bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Global nature conservation and the apparent ineffective adaptation to climate pressures
Authors: Hielkema Titus W , Schipper Cor A , Gersonius Berry
Published: September 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects climate change effects based on several scenarios and highlights the potential regional changes of bioclimatic pressures up until 2100. Understanding the effects of climate change on the ecosystems is of utmost importance for nature conservation; biodiversity in riverine and coastal areas is threatened by temperature increase by weather-related events like floods and droughts. This study evaluates the impact of climate change on the performance of a given nature-based solution and nature conservation management plan's success (or failure) to account for climate change. For the purpose of the evaluation, management plans are analysed against the UN Sustainable Development Goals targets.

The case studies analysed include twelve nature-based solution sites in riverine and coastal areas, distributed across Europe, Oceania and North America. Their sustainable development goals performance is analysed quantitatively for the Sustainable Development Goals-Sustainable Index Score, open-source indicator data and qualitatively for the nature conservation management plans. Sustainable development goals considered include the following: clean water and sanitation (6); industry, innovation & infrastructure (9); sustainable cities and communities (11); responsible consumption and production (12); climate action (13); life below water (14); life on land (15). The International Panel on Climate Change projections under the Shared Socio-economic Pathways1-2.6 and Shared Socio-economic Pathways5-8.5 scenarios are used to gain evidence of the role nature-based solutions and nature conservation management plans can play in adaptation trajectories for climate change and biodiversity conservation.

The results highlight that most nature conservation management plans and the nature-based solution they typically rely upon, do not pay sufficient attention to climate change. The evidence suggests that the studied nature-based solution sites are not on track to achieve selected sustainable development goals when climate change impacts under the Shared Socio-economic Pathways1-2.6 and Shared Socio-economic Pathways5-8.5 scenarios are factored in. Through this evaluation, riverine conservation areas are identified as requiring more rigorous climate adaptation strategies and nature conservation planning to enhance resilience and to have the potential of fulfilling the addressed SDGs.
The Water Convention, a multilateral environmental agreement as community of practice
Authors: Timmerman J.G. , Bernardini F. , Kauppi L. , Koeppel S. , Matthews J.
Published: September 2023

Multilateral Environmental Agreements are important international instruments for achieving sustainable development. Nevertheless, their implementation is often not easy and integration with scientific knowledge during implementation can be troublesome. The 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) has developed a way of implementing its’ program of work that can best be described as a Community of Practice that combines scientific developments with practical implications. This approach has attracted much attention from practitioners in the field of water management and has been highly successful in many practical applications of its principles. This paper will describe how the Water Convention operates and will argue why this can be termed a Community of Practice. Different examples will be presented to underscore how the Water Convention through this approach has been able to attain progress towards its goals.
‘STEAM success stories’: refocusing the framework of intersectionality
Authors: Salehjee Saima , Watts Mike
Published: September 2023

In this article, we first explore the metaphor of wearing culture, drawn from the work of Anne Phillips, which challenges some of the precepts underpinning theories of intersectionality. We then go on to celebrate successes rather than failures, a departure from the broad ethos of intersectionality and illustrate how wearing of STEAM culture can be enacted throughout women’s ‘STEAM lives’, employing a pedagogy for success. We make use of phenomenographic approaches to gather and present women’s ‘STEAM success stories’. Autobioracy is the term we coin here, in contrast to autobiography, to describe our capture of these oral accounts. We use data from three cases – Fatima, Su-Li and Anna-Maria – to illustrate their adult re-engagement with elements of STEAM, having long since disengaged from early formal school-based science and technology. We finally resist a template process for the interpretation and presentation of their storied accounts and adopt, instead, a montage approach to place instances and descriptions side by side to illuminate their complex, often contradictory and unpredictable ways of knowing.
Kualitas Tidur Buruk Memperlambat Waktu Reaksi Visual pada Mahasiswa Program Studi Sarjana Fisioterapi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Udayana
Authors: Marin Hafizh , Indrayani Agung Wiwiek , Nugraha Made Hendra Satria , Dinata I Made Krisna
Published: September 2023

Background: College students are one of the groups that have a high risk of experiencing sleep deprivation and sleep disorders. In medical students, this is due to the high duration and intensity of education. Poor sleep quality causes impaired cognitive function, one of which is decreased reaction time. Students with faster reaction times have better cognitive status and academic performance. This study aims to determine how the relationship of sleep quality to reaction time with the type of simple reaction time (SRT) and choice reaction time (CRT) experiment in physiotherapy student at faculty of medicine, university of udayana.Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted with simple random sampling technique. 45 students participated in this study. Sleep quality was measured with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and reaction time using Deary-Liewald reaction time task with SRT and CRT types of experiment. Bivariate analysis was performed using the Spearman rho test.Result: 21 people (46.7%) had good sleep quality and 24 people (53.3%) had poor sleep quality. The results showed that there was a relationship between sleep quality and reaction time using CRT (p = 0.003) and there was no relationship between sleep quality and reaction time using SRT (p = 0.084).Conclusion: Poor sleep quality resulted in decreased reaction time with the CRT experiment type. The authors suggests research with different methods and populations, also add more control variables.
Recodification of Slovak Criminal Proceedings: Early Ideas, Concrete Steps and Its Subsequent Application
Authors: Klimek Libor
Published: September 2023

