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Our Future Arrived: Diffusion of Human-Machine Communication and Transformation of the World for the Post-Pandemic Era
Authors: Kim Do Kyun David , Kreps Gary , Ahmed Rukhsana
Published: September 2021

The world is getting into a new phase in history. For the first time, humans are verbally communicating and developing meaningful relationships with non-living objects. AI is a wormhole to open a gateway to the new world, and the COVID-19 pandemic prepared the world to transform its system to be an open system that responds to, communicates with, and utilizes the remnants coming out of the wormhole of the new world. Now, we urgently need to create a holistic discourse on how we can recognize, develop, or shape the identities of communicable machines as people develop a partnership with them. Based on the emerging questions and discourses about human-machine communication, this special issue strives to investigate the present and future of advanced human-machine communication.
What Will Affect the Diffusion of AI Agents?
Authors: Dearing James
Published: September 2021

For billions of people, the threat of the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its variants has precipitated the adoption of new behaviors. Pandemics are radical events that disrupt the gradual course of societal change, offering the possibility that some rapidly adopted innovations will persist in use past the time period of the event and, thus, diffuse more rapidly than in the absence of such an event. Human-machine communication includes a range of technologies with which many of us have quickly become more familiar due to stay-athome orders, distancing, workplace closures, remote instruction, home-bound entertainment, fear of contracting COVID-19, and boredom. In this commentary I focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents, and specifically chatbots, in considering the factors that may affect chatbot diffusion. I consider anthropomorphism and expectancy violations, the characteristics of chatbots, business imperatives, millennials and younger users, and from the user perspective, uses and gratifications.
ZAKAT AS A SOLUTION FOR PUBLIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19
Authors: Haris Chadijah
Published: September 2021

This article aims to describe the economic situation in the covid 19 pandemic era and analyze the function of zakat in restoring the society economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this research was a literature study. The data collection techniques were carried out in two ways comprised primary and secondary data. The data analysis was content analysis. The results showed that zakat served as a manifestation of human solidarity, which means that the rich are required to spend some of their wealth in the form of zakat, and distribute it to the needy, in this context how to see zakat function as a way to help economic recovery during the pandemic. So it can be concluded that with the distribution of zakat, such as Zakat Fitrah, Zakat Maal and professional Zakat, it can strengthen the solidarity and foster the relationship between human by helping the needs of people affected by Covid-19 and reduce the poverty during the pandemic that currently affects all people in the world, especially in Indonesia.
Competency Analysis, Work Rusteristics, Work Environment, Spiritual Quotient, Organizational Commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Employee Performance
Authors: Setyowati Ety Retno
Published: September 2021

This research aims to prove and analyze the influence of competence,work characteristics, work environment, spiritual quotient, onorganizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)and employee performance in the Laboratory Installation of RSUD PatutPatuh Patju West Lombok. This study is a causal explanatory study. Asample of 38 respondents, data analysis with Partial Least Square (PLS).The results showed there was a significant positive influence on:competence to OCB and employee performance; rusteristic work towardsorganizational commitment; work environment to organizationalcommitment; organizational commitment to OCB and employeeperformance; OCB on employee performance. Gained insignificantinfluence on: competence to organizational commitment; rusteristic ofemployment against OCB and employee performance; work environmenttowards OCB and employee performance; Spiritual quotient toorganizational commitment, OCB and employee performance. Theconclusion of the results of the study is that there are seven hypothesesthat can be accepted and there are eight hypotheses that are rejected.
Inpatient Patient Satisfaction Influenced By Core Service Quality And Peripheral Service Quality (Study At Dr. SOEGIRI Hospital In Lamongan Regency)
Authors: Ariefin Mesra Surya
Published: September 2021

This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of core service qualityand peripheral service quality on Patient Satisfaction at RSUD Dr.Soegiri Lamongan. The number of samples in this study were 36patients RSUD Dr. Soegiri Lamongan. Data collection techniques usingquestionnaires, interviews, and literature review. Analysis of the data inthis study is multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS 26 software.The results of this study indicate that core service quality and peripheralservice quality have a significant effect on Patient Satisfaction inpatientDr. Soegiri Lamongan in parallel or simultaneously
LE TRIBUNAL DE COMMERCE DE BUENOS AIRES ET LA SECURITE JURIDIQUE DES AFFAIRES DES COMMERÇANTS FRANÇAIS AU RIO DE LA PLATA (1816-1840)
Authors: Manac’h Laurine
Published: September 2021

