bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Histopathological study of neemax induced kidney of Rasbora daniconius
Authors: Lazaras Asha D. , Mishra K.D. , Mishra P. K. , Mishra P. K.
Published: February 2023

Neem Indian lilac, Azadirecta Indica is renewable resource of various useful product. Today it is being used in a variety of products, such as in the field of Agriculture, Medicine, toileteries, cosmetics livestock, production and health etc. Acute toxicity of neem seed powder (Neemax) was studied using  fresh  water fish Rasbora daniconius. Excess amount of Neemax showed acute toxicity on the various organ of fish liver, gills and kidney.
Ganges water pollution and its management through religion
Authors: Chopra A. K. , Prasad G. , Khanna D. R.
Published: February 2023

The Ganges, a major river of the Indian subcontinent, associated with myth and reality of people, is becoming polluted on its way down to the Indian Ocean. The pollution starts from the beginning itself but the prominent cities which are adding substantially to the woes of the Ganges are Kanpur., Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna and Calcutta. The major polluting industries are the leather industries that use large amounts of Chromium and other chemicals, and much of it finds its way into the meager flow of the Ganges Besides , a large volume of waste-estimated at nearly 1 billion liters of mostly untreated raw sewage is dumped in the river per day. Also inadequate cremation procedures contribute to a large of partially burnt or unburnt, corpse floating down the Ganga, not to mention livestock corpses. The 'Ganges Action Plan' was set up which formed a number of waste treatment plants and most of the work was limited to monitoring of the various parameters of the water from time to time. But today, there is an urgent need of arousing the religious sentiments of the people of the region who have a forages revered the Ganges not just as a river but as a Goddess. The self-purification of the people will help in maintaining the long-standing self-purification property of the river Ganges intact.
Phytotoxic Effects of Eucalyptus globulus leaf extract on seed germination and seedling growth of Vicia
Authors: Singh R. B. , Das U. C.
Published: February 2023

Eucalyptus globulus L.(Myrtaceae) stared as antisocial tree  for  social  forestry  (Kohli,  1987)  is commonly transplanted through out India on roadsides, bare  lands  and  boundaries  of  crop  fields without considering its allelopathic effects on crop  plants,  especially cereals  and  pulses.  The aerial parts, especially leaves of this  tree contain  volatile tarpenes (Del  Moral  and  Muller, 1970),  water soluble toxins and growth inhibitors. (Grummer and Beyer, 1960 and Al-Mousawi, Al-Naib,1976 and Pandhy et al. 1992). Toxic effects of different concentrations of leaf extract of Eucalyptus globulus (Viz-5,10, 15,  20  &  25  percent)  was  studied  on  percentage  of  seed  germination,their  survival, growth of radical and plumule and establishment of secondary roots on three species of Vicia-V. narborensis, Vicia benghalensis. and V. faba.In the present investigation each concentration showed inhibitory  effects  of  the  above  parameters  which  gradually  increases  with  increasing   concentra- tions of the leaf extract. Delayed germination was also noticed in the treated seeds. Vicia narborensis proved to be more sensitive to these toxic leachates than the other  two species.  The above findings clearly showed  that  the  transplantation  of  Eucalyptus  species  on boundaries of  crop  plants  should be totally banned. Further investigation on its Cytotoxic effect (if any) is in progress.
Antibacterial activity of Mimusops elengi ( Bakul)
Authors: Prabhat  , Navneet  , Krishna Sri
Published: February 2023

Mimusops elengi ( Linn.) extracts were evaluated  for  antibacterial activity against human pathogenic bacterial strain of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. The  methanolic  extract  showed  the  maximum activity against Streptococcus mutans,  Staphylococcus  aureus  and  Bacillus  subtilis (  16  mm)  and  petroleum ether  extract showed  the  minimum  activity against  Streptococcus mutans  ( 9  mm)  by  well diffusion  method. The use of M. elengi extracts as a potential antibacterial agent and the treatment  of  dental caries  has  been suggested.
Influence of Star paper mill effluent on biomass production and yield at harvesting time of different agricultural crops
Authors: Arora Sangeeta , Chopra A. K. , Prasad G. , Joshi N.
Published: February 2023

Influence  of Star  paper mill effluent of  different concentration  on   biomass and  yield production  of four agricultural crop i.e. Solanum melongena (Brinjal), Cicer arietinum ( Black gram), Glycine max (Soyabean)and Lycopersicon esculentum (Tomato)  was  investigated  in the  field condition.  Variable  behaviour  on  pattern  of seed germination , root length, shoot length , root and shoot ratio was recorded . Similiarly all four crops showed variability with concentration of dose and yield production at harvesting stage.Biomass production was better in control ( only tap water) than plot irrigated up to 10% with effluent but was found suitable at 25% and after that it was deleterious for brinjal crop. However effluent was suitable at 5% dose of black gram and after that it showed adverse effect. Adverse effect of effluent on biomass production was recorded at all different concentration used in soyabean crop, but effluent above 50 % concentration showed a positive response for L.  esculentum crop.Similiarly crop yield in terms of number of fruits / plant and weight of fruits per plant showed variability for their  treated dose.  Number of fruits and their  weight  in Brinjal was found better in enhanced trend till 25%  and after that deleterious effect was noted while black gram respond positively only at 5% concentration. Similiarly maximum yield was found in soyabean at 5% concentration and above that deleterious effect was recorded. Progressive and positive trend at all concentration in weight of tomato fruit per plant was found.
Traditional use of some medicinal plants in the tribal area of Betul district of Madhya Pradesh ( India)
Authors: Mishra P. K. , Verma R. G. , Solanki M.S. , Ashok Viji , Krishna V. , Soni Anita , Choubey Vijeta , Rajput Mamta
Published: February 2023

