bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Emergence of Member States’ Characteristics in European and National Consumer Law
Authors: Hajnal Zsolt
Published: December 2022

European legislation often has a significant impact on private laws in the Member States, especially consumer legislation. In the absence of national, strong consumer protection traditions, consumer protection legisla- tion in Central and Eastern European countries has been largely defined by European consumer law. In the chapter, I am looking for answers as to the specificities of these countries, their ability to enforce these in the EU’s main legislative trends, and how these countries have contributed to European Union consumer law.
Geography of gardens and public parks in the city of Benghazi
Authors: Ali Osama Kh. , Almahdi Fadlalah M.
Published: December 2022

The study aims to achieve a set of objectives that would give a complete picture of parks and parks in the city of Benghazi, in order to identify the geographical distribution of public parks in the city, as well as to identify the efficiency of public parks in the city In addition to identifying the social and economic characteristics of those who frequent these parks. The study also found results, including that 42.2% of the total number of visitors to parks are of the age group 10 years and younger. As for the educational level, the study found that 53.2% of the total number of visitors to the parks have a university level of education and above. The study also concluded that when the level of monthly income rises, the frequency of public parks in the city of Benghazi increases.
Farklı Kuşaklarda Akılcı İlaç Kullanımı ve Sağlık Algısının İncelenmesi
Authors: ŞENGÜL Beyza Nur , AKYİL Samil
Published: December 2022

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı; Baby Boomer (BB), X ve Y kuşağının sağlık algıları (SA) ve akılcı ilaç kullanımı (AİK) bilgi seviyelerini belirlemektir. Yöntemler: Araştırma Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi’ nde Şubat 2020- Ağustos 2020 tarihlerinde, 407 katılımcı ile yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri “Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu”, “Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği (SAÖ)”, “Akılcı İlaç Kullanımı Ölçeği (AİKÖ)” ile elde edilmiştir. Betimleyici analiz, Kruskal Wallis, Ki kare ve Mann Whitney U testi uygulanmış, istatistiki anlamlılık düzeyi p
Seed germination behaviour of Quercus leucotrichophora (Banj oak) in Western Himalaya
Authors: Bisht Sweata , Kandari Laxman , Bisht Vinod , Negi Tripti , Patel Pragnesh
Published: December 2022

Quercus leucotrichophora A.Camus (Banj oak) is one of the keystone species in the mid-elevation forests across western and central Himalaya. Its regeneration in many parts is reported to be poor due to low germination and seedling emergence. Present study aims to investigate the germination behaviour of Quercus leucotrichophora. Seeds were collected from 5 different sites and sown in polybags under open, poly-house and shade-net-house conditions. Seed germination started in 20 days and was completed in 92 days. Higher seed germination was observed in poly-house conditions (76.66%-82.66%) followed by shade-net-house conditions (68.23-76.66%), while, minimum germination was observed in seeds placed under open conditions (61.66%-74.33%). Mean Germination Time was found rapid in poly-house conditions (8.4-10.13) followed by shade-net house conditions (8.79-12.71) and open conditions (20.39-24.66). Among all the sites, higher germination was recorded for the seeds collected from the mid altitude regions (1300-1400 m asl). A significant positive correlation (P<0.05) between seed size class with cumulative germination percentage was also noticed. The findings of the present study indicated that, site of seed collection can play a crucial role in seed germination. Thus, for raising quality planting material of Q. leucotrichophora, seed collection should be done from specific habitats that ultimately help in restoring the declining population.
Concept, Validation, Pilot Phase, and Evaluation of a Resilience Training Course for Leadership Personnel in the German Military Police Forces
Authors:   Helmut Schmidt University/Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, Germany, Brinkmann N , Fischer A ,   Bundeswehr Military Police Command, Department of Operational Psychology, Hanover, Germany, Lüdinghausen N. von ,   Department of Applied Military Psychology, 3rd Military Police Regiment of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Germany, Migutin S ,   Bundeswehr Military Police Command, Department of Operational Psychology, Hanover, Germany, Steingräber A.-M ,   Helmut Schmidt University/Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, Germany, Herzberg P. Y ,   Helmut Schmidt University/Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, Germany, Lorei C ,   Hessian University of Police and Administration (HfPV), Wiesbaden, Germany, Gorzka R.-J ,   Bundeswehr Military Police Command, Department of Operational Psychology, Hanover, Germany
Published: December 2022

Leadership personnel in the German military police are often responsible for units that are frequently exposed to highly stressful situations due to their tasks and skills. As German military leaders are expected to take care of and support their subordinates, they need to know how resilience can be increased and trained. This article presents a resilience training concept for leaders in the German military police. The result is a 1-week resilience training course consisting of psychoeducational knowledge, practical training parts, and measures for sustainability. Subsequently, it was validated and scientifically evaluated with German military police officers (n=19). The high degree of target group orientation was deemed necessary and expedient. Further objectives are to adapt the concept to the needs of other military target groups and to increase its sustainability.
Asen Ignatov’s Theoretical Inversion: Grounds and Consequences
Authors: Belogashev Georgi
Published: December 2022