L’article s’intéresse aux fondements juridiques du commerce des Français qui, avec l’indépendance et la fin du système de monopole commercial espagnol, renforcèrent leur présence au Rio de la Plata malgré les conflits révolutionnaires et postrévolutionnaires. Le tribunal de commerce de Buenos Aires joua un rôle majeur dans la sécurisation juridique des affaires des commerçants français, facilitant leur installation dans la région. Si la légitimité de cette juridiction était reconnue tant qu’elle garantissait les règles du libre commerce, les convulsions politiques et l’exacerbation du factionnalisme remirent en cause sa capacité à assurer la fluidité des échanges, poussant les commerçants français à rechercher la protectiond’autres institutions et attisant les tensions internationales.
UNE PÉNÉTRATION COMMERCIALE MANQUÉE
Authors: Huetz de Lemps Xavier
Published: September 2021

Entre les années 1810 et les années 1840, la France est une des premières puissances occidentales à tenter de profiter de l’ouverture graduelle des Philippines espagnoles au commerce international. Pourtant, la politique volontariste de présence diplomatique et navale de la France contraste cruellement avec l’insigne faiblesse du commerce français aux Philippines. Cette discordance résulte de causes complexes qui tiennent aux spécificités du marché philippin et à la capacité des marchands français à y répondre, mais elle soulève aussi la question de l’efficacité des supports institutionnels comme celle de la cohérence de la politique de présence mondiale de la France.
EL CONSULADO BRITÁNICO EN MANILA, EJEMPLO DE SOPORTE INSTITUCIONAL PARA LA PENETRACIÓN EN LOS MERCADOS EXTRAEUROPEOS DEL SIGLO XIX
Authors: Elizalde María Dolores
Published: September 2021

Este artículo se centra en el estudio del consulado de Gran Bretaña en Manila, como ejemplo de soporte institucional para la penetración y consolidación de los intereses económicos británicos en un territorio colonial que estaba bajo la administración de otra potencia. Con ese propósito, se analiza la labor del primer cónsul británico en Filipinas, John Farren, durante cinco años concretos, 1853-1857, un período marcado por el comercio del arroz, el auge del azúcar, la apertura de nuevos puertos en las islas, el nombramiento de vicecónsules en las principales áreas de producción de materias primas para la exportación extranjera, y el propósito de luchar contra la mano de obra esclava y abrir mercados desprovistos de tra-bajo servil.
LA ARMADA EN LOS CONFINES DEL IMPERIO
Authors: Ortega-del-Cerro Pablo
Published: September 2021

Este trabajo estudia el papel de la Real Armada en Filipinas entre 1785 y 1830. El propósitoes conocer el tamaño, alcance y rol de la Marina de guerra en este archipiélago y examinarcuáles fueron las prioridades de la estrategia naval española en Asia. Se abordan múltiples cuestiones, tal como el número de efectivos y embarcaciones destinadas, las funciones encomendadas, el carácter y naturaleza de las expediciones o la evolución de la jurisdicción de Marina. La cronología escogida es especialmente interesante porque nunca antes la Armada había tenido tamaña presencia en Filipinas. La hipótesis de partida es que se puso en marcha una estrategia naval determinada por tres factores: la nueva orientación de la colonia, las directrices y vaivenes de la política imperial y los profundos cambios del contexto global.
JOSÉ PABLO VALIENTE (1749-1817)
Authors: Chaviano Pérez Lizbeth J.
Published: September 2021

Emma D. Vidal, José Pablo Valiente (1749-1817). Ilustración, reformas y realismo en España y América. Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, 2019, 255 pp.
EL FRENTE DE TÁNGER (1936-1939)
Authors: Martín Corrales Eloy
Published: September 2021

Bernabé López García, El frente de Tánger (1936-1939). Crónica de la guerra civil española en la ciudad internacional, Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2021, 504 pp.
Cytotype variation and clonal diversity in polyploid apomictic populations of Pilosella (Compositeae, Cichorieae) introduced to southern Patagonia
Authors: Krahulcová Anna , Krahulec František
Published: September 2021