District Betul of Madhya Pradesh is situated at the centre of India. It has dense forest. Number of medicinal plants are found here. This district of Madhya pradesh is density populated by the tribes. Gond, Korkoos are the main trible communities. The minimum rain fall of the district is mainly 45 inches per year. The people of this area are mostly

suffered  from  Asthma,  Eosinophilia,  various  skin  diseases,  malaria,  piles,  pyarrhea,  typhoid  diabetes  etc. Floristically the area is observed to support diverse flora in prevailing forest ecosystem. Annoa reticulata (Anonaceae) Ramphal, Aegle marmelos (Rutaceae) Bel, Zypus rotundifolia (Rhamnaceae) Jarbery, Sapinduse merginata (Sapindaceae) Ritha, Semicarpus anacardium  (Anacardiaceae)  Bhilwa,  Ptecarpus  marsupium (Fabaceae) Beeja, Cassia fistula (Caesalpiniaceae) Amaltas, Acasia nilotica (Mimosaceae)  Babool  Madhuca latifolia Sapotaceae mahua, Halarrhena antidysentica (Apocynaceae) Dhudhi, Achyranthus  aspera  (Amaranth aceae) Latjira Chlorphytum tuburosum (Liliaceae) Safed musli, are  the  well  known  medicinal  plants  amongs them. Tribes of this district are using these medicinal plants as traditional medicine. They use these plants to cure many diseases.
SOSIALISASI DAN PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN HANDSANITIZER ALAMI KEPADA KELOMPOK PEMUDA GEREJA
Authors: Simarmata Marulam MT , Girsang Michael VD , Purba Josua , Sinaga Ivan A
Published: February 2023

The COVID-19 virus in Indonesia has infected more than 1,600 people, and has caused around two hundreds of deaths in Indonesia and is predicted to continue to grow. The panic that has arisen is the alleged lack of socialization and education in the community. Students who have been equipped with an understanding and logical way of thinking, are felt to be present to contribute ideas to community groups in the form of socialization and training in making natural handsanitizers. The purpose of this activity is to provide training to the youth of the GKPS church Jl. Jend Sudirman Pematangsiantar on how to make a natural handsanitizer which will then be distributed to the congregation. The members of the church youth who participated in this training were quite enthusiastic. This indicates the desire to increase youth's self-ability to improve performance as well as self-competence for entrepreneurship. The results of the training in products will be distributed to the congregation. In addition to these objectives, this activity is expected to generate sensitivity and desire to do business among young people, and show the existence of Simalungun University students in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOSIALISASI PENGUATAN IDEOLOGI PANCASILA BAGI PESERTA DIDIK SMIP UNIVERSITAS SIMALUNGUN
Authors: Napitu Ulung , Corry  , Nasution Tutyariani , Saragih Rosmeri , Purba Desmi Triyanti
Published: February 2023

This community service aims to provide understanding and re-grounding of the importance of the position of state ideology in the life of the nation and state in Indonesia, because Pancasila for the Indonesian people works as a philosophy of life and a view of life that is excavated from the crystallization of the socio-cultural values of the Indonesian nation. The importance of re-earthing the values of Pancasila in the lives of all levels of society because post-reformation until now has been found to be an indication of the strengthening of radicalism, intolerance and moral degradation in the lives of all levels of Indonesian society. If this condition continues to develop, it is feared that it will encourage disintegration of the nation. Moral degradation and radicalism have not only hit many people but have also entered the world of education. Therefore, it is important to implement the earthing of Pancasila to all levels of society in general and students in particular in all educational units. To socialize and ground the material on the ideology of the Pancasila state to students, students use the lecture and question and answer method which lasts for 120 minutes. With the socialization and grounding of Pancasila for junior high school students, the tourism industry of the USI Foundation, it is hoped that early on, students will be spared from various movements of radicalism, intolerance and moral decadence that are currently developing in the younger generation and students in particular. To socialize and ground the material on the ideology of the Pancasila state to students, students use the lecture and question and answer method which lasts for 120 minutes.
BUDIDAYA MAGGOT BSF UNTUK PAKAN TERNAK SKALA RUMAHTANGGA DI JALAN RINDUNG, KELURAHAN BANE, PEMATANG SIANTAR
Authors: Simanjuntak Romauli , Sinaga Roeskani , Saragih Ramainim , Sitinjak Wahyunita , Purba Rosmadelina , Sihaloho Arvita , Girsang Cristin Imelda , Purba Linda Reni , Siregar Mirna Anriani , January Rizky  , Sidabukke Simon
Published: February 2023

