bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of EICP-Treated Sand Specimens Prepared by a Double-Reservoir Injection System for Uniform Precipitation of Carbonate via Triaxial Tests
Authors: Lee Seunghyung , Kim Jongmin
Published: October 2022

The injection condition of enzymatic-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) grouting for uniform precipitation and the mechanical properties of EICP-treated soil specimens were investigated in this study. Urease derived from yellow soybeans was used as the catalyst for the precipitation of the carbonate instead of the expensive purified urease commonly used. The uniformity of the calcium carbonate distribution was investigated by measuring the calcium carbonate content at various locations within the EICP-treated soil specimens through the soil column injection tests. The results showed that the uniformity of the calcium carbonate distribution depends on the reservoir system for the storage of the injection solutions and the injection volume that is associated with the colloidal transport of urease. Based on the proposed injection method, the EICP-treated soil specimens were prepared for two soil types and a series of consolidated undrained triaxial compression tests were conducted to investigate the mechanical properties. It was confirmed that the undrained shear behavior of the EICP-treated sand specimens shows more softening behavior. In addition, the use of a high molarity urea-CaCl2 solution resulted in pronounced reinforcing effects on the strength, which included both the peak and residual strength and the stiffness. The effects of the confining pressure and the soil types on the strength and stiffness were also investigated.
On [Be]coming in Boystown
Authors: Huff Billy
Published: October 2022

This article is about trans-, gender, sexuality, and fantasy and their mutual materialization through uses of technology and contact with the bodies of others. I aim to theorize the relationship between trans- and fantasy—my transness and my fantasies—especially as I struggle to find their realization in a cultural milieu that insists upon limited and fixed identity categories, categories that I argue thwart desire. I explore the relative lack of attention to trans- desire and sexuality in academic work and in public and political discourse and argue for the importance of attention to the erotic in understandings of trans-. Thus, I complicate notions of (mis)recognition that characterize many post-structuralist theorizations of trans- subjectivity in favor of centering the erotic. I tease out threads of my own fantasies and their materialization as they were realized in one weekend trip to Boystown in Chicago. Ultimately, my aim is to open more discursive space for considerations of trans- fantasies and sexuality and to argue that it is crucial for us to pay more critical attention to fantasies and their fulfillment in our consideration of what it means to be trans-, indeed, what it means to become a gendered and sexual body at all.
Beyond the Blue Gown
Authors: Breen Adrienne Mercer
Published: October 2022

That the lived experience of patients has not been included in health care planning and delivery, and that this exclusion can negatively impact patients’ health and well-being is established in existing literature about patient engagement. When patients receive support to reflect on and share their health care experiences with their care providers, however, mutual learning and a strengthened care relationship can result. The author uses autoethnographic research to tell and analyze her own patient story and to examine how the model of transformation through writing can help patients move from a “first” (disempowered, suffering) story to a “second” story of empowerment and new perspective.1 The author explores to what extent expressive and reflective writing may play a role in helping patients to “re-narrate” what has happened to them within the health care context, and to spark dialogue with health care leaders that may result in improved care for others.
Reclaiming the Maternal Metis Body
Authors: Metta Marilyn
Published: October 2022

This article provides a contemporary feminist autoethnographical account of my lived experiences of reclaiming my pregnant, birthing, and maternal bodies through intimate abuse and coercive control and beyond. Drawing from contemporary and culturally diverse feminist perspectives, I unpack the over-medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth and how it operates on a continuum of the systematic, institutional, cultural, and patriarchal gaze, surveillance, and control of women’s bodies. The paper will unpack the Battered Woman’s Syndrome as a problematic example of this clinical and medical patriarchal gaze and control and its prevalence in contemporary medical, psychological, and legal discourses relating to women living with intimate abuse and coercive control, and their bodies. I draw from my own personal experiences of pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering through intimate abuse and coercive control, the practice of zuò yuè zi, and the mythology of the Goddess Metis as sites of resistance, resilience, and resourcefulness that challenge the Western patriarchal gaze, surveillance, and control over women’s bodies. The paper will offer three alternative and counternarratives and ways of rethinking, reframing, and reimagining the pregnant, birthing, and maternal body as sites of resistance and resourcefulness through the ancient Greek mythology of Metis, the ancient Chinese practices of zuò yuè zi, and homebirth.
Textiles para la paz en el posacuerdo en Colombia
Authors: López Beatriz Elena Arias , Guevara Berit Bliesemann de , Marín Berena Torres
Published: October 2022