Introduction and objectives: The members of the genus Pilosella are native in Europe and Asia, but they are successful invasive species on most continents. These species form an agamic complex with common apomixis. Apomictic species hybridize, they have different degree of residual sexuality. Main aim of this paper was to determine if the interspecific hybridization already occurred in Patagonia.
M&M: This study is based on analysis of seed progeny collected at thirteen populations of Pilosella in southern Argentina and Chile. The plants were examined for their taxonomic identity, DNA ploidy level (using flow cytometry), chromosome number, reproduction, formation of parthenogenetic seeds and clonal identity (using isozyme phenotypes).
Results: No mixed-species population was recorded. Two apomictic clones of P. officinarum (one pentaploid and the other hexaploid) were found in populations: eight were hexaploid and one was mixed in cytotype composition. A new species for Patagonia, the apomictic pentaploid P. caespitosa, was represented by plants from two populations in Argentina. Some of the progeny plants cultivated from seeds sampled at three localities represented seed-fertile aneuploids the morphology of which implied a hybrid origin and indicated P. officinarum as one of the parents. 
Conclusions: The presence of seed-fertile, aneuploid and parthenogenetic hybrids among the cultivated plants signifies an increased risk of the formation of new hybridogeneous genotypes of Pilosella in southern Patagonia.
DESAFIOS E PERSPPECTIVAS NO PROCESSO ENSINOAPRENDIZAGEM DOS ALUNOS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL II
Authors: dos Santos Duarte Damiana Alves
Published: September 2021

O presente artigo buscou transpor algumas angústias particulares, as quais cercam durante anos de atuação na área de educação com relação avaliação e seu verdadeiro sentido e significado, sendo assim esse estudo busca conhecer e compreender o instrumento de avaliação e seu verdadeiro sentido e significado. Dessa forma essa dissertação tem como premissa científica conhecer e compreender o instrumento avaliação no ambiente escolar e como essa vem sendo usada pelos professores no processo de ensino e aprendizagem e como esse método pode contribuir para a construção do conhecimento do educando em uma ação participativa do mecanismo educacional na desenvoltura do aluno para a busca pelo saber.
VSIG10 expression associates with survival in triple negative breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: September 2021

We mined published microarray data (1) to understand the most significant gene expression differences in the tumors of triple negative breast cancer patients based on survival following treatment: dead or alive. We observed significant transcriptome-wide differential expression of V-set and immunoglobulin domain-containing 10, encoded by VSIG10 when comparing the primary tumors of triple negative breast cancer patients dead or alive. Importantly, VSIG10 expression was significantly correlated with recurrence-free survival in basal subtype breast cancer, a molecular subtype sharing significant overlap with triple negative breast cancer. VSIG10 may be of relevance as a biomarker or as a molecule of interest in understanding the etiology or progression of triple negative breast cancer.
Organized criminal links within Police in Europe: From transnational crime to national crime.
Authors: Tabaee Damavandi Pardis
Published: September 2021

White collar crime is a novel form of organised crime, together with green crime and other older manifestations. White collar crime is currently the most frequent type of organised crime and is a problem that has impacted economies and businesses, worldwide.
Perceptions of behaviour efficacy, not perceptions of threat, are drivers of COVID-19 protective behaviour in Germany
Authors: Kojan Lilian , Burbach Laura , Ziefle Martina , Calero Valdez André Sergej
Published: September 2021

In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical protective measures taken by individuals remain pivotal. Based on existing empirical findings as well as prominent behavioural theories, a partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) of predictors for pandemic protective behaviour was estimated using a representative German sample (n = 437). The study was preregistered at OSF. The model explains 69% of the variance for behavioural intention, which is strongly correlated with behaviour (rho= .84). The most influential predictor for protective behaviour is its perceived efficacy, followed by normative beliefs and perceptions about costs for protective behaviour. Distrusting beliefs in science and scientists negatively predicted response perceptions and were also strongly and negatively correlated with behaviour. Knowledge about COVID-19 was weakly linked with perceived response efficacy, as well as with behaviour. These findings suggest that communication strategies surrounding COVID-19 should emphasise the efficacy of responses and foster a sense of responsibility.
POTENSI AIR TANAH DAN TATA GUNA AIR TANAH UNTUK KEBUTUHAN DOMESTIK DI DATARAN ALUVIAL LIMBOTO-GORONTALO PROVINSI GORONTALO
Authors: Nurfaika
Published: September 2021