The article deals with recodification of Slovak criminal proceedings. It is divided into three sections. The first section is focused on the early idea of recodification of Slovak national criminal law and the introduction of innovations of national criminal proceedings. While the second section is focused on adoption of new Criminal Proceeding Code No. 301/2005 Zb. and understanding of “redesigned” criminal proceedings, the third section is focused on necessary improvement of criminal proceedings in the light of the electronic monitoring of persons.
Regulatory role of circular RNAs in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Attar Rukset , Noel Khalida , Romero Mirna Azalea , Sabitaliyevich Uteuliyev Yerzhan , Yulaevna Ishmuratova Margarita , Qureshi Muhammad Zahid
Published: September 2023

OSCC is a genomically complicated disease and advancements in the modern era of molecular oncology have enabled researchers to portray near-to-complete resolution of signaling landscape. Over the last two decades, overwhelming proof-of-concept has established mechanistic regulatory role of non-coding RNAs in carcinogenesis, including OSCC. Circular RNAs demonstrate a burgeoning facet of oncology research and molecular biologists are only beginning to appreciate and recognize the significance of circRNAs in the pathogenesis of OSCC. Regulatory roles of non-coding RNAs in the re-shaping of signaling pathways offer plausible strategies for prevention/inhibition of OSCC. Circular RNAs have mechanistic roles in OSCC and "sponge effects" mediated by a wider variety of circRNAs need to be rationally targeted for effective cancer prevention. Phenomenal and cutting-edge research works in different types of animal models will further refine our knowledge for selection of most promising circRNAs as pharmacologically valuable targets.
CDSBen: Benchmarking the Performance of Storage Services in Cloud-Native Database System at ByteDance
Authors: Zhang Jiashu , Jiang Wen , Tang Bo , Ma Haoxiang , Cao Lixun , Jiang Zhongbin , Nie Yuanyuan , Wang Fan , Zhang Lei , Liang Yuming
Published: September 2023

In this work, we focus on the performance benchmarking problem of storage services in cloud-native database systems, which are widely used in various cloud applications. The core idea of these systems is to separate computation and storage in traditional monolithic OLTP databases. Specifically, we first present the characteristics of two representative real I/O workloads at the storage tier of ByteDance's cloud-native database veDB. We then elaborate the limitations of using standard benchmarks such as TPC-C and YCSB to resemble these workloads. To overcome these limitations, we devise a learning-based I/O workload benchmark called CDS-Ben. We demonstrate the superiority of CDSBen by deploying it at ByteDance and showing that its generated I/O traces accurately resemble the real I/O traces in production. Additionally, we verify the accuracy and flexibility of CDSBen by generating a wide range of I/O workloads with different I/O characteristics.
OneProvenance: Efficient Extraction of Dynamic Coarse-Grained Provenance from Database Query Event Logs
Authors: Psallidas Fotis , Agrawal Ashvin , Sugunan Chandru , Ibrahim Khaled , Karanasos Konstantinos , Camacho-Rodríguez Jesús , Floratou Avrilia , Curino Carlo , Ramakrishnan Raghu
Published: September 2023

Provenance encodes information that connects datasets, their generation workflows, and associated metadata (e.g., who or when executed a query). As such, it is instrumental for a wide range of critical governance applications (e.g., observability and auditing). Unfortunately, in the context of database systems, extracting coarse-grained provenance is a long-standing problem due to the complexity and sheer volume of database workflows. Provenance extraction from query event logs has been recently proposed as favorable because, in principle, can result in meaningful provenance graphs for provenance applications. Current approaches, however, (a) add substantial overhead to the database and provenance extraction workflows and (b) extract provenance that is noisy, omits query execution dependencies, and is not rich enough for upstream applications. To address these problems, we introduce OneProvenance: an efficient provenance extraction system from query event logs. OneProvenance addresses the unique challenges of log-based extraction by (a) identifying query execution dependencies through efficient log analysis, (b) extracting provenance through novel event transformations that account for query dependencies, and (c) introducing effective filtering optimizations. Our thorough experimental analysis shows that OneProvenance can improve extraction by up to ~18X compared to state-of-the-art baselines; our optimizations reduce the extraction noise and optimize performance even further. OneProvenance is deployed at scale by Microsoft Purview and actively supports customer provenance extraction needs (https://bit.ly/3N2JVGF).
Real-Time Workload Pattern Analysis for Large-Scale Cloud Databases
Authors: Wang Jiaqi , Li Tianyi , Wang Anni , Liu Xiaoze , Chen Lu , Chen Jie , Liu Jianye , Wu Junyang , Li Feifei , Gao Yunjun
Published: September 2023

Hosting database services on cloud systems has become a common practice. This has led to the increasing volume of database workloads, which provides the opportunity for pattern analysis. Discovering workload patterns from a business logic perspective is conducive to better understanding the trends and characteristics of the database system. However, existing workload pattern discovery systems are not suitable for large-scale cloud databases which are commonly employed by the industry. This is because the workload patterns of large-scale cloud databases are generally far more complicated than those of ordinary databases.