In these Dialogues, Lorna Dillon brings together essays that explore the relationship between fiber art and social justice in Latin America. The authors discuss Chilean arpilleras, needlework projects and the struggle for peace in Colombia, the Mexican Embroidering for Peace Movement, and Margarita Cabrera’s fabric sculptures about the US-Mexico borderlands. The section brings the work of scholars from different regions into dialogue. Beatriz Elena Arias López, Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, and Berena Torres Marín reflect on textile initiatives undertaken by peace signatories of the former guerrilla group FARC. Mathilda Shepard analyzes the work of the Tejedoras de Mampuján, asking what it means to speak of justice, reparations, and reconciliation in the wake of the plantation. Danielle House reflects on Mexican embroidery. She considers violence in Mexico and the way the victims it consumes have been framed as “ungrievable.” Mónica Salazar discusses symbolic resistance in participatory needlework projects about the US-Mexico border. Dillon writes about Chilean arpilleras and Colombian testimonial textiles. She draws parallels among the different artistic practices discussed in the collected essays, tracing the emergence of a supranational artistic movement that generates meaning through a multiplicity of practices. The Dialogues demonstrate the new signifying processes that these needlework groups use, as well as the way they articulate meanings that extend beyond the stitches and semiotics of their clothwork.
BCL7A‐containing SWI/SNF/BAF complexes modulate mitochondrial bioenergetics during neural progenitor differentiation
Authors: Wischhof Lena , Lee Hang‐Mao , Tutas Janine , Overkott Clemens , Tedt Eileen , Stork Miriam , Peitz Michael , Brüstle Oliver , Ulas Thomas , Händler Kristian , Schultze Joachim L , Ehninger Dan , Nicotera Pierluigi , Salomoni Paolo , Bano Daniele
Published: October 2022

Mammalian SWI/SNF/BAF chromatin remodeling complexes influence cell lineage determination. While the contribution of these complexes to neural progenitor cell (NPC) proliferation and differentiation has been reported, little is known about the transcriptional profiles that determine neurogenesis or gliogenesis. Here, we report that BCL7A is a modulator of the SWI/SNF/BAF complex that stimulates the genome‐wide occupancy of the ATPase subunit BRG1. We demonstrate that BCL7A is dispensable for SWI/SNF/BAF complex integrity, whereas it is essential to regulate Notch/Wnt pathway signaling and mitochondrial bioenergetics in differentiating NPCs. Pharmacological stimulation of Wnt signaling restores mitochondrial respiration and attenuates the defective neurogenic patterns observed in NPCs lacking BCL7A. Consistently, treatment with an enhancer of mitochondrial biogenesis, pioglitazone, partially restores mitochondrial respiration and stimulates neuronal differentiation of BCL7A‐deficient NPCs. Using conditional BCL7A knockout mice, we reveal that BCL7A expression in NPCs and postmitotic neurons is required for neuronal plasticity and supports behavioral and cognitive performance. Together, our findings define the specific contribution of BCL7A‐containing SWI/SNF/BAF complexes to mitochondria‐driven NPC commitment, thereby providing a better understanding of the cell‐intrinsic transcriptional processes that connect metabolism, neuronal morphogenesis, and cognitive flexibility.
Implementation of Legal Protection for Child Victims of the Crime of Sexual Intercourse in terms of the Fulfillment of the Right to Restitution
Authors: Mantali Avelia Rahmah Y
Published: October 2022

The fulfillment of the right of restitution against child victims of criminal acts is regulated in Article 71 letter d of Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection. In order to make it easier for victims to get compensation without having to go through the usual civil lawsuit process, the state provides a way through merging cases of compensation claims to criminal cases regulated in Articles 98-101 of the Criminal Procedure Code. In fact, the fulfillment of the right of restitution as stated in the provisions has never been implemented. This study aims to analyze the implementation of legal protection for child victims of the crime of sexual intercourse in terms of the fulfillment of the right of restitution and find the formulation of the concept of legal protection which is expected to be able to provide legal protection through the fulfillment of the right of restitution in the future. This study uses a normative juridical research method, with a law approach and a case approach. The results of this study are: 1) Legal protection in the form of fulfilling victims' restitution rights, especially in the Gorontalo District Court in practice has not been implemented properly. This is because victims do not know their rights in Article 98 of the Criminal Procedure Code, and the lack of regulation and authority of law enforcement officers in determining the amount of immaterial losses. 2) In order to realize the optimal fulfillment of victims' restitution rights, the provisions regarding restitution in the Witness and Victim Protection Law should be stated in the Criminal Procedure Code so that there is a harmony of arrangements regarding the submission procedure and other provisions regarding restitution. The Draft Criminal Procedure Code must also contain coercive power for the defendant to pay compensation to the victim.
Local Community Economic Independence in The Ex-Prostitution Area: The Effect of Dolly Closure
Authors: Rahma Rezka Arina , Rasyad Ach. , Zulkarnain Zulkarnain , Sumintono Bambang
Published: October 2022