The increase in the price of animal feed makes it difficult for households as farmers by utilizing household waste to feed their livestock. The increase in feed prices also encourages food farmers to switch to corn because corn is a raw material for animal feed. So that household farmers also have difficulty buying corn. Maggot BSF is an alternative feed that is very high in protein to encourage livestock growth. BSF maggots are larvae that can be used as alternative feed. Cultivation of BSF maggot is also relatively easy and can utilize household waste or food scraps as BSF maggot food. In this community service, training activities for maggot cultivation as an alternative to animal feed are carried out in Bane Village. The implementation method is carried out by means of lectures, discussions and practice. The result of this service is to grow the participants' desire to cultivate BSF maggot as animal feed. The result was that the participants were very responsive to this activity, as evidenced by the active participation of the community in the activity from beginning to end and the large number of active participants in the discussion and question and answer sessions. So it can be concluded that the maggot cultivation training in Bane Village was successful and the participants' understanding and attitudes increased about the importance of waste treatment for maggot cultivation as an alternative to animal feed
Anethole attenuates lung cancer progression by regulating the proliferation and apoptosis through AKT and STAT3 signaling
Authors: Kumar Venkata , Venkateswarulu Maddula
Published: February 2023

Background: The main constituent of fennel, anethole, exerts beneficial effects in many diseases, including antiproliferative and tumoricidal capacities. This study aimed to investigate the effect of anethole on the human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line, A549, and the related molecular mechanisms.

Methods: The proliferation was assessed by 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and colony formation assays. Apoptosis situation was determined using fluorescence-activated cell sorting and DNA fragmentation assay combined with immunoblotting assay probing-related protein expression. Phosphoinositide 3-kinases-protein kinase B (PI3K-AKT) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling proteins were evaluated using immunoblotting. Xenograft model was constructed to determine the tumor volume and weight and to evaluate the expression of Ki67 via immunohistochemistry and cleaved caspase 3 via immunoblotting.

Results: Anethole inhibited proliferation and clonal growth of A549 cells. The promotion of A549 cell apoptosis by anethole was evidenced by increased apoptotic ratio, abundant DNA fragments, and caspase-3 activation. Key proteins in PI3K-AKT and STAT3 signaling pathways were decreased in anethole group. Additionally, xenografted tumors in anethole group retarded with decreased Ki67 and increased cleaved caspase 3 expression.

Conclusions: Anethole induced tumor cell apoptosis and retarded cell proliferation. AKT and STAT3 signaling pathways might be involved in the effects of anethole. Our findings highlight the feasibility of anethole in the treatment of lung cancer.
Food Production and Amazon Preservation are Not Mutually Exclusive: Exploring Feasible Avenues from the Perspective of Land Use Related NDCs in Brazil
Authors: Wills William , Moreira Marcelo , Obermaier Martin , Lefevre Julien , Ely Romulo
Published: February 2023

The COP21 Paris Agreement and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) have proven to be milestones in the operationalization of climate action at the country-level, particularly in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. In Brazil, AFOLU-related NDC actions in its first version envisaged the elimination of, for instance: illegal deforestation in the Amazon region, the restoration and reforestation of 12 million hectares of severely degraded lands, and the substantial expansion of sustainably produced biofuels by 2030. While Brazilian Government commitment to these NDC targets soon vanished, a specific analytical question concerns as to how far sustainable land use scenarios can contribute to non-climate benefits (i.e., socioeconomic development) despite their internal challenges of harmonizing them with environmental protection and climate change mitigation. In this paper, we analyse the potential socioeconomic and environmental synergies and trade-offs in NDC implementation, given the possibility of the demand for land in Brazil increase due to agricultural and livestock expansion. We focus our analysis on GDP growth, income distribution, and food security. We do so by integrating land-use with computable general equilibrium (CGE) models and running policy scenarios, emulating different levels of NDC and development policy implementation. Our analysis helps us to understand how social and economic outcomes do change under varying levels of commitment by decision-makers. It shows that NDC implementation in Brazil is preferable to a business-as-usual development pathway, particularly when climate change is taken into consideration. While GDP and household income appear unaffected by NDC implementation, reducing the pressure over Amazon deforestation along with other social benefits appears under more stringent NDC implementation. Those results are particularly important given the significant upward trend in Amazon deforestation recorded in the last few years and the loss of purchasing power of low-income classes observed since 2015 in Brazil. In the AFOLU sector, NDC implementation, as in its first version, could thus act as entry points for alternative development pathways. For instance, such as the ones discussed under green economy or low carbon growth paradigms - although, possible trade-offs between agricultural and other sectors will still need to be closely monitored.
ВИРОБНИЦТВО БІОМЕТАНУ З АГРОБІОМАСИ В УКРАЇНІ: ПРОБЛЕМИ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ
Authors: Гончарук І. В. , Вовк В. Ю.
Published: February 2023

