bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Oops! The Unfortunate (but Basic) Error in the New UCC Article 12
Authors: Frisch David , Dalrymple Nicole
Published: May 2024

The Uniform Law Commission and American Law Institute have recognized the need for commercial law to govern digital transactions and responded with the proposed addition of a new article to the Uniform Commercial Code (the “Code” or “UCC”), Article 12. Article 12 will govern the transfer of property rights in a particular category of digital assets (controllable electronic records), which would include commonly known digital assets, such as bitcoin and non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). Although the addition of Article 12 should provide more certainty in transactions involving current and emerging technologies, there is a fundamental problem with the article as it is currently drafted, which, left unresolved, will instead invite legal uncertainty and litigation. The problem is the drafters’ choice to cast the “qualifying purchaser” in the role of the dramatis personae of Article 12. Article 12’s “qualifying purchaser” benefits from a generous rule that allows them to take controllable electronic records free from competing claims. The drafters include a person who obtains a controllable electronic record from a thief or hacker as someone who could be a “qualifying purchaser.” However, in order to be a “purchaser” under the current definition in the UCC, a person must take through a transaction that creates an interest in property. Thieves and hackers obtain no property interest when they steal a controllable electronic record, so a person who takes a controllable electronic record from a hacker could not be participating in a transaction that creates an interest in property. Thus, they could not be a “qualifying purchaser,” as the drafters claim.
Most of the uncertainty of the result could have been avoided had the drafters chosen a term other than “purchaser” to describe the beneficiary of Article 12’s liberal take-free rule and defined it in a manner that would effectuate the drafters’ statutory aim. However, despite making the drafters aware of this glaring issue, they have failed to remedy the mistake. This is unfortunate and will likely lead to legal uncertainty and, thus, needless litigation after the article’s enactment. Why rely on courts to tweak sections of the Code if ambiguities are recognized and can be eliminated by careful drafting? If inartful statutory drafting is a source of uncertainty that can easily be reduced without offsetting social costs, efforts should be made to do so.
Equity's System of Open-Ended Wrongs and Limited Remedies
Authors: Gergen Mark P.
Published: May 2024

It is well-known that equity gives courts considerable discretion to override the normal operation of legal rules to prevent an injustice in a particular case. This Article shows equity combined this discretion with limited remedies (rescission, restitution, reformation, and estoppel), and that these limited remedies strike a balance between the value of doing justice in a particular case and the cost of destabilizing the law in a way that places a heavy thumb on the scale favoring stability over justice. Henry Smith has described equity as a “second-order safety valve.” Equity’s limited remedies make it a weak “second-order safety valve.”
This Article also examines what became of this system in the United States after the merger of law and equity. The most interesting developments involve the doctrines of constructive fraud and abuse of a confidential relationship, which are treated as torts with compensatory and punitive damages. This has had a small effect because of two developments. Courts reject most claims seeking compensatory damages by imposing categorical restrictions on the doctrines, while courts ignore these restrictions when a plaintiff seeks an equitable remedy. Thus, courts generally continue to do equity much as it has always been done in cases that would be covered by these doctrines, albeit in an ad hoc and confusing way
(The Act of) God’s Not Dead: Reforming the Act of God Defense in the Face of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Authors: Fechter Zachary David
Published: May 2024

Natural phenomena like floods, droughts, and blizzards have a long history of causing damage. But these natural phenomena are now more frequent, intense, and therefore, foreseeable because of anthropogenic, or human-caused, climate change. Owing in part to the greater foreseeability of natural phenomena like weather, scholars believe the act of God defense—which excepts actors from liability when an unforeseeable and irresistible natural phenomenon is the proximate cause of damage—may be dead. Other scholars go further and argue the act of God defense should be dead, as corporate defendants can use it to evade liability even when their acts causally contribute to climate change. Despite the strength of these scholars’ arguments, those highlighting and even advocating for the demise of the act of God defense overlook the possibility that eliminating the defense will unfairly expose everyday people to liability. This Comment thus addresses scholars’ valid concerns with the act of God defense in light of climate change, examines arguments for why the defense should be excised from the law, and then argues that keeping but modifying the defense is the best way to address criticisms without unjustly harming everyday people.
The Influence of Job Mutation and Work Engagement on Job Satisfaction and Its Impact on Employee Performance of Health Social Security Administering Body (BPJS Health) of The Banda Aceh Branch
Authors: Usman Maryadi , Adam Muhammad , Muhlis
Published: May 2024

This study aims to test the Job mutation and Work engagement effect on Job Satisfaction and their impact on the performance of Health Social Security Administering Body (BPJS) employees in the Banda Aceh Branch. In this study, the intended population was all employees, totaling 78 people. The sampling technique used a saturated sampling. Data were processed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The result shows in the BPJS Health of Banda Aceh Branch that job mutation influences significantly Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement influences significantly Job satisfaction, Job mutation does not influence significantly employee performance, Work Engagement influences significantly employee performance, Job satisfaction influences significantly employee performance, Job Satisfaction mediates fully the Job mutation influencing Employee Performance, and Job Satisfaction mediates partially the Work Engagement influencing Employee Performance. These findings conclude that the model for increasing employee performance at BPJS Health of Banda Aceh Branch is a function of increasing job mutation, strengthening work engagement, and increasing job satisfaction of these employees
Manajemen Supply pada Produk HNI-HPAI Halal Mart di Kabupaten Sambas Perspektif Ekonomi Islam
Authors: Oktoviasari Vera Ayu , Sumar’in Sumar’in , Awaluddin Murtiadi
Published: May 2024

