bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Comparative Review on Epilepsy and its Treatment Options
Authors: M. Bilal Sufi  , Ashay J. Karhade  , Rajlaxmi Deolekar  , Ashwini Ashtankar
Published: December 2023

Today, people are confronted with various types of stress in everyday life and the majority of people around the world are affected by various neurological diseases. Epilepsy is one of the most common brain diseases that affects about 50 million people worldwide, 90% of whom come from developing countries. Genetic factors, brain infections, strokes, tumors, high fever and other diseases cause epilepsy. It places a heavy economic burden on the health system in countries where stigma and discrimination are found against patients and their families, especially in communities, workplaces, schools and homes. Many epilepsy patients suffer from severe emotional pain, behavioral disorders and extreme social isolation.
Identifying Management Concepts in Improving the Quality of Islamic Education in Indonesia
Authors: Hidayah Nur , Murtafiah Nurul Hidayati
Published: December 2023

Initially, education management in Indonesia still had a lot to do with updating to keep up with the times. This is what causes the many changes that always occur in the education system in Indonesia, including Islamic education. This research aims to identify management concepts in improving the quality of Islamic education in Indonesia. The research method used is literature study (library research), namely taking data from various literature that is related to the topic being discussed. The discussion method used is a descriptive-analytical method, which explains and combines the main ideas which are of course related to the topic being discussed. The results of the research show that there are several factors related to the management of Islamic education that influence the quality of education in it, including the resources that must be adequate, appropriate facilities and infrastructure and the management of education itself which must be regulated to maximize Islamic education in Indonesia. Not only that, there are also many processes and principles that must be understood by every management in Islamic education in order to adapt it to the goals of education itself.

Keywords: Management Concepts, Quality of Islamic Education, Improving Quality Education
Extracting book titles from book recommendation videos using a deep learning approach
Authors: SARIMEHMETOĞLU Bartu , ERDEM Hamit
Published: December 2023

Extracting text from images and videos is an emerging field of research with a wide range of applications, including video search, video editing, and translation. Nowadays, book promotion videos in different languages are shared on social media and especially on YouTube. In this study; It is recommended to take book titles through book promotion videos. The developed system takes video as input and separates the names of the books. The viewer can select the desired book by clicking on the detected book titles and watch the relevant part of the video. This application result in time saving by the viewer. In order to achieve this application, a deep learning-based system was developed to retrieve the names of books from videos. YOLO-based method was used in the study. Different YOLO algorithms were used in the study, and YOLOv5 was found to be more successful. This study contributes to the field of text extraction and video analysis by developing a deep learning-based approach to extract book titles from book promotion videos.
İKİNCİ YENİ SORUŞTURMASI
Authors: KORKMAZ Ferhat
Published: December 2023

Pazar Postası’nda 1957 yılının başlarında yayımlanan “İkinci Yeni İçin Ozanlar Ne Diyor” adlı soruşturma İkinci Yeni’nin bir olgu olarak kabul edilmesi açısından son derece önemlidir. Bu soruşturma, İkinci Yeni’nin edebiyat âleminde varlığının artık açık bir kabulünün göstergesidir. Soruşturmaya katılan şair ve yazarlar dikkate alındığında, sınırlı sayıda yazar ve şairin savunuculuğunu belirli bir süre yürüttüğü İkinci Yeni’nin bu tarihten itibaren edebiyat dünyası tarafından benimsenmesini sağlar. Böylelikle İkinci Yeni, her türden yazar ve şairin ortak sorunu halini alır; yeni şiirin getirdiği yeni poetik duruş, geniş ölçüde tartışılmaya başlanır. Bu çalışmada İkinci Yeni üzerine yapılan ve Pazar Postası’nın 27 Ocak 1957 tarihli 5. Sayısı ile 24 Şubat 1957 tarihli 9. sayısında yayımlanan soruşturma değerlendirilmektedir.
TÜRK MUSİKİSİNDE "SABÂ" PERDESİNİN NAZARİYE VE İCRA ANALİZİ: TANBURİ CEMİL BEY ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: KANIK Nurullah , DOĞRUSÖZ DİŞİAÇIK Nilgün
Published: December 2023

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Bu araştırma, sabâ perdesinin nazari ve icra analizi yapılarak tarihsel kaynaklarda yer alan tariflerle Tanburi Cemil Bey’in icrası arasındaki ilişkiyi değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Türk musikisi nazari eserleri incelendiğinde, XV. yüzyıldan (yy.) itibaren perdeler, derece gösteren isimler yerine kullanıldığı makama göre, makamı hatırlatan özel isimlerle anılmaya başlamaktadır. Bu araştırmanın konusu olan "sabâ" perdesi de Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek (AEU) ses sistemine kadar birçok nazari eserde makam ile aynı şekilde anılmaktadır.

Tarihsel ve hesaplamalı müzikoloji yöntemlerinin beraber kullanıldığı bu araştırmada, öncelikle, "sabâ" perdesinin AEU nazariyatına kadar olan tarihsel süreci incelenmektedir. Daha sonra, Tanburi Cemil Bey'in kemençe ile icra ettiği sabâ taksiminde kullanılan sabâ perdesi mercek altına alınarak frekans analizlerine yer verilmektedir. Hertz cinsinden tespit edilen frekans değerleri, önce cent cinsine ve daha sonra AEU'daki değerlerle karşılaştırılabilmesi için Holder komasına çevrilmektedir. Nağme hareketine göre yapılan bu perde analizleriyle perdenin kullanım bölgesi tespit edilmektedir. Böylece, nazariyat ile icra arasındaki farklılıklar ortaya konularak perde kavramının tanımı tartışmaya açılmaktadır.