У статті досліджено основні проблеми та перспективи виробництва біометану з агробіомаси в Україні. Проаналізовано географічну структуру та обсяги імпорту природного газу в Україну протягом 2003–2021 рр. Вказано, що нині в окремих країнах ЄС, які не відмовились від імпорту російських енергоносіїв, склалась критична ситуація в енергетичній сфері. Проаналізовані ціни на природний газ для населення у країнах ЄС та визначено країни з найвищим рівнем цін на енергоносії. Для відмови від придбання російських енергоносіїв запропоновано виробляти біометан. Охарактеризовано потенціал виробництва біометану в Україні в цілому та в розрізі регіонів і видів сировини. Сьогодні до експорту біометану закордон готується біометановий завод «Галс Агро» у Чернігівській області, а також має переорієнтуватись до 2023 року на виробництво біометану Юзефо-Миколаївська біогазова компанія у Вінницькій області. Визначено передумови виробництва біометану в Україні як зі сторони попиту, так і зі сторони пропозиції, а також основні стримуючі фактори розвитку даної галузі у країні.
ВИБІР СТРАТЕГІЧНИХ НАПРЯМІВ РОЗВИТКУ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ СІЛЬСЬКОГОСПОДАРСЬКОГО МАШИНОБУДУВАННЯ
Authors: Нехай В. В. , Кравець О. В.
Published: February 2023

Стаття торкається актуальних питань, а саме вдосконалення стратегічного управління підприємств сільськогосподарського машинобудування, вибору його напрямів. Метою статті є обґрунтування підходів до визначення та вибору стратегічних напрямів розвитку підприємств сільськогосподарського машинобудування в сучасних умовах господарювання. Теоретичну й методологічну основу статті становлять фундаментальні положення економічної теорії, стратегічного управління, сучасні концепції конвергенції, кооперації та інтеграції, наукові праці з питань стратегічного управління підприємством. Розглянуто метод консолідованого маркетингу для консолідації зусиль у застосуванні до здійснення стратегічного управління групою підприємств.
Ohlas od Nežárky a jeho podíl na poznání regionální a lokální historie na příkladu dějin Stráže nad Nežárkou a pánů ze Stráže
Authors: Maráz Karel
Published: February 2023

Ohlas od Nežárky was one of the longest-running regional cultural weeklies. It was a periodical for education and entertainment that paid considerable attention to (not only regional and local) history. Because of the high quality of the diverse texts published in it by a wide variety of professionals and experts, it is mentioned in, for example, Přehledné dějiny českého a slovenského dějepisectví [Comprehensive History of Czech and Slovak Historiography]. A list of articles from individual issues of the regional mass medium of the time in question has already been published, but we still lack detailed analyses of its articles on selected sites and problems. These include the history of Stráž nad Nežárkou, which has not been covered in any modernly conceived publication, and the fate of the lords of the blue five-petalled rose. In his article, the author deals with both. He analyses the content of published texts on the specific issues and their informative value in the contemporary context and in light of the knowledge of contemporary historical disciplines. He also draws attention to the informative, methodological, genre and formal approaches of individual contributors.
Strakonická periodika Stráž na Šumavě a Hlasy ze Šumavy a počátky jejich vydávání v letech 1885–1900
Authors: Staněk Libor
Published: February 2023

The article deals with two periodicals published by the printer Josef Dvořák in Strakonice in 1885. These two magazines, called Stráž na Šumavě and Hlasy ze Šumavy, were published directly for Strakonice in South Bohemia. Their publication stimulated the development of journalism in this town, which is located at the confluence of the rivers Otava and Volyňka. The core of the article is an analysis of the contents of the two titles, which were published every two weeks. The main focus is on the individual sections that appeared in the magazines. Attention is also drawn to the social and national issues of the time and their reflection in the content of the magazines. For example, disputes with the local factory class, represented primarily by Jewish manufacturers, became a major issue. The political divisions between the Old Czech Party and the Young Czech Party were not omitted either. The conclusion of the article states that the published magazines can serve both as a kind of chronicle of the life in 19th-century Strakonice and as a valuable resource for numerous historical articles devoted to various topics from regional history.
Slovenská tlač o česko-slovenskej vzájomnosti v 19. storočí
Authors: Jurčišinová Nadežda
Published: February 2023

The study deals with the different aspects of Czech-Slovak relations that appeared on the pages of Slovak periodicals published from the mid-19th century. The author analyses articles published in five Slovak nationally oriented periodicals: Slovenskje národňje noviny, Národnie noviny, Slovenské listy, Hlas and Slovenské pohľady. She describes the approach of the press and its contributors to various aspects and levels of Czech-Slovak relations in the 19th century. The author indicates the issues dealt with in individual periodicals and draws attention to the fact that the content of the articles published depended on the nature and focus of each newspaper.
Praktické zkušenosti s průzkumem fyzického stavu knihovních fondů v Národní knihovně České republiky za posledních 12 let
Authors: Vávrová Petra , Neoralová Jitka , Novotná Dana
Published: February 2023