In this paper, we propose Alibaba Workload Miner (AWM), a real-time system for discovering workload patterns in complicated large-scale workloads. AW M encodes and discovers the SQL query patterns logged from user requests and optimizes the querying processing based on the discovered patterns. First, Data Collection & Preprocessing Module collects streaming query logs and encodes them into high-dimensional feature embeddings with rich semantic contexts and execution features. Next, Online Workload Mining Module separates encoded query by business groups and discovers the workload patterns for each group. Meanwhile, Offline Training Module collects labels and trains the classification model using the labels. Finally, Pattern-based Optimizing Module optimizes query processing in cloud databases by exploiting discovered patterns. Extensive experimental results on one synthetic dataset and two real-life datasets (extracted from Alibaba Cloud databases) show that AW M enhances the accuracy of pattern discovery by 66% and reduce the latency of online inference by 22%, compared with the state-of-the-arts.
Building a Collaborative Data Analytics System: Opportunities and Challenges
Authors: Wang Zuozhi , Li Chen
Published: September 2023

Real-time collaboration has become increasingly important in various applications, from document creation to data analytics. Although collaboration features are prevalent in editing applications, they remain rare in data-analytics applications, where the need for collaboration is even more crucial. This tutorial aims to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and design decisions associated with supporting real-time collaboration and user interactions in data analytics systems. We will discuss popular conflict resolution technologies, the unique challenges of facilitating collaborative experiences during the workflow construction and execution phases, and the complexities of supporting responsive user interactions during job execution.
Showcasing Data Management Challenges for Future IoT Applications with NebulaStream
Authors: Lepping Aljoscha , Pham Hoang Mi , Mons Laura , Rueb Balint , Grulich Philipp M. , Chaudhary Ankit , Zeuch Steffen , Markl Volker
Published: September 2023

Data management systems will face several new challenges in supporting IoT applications during the coming years. These challenges arise from managing large numbers of heterogeneous IoT devices and require combining elastic cloud and fog resources in unified fog-cloud environments.

In this demonstration, we introduce a smart city simulation called IoTropolis and use it to create interactive eHealth and Smart Grid application scenarios. We use these scenarios to showcase three key challenges of unified fog-cloud environments. Furthermore, we demonstrate how our recently proposed data management system for the IoT NebulaStream addresses these challenges. Visitors to our demonstration can configure and interact with the scenarios to manage electricity usage in IoTropolis or to distribute patients across different hospitals. Thereby, visitors can actively engage with the challenges showcased by IoTropolis and utilize NebulaStream to address them. As a result, our demonstration enables visitors to experience data management for future IoT applications.
FastMosaic in Action: A New Mosaic Operator for Array DBMSs
Authors: Zalipynis Ramon Antonio Rodriges
Published: September 2023

Array DBMSs operate on
N
-d arrays. During the Data Ingestion phase, the widely used mosaic operator ingests a massive collection of overlapping arrays into a single large array, called mosaic. The operator can utilize sophisticated statistical and machine learning techniques, e.g. Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA), to produce a high quality
seamless mosaic
where the contrasts between the values of cells taken from input overlapping arrays are minimized. However, the performance bottleneck becomes a major challenge when applying such advanced techniques over increasingly growing array volumes. We introduce a new, scalable way to perform CCA that is orders of magnitude faster than the popular Python's scikit-learn library for the purpose of array mosaicking. Furthermore, we developed a hybrid web-desktop application to showcase our novel FastMosaic operator, based on this new CCA. A rich GUI enables users to comprehensively investigate in/out arrays, interactively guides through an end-to-end mosaic construction on real-world geospatial arrays using FastMosaic, facilitating a convenient exploration of the FastMosaic pipeline and its internals.
Cornet: Learning Spreadsheet Formatting Rules by Example
Authors: Singh Mukul , Sanchez José Cambronero , Gulwani Sumit , Le Vu , Negreanu Carina , Verbruggen Gust
Published: September 2023