This paper seeks to explore the economic independence of local community affected by the closure of Dolly prostitution Surabaya. This paper employed qualitative design with case study approach. It took ten people who own and manage Small and Medium Enterprises as the research subject purposively. They were involved since they are the local community around Dolly and affected by the closure of the prostitution. This research was conducted between June and July 2019. The data were obtained through observation, in-depth interview, and documentation. The data were analyzed by employing Miles and Huberman model consisting of three steps: data condensation, data presentation, and drawing conclusion or verification. The results of the research confirm that most of the local community around Dolly which were affected by the closure of the prostitution indicate an economic independence seen from: (1) the initiative of the local community in developing their business, (2) the satisfaction of the local community from the business they manage after the prostitution closure, (3) the willingness and intention to develop the business, and (4) the beliefs of the local community in developing the business even without the support from the local government. However, this study also confirms that the problem-solving of the local community remains insufficient. Most of them still rely on the government, particularly for the issues of marketing and business place. Thus, as much as 20% of the informants were afraid of the changing of city mayor would impact their business.
Identifikasi Nilai Karakter dalam Permainan Tradisional Cak Bur
Authors: Alvi Ria Rizkia , Jais Muhammad , Ayub Daeng , Fitrilinda Daffetta , Ramadhani Nadia
Published: October 2022

Perkembangan teknologi dan pengaruh modernisasi telah menggeser keberadaan permainan tradisional, sehingga menyebabkan permainan tradisional tidak dianggap menarik untuk dimainkan meskipun permainan tradisional secara umum memiliki pengaruh yang lebih baik bagi anak. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi nilai-nilai karakter dalam permainan tradisional cak bur sebagai upaya melestarikan warisan budaya lokal, sehingga anak-anak memiliki karakter cinta budaya lokal. Penelitian ini menggunakan kajian literatur publikasi hasil-hasil penelitian berbasis internet. Hasil identifikasi ditampilkan dalam bentuk tabel dan dianalisis untuk mendapatkan nilai-nilai karakter yang dominan dalam permainan tradisonal cak bur. Hasil identifikasi menunjukkan bahwa permainan tradisional cak bur memiliki nilai karakter yang sangat penting untuk perkembangan sosial, psikologis dan jasmani generasi muda. Aspek karakter individu dan karakter sosial lebih dominan dan menonjol pada permainan tradisional cak bur. Aspek lainnya adalah karakter kebangsaan dan karakter keagamaan.
The allelic regulation of tumor suppressor ADARB2 in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Authors: Li Wenwen , Wang Teng , Fu Guobin , Xu Yuan , Zhang Nasha , Han Linyu , Yang Ming
Published: October 2022

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is one of the histological subtypes of thyroid cancer which is the most common endocrine malignancy in the world. The disrupted balance of the adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing due to dysregulation of the editing genes exists in thyroid cancer. However, it is still largely unknown how functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the A-to-I RNA editing genes contribute to PTC genetic susceptibility. In this study, we systematically annotated and investigated the role of 28 potential functional SNPs of ADAR, ADARB1, ADARB2 and AIMP2 in PTC. We identified ADARB2 rs904957 and rs1007147 genetic variants which are associated with significantly elevated PTC risk in two case–control sets consisting of 2020 PTC cases and 2021 controls. Further investigations disclosed that ADARB2 could inhibit cell viability and invasion capabilities of PTC cells as a novel tumor suppressor. The ADARB2 rs904957 thymine-to-cytosine (T-to-C) polymorphism in gene 3'-untranslated region enhances miR-1180-3p-binding affinity and represses ADARB2 expression through an allele-specific manner. In line with this, carriers with the rs904957 C allele correlated with decreased tumor suppressor ADARB2 expression in tissue specimens showed notably increased risk of developing PTC compared to the T allele carriers. Our findings highlight that the A-to-I RNA editing gene ADARB2 SNPs confer PTC risk. Importantly, these insights would improve our understanding for the general roles of RNA editing and editing genes during cancer development.
Knowledge versus practices of child feeding among women of under two years children
Authors: DM Duwal , J Ghimire , G Prajapati
Published: October 2022

