bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Innovar y autogestionar: la organización del trabajo en las empresas recuperadas de Argentina
Authors: Bauni Natalia
Published: March 2023

La investigación se propuso explorar las innovaciones que se producen en la organización del trabajo en empresas recuperadas en Argentina, entre 2017 y 2020. Se analizaron veintidós empresas del país mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas. Se encontraron diversos dispositivos innovadores cuyo propósito es equilibrar el doble carácter de la gestión de las cooperativas de integrar el carril económico al institucional. Algunas de las innovaciones representan cambios frente a la empresa capitalista anterior, mientras que otras lo son en comparación con el cooperativismo tradicional. Los factores de los que se nutren las innovaciones son una conjunción entre: la puesta en práctica y la experimentación de dispositivos, su constante debate, la apertura de la empresa a la relación con otros actores y una cultura orientada al cuidado de la democracia interna.
Effects of Class Participation on Class Satisfaction in Real-Time Interactive Classes: Mediating Effect of Task Value
Authors:   The Korean Society of Culture and Convergence, Go Eun-Sun
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this study is to examine factors influencing university students’ class satisfaction in the real-time interactive classes conducted due to COVID-19 and to draw suggestions for enriching and improving remote classes. To this end, a survey was conducted on students who performed all tasks in the teaching-learning process of the real-time interactive classes from the first semester in 2020 to the first semester in 2021. Structural Equation Model(SEM) was conducted for the causal relationship among class participation, task value and class satisfaction, and the approach and method proposed by Holmbeck(1997) were applied to verify the mediating effect. The findings are as follows: First, learners’ participation had a positive effect on the task value in the real-time interactive classes. The more active the learner’s participation, the stronger task value was perceived. Second, the task value perceived by learners had a positive effect on the class satisfaction in the real-time interactive classes. The stronger the learner perceived the task value, the better class satisfaction in the classes. Third, the perceived task value by learners variable fully mediated between class participation and class satisfaction. On the basis of the findings, it is significant for providing practical tasks for the real-time interactive remote classes to be established in the form of sustainable ones, in the field of education and operation strategy is suggested.
A Proposal for the Korean Value Culture Class Using Bacchus ADs. : Focusing on Chinese Learners at the Intermediate Level
Authors:   The Korean Society of Culture and Convergence, Shin Jung-a
Published: March 2023

This paper aims at seeking the ways to educate Korean value culture, focusing on Bacchus brand advertisements. The four sessions of classes were conducted by focusing on normative culture, hierarchical culture, health and family, and Korean culture, among the value items shown in the Bacchus advertisement. The class was subjected to Chinese learners at the intermediate level. Therefore, the study aims to minimize cultural heterogeneity by encountering some of the Korean value cultures. The learners, through advertising narratives, were able to figure out the contexts of Korean value cultures by first knowing the objects of value culture, secondly knowing its method of value, and thirdly, knowing its reason and evaluation. As a result, it was revealed that positive results were found in communication with Koreans and life in Korea, beyond understanding value cultures.
A Study on the Development of Theatre Art Major Subjects from the Perspective of Scenography in the Digital Media Era: Focusing on Theatre Props Design
Authors:   The Korean Society of Culture and Convergence, Kim Gaeun , Park Jinwon
Published: March 2023

The expansion of ways to produce and distribute online media contents in the culture and arts industry has brought about a shift in the digital media contents paradigm. In performing arts industry, too, various attempts are being actively made to produce and distribute various contents combined with digital media. In the field of theatre art, videos and digital images that stress the scenographic characteristics of theatre art to realize a work as a miseenscene that is implicit and symbolic are being produced as new contents. University education in the field of theatre art, there is a necessity to develop a curriculum to enhance practical capacities equipped with convergent and age-responsive characteristics which combines creative contents of stage art with digital media and tries the multilateral use of digitalized contents. Accordingly, this study is aimed to develop a curriculum for the subject of props design, one of the areas of theatre art, as a major course of theatre art in universities by connecting education on theatre art design, education on production and practice, and education on the convergence of digital media and analyze the actual case of operation.
Reconstruction of The Life History of an Elderly Man who Lives Alone Experienced Forced Labor in Siberia
Authors:   The Korean Society of Culture and Convergence, Kim Seohyun
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this study is to examine biography of an elderly man living alone who was a Siberia Forced laborer, and pursue the substantiality of his life. The subject of this research is one elderly man living alone who has experienced Forced laborer in Siberia, and we collected data through in-depth interview. The researcher analyzed it according to Rosenthal's research method in order to accomplish the purpose of this study. As a result, By contrasting the life-story as narrated with life as lived, we realized that there was a recognition across his lifetime that his life is “a weary life that had to be dragged around regardless of his own will”. The researcher discussed efforts to sublimate an individual's tragedy into social memory, importance and direction of logotherapy at old age, and compensation for forced laborers in the period of Japanese colonialism based on the research results.
The Influence of Family on the Fandom Activities of Middle-aged Married Women
Authors:   The Korean Society of Culture and Convergence, You Mirae , Ahn Sungah
Published: March 2023