Islam is a religion that has a universal system that regulates good business and is in accordance with religion. Many companies are switching to an Islamic business system, called sharia economics. Currently, people really like the Islamic business system. Sharia-based companies include PT HPAI (Herbal Penawar al-Wahida Indonesia), which later became HNI-HPAI (Herba Penawar Al-Wahida Indonesia-Halal Network International). This research aims to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors for implementing supply management at the herbal HPAI halal mart in Sambas Regency. In this research, qualitative research was used. The data collection technique is carried out by means of interviews, then analyzed through data reduction, classifying the data, presenting the data and finally drawing conclusions. The data sources in this research consist of 2, namely primary data and secondary data. One of the supporting factors for carrying out herbal medicine supply management in Sambas Regency can involve operational efficiency, product quality and good marketing strategies. Meanwhile, inhibiting factors may include raw material supply instability, regulatory changes, or logistical constraints. The external supporting factor is that many people know the quality of HPAI products, so they are easy to sell because the prices are affordable. The internal inhibiting factor is not having its own way or rules to handle orders for lots of herbal products by consumers and delays in delivery of goods. These delays are due to an overload of goods to be sent by the expedition.
Acoustic properties of bilabial trills in Medumba
Authors: Olson Kenneth
Published: May 2024

Olson (2022) claims that all bilabial trills in phonemic systems are releases of stops. They are either part of complex phonemes that involve stop-trill sequences, e.g. /pᴮ, bᴮ, ᵐbᴮ, tᴾ/, or they pattern as allophones of a compressed or fricative vowel following a stop, e.g. [pʙ̩, bʙ̩, tʙ̩]. Olson notes that the stop-trill phonemes behave as obstruents. I provide acoustic evidence for this claim. Previous studies indicate that the closure of /b/ is shorter than that of /p, ᵐb/ and that the oral portion of the closure of /ᵐb/ is very short (~30–40 ms). Likewise, it has been shown that the stop closure of /bᴮ/ is shorter than that of /pᴮ, ᵐbᴮ/ and that the oral portion of the stop closure of /ᵐbᴮ/ is very short (e.g. Olson 2023). For Medumba (Cameroon), we find similar patterning. The mean stop closure durations of /bᴮ, ᵐbᴮ/ are 137 ms (s.d. = 28, n = 58) and 192 ms (s.d. = 47, n = 28), respectively. The difference is very highly significant: t(37) = 5.79, p < 0.001 (one-tailed). The mean oral stop closure duration of /ᵐbᴮ/ is 26.6 ms (s.d. = 6.2, n = 28). The finding that stops with bilabial trill releases behave as obstruents is important, because elsewhere they have been categorized with /r/ assuming that they are sonorants.
Tonal identification in whispered speech
Authors: Bi Ruyue Agnes
Published: May 2024

This project aims to examine whether, and how, non-F0 cues facilitate the identification of lexical tones. A perception experiment is designed to explicitly test the impact of duration cues for Mandarin lexical tones when F0 is absent. We take a novel approach in which the secondary cue of interest is held constant, effectively controlling the type of information listeners receive. Future studies can potentially extend this methodology to examine other relevant cues, such as temporal envelope and intensity. The contribution of this paper is twofold: first, to propose an explanation for the inconsistent conclusions drawn in the literature on tonal identification in whispered speech; second, to devise a more well-controlled study shedding light on the nature of tonal perception.
Causality and modality: A case study on Teochew periphrastic causatives
Authors: Luo Zhuosi
Published: May 2024

Many linguistics works have adopted the CAUSE operator to analyze causal relations. However, recent studies have gradually converged on the idea that a denotation like CAUSE(e, e') is not sophisticated enough to capture complex causalities encoded in linguistic structures, echoing long-time discussions on causation in the field of philosophy. This study supports this view by working on the plural instantiations of causation encoded in five periphrastic causative constructions in Teochew, an understudied Southern Min language. I demonstrated causality notions encoded in Teochew causatives differ in four dimensions: (i) direct vs. indirect (temporal, spatial, intermediary agent), (ii) deterministic vs. probabilistic (in terms of the actuality entailment of the caused event), (iii) attitude-neutral vs. attitude-bearing (benefactive/adversative) and (iv) permissive vs. non-permissive. I provide a sublexical modal analysis paired with event semantics to capture these complexities, aiming to replace the monolithic CAUSE event linker and to show most of the causal complexities result from different flavors of sublexical modality encoded in the causative verbs.
Russian elision as lenition to zero
Authors: Sulkin Liza
Published: May 2024