Background: It is most important that appropriate feeding practices are critical for growth and development of children especially in the first two years of life. There is less evidence found in the field of nutrition and hygiene practices in the Nepalese context and also in the specific communities. Objective: To assess the feeding knowledge and practices among the mothers of under two years children in the Chaudhary community. Method and Material: The total 103 responded mother of under two years children were sampled from ward no 3, Omsatiya, Rupandehi based on census data collection. Mixed method was used for quantitative data collection and Key Informant Interview (KII) was used to collect qualitative data with the help of respective tools. Results: It is really inspiring evidence that 99 percent mothers are currently feeding breast milk to their baby. About 38% of mothers have knowledge but only 26% did breastfeed to their children within one hour after delivery. Nearly 60% of mothers who have knowledge on giving complementary foods with breast milk after six months. But nearly 18% have different practice than ideally recommended. Very consistently, knowledge versus practice, only 34 percent mother have both knowledge and practice of complimentary foods three times in a day. The majority 67 percent respondents fed only breast milk whereas 33 percent were feeding fish/meat along with breast milk to the child during sick period. Conclusion: There are poor feeding and hygiene knowledge and practices found in the study population. So, every policy makers and frontline actors must understand the importance of complementary feeding and take actions forward to address the existing poor practice of infant and young child feeding in the community. The focus should be on dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency under the minimum acceptable diet recommended by WHO. Funding Statement: The author has not received any funding support for this research and is solely conducted for the partial fulfilment of the master program.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on allied health programs at the University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC): an analytical case study
Authors: Stella O Akpuaka , Andrea Doctor , Sandra Carter , Michael Olaniyi , Damon Downs , Lori Taylor , Anisur Rahman , Abed Almala , Saeed Bushra Ahmad , Marilyn Hamilton , William Hacker
Published: October 2022

The overall mission of community colleges encompasses several key components and principles, such as being cost-effective, accessible, serving as a pathway to four-year institutions, and preparing students for the workforce entry-level positions. However, 1,167 community colleges in the United States of America have been facing one of the worst threats to humanity in the 21st century, the coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 is a communicable sickness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (World Health Organization, 2022).1 The viral outbreak took the entire world by surprise with paralytic consequences on health, economy, and education. Millions of people lost their lives related to the COVID-19 infection. Worldwide, individual and public lifestyle changes, such as wearing facemasks, travel bans, and quarantines became mandatory due to the fast virus outbreak. Actions were taken worldwide to contain and slow down the spread of the virus and its adverse effects. On March 13, 2020, US President Trump declared a national coronavirus emergency.2 People were mandated to stay and work from home in isolation. In the United States, specifically in the academic sector, instantaneous unscheduled closures of schools were implemented. Faculty and students were forced to stay at home and convert to remote learning. Reviewing the impact of COVID-19 on community college faculty and students, we conducted a literature search of hundreds of publications on the impact of COVID-19 and its effects on health and education, and surveyed several students, faculty, and staff in our division. We found multiple publications on the consequences of the pandemic on education, healthcare providers, university staff, and students. This article presents the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the faculty and students in the division of Nursing, Allied Health, Life, and Physical Sciences (NAHLPS) at an inner-city HBCU Community College.
Profile of Students’ Environmental Literacy: A Hypotetic Model to Perform Effective Environmental Education
Authors: Putra Nanda Syah
Published: October 2022

Environmental literacy is a measurement of the people’s knowledge about environment and its interaction with human life. One of the efforts to achieve environmental literacy is implementing environmental education. The research is focused on efforts to know 1) environmental literacy profile of students in green open space; 2) Hypothetical models for effective environmental learning based on student profile findings. This research is a type of descriptive research. The research subject is students of Junior High School (SMPN) 2 Suayan in the 2020/2021 school year. Total sample is 70 students. Test is used to measure  students’ environmental literacy for the domain of knowledge. Non-tests is used to measure attitude and behavior domains. The number of questions/statements is 45 items with 15 questions/ statements for each domain. The average score for environmental literacy for these 3 domains is 77,1 % and is interpreted high. Based on literature and interview, high environmental literacy scores of students are at least influenced by two factors, namely 1) the implementation of environmental education in schools 2) students who are always exposed to green open spaces. Furthermore, based on this result, it is proposed a hypothetical model for the effective implementation of environmental.
The Nitrica I: Funeral deposit of proto-Lusatian warrior from Western Slovakia
Authors: Ondrkál Filip
Published: October 2022

The genesis of Lusatian culture is not sufficiently understood due to the demanding nature of its funeral ideology, which suddenly makes the highest social group invisible in the eyes of archaeologists. The elite proto-Lusatian burial of Nitrica I (Bz C2/D – ca. 1350–1300 BC) points to a persisting warrior-chief component of the Middle Bronze Age origin, which survived here from the previous period and probably contributed to the spread of Lusatian-style pottery. It reveals the diachronic acculturation of ending Tumulus facies, which has retained the habits of depositing votive wealth in graves, while the community of the Urnfield facies have decided (or been forced) to drastically reduce the importance and investment in funeral deposits. Typologically, this is the richest burial of Lusatian cultural zone with a significant continental importance, and offers an excellent case for the integration of multidisciplinary approaches in chronology, sociology, cultural development, and others. Selection of the location of the central burial and its position in the landscape was not accidental, and later began to function as a ritual centre/territorial marker with a high occurrence of metal hoards – which raises several implications in social archaeology and points to a sophisticated spiritual thinking of the Lusatian communities.
Quantitative evaluation and chromatographic fingerprinting for the quality assessment of Pudilan tablet
Authors: Lu Mengya , Tang Qianqian , Zhou Chenyu , Fang Zhizheng , Fan Zheng , Li Xiangyu , Han Rongchun , Tong Xiaohui
Published: October 2022