Araştırmada incelenen eserlerin tamamında sabâ perdesinin, çargâh ile nevâ perdeleri arasında yer aldığı ve XX. yy.a yaklaşıldıkça nevâ perdesine daha yakın şekilde konumlandırıldığı görülmektedir. Benzer şekilde, Tanburi Cemil Bey’in icrasında sabâ perdesi, nevâ perdesine yakın olarak icra edilmekte ve nağme hareketine göre aralık değerlerinde değişkenlik gözlemlenmektedir.

Bu araştırmayla beraber, "sabâ" perdesinin tekrar alanyazına kazandırılması hedeflenmektedir. Bunun, Türk musikisi eğitimi, araştırmaları ve icra alanlarına makam ve perde ilişkisi bakımından katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.
What is up with English: A Needs Analysis for Music Students
Authors: HARMANDAOĞLU BAZ Esra
Published: December 2023

The use of English throughout the whole world as an international language and English as a lingua franca (ELF) make it a necessity to learn English at a level competent enough to build an effective and appropriate communication. In this respect, this research aims to investigate the needs of Turkish music students in English courses at a state university in Turkey. The study was designed as a descriptive study and the participants were chosen by using convenience sampling. Needs analysis questionnaire was administered to the students and focus group interviews were conducted with both the students and the instructor. The qualitative data from the questionnaire and interview were analyzed by using constant-comparative method derived from grounded theory with coding procedures. The quantitative data in the questionnaires were presented with the frequencies. The findings indicate that the learners seem eager to learn English and need English for communication and academic purposes. Nevertheless, they may not have the necessary qualifications and strategies as a language learner. Some pedagogical suggestions will be presented for language instructors and policy makers.
Friendship as a Moral Virtue: A Philosophical Exploration
Authors: Hossain Mosaref
Published: December 2023