Data management and analysis tasks are often carried out using spreadsheet software. A popular feature in most spreadsheet platforms is the ability to define data-dependent formatting rules. These rules can express actions such as
"color red all entries in a column that are negative"
or
"bold all rows not containing error or failure".
Unfortunately, users who want to exercise this functionality need to manually write these conditional formatting (CF) rules. We introduce Cornet, a system that automatically learns such conditional formatting rules from user examples. Cornet takes inspiration from inductive program synthesis and combines symbolic rule enumeration, based on semi-supervised clustering and iterative decision tree learning, with a neural ranker to produce accurate conditional formatting rules. In this demonstration, we show Cornet in action as a simple add-in to Microsoft's Excel. After the user provides one or two formatted cells as examples, Cornet generates formatting rule suggestions for the user to apply to the spreadsheet.
XDB in Action: Decentralized Cross-Database Query Processing for Black-Box DBMSes
Authors: Gavriilidis Haralampos , Rose Leonhard , Ziegler Joel , Beedkar Kaustubh , Quiané-Ruiz Jorge-Arnulfo , Markl Volker
Published: September 2023

Data are naturally produced at different locations and hence stored on different DBMSes. To maximize the value of the collected data, today's users combine data from different sources. Research in data integration has proposed the Mediator-Wrapper (MW) architecture to enable ad-hoc querying processing over multiple sources. The MW approach is desirable for users, as they do not need to deal with heterogeneous data sources. However, from a query processing perspective, the MW approach is inefficient: First, one needs to provision the mediating execution engine with resources. Second, during query processing, data gets "centralized" within the mediating engine, which causes redundant data movement. Recently, we proposed
in-situ cross-database query processing
, a paradigm for federated query processing without a mediating engine. Our approach optimizes runtime performance and reduces data movement by leveraging existing systems, eliminating the need for an additional federated query engine. In this demonstration, we showcase XDB, our prototype for in-situ cross-database query processing. We demonstrate several aspects of XDB, i.e. the cross-database environment, our optimization techniques, and its decentralized execution phase.
Modernization of Databases in the Cloud Era: Building Databases that Run Like Legos
Authors: Li Feifei
Published: September 2023

Utilizing cloud for common and critical computing infrastructures has already become the norm across the board. The rapid evolvement of the underlying cloud infrastructure and the revolutionary development of AI present both challenges and opportunities for building new database architectures and systems. It is crucial to modernize database systems in the cloud era, so that next generation cloud native databases may run like legos-they are adaptive, flexible, reliable, and smart towards dynamic workloads and varying requirements.

That said, we observe four critical trends and requirements for the modernization of cloud databases: embracing cloud-native architecture, full integration with cloud platform and orchestration, co-design for data fabric, and moving towards being AI augmented. Modernizing database systems by adopting these critical trends and addressing key challenges associated with them provide ample opportunities for data management communities from both academia and industry to explore. We will provide an in-depth case study of how we modernize
PolarDB
with respect to embracing these four trends in the cloud era. Our ultimate goal is to build databases that run just like playing with legos, so that a database system fits for rich and dynamic workloads and requirements in a self-adaptive, performant, easy-/intuitive-to use, reliable, and intelligent manner.
On the Cusp: Computing Thrills and Perils and Professional Awakening
Authors: Milic-Frayling Natasa
Published: September 2023

Over the past eight decades, computer science has advanced as a field, and the computing profession has matured by establishing professional codes of conduct, fostering best practices, and establishing industry standards to support the proliferation of technologies and services. Research and applications of digital computation continue to change all aspects of human endeavor through new waves of innovation. While it is clear that different research advances fuel innovation, the ways they come together to make an impact vary. In contrast to highly regulated sectors such as pharma, medicine and law, the process of transforming research into widely deployed technologies is not regulated. We reflect on collective practices, from discovery by scientists and engineers to market delivery by entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and practitioners. We consider ecosystem changes that are required to sustain the transformational effects of new technologies and enable new practices to take root. Every such transformation ruptures in the existing socio-technical fabric and requires a concerted effort to remedy this through effective policies and regulations. Computing experts are involved in all phases and must match the transformational power of their innovation with the highest standard of professional conduct. We highlight the principles of responsible innovation and discuss three waves of digital innovation. We use wide and uncontrolled generative AI deployments to illustrate risks from the implosion of digital media due to contamination of digital records, removal of human agency, and risk to an individual's personhood.
Management Centrality in Sequential Bargaining: Implications for Strategic Delegation, Welfare, and Stakeholder Conflict
Authors: Buccella Domenico , Meccheri Nicola
Published: September 2023