An easy, quick, and sensitive approach adopting ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) equipped with diode array detector was used to analyze and systematically evaluate the quality of Pudilan tablets manufactured by 12 distinct pharmaceutical companies. In this research, 15 peaks were chosen as the common peaks to assess the similarities for different batches (S1–S43) of Pudilan tablet samples. In comparison with the control fingerprint, similarity values for 43 batches of samples exceeded 0.922. In addition, by analyzing the reference substances of epigoitrin, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, acetylcorynoline, baicalin and baicanshialein, the chromatogram of the 6 reference substances was established. The recoveries for the reference substances which demonstrated good regression in the linear range (r2 > 0.999) were in the range of 98.3–101.1%. The results demonstrated that the established method was highly accurate, efficient and reliable. This study provides a valid, dependable and pragmatic method to evaluate the quality of Pudilan tablet.
Institutions and integration (im)maturity: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Šiljak Dženita , Nielsen Kristian L.
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we analyze the integration maturity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on its path towards EU membership and the role of institutions in the process. Integration maturity focuses on five main parameters for readiness to make integration successful: macroeconomic stability, functioning market economy, competitiveness, access to foreign finance and convergence. We combine a discussion of BiH's readiness on these parameters with insights from institutional economics, and show how inefficient institutions are major obstacles to BiH achieving sustained economic growth and attaining the necessary integration maturity. The main reasons for the institutional deficiencies relate to BiH being an ethnically divided country, but just as much it reflects corruption and elite capture of institutions. Only by thoroughly rethinking and reforming its institutional framework will Bosnia and Herzegovina be able to move forward.
Surface roughness and stainability of new-generation denture base materials after brushing and coffee thermocycling
Authors: Çakmak Gülce , Donmez Mustafa Borga , de Paula Marcella Silva , Akay Canan , Chavan Amit , Schimmel Martin , Yilmaz Burak
Published: October 2022

Disk-shaped specimens were prepared from additively (NX and DT), subtractively (MZ), and conventionally manufactured denture base resins (CV). Surface roughness and color coordinates were measured after polishing, simulated brushing, and coffee thermocycling, while surface roughness was also measured before polishing. Polishing reduced the surface roughness of all materials. Brushing and coffee thermocycling increased the surface roughness of only DT. CV had the highest susceptibility to consecutive brushing and coffee thermocycling as it had the highest surface roughness, which was above the clinically acceptable threshold. All materials had similar stainability; only MZ had perceptible color change after brushing. Even though stainability of tested denture base resins was similar, additively or subtractively manufactured computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) resins had smoother surfaces after brushing and coffee thermocycling, regardless of the material. Therefore, complete dentures made out of these CAD-CAM resins may have favorable surface properties in the long term.

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Isolation and evaluation the effect of Bacillus subtillis BLD01 strain on the survival rates and gut microbiota of Penaeus vannamei after challenge with Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Authors: Hoang Duc Le , Trung Nam Nguyen , Hoang Oanh Dang Thi , Trung Thanh Tran , Hoang Ha Chu
Published: October 2022

Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus has caused severe damage to the shrimp farming industry of Vietnam. Probiotics are chosen as a prophylactic method to mitigate the outbreak of diseases. We report in this article the isolation and evaluation of the effect of a potential probiotic, Bacillus subtilis BLD01, which enhances the survival rates and changes gut microbiota of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) after challenge with AHPND V. parahaemolyticus. After seven days of the challenge, the treatment where shrimps were fed with B. subtilis BLD01 strain (106 CFU/g) and challenge with AHPND V. parahaemolyticus (106 CFU/mL) showed high survival rates of 71% as compared to 33% in the treatment where shrimp were given standard feed without probiotics supplementation and challenged with AHPND V. parahaemolyticus. 16S rRNA amplicon data of the gut microbiomes of shrimps in four treatments were carried out using Illumina sequencing. A total of 231 436 reads were obtained, and a total of 14 phyla, 28 classes, 142 genera were revealed. The most abundant phyla in all subjects were Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes. The sequence number of the Vibrio genus was the highest with 28% in treatment without B. subtillis BLD01 in-feed addition and shrimps challenged with AHPND V. parahaemolyticus. The sequence number of Bacillus genus was the highest with 3% in the treatment with B. subtillis BLD01 addition and without AHPND V. parahaemolyticus challenge. These results contribute to confirming the mechanism of action of B. subtilis against V. parahaemolyticus in the experimental model, creating a scientific basis for the development and use of probiotics products applied in shrimp farming in Vietnam.
Genetic structure of Anisoptera costata in Southeast Vietnam
Authors: Lan Hong Nguyen Phan , Minh Duc Nguyen , Minh Tam Nguyen
Published: October 2022