Friendship is a relational, interpersonal, and loveable bond between two individuals; and the philosophers admit it as a moral virtue. The aim of the manuscript was to draw an attention to the philosophical thinking of friendship in context of moral virtues. Aristotle states that justice seems to be the highest kind of moral virtue; friendship transcends justice. Friendship is relational, so the concept of ‘other’ has a significant role. In this context, Aristotelian notions of shared values in human nature is captured my interest. According to Gadamer, Friendship has a trans-political nature which has been traced in the paper by exposing the hermeneutic of solidarity. There is also discussing about the moral friendship after Kant in the scenario of moral virtue. Here, the goal of my writing to assess the philosophical value of friendship in contemporary society and try to evaluate the urge of friendship especially the virtue friendship in this postmodern, self-oriented society.
MANILA BAY WATERSHED SCORECARD: A GIS-BASED QUANTITATIVE WATERSHED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Authors: Zamora M. B. A. I. , Blanco A. C.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. Watershed health refers to the maintenance of the normal status of a watershed. With the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a watershed health assessment framework was developed and applied to the Manila Bay Watershed (MBW) based on the sub-indices used by the US EPA and the Minnesota DNR. These three sub-indices were used and modified: geomorphology, connectivity, and hydrology. Geomorphology sub-index accounted for the effects of soil erosion using the Unit Stream Power-based Erosion/Deposition model (USPED). Connectivity sub-index considered the connection between habitats within three environments: terrestrial, aquatic, and riparian zone. Hydrology sub-index accounted for the effects of impervious cover and urbanization on the movement of water using three factors, namely, natural cover, tree cover, and loss of hydrologic storage. Land cover map was the most used dataset in this scorecard, where the maintained natural land covers generally received high scores and built-up areas received the lowest. The overall watershed health score of MBW is 75.713 from the mean of the three sub-indices. Pampanga River Basin, which is the largest river basin within the MBW, got the highest score of 79.462 since it consists of huge portions of maintained natural land cover. Manila River Basin, known to have dense built-up areas, got the lowest average of 60.773. On the provincial level, the province of Nueva Ecija got the highest score, and the National Capital Region (NCR) got the lowest. The developed framework successfully quantified a relative health score which can be used to rank and prioritize subwatersheds, and to measure in totality the improvement or degradation of subwatershed/s over time.
LANDSCAPE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SDG2 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS USING REMOTE SENSING AND UNSUPERVISED CONTROL SITE SELECTION
Authors: Kemper H. , Renouard T. , Muir S. , Bonifacio R. , Pini G. , Lucchino P. , Bosi L.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. As part of its objective to achieve Zero Hunger under SDG2 the United Nations World Food Programme, in partnership with Governments, NGOs and other UN agencies, supports food insecure communities to increase natural resource availability and improve their management. This is done mostly through the building and rehabilitation of soil and water conservation assets (e.g., small dams, weirs, landscape restoration) and structures that increase productivity (e.g., vegetable gardens, irrigation canals). To adequately monitor these activities around the globe simultaneously, remote sensing was found to be an adequate tool. This study introduces the use of high-resolution satellite imagery, and more specifically NDVI derived from the Landsat series to verify and quantify the impact of such development projects. In total 121 projects in 10 countries and six different climate zones were analyzed using a pre- and post-implementation comparison and a Before-After Control Impact (BACI) study considering randomly selected control sites. Both approaches were found to show robust results throughout the different countries, project types and climate zones. 67% of all projects showed significant improvements in vegetation conditions during the wet seasons only three years after the implementation. Using the proposed workflow based on Python scripting and cloud computing of satellite data, fast and robust analyses can be achieved, while assuring constant data quality.
CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL-TASK MODEL FOR INDOOR SCENE RECOGNITION AND SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION BASED ON POINT CLOUDS
Authors: Jiang J. , Kang Z. , Li J.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. Indoor scene recognition remains a challenging problem in the fields of artificial intelligence and computer vision due to the complexity, similarity, and spatial variability of indoor scenes. The existing research is mainly based on 2D data, which lacks 3D information about the scene and cannot accurately identify scenes with a high frequency of changes in lighting, shading, layout, etc. Moreover, the existing research usually focuses on the global features of the scene, which cannot represent indoor scenes with cluttered objects and complex spatial layouts. To solve the above problems, this paper proposes a dual-task model for indoor scene recognition and semantic segmentation based on point cloud data. The model expands the data loading method by giving the dataset loader the ability to return multi-dimensional labels and then realizes the dual-task model of scene recognition and semantic segmentation by fine-tuning PointNet++, setting task state control parameters, and adding a common feature layer. Finally, in order to solve the problem that the similarity of indoor scenes leads to the wrong scene recognition results, the rules of scenes and elements are constructed to correct the scene recognition results. The experimental results showed that with the assistance of scene-element rules, the overall accuracy of scene recognition with the proposed method in this paper is 82.4%, and the overall accuracy of semantic segmentation is 98.9%, which is better than the comparison model in this paper and provides a new method for cognition of indoor scenes based on 3D point clouds.
GROUNDWATER LEVEL PREDICTION USING DEEP RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS AND UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT
Authors: Eghrari Z. , Delavar M. R. , Zare M. , Mousavi M. , Nazari B. , Ghaffarian S.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. Groundwater is one of the most important sources of regional water supply for humans. In recent years, several factors have contributed to a significant decline in groundwater levels (GWL) in certain regions. As a result of climate change, such as temperature increase, rainfall decrease, and changes in relative humidity, it is necessary to investigate and model the effects of these factors on GWL. Although a number of researches have been conducted on GWL modeling with machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) algorithms, only a limited number of studies have reported model uncertainty. In this paper, GWL modeling of some piezometric wells has been conducted by considering the effects of the meteorological parameters with Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) algorithms. The models were trained on one piezometric well data and predictions were executed on six other wells. To perform an uncertainty assessment, the models were run 10 times and their means were calculated. Subsequently, their standard deviations were considered to evaluate the outcomes. In addition, the prediction power of the models was validated using Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Normalized Root Mean Square Error (NRMSE), and R-Squared (R2). Finally, for all the six wells that did not participate in the training phase, the prediction functions of the trained models were run 10 times and their accuracy was assessed. The results indicate that LSTM (R2=95.6895, RMSE=0.4744 m, NRMSE=0.0558, MAE=0.3383 m) had a better performance compared to that of GRU (R2=95.2433, RMSE=0.4984 m, NRMSE=0.0586, MAE=0.3658 m) on the GWL modeling.
LSTM-MLP BASED UNCERTAINTY MODELLING APPROACH FOR COMPLEX HUMAN INDOOR TRAJECTORY
Authors: Yu Y. , Shi W. , Liu Z. , Tang K. , Chen L. , Chen R.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. Modelling the movement uncertainty of human indoor trajectory consist of an essential part in promoting the performance of smart city related applications. At this stage, the existing uncertainty modelling algorithms usually take the constant sampling error or measurement error into consideration and cannot adapt well to the changeable human motion modes and complex handheld modes of smartphones. To fill this gap, this paper applied the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network for continuous prediction of uncertainty error of human indoor trajectory with complex motion modes and detected indoor landmark points. The human motion information including handheld modes, walking speed, and heading information in extracted and fused with detected landmark points for reconstruction of human indoor trajectory under large-scale areas using Gradient Descent (GD) algorithm. In addition, the hybrid LSTM and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) network is adopted for uncertainty error prediction, by considering both sampling error and measurement error in a specific time period, and the reconstructed trajectory with human motion features are modelled as the input vector for model training with the ground-truth uncertainty error as reference. Comprehensive experiments on real-world collected dataset indicate that the proposed LSTM-assisted uncertainty modelling algorithm has robust outperformance in uncertainty error prediction and uncertainty region definition compared with traditional uncertainty modelling approaches.
MULTI-LEVEL CITY PORTRAIT RESEARCH BASED ON MULTI-SOURCE DATA
Authors: Zhuo F. , Jing C. , Xu G. , Fu Y.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. City portrait is a social impression generated by the interaction between the public and the city, which can help us better understand and perceive the nature and characteristics of the city, and thus provide strong support for the development and governance of the city. However, most existing studies extract thematic semantic labels globally, but ignore the order of the tags and the degree of their contribution in the topic, which affects the city portrait extraction results. In addition, existing studies also lack the analysis of the impact of grid areas as the study scale on city portraits. In this paper, we propose a new approach to accurately identify city labels based on multi-source data grid fusion using a topic feature word extraction model (Weight-LdaVecNet) with fused topic word embedding and network structure analysis with feature word weight constraints. On this basis, we construct a multi-level city portrait description framework using hierarchical cluster analysis, extract tag clusters, and obtain a similarity matrix by combining topic feature tags and region feature tags using similarity analysis to construct a multi-level city region portrait, with a view to achieving a fine-grained construction of a multi-level city portrait. The experimental results show that, compared with the traditional LDA model, our method indicates that the identified city labels with similar thematic semantics have strong aggregation, thus proving the effectiveness of our proposed method. In addition, in the overall multi-level city portrait, we find that Beijing has a strong attractiveness in terms of cultural features. However, the regional distribution of cultural characteristics dimensions is not uniform in the multilevel city-region portrait, and better rational allocation and planning of cultural resources are needed to better meet people's needs.
VANISHING POINT AIDED LANE DETECTION USING A MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM
Authors: Zhang Z. , Kang G. , Ai M. , El-Sheimy N.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. Lane Detection is a critical component of an autonomous driving system that can be integrated alongside with High-definition (HD) map to improve accuracy and reliability of the system. Typically, lane detection is achieved using computer vision algorithms such as edge detection and Hough transform, deep learning-based algorithms, or motion-based algorithms to detect and track the lanes on the road. However, these approaches can contain incorrectly detected line segments with outliers. To address these issues, we proposed a vanishing point aided lane detection method that utilizes both camera and LiDAR sensors, and then employs a RANSAC-based post-processing method to remove potential outliers to improve the accuracy of the detected lanes. We evaluated this method on four datasets provided from the KITTI Benchmark Suite and achieved a total precision of 87%.
GEOMETRIC EVALUATION OF GAOFEN-7 STEREO DATA
Authors: d’Angelo P. , Tian J.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. China’s first sub-metre stereo satellite, GaoFen-7, was launched on 7 November 2019. One of the main criteria for a stereo mapping satellite is the geometric accuracy of the images. In this paper, we present a systematic evaluation of the geometry accuracy of Gaofen-7 on two scenes over the centre of Munich, Germany. The geometry accuracy is evaluated in a three-step workflow: 1) direct georeferencing accuracy; 2) image orientation using bundle adjustment with ground control points; 3) height accuracy of the generated digital surface model (DSM). In addition to dense LiDAR point clouds, ground control points were measured in the field. These were used as references. The results show that RPC bundle adjustment with 0 order bias correction is sufficient to achieve sub-metre absolute accuracy. The height accuracy of the generated digital surface models varies with land cover type, ranging from 0.9m (NMAD) in open areas to 4.5m in urban areas.
Identifying atmospheric processes favouring the formation of bubble-free layers in the Law Dome ice core, East Antarctica
Authors: Zhang Lingwei , Vance Tessa R. , Fraser Alexander D. , Jong Lenneke M. , Thompson Sarah S. , Criscitiello Alison S. , Abram Nerilie J.
Published: December 2023