Dataran Aluvial Limboto-Gorontalo merupakan bagian dari wilayah Cekungan Airtanah Gorontalo di Kabupaten Gorontalo dan merupakan wilayah pusat pertumbuhan penduduk, perekonomian dan pembangunan. Dataran aluvial Limboto-Gorontalo merupakan daerah yang dilalui oleh jalur sesar utama Gorontalo dan keterdapatan danau Limboto di dalamnya. Fenomena tersebut mengindikasikan proses geologis yang rumit dan unik, dan secara tidak langsung berpengaruh terhadap kondisi akuifer dan potensi airtanah wilayah setempat Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kondisi akuifer, potensi airtanah bebas, dan zonasi tata guna airtanah beserta rekomendasinya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode survey yaitu dengan melakukan pengamatan dan pengukuran langsung dilapangan. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah sampel acak sistimatik (systimatic random sampling) untuk pengukuran geolistrik dan pengukuran data hidrogeologi lapangan. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan terintegrasi antara geologi, geomorfologi berbasis PJ dan SIG, serta pendekatan geofisika dan hidrogeologi lapangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) Secara hidrogeologi, lokasi penelitian merupakan wilayah pelepasan (discharge area) sistem CAT Gorontalo, tipologi sistem akuifer dataran alluvial, dengan jenis akuifer terdiri atas lapisan akuifer tidak tertekan, semi tertekan dan tertekan. Karakteristik litologi bawah permukaan lokasi penelitian umumnya menunjukkan silang siur antara material lempung (aquiklud), lempung pasiran dan pasir lempungan (aquitard), pasir dan krikil (aquifer). Jenis litologi penyusun akuifer tidak tertekan terdiri pasir dengan nilai resistivitas 20-150 ohm-meter. Ketebalan akuifer tidak tertekan khususnya di wilayah bagian Barat Danau Limboto teridentifikasi memiliki ketebalan akuifer yang relatif seragam dengan ketebalan rata-rata 5 meter, sedangkan di wilayah bagian Utara dan Selatan cukup bervariasi yaitu dari ketebalan 1,5 meter hingga ketebalan 27,5 meter, 2). Zona potensi airtanah bebas terdiri atas 4 (empat) kategori yaitu zona potensi tinggi dan sangat tinggi, zona potensi sedang, dan zona potensi rendah tersebar di wilayah bagian Utara dan Selatan lokasi penelitian, 3). Zona penurapan airtanah bebas terdiri atas 4 (empat) zona penurapan yaitu zona penurapan I (kelas tinggi) dengan karakteristik potensi airtanah baik dari segi kuantitas dan kualitas, dapat diturap dan dimanfaatkan tanpa faktor pembatas, zona penurapan II (kelas sedang) memiliki potensi airtanah yang cukup baik dari segi kuantitas dan potensi kualitas yang terbatas secara lokal, dapat diturap dan dimanfaatkan dengan pengawasan, dan zona penurapan III (kelas rendah) merupakan zone dengan kuantitas airtanah rendah, dapat diturap dengan sangat terbatas
Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare: A review
Authors: Shaheen Mohammed Yousef
Published: September 2021

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing — and strengthening — modern healthcarethrough technologies that can predict, grasp, learn, and act, whether it's employed toidentify new relationships between genetic codes or to control surgery-assisting robots.It can detect minor patterns that humans would completely overlook. This studyexplores and discusses the various modern applications of AI in the health sector.Particularly, the study focuses on three most emerging areas of AI-poweredhealthcare: AI-led drug discovery, clinical trials, and patient care. The findings suggestthat pharmaceutical firms have benefited from AI in healthcare by speeding up theirdrug discovery process and automating target identification. Artificial Intelligence (AI)can help also to eliminate time-consuming data monitoring methods. The findings alsoindicate that AI-assisted clinical trials are capable of handling massive volumes of dataand producing highly accurate results. Medical AI companies develop systems thatassist patients at every level. Patients' medical data is also analyzed by clinicalintelligence, which provides insights to assist them improve their quality of life.
E-Service Quality and Corporate Image on Customer Perception
Authors: Meutia Annissa
Published: September 2021

E-commerce adalah sebuah aktivitas yang melibatkan jual beli barang dan jasa, atau terjadinya pertukaran data melalui internet. Menurut Shahriari & Gheiji (2015), e-commerce adalah suatu proses pertukaran jasa melalui jaringan internet. E-commerce ini kemudian mengubah konsep penggunaan teknologi, dan saat ini dapat dikatakan bahwa e-commerce menjadi tolak ukur dari revolusi teknologi informasi dan komunikasi.
Hybrid elicitation and quantile-parametrized likelihood
Authors: Perepolkin Dmytro , Goodrich Benjamin , Sahlin Ullrika
Published: September 2021