While there has been extensive documentation of elision in colloquial Russian speech, there is minimal phonetic research on its underlying causes. The present study performs an exploratory acoustic analysis on spontaneous Russian speech and ties its phonetic correlates to previously described lenition processes by demonstrating their continuous nature. Special attention is given to /v/ due to its sonorant-like qualities in Russian.  Furthermore, the study uses the results of this analysis to propose a framework for predicting elided forms using both language-general processes alongside word frequency.
Tone, viewpoint aspect, and imperative mood
Authors: Schaefer Ronald P. , Egbokhare Francis
Published: May 2024

We examine the interaction between viewpoint aspect and imperative mood in an under-described and endangered Edoid language of West Africa. In Emai, tone functions both lexically and grammatically. Verbs in citation form, including bisyllabic items, are toneless. In declarative mood Emai distinguishes perfective from imperfective, with perfective assigning high tone to a verb and imperfective assigning low. Imperative mood takes perfective aspect, most clearly evident when an auxiliary or preverb precedes the verb or when the imperative is negated. In simpler imperatives, verb tone is low high. The low tone is conditioned by the juxtaposition of a subject phrase that shows a second person pronoun with high tone and a verb phrase whose initial syllable is high. Across phrasal constitutents, consecutive high tones, as they would have appeared in simpler imperatives, are prohibited. It is the verb phrase initial high syllable that lowers.
Emphasis, certainty, and interdiction: Adverbials in Gisida Anii
Authors: Mariani Vincent N.
Published: May 2024

This article presents novel fieldwork data describing the adverbials shɩ, cɔɔ, and caa in Anii, an understudied Ghana-Togo-Mountain language spoken in Togo and Benin. Shɩ and cɔɔ emphasize and mark the speaker’s certainty of aspectual reference, respectively, while caa serves to mark the speaker’s acknowledgement that the action or state denoted by the predicate is contrary to the listener’s wants.
The structure of Mandarin embedded and matrix sluicing
Authors: Chen Jiayuan
Published: May 2024

In Mandarin sluicing, the copula shi may precede the wh-phrase and it’s sometimes optional. Most existing analyses agree that Mandarin embedded sluicing with shi is an instance of pseudo-sluicing with an underlying copular structure. However, different analyses disagree on exactly when shi can be absent in Mandarin sluicing and by extension, the underlying structure of sluicing without shi. Many existing analyses assume that shi can be absent in embedded sluicing when the wh-phrase is complex. This study presents experimental findings showing that shi can only be absent in matrix sluicing and is obligatory in embedded sluicing, regardless of the wh-phrase. I then provide novel arguments in favor of the view that sluicing with shi is underlying copular, while sluicing without shi is not.
A San Diegan debate: Take 8 or Take the 8: Investigating the use of the determiner “the” before numeric freeways in San Diego
Authors: O'Boyle Brianna
Published: May 2024

The determiner “the” before numeric roadways in Southern California has become salient enough that it has reached mainstream media. However there has been little formal research done on this linguistic variant, and especially in subregions of California such as San Diego county. This study examines the use of the by ten speakers through sociolinguistic interviews and a map task. It was found that people from San Diego had the highest usage of the, long term transplants also favored the but to a lesser degree, and recent transplants disfavored the. Additionally, it was found when recent transplants used this variable they did not apply it to unknown roads, though long term transplants used the not only for roads in San Diego but also for unknown roads. These differences between transplants may inform us about factors influencing second dialect acquisition. Furthermore a mixed methods analysis revealed that the might have diffused from Los Angeles to San Diego in the 1980s.
A parallel corpus-based exploration of deflected agreement in Arabic varieties
Authors: Rouillier Connor
Published: May 2024

Agreement in modern Arabic varieties exhibits much variation despite sharing similar features, such as feminine singular (deflected) agreement with plural controllers.  The presence of deflected agreement has been attributed both to retention (Bettega and D’Anna 2022) and to a process of loss and reborrowing from Modern Standard Arabic (Al-Sharkawi 2014; Versteegh 1984}. Using evidence from a multi-dialectal parallel corpus, I argue that neither of these accounts adequately explains the variation present in the dialects. This study highlights the need to understand the language-specific changes in modern Arabic varieties and the utility of parallel corpora for exploring morphosemantic variation.
The time course of the rate of speaker transitions in conversation
Authors: Edwards David
Published: May 2024

Using over 500 hours of recorded conversations from the CallHome and CallFriend corpora (MacWhinney & Wagner 2010), this study analyzes conversations to measure gaps and overlaps in speaker transitions. It builds on previous work in (1) measuring speaker transitions by using custom software that measures single speaker segments based solely on acoustic evidence, without the need for a transcription or manual configuration, and (2) by breaking down the conversations and evaluating the transition rates minute by minute. Across the seven different languages studied, a pattern emerges in the rate of speaker transitions over the course of time. The number of transitions is highest in the first minute and gradually decreases before coming to a more consistent rate. This pattern exists in each of the languages studied, despite language-specific differences in turn-taking behavior. The cross-linguistic consistency of the decrease in the transition rate over the first several minutes of a conversation suggests that accommodation may be occurring as speakers negotiate the cadence of their interchanges with each other.
Rigor and accessibility: Attitudes towards syntax pedagogy in higher education
Authors: Bjorkman Bronwyn , Bailey Laura , Light Caitl , Conrod Kirby
Published: May 2024