This paper investigates the issue of strategic delegation by considering the role of management centrality in contracting with different stakeholders. In a sequential negotiation unionized duopoly model, the results obtained by profit-maximizing entrepreneurial firms (where strategic choices are taken by firm owners and wage bargaining involves owners and unions) are compared against those of managerial firms (where strategic choices are delegated to managers who are also involved in wage bargaining vis-à-vis unions). Differences in the relative bargaining power among stakeholders (owners, managers and unions) play a key role in determining optimal delegation contracts, as well as the endogenous choice by firm owners to delegate strategic decisions to the management. Moreover, the distribution of stakeholders’ relative bargaining power affects firms’ profitability and overall welfare. In particular, to minimize potential conflict of interests between firm owners and the overall society, regulation directed to soften the managers’ bargaining strength vis-à-vis shareholders must be designed and implemented.
Assessing HIV-infected patient retention in a program of differentiated care in sub-Saharan Africa: a G-estimation approach
Authors: Yiannoutsos Constantin T. , Wools-Kaloustian Kara , Musick Beverly S. , Kosgei Rose , Kimaiyo Sylvester , Siika Abraham
Published: September 2023

Differentiated care delivery aims to simplify care of people living with HIV, reflect their preferences, reduce burdens on the healthcare system, maintain care quality and preserve resources. However, assessing program effectiveness using observational data is difficult due to confounding by indication and randomized trials may be infeasible. Also, benefits can reach patients directly, through enrollment in the program, and indirectly, by increasing quality of and accessibility to care. Low-risk express care (LREC), the program under evaluation, is a nurse-centered model which assigns patients stable on ART to a nurse every two months and a clinician every third visit, reducing annual clinician visits by two thirds. Study population is comprised of 16,832 subjects from 15 clinics in Kenya. We focus on patient retention in care based on whether the LREC program is available at a clinic and whether the patient is enrolled in LREC. We use G-estimation to assess the effect on retention of two “strategies”: (i) program availability but no enrollment; (ii) enrollment at an available program; versus no program availability. Compared to no availability, LREC results in a non-significant increase in patient retention, among patients not enrolled in the program (indirect effect), while enrollment in LREC is associated with a significant extension of the time retained in care (direct effect). G-estimation provides an analytical framework useful to the assessment of similar programs using observational data.
Kant’s Philosophy of Language of Philosophy: On Philosophical Terminology
Authors: Sancho-Adamson Eric
Published: September 2023

Among the passages which are suggestive of a philosophy of language in Kant’s writings are his remarks and arguments on appropriate terminology for philosophical concepts. I ask what it is for Kant that makes some words more suitable than others. I reconstruct the arguments from the Inquiry concerning the distinctness of the principles of natural theology and morality (1764) and the Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787) that defend that there is no such thing as a proper, real definition for philosophical concepts (only nominal definition and exposition); in addition, philosophical concepts are only represented by terms in abstracto, not in concreto. On these grounds, in the Inquiry, Kant sustains that the reference of a term to a philosophical concept is ultimately sanctioned by the term’s ‘linguistic usage’ (Redegebrauch). I argue that this is the basis for Kant’s criterion in the Critique of Pure Reason of employing traditional terminology, words from ordinary language, or even words from extinct languages, to refer to philosophical concepts, and for his rejection of coining new terms – even for distinctly new philosophical thoughts.
Early farming settlement of the marginal zone of loess uplands and its palaeoenvironmental context – a case study of the Iłża Piedmont (S Poland)
Authors: Szeliga Marcin , Mroczek Przemysław , Dobrowolski Radosław , Chodorowski Jacek , Lityńska-Zając Maria , Moskal-del Hoyo Magdalena , Pidek Irena Agnieszka , Makowiecki Daniel , Furmanek Mirosław , Plak Andrzej , Barga-Więcławska Jadwiga , Zagórski Piotr
Published: September 2023

The results of previous researches conducted across the upland territories of Central Europe reflect a considerably close correlation between the settlement by prehistoric agricultural societies and the ranges of the local loess covers. This correspondence – caused mainly by the high utility value of the territories in question, especially the presence of fertile soils and convenient geomorphological and hydrological conditions – is apparent even for the earliest phase of the Neolithic, and is clearly confirmed for later periods of prehistory. Until recently, this state of research concurred the interpretation that the neighbouring non-loess uplands had not been permanently settled, but only temporarily penetrated in order to exploit local resources (e.g., flint outcrops). This observation also applies to the territory being the essential subject of this paper, that is the sandy loam areas of the Iłża Piedmont, which is the direct northern forefield of the loess Sandomierz Upland. The results of interdisciplinary research conducted in this territory during the last several years allow us to considerably complete and verify the previous findings. They clearly confirm the intense and long-lasting character of the local settlement between the Early Neolithic and the Early Iron Age, as well as the typically agricultural activities of societies linked with different cultures that successively settled the discussed area during that time period. The obtained data show us the previously little known phenomenon of forming and functioning of the settlement microregions occupying uplands located outside the range of the compact loess cover, that is within ecological and landscape zones that were not preferred by prehistoric, early agricultural societies inhabiting the old upland territories of Central Europe. They also indirectly indicate the considerable flexibility and adaptability of early farmers, which made it possible for them to effectively colonise the definitely less rich territories located outside the compact area of the loess uplands since as early as the earliest phase of the Neolithic. This fact creates important possibilities for future research, allowing us to suspect that analogous settlement clusters also existed across the peripheral zones of other Central European loess uplands.
Interacciones Sino-Iberoamericanas en 2022
Authors: Shi Yan
Published: September 2023