Abstract. Physical features preserved in ice cores may provide unique records about past atmospheric variability. Linking the formation and preservation of these features and the atmospheric processes causing them is key to their interpretation as palaeoclimate proxies. We imaged ice cores from Law Dome, East Antarctica, using an intermediate layer core scanner (ILCS) and found that thin bubble-free layers (BFLs) occur multiple times per year at this site. The origin of these features is unknown. We used a previously developed age–depth scale in conjunction with regional accumulation estimated from atmospheric reanalysis data (ERA5) to estimate the year and month that the BFLs occurred, and then we performed seasonal and annual analysis to reduce the overall dating errors. We then investigated measurements of snow surface height from a co-located automatic weather station to determine snow surface features co-occurring with BFLs, as well as their estimated occurrence date. We also used ERA5 to investigate potentially relevant local/regional atmospheric processes (temperature inversions, wind scour, accumulation hiatuses and extreme precipitation) associated with BFL occurrence. Finally, we used a synoptic typing dataset of the southern Indian and southwest Pacific oceans to investigate the relationship between large-scale atmospheric patterns and BFL occurrence. Our results show that BFLs occur (1) primarily in autumn and winter, (2) in conjunction with accumulation hiatuses > 4 d, and (3) during synoptic patterns characterised by meridional atmospheric flow related to the episodic blocking and channelling of maritime moisture to the ice core site. Thus, BFLs may act as a seasonal marker (autumn/winter) and may indicate episodic changes in accumulation (such as hiatuses) associated with large-scale circulation. This study provides a pathway to the development of a new proxy for past climate in the Law Dome ice cores, specifically past snowfall conditions relating to synoptic variability over the southern Indian Ocean.
The immanent animation director: a conceptual framework for transitioning to immersive, virtual reality directing
Authors:   , Oancea Sorin
Published: December 2023