This paper extends the application of quantile-based Bayesian inference to probability distributions defined in terms of quantiles of observable quantities. Quantile-parameterized distributions are characterized by high shape flexibility and parameter interpretability, making them useful for eliciting information about observables. To encode uncertainty in the quantiles elicited from experts, we propose a Bayesian model based on the metalog distribution and a variant of the Dirichlet prior. We discuss the resulting hybrid expert elicitation protocol, which aims to characterize uncertainty in parameters by asking questions about observable quantities. We also compare and contrast this approach with parametric and predictive elicitation methods.
What is life expectancy? And, even more important, what it isn't
Authors: Kashnitsky Ilya
Published: September 2021

It really is a remarkable achievement and maybe a lot of luck that the world mundanely operates with such a complex indicator as life expectancy. Unlike many statistics and quantities of general use that are being monitored and reported regularly, life expectancy is not observed directly. It's an output of a mathematical model called life table. And as any model it comes with a certain load of assumptions and limitations, which are easily forgotten and omitted in the everyday interpretations and misinterpretations of the indicator.
2301867961_VINCENTFERNANDO_FORUMSESSION1
Authors: Fernando Vincent
Published: September 2021

Introduction to digital business and e-commerce by Vincent Fernando - 2301867961 Binusian
How pain-related facial expressions are evaluated in relation to gender, race, and emotion
Authors: Dildine Troy C. , Amir Carolyn , Parsons Julie , Atlas Lauren Yvette
Published: September 2021

Inequities in pain assessment are well-documented; however, the psychological mechanisms underlying such biases are poorly understood. We investigated potential perceptual biases in the judgments of faces displaying pain-related movements. Across five online studies, 956 adult participants viewed images of computer-generated faces (‘targets’) that varied in features related to race (Black and White) and gender (women and men). Target identity was manipulated across participants and each target had equivalent facial movements that displayed varying intensities of movement in facial action-units related to pain (Studies 1-4) or pain and emotion (Study 5). On each trial, participants provided categorical judgments as to whether a target was in pain (Studies 1-4) or which expression the target displayed (Study 5) and then rated the perceived intensity of the expression. Meta-analyses of studies 1-4 revealed that movement intensity was positively associated with both categorizing a trial as painful and perceived pain intensity. Target race and gender did not consistently affect pain-related judgments, contrary to well-documented clinical inequities. In study 5, in which pain was equally likely relative to other emotions, pain was the least frequently selected emotion (5%). Our results suggest that perceivers can utilize facial movements to evaluate pain in other individuals, but perceiving pain may depend on contextual factors. Furthermore, assessments of computer-generated, pain-related facial movements online do not replicate sociocultural biases observed in the clinic. These findings provide a foundation for future studies comparing CGI and real images of pain and emphasize the need for further work on the relationship between pain and emotion.
Music Theraphy
Authors: kristine gaby
Published: September 2021

Musik adalah bahasa yang universal dan dapat menembus batas-batas multikultural, bisa menjadi jembatan untuk pengembangan perilaku dan wawasan. Membuat musik adalah tindakan kreatif secara aktif, melibatkan sikap sensitif dan responsif yang terjadi secara spontan di alam serta interaksi antar seseorang dengan orang lain. Musik telah dibuat dengan berbagai cara sejak lama untuk berkomunikasi dan mengungkapkan perasaan.
Analysis of speed-accuracy trade-offs using the Wiener diffusion model for choice reaction times
Authors: LaPlume Annalise Aleta
Published: September 2021

A methodology review paper on the utility and challenges of modelling speed-accuracy trade-offs in response time data. The paper reviews the importance of accounting for speed-accuracy trade-offs when measuring response times, and provides background on diffusion models for response time data. It then describes a practical software implementation of the EZ-diffusion model to model speed-accuracy trade-offs in choice response time data using the R programming language.
PENTINGNYA TERAPI MUSIK DALAM KONSELING
Authors: SARA DEBORA GRACE
Published: September 2021