Introducción

En 2022, el comercio total de China con América Latina y el Caribe alcanzó un nuevo máximo de 485 790 millones de dólares. China y América Latina celebraron con éxito la tercera reunión ministerial del Foro China-CELAC y alcanzaron un nuevo consenso amplio sobre la profundización de la confianza mutua estratégica y la cooperación práctica China-CELAC en los próximos años. Según las estadísticas de las agencias pertinentes, entre 2005 y 2020, China ha construido y puesto en funcionamiento más de 100 instalaciones de infraestructura en América Latina, creando más de 600 000 puestos de trabajos locales. Desde la batalla conjunta contra COVID-19 hasta el desarrollo conjunto de satélites de recursos, desde la garantía conjunta de la seguridad alimentaria hasta la entrada en los mercados de cada uno con productos agrícolas, ganaderos y pesqueros especiales, la cooperación entre China y América Latina no se ha visto obstaculizada por la distancia geográfica, sino que dio fructíferos resultados. En el presente editorial, presentamos las interacciones más destacadas entre China y América Latina en el año 2022.
Pastoral care and mental illness: A quantitative study to explore the competencies of Protestant pastors in Germany to support people who have a mental illness
Authors: Fritz Birthe
Published: September 2023

Introduction For the everyday work of pastors, it is relevant to have sufficient knowledge and confidence in dealing with mental illness, which can also be described as Mental Health Literacy (MHL).

Method This study examines the current situation of pastoral care with people who have a mental illness in Germany through an online survey. In particular, the MHL of the pastoral caregivers, as well as self-efficacy (SE), willingness to recommend psychotherapeutic help and intensity of networking as further influencing constructs will be taken into account.

Results About 26 % of all pastoral care contacts were with people who have a mental illness. Those pastors working outside the parish showed a higher amount of contacts. Personal and professional factors rarely had an impact on the MHL, which was higher on average than in the general population. Furthermore, the study showed significant associations between two MHL aspects (attitude and recognition), willingness to recommend psychotherapeutic help, SE and intensity of networking. The intensity of networking was only predicted by SE.

Discussion The results highlight that pastoral contacts with people who have a mental illness occur frequently and show that pastoral caregivers already have a certain level of MHL. The results indicate that, in addition to imparting knowledge, future training should place special emphasis on promoting positive attitudes towards psychotherapy and on encouraging SE.
Performance Evaluation of Coal Gangue-GGBS–Based Geopolymer for Treating Black Cotton Soil
Authors: Gaddam Aravind , Yamsani Sudheer Kumar
Published: September 2023

Black cotton soils are extremely problematic because they are susceptible to large volume changes with variation in moisture contents. These soils are conventionally stabilized with ordinary portland cement and lime, but the production/utilization of these traditional stabilizers is highly energy intensive, involves quarrying, and emits large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. Geopolymer is a promising alternative to these stabilizers because it provides high strength, consumes low energy, and emits low CO2 during synthesis and application. In this study, geopolymers synthesized from coal gangue (waste generated during coal mining) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS; by-product from the iron and steel industry) binders were evaluated for treating black cotton soil. A mixture of sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide is used as an alkaline activator solution for geopolymerization. An attempt is further made to identify the optimal dosages of geopolymer by evaluating the strength and durability characteristics of geopolymer-treated black cotton soil mixtures. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were further conducted to distinguish the mineralogical and microstructural changes that occurred because of geopolymerization. From this study, it is found that using coal gangue alone as a precursor in geopolymer is good at improving the strength of black cotton soil but observed to be weak in durability. Hence, an attempt is further made to synthesize a better-performing geopolymer with a combination of GGBS and coal gangue, i.e., effective in both strength and durability aspects. Optimal geopolymer identified in this study can be a sustainable alternative to traditional stabilizers in improving black cotton soils for geotechnical subgrade applications.
Do Psychedelics Facilitate Emergence of Unconscious Psychological Processes?
Authors: Lindegaard Tomas
Published: September 2023

Psychedelic substances have a long history of use in traditional healing and religious ceremonies worldwide and are increasingly being investigated for their possible therapeutic usage. However, there is still a lack of consensus regarding how best to characterize the psychological effects of psychedelics and how they bring about the positive therapeutic outcomes observed in clinical studies. The aim of this article is to review available evidence from quantitative and qualitative studies on psychedelic-assisted therapy, as well as neurobiological studies, in relation to the hypothesis that psychedelics facilitate the emergence of emotionally charged unconscious material, originally proposed by pioneering psychedelics researcher Stanislav Grof. The reviewed process studies of therapeutic mechanisms in psychedelic-assisted therapy and qualitative studies of treatment participants clearly indicate that the psychedelic experience is associated with the subjective experience of having increased access to and awareness of emotions, memories, and perceptions that are normally avoided or outside of conscious awareness. Brain-imaging studies point to several different neurobiological effects of psychedelics that might be related to these subjective psychological experiences. Available evidence also indicates that this process might constitute an important therapeutic mechanism in psychedelic-assisted therapy, worthy of further investigation.
Goal-Dependent Hippocampal Representations Facilitate Self-Control
Authors: Edelson Micah G. , Hare Todd A.
Published: September 2023