The article’s task is to generally clarify the grounds for the theoretical reversal in Asen Ignatov’s concepts by diachronically pointing out the main theoretical changes in them. At the same time, synchronic analysis is related to indicating general attitudes, ideological and political frameworks, and actions during the fixed time period. This would allow us to go beyond the personal reasons for such a transition, and to build a more complete picture of this inversion respectively, both in theoretical and socio-political terms. The article seeks to reveal what the consequences are of perceiving the dogmatic limitation of Marxism in socialist countries, as well as Ignatov’s position on this. In this way, the synergistic action of the various factors studied would expand the possibility of a truer understanding of the events in Ignatov’s creative life after his emigration in 1972.
Experimental study of coal washability using float and sink test
Authors: Imran Muhammad , Ali Najaf , Masood Hafiz Miqdad , Ashraf Muhammad , Ali Waqar
Published: December 2022

Pakistani coal is characterized by large amount of mineral matters especially pyrite, which restricts its use in power generation and process industry. High ash contents in coal create problems in terms of slagging, fouling, clinker formation and environmental pollution. High ash content of the coal will affect the coal applications, in order to reduce ash the contents of coal, there is need to clean the coal. In this experimental study effect of dense medium, specific gravity, settling time and particle size on coal washability have been carried out. Experimental study showed that maximum clean coal float fraction was separated out at particle size of 60 mesh. The maximum yield of clean coal is 86.1 % obtained in float and sink test. Settling time also influenced directly on float fraction, float and sink fraction became almost constant at 16 hours. In present research lowest ash contents of clean coal is reduced from 36.38 % to 11.1% which is acceptable for further utilization of process industry.
Experience with the Preparation of ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-11
Authors: Budinský Michal , Vyšinský Petr , Řehák Zdeněk , Adam Jan
Published: December 2022

The radiopharmaceutical 68Ga-PSMA-11 represents a radiopharmaceutical drug without marketing authorization for the prostate cancer diagnosis in a specific treatment program. In respect of the radiopharmaceutical technology, the difficultness of the preparation of 68Ga-PSMA-11 is comparable to that of conventional radiopharmaceuticals.
Isothermal Transformations in High-Strength Cast Iron
Authors: HASANLI RAMIZ , ALIYEV ILHAM , POLADOV NIZAMI , AZIMOVA LALA , TAGIYEV TALEH
Published: December 2022

Relevance. The technological process of manufacturing parts from high-strength cast irons is simpler and more economical than the process of manufacturing parts from steel. Cast irons are less sensitive to stress concentrators and strike loads. Spheroidal graphite cast irons can achieve DI 70 grades even in the cast state. Through hardening heat treatment or additional alloying, it is possible to produce cast irons of higher strength (grades DI 80 and above). As the strength properties of cast irons increase, disadvantages in the form of low ductility and plasticity become increasingly apparent. These problems can be compensated by providing an ausferritic, bainite or bainite-austenitic structure of the metal matrix of cast irons. A good solution is to obtain cast irons with a complex structure of the bainite-ausferrite type. In this regard, the relevance of this work is due to the fact that, in the practice of modern mechanical engineering, high-strength cast irons are increasingly used.
Analysis of Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department with A Suicide Attempt
Authors: ARSLAN Can Erkan , YÜKSEL Melih , KAYA Halil , AY Mehmet Oğuzhan , ÇALIŞKAN Fatma Betül , BULUT Mehtap
Published: December 2022

Aim: Suicide is an important public health problem worldwide. This study aims to investigate the general characteristics of patients presenting to the emergency department with a suicide attempt.

Material and Methods: Patients who presented to the emergency department with a suicide attempt between 01.12.2019 and 31.05.2020 were investigated prospectively. Age, gender, vital signs, method of suicide attempt, past medical history, additional diseases, and regularly used medications were recorded.

Results: The study included 247 patients. The median age of the patients was 32 (IQR 25-75: 25-41). 157 (63.6%) of the patients were female. While 222 (89.9%) of the patients attempted suicide by medication overdose, 78 (31.6%) of the patients were receiving psychiatric treatment. There was no statistically significant correlation between the suicide attempt method and the psychiatric treatment status of the patients (p>0.05). Similarly, no statistically significant correlation was found between the outcome of the patients and patients’ psychiatric treatment receiving status. (p>0.05).

