not a few alsoexperience failure when investing in shares. So before deciding to invest in shares, potential investors mustanalyze the finances of a company by looking at several financial ratios, including ROI, ROE and EPS. Thisstudy has a formulation of the problem whether the variables ROI, ROE and EPS affect stock prices and whichof these variables most affect stock prices. While the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of ROI, ROEand EPS on Stock Prices both partially and simultaneously. The research method used in this study isExplanatory Research with a sample of 10 banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX).The data used is secondary data collected using the data documentation method. Data analysis techniques usemultiple linear regression analysis. The theoretical basis used is the theory of ROI, ROE, EPS and Stock Price.Based on the data analysis conducted, data was obtained that ROI partially has no effect on stock prices, ROIpartially has no effect on stock prices, EPS partially affects stock prices and together ROI, ROE and EPS affectstock prices. As well as the EPS variable that most dominantly affects stock prices.
Kontribusi Electronic Word of Mouth , Citra Merek terhadap Keputusan Pembelian pada Mie Setan
Authors: Krisdianto Dadang , Awalia Arisca Dwi
Published: August 2023

Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dan analisis deskriptif, untuk mengetahuikecenderungan data kemudian dilakukan uji korelasi, regresi dilanjutkan dengan analisis jalur denganmenghitung sumbangan electronic word of mouth (X1) yang berpengaruh langsung terhadap keputusanpembelian (Y) adalah sebesar 0,1982 = 0,0392 atau 3,92%. Besarnya kontribusi citra merek (X2) secaralangsung terhadap keputusan pembelian (Y) adalah sebesar 0,5272 = 0,2777 atau 27,77%. Kontribusielectronic word of mouth (X1) dan brand image (X2) secara simultan mempengaruhi keputusanpembelian (Y) adalah sebesar 0,442 = 44,2%. Sisanya 55,8% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain yang tidakdapat dijelaskan oleh penelitian ini. Pentingnya kontribusi electronic word of mouth (X1) dan brandimage (X2) dalam mempengaruhi keputusan pembelian (Y)
PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN NEGARA BERBASIS APLIKASI “SAKTI” DI KANTOR PERWAKILAN BADAN PENGAWASAN KEUANGAN DAN PEMBANGUNANPROVINSI BALI
Authors: Dharma Astawa I Gusti Ngurah , Yudhiantara I Made , Agus Wibawa I Gede
Published: August 2023

The development of information and communication technology has become a global trend today,including the digitalization of the government sector, which is better known as electronic government(E-Government) or Electronic-Based Government Systems (SPBE). SPBE developmentby a governmentinstitution aims to improve information and service connectivity quickly and efficiently, not only betweeninstitutions but also with the public as users of public services. The year 2022 is the beginningimplementation of SAKTI Full Module namely the Institutional Level Financial Application System forthe APBN Management Work Unit, with integrated database, including including the Financial andDevelopment Supervisory Board (BPKP). This study seeks to examine the application of SAKTI inmanaging state finances, and to find out whether system quality,information quality, and service qualitysupport user satisfaction, individual performance, and provide benefits to the organization. This studyused a qualitative method, by conducting interviewswith employees, focus group discussion,literaturestudy and document review, and observing the implementation of SAKTI for the 2022 fiscal year at theBali Province BPKP Representative Office.The results showed that system quality, information quality,and service quality very well support state financial management from the budgeting stage, budgetexecution, to financial reporting. Thesuggestions given included improving SAKTI's performance suchas updating application features, validation mechanisms, increasing SAKTI's server capacity andincreasing the competence of financial managers through integrated training.
A Contrastive Analysis Of Suffixes Between English and Batak Simalungun Language
Authors: Putri Raisah Sihotang  , Arni Wulandari Sinaga  , Renita Clara Siahaan  , Anita Sitanggang
Published: August 2023

This study aims to describe the most common types of English and Simalungun suffixes found in narrative texts and find similarities and differences. The author uses descriptive qualitative research to obtain valid data. After investigating the data, the writer found several findings based on the analysis of the types of English suffixes and simalungu n.English suffixes have four types; nominal, verbal, adjective and adverbial suffixes. There are one hundred and three suffixes that are categorized as suffixes in simalungun language. In contrast, there are one hundred and seventy-four endings which are categorized as endings in English. The writer finds differences and similarities between the two; it depends on their breed. In English suffixes and Simalungun languages suffixes have adverbial suffixes. The same type of suffixes in English and Simalungun are that both have suffixes that form nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Pendidikan Kesehatan Untuk Meningkatkan Pengetahuan dan Kesiapan Menghadapi Menarche pada Siswa di Sekolah Dasar Negeri Pandanwangi Jombang
Authors: Rodiyah  , Andayani Sestu Retno Dwi , Anis Satus Syarifah
Published: August 2023