We report on early stages of a large study on syntax pedagogy, and particularly on perceptions of “gatekeeping”. We present the results of a pilot study to explore this theme and others that arose, such as inequality and discrimination in the classroom, as well as the results of an ongoing program survey. Together, these results show that there are widespread experiences of bias in syntax classrooms, that syntax occupies a privileged space within linguistics, and that syntax is perceived to be a particularly difficult subject which some people have an innate talent for and others do not. The findings, especially in the context of current work on social justice in linguistics, have serious implications for inclusivity in the field and on how we as syntax educators can make changes for the benefit of future syntax scholars.
Disjunction in Ket
Authors: O'Rollins Ilsa , Dawson Virginia , Vajda Edward
Published: May 2024

We explore how disjunction is expressed in Ket, an understudied and highly endangered Yeniseian language of Siberia. We show that Ket has multiple strategies of disjunction, which share morphological resources with indefinites and which differ in their scope-taking properties. We present a preliminary analysis and discuss the broader typology, showing that while Ket’s system of disjunction resembles those of Sinhala (Indic; Sri Lanka) and Tiwa (Tibeto-Burman; India), it differs from these systems in several respects. We conclude that multiple disjunction strategies appear to be widespread, but show significant variation, and require additional investigation cross-linguistically.
The preserve of the rural elderly, or a language for modern life? Authenticity, anonymity and indexical ambiguity in Martinican Creole
Authors: Ardoino Chiara , François-Haugrin Noémie , Térosier Stéphane
Published: May 2024

This paper investigates the effects of (ongoing) standardization on linguistic attitudes and representations in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, where traditionally stigmatized Martinican Creole (MC) boasts a quasi-official orthography and some representation in formal domains. We use socio-biographical, perceptual and attitudinal data from a questionnaire-based study to investigate the relation between respondents’ (i) exposure to ‘activist’ MC – as a proxy for standardization; (ii) attitudes to MC on the status dimension; (iii) purism and (iv) breaking away from traditional MC indexicalities. Two findings are particularly noteworthy. First, exposure to activist MC fails to predict purist attitudes towards MC, which are similarly high regardless of respondents’ degree of exposure. Secondly, we find a mismatch between highly positive status attitudes and the persistence of traditional low-status MC indexicalities. We argue that, while some traditional indexicalities may wane as the standardization process progresses, others are essential to MC’s enduring representation as an authentic language and, therefore, less likely to recede.
Cyclic movement and chain resolution in Swahili relative clauses
Authors: Liu Zhendong
Published: May 2024

Swahili relative clauses have three different constructions, characterized by different linear positions of a relative marker. The relative marker follows C, T and the verbal complex in each case. While some previous analyses propose construction-specific operations such as T to C or V to C movement in amba-less relatives, this study shows that the distribution of the relative marker can in fact be derived from a set of independently motivated assumptions without substantial ad-hoc proposals. I argue that the relative marker is an operator that undergoes cyclic A' movement to Spec,CP, and its various linear position results from Landau (2006)’s chain resolution algorithm conditioned by a disyllabic minimality requirement of words in Swahili (Park 1997; Scott 2015).
Automatic intonational contour clustering in Patwin
Authors: Anna Björklund
Published: May 2024

This study uses automated methods from Contour Clustering (Kaland 2021) to identify seven common intonational patterns in Patwin, an understudied Wintuan language of Northern California that survives via archival recordings. Only two phonetic or phonological analyses currently exist for Patwin (Lawyer 2015, 2021). This study finds that all seven contours suggested by Contour Clustering are attested in word-list elicitation, demonstrating a remarkable diversity of intonational types. In so doing, this study challenges claims made in Shafer (1961) that Patwin has lexical tone. Though the results are generally successful, Contour Clustering is not robust to the effects of poor recording quality on pitch tracking and subsequent cluster assignment. In general, this study indicates that using automated methods in tandem with a more phonologically grounded method of analysis such as PaToBI (Silverman et al. 1992; Björklund 2024) is fruitful for facilitating working with large amounts of archival data. This study adds to our limited understanding of Wintuan intonation, suggesting new intonation types for future investigation.
Investigating the role of case markers in honorific agreement processing in Korean
Authors: Lee So Young , Yoo Myung Hye
Published: May 2024