Middle-aged married women fans seem to have different characteristics from previously studied youth fandom through negotiations and resistance in gender roles, age norms, and child and husband family relationships. This study presents to investigate middle-aged women’s fandom activities on the relationship between family support, spending burden, guilt, family relationship satisfaction, and age norms regarding whether to disclose fandom activities to families and fandom activity satisfaction. The conclusion of this is as follows. Firstly, the higher the willingness to disclose fandom activities to the family, the higher the satisfaction level of fandom activities. Also, the higher the satisfaction level of family relationships, the higher the willingness to disclose fandom activities to the family. Secondly, the greater the burden of spending on fandom activities, the greater guilt the family while the higher the family's support for fandom activities, the lower guilt the family. Finally, the higher the age norm, the lower the satisfaction level of fandom activities. Based on the results, the conclusion suggests marketing implications to the fandom culture of middle-aged women as the leisure.
Sakatlık Sosyal Modelinde Sosyolojik Perspektifler
Authors: AÇIKGÖZ Reşat , ÖZİL Hüseyin
Published: March 2023

Bu çalışmada sakatlık sosyal modeli ve bu modelle ilişkili sosyolojik perspektifler ele alınmaktadır. Sakatlık çalışmalarında başat konumda yer alan sosyal model önemli sosyolojik içerimlere sahiptir. Sakatlık literatürüne teorik bir katkı sunmayı amaçlayan bu çalışma, sosyal modele dayalı yeni perspektiflerin hangi açılardan ele alınması gerektiğini tartışmaktadır. Çalışmada ilk olarak, sakatlığa dair ilk açıklamalara yer verilmekte ve sağlık sosyolojisi bağlamında sakatlığa nasıl yaklaşıldığı üzerinde durulmaktadır. İkinci olarak, sakat hareketinin nasıl ortaya çıktığı ve bunun sosyal model ile olan bağlantısı ele alınmaktadır. Burada kısaca sakat hareketinin gelişiminden bahsedilmekte ve bu hareketin bir sonucu olarak görülebilecek sosyal modelin İngiltere ve Amerika’daki farklı gelişim çizgilerinden söz edilmektedir. Üçüncü olarak, sosyal modelin sunduğu yaklaşımlardan hareketle sakatlığı ele alan sosyolojik perspektiflerden ve sosyal model içerisinde değerlendirilebilecek hibrit modellerden bahsedilmektedir. Son olarak, sakatlık sosyal modeline yöneltilen bazı eleştiriler üzerinde durulmakta ve bu eleştirilere beden teorilerinin sağladığı imkândan söz edilmektedir. Sonuçta sakatlık sosyal modelinin sakatlık çalışmalarında zengin bir teorik zemin oluşturduğu ve yeni bakış açılarına kaynaklık ettiği için hala kullanışlı bir model olduğu vurgulanmaktadır.
An Analysis of Gothic Literature: Spatial Fears in Suat Derviş’s Novels
Authors: ŞENGÜL Mehmet Bakır , TUNÇTAN Bilcan
Published: March 2023

Suat Derviş is one of the important writers of Turkish Literature in the Republican Period. She has works in such different genres as a columnist, short story, translation and novel. She is often associated with social realism. However, gothic themes were found in her first novels. Sin, revenge, death, suicide, black spirits, bloody murder, and the seizure of the soul by the devil are the common themes and events of her novels. Places such as graves, hell, mysterious mansions, dark rooms and undergrounds were generally accompanied by night, lightning, wind, and autumn. Fantastic events and imaginary people created an atmosphere of fear and tension.

The study aims to reveal the characteristics of gothic literature and how the place is handled in Suat Derviş’s novels Kara Kitap, Ne Bir Ses Ne Bir Nefes, Buhran Gecesi, Fatma’nın Günahı, Onu Bekliyorum, Onları Ben Öldürdüm. The study also intends to examine the effect of the space phenomena in creating the gothic atmosphere. In the novels, rural areas, graves, mysterious rooms and objects, hell, and scary and dark places have been identified and subjected to a categorical classification.
TIPOLOGI KERAMIK PADA SITUS CERUK MALA-MALA KECAMATAN KODEOHA KABUPATEN KOLAKA UTARA PROVINSI SULAWESI TENGGARA
Authors: Asmauliah Asmauliah , Alim Abdul , Suseno Sandy
Published: March 2023

ABSTRAK

Situs Ceruk Mala-Mala merupakan situs penguburan yang memiliki berbagai peninggalan arkeologi hingga saat ini masih dapat kita jumpai salah satunya yaitu keramik. Tujuan dari peneitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bentuk dan varian bentuk keramik yang terdapat pada Situs tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan landasan konsep yaitu konsep keramik, bagian-bagian keramik, dan konsep ceruk. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif analitis dengan menggunakan penalaran induktif, dengan metode pengumpulan data melalui studi pustaka, observasi lapangan, pemilihan sampel, dan wawancara, kemudian tahap analisis data yaitu analisi bentuk kemudian dilanjutkan dengan metode klasifikasi taksonomis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari hasil analisis bentuk farmen tepian-dasar wadah, tepian wadah , dan dasar wadah, berupa mangkuk, piring, dan tutupan wadah. Analisis bentuk keramik yang telah dilakukan di atas menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 10 tepian-dasar wadah yang terdiri atas 8 varian, 7 tepian wadah yang terdiri atas 5 varian, 22 dasar wadah yang terdiri dari 9 varian.