Hippocampal activity linking past experiences and simulations of the future with current goals can play an important role in decision-making. The representation of information within the hippocampus may be especially critical in situations where one needs to overcome past rewarding experiences and exert self-control. Self-control success or failure may depend on how information is represented in the hippocampus and how effectively the representation process can be modified to achieve a specific goal. We test this hypothesis using representational similarity analyses of human (female/male) neuroimaging data during a dietary self-control task in which individuals must overcome taste temptations to choose healthy foods. We find that self-control is indeed associated with the way individuals represent taste information (valance) in the hippocampus and how taste representations there adapt to align with different goals/contexts. Importantly, individuals who were able to shift their hippocampal representations to a larger degree to align with the current motivation were better able to exert self-control when facing a dietary challenge. These results suggest an alternative or complementary neurobiological pathway leading to self-control success and indicate the need to update the classical view of self-control to continue to advance our understanding of its behavioral and neural underpinnings.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThe paper provides a new perspective on what leads to successful self-control at the behavioral and neurobiological levels. Our data suggest that self-control is enhanced when individuals adjust hippocampal processing to align with current goals.
TFEB and TFE3 control glucose homeostasis by regulating insulin gene expression
Authors: Pasquier Adrien , Pastore Nunzia , D'Orsi Luca , Colonna Rita , Esposito Alessandra , Maffia Veronica , De Cegli Rossella , Mutarelli Margherita , Ambrosio Susanna , Tufano Gennaro , Grimaldi Antonio , Cesana Marcella , Cacchiarelli Davide , Delalleau Nathalie , Napolitano Gennaro , Ballabio Andrea
Published: September 2023

To fulfill their function, pancreatic beta cells require precise nutrient‐sensing mechanisms that control insulin production. Transcription factor EB (TFEB) and its homolog TFE3 have emerged as crucial regulators of the adaptive response of cell metabolism to environmental cues. Here, we show that TFEB and TFE3 regulate beta‐cell function and insulin gene expression in response to variations in nutrient availability. We found that nutrient deprivation in beta cells promoted TFEB/TFE3 activation, which resulted in suppression of insulin gene expression. TFEB overexpression was sufficient to inhibit insulin transcription, whereas beta cells depleted of both TFEB and TFE3 failed to suppress insulin gene expression in response to amino acid deprivation. Interestingly, ChIP‐seq analysis showed binding of TFEB to super‐enhancer regions that regulate insulin transcription. Conditional, beta‐cell‐specific, Tfeb‐overexpressing, and Tfeb/Tfe3 double‐KO mice showed severe alteration of insulin transcription, secretion, and glucose tolerance, indicating that TFEB and TFE3 are important physiological mediators of pancreatic function. Our findings reveal a nutrient‐controlled transcriptional mechanism that regulates insulin production, thus playing a key role in glucose homeostasis at both cellular and organismal levels.
Pengembangan Media Variasi Vising (Video Passing) Sepak Bola untuk Pembelajaran Kelas VIII Sekolah Menengah Pertama
Authors: Hanif Muhammad Rifqi , Sudarmono Martin
Published: September 2023

The development of communication and information technology has a great influence on the application of media as a means of learning activities, but these advances have not been used ideally in instructional learning in schools. This study aims to produce a variety of football visioning media products for class VIII Junior High School learning. This research is a Research and Development using the ADDIE (Analyze-Design-Development-Implement-Evaluate) learning design model. As subjects in this study, namely Physical Education Teachers and Students. The object of this research is the variation of soccer vision media for junior high school students. Data collection techniques using a questionnaire. The results of the research data in the form of quantitative data were analyzed descriptively quantitatively. The feasibility of video media was obtained through four stages with an average percentage: 1) material expert validation obtained 67.91%, 2) media expert validation obtained 94.37%, 3) corner teacher response obtained 88.15%, 4) student responses obtained 82.9%. The average total assessment of video media is 83.33% with a classification of "very good", so it can be concluded that the basic soccer technique video media for junior high school students is declared suitable for use by teachers in the process of delivering material.
Pengaruh Metode Latihan Up Hill dan Angkling (B Running) Menggunakan Beban Karet Resistance Pada Atlet Sprinter 100 Meter Siswa SMAN 2 Purbalingga
Authors: Firmansyah Arifianto , Rumini Rumini
Published: September 2023