Conclusion: The most frequent method used for suicide in patients who presented to the emergency services with a suicide attempt is medication overuse. There is no relationship between the method of suicide attempt and the psychiatric treatment status of the patients.
The effect of sanitation risk on toddler stunting incident with geographically weighted regression approach in Malang Regency, Indonesia
Authors:   Environmental Science Study Program, Postgraduate School, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Anismuslim Muhamad , Pramoedyo Henny ,   Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya Malang East Java, Indonesia, Andarini Sri ,   Faculty of Medicine Universitas Brawijaya Malang, East Java, Indonesia, - Sudarto ,   Department of Soil, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Brawijaya Malang, East Java, Indonesia
Published: December 2022

Stunting is a fundamental problem in Indonesia's human development. The risk factors for stunting are very complex, including inadequate environmental sanitation. This study aims to analyze and map the influence of spatially correlated sanitation risk on the incidence of stunting toddlers in Malang Regency, Indonesia. Data collection was carried out by interviewing respondents using questionnaires, counting stunting toddlers, and observing environmental sanitation objects. Determination of respondents was done purposively with the following stages. First, at the village level, 75 sites were selected based on the following criteria: population density; poverty level; the presence of streams, drainage or irrigation canals; and flood vulnerability. Furthermore, in each village, 40 respondents were selected based on the following criteria: women aged between 18 to 65 years, came from poor families and had a child (or children). When the number of respondents who were willing to participate is less than 40 people in each village, they were replaced by other respondents based on recommendations from village officials. A total of 3000 respondents have participated in this study. The selected respondents include wives, dependent married women or widows. The spatial analysis approach was carried out using the Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) method. Based on the results of the analysis of the spatial effect of the GWR model, the Sanitation Risk Factors that significantly affected the incidence of stunting in Malang Regency were; Environmental Drainage (greywater), Solid Waste, and Domestic Wastewater (black water). Clean and Healthy Lifestyles and Water Sources have less effect on sanitation risk. This study recommends government and public interventions to improve environmental sanitation including integrated waste management, improvement of drainage infrastructure, construction of standardized toilets, and carrying out health promotion efforts with education to increase public awareness.
Az amnionmembrán szemészeti célú felhasználásának lehetőségei
Authors: Skribek Ákos , Tóth-Molnár Edit
Published: December 2022

Az amnionmembrán (AM) terápiás célú felhasználása a szemfelszín különböző betegségeinek kezelésében hosszú múltra tekint vissza. A pluripotens sejteket, magasan szervezett kollagént, antifibrotikus és gyulladáscsökkentő citokineket, immunmodulátorokat, növekedési faktorokat és mátrixfehérjéket tartalmazó amnionmembrán szöveti regenerációt elősegítő tulajdonságai kiemelkedően magasak, emiatt napjainkban szemészeti célú felhasználásának indikációs spektruma és a felhasználás módja folyamatosan bővül. Jelen összefoglaló áttekintést ad az AM szemészeti célú alkalmazásának anatómia, technikai hátteréről, az AM prezervációjának különböző lehetőségeiről, az AM transzplantáció (AMT) sebészi technikáiról és az indikációs területekről.
Where the law loses its function: the contested politics of visibility surrounding pushbacks at the EU border in Greece
Authors: Reißig Anna
Published: December 2022

Where the law loses its function: the contested politics of visibility surrounding pushbacks at the EU border in Greece

Based on online ethnographic fieldwork, this contribution conceptualizes pushback practices at the Evros border as a strategy of crimmigration that targets migrants and their supporters. The political tensions between Greece and Turkey are discussed as a driver of the normalization of pushbacks. New levels of violence and repression in this context point to an increasingly authoritarian spirit. By examining the complex interactions between the different state and non-state actors who shape the politics of visibility surrounding pushbacks in Greece, the article aims to challenge the dehumanizing discourses around migrants as either passive victims of geopolitical strategies or potential security threats.
Türklerin İslamiyete Geçiş Süreci ve Etkili Olan Faktörler
Authors: SARIOĞLU Atanur
Published: December 2022

Türkler, yüzyıllar boyunca Orta Asya bozkırlarında kendilerine has bir medeniyet kurarak yaşamlarını idame etmiş bir topluluktur. Kurdukları medeniyet içerisinde kendi dini değerlerinin yanı sıra muhtelif gelenek ve görenekler ortaya koyarak, bunlara sıkı sıkıya bağlı olmuşlardır. Türk topluluklarının aynı dönemde birbirlerinden bağımsız olarak benimsedikleri dinler olduğu bilinmektedir. Genel olarak bilinen Gök-Tengri dininin yanı sıra bazı Türk boylarının Şamanizm, Totemizm, Budizm ve Maniheizm gibi geleneksel inanç sistemlerini de benimsedikleri görülmektedir. Daha sonraki dönemlerde ise Çin, Arap ve İbrani milletlerinden etkilenerek farklı dinleri de tanıma fırsatı bulmuşlardır. Tabii ki bunun genel nedeni, Orta Asya’da yaşayan göçebe Türk topluluklarının uzun yıllar bölgelerindeki diğer etnik unsurlar ile ilişki kurmaları, onların çeşitli dini inançları ve yaşam tarzlarından etkilenmeleri, yayıldıkları coğrafyanın etkisi olarak da görülmektedir. Ancak bu durum Türk topluluklarının sadece göçebe bir yaşam tarzına bağlı olmaları ile açıklanamaz. Din değiştirme gibi karmaşık bir olgunun tek bir nedene bağlı olarak incelenmesi birçok eksikliği beraberinde getirmektedir. Kendi gelenek ve göreneklerine bağlı bir toplum olan Türklerin din değiştirme süreçleri hem karmaşık hem de birçok faktörün etkisiyle olmuştur. Türk topluluklarının göçebe yaşam tarzını benimsemesi ve bu vasıtayla dünyadaki medeniyetlere bakış açılarının kapalı toplumlara oranla daha geniş olması farklı düşüncelerin medeniyetlerinde vücut bulmasını sağlamıştır. Aynı zamanda Türklerin yaşadıkları coğrafyanın stratejik öneminden kaynaklı olarak ilişki içerisinde oldukları toplumların etkisinde kalmaları ve farklı medeniyetler ile çeşitli vesileler (savaş, ticaret, akrabalık kurma, paralı askerlik…vs.) vasıtasıyla bağ kurmaları çok farklı dinleri tanıyıp benimsemelerine neden olmuştur.