The poor physical condition of paper carriers, not only books but especially older newspapers and magazines, significantly limits their use by the readership and, in the event of their disintegration, leads to an irreplaceable loss of part of the national cultural heritage. The reduced lifespan of manufactured materials, their lower mechanical resistance and frequent visual changes prevent interlibrary loan, limit user copying, and, most importantly, reduce the ability of curators of library collections to retain such damaged documents for future generations or at least until they are digitised. A survey of the physical condition of the collections is the first step in planning the activities of the preservation and conservation of large collections and holdings. It makes it possible to evaluate the most endangered parts of the collection and to plan the sequence of individual interventions for the stabilisation of library collections. The paper presents the survey procedure on the example of the collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic, the form of recording and the possibilities of implementation.
Diagnóstico ecográfico prenatal de gastrosquisis. Reporte de un caso
Authors: Maldonado Gómez Michael , Vargas Vera Ramón , Domínguez Hermenejildo Michelle , Cárdenas Aguilar Gabriel , Pinchevsky Girón Cinthya , Panchana Villón Roxana
Published: February 2023

En el periodo neonatal, se ha visto que las malformaciones congénitas del tracto gastrointestinal han venido aumentando su frecuencia. Una de estas, y la más frecuente es la gastrosquisis, importante por su alta mortalidad asociada en los países en vía de desarrollo. Se presenta un caso clínico de gastrosquisis fetal, de paciente de 23 años de edad con embarazo de 31 semanas 1 día, que se diagnostica mediante ecografía y que evidenció un defecto de la pared abdominal compatible con gastrosquisis, el mismo que fue confirmado al nacer. Es fundamental un diagnóstico temprano para un tratamiento oportuno que pueda evitar finales lamentables.
AN ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF DEENDAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA - NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION ON RURAL PEOPLES WITH REFERENCE TO MEASUREMENT THROUGH THE ATTITUDE OF SHGS
Authors: Maheshwari Udit , Priya Ashutosh
Published: February 2023

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are an important contributor to the development of rural areas, social capital, technology and knowledge transfer and empowerment of poor rural women. SHGs are a more efficient tool to alleviate rural poverty as it focuses on educating, providing technical and non-technical training, institutional credit and marketing facility to rural peoples. This study aims to investigate the social and economic status of poor rural women members of SHGs, examine the attitude of poor rural women toward SHGs and propose policy interventions. This study investigates the influence of training on members of SHGs based on its impact on attitude. The analysis of the outcomes is performed on the construct of attitude. This study collected data through Likert scale type questions consisting of 14 different items and data collected from 60 SHGs, to analyze the reliability coefficient of Cronbach's alpha is used. The findings of the t-test based on mean values regarding the attitude of members of SHGs indicated that after receiving training the members of SHGs showed a positive change in their attitude under all the adopted dimensions that are betterment in the standard of social and economic status, training and education, entrepreneurial skills and marketing quality and banking and credit facilities.
TRANSGRESSING GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY: RE-READING ISMAT CHUGHTAI’S THE QUILT (LIHAAF)
Authors: Sarma Arup
Published: February 2023

The study addresses that traditional notion of gender and sexual identity limits our understanding of the two categories as fixed and thus we are socio-culturally taught that truth or realty is absolute. Keeping this in mind, a critical study of Ismat Chughtai’s globally acclaimed short story entitled The Quilt (Lihaaf) informs us that the writer in a very complex way oscillates between two intertwined narrative threads among others: one is the participation of some male and female characters (under the dictates of patriarchal value system) in Muslim community in disciplining or gendering the body of women while the other thread overlapped in the narrative is the silent effort of Begum Jan ( central female character) to move byond her gendered space with a view to becoming a new woman in terms of gender and sexual orientation. Her husband as the story unfolds is also a man of strange hobby (italics mine) despite having a strong commitment towards his religion. He is more interested in spending time with his disciples than that of enjoying his conjugal life. People around him begin to but nobody has the courage to speak anything against the mysterious way of leading his married life. The study chooses Chughtai’s The Quilt (Lihaaf) as a textual site to examine how Begum boldly (though not loudly) foils the oppressive forces institutionalized by patriarchy. In doing so, she not only redefines the position of Muslim women of her time but also brings to the fore another possibility of their gender and sexual identity that transgresses beyond fixed categories: male/ female; masculine/feminine. The short story, if read in this direction may renew the young minds as the story telling tradition in India since time immemorial has been the carrier of moral and socio-cultural values.
RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE AREA OF QUALITY OF LIFE, TEACHER ENTHUSIASM AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Authors: Bala Manju , Punia Poonam
Published: February 2023

The concept of quality of life, teacher enthusiasm, and organizational climate of school for teachers has received the attention of researchers and practitioners since their origin and is connected to a variety of outcomes, which influence the school's overall performancehool as an organization. The present investigation planned to give a comprehensive overview of previous research. The study highlights the significance, influential aspects, research stream and themes. The study contains 110 journal publications from 1984 to 2021 related to the field.
Biblioshiny has been used to conduct and visualize bibliometric analysis in the present study. The study highlighted key aspects of organizational climate, quality of life, and teachers' enthusiasm literature in education. The study found that the “Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities” is the most useful. The word quality of life appears the most frequently in keyword plus; the leading country based on collaborations with other countries is the United Kingdom. The researchers utilized a conceptual framework to uncover hidden research streams and themes in the literature on quality of life, teacher enthusiasm, and organizational climate. Using a co-occurrence network, three research streams were discovered. Finally, a thematic map was utilized to offer a complete picture by classifying important themes as basic or transversal, emerging or declining, motor, fully developed, yet isolated. These themes have suggested future directions and major research areas
TD 2850 - Considerações distributivas em análise custo-benefício
Authors: Stivali Matheus , Mattei Taíse Fátima
Published: February 2023