Katakunci :situs penguburan; tipologi keramik; ceruk mala-mala
GAMBAR CADAS SITUS KOMPLEKS CERUK WABURI, BUTON SELATAN
Authors: Usman Sarsina Meyni , Syahrun Syahrun , Salniwati Salniwati
Published: March 2023

ABSTRAK

Situs Kompleks Ceruk Waburi merupakan situs prasejarah pertama yang ditemukan di Kabupaten Buton Selatan yang memiliki tinggalan arkeologis berupa gambar cadas di keempat ceruk yang telah disurvey di pesisir pantai konawe.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui variasi bentuk dan teknik gambar cadas pada situs Kompleks Ceruk Waburi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan ialah pendeskripsian dan pemotretan gambar cadas yang akan diolah menggunakan software Dâ€™Stretch untuk penajaman warna dan bentuk. Selain itu dilakukan klasifikasi bentuk berdasarkan atributnya dan di analisis menggunakan analisis morfologi dan teknologi untuk mengetahui keberagaman bentuk gambar dan teknik penggambarannya pada Situs Kompleks Ceruk Waburi. Diketahui gambar cadas di Situs Kompleks Ceruk Waburi memiliki 87 gambar cadas dengan motif piktografi yaitu gambar perahu dan gambar tangan, motif ideografi yaitu gambar geometris yang beragam dan motif psikografi yang merupakan gambar abstrak. Sedangkan teknik penggambaran secara keseluruhan menggunakan teknik piktograf.

Kata Kunci :Gambar Cadas;Variasi Gambar;Ceruk
TEMBIKAR DI LIA GUSI KECAMATAN GU (KAJIAN TEKNOLOGI)
Authors: Fauziah Eri Rahmi , Sulaeman Abdul Rauf , Kasmiati Sitti
Published: March 2023

ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menjelaskan bentuk dan teknologi pembentukan tembikar di Lia Gusi. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan penalaran induktif yaitu penelitian berdasarkan pengamatan sampai dengan penyimpulan dengan metode pengumpulan data yang terdiri dari observasi dan studi pustaka, serta tahap pengolahan data menggunakan analisis morfologi, analisis teknologi dan analisis stilistik.

Hasil dari penelitian ini memberikan gambaran mengenai bentuk â€“ bentuk tembikar yang ditemukan di Lia Gusi.Selain itu juga menjelaskan tentang teknik pembentukan tembikar yang terdapat pada tembikar Lia Gusi. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 30 fragmen tembikar yang terdiri dari 13 fragmen tepian, 6 fragmen leher, 3 fragmen karinasi dan 8 fragmen yang memiliki ragam hias. Dari jumlah tersebut terdapat 11 fragmen yang dapat direkonstruksi 7 diantaranya tempayan, 1 mangkuk dan 3 periuk serta terdapat 6 fragmen leher berjenis kendi. Berdasarkan analisis teknik pembentukan yang dilakukan terdapat 3 teknik pembentukan pada tembikar Lia Gusi yaitu teknik pijit, teknik tatap landas dan roda putar lambat. Dan terdapat 4 teknik pembentukan ragam hias pada tembikar Lia Gusi yaitu teknik gores, teknik tusuk, teknik tempel, dan gabungan antara teknik gores dan teknik tempel.

Kata Kunci: tembikar, bentuk, teknologi, ragam hias
AKULTURASI RAGAM HIAS PADA MAKAM LA ODE-ODE DAN RAJA JIN DI DALAM BENTENG LIPU KECAMATAN KULISUSU KABUPATEN BUTON UTARA
Authors: Rosniati Rosniati , Alim Abdul , Salniwati Salniwati
Published: March 2023

Penelitian ini menjelaskan tentang akulturasi ragam hias pada makam La Ode-Ode dan raja Jin di dalam Benteng Lipu Kecamatan Kulisusu Kabupaten Buton Utara. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk Menjelaskan bentuk arsitektur dan makna makam La Ode-Ode dan raja Jin, serta Menjelaskan bentuk akulturasi budaya pada makam La Ode-Ode dan raja Jin. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif analitis yang terdiri dari beberapa tahap yaitu studi pustaka berupa buku-buku, jurnal, skripsi, artikel dan ditambah dengan data observasi atau survey lapangan, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bentuk arsitektur makam La Ode-Ode dan raja Jin berbentuk persegi panjang dengan bentuk makam raja Jin berbentuk punden berundak serta memiliki bentuk geometris tumpal. Bentuk tumpal memiliki makna kehidupan dan makna punden berundak sebagai tempat pemujaan. Bentuk akulturasi budaya  makam terlihat pada motif dan undukan makam.
MAKAM KUNO BELANDA DI KELURAHAN KANDAI KOTA KENDARI PROVINSI SULAWESI TENGGARA
Authors: Rukmana Kiki , Syahrun Syahrun , Suseno Sandy
Published: March 2023