Terapi dance merupakan tarian yang diiringi dengan alunan musik. Terapi dance sudah tidak asing lagi digunakan dalam proses terapi sebagai bentuk membantu individu dalam menyelesaikan masalahnya. Terapi dance dikenal sebagai terapi yang menggunakan tarian dan gerakan untuk mendukung fungsi intelektual, emosional, dan motorik tubuh. Terapi ini dapat dilakukan oleh semua umur serta dapat dilakukan secara individu dan kelompok. Dalam lingkup terapi dance, penulis menekankan bahwa terapi tarian ini sangat penting dalam proses konseling yang akan dijabarkan pada bab ini.
Daily Diary Study of Emotion, Motivation, and Eating Expectancies in Loss of Control Eating
Authors: Burr Emily , Dvorak Robert , De Leon Ardhys , Leary Angelina , Peterson Roselyn , Schaefer Lauren , Wonderlich Stephen
Published: September 2021

Loss-of-control eating (LOCE) is a component of binge eating, which involves the subjective inability to refrain from eating or cease eating once started. LOCE behavior is highly prevalent and associated with adverse consequences, even without objective over-eating, and has also been found to be highly affect-driven. Affect-related eating motives, as well as eating expectancies, have also been found to be significant contributors to LOCE behavior in binge eating contexts. However, little is known about how motives and expectancies contribute to LOCE regardless of quantity of food eaten, much less the impact of motives on LOCE behaviors, or the role of expectancies on daily-level contributions to LOCE. The current study assessed the role of eating expectancies and motives on the relationship between affective states and LOCE behavior at the daily level. A national sample of United States (U.S.) adults (n = 109), who reported an average of two or more LOCE episodes per week, were recruited via social media for a ten-day dairy study. Participants completed two surveys per day regarding eating behaviors, affect, and eating motives. Data were analyzed at the within- and between-subject levels utilizing a Bayesian approach to examine pathways from mood to LOCE, mediated by eating motives and accounting for a moderating impact of trait-level eating expectancies measured at baseline. At the within-subjects level, negative mood predicted LOCE, a relationship that was partially mediated by coping motives. Between-subjects, coping motives fully mediated the relationship between negative mood and LOCE. Furthermore, an indirect effect between positive mood and LOCE was found at the within-subjects level, which was moderated by reward expectancy. This study provides useful insight into the role of daily-level motives and expectancies influencing LOCE behavior. Findings and directions for future research are discussed.
Parents’ Perceptions of The Impact of COVID-19 and School Transition on Autistic Children’s Friendships
Authors: Fox Laura , Asbury Kathryn , Code Aimee , Toseeb Umar
Published: September 2021

Friendships play a key role in supporting a successful transition to a new school for autistic children and young people. However, little is known about how these relationships have been impacted by restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to explore how parents perceived the impact of COVID-19 on their autistic child’s friendships during transition to a new school. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 14 parents of autistic children in the UK. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Parents discussed a variety of experiences which differed between and within school types and age groups. Several factors influenced children’s friendships during transition including support from their new school and others’ understanding of their needs. Parents described the differing expectations of what friendship was, and how that affected their children’s existing and new relationships. For some, COVID-19 negatively impacted on friendships by reducing contact with existing and new friends. Others experienced positive or neutral experiences due to lockdown restrictions. This study highlights the diversity of needs among autistic children and calls for a personalised approach to transition support beyond the pandemic as one way of supporting autistic children to develop positive peer relationships.
Memoir Dataset: Quantifying Image Memorability in Adolescents
Authors: Almog Gal , Naeini Saeid Alavi , Hu Yu , Duerden Emma , Mohsenzadeh Yalda
Published: September 2021

Recent work shows that images differ in terms of their memorability, some stick in one's mind while others are forgotten quickly, and this phenomenon is consistent across observers. Previous research agrees that memorability is an intrinsic, continuous property of a stimulus that can be both measured and manipulated, however; this work has been limited to adults.In this study, we attempted to quantify image memorability in adolescents (11-18 years old) and determine if it differs from image memorability in adults.We selected images from the MemCat data set that are annotated with adult memorability scores. By running a visual memory game online, we quantified these images on their memorability in adolescents, and compared them to the adult scores. Our study finds that memorability rankings in adolescents and adults are strongly and significantly correlated. Moreover, the rankings of memorability by image category were also identical in both age groups, indicating that certain image categories are more consistently memorable for both adults and adolescents.Collectively, our results support previous research that suggests memorability is an intrinsic property of images that is consistent across viewers even with different developmental stages.
The Effect of Music Therapy in Counseling
Authors: Lestari Theresia Tri Kinasih
Published: September 2021