Türklerin İslamiyet’i kabulü süreci, günümüzde farklı ideolojik yaklaşımlardan kaynaklı olarak açıklanmaya çalışılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada bahsi geçen konu dönemsel olarak ele alınmış, çeşitli kaynakların ışığında farklı etkenlerden yola çıkılarak değinilmeye çalışılmıştır.
A Depiction of Handwriting Intervention Guideline for Children with Handwriting Difficulties in Malaysia
Authors: ZAINOL Mahfuzah , KADAR Masne , RAZAOB Nor Afifi , WAN YUNUS Farahiyah
Published: December 2022

Handwriting skill is the major occupational therapy intervention executed by occupational therapists who are working with children. This article aims to describe a newly developed handwriting intervention guideline for occupational therapy service delivery in Malaysia. The handwriting intervention guideline is set up to be applicable for children aged four to nine years. The guideline is presented to support children with handwriting issues in terms of handwriting readiness and writing criteria specifically on capitals, lowercase, and numbers. This article provides a description of the handwriting intervention guideline such as the rationale of this guideline, content structure, and activity modules to guide clinical practice. The guideline has been implemented on a group of children with pre- and post-measures. The outcome findings are demonstrated to show the viability of the guideline to be used by occupational therapy practitioners. This depiction of handwriting intervention guidelines is expected to assist occupational therapy practitioners in conducting handwriting intervention for children to suit our socio-cultural background and educational system.
The Biggest Winners and Losers of the Coronavirus Crisis Based on European Macroeconomic Data
Authors: VARGA János , CSISZáRIK-KOCSIR ágnes
Published: December 2022

The 21st century has brought significant changes for economic operators, not only from a technological point of view. Some of these changes have been positive, while others have created major challenges or problems that have had to be adapted to very quickly. The COVID-19 pandemic or the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have triggered a clear crisis process in many countries and businesses. However, it is assumed that crises do not affect everyone in the same way. This study aims to examine the impact of these two events on certain European countries. To this end, five macroeconomic indicators have been selected and their changes before and after the crises are examined. The study seeks to answer the question of how the crisis events have affected the basic macroeconomic indicators of the countries and whether it can be said that the crisis has left everyone worse off. Are some countries more resilient to the current adverse trends? We base our analysis not only on macroeconomic indicators, but also review the evolution of the IMD competitiveness indicator as a confirmation. The macroeconomic indicators and the competitiveness report will show how the macroeconomic and competitiveness situation of each country has changed following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was also significantly affected by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. By reviewing this period, it will become clear to what extent the countries under study were affected by the events and it will be possible to identify which countries can be considered the biggest losers.
Competency Development through the Implementation of Professional Learning Community among Accounting Teachers
Authors: JALALUDIN Afaf Ahmad , KADIR Suhaida Abdul , ABDULLAH Arnida , MUSTAKIM Siti Salina
Published: December 2022

The selection of Professional Learning Community (PLC) as one of the mediums to improve practice is based on the trend and development of practice in developing countries. In PLC, teachers work with a sense of openness, share their experiences, ideas and expertise, and engage in a continuous assessment process that can foster deep team learning and critical reflection. The aim of this study is to investigate the implementation of PLC in improving the competencies of Accounting teachers. A total of seven Accounting teachers teaching Grades 4 and 5 in seven schools in southern Malaysia were selected as participants using purposive sampling. The aim of this study is to investigate the competencies building through the implementation of PLC among Accounting teachers. To achieve this purpose, a qualitative design was used as the guiding framework. Therefore, three data collection techniques were used to obtain rich data, namely semi-structured interview techniques, document analysis and also audio and visual materials analysis. The validity and reliability of the findings of this study were ensured through triangulation, member checks, peer review, audit trail and prolonged engagement. The findings of the study are categorised into 9 themes, namely mastering subject matter, instructional planning, instructional delivery, instructional evaluation, technology application, classroom management, facilitate student, motivate student, and student career development.
Development of a Design Thinking Pedagogical Model for Secondary Schools Science Teachers in Malaysia: A Needs Analysis
Authors: ABIDIN Norzilawati Zainal , ZAIN Farah Mohamad , BUSTHAMI NUR Abdul Hamid
Published: December 2022