Virtual Reality is still an emerging medium with limited understanding of its narrative potential from a 3D animation directorial perspective. This research project applied narrative transportation theory and poetics as theoretical lenses to examine animation directorial practices to create a 3D narrative VR experience. The theoretical lenses applied to the iterative development of the VR experience, highlighted how aesthetic and affective distances become critical dialectical variables supporting narrative transportation in directing VR. This is an important consideration that can assist in the transition from a transcendent directorial position to an immersed one, characterised by a sense of unmediated immanence.
Understanding the effects of nurse-led care on symptom distress and local patient reported outcome data to inform structured nurse-led services for patients with cancer and selected non-malignant conditions
Authors:   , Leach Justine
Published: December 2023

Significant challenges exist in assessing and managing symptom distress in people receiving cancer treatment in the out-patient setting. Evidence indicates structured nurse-led services provides an effective approach to recognising and improving symptom distress in ambulatory patients with cancer. Financial distress of people receiving cancer treatment is a need that should be consistently assessed and managed in current out-patient settings. Nurses are ideally placed to screen, assess, and manage symptom distress and financial distress in out-patient cancer care centres. Future structured nurse-led services for improved patient-centred care requires organisational support and the use of valid assessment tools in routine care.
İki Meclis Sisteminin Başkanlık Sisteminin İşleyişi Üzerine Etkisi
Authors: METİN Yüksel , AYKANAT Tuba
Published: December 2023

Parlamentarizm-başkanlık tartışmasına yapılan muazzam katkılara ve iki meclisliliğe yönelik artan ilgiye rağmen, başkanlık ve iki meclislilik arasındaki bağlantılar henüz sistematik olarak yeterince incelenmemiştir. Anayasal gelişimdeki önemli tarihsel rolüne rağmen iki meclislilik nadiren araştırma konusu olmuştur. Politika süreçleri ve sonuçları üzerindeki etkileri iyi anlaşılamamıştır. Bu çalışmada iki meclisli yapının başkanlık sistemi üzerine etkilerinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu bağlamda ilk olarak iki meclis sisteminin başkanlık sistemine etkileri tespit edilmeye ve farklı bakış açıları gösterilmeye çalışılmıştır. İkinci olarak, iki meclis sisteminin başkanlık sisteminden esinlenerek oluşturulan Cumhurbaşkanlığı hükümet sisteminin eleştirilen yönlerini ne ölçüde düzeltebileceği sorusuna cevap aranmıştır.

İki meclis sistemi federal devletlerde zorunlu olarak, üniter devletlerde ise siyasi tercih ya da tarihsel mirasın bir sonucu olarak uygulanagelmiştir. İki meclis sisteminin hükümet sistemlerinde olduğu gibi, güçlü ve zayıf yanları bulunmaktadır. Rasyonel seçim teorisi, alternatifleri olan konularda olası tüm seçeneklerin sıralanması, her birinin maliyet ve getirilerinin hesaplanması ve buna bağlı olarak en uygun kararın verilmesi gerektiğini söyler. Dolayısıyla tercih yapılırken bu hususların göz önünde tutulması gerekir.

Makalede ulaşılan temel bulgu, başkanlık sistemi ile iki meclis sistemi arasında kurumsal açıdan teorik bir bağlantının bulunduğu ve bu teorik bağlantının bir sonucu olarak iki meclisli yasama organı tasarımını benimseyen başkanlık sistemlerinin daha başarılı olduğudur. Bununla bağlantılı olarak denge ve denetim sistemini güçlendirecek iki meclis sisteminin Cumhurbaşkanlığı hükümet sisteminin işleyişindeki aksaklıkların giderilmesine ve yaşanan sorunların çözümüne katkı sağlayabileceği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
RESEARCHES OF THERMO-OXIDATIVE TREATMENT OF ELECTRODE COAL PITCH
Authors: Ковалев Р.Ю. , Гаврилюк О.М. , Никитин А.П. , Исмагилов З.Р.
Published: December 2023

Каменноугольный пек является важнейшим сырьем в качестве связующего в производстве конструкционных материалов и сырья для получения пекового кокса. Наиболее распространено применение каменноугольного пека в качестве связующего в производстве электродов и анодной массы, так называемый электродный пек. Для усовершенствования характеристик электродного пека используют различные модификации исходного сырья. Определены перспективы низкотемпературного термоокисления пеков (до 300 °С) как способ модификации электродных пеков. Исследована термоокислительная модификация каменноугольного электродного пека АО «Алтай-Кокс». С помощью экспериментальной установки, состоящей из реактора, компрессора и системы нагрева, проведены эксперименты по низкотемпературному термоокислению электродного пека. Установлены температура размягчения, фракционный состав и выход продуктов низкотемпературного термоокисления. Показана возможность получения электродных пеков более высокой категории с помощью низкотемпературного термоокисления. Определены длительность и максимальная температура низкотемпературного термоокисления, при которых можно повысить температуру размягчения электродного пека, что указывает на актуальность данной работы. Экспериментально показано, что при низкотемпературном термоокислении электродного пека не происходило роста α1-фракции. При этом рост температуры размягчения связан с увеличением α2-фракции в процессе низкотемпературного термоокисления электродного пека.