This study explores the influence of case markers on the attraction effect in subject-verb honorific agreement in Korean. Using a self-paced reading experiment on PCIbex Farm, we manipulated case markers (possessive vs. nominative) and the presence of the honorific marker -si on verbs to assess their impact on the attraction effect, where syntactically illicit NPs are erroneously retrieved due to partial feature matching. While Avetisyan et al. (2020) reported that in Armenian, case information is used as a retrieval cue during subject-verb number agreement, our preliminary findings reveal no significant attraction effect related to case marker similarity, indicating that the case features (nominative case) do not crucially trigger the attraction effect in honorific agreement. The discrepancy with previous studies highlights the role of noun animacy and the specific construction of Korean sentence structure. Our results contribute to understanding the nuanced factors influencing honorific agreement processing in Korean and suggest that case marking, while integral to sentence structure, does not significantly affect the attraction effect in honorific agreement processing.
Complements and modifiers: Implications for typologies of pronouns
Authors: Ilic Ivona
Published: May 2024

This paper argues for a distinction between two categorially distinct types of personal pronouns in natural language. It demonstrates that overt nominal content surfaces as (i) a complement or (ii) a modifier of a personal pronoun. The distinction in the way nominal content merges is reflected in two types of pronouns. Pronouns taking nominal complements are full-fledged determiners, while pronouns surfacing with nominal modifiers are pronouns proper, i.e., pronominal forms that do not exhibit the determiner syntax. Four novel diagnostics underlying the complement/modifier distinction are introduced: (i) binding, (ii) genericity requirement, (iii) availability of pro-drop, and (iv) size of the pronoun. The paper contributes to a longstanding debate on the representation of nominal content in pronouns and a close connection between pronominal forms and determiners.
The things that we can(not) exclaim!
Authors: Esipova Maria
Published: May 2024

English famously has both wh- and nominal exclamatives (e.g., Portner & Zanuttini 2005). For instance, both What (strange) stories Nina tells! and The (strange) stories that Nina tells! are expressive speech acts about the very high degree that the stories that Nina tells have on some—explicit or implicit—scale. However, puzzlingly enough, Russian only has wh-, but not nominal exclamatives. I propose, partially following Esipova 2021, that both wh- and nominal exclamatives are instances of expressive intensification (akin to She is damn smart), with the expressive component of the expressive intensifier promoted to being the primary speech act (not unlike in Damn {she is / is she} smart!). However, while English can do direct intensification of NPs (e.g., He’s a damn coward) and can, thus, have nominal exclamatives, Russian can only do expressive intensification by predicating a degree property of a free relative over degrees and can, thus, only have wh-exclamatives.
The influence of Guarani on gender agreement in Paraguayan and Correntino Spanish: A contrastive analysis
Authors: Dudek Elizabeth , Pinta Justin
Published: May 2024

In this paper we analyze the influence of Guarani, a genderless language, on patterns of gender agreement in two distinct Spanish varieties, Paraguayan Spanish and Correntino Spanish. Using two unique conversational corpora, we show that, of the two varieties, Paraguayan Spanish more closely resembles Standard Spanish in patterns of gender agreement, but the cases of nonagreement that do occur are found in a wide variety of linguistic contexts, resembling the kinds of transfer effects common in L2 varieties of Spanish in speakers whose L1 is genderless. Correntino Spanish exhibits patterns of nonagreement that are not only more common but are limited in linguistic scope, i.e., only occurring in noun phrases involving feminine nouns with non-article modifiers. We attribute the differences between these two varieties to the differing presence of Guarani in the two regions where they are currently spoken. Paraguayan Spanish, in closer contact with Guarani, is subject to synchronic L2 transfer effects, while Correntino Spanish, a largely monolingual variety in the modern day, is characterized by diachronic L2 transfer effects that have fossilized and come to be found in the speech of monolinguals.
PEDULI COVID-19 DENGAN PEMBAGIAN SEMBAKO , PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN COVID-19 : PEMBAGIAN MASKER DAN HAND SANITIZER DI DESA PAYUNG WELERI KENDAL
Authors: Sulastri Sulastri , Sonyorini Sri Hesthi
Published: May 2024

The increasing number of cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia turned out to have a very broad impact on various sectors of life, especially those related to health and economic problems. This community service activity is in the form of distributing basic necessities and providing health education on how to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 and distributing Hand Sanitizer to affected communities. The high unemployment rate and low public understanding and public knowledge about the spread and prevention of the Covid-19 disease further worsen the community's situation. This results in severe psychological and emotional impacts on the community, coupled with restrictions on activities outside the home and problems with health facilities. The methods used are the distribution of basic necessities and the distribution of hand sanitizer masks as well as providing education about preventing the transmission of Covid-19. Targets and outputs in this community service activity are the achievement of indicators of the success of community service programs, namely basic necessities, masks, hand sanitizers can be distributed and materials on preventing the transmission of Covid-19 can be given 100% to the community to benefit users through lectures and demonstrations at 40 person.
DETEKSI DINI KANKER SERVIKS DAN SAFARI KELUARGA BERENCANA DI EKS KAWEDANAN BOJA
Authors: Fatikhah Fatikhah , Fahmi Faradisa Yuanita
Published: May 2024