In line with UNESCO's goal of enhancing quality and innovation through various enhancements to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, the Malaysian Ministry of Education also places a premium on information enhancement through STEM education and the Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) 2013-2025. Design thinking is an essential component of STEM education in modern schooling. The significance of design thinking, particularly in STEM education, fosters creativity and innovation in problem-solving among students. The needs analysis research is the early phase of Design and Development Research (DDR). This study aims to determine the requirements for developing a Design Thinking Pedagogical Model for secondary school science teachers in Malaysia. The interview method was used to perform the qualitative research. Thus, semi-structured interviews with three science teachers were conducted to explore teachers' perspectives on the need to develop a Design Thinking Pedagogical Model. Purposive sampling was used to choose these experts, and they all matched the criterion. Thematic techniques such as verbatim transcription, coding, and themes were used to examine the interview data. The findings of this study indicate that researchers need to develop a Design Thinking Pedagogical Model of Science by a panel of expert teachers in teaching sciences in secondary schools. As such, the development of this Design Thinking Pedagogical Model will serve as a practical guide for teachers in terms of training and utilizing design in students and practicing the skills necessary for the 21st century through learning and facilitation.
Components and Predictors of Psychological Wellbeing in Young Adults
Authors: MAHMUD Andalib , ISLAM Shaheen , SHARIF Feroz
Published: December 2022

Psychological wellbeing, which refers to the overall healthy functioning of a person, is a crucial asset. It is a combination of effective functioning and feeling good of one's surroundings. To achieve and maintain psychological wellbeing is very important for any stages of life, especially for young adults. Young adults go through multiple significant transitions in life. The main aim of the current study was to discover the components and predictors of psychological wellbeing of young adults and develop an effective intervention program to enhance their psychological wellbeing. The study was carried out in three different stages. A mixed-method design was implemented to conduct the study. The 42 items Ryff's Psychological Wellbeing Scale was chosen in the first stage for its optimal usability to measure psychological wellbeing. It needed to be adapted for the Bangladeshi population before conducting the study using this tool. So, in the first stage the adaptation took place. The English and Bangla Psychological Wellbeing Scale had a significant positive correlation. In the second stage Bangla Psychological Wellbeing Scale was administered to a 301-representative sample of young adults. The goal of the second stage was to identify the factors related with psychological wellbeing. In the third stage of the current study aimed to create an effective intervention program to improve the psychological wellbeing of the young adults. This study reinforces the six-factor model of psychological well-being by Ryff (1989) in the design of psychological wellbeing program of young adults.
Digital Transformation in the MICE Industry (Powered by Zoho Backstage)
Authors: CHUMPOONTA Passakorn
Published: December 2022

Business challenges happen to operating MICE events nowadays due to the pandemics and the globalization. The management of event planner company needs to improve the performance of the organization by implementing innovations and technologies to survive the business during this situation. ZOHO Backstage is one of the options that event business can apply to operate a digital event with many features related. The objectives of this study are to study the features of ZOHO Backstage, and to provide the knowledge and technological awareness. This web-based event application features are including registration, event stakeholder management (event planning team members, speakers, attendees, sponsorships, and exhibitors), marketing tools, and data analytics. The finding of this study showed that participants who attended the workshop were agree that ZOHO Backstage is one option to use for the MICE event business related to the features together with its characteristics in security and privacy, application performance, and ease of implementation due to the advantages of cloud-based system. Practically the finding of this study will also help event planning company and related organization to improve the knowledge and skills in event application, and able to support the business in the future. This application will be one of the options for them to have competitive advantages for MICE industry.
When Restructuring and Clause Union Meet in Catalan and Beyond
Authors: Pineda Anna , Sheehan Michelle
Published: December 2022

This paper considers what happens when clause union meets restructuring by examining contexts where the causative FACERE verb takes a restructuring verb as its complement in Catalan, in comparison with French and Italian. We show that in Catalan and Italian and to some degree also French, in such contexts, the case realisation of the causee as accusative/dative depends on the transitivity of the next clause down. We call this effect, first discussed by Burzio (1986) for Italian, ‘restructuring for transitivity’. We then move our attention to the interaction between restructuring for transitivity and other restructuring and clause union phenomena such as clitic climbing and se deletion, and discuss several theoretical challenges posed by these interactions.
Instructional Planning: Its Importance and Basic Components
Authors:   Department of Secondary Education, William V.S. Tubman College of Education, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, Karngbeae Leeway Dave , Kennedy Gabriel M. ,   Department of Secondary Education, William V.S. Tubman College of Education, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia
Published: December 2022