Coal pitch is the most important raw material as a binder in the production of structural materials and raw materials for the production of pitch coke. The most common application of coal pitch is its use as a binder in the production of electrodes and anode mass, the so-called electrode pitch. To improve the characteristics of the electrode pitch, various modifications of the feedstock are used. Prospects of low-temperature thermal oxidation of pitches (up to 300 °C) as a method of modification of electrode pitches are determined. The thermo-oxidative modification of coal pitch of JSC «Altai-Coke»has been investigated. With using of an experimental setup consisting of a reactor, a compressor and a heating system, experiments were carried out on low-temperature thermal oxidation of the electrode pitch. The softening points, fractional composition and output of products of low-temperature thermal oxidation are established. The possibility of obtaining electrode pitches of a higher category using low-temperature thermal oxidation is shown. The time of low-temperature thermal oxidation at which it is possible to increase the softening point of the electrode pitch is determined, this fact indicates the relevance of this work. It was investigated, that during low-temperature thermal oxidation, there was no growth of the α1-fraction. At the same time, the increase in the softening temperature is associated with an increase in the α2-fraction during low-temperature thermal oxidation of the electrode pitch.
Role of Nod-like Receptor Protein 3 (NLRP3) in Acute Kidney Injury: A Review
Authors: . Prayuda , Kandarini Yenny
Published: December 2023

Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that have a role in regulating inflammatory signaling and the innate immune system. One of these is Nod like-receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), the most studied inflammasome. Activation of NLRP3 is associated with various inflammatory diseases. Renal also have inflammatory response against an infectious or non-infectious activators. NLRP3 is yet another component of the inflammasome that is expressed in the tissue of the kidney, however the underlying mechanism is not completely known. The capacity to trigger cell death by activating caspase-1 and modifying the NLRP3 inflammasome component is possessed by renal mononuclear phagocytes such as macrophages and dendrites. According to the findings of a number of research, podocytes and renal tubular cells may be responsible for activating the NLRP3-ASC-caspase-1 pathway, which leads to the discharge of mature forms of IL-1 and IL-18. Acute kidney injury (also known as AKI) may be caused by a wide variety of conditions, such as ischemic damage, nephrotoxicity, and sepsis, amongst others. Damage to tubular epithelial cells can initiate an inflammatory response by activating immune cells such as macrophages and leukocyte. These immune cells infiltrate to the kidney, which then releases various inflammatory mediators. There are recent studies that suggest that mtDNA-related inflammatory responses are also involved in the AKI process.

Key words: Inflammasome, Nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), acute kidney injury (AKI)
SUKSES ELEKTORAL RUSMAN EMBA: PANDANGAN MENDALAM PADA STRATEGI OFENSIF DAN DEFENSIF
Authors: Sulaiman  , Muh Arsyad  , Muhammad Ishak Syahadat
Published: December 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui strategi politik kemenangan Rusman Emba pada pemilihan kepala Daerah Kabupaten Muna tahun 2020. Jenis penelitian ini  menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini yaitu wawancara  dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan teknik analisis data menggunakan  pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil dari penelitian mengenai Strategi Politik Kemenangan Rusman Emba Pada Pemilihan Umum Kepala Daerah Tahun 2020 yaitu menggunakan dua strategi oleh Peter Schroder yakni strategi ofensif dan strategi difensif. Strategi ofensif adalah strategi untuk mempertahankan dan meluaskan pasar dengan bentuk sebagai berikut :Pertama, partai pengusung menjalankan kembalin struktur yang ada disetiapa Kecamata, Kelurahan/Desa kemudian memberikan pemahaman kepada masyarakat apa saja yang menjadi program Rusman Emba dari program itu bisa meningkatkan perekonomian masyarakat, Kedua, partai pengusung turun kelapangan dengan mensosialisakikan program baru yang akan dibawah Rusman Emba dan meyakinkan pemilih dengan program-program yang berhasil dicapai. Sedangakan strategi defensif kemenangan Rusman Emba yaitu: Pertama, tim pemenang mampu mempertahankan pemilih tetap mereka dan kepada pemilih baru bahwa calon bupati adalah orang yang berkualitas yang selalu menjaga kepercayaan pemilihnya dan selalu hadir di tengah-tengah masyrakat ketika masyarakat memiliki keluhan.
Systemic reform of economic education in the Russian Federation: challenges, trends, transformation paths
Authors:   Moscow International University, Manyushis A.Y.
Published: December 2023

The article continues the series of publications by the author on the issues of transformation of the Russian system of economic education. The need for new approaches is due to challenges and trends associated with fundamental changes in global socio-economic relations, global economic and technological structures. Specific proposals for modernizing the content and organizing economic education are presented. The problems of the non-state segment of educational institutions, as an integral element of the modern educational process, are presented separately.
Economic sovereignty of Russia. Directions and tasks of strengthening economic sovereignty at the current stage of the country’s development
Authors:   Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, Anuprienko V.Y.
Published: December 2023

The issues of ensuring, protecting and strengthening Russia's economic sovereignty did not arise yesterday. The political realities of recent times have only further highlighted their relevance. At the same time, the very concept of «economic sovereignty», which is part of what is commonly called «state sovereignty», began to be institutionalized only relatively recently, in the twentieth century. Objective trends in the development of international economic relations in recent years, reflected in the policies of the states representing the leading economies of the world, as well as the sanctions regime imposed against the Russian Federation, have made it necessary to turn to this topic to determine the possible content of measures to supplement and/or adjust the directions of the country's economic policy.
The potential of the social-production system as a factor in the sustainable development and functioning of the housing and communal services sector
Authors:   Moscow Analytical Center  in the Sphere of Urban Economy, Balashov E.B.
Published: December 2023