This research is in the form of experimental research. Researchers want to check whether there is an effect of pretest and posttest. Up hill running exercise is that the runner's feet are given a heavy enough load so that the runner tries to run as fast as possible on the uphill road. Efforts to run as fast as possible will increase leg muscle strength and leg power. The b running exercise in place using rubber also trains the strength of the small muscles in the thighs as well as the muscles that play a role in the legs, besides that it also creates coordination between the two athlete's feet so that the exercise is also effective for increasing sprint speed. The 100 meter sprint distance at SMAN 2 Purbalingga students reached an average of 4.77%, there was a significant effect on the variation of the B running technique using rubber on the 100 meter sprint distance to SMAN 2 Purbalingga students reaching an average of 4.41%, so the Up Hill method exercise was more effective. to increase the sprint distance of 100 meters for students of SMAN 2 Purbalingga
Tingkat Kebugaran Jasmani Dan Hasil Belajar Siswa Dalam Pembelajaran Pendidikan Jasmani Di SMP Negeri Kota Pekalongan
Authors: Salamah Mia Shafira , Setiawan Ipang
Published: September 2023

Latar belakang pada permasalahan ini adalah bagaimana tingkat kebugaran jasmani siswa dan hasil belajar pendidikan jasmani siswa SMP  Negeri 7, 8, 11, dan 14 Kota Pekalongan. Tujuan pada penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat kebugaran jasmani dan hasil belajar pendidikan jasmani siswa, serta untuk mengetahui hubungan antara tingkat kebugaran jasmani terhadap hasil belajar pendidikan jasmani siswa SMP  Negeri 7, 8, 11, dan 14 Kota Pekalongan. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dengan pendekatan deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII SMP Negeri 7, 8, 11, dan 14 Kota Pekalongan tahun 2022 yang semuanya berjumlah 828 siswa, dengan sampel dalam penelitian ini yaitu menjadi 82 siswa menggunakan teknik proposional random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat kebugaran jasmani dan hasil belajar siswa kelas VIII dalam pembelajaran pendidikan jasmani di SMP Negeri 7, 8, 11, dan 14 Kota Pekalongan tahun 2022 mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan. Untuk besaran nilai korelasi pada SMP Negeri 7 (r=0,676) dan SMP Negeri 8 (r=0,610) Pekalongan menunjukkan kategori kuat, sedangkan SMP Negeri 11 (r=0,551) dan SMP Negeri 14 (r=0,558) Pekalongan menunjukkan kategori cukup. Setiap sekolah mempunya nilai yang berbeda dengan terdapat kategori besaran korelasinya masing-masing, hal tersebut terjadi  dengan adanya faktor lainnya dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar siswa disamping faktor kebugaran jasmani siswa yang mendominasi pada masing-masing sekolah. Saran penulis yaitu diharapkan dari pihak sekolah untuk tetap memperhatikan kondisi kebugaran jasmani siswanya masing-masing, serta kondisi lainnya dimana hal tersebut berpengaruh juga pada hasil belajar siswa itu sendiri. Disamping itu siswa juga harus memahami kondisinya masing-masing, dan tetap harus menyadari aktivitas jasmani masih mempunyai peran sebagai alat untuk mencapai tujuan pendidikan yang mencakup fisik, intelektual, emosional, sosial, moral, dan spiritual.
Perbedaan Model Latihan Bola Gantung dan Tenvol terhadap Efektivitas Peningkatan Pukulan Smash Open pada Atlet Puteri Kategori Pemula Klub Bola Voli Mitra Gabus Kabupaten Grobogan Tahun 2022
Authors: Junaedi Jeri , Wahyudi Agung
Published: September 2023

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Efektivitas Senam Kesegaran Jasmani Indonesia Bersatu 2018 Terhadap Peningkatan Kebugaran Jasmani Siswa Di Sd Negeri Mintaragen 2 Kota Tegal
Authors: Ramadhan Deva Amalia , Priyono Bambang
Published: September 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of gymnastics physical fitness Indonesia Bersatu 2018 to improve student fitness. This study is an experimental study, the subjects of this study are students of Class IV and V in SD Negeri Mintaragen 2 Kota Tegal with a total sample of 62 students. Design in this study using pre-test and post-test group. Treatment in this study is by Gymnastics physical freshness Indonesia Bersatu 2018, while for the test using TKJI. Data analysis techniques using descriptive statistics, normality test with one way anova, chi-square test, and difference test with T test. This study memeproleh average value with the results of pretest son daughter 12.89, pretest son 13.53, pretest daughter 12.43 and posttest son daughter 14.73, posttest son 15.31, posttest daughter 14.73. With the percentage increase between pretest to posttest son has an increase of 13.1%, for the presentation of the increase in daughter has an increase of 16%. The conclusion of this study that shows that the United Indonesia physical fitness Gymnastics 2018 is effective for improving students physical fitness.