This work traverses Instructional Planning, its importance, and attendant elements that facilitate the deconstruction of the curriculum into deliverable and interactive relationships between teachers and learners. As an African saying goes, “when spider webs unite, they can trap a lion.” Gestalt Psychology also tells us that “the whole is equal to the sum of its parts” (Rathus, 2000).
Implementation of the "TANDUR" Model with Script Card Media in Learning Local Content in Regional Languages (Javanese) in Elementary Schools
Authors:   Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia, Subrata Heru , Zuhdi Ulhaq ,   Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia, Dewi Hapsari ,   SD Labschool Unesa Surabaya Indonesia, Vidiandari Witri ,   SD Labschool Unesa Surabaya Indonesia
Published: December 2022

This research was motivated by the suboptimal use of innovative media for grade III students in elementary school. In addition to this, the learning strategies he uses have also not contributed to improving the quality of learning outcomes. Based on observations, results were obtained that the use of Javanese in students’ daily activities was very low. The language used by students is generally Indonesian, so students generally find it difficult to ask or answer questions given by the teacher using Javanese. In addition to this, in the school environment, Javanese is rarely used. In terms of using strategies, it is still monotonous and 80% still use conventional learning strategies. This is what underlies class action research, to improve the quality of Javanese language learning in elementary schools. This study generally aims to improve the quality of Javanese language learning by applying the innovative learning model “TANDUR” using Javanese script cards. The research method used is Participation Action Research (PAR) which adopts Kemmis & Mc. Taggart model which is carried out in two cycles. Each cycle consists of one meeting. The data collection techniques used are observation sheets for the implementation of learning, tests, and field notes. The results showed a significant improvement in the process of using the “TANDUR” model and an increase in student learning outcomes which reached 81.5% in cycle I, and 92% in cycle II. Meanwhile, regarding the use of Javanese script cards 95% stated that they were very happy and easier to understand the learning material. Overall, it can be concluded that the application of the “TANDUR” model using the media of script cards in Javanese language learning can improve the quality of learning in grade III elementary school.
Community Initiated and Practiced Climate Resilient Technology and its Effectiveness in Disaster Risk Reduction at Barisal, Bangladesh
Authors:   Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh, Debnath Prome , Biswas A.K.M Abdul Ahad
Published: December 2022

Bangladesh is a low-lying deltaic plain country in which three-quarters of the population lives in rural areas, and they are the primary victim of climate invented worst situation (Siddiqui, 2009). As rural area’s people were deprived from the modern technology to mitigate the disaster, so that rural area’s people created y own initiated climate resilient technology to protect themselves. The purpose of this study was to identify indigenous disaster mitigation measures that the community had implemented in order to reduce the negative effects of disaster. The study area was Bakerganj upazila, Barisal which is also a rural based disaster-prone area. In this research, two types of data collection techniques were used, such as as primary and secondary data collection methods, afterwards the collected data were analyzed through Microsoft Excel. The major findings of this study were that, due to climate change the most drastic change was in temperature, which is responsible for occurring different kinds of disaster. Among those in the study area flood was the most prior disaster which may fallen impact on house and agriculture of study area. It was mainly influenced by poverty and lack of community awareness. So that the mostly used climate resilient technology of this area was raising of house platform above flood level (95.87%), plantation of disaster resilient tree around the house (76.29%), raising platform for cultivation (73.20%), using homemade fertilizer for enhance productivity (62.89%) and tying of house to minimize the possibility of destroying (61.86%). Among those raising house platform and cultivable land platform was more sustainable and resilient indigenous technology of this area. Beside more the study area’s people also got support from different GO and NGOs. And also, this area had strong social bonding with each other and local authorities, so that they got advantages from them and they consider this support as their capacity to fight against any kind of disaster. As indigenous technologies are very important for disaster risk reduction so that those should be linked up with local level adaptation plans for increasing the efficiency and resiliency of those locally invented technology, so that those will be easily accepted by the vulnerable community and implemented successfully against disaster.
Somatic Embryogenesis, Genetic Modification, and GMOs at the Department of Plant Biotechnology and Cytogenetics at the IHAR
Authors: Zimny Janusz , Sowa Sławomir
Published: December 2022

At the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute (IHAR), research on plant tissue cultures began in 1970s. Some in vitro methods, such as anther cultures or isolated microspore cultures, have been directly used to produce homozygous lines in plant breeding. These methods are also a prerequisite for genetic manipulation for both scientific and practical purposes. Here, we describe the achievements of the Department of Biotechnology and Cytogenetics over the last few decades in the area of somatic embryogenesis of cereals, genetic modifications, GMO detection and identification, and GMO legislation. This long-term research on plant regeneration systems has led to the development of the first transgenic triticale plants in the world and the first transgenic plants in Poland, which was followed by a multi-generation study of triticale transgene stability. The gene flow of transgenic triticale and transgenic maize investigated in field studies under Polish environmental conditions, as well as the evaluation of triticale pollen flow, provided scientific data for the development of coexistence measures and GMO risk assessment in case of plant authorization for cultivation. Based on the experience gained over the years, a GMO Controlling Laboratory was established to support the official control of GMOs in Poland and the EU. It was later nominated as one of the National Reference Laboratories collaborating with the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, providing scientific and technical support in areas related to health and consumer protection. The GMO Controlling Laboratory is accredited by the Polish Center for Accreditation according to the ISO 17025 standard, ensuring high-quality analyses and flexible accreditation scope. It participates in the ongoing debate in Poland and the EU on the legal aspects of new genomic techniques in plant breeding through publications, lectures at scientific conferences, and by providing expertise to relevant bodies.
Valor nutricional y calidad microbiológica de la larva de Rhynchophorus palmarum L. , alimento tradicional indígena de la Amazonia sur del Perú
Authors: Quispe-Herrera Rosel , Cahuana-Mamani Percy , Florez-Castillo Gorky , Paredes-Valverde Yolanda
Published: December 2022