Penelitian ini mengidentifikasi dan menjelaskan bentuk serta variasi nisan dan jirat (kijing) makam Belanda di Kelurahan Kandai Kota Kendari. Penelitian ini termasuk penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode penalaran induktif yang bersifat deskriptif analitis. Untuk pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui studi pustaka, observasi dan wawancara. Sedangkan pengolahan data dilakukan analisis temuan survei dan interpretasi. Berdasarkan hasil temuan makam yang teridentifikasi sebanyak 35 makam dan diklasifikasikan berdasarkan arah hadap dan bentuk nisan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa arah hadap makam terbagi menjadi 4 arah yaitu selatan-utara, utara-selatan, barat-timur, dan timur-barat. 1) Orientasi arah selatan utara terdapat 9 makam dengan bentuk nisan nisan berbentuk segi tiga, kubus, terdapat lobang lonjong, limas, segi panjang, persegi dan berundak menyerupai bunga, menyerupai kubus, dan melengkung. 2) Orientasi utara selatan terdapat 6 makam dengan nisan berbentuk segi tiga, balok, persegi panjang, segitiga, dan kubus. 3) Orientasi barat timur terdapat 17 makam dengan nisan berbentuk segi panjang, segitiga, limas, kubus, melengkung menyerupai bentuk keranda, segi panjang dan pipih, serta menyerupai monument dan berbentuk lingkaran, dan 4) Berorientasi timur barat terdapat 3 makam dengan nisan berbentuk segi panjang berbentuk keranda, berbentuk segitiga, persegi panjang kondisi punggungan berbaring, dan berbentuk kubus.
NILAI PENTING DAN STRATEGI PENGELOLAAN KAWASAN BENTENG WUNA
Authors: Ukba Saswal , Syahrun Syahrun , Suseno Sandy
Published: March 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menjelaskan unsur nilai penting dan untuk merumuskan sebuah strategi pengolaan yang baik pada situs Benteng Wuna. Metode penelitian yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif-analitif dan memiliki jenis penelitian kualitatif. Dalam penelitian ini melibatkan unsur stakeholder atau pemangku kepentingan untuk mengetahui pihak yang berkepentingan terhadap upaya pengelolaan. Dari hasil penelitian yang dilakukan Benteng Wuna diketahui memiliki unsur nilai penting, yaitu nilai penting sejarah, nilai penting ilmu pengetahuan, nilai penting kebudayaan, dan nilai penting ekonomi. Sementara untuk strategi pengelolaan yang dapat diterapkan yakni strategi berbasis partisipatif masyarakat dan berbagi tanggung jawab.
IDENTIFIKASI KOMPLEKS MAKAM KUNO PONGGAWA MOITA DI DESA BAROWILA KECAMATAN TONGAUNA UTARA KABUPATEN KONAWE PROVINSI SULAWESI TENGGARA
Authors: Susanti Susi , Alim Abdul , Salniwati Salniwati
Published: March 2023

Penelitian ini mengkaji variasi bentuk dan unsur budaya yang mempengaruhi Kompleks makam kuno ponggawa moita di Desa Barowila, Kecamatan Tongauna Utara, Kabupaten Konawe Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara. Masalah yang diangkat pada penelitian ini adalah bagaimana bentuk-bentuk makam kuno pada kompleks makam ponggawa moita dan unsur budaya apa yang mempengaruhi bentuk kompleks makam kuno kuno ponggawa moita di desa barowila, kecamatan tongauna utara, kabupaten konawe. Tujuan Penelitian ini untuk mengkaji bentuk makam, dan unsur budaya yang mempengaruhi makam tua di Desa Barowila, Kecamatan Tongauna Utara, Kabupaten Konawe. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang bersifat deskriptif analitis. Tahap pengumpulan data dengan cara Observasi, Wawancara, Dokumentasi dan Studi Pustaka. Dalam analisis data penelitian ini menggunakan analisis morfologi (bentuk) dan analisis teknologi (pembuatan dan bahan baku). Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, terdapat 7 makam. Dari 7 makam pada kompleks makam ponggawa moita ini memiliki 3 jenis tipe makam yaitu (pertama) Tipe A1 makam dengan jirat dan nisan tanpa gundukan dengan jumlah makam sebanyak 4 makam. (Kedua) Tipe A2 dengan gundukan tanpa jirat dan nisan dengan jumlah 2 makam. (ketiga) Tipe A3 dengan gundukan dan nisan tanpa jirat dengan jumlah makam sebanyak 1 makam. Unsur budaya pada kompleks makam Ponggawa Moita adalah unsur budaya megalitik. Hal ini dibuktikan pada jirat makam yang terbuat dari sususan batu alam dan adanya ziarah kubur masyarakat, yang dipengaruhi oleh unsur budaya pra-Islam masuk di Kabupaten Konawe. Dari hasil penelitian ini dapat di jelaskan bahwa terdapat nilai kultural, historis dan arkeologis yang tinggi pada kompleks makam Ponggawa Moita
Correlation between the Level of Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Early Marriage among Female High School Students
Authors: Eriska Yunita , Fujiana Fitri , Fauzan Suhaimi
Published: March 2023

The rate of early marriage in West Kalimantan in 2018 occupied the 14th place with a percentage of 21.22%, while in 2020 it increased to 24%. A study conducted at Kubu Raya District in 2014, showed that there were 63.6% of 88 prospective brides in the work area of Sungai Kakap Community Health Center who experienced unwanted pregnancies. The results of the Program Performance and Accountability Survey (SKAP) in 2019 showed that 63 out of 1,000 women in the age range of 15-19 years had given birth. This problem is also related to the incidence of unwanted pregnancies in West Kalimantan which reached 23.4% as reported in the 2019 SKAP survey data. This study aims to identify and analyze the correlation between the level of knowledge and attitude related to early marriage among female students at SMAN 1 of Sungai Kakap. This was a quantitative study using the cross sectional method. The study samples were selected using purposive sampling technique which obtained 81 respondents. The data collection instruments applied here were a questionnaire related to the level of knowledge regarding early marriage and a questionnaires related attitude regarding early marriage. The data collected were analyzed based on the frequency distribution and statistical test of the Spearman correlation test. The study findings based on the Spearman test obtained a significance value or p-value=0.000 (<0.005) and the correlation coefficient value of 0.556. Someone with a good level of understanding about early marriage would also have good character or an unsupportive attitude regarding underage marriage. Thus, it can be concluded that there was a significant correlation between the level of knowledge and attitude regarding early marriage among female students at SMAN 1 of Sungai Kakap. It is expected that the study finding can be applied as a guide for conducting further research, especially regarding the correlation between the level of knowledge and attitude regarding early marriage among female adolescents, as well as the basis for community service.
Determinants of Preventive Behavior towards the Spread of Covid-19 among Ships that Docked at Boombaru Port, Palembang
Authors: Rizal Fahmi , Novrikasari Novrikasari , Nurdin Nugi
Published: March 2023