Family Planning is one of the efforts to reduce maternal mortality, so that Indonesia is committed to participating in signing of the global development of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) but the evaluation of the MDG's achievements in Indonesia shows that the target achievement has not been satisfactory so that it is continued with the Sustainable development Goals / SDG's program. In 2018 the population of childbearing age in Kendal district, there were 273,848 women out of 503,710 people, while Fertile Age Couple (FAC) was 188,118, who became new family planning (FP) acceptors 124,869 (66.38%). This is still far from the national achievement target, namely the coverage of FAC to become family planning acceptors of 87%. Another problem that arises in FAC is the high incidence of cervical cancer, this condition is caused because the patient comes at an advanced stage. Family planning safaris and early detection of cervical cancer are important things that must be done. This service method uses field studies, Focus Group Discussion (FGDs), counseling and papsmer examination. The target of community service is FAC in Ex Kawedanan Boja. Health education about family planning and early detection of cervical cancer can change behavior. The number of acceptors 60 people with IUD contraception 16 (26%), Implant 26 (43.3%) and Failed 3 (8.3%), the failure to install this contraceptive device was due to inflammation of the cervix. 3 people (17.65%) were positive while negative 14 people (82.35%).Counseling can improve understanding and change the behavior of FAC regarding early detection of cervical cancer and the installation of free implants and IUDs on acceptors through family planning safari.
PROMKES IBU HAMIL DAN KELUARGA YANG MEMPUNYAI BADUTA UNTUK MENCEGAH STUNTING BERSAMA DP2KBP2PA Kab. KENDAL JAWA TENGAH
Authors: Mubarak Zaky , Nafisah Siti
Published: May 2024

The problem of stunting is one of the nutritional problems that the Government of Indonesia is focusing on. Stunting needs more attention because it can have an impact on children's lives into adulthood, especially the risk of physical and cognitive developmental disorders if not handled properly. The target covered in this case is to overcome the problem of stunting which is expected to decrease by 2025. The method used in this community service activity is health counseling on stunting prevention. The targets and results of this community service activity are indicators of the success of the stunting prevention program. In this case, the achievement indicator is the mother's knowledge in preventing stunting, where the mother's knowledge is measured using a pre-test before the activity and a post-test after being given health education. Based on the results of the pretest and post test which was attended by 25 respondents, it can be stated that the results of the pre-test on the level of knowledge of respondents regarding stunting prevention were 8 respondents (32%) who understood the stunting prevention program, while based on the results of the post test there were 14 respondents (68%) who understood the stunting prevention program.
PELATIHAN MANAJEMEN BENCANA DENGAN BALUT BIDAI DI SMA NEGERI 1 WELERI
Authors: Anindito Teguh , Fatikhah Fatikhah
Published: May 2024

Kecelakaan adalah salah satu kejadian yang tidak diinginkan, tidak terduga yang dapat menimbulkan kerugian material, disfungsi atau kerusakan alat atau bahan, kekacauan produksi, korban jiwa atau bahkan meninggal dunia dalam waktu 30 hari sebagai akibat dari cedera kecelakaan (Guguraj, 2008). Kesalahan dalam memberikan pertolongan karena minimnya pengetahuan yang dimiliki oleh masyarakat sehingga perlu adanya pelatihan Balut Bidai. Balut  Bidai  adalah  perawatan  umum  trauma  ekstremitas  atau imobilisasi  dari  lokasi  trauma seperti  belut  (spalk)  untuk  mempertahankan  posisi  bagian  tulang  yang  patah  agar  tidak bergerak  dan  mencegah  terjadinya  kontaminasi  dan  komplikasi. Tujuan pengabdian ini adalah meningkatkan ketrampilan masyarakat untuk melakukan tindakan penanggulangan penderita patah tulang di wilayah rawan bencana dengan sasaran siswa SMA Negeri Weleri berada di Kecamatan Weleri, kabupaten Kendal. Edukasi pertolongan pertama pada kecelakan mulai dari konsep pertolongan pertama sampai dengan tahapan pelaksanaan pertolongan pertama pada kecelakaan. Kegiatan yang diawali dengan ceramah dan demosntrasi. kemudian dilanjutkan dengan sesi tanya jawab, berbagai pertanyaan diajukan secara antusisas oleh peserta dalam sesi tanya jawab. Kemampuan peserta penyuluhan dilihat dari penguasaan materi dapat dikatakan baik walaupun waktu yang diberikan sangat singkat, namun peserta terlihat antusias dan aktif dalam menjawab pertanyaan dan dalam mencontohkan kembali hal-hal yang harus dipahami dalam pertolongan pertama pada kecelakaan.
KECEMASAN PENDERITA KANKER SERVIKS TERHADAP KUALITAS HIDUPNYA
Authors: Retnaningsih Dwi , Lestari Okky Puji , Suara Eviwindha
Published: May 2024