Menstruasi yang pertama kali terjadi pada seorang  perempuan di sebut dengan Menarche. Saat ini, rata-rata remaja mendapatkan menstruasi pertama kali pada usia 11 tahun. Ketidakstabilan psikologis, emosi, dan rendahnya pengetahuan siswi Sekolah Dasar menjadikan siswi cemas, takut dan tidak mengerti apa yang harus mereka lakukan ketika mengalami menstruasi tersebut, tetapi  mau tidak mau siswi tersebut harus siap menerima kondisi ini, oleh karena itu persiapan menjelang menstruasi penting untuk dipelajari untuk kesiapan jika menstruasi terjadi secara tiba-tiba pada siswi yang masih duduk di bangku Sekolah Dasar. Tujuan dari pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan siswi Sekolah Dasar tentang Menarche. Penyuluhan ini dilakukan di SDN Pandanwangi Jombang dengan jumlah peserta 35 siswi pada tanggal 31 Juli 2023. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah edukasi tentang  menarce. Kegiatan ini dibagi menjadi 3 tahap yaitu Tahap I persiapan meliputi menentukan jadwal pelaksanaan dan pendataan siswi, dilanjutkan dengan menyiapkan tempat, alat penyuluhan. Tahap II pelaksanaan, meliputi pre test, pemberian materi penyuluhan, sesi tanya jawab, dan post test, Tahap III dengan mengevaluasi kegiatan yang sudah di lakukan. Hasil yang diperoleh menunjukkan perubahan pengetahuan setelah mendapat pendidikan kesehatan. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa edukasi kesehatan tentang Menarche efektif dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan siswi  untuk meningkatkan persiapan mereka sebelum menstruasi, kurangnya pengetahuan siswi menyebabkan semakin tidak siap dalam menghadapi menarche. Menyarankan guru bekerja sama dengan Puskesmas untuk melakukan Pendidikan kesehatan secara teratur tentang menstruasi sehingga Siswi akan siap ketika mendapatkan menstruasi untuk pertama kalinya.
Bagaimana Mengatasi Masalah Server-Lag pada Website Kampus Ketika Penyusunan KRS
Authors: Dimesa Muhammad Khadlel Risanda , Syarif Salman , Lubis Reza Alwinata
Published: August 2023

The purpose of this research is to analyze server-LAG problems on campus websites when preparing KRS. This type of research is qualitative research using experimental methods. Data collection techniques in this study used literature and interview methods. The literature method is a method used to obtain data and supporting theories in making web servers. Based on the results of the tests and analysis carried out, it can be concluded that the steps taken to overcome server lag on the campus website have been successful. Implementation of database optimization, caching and load balancing significantly improves server performance and reduces lag. This success in addressing the server lag issue helped create a better user experience during the KRS build period.
Strategi Guru Ppkn Dalam Penguatan Nilai Karakter Disiplin Belajar Perserta Didik melalui Pembelajaran Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan di SMP Negeri 9 Kota Pariaman
Authors: Farhan Farhan , Jaenam Jaenam , Rudagi Reindy
Published: August 2023

This study aims to describe the PPKn teacher's strategy design in strengthening the character values of student learning discipline through learning Education and citizenship at SMP Negeri 9 Pariaman, to describe the implementation of Civics Teacher strategies in Strengthening Discipline Character Values for Student Learning through Pancasila and Citizenship Education Learning in Middle School Negeri 9 Kota Pariaman and to reveal the obstacles experienced by Civics teachers in Strengthening the disciplinary character values of students at SMP Negeri 9 Pariaman. The type of research used in this study was qualitative research using descriptive research methods with informant subjects being school principals, curriculum representatives, Civic Education teachers and VIII/4 grade students at SMP Negeri 9 Pariaman.  The data collection used included observation, interviews and documentation.The results of this study indicate that the strategy of PPKn Teachers in Strengthening Discipline Character Values of Student Learning through Pancasila and Citizenship Education Learning at SMP Negeri 9 Kota Pariaman has been applied to students, namely coming to school on time, always providing motivation before learning begins, starting and ending learning with time implementing Civics teacher strategies in strengthening disciplinary character values that have also been applied to students are teachers using habituation strategies, teachers as examples or models, teachers give rewards and teachers give punishment, these four strategies have been implemented by teachers PPKn at SMP 9 Negeri 9 Pariaman the obstacle faced by PPKn teachers in strengthening disciplinary character values is the lack of interest or awareness of students to learn and the environment in which students play, these two obstacles are the inhibiting factors for PPKn teachers in implementing strengthening the character values of school discipline learning.
Ters Yüz Sınıf Modeli Araştırmalarının Bibliyometrik Analiz Yöntemi İle İncelenmesi
Authors: BAHÇECİ Ferhat , ÇINAR Mustafa
Published: August 2023