The article studies the potential for the development and functioning of housing and communal infrastructure in modern conditions of overcoming the crisis and the conditions of overcoming challenges. and restrictions. The main structural components of the potential of housing and communal services are considered. The essence of socio-economic potential is revealed and options for managing the potential of housing and communal infrastructure are presented. The directions for the advanced formation and use of potential have been determined. Housing and communal services.
A Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Properties of plant Tridax procumbeans
Authors: S. Musale Adesh , S. Bhandwakar Sakshi , Ghodke Dhananjay , B. Nikam Devidas
Published: December 2023

Tridax procumbeans Linn., a member of the Asteraceae family, is an Ayurvedic herb that has been traditionally used in Asia. Throughout ancient times, Tridax procumbeans has been employed for the treatment of wounds, skin diseases, and as a remedy for preventing blood clotting in traditional medicine. It exhibits a range of beneficial properties including anticoagulant, antiseptic, insecticidal, antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant effects. This herb is widely recognized for its therapeutic potential. Native to tropical America, Tridax procumbeans is found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, including various parts of India. Referred to as "coat button" in English and locally known as "Ghamara," it is also commonly referred to as "bhringraj" and used in Ayurvedic medicine for liver diseases and hair problems. The plant's different components contain a variety of phytochemical compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, carotenoids, saponins, fumaric acid, and tannins. These compounds make it a valuable source for novel drug development. This review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the phytochemical constituents and pharmacological properties of T. procumbeans. Scientific research on Tridax procumbeans has been gathered from reputable sources such as ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and PubMed.
Virtual Screening and Binding Mode Analysis of Selected FDA Approved Drugs Against PLpro Target: An Effort to Identify Therapeutics to Combat COVID-19
Authors:   College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Ashouri Mitra
Published: December 2023

Papain-like protease (PLpro) is one of the most promising targets for anti-SARS-CoV drugs because it is an essential multifunctional cysteine protease for corona viral replication.
Advances in the Application of 6-Gingerol in Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Authors:   Tianjin university of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China., Li Wenhua
Published: December 2023

6-Gingerol is the main active component of ginger, which is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. 6-Gingerol has a variety of pharmacological effects, including anti-apoptosis, antiviral, immune protection, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-tumor
MARRIED BY ACCIDENT PONOROGO DI MASA PANDEMI: FAKTOR, HUKUM DAN SOLUSI ALTERNATIF
Authors: Ramadhan Munawwir , Siregar Dina Sakinah
Published: December 2023

Recently, there are various bad deeds. They make you close to fornicate. Those are not strange anymore now. We can find many cases of married by accident in Ponorogo even we get datas show 8 times as numerous cases in 2021 than 2019. The Society Psychology condition is really bad and Free social gathering becomes the factor especially in adolescent. In society, doing a marriage for woman pregnant from fornicate is an alternative because the deed should not happen. But there are various different opinions about it.

This article uses empiric and sociologic research. The method is qualitative-descriptive. It will analyze, discuss, understand, and opinion from researcher. It uses Islamic and civil law as the main literature. It takes library research and content analyzing. This research discusses about laws of married by accident the factors and the solutions for Ponorogo society. The result gives the thoughts for the solution accident and minimize it more.
PEMBUNUHAN SEBAGAI PENGHALANG HAK WARIS PERSPEKTIF MADZHAB MALIKI
Authors: Noeris Ahmad Arif , Istikharoh Istikharoh
Published: December 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk 1). mengetahui bagaimana pandangan Madzhab Maliki tentang pembunuhan sebagai penghalang hak waris; 2). Memahami metode penggalian dalil menurut Madzhab Maliki dalam masalah pembunuhan yang tidak menjadi penghalang hak waris. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah jenis penelitian pustaka (library research) dengan objek penelitian mengenai pandangan hukum membunuh dalam kaitannya dengan hak waris, menurut pandangan Madzhab Maliki gali dari sumber-sumber kepustakaan, baik berupa buku-buku, kitab-kitab, jurnal ensiklopedi, makalah-makalah kemudian dari sumber tersebut kami kumpulkan pendapat-pendapat Madzhab Fikih setelah itu dipilih pendapat-pendapat dalam Madzhab Maliki tentang pembunuhan sebagai penghalang waris. Hasil dari penelitian adalah bahwa menurut mazhab Maliki, pembunuhan yang menjadikan seseorang terlarang memperoleh warisan hanya satu yakni jenis pembunuhan yang dilakukan secara sengaja (al-qatl al-‘amd) yang didasari karena permusuhan, baik dilakukan secara langsung maupun tidak langsung. Sedangkan jenis pembunuhan selainnya tetap mendapatkan warisan meski ada pemilahan kembali dari segi dapat menerima diyat atau tidak.
STRATEGI MASYARAKAT KOMPLEK LOKALISASI DANARASA SLARANG DALAM MEMBENTUK KELUARGA SAKINAH
Authors: Hidayat Samsul , Iljam Moh.
Published: December 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk Mengetahui strategi yang digunakan masyarakat komplek lokalisasi Danarasa Slarang dalam membentuk keluarga sakinah. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian lapang (field research). Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif. Variabel dalam penelitian ini  adalah variabel terikat yaitu strategi masyarakat komplek lokalisasi Danarasa Slarang dalam membentuk keluarga sakinah. Subjek penelitian pada penelitian ini adalah 3 keluarga yang di ambil dari masyarakat komplek lokalisasi Danarasa desa Slarang, Kecamatan Kesugihan, Kabupaten Cilacap. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu dokumentasi, wawancara, dan observasi. Prosedur analisis data dilaksanakan menggunakan metode reduksi data, penyajian data, dan evaluasi atau penyimpulan data. Berdasarkan hasil analisis disimpulkan bahwa strategi yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat komplek lokalisasi Danarasa Slarang ini bermuara pada satu tujuan, yaitu untuk membentuk keluarga sakinah. Penulis menyimpulkan bahwa mereka telah memahami tentang keluarga sakinah dan mampu untuk membentuk keluarga sakinah.
Մերձավոր Արեւելքի ամերիկյան նպաստամատույցի որբանոցներն ըստ Մեծ եղեռնը վերապրածների հուշապատումների
Authors: Ավագյան Ինգա Էդ.
Published: December 2023