Cancer can have an impact on the physical, psychological, social and spiritual for sufferers who experience it. Anxiety is part of the psychological impact that is characterized by feelings of fear, deep worry. Anxiety in cervical cancer patients can affect the patient's quality of life. A good quality of life is needed so that a cervical cancer patient improves his health status. This study aims to determine the relationship between anxiety levels and the quality of life of cervical cancer patients. Correlational quantitative research using cross sectional method. The number of respondents as many as 30 cervical cancer patients who are willing to become respondents and live with their families who are being treated at the Sultan Agung Hospital, Semarang. The data was processed using SPSS 25.0 with the Spearman Rank test. The results showed that 5 respondents (16.7%) had normal/non-anxious anxiety, 4 respondents (13.3%) had mild anxiety, and 5 respondents had moderate anxiety with moderate quality of life. 4 respondents (13.3%) and good quality of life as many as 2 respondents (6.7%), while respondents who had severe anxiety with poor quality of life were 15 respondents (50.0%). The test results of the two variables obtained a correlation coefficient of 0.934 and a p value of 0.000 (p < 0.05), it can be concluded that there is a relationship between anxiety levels and the quality of life of cervical cancer patients, with a very strong relationship.
ANALISIS FAKTOR KEPUASAN PELAYANAN ANC
Authors: Sari Devi Permata , Hamranani Sri Sat Titi , S Arlina Dhian
Published: May 2024

Maternal mortality can be lowered by routinely doing ANC. Satisfaction is important in health. ANC satisfaction is an important thing to research because it is to improve the quality of pregnancy examination services in hospitals so that patients reuse and perform ANC regularly. The approach used in descriptive research is cross sectional with accidental sampling techniques for sampling. The study sample was 91 pregnant women. The results of the study obtained determinants of ANC service satisfaction at The Polyclinic Obsgyn RSU Islam Klaten are the quality of service (p value 0.003), facilities (pvalue 0.040), costs (pvalue 0.038) and attitude (pvalue 0.022) while factors that do not correlate with the satisfaction of ANC services in Polyclinic RSU Islam Klaten are age (pvalue 0.060), education (pvalue 0.218), employment (0.674), parity (pvalue 0.276) and waiting time (pvalue 0.834). The conclusion of this study is the most dominant factor against the satisfaction of ANC services in Polyclinic Obsgyn RSU Islam Klaten is the quality of service (pvalue 0.002 (α = 0.05)) and respondents who get poor service quality are at risk of 4,997 times dissatisfied with THE ANC services carried out at the Polyclinic Obsgyn Klaten General Hospital.
HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENDIDIKAN DAN PENGETAHUAN MENGENAI STUNTING DENGAN PRAKTIK PEMBERIAN MAKAN
Authors: Mahdhiya Naifa Zahra , Yani Desy Indra , Nurhakim Furkon , Rahayuwati Laili
Published: May 2024

Background: Feeding practice in children is responsible for optimal growth and development because good quality feeding practices can affect children's nutritional intake. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship among educational level and parental knowledge about stunting with feeding practices. Methods: This study was secondary research. Method of this study was quantitative correlational using a cross-sectional study approach. Population was parents with toddlers in Sukamulya Village, Rancaekek District, Bandung Regency. The sample of 76 respondents were taken by total sampling. There were three variables in this study, the independent variables were educational level and parental knowledge and the dependent variable was feeding practices. Data analysis used a chi-square. Results: The research results showed that the education level was mostly in the basic education category (57.90%), the level of knowledge was in the poor category (71.10%) and the quality of feeding was in the poor category (57.90%). p-value 0.097 for the variable level of education with quality of feeding and p-value 0.056 for level of knowledge with quality of feeding.. Conclusion :  It can be concluded that education and knowledge are not the main factors that can influence the level of quality of feeding in Sukamulya Village, Rancaekek District, Bandung Regency.
PENGARUH TERAPI STORY TELLING TERHADAP STRES PADA MAHASISWA TINGKAT AKHIR
Authors: Devita Yeni , Fristin Nella , Dyna Fitri , Azhar Bayu
Published: May 2024

Final year students who are working on their final project experience various obstacles in the thesis completion process, causing stress to students. Stress that is not managed properly by students will have an impact on declining health and academic performance. Objectives: to know the effect of storytelling therapy on stress in final year students at STIKes Payung Negeri Pekanbaru. Methods: This study is a quantitative research with a quasi-experimental design with a one-group pre-test-post-test design in 44 final year students of the S1 Nursing study program who experienced stress. The sampling method is total sampling using a questionnaire research instrument (DASS 42). The analysis used is a statistical test paired sample t test. Results: Research shows that the average stress before being given story telling therapy is 21.82, and there is a decrease after being given story telling therapy, which is 16.91. The results of the statistical test obtained p value = 0.000. Conclusion: There is an influence of storytelling therapy on stress in final year students at STIKes Payung Negeri Pekanbaru. Researchers recommend to all parties who experience stress to be able to apply Story Telling as an alternative therapy.
The Evergrande Effect: Unraveling the Housing Crisis in China and its Global Ramifications
Authors: Sant Arjun
Published: May 2024