En las regiones Amazónicas del Perú, las larvas de Rhynchophorus palmarum L., desempeña un rol importante en la alimentación, medicina y malnutrición. Los pueblos indígenas y rurales cosechan esta larva de las palmas descompuestas y consumen directamente o hervidos. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar el valor nutricional y calidad microbiológico de la larva de R. palmarum, alimento de los pueblos indígenas y rurales de la Amazonia peruana, rica en proteínas para combatir la malnutrición. Las muestras se obtuvieron en los alrededores del mercado “Modelo” de la ciudad de Puerto Maldonado, un total de 1000 g en buen estado, para poder analizar sus características microbiológicas y composición nutricional. La larva R. palmarum tiene un valor alto en proteínas en la piel y grasas totales en su interior lo que le hace un alimento con un peso nutricional importante para las poblaciones Amazónicas. Desde el punto de vista microbiológico las larvas de R. palmarum de son aptas para el consumo humano previa limpieza profunda con abundante agua hervida fría y maceración mínimo de 10 minutos en salmuera.
How FAIR are pharma publication data?
Authors: Awodiya Eniola , Osório Joana
Published: December 2022

Sharing research data increases reusability, reduces waste, supports reproducibility and promotes innovation. In medical research, sharing data also promotes transparency and access to information relevant to patient care. While important advancements have been made in data sharing by regulators, the pharmaceutical industry and academic publishers, several barriers remain. Some of these barriers stem from concerns about data privacy and patient safety, but others are related to the need for confidence in sharing, which can be improved through agreed standards and systems for reuse of research data, including the application of FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) principles and the overarching principle of “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”. Medical writers, who are key links between the pharmaceutical and publishing industries, can contribute to making pharma publication data FAIRer. They also have an important role in educating others about the path to more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable data.
CONCEPT FOR A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OF SURFACE
TOPOGRAPHY – TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF TRIBOLOGICAL
WEAR TRACES
Authors: Niemczewska-Wójcik Magdalena
Published: December 2022

The methodology of surface topography research plays a key role in identifying and describing the wear
mechanism, including the tribological wear traces. In the published literature, wear traces are most often
described based on the surface morphology created in the operation process (microscopic image – optical
microscope OM, scanning electron microscope SEM, atomic force microscope AFM); less frequently used
are 2D profile description (contact or non-contact profilometer) or 3D topography (profilometer, confocal
microscope, interference microscope, focus variation microscope). Each method of testing the worn surface
has its own characteristics and purposefulness of use. The combination of different methods enables a
comprehensive assessment of the surface topography created in the operation process and the characterisation
of tribological wear traces.
This work presents the main issues in the range of research methodology of the surface topography created
in the operation process (operated/worn surface topography) – the purpose of research, research programme,
research methods and tools, analysis of research results (quantitative – parametric and qualitative – nonparametric).
The research methodology of the surface topography and tribological wear traces is presented
on selected examples. The method of conducting a comprehensive analysis, including all elements – surface
morphology, 2D profile analysis and 3D topographic analysis – is discussed.
“Heartbeat”, or singing the novel afresh
Authors: Grafe Adrian
Published: December 2022

Popular music constitutes a rarely-mentioned facet of Carpentaria’s intermedial aesthetic. “Song”, part of Diana Brydon’s “Reading across the Pacific: Reorienting the North”, briefly evokes song in Carpentaria, though only “national” song(s). In “Dreaming of Others: Carpentaria and its critics”, Alison Ravenscroft is “puzzled not only by song but by the entire scene” when Fishman sings country songs. Yet Wright wrote Carpentaria “while listening to music”, including “blues” and “country”; it “started to be written like a long song”. Some popular singers are either named or suggested by their lyrics. We consider these artists and their work in context, within Carpentaria’s appeal to Americana, not Australiana, and to polyvocally singing the novel afresh. Wright later co-wrote the song “Giidang”—“heartbeat” in the Gumbayngirr language.
The Spell of Place in Carpentaria
Authors: Vandamme Christine
Published: December 2022