Anisoptera costata is an endangered species in Vietnam, from habitat loss and over-exploitation. To protect this species, we analyzed 56 adult trees using eight microsatellites to investigate the genetic diversity within and among three A. costata populations, representing the range of distribution of this species in southeastern Vietnam. Our results showed low genetic diversity (NA = 2.5, HO = 0.244, HE = 0.268). Genetic population differentiation among populations was low (FST = 0.139), indicating high gene flow (Nm = 2.838). Genetic variation among individuals was 79.77%. These suggest a lack of genetic diversity in A. costata.  The clustering analysis also showed two genetic clusters. These results will provide necessary information to improve the efficiency of conservation and management of this species.
Evaluation on the Zn2+ ion adsorption capacity in water of Spirulina platensis biomaterial
Authors: Thi Quynh Hoang , Thi Thuy Duong , Thi Oanh Doan , Thi Nhu Huong Nguyen , Phuong Thu Le , Mai Lan Nguyen , Minh Thu Bui Nguyen , Duc Dien Nguyen
Published: October 2022

Due to its rising accumulation in the food chain and ongoing presence in ecosystems, metal contamination has piqued the curiosity of experts from all over the world. Environmentally hazardous heavy metal removal is being pursued utilizing a variety of techniques, such as ion exchange and precipitation, as well as chemical oxidation or reduction, electrochemistry, and filtration. However, these methods require high investment and operating costs, and generate toxic sludge. Spirulina platensis, a filamentous cyanobacteria species, has been reported as a potential bioadsorbent for the removal of some heavy metals from industrial wastewater. In this study, the bioadsorption of Zn2+ ions in an assumed aqueous solution by the dry biomass of S. platensis TH was investigated. The Zn2+ ion adsorption of biomaterials was evaluated under different conditions, including pH, contact time, temperature, and adsorbent mass. The optimal Zn2+ ion removal efficiency reached 90.32 ± 0.29% at Zn2+ ion concentration of 100 mg/L, pH 5.0, a temperature of 26oC, and a dry biomass dose of 1.5 g/L for 90 min. Langmuir and Freundlich's isothermal models were used to describe the adsorption isotherm of Zn2+ ions on S. platensis TH. Equilibrium data fitted well with the Langmuir model as well as the Freundlich model, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 34.56 mg Zn2+/g S. platensis TH under the reaction conditions of 1.5 g/L biomass dosage, the contact time of 90 min, pH 5.0, at 26oC. Research results have shown that S. platensis TH biomass is an easy, readily available, low-cost adsorbent and has a high bioadsorption capacity. Therefore, it can be treated as a bioadsorbent in the treatment of wastewater containing Zn2+ ions. This process is not only environmentally friendly but also versatile as an alternative to conventional heavy metal treatment methods.
Blockade of interleukin-33 activities by recombinant interleukin-33 Trap Fc protein would be a novel therapeutic strategy in allergic asthma
Authors: Thanh Nguyen Thao Thi , Hong Vo Phuc , Dang Nguyen Quan
Published: October 2022

The majority of autoimmune and allergic diseases are associated with abnormal expression of interleukin (IL)-33, a member of the IL-1 family of cytokines, that function dually as a proinflammatory cytokine and a transcriptional factor. We created an IL-33 inhibitor called "IL-33 Trap Fc" constructed by fusion of an Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin G1 and two distinct extracellular part receptors involved in interacting with IL-33, IL-1 receptors accessory protein, and IL-33 receptor. IL-33 Trap Fc was expressed by two systems, mammalian HEK293 cells and Pichia pastoris yeast. We found that these recombinant proteins were expressed as a glycoprotein and perhaps in dimeric form. IL-33 Trap Fc from HEK293 and P. pastoris suppressed the activity of IL-33 in vitro culture conditions. The glycosylation of IL-33 Trap expressed by P. pastoris yeast was more intensive and heterogeneous than the counterpart protein expressed from HEK293 cells. That is maybe one reason leading to a substantial decrease in the activity of IL-33 Trap Fc from P. pastoris compared with that from HEK293 cells. We also demonstrated that IL-33 Trap Fc expressed from HEK293 cells had therapeutic effects in ovalbumin-induced asthma mouse model. These data collectively suggested that IL-33 Trap Fc potently blocks IL-33 in vitro and in vivo, which may be a novel therapeutic strategy for IL-33-mediated allergic diseases.
New inhibitors for dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase in Caenorhabditis elegans
Authors: Tho Son Le , Hai Dang Nguyen , Thi Phuong Lai , Thi Thu Nguyen , Huy Hoang Nguyen
Published: October 2022

Dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase (DCXR) is an enzyme reducing dicarbonyl (-CO-) groups in single sugar molecules and participates in the sugar metabolism of several sugar metabolism cycles in different living organisms (humans, other animals, fungi, and microorganisms). Caenorhabditis elegans, a model organism, has a unique DCXR (referred to as Ce DCXR) which plays a biochemical function similar to its homologs in the other organisms. However, the catalytic regulation of the enzyme has not been fully elucidated yet. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the chemicals which could inhibit the enzyme and found three inhibitor compounds including hexanoic acid, phosphoenolpyruvic acid, and DL-α-aminobutyrate hydrochloride for the enzyme. Because these inhibitors and their derivatives suppressed DCXRs in humans, mice, rabbits, and rats, they possibly inhibit the DCXR homologs at least in other animals. If the inhibitors and their derivatives are components in pharmaceutical products, foods, and drinks, they may come into cells, interact with DCXRs and inactivate them, causing toxicity for the host organisms.
Adaptive Batch Size Selection in Active Learning for Regression
Authors: Faulds Anthony L
Published: October 2022

Training supervised machine learning models requires labeled examples. A judicious choice of examples is helpful when there is a significant cost associated with assigning labels. This article improves upon a promising extant method – Batch-mode Expected Model Change Maximization
(B-EMCM) method – for selecting examples to be labeled for regression problems. Specifically, it develops and evaluates alternate strategies for adaptively selecting batch size in B-EMCM.
 By determining the cumulative error that occurs from the estimation of the stochastic
gradient descent, a stop criteria for each iteration of the batch can be specified to ensure that selected candidates are the most beneficial to model learning. This new methodology is compared to B-EMCM via mean absolute error and root mean square error over ten iterations benchmarked against
machine learning data sets.
 Using multiple data sets and metrics across all methods, one variation of AB-EMCM, the max bound of the accumulated error (AB-EMCM Max), showed the best results for an adaptive batch approach. It achieved better root mean squared error (RMSE) and mean
absolute error (MAE) than the other adaptive and nonadaptive batch methods while reaching the result in nearly the same number of iterations as the non-adaptive batch methods.
Inverse Source Identification on Poisson Equation with Cauchy Conditions As a Generalized Problem of Moments
Authors: Pintarelli María B.
Published: October 2022

We consider the problem of finding a pair of functions φ( x, t) and w( x, t) that satisfy the equation wxx( x, t) + wtt( x, t) = φ( x, t) under Cauchy boundary conditions. We will see that an approximate
solution can be found using the techniques of generalized inverse problem of moments and find dimensions for the error of the estimated solution.
An Investigation Into the Effects of Some Demographic Parameters on Economic and Population Growths in Nigeria
Authors: Kaoje AM , Shehu B. , Babyemi A.W , Onwuka G.I , Gulumbe S.U
Published: October 2022

The study aimed at investigating the effects of demographic parameters on both economic and population growth in Nigeria. Three models were employed in the study and results from model 1 depicted that economic growth has a positive effects to BR and negatively affected by DR, these
results had demonstrated that increase in population growth in Nigeria is favorable to economic growth of the nation while death was found unfavorable to the economic growth in Nigeria. This result is an indication of the fact that Nigeria is not facing the problem of overpopulation; rather
the capacities of Nigerian Government and responsible organizations to create a favorable economic environment by channeling the right resources into the right place. In the second model we also discovered that labor force was statistically significant with a P-value of 0.00328. Thus,
model 3 regressed GDP, labor force, health expenditure and corruption perception on population growth. The results depicted that all, except health expenditure with 0.82552 P-value, are statistically significant. The results have shown the influence of economic growth, labour force and corruption
on the growth of population in Nigeria. The data in this work were of two types from three different sources; National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), African Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB), first part ranges from 1995 to 2018 and second part ranges from 1985 to 2018.
Fluid droplet spreading and adhesion studied with a microbalance: a review
Authors: Jiang Youhua , Drelich Jaroslaw W
Published: October 2022

A contact angle observed for a liquid–solid system is not necessarily a unique value, and a few contact angles need to be considered carefully in relation to liquid spreading, adhesion and phase separation. Understanding of the significance of different contact angles has improved in the last few years through direct measurements of interactive forces between droplets/bubbles and solids together with the simultaneous visualization of the changes in their shapes. A microelectronic balance system is employed to measure the force of spreading after either liquid droplet or gas bubble attachment to a substrate surface and the droplet/bubble–substrate adhesion forces after droplet/bubble compression, retraction and detachment. Equipped with a camera in flank and data-acquisition software, the instrument measures directly the forces, monitors droplet/bubble–surface separation with respect to distances over which the droplet/bubble stretches and collects optical images simultaneously. The images are used to analyze capillary pressure and surface tension forces based on the measured droplet/bubble dimensions, shapes of surfaces and values of contact angles. These measurements allow researchers to correlate the advancing, receding and most stable contact angles with liquid–solid interactive forces and analyze their scientific meaning. This review summarizes the very recent literature reports on measurements and interpretation of liquid droplet/gas bubble interactive forces and associated contact angles.
¿Usted posee pensamiento crítico?
Authors: Boada Antonio
Published: October 2022