The Chinese real estate market, epitomized by the tumultuous trajectory of Evergrande Group, stands at the forefront of global economic discourse. This abstract encapsulates the intricate interplay of factors shaping this market, from speculative dynamics and urbanization trends to regulatory interventions and systemic risks. It examines the fallout of Evergrande's collapse, illuminating its ripple effects on China's economy and the reverberations felt across international financial markets. As policymakers grapple with the aftermath and chart a course forward, this abstract offers insights into the challenges and opportunities inherent in navigating the complex terrain of the Chinese real estate landscape.
The Activities of Ritual Killings and the Responses of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Fighting Cross Border Human Trafficking in Nigeria
Authors: Victor, Ishola Akinwale , Funso, Olumuyiwa Mercy
Published: May 2024

Ritual killings, linked with the complex web of cross-border human trafficking, represent a grim reality in Nigeria's socio-political landscape. This study delves into the nexus between these phenomena, unveiling their interconnectedness and the profound implications for individuals and society at large. Trafficked individuals have overtime been ensnared in clandestine networks of exploitation, become unwitting victims of ritualistic practices aimed at appeasing occult beliefs or fulfilling nefarious agendas. The intricate dynamics of cross-border trafficking exacerbate the vulnerability of victims, facilitating their exploitation and eventual victimization in ritual killings. This study therefore examined the activities of ritual killings, the causes, the efforts and the challenges of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in fighting cross border human trafficking in Nigeria. The study is premised on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the Routine Activity Theories. Using a mixed research method and survey design, the primary and secondary data collected were subjected to both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The causes of human trafficking were identified to range from political, cultural to social factors. The efforts of the NAPTIP were discovered to include investigation, arrest and prosecution, integration and rehabilitation while the challenges of NAPTIP were also noted to range from poor resource funding, lack of interagency cooperation and poor intelligence gathering. The study therefore recommends that there should be an interconnected activities in improving the status of NAPTIP in combatting cross border human trafficking in Nigeria.
Bacterial Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance in Dogs and Cats: A Mini Review
Authors: Ali Hasnain , Kalhoro Dildar Hussain , Baloch Hasina , Abro Shahid Hussain , Samo Fahmida Parveen , Kalhoro Muhammad Saleem , Kalhoro Waheed Ali , Marri Asad Ullah
Published: May 2024

Dog and cats are well known for their role in the transmission of infections worldwide. It is important to observe that many diseases possess major problem of health in Dogs and cats worldwide. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the use and indications for antimicrobials to treat sick dogs and cats, drug-resistant bacteria of concern among companion animals, and transmission of antimicrobial resistance between animals and humans. The bacterial strains that cause antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in dogs and cats have not gotten as much attention as antimicrobial resistance in livestock. Bacterial infections resulting from dog and cat bites are not common, as their oral cavities harbor a substantial abundance of microbial taxa. However, there is growing concern in both veterinary and public health circles over the emergence of AMRin cats and dogs, particularly in relation to infections like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), multidrug-resistant E. coli (MDR), and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Prevalence of Okra Yellow Vein Mosaic Viral Disease and its Correlation with Vector Population in Sindh, Pakistan
Authors: Kumbhar Ayaz Ali , Hajano Jamal-U-Ddin , Sayed Rizwan Ahmed , Jiskani Muhammad Mithal , Wagan Khadim Hussain , Khaskheli Muhammad Ibrahim
Published: May 2024

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) being an important vegetable crop is widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is not only a major insect pest of okra in Pakistan but also the vector insect of Begomoviruses including okra yellow vein mosaic virus which causes okra yellow vein mosaic viral disease (OYVMVD). Regional monitoring of insect vectors and disease prevalence is being emphasized for proper management, therefore this study was focused on determining the intensity of OYVMVD in the fields and the correlation between the disease and vector population. For this purpose, the virus infection was confirmed with DNA sequencing. The disease and vector population was visually assessed approximately 65-70 days after sowing of okra under field conditions at commercial farmer fields in district viz., Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Matiari, and Sanghar of Sindh, Pakistan during the growing season of 2016. Ten okra plants with three replications (N = 30) at ten different locations of each district were assessed. Results of nucleotide alignment of DNA amplified from diseased plants confirmed that yellowing and vein clearing were due to the virus infection. The visual assessment showed that the disease was prevailing throughout all region monitored in this study and the disease was significantly correlated with the vectors population. However, maximum disease incidence and severity were recorded in Tando Allahyar. Therefore, it is recommended to validate various management practices at such high disease risk points for better management
Three new species of Teunia (Cryptococcaceae, Tremellales) identified through phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses
Authors: Guo Qi-Chao , Liu Shan , Qiao Ya-Zhuo , Hui Feng-Li
Published: May 2024

Teunia, belonging to the family Cryptococcaceae of the order Tremellales, is a genus of plant-inhabiting fungi distributed across the globe. Its members form associations with different plant parts, including flowers, fruits, leaves, seeds, and twigs. Recent efforts have aimed to explore the diversity of Teunia in China, however, many geographical regions have not yet been explored. In this study, we included results of five Teunia yeast strains that were isolated from plant materials collected in Fujian, Guizhou and Henan provinces, with descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analyses of three new species: T. acericola, T. mussaendrae isolated from leaf surfaces in Fujian, Guizhou and Henan Provinces, and T. qingyuanensis obtained from rotting wood in Fujian Province.