Este trabalho avalia as possibilidades de incorporação de considerações distributivas na análise custo-benefício (ACB) existentes na literatura, sumarizando os argumentos favoráveis e contrários, assim como as formas de incorporação quando estas forem adotadas. Realiza-se também um levantamento de como o tema é tratado por agências e organizações que praticam ACB para avaliar projetos de investimento. As avaliações das linhas teóricas e da prática adotada em diversas agências apontam que a melhor compatibilização entre objetivos de eficiência econômica e preocupações distributivas para a análise de projetos é alcançada mediante a adoção de critérios híbridos. Isso envolveria a execução da ACB tradicional, verificando aspectos de eficiência, em conjunto com a elaboração de uma análise do impacto distributivo do projeto, por meio de uma matriz de contabilidade de custos e benefícios ou pelo cálculo de indicadores de impacto sobre a pobreza e desigualdade. A elaboração conjunta das duas análises garantiria a consistência de ambas quanto aos custos e benefícios identificados e também quanto à população afetada.
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO FOOD PRICE REGULATION
Authors:   A.A. Nikonov VIAPI — branch of the FNC VNIIESH, Golubev A.V. , Golubeva A.A. ,   Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov
Published: February 2023

A sharp increase in food prices has recently sharpened scientific and practical interest in their regulation. The mechanisms used by the Government of the Russian Federation to contain them did not bring the expected result. The rise in food prices has outpaced the inflation rate. The purpose of the work is a theoretical analysis of pricing in the main links of the food chain. The key task is to clarify the competitive conditions in which each of them operates, which determines a set of pricing regulation measures. The article substantiates the basic elements of regulatory mechanisms in relation to the main participants in the food creation process, the use of which allows for expanded reproduction and lower prices for final products. A method of calculating the dynamic cost is proposed. The influence of price imbalances not only on the economy, but also environmental consequences is considered.
Molecular Outflows in z > 6 Unobscured QSO Hosts Driven by Star Formation
Authors: Butler Kirsty M. , van der Werf Paul P. , Topkaras Theodoros , Rybak Matus , Venemans Bram P. , Walter Fabian , Decarli Roberto
Published: February 2023

Feedback and outflows in galaxies that are associated with a quasar phase are expected to be pivotal in quenching the most massive galaxies. However, observations targeting the molecular outflow phase, which dominates both the mass and momentum and removes the immediate fuel for star formation, are limited in high-z QSO hosts. Massive quiescent galaxies found at z ∼ 4 are predicted to have quenched star formation already by z ∼ 5 and undergone their most intense growth at z > 6. Here, we present two Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) detections of molecular outflows, traced by blueshifted absorption of the OH 119 μm doublet, from a sample of three z > 6 infrared luminous QSO hosts: J2310+1855 and P183+05. OH 119 μm is also detected in emission from P183+05, and tentatively in the third source: P036+03. Using similar assumptions as for high-z dusty star-forming galaxy outflows, we find that our QSOs drive molecular outflows with comparable mass outflow rates, which are comparably energetic except for J2310+1855's significantly lower outflow energy flux. We do not find evidence, nor require additional input from the central active galactic nucleus (AGN) to drive the molecular outflow in J2310+1855, but we cannot rule out an AGN contribution in P183+05 if a significant AGN contribution to L
FIR is assumed and/or if the outflow covering fraction is high (≥53%), which evidence from the literature suggests is unlikely in these sources. Differences observed in the blueshifted absorption spectral properties may instead be caused by the QSO hosts’ more compact dust continuums, limiting observations to lower altitude and more central regions of the outflow.
Gas Sloshing and Cold Fronts in Pre-merging Galaxy Cluster A98
Authors: Sarkar Arnab , Randall Scott , Su Yuanyuan , Alvarez Gabriella E. , Sarazin Craig L. , Jones Christine , Blanton Elizabeth , Nulsen Paul , Chakraborty Priyanka , Bulbul Esra , Zuhone John , Andrade-Santos Felipe , Johnson Ryan E.
Published: February 2023

We present deep Chandra observations of the pre-merger galaxy cluster Abell 98 (A98). A98 is a complex merging system. While the northern (A98N) and central subclusters (A98S) are merging along the north–south direction, A98S is undergoing a separate late-stage merger, with two distinct X-ray cores. We report the detection of a gas sloshing spiral and two cold front edges in A98N. We find two more surface brightness edges along the east direction of the eastern core and west direction of the western core of A98S. By measuring the gas temperatures and densities across those edges, we confirm that the eastern edge appears to be a cold front while the western edge is a shock front with a Mach number