Boombaru Port in Palembang is a meeting point for the activities of ships, goods and people with the potential to become a means of the spread of Covid-19. Current efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 have not been fully implemented optimally. This study aims to analyse the determinants of preventive behavior towards the spread of Covid-19. This was a quantitative study using descriptive analytical method with a cross sectional approach. The study population was all crew members of ships that docked at Boombaru Port, Palembang with a total sample of 114 respondents who were selected accidentally. Data were analyzed using chi-square test and multiple logistic regression. The results showed several variables with a significant correlation, namely Captain support (P-value=0.0001) and availability of facilities (P-value=0.0001). Meanwhile, there were no significant correlations between age (P-value=1), education (P-value=0.612), type of ship (P-value=0.748), knowledge (P-value=1), attitude (P-value=0.279) with the preventive behavior towards the spread of Covid-19. In conclusion, the most dominant variable related to Covid-19 preventive behavior was captain support (PR=35.605). Poor Captain support had a 35.606 times greater risk to create bad preventive behavior towards the spread of Covid-19 compared to good Captain support.
A short history from Karelia study to biodiversity and public health interventions
Authors: Haahtela Tari , Alenius Harri , Auvinen Petri , Fyhrquist Nanna , von Hertzen Leena , Jousilahti Pekka , Karisola Piia , Laatikainen Tiina , Lehtimäki Jenni , Paalanen Laura , Ruokolainen Lasse , Saarinen Kimmo , Valovirta Erkka , Vasankari Tuula , Vlasoff Tiina , Erhola Marina , Bousquet Jean , Vartiainen Erkki , Mäkelä Mika J.
Published: March 2023

Contact with natural environments enriches the human microbiome, promotes immune balance and protects against allergies and inflammatory disorders. In Finland, the allergy & asthma epidemic became slowly visible in mid 1960s. After the World War II, Karelia was split into Finnish and Soviet Union (now Russia) territories. This led to more marked environmental and lifestyle changes in the Finnish compared with Russian Karelia.The Karelia Allergy Study 2002–2022showed that allergic conditions were much more common on the Finnish side. The Russians had richer gene-microbe network and interaction than the Finns, which associated with better balanced immune regulatory circuits and lower allergy prevalence. In the Finnish adolescents, a biodiverse natural environment around the homes associated with lower occurrence of allergies. Overall, the plausible explanation of the allergy disparity was the prominent change in environment and lifestyle in the Finnish Karelia from 1940s to 1980s. The nationwideFinnish Allergy Programme 2008–2018implemented the biodiversity hypothesis into practice by endorsing immune tolerance, nature contacts, and allergy health with favorable results. A regional health and environment programme,Nature Step to Health 2022–2032, has been initiated in the City of Lahti, EU Green Capital 2021. The programme integrates prevention of chronic diseases (asthma, diabetes, obesity, depression), nature loss, and climate crisis in the spirit ofPlanetary Health. Allergic diseases exemplify inappropriate immunological responses to natural environment. Successful management of the epidemics of allergy and other non-communicable diseases may pave the way to improve human and environmental health.
Dynamic high-frequency dependence structure of Chinese agricultural commodity futures based on the semi-parametric copula
Authors: Xiao Renhong
Published: March 2023

This paper investigates the dynamic high-frequency dependence structure of Chinese four major agricultural commodity futures by utilizing a semi-parametric copula-based multivariate model with 5-minute high-frequency trading data. The empirical results show that the daily dependence between the agricultural commodity futures is time-varying and slightly asymmetric, and that this dependence and its asymmetry are more pronounced during the world food crisis (2007–2008) and the global financial crisis (2008–2011). Furthermore, the intraday dependence structure exhibits a lopsided inverted U-shaped pattern with relatively lower dependence level around the opening and closing time, and a peak around the mid-trading day.
Implantation with SHED sheet induced with homogenate protein of spinal cord promotes functional recovery from spinal cord injury in rats
Authors: Mi Sisi , Wang Xue , Gao Jiaxin , Liu Yu , Qi Zhongquan
Published: March 2023

Introduction: After spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs, the lesion is in a growth inhibitory microenvironment that severely hinders neural regeneration. In this microenvironment, inhibitory factors are predominant and factors that promote nerve regeneration are few. Improving neurotrophic factors in the microenvironment is the key to treating SCI.

Methods: Based on cell sheet technology, we designed a bioactive material with a spinal cord‐like structure –SHED sheet induced with homogenate protein of spinal cord (hp–SHED sheet). Hp–SHED sheet was implanted into the spinal cord lesion for treating SCI rats with SHED suspensions as a control to investigate the effects on nerve regeneration.

Results: Hp–SHED sheet revealed a highly porous three–dimensional inner structure, which facilitates nerve cell attachment and migration. Hp-SHED sheet in vivo restored sensory and motor functions in SCI rats by promoting nerve regeneration, axonal remyelination, and inhibiting glial scarring.