Uno de los grandes retos en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje post pandemia de la COVID-19, corresponde al pensamiento crítico de los actores involucrados en el proceso (tanto docentes como estudiantes). De hecho, al realizar una búsqueda en línea, se encuentran millones de artículos y documentos científicos escritos en diversos idiomas en consonancia con dicha temática; no obstante, la pregunta igualmente sale a resurgir: ¿usted posee pensamiento crítico? Uno de los grandes retos en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje post pandemia de la COVID-19, corresponde al pensamiento crítico de los actores involucrados en el proceso (tanto docentes como estudiantes). De hecho, al realizar una búsqueda en línea, se encuentran millones de artículos y documentos científicos escritos en diversos idiomas en consonancia con dicha temática; no obstante, la pregunta igualmente sale a resurgir: ¿usted posee pensamiento crítico? Tal vez usted —o la institución educativa en la que labora— tiene la misma posición de Hawes (2003). Este autor expone claramente que “desarrollar la capacidad de pensamiento autónomo y crítico es un compromiso mayor de la formación universitaria y una expectativa social sobre los profesionales que egresan de la misma” (p. 5).
Review of Susan Westhafer Furukawa’s The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan
Authors: Mehl Scott
Published: October 2022

Susan Westhafer Furukawa’s The Afterlife ofToyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan(Harvard University Press, 2022) is an engagingly written study of twentieth-and twenty-first-century representations of a crucial figure in Japanesehistory. The research is thorough; the critical underpinnings of the study areaccessibly presented; the illustrations, which grace nearly every chapter,serve to enhance what is already a valuable addition to any library that isstaying abreast of significant developments in Japanese literary and historicalscholarship.@font-face{font-family:Arial;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}@font-face{font-family:Arial;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}@font-face{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}@font-face{font-family:游明朝;panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;mso-font-charset:128;mso-generic-font-family:roman;mso-font-format:other;mso-font-pitch:auto;mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}@font-face{font-family:"\@游明朝";panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;mso-font-charset:128;mso-generic-font-family:roman;mso-font-format:other;mso-font-pitch:auto;mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-unhide:no;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:游明朝;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;mso-default-props:yes;font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:游明朝;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}
"Stop Bombarding Us With Work We Don't Even Need": Reconceptualising a First-Year Course for Increased Relevance Through Action Learning
Authors: Fouche Ilse
Published: October 2022

South African lecturers and students often struggle to reconcile the demands of an increasingly globalised world with pedagogies that can be adapted to harness students' local contexts, and which can be used to draw on students' lived experiences in the African context. This paper explores how a first-year academic literacies course could be reconceptualised to become more relevant to education students' lived realities, while also preparing them for a competitive degree and a career with global relevance. The current iteration of this course can be described as mainly theoretical with a typical Western course structure. Student feedback indicates that students fail to see the relevance of the course to their degrees and future careers. This conceptual paper considers how the course could be reimagined within a paradigm of action learning that is centred around project-based, socially embedded community-based learning to firstly, encourage students to draw on deep approaches to learning (Biggs, 1999) and secondly, to counter the effects of alienation (Mann, 2001) experienced by students. Ultimately, the paper hopes to offer an example of innovate course design that could successfully be implemented in resource-poor contexts.
Reflecting on Sexuality Education in Teacher Education: Using a Life History Methodology of a Same-Sex Desiring Male Foundation Phase Teacher
Authors: Kagola Obakeng , Notshulwana Robin
Published: October 2022

Foundation Phase (FP) classrooms are not immune to incidents directly related to sexuality. Sexuality education, which is part of the FP life skills curriculum, is an essential part of the holistic development of FP learners. Studies about FP sexuality education report that FP teachers' formal approach to sexuality education is often restrictive. In this article, we use life history methodology to explore a single case study of a same-sex desiring male FP teacher in the Eastern Cape, South Africa to make meaning of how incidental moments that relate to sexuality education are addressed. Applying a feminist post-structural lens, we discuss how the participant and the participant's colleagues implicitly perpetuate heteronormative discourses in their pedagogical approaches to the teaching of sexuality education. The topic of sexuality features in one South African university's FP teacher education curriculum with the intention of raising pre-service teacher awareness about FP sexuality education. This research allowed us to reflect on the redesign of this fourth-year FP life skills module and to reimage the learning experiences offered to FP pre-service teachers.