There are a lot of episodes of testimonies about the collection of orphans, orphanages, and guardianship of children in the series of memoirs "Survivors of the Armenian Genocide". Against this background, the lion's share of this evidence relates to Amerkom's trusteeship. In addition to developing long-term activities in the city of Alexandropol, Amerkom created a network of branches of shelters in Western Armenia, where a large number of Armenians lived. One of these orphanages was established in Sivaz and Kajuni Karageozyan writes about this in his memoirs. During the First World War, the Turkish government founded orphanages to appease society. Mihran Ghazaryan, who was deported from Bitlis, lived in the Alexandropol orphanage of Amerkom prior to his adoption. Hovhannes Trchunyan-Hovhannisyan worked in the orphanage at the Cossack post. He had miraculously escaped from the massacre before that and ended up in the Erznga orphanage, and after that - in the Erzrum orphanage. Methods and materials: We have used comparative-historical research, survey, combination, inductive and deductive methods.The article is based on the series of memoirs "Survivors of the Armenian Genocide" and analysis of materials available in the literature.
The role of local community in oil exploration in Lokichar basin, Turkana County, Kenya
Authors: FR. AREMAN L. PAUL
Published: December 2023

Community participation in the management of livelihood resources is an important aspect that needs to be enhanced. In this way the local community not only owns the available resources but also invest them based on their real needs and not perceived needs. This study investigates the involvement of the local community in oil exploration as well as the working relationship between multinational oil corporations and host communities in Lokichar Basin, Turkana County. With the aid of the study objective, the mixed research design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 270 was adopted for this study and the study employed purposive sampling technique. Data collection procedures used was: Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and interview schedules. The study concludes that, development projects should not be introduced into host communities without the consent of the members of the host community. Hence, there should be participation of the members of the host communities to determine their own priority or projects needed.
linguagem fotográfica nas mídias digitais:
Authors: Seccatto Ana Gláucia
Published: December 2023

Contexto: As temáticas e os debates referentes à fronteira tendem a remeter a contextos conflitantes, e nos últimos tempos, tem-se notado uma maior visibilidade e intensificação da circulação dessas ideias, provocado principalmente pelos avanços tecnológicos. Tendo em vista que Mato Grosso do Sul tem significativa área em região de fronteira, nesse texto realizamos uma reflexão teórica sobre as possíveis concepções e olhares sobre a fronteira Brasil-Paraguai, podem estar sendo criadas e reproduzidas através de imagens fotográficas veiculadas nas mídias eletrônicas e também, refletir sobre de que forma muitas das imagens veiculadas nas mídias também podem ajudar os educadores em sala de aula, quando estes forem trabalhar sobre temas referentes à fronteira. Método: Foram realizados como procedimentos metodológicos a pesquisa bibliográfica de natureza qualitativa e de caráter exploratório, e coleta de imagens fotográficas em mídias eletrônicas através de buscas na plataforma Google. Resultados: A partir das discussões refletimos que muitas imagens veiculadas nas mídias, de alguma forma, ajudam a criar e reproduzir estereótipos em relação à fronteira, em contraposição, outras imagens presentes nas mídias eletrônicas podem contribuir para desconstruir estereótipos e ampliar as possibilidades de compreensão sobre as vivências na fronteira.
Differential Diagnosis of Diabetic Foot with Deep Learning Methods
Authors: ÇAKIR BAYER Maide , CANBOLAT Hüseyin , TULUM Gökalp
Published: December 2023

Diabetic foot complications, caused by prolonged hyperglycemia, are a significant health concern among diabetes patients. Majority of patients develop diabetic foot complications, contributing significantly to diabetes-related hospital admissions. These complications include foot ulcers, infections, ischemia, Charcot foot, and neuropathy. They also increase the risk of amputation, affecting quality of life and putting strain on healthcare systems. At this stage, early diagnosis plays a vital role. The process of diagnosing involves not only identifying the presence or absence of a disease, but also categorizing the disease. In this study, we examine the use of deep learning methods in the diagnosis of diabetic foot conditions. It explores various aspects such as predictive modeling and image analysis. The study discusses the progression of model designs, data sources, and interpretability methodologies, with a focus on improving accuracy and early detection. Overall, the study provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of deep learning in diabetic foot problems with highlighting advancements.