Discussion: Hp–SHED sheet maximally mimics the microenvironment of the natural spinal cord and facilitate cell survival and differentiation. Hp–SHED sheet could release more neurotrophins and the sustained action of neurotrophins improves the pathological microenvironment, which effectively promotes nerve regeneration, axonal extension, and inhibits glial scarring, thereby promoting the in situ centralis neuroplasticity. Hp–SHED sheet therapy is a promising strategy for effective treatment of SCI based on neurotrophins delivery.
Photocatalytic removal of imidacloprid containing frequently applied insecticide in agriculture industry using Co3O4 modified MoO3 composites
Authors: Adam Mohamed Shaker S. , Sikander Sumbleen , Qamar M. Tariq , Iqbal Shahid , Khalil Ahmed , Taha Amel Musa , Abdel-Rahman Obadah S. , Elkaeed Eslam B.
Published: March 2023

Water pollution caused by the frequent utilization of pesticides in the agriculture industry is one of the major environmental concerns that require proper attention. In this context, the photocatalytic removal of pesticides from contaminated water in the presence of metallic oxide photocatalysts is quite in approach. In the present study, Orthorhombic MoO3 has been modified with varying amount of cobalt oxide through wet impregnation for the removal of imidacloprid and imidacloprid-containing commercially available insecticide. The solid-state absorption response and band gap evaluation of synthesized composites revealed a significant extension of absorption cross-section and absorption edge in the visible region of the light spectrum than pristine MoO3. The indirect band gap energy varied from ∼2.88 eV (MoO3) to ∼2.15 eV (10% Co3O4-MoO3). The role of Co3O4 in minimizing the photo-excitons’ recombination in MoO3 was studied using photoluminescence spectroscopy. The orthorhombic shape of MoO3 was confirmed through X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy. Moreover, the presence of distinct absorption edges and diffraction peaks corresponding to Co3O4 and MoO3 in absorption spectra and XRD patterns, respectively verified the composite nature of 10% Co3O4-MoO3. The photocatalytic study under natural sunlight irradiation showed higher photocatalytic removal (∼98%) of imidacloprid with relatively higher rate by 10% Co3O4-MoO3 composite among all contestants. Furthermore, the photocatalytic removal (∼93%) of commercially applied insecticide, i.e., Greeda was also explored.
Approaches for the modulation of mechanosensitive MscL channel pores
Authors: Lane Benjamin J. , Pliotas Christos
Published: March 2023

MscL was the first mechanosensitive ion channel identified in bacteria. The channel opens its large pore when the turgor pressure of the cytoplasm increases close to the lytic limit of the cellular membrane. Despite their ubiquity across organisms, their importance in biological processes, and the likelihood that they are one of the oldest mechanisms of sensory activation in cells, the exact molecular mechanism by which these channels sense changes in lateral tension is not fully understood. Modulation of the channel has been key to understanding important aspects of the structure and function of MscL, but a lack of molecular triggers of these channels hindered early developments in the field. Initial attempts to activate mechanosensitive channels and stabilize functionally relevant expanded or open states relied on mutations and associated post-translational modifications that were often cysteine reactive. These sulfhydryl reagents positioned at key residues have allowed the engineering of MscL channels for biotechnological purposes. Other studies have modulated MscL by altering membrane properties, such as lipid composition and physical properties. More recently, a variety of structurally distinct agonists have been shown bind to MscL directly, close to a transmembrane pocket that has been shown to have an important role in channel mechanical gating. These agonists have the potential to be developed further into antimicrobial therapies that target MscL, by considering the structural landscape and properties of these pockets.
Beyond setting conservation targets: Q-method as a powerful tool to collectively set an action plan agenda
Authors: Levesque Ann , Fouqueray Timothée , Dupras Jérôme
Published: March 2023

Nature conservation begins with detailed knowledge of the ecosystem based on inventories and maps. A difficult part of the conservation process subsequently starts, namely, the design of an action plan that achieves the desired protection outcome. As both funding and time are limited, conservation is subject to difficult trade-offs among competing land uses. We present a novel approach based on the Q-method to support local stakeholders that go beyond its usual use in assisting decision-making. We suggest a new usage of the Q-method: a tool to support conservation action prioritization. Our results indicate that the Q-method has valuable attributes, as (1) it encourages individual reflection on one’s own priorities; (2) it identifies different prioritization patterns among respondents; (3) it provides input to later collective discussions, ultimately contributing to establishing consensus; (4) it brings additional arguments to conservation planners based on the latter’s declared priorities. Overall, this use of Q-method can help stakeholders prioritize conservation actions, a crucial step toward achieving ecologically and socially robust conservation action plan.
Small artiodactyls with tapir-like teeth from the middle Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China
Authors: Bai Bin , Wang Yuan-Qing , Theodor Jessica M. , Meng Jin
Published: March 2023

Artiodactyls diversified during the Eocene and Oligocene in North America and Europe after their first Holarctic appearance at the beginning of the Eocene. However, the relationships among early artiodactyls, European endemic forms, and later derived suiforms, tylopods, and ruminants remain unclear. Early artiodactyls are relatively rare in Asia compared to those known from North America and Europe; thus, investigation of Eocene artiodactyls from Asia is important to resolve these issues. Here we report two new genera and three new species of small early artiodactyls from middle Eocene deposits of the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. The new materials represent a morphologically gradational series from Asian Land Mammal Ages Irdinmanhan to Sharamurunian, characterized by a trend towards bilophodonty in the lower molars. Morphologic and phylogenetic analyses suggest that these new taxa have a close relationship with the enigmatic European Tapirulus, which currently consists of five species that range from the middle Eocene to the early Oligocene. The close relationship between the Erlian specimens and Tapirulus suggests possible faunal exchanges between Europe and Asia during the middle Eocene, a view that has been supported by other mammalian groups across the two continents. The evolution of bilophodonty in Tapirulidae and Raoellidae is probably attributable to convergence.
Changes of extreme precipitation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and their correlation with atmospheric circulation
Authors: Yang Jing , Huang Ya , Li Guiping , Li Yanping
Published: March 2023