Literatürde bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi ile TYSM’nin incelendiği ilk çalışma olma özelliğine bu çalışmanın amacı ters yüz sınıf modeli (TYSM) başlıklı araştırmalarının bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi ile analiz edilmesidir. Çalışmada bibliyometrik analiz için uygun olan ve prestijli yayınları barındıran Web of Science veri tabanı kullanılmıştır. Belirli bir arama yöntemi kullanılarak bu veri tabanında başlık kısımlarında ‘flipped clasroom’ ifadesi aratılmıştır. 2000-2022 arası yılları kapsayan toplam 2610 yayına ulaşılmıştır. Listeleme sonucu en az 10 atıf alan çalışmalara yer verilmiştir. Filtreleme sonrası analiz yapılacak çalışma sayısı 490 olarak elde edilmiştir. Çalışmada görsel haritalama için VOSviewer yazılımı kullanılarak kelime madenciliği, atıf ve bibliyometrik eşleştirme analizleri yapılmıştır. Çalışmaların h-index değeri 69 olarak elde edilmiş olup çalışma başına 45.51 atıf düşmektedir. En çok kullanılan anahtar kelime ‘flipped classroom’dur ve makalelerin büyük çoğunluğu İngilizce yazılmıştır. TYSM ile ilgili en çok yayın yapan dergi Educational Technology Society, en çok çalışma yapan araştırmacılar ise Hwang, Hew ve Lo CK olmuştur. En çok atıf alan yazarlar O’flahert ve Philips, en çok araştırma yapan kurum National Taiwan Normal University’dir. Öğretmenlerin, öğrencilerin, politika belirleyicilerin, yeni araştırmacıların, akademisyenlerin ve tüm paydaşların istifade edebilecekleri bir kaynak metin, bir kılavuz oluşturulmaya çalışılmıştır.
ANALISA DAN IMPLEMENTASI METODE ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) PADA PEMILIHAN LOKASI STASIUN PT. KERETA API INDONESIA (PERSERO) UNTUK PEMBANGUNAN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD)
Authors: Sitorus Hernalom
Published: August 2023

PT. Astra Honda Motor adalah perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang manufaktur yang memproduksi Sepeda Motor Merk Honda. Perusahaan manufaktur menginginkan peralatan produksinya dapat beroperasi dengan efektif tanpa ada downtime, pada kinerja 100% tanpa ada Speed losses, dengan output tanpa adanya Reject. Usaha agar mesin produksi perusahaan manufaktur dapat beroperasi dengan kinerja yang baik atau efektif, tentunya perlu dilakukan perbaikan yang berkesinambungan. Pada praktiknya, seringkali usaha yang dilakukan tersebut hanya pemborosan, karna tidak menyentuh akar permasalahan yang sesungguhnya. Hal ini disebabkan karna tidak mendapatkan dengan jelas akar permasalahan yang terjadi dan faktor – faktor penyebabnya. Solusi yang dibuat untuk mengungkapkan permasalahan dengan jelas, adalah Sebuah Dashboard yang dapat menampilkan indikator kinerja mesin yang jelas, dengan memanfaatkan metode OEE. OEE merupakan sebuah best practice untuk memantau dan meningkatkan efektivitas proses manufaktur. Hasil Validasi menunjukan bahwa Dashboard yang telah dibuat dapat memberikan informasi tentang kondisi dan kinerja mesin saat ini sesuai dengan metrik OEE beserta Availability, Performance, dan Quality. Informasi tersebut digunakan sebagai output untuk dibandingkan dengan World Class OEE guna menyimpulkan efektivitas kinerja sebuah mesin. Selain itu, Dashboard dapat menyajikan laporan produksi.
IMPLEMENTASI DATA MINING UNTUK PREDIKSI DAERAH RAWAN PENYAKIT DEMAM BERDARAH MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA C45
Authors: Adi Kurniawan Turkamun , Lubis Adyatama , Ihfandi Ahrizal
Published: August 2023

Sebuah aplikasi yang mengimplementasikan algoritma C4.5 dibangun dengan menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP&MYSQL. Tujuan utama penelitian adalah membuat aplikasi untuk memprediksi dan pengecekan data dengan tepat dan tidak memakan waktu yang lama. Pada penelitian yang dilakukan, diimplementasikan algoritma C4.5 untuk membuat suatu pohon keputusan untuk memprediksi data dengan beberapa atribut di dalam data tersebut. Metode yang digunakan antara lain berupa studi literatur, perancangan diagram-diagram, implementasi, serta uji coba dan evaluasi. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa mengklasifikasikan data dengan algoritma C4.5 dengan membuat pohon keputusan serta atribut data didalamnya akan menghasilkan data yang valid dan tidak memakan proses waktu yang lama.