The following paper allows us to study the links between place and Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime or Dreaming. Such an approach foregrounds the need to re-envision our world as in permanent co-presence of human and other-than-human, and thus the necessity to reassess and ultimately refuse monological nationalist foundation narratives and replace them with more inclusive ones to reflect more fully what sustainable relationships in nature and society at large really consist in.Carpentaria offers a very original revisiting of the Gothic spectral motifs of disappearance and disorientation so prevalent in non-Indigenous Australian literature – replacing them instead with an acceptance of being haunted and “possessed”. Possession in Carpentaria is about being revitalised by place, as the work of anthropologists, poets and thinkers like Glowcewski, Glissant or Abram (The Spell of The Sensuous), have amply demonstrated. In Wright’s novel, the notion of possession and being possessed by the river country takes on a unique urgency, thus foregrounding the importance of stories, “stories of deep knowledge”, not only for themselves, but precisely because such law stories can have a major and lasting impact on ideological, economic and social choices but also point to new or, to be more accurate, rediscovered epistemologies.
Oilseeds sector in India: A trade policy perspective
Authors: R RENJINI V , JHA GIRISH K
Published: December 2022

The government had been intervening in the oilseed sector from time to time in the form of production, price and trade related policies to improve edible oils availability in India. In this paper, we analyse the impact of trade policy measures adopted by the government to improve domestic oilseeds production. A simultaneous equation simulation model was applied to find out the impact of recent import duty hike on palm oil on production and consumption of edible oils in India. The tariff hike will benefit the oilseeds growers through increase in the price of edible oils. The net impact in the economy will be negative due to the higher reduction in consumer surplus that may outweigh the increase in producer surplus and government revenue. The duty hike may yield short term benefit but improvement in yield, proper procurement and strengthening of edible oils processing industries are the keys for long term strategy for revival of the sector.
In-silico analysis of WRKY Transcription Factors gene family in healthy and malformed stages of mango (Mangifera indica)
Authors: YADAV ASHOK , USHA K , JAYASWAL PAWAN KUMAR
Published: December 2022

WRKY proteins play crucial roles in plant defense regulatory networks, development process and physiological programs including responses to several biotic and abiotic stresses. Evalutionary analysis revealed, WRKY genes were categorized into the four major groups. In developed phylogenetic tree, group-D contain highest number (15) of WRKY genes followed by group-B (10), group-A (7), and group-C (6). Several number of CREâ€™s were identified from mango transcriptome belonging to different categories like light responsiveness, hormone responsive, bioticstress responsive, biotic stress responsive, binding, plant development, transcription and circadian control. Among the10 stable genes observed in transcriptome, nine genes had negative Z-score indicating that these structures identifiedfor the proteins are reliable. Motif analysis indicated that the per cent occurrence of all the five motifs were higher in WRKY genes of malformed tissues compared to WRKY genes of healthy tissues. The uniquely identified CREâ€™s (Healthy stages: AC-II, GCC box, OBP; Malformed stages: Aux-RR-core, AC-I, 3-AF1 binding site, CAT-box, MNF1 and rbcS-CMA7a.), defense and stress responsiveness (TC-rich repeats) and fungal elicitor (Box-W1) related cis-regulatory elements will provide insight to solve the problem of mango malformation. The identified information regarding the WRKY Transcription Factor from mango transcriptome will serve as a valuable information for mango breeding against malformation.
Pond dyke utilization: An innovative means for enhancing productivity and income under Integrated Farming System in North East Hill Region of India
Authors: BABU SUBHASH , DAS ANUP , MOHAPATRA K P , YADAV G S , SINGH RAGHAVENDRA , TAHASHILDAR MOUTUSI , DEVI M THOITHOI , DAS SAMIR , PANWAR A S , PRAKASH N
Published: December 2022

Integrated farming system (IFS) is a sustainable and effective means for improving rural economy due to its cumulative cost effectiveness, low investment and higher profitability. IFS has greater role for livelihood improvement in north eastern region (NER) of India where most of the farmers are small and marginal. Farm pond for multiple uses is the integral part of IFS system in the region. In a typical farm pond, about 40-60% area is given to dyke, which is generally very productive area due to water and organic matter availability in the vicinity. In-spite of its high production potential, pond dykes are seldom effectively utilized. Fish pond dyke intensification with crops and poultry an play a significant role in increasing manifold production, income, nutrition and employment opportunities of rural populations. In present study, three different components like fish, poultry and sequential vegetables production were employed in at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (980 amsl). The results indicated that in integrated pond management, two additional enterprises, viz. poultry and year round vegetable cultivation exhibited production and income enhanced over traditional practice. Integration of fish-poultry and year roundvegetable production recorded 750% higher system production efficiency and 858.6% higher average profitability over the traditional practice. Furthermore, pond dyke intensification and poultry production also recorded 600% higher employment generation over non-integration. The utilization of family labour round the year in pond based integrated production system increases the production as well as employment opportunities for income generation. The overall results revealed that the integrated pond management with poultry, fish and vegetables on pond dyke is an excellent approach for sustainable production as well as income and employment generation for the resourcepoor rural households.