Under the backdrop of climate change, the rising frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events in the middle and lower Yangtze River (MLYR) region are causing serious consequences and economic losses. To assess regional risk and understand the impact of atmospheric circulation on extreme precipitation, it's crucial to analyze the spatial and temporal fluctuations of these events, focusing on the time-frequency phase relationship. Using the observed precipitation data from 1979 to 2015, nine extreme precipitation indices were calculated and a trend analysis and wavelet coherence analysis were performed to evaluate their variation. The results show that: 1) an overall increase in the frequency, intensity, and duration of precipitation in the MLYR, with significant rises in the wet daily precipitation and highest precipitation amount in 1-day period; 2) a higher likelihood of extreme precipitation events in the southeast of the MLYR, and an uneven spatial distribution; 3) the Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH), the South China Sea high (SCSH), and the East Asian westerly jet (EAJ) all play a role in precipitation changes in the MLYR, with the WPSH having the most significant impact, followed by the SCSH, and the EAJ being weaker. The results deepen our understanding of the various characteristics and causes of extreme precipitation in the MLYR.
Sciatic nerve fractional anisotropy and neurofilament light chain protein are related to sensorimotor deficit of the upper and lower limbs in patients with type 2 diabetes
Authors: Kender Zoltan , Jende Johann M. E. , Kurz Felix T. , Tsilingiris Dimitrios , Schimpfle Lukas , Sulaj Alba , von Rauchhaupt Ekaterina , Bartl Hannelore , Mooshage Christoph , Göpfert Jens , Nawroth Peter , Herzig Stephan , Szendroedi Julia , Bendszus Martin , Kopf Stefan
Published: March 2023

Background

Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) is one of the most prevalent and poorly understood diabetic microvascular complications. Recent studies have found that fractional anisotropy (FA), a marker for microstructural nerve integrity, is a sensitive parameter for the structural and functional nerve damage in DSPN. The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of proximal sciatic nerve’s FA on different distal nerve fiber deficits of the upper and lower limbs and its correlation with the neuroaxonal biomarker, neurofilament light chain protein (NfL).

Materials and methods

Sixty-nine patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and 30 healthy controls underwent detailed clinical and electrophysiological assessments, complete quantitative sensory testing (QST), and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance neurography of the sciatic nerve. NfL was measured in the serum of healthy controls and patients with T2DM. Multivariate models were used to adjust for confounders of microvascular damage.

Results

Patients with DSPN showed a 17% lower sciatic microstructural integrity compared to healthy controls (p<0.001). FA correlated with tibial and peroneal motor nerve conduction velocity (NCV) (r=0.6; p<0.001 and r=0.6; p<0.001) and sural sensory NCV (r=0.50; p<0.001). Participants with reduced sciatic nerve´s FA showed a loss of function of mechanical and thermal sensation of upper (r=0.3; p<0.01 and r=0.3; p<0.01) and lower (r=0.5; p<0.001 and r=0.3; p=<0.01) limbs and reduced functional performance of upper limbs (Purdue Pegboard Test for dominant hand; r=0.4; p<0.001). Increased levels of NfL and urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) were associated with loss of sciatic nerve´s FA (r=-0.5; p<0.001 and r= -0.3, p= 0.001). Of note, there was no correlation between sciatic FA and neuropathic symptoms or pain.

Conclusion

This is the first study showing that microstructural nerve integrity is associated with damage of different nerve fiber types and a neuroaxonal biomarker in DSPN. Furthermore, these findings show that proximal nerve damage is related to distal nerve function even before clinical symptoms occur. The microstructure of the proximal sciatic nerve and is also associated with functional nerve fiber deficits of the upper and lower limbs, suggesting that diabetic neuropathy involves structural changes of peripheral nerves of upper limbs too.
Policy challenges for agroforestry implementation in Europe
Authors: Mosquera-Losada María Rosa , Santos Mário Gabriel Santiago , Gonçalves Berta , Ferreiro-Domínguez Nuria , Castro Marina , Rigueiro-Rodríguez Antonio , González-Hernández María Pilar , Fernández-Lorenzo Juan Luis , Romero-Franco Rosa , Aldrey-Vázquez Jose Antonio , Sobrino Cristina Cabaleiro , García-Berrios Julian Jesús , Santiago-Freijanes Jose Javier
Published: March 2023

Agroforestry (AF) is a sustainable land use practice and system that increases the ecosystem services delivery from agricultural lands compared with treeless systems. Agroforestry can be considered a practice when linked to plot scale (silvoarable, silvopasture, homegarden, woody linear landscape strips, and forest farming), and a system when associated with the global farm scale. The enhancement of the ecosystem services is associated with the use and promotion of the biodiversity caused by the presence of trees that optimizes the use of the resources if adequate species are mixed. Agroforestry can be implemented at temporal and spatial scales. At the temporal scale, the use of woody perennials to increase soil fertility is a traditional technique that improves soil health and reduces the need of using herbicides (e.g., the legume Ulex sown for 10 years in between crop cultivation). Five agroforestry practices can be implemented at the plot level: silvopasture, silvoarable/alley cropping, homegardens/kitchengardens, woody linear landscape strips, and forest farming. A farm including these practices is considered an agroforestry system working at the landscape level when several farms are mixed. In spite of the acknowledgment that AF has at the European level for being included as part of Pillars I and II, the spread of AF is limited across Europe. Four challenges, linked with technical, economic, educational, and policy development, have been identified by the AFINET thematic network that, if addressed, may foster policy adoption across the EU. This article proposes 15 different policy recommendations to overcome them and the need of developing an AF strategy for the EU.
Potentially suitable habitat prediction of Pinus massoniana Lamb. in China under climate change using Maxent model
Authors: Chi Yi , Wang G. Geoff , Zhu Mengxun , Jin Peng , Hu Yue , Shu Pengzhou , Wang Zhongxu , Fan Aifei , Qian Penghong , Han Yini , Jin Songheng
Published: March 2023