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≈ 1.5. We detect a spiral structure and a “tail” of X-ray emission associated with the eastern core of A98S. Our measurement indicates that the tail is cooler than the surrounding gas at a 4.2σ level. This may suggest that the tail and the spiral structures are the results of ram-pressure stripping, as the eastern core orbits in the main cluster’s gravitational potential.
The Effect of Aromatherapy on Hemodialysis-Related Nausea: A Case Report
Authors: Ulfah Maria , Wahyuni Tatik Dwi , Wicaksana Anggi Lukman
Published: February 2023

BACKGROUND: After hemodialysis, complications may occur and one of them that problematic is hemodialysis-related nausea. Information is still unclear about aromatherapy concerning nausea-related to hemodialysis. This study aimed to describe the effect of aromatherapy on nausea after hemodialysis procedures.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old female, undergoing routine hemodialysis, experienced severe hemodialysis-related nausea. Her nausea occurred a day after dialysis and existed for 3–4 days and this repeated as a cycle that affected her appetite, food intake, and general condition. The daily measurements of nausea used the visual analog scale and the nausea severity scale before and after the intervention. In addition, a manual book with a packet containing nausea education, protocol of intervention, and monitoring sheets, was provided. For two weeks, the application of two drops of lavender aromatherapy was given on a humid cotton swab and inhaled for 5 min. In addition, education explained oral hygiene using warm water when waking up in the morning and before eating food. There was a decrease in the intensity of nausea from severe to none based on daily measurements and from severe nausea (score: 21) to moderate nausea (score: 10) after the 2-weeks intervention. Thus, the patient could enjoy eating without any uncomfortable feeling of nausea.
CONCLUSION: Lavender aromatherapy was demonstrated as a complementary therapy in overcoming nausea after dialysis among CKD patients. This report could provide a novel therapeutic modality for hemodialysis patients suffering hemodialysis-related nausea.
Accelerated Repigmentation of Halo Nevus Following Excision: A Case Report
Authors: Gobel Rika Yulizah , Hutabarat Emma Novauli , Djawad Khairuddin , Anwar Anis Irawan , Wahab Siswanto , Nurdin Airin , Idrus Idrianti
Published: February 2023

BACKGROUND: Halo nevus is a benign condition characterized by symmetrical oval-shaped and well-defined hypopigmented patch surrounding melanocytic lesions. Their sizes varies from a few millimeters to centimeters. A “wait and see” approach is usually preferred in most cases of halo nevus. However, the condition can cause severe psychological impact and impair patient’s quality of life, especially when it emerges on prominent areas such as the face. Surgical option can be utilized for removal of melanocytic lesions and accelerate regression of the halo. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 25-year-old woman with white patches around two moles on her face who was diagnosed as halo nevus. Surgical excision was performed and a 12-week follow-up showed reduction in diameter of the halo nevus. CONCLUSION: Large halo nevus can cause significant esthetic burden that may affect patient’s quality of life. A more invasive approach such as excision of underlying nevus may be used to achieve more rapid results.
Mitochondrial genome analysis, phylogeny and divergence time evaluation of the Strix aluco (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae)
Authors: Wang Yeying , Zhan Haofeng , Zhang Yu , Long Zhengmin , Yang Xiaofei
Published: February 2023

Background

Divergence time analysis can provide a reference for the evolution process of species and is also the basis for other further studies. In this study, a complete mitochondrial genome of the Strix aluco was reported for the first time, with a total length of 18,632 bp. There were 37 genes, including 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and 2 non-coding control regions (D-loop). This study provides a reference for the evolution history of the S. aluco.

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The second-generation sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome of the S. aluco was conducted using the Illumina platform, and then Tytoninae was used as the out-group, PhyloSuite software was applied to build the ML-tree and BI-tree of the Strigiformes, and finally, the divergence time tree was constructed using Beast2.6.7 software, the age of Miosurnia diurna fossil-bearing sediments (6.0~9.5 Ma) was set as the internal correction point. The common ancestor of the Strix was confirmed to have diverged during the Pleistocene(2.58~0.01Ma). The dramatic uplift of the Qinling Mountains in the Middle Pleistocene and the climate oscillation of the Pleistocene together caused Strix divergence between the northern and southern parts of mainland China. The isolation of glacial-interglacial rotation and glacier refuge was the main reason for the divergence of the common ancestor of the Strix uralensis and the S. aluco during this period.
Quantitative morphology and mtDNA reveal that Lasius maltaeus is not endemic to the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Authors: Menchetti Mattia , Schifani Enrico , Alicata Antonio , Vila Roger
Published: February 2023

Lasius maltaeus Seifert, 2020 was recently described as a Maltese endemic ant based on quantitative morphology, after decades of uncertainties over the identity of the local population, which has a phenotype resembling L. emarginatus (Olivier, 1791). At the same time, Sicilian L. emarginatus populations were discovered to diverge in their mitochondrial DNA to a degree that suggested heterospecificity. Considering the biogeographic similarity of Malta and Sicily, with land bridges connecting them repeatedly until the last glacial maximum, we questioned the assumption that L. maltaeus was endemic to Malta. We integrated quantitative morphology and mtDNA in the study of the Maltese and southern Italian populations phenotypically close to L. emarginatus. We discovered that the range of L. maltaeus extends over most of Sicily, while the true L. emarginatus replace it in the north-eastern sector of the island, the nearby Aeolian Islands, and the Italian peninsula. The distributions of L. emarginatus and L. maltaeus in Sicily follow biogeographic patterns recalling the island’s complex paleogeographic history. Further investigations should verify the existence of truly Maltese endemic ants, since the status of other allegedly endemic species is not strongly supported.
Oviposition experience promotes active reproductive behaviour in a synovigenic parasitoid
Authors: Wang Zi-Yin , Wang Yu-Fan , Yin Si-Yu , Liu Peng-Cheng , Hu Hao-Yuan
Published: February 2023