Background

Pinus massoniana is an important timber species with high ecological and economic value in southern China and a pioneer species for the reforestation of barren mountains. The structure and function of the existing Masson pine ecosystem have been seriously affected by worsening habitats under current climate change. Its suitable habitat is likely to change greatly in the near future.

Methods

To estimate the potential geographic distribution of P. massoniana and its response to climate change, the Maxent model was selected to simulate the potentially suitable habitat and corresponding changes in the distribution pattern of P. massoniana under current and future climate scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP5-8.5) with two periods (2050s and 2090s).

Results

Under current climate conditions, the total suitable habitat area of P. massoniana was 2.08 × 106 km2, including 0.76 × 106 km2 of highly suitable habitat, concentrated mainly in Jiangxi and Zhejiang, central and southeastern Hunan, northern Fujian, central and western Chongqing, southern Anhui, central and surrounding areas of Guangdong, central and eastern Guangxi, and northern Taiwan. The areas of moderately suitable habitat and poorly suitable habitat were 0.87 × 106 km2 and 0.45 × 106 km2, respectively. Temperature and precipitation appear to be the most important predictors: precipitation of the driest month (14.7–215.6 mm), minimum temperature of the coldest month (−3.5–13.8°C), annual temperature range (8.1–32.9°C), and mean temperature of the warmest quarter (23.6–34.7°C). P. massoniana are predicted to expand their potential distribution under future climate change: by the end of this century, their total suitable habitat area increased 0.26 × 106 km2 (10.61%) and 0.45 × 106 km2 (17.05%) under the most moderate (SSP1-2.6) and severe (SSP5-8.5) warming scenarios, respectively, by mainly extending northward.

Conclusion

Under the different future climate scenarios, the total suitable habitat area of P. massoniana increased by mainly extending northward. Overall, our study clarifies the potential habitat distribution of P. massoniana and provides a critical empirical reference for future P. massoniana conservation and planting practices.
Expression profiles of meiotic genes in male vs. female gonads and gametes: Insights into fertility issues
Authors: Rockenbach Marília Körbes , Fraga Lucas Rosa , Kowalski Thayne Woycinck , Sanseverino Maria Teresa Vieira
Published: March 2023

Gametes are specialized cells that, at fertilization, give rise to a totipotent zygote capable of generating an entire organism. Female and male germ cells undergo meiosis to produce mature gametes; however, sex-specific events of oogenesis and spermatogenesis contribute to specific roles of gametes in reproductive issues. We investigate the differential gene expression (DGE) of meiosis-related genes in human female and male gonads and gametes in normal and pathological conditions. The transcriptome data for the DGE analysis was obtained through the Gene Expression Omnibus repository, comprising human ovary and testicle samples of the prenatal period and adulthood, additionally to male (non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and teratozoospermia), and female (polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and advanced maternal age) reproductive conditions. Gene ontology terms related to meiosis were associated with 678 genes, of which 17 genes in common were differentially expressed between the testicle and ovary during the prenatal period and adulthood. Except for SERPINA5 and SOX9, the 17 meiosis-related genes were downregulated in the testicle during the prenatal period and upregulated in adulthood compared to the ovary. No differences were observed in the oocytes of PCOS patients; however, meiosis-related genes were differentially expressed according to the patient’s age and maturity of the oocyte. In NOA and teratozoospermia, 145 meiosis-related genes were differentially expressed in comparison to the control, including OOEP; despite no recognized role in male reproduction, OOEP was co-expressed with genes related to male fertility. Taking together, these results shed light on potential genes that might be relevant to comprehend human fertility disorders.
Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline
Authors: Haq Imran Ul , Ijaz Siddra , Latif Muhammad Zunair , Khan Iqrar Ahmad , Ali Hayssam M. , Kaur Sukhwinder
Published: March 2023

Dalbergia sissoo is one of the most economically important trees in forestry, agroforestry, and horticulture. This tree species is severely threatened by dieback. Widespread dieback outbreaks and infestations have drastically destroyed billions of D. sissoo trees. Hence, we attempted to resolve the dieback etiology through phylogenomics associated with D. sissoo mortality. The Ceratocystis species was evaluated using morphologically investigated fungal isolates collected from dieback-affected tissue plants. Based on the symptomatology, we have differentiated dieback from Fusarium wilt and concluded that the Ceratocystis fimbriata sensu lato complex is causing shisham dieback in Pakistan. As the Ceratocystis species complex is a cryptic species complex, we used genomics and phylogenetic analysis for deciphering its evolutionary hierarchical order. The pathogen’s operational taxonomy was unlocked with the help of phylogenomics, and it was discovered that isolates from D. sissoo represent a species distinct from the other species in the C. fimbriata sensu lato species complex. The name Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp. nov. has been given to the fungus causing dieback disease in D. sissoo.