Parasitoids are important insects that are commonly released into the environment to reduce the population sizes of pest species. The lifetime reproductive success of parasitoids mainly depends on host availability and the availability of mature eggs. Consequently, it is predicted that female wasps must balance the risk of egg or host (time) limitation with maximized lifetime fecundity. Typically, synovigenic females, which continue to mature eggs throughout their lifetime, have been shown to adjust their egg production rate in response to environmental variations in host availability to reduce the risk of egg limitation. In this study, we found that in a synovigenic egg parasitoid, Anastatus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), the oviposition experience of Ana. japonicus females significantly enhanced the egg load and increased the rate of mature egg production. However, in contrast to other studies, the experience of contact with a host did not significantly affect the egg load in females. This result suggests that the overall oviposition experience might induce an adjustment and accelerate egg maturation in Ana. japonicus and is likely more important in egg maturation than transitory host contract. In addition to affecting the egg load, oviposition experience influenced Ana. japonicus female reproductive behaviour, which shifted virgin female behavioural preferences from mating to oviposition and laying more eggs per clutch. Our study provides an optimal strategy for the post-oviposition release of Ana. japonicus, an egg parasitoid of several lepidopteran forest pests, to improve biocontrol effectiveness.
Laotris luzulae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini), a new species from the southwest of England
Authors: Godfray H. Charles J.
Published: February 2023

Laotris luzulae Godfray, sp. nov. is described in the small genus Laotris Nixon, 1943, (Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini) from five specimens reared from Cerodontha silvatica (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera, Agromyzidae) mining Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin (Juncaceae) in Devon and Gloucestershire in the southwest of Great Britain. Six further specimens from Somerset caught as adults in the 1950s are also noted. It differs morphologically from the three described species of Laotris and shows a 4.2% and 6.6% genetic distance at the CO1 barcode locus from an undescribed North American species and from the European L. striatula (Haliday, 1839), respectively.
A new species and two new records of the genus Alysia Latreille (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea
Authors: Sohn Ju-Hyeong , van Achterberg Cornelis , Kim Hyojoong
Published: February 2023

In the genus Alysia Latreille, 1804 (Braconidae: Alysiinae), a new species, Alysia erectasp. nov., and two new records, Alysia hebeiensis Zhu, van Achterberg & Chen, 2018 and A. sirin Belokobylskij, 1998, are described and illustrated. In addition, the DNA barcode region of the mitochondrial subunit I (COI) of these species have been sequenced. An identification key for all Alysia species officially recorded from Korea is provided.
Existence of invariant volumes in nonholonomic systems subject to nonlinear constraints
Authors: Clark William , Bloch Anthony
Published: February 2023

We derive conditions for a nonholonomic system subject to nonlinear constraints (obeying Chetaev's rule) to preserve a smooth volume form. When applied to affine constraints, these conditions dictate that a basic invariant density exists if and only if a certain 1-form is exact and a certain function vanishes (this function automatically vanishes for linear constraints). Moreover, this result can be extended to geodesic flows for arbitrary metric connections and the sufficient condition manifests as integrability of the torsion. As a consequence, volume-preservation of a nonholonomic system is closely related to the torsion of the nonholonomic connection. Examples of nonlinear/affine/linear constraints are considered.
Fixed point results in $ b $-metric spaces with applications to integral equations
Authors: Alamri Badriah , Ahmad Jamshaid
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this article is to obtain common fixed point results in $ b $-metric spaces for generalized rational contractions involving control functions of two variables. We provide an example to show the originality of our main result. As outcomes of our results, we derive certain fixed and common fixed point results for rational contractions presuming control functions of one variable and constants. As an application, we investigate the solution of an integral equation.
Thirty Days in 2020 and How They Future-Proofed a University
Authors: Graham Michael , Bouchey Bettyjo
Published: February 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst for change in myriad ways. While nearly all the societal changes were negative, the crisis also brought about positive adaptations in response to this crisis. National Louis University's (NLU's) initial response to the crisis, beginning in February 2020 and through subsequent decisive actions, kept the university vibrant throughout the pandemic. Perhaps more importantly, these actions created a foundation for long-term institutional success. The steps included technological enhancements and intentional activities focused on ensuring that institutional personnel would remain connected to each other and to the students that NLU serves. Many of these changes are now a permanent part of the institution as the world moves past the COVID-19 era. Utilizing NLU as an exemplar, recommendations will be given designed to help college and university leadership evolve in this new hybrid reality. Ultimately, the institutions that can effectively adapt to this hybrid existence will be the ones most capable of continued success in an uncertain future.