In general, dance and movement is a performance that is shown in the staging event. Dance is an activitythat uses body movements where muscles throughout the body rub against each other to be able to make abeautiful body movement, and also the need for the right rhythm and beats to make movements in dancedance to be beautiful, but what if motion and dance are used in the world of counseling , through musicalaccompaniment in accordance with dance movements that can make the counselee become more relaxed,both mentally, physically, and mentally. The purpose of writing this paper is to provide newknowledge to the general public about music in counseling sessions.
Loneliness Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Unpartnered and Childless Older Adults at Higher Risk?
Authors: Arpino Bruno , Mair Christine , Quashie Nekehia , Antczak Radoslaw
Published: September 2021

Objectives: COVID-19 mitigation efforts had the potential to exacerbate loneliness among older adults, particularly for the unpartnered or childless, yet COVID-19 loneliness among these groups remains unstudied. Methods: Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) collected before (October 2019- March 2020) and during the pandemic (June-August 2020), we examine two loneliness outcomes: 1) “have you felt lonely recently?” (both waves), and 2) “have you felt lonelier than before the pandemic?” (2020), and explore differences by partnership and parenthood status. Results: Before COVID-19, those who lacked one tie but had the other (unpartnered parents or partnered childless) were at highest loneliness risk. During COVID-19, unpartnered and childless—especially unpartnered—remain at higher risk for loneliness, entering loneliness, and not “exiting” loneliness. Discussion: We discuss these findings in light of family norms and needs in pandemic and non-pandemic times, and provide recommendations for future research.
Survey on attitudes towards COVID-19 preventive measures and protective behavior in Slovenia
Authors: Mihelic Anze , Jelovčan Luka , Prislan Kaja
Published: September 2021

This paper presents the dataset underlying the research on attitudes towards and compliance with instructed preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia. A summary of results and questionnaires in English and Slovenian language are provided. The study was conducted at the beginning of the first pandemic wave when citizens' uncertainty about the disease was at its peak.
Age and gender specific variations of selected hemorheological variables in humans
Authors:   Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria, Ofioritse Ofulue Ogheneyoma , Ejiro Ohwin Peggy , Elias Daubry Tarela Melish
Published: September 2021

Over the last decades, investigations have shown that the physical and mechanical damage of red blood corpuscles may significantly affect the fluency and diffusion state of blood flow, alongside internal viscosity and fibrinolytic activities of the cardiovascular system that houses it. Current study was thus envisioned to investigate gender and age differences in selected hemo-rheological parameters [pH, Whole Blood Viscosity (WV), Plasma Viscosity (PV), Plasma Fibrinogen Concentration (PFC), Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and Euglobinlysis time (ELT)] of adult humans. One hundred and forty (140) participants of seventy two (72) males and sixty eight (68) female subjects were ethically approached from the staff and students’ community of the University of Benin, Edo state, Nigeria. Participants’ health status was carefully obtained by means of history taking and questionnaire, following which individuals were grouped into two based on gender. For each gender, subjects were sub-grouped into the ages of 31-40 years, 41-50 years, 51-60 years, and 61-70 years based on reported incidences (by age) of hemo-rheological anomalies. For each subject, blood samples were obtained and assayed for aforementioned hemo-rheological changes. Statistical comparison (using the one way analysis of variance - ANOVA) was then conducted on collected samples for comparison of differences in mean between groups. From obtained result, study found a statistically insignificant difference in all but WV across gender and age lines, with slight increase in all other parameters. However, none of the parameters was significantly different across age groups, suggestive that the parameters do not differ across age group in the male participants.
A note on mycoplasmal origin of cancer
Authors:   Sanjay Gandhi Smriti (SGS) Govt. Autonomous Postgraduate College, Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh- 486661, India, Salim Mohammad , Masroor Mohammad Shahid ,   Peoples College of Dental Sciences & Research Center, People’s University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- 462037, India, Parween Shagufta ,   N.I.M.S., Medical College and Hospital, N.I.M.S. University, Jaipur, Rajasthan-303121, India
Published: September 2021

The bacterial origin of cancer has so far been well documented by several scientists [7,26,27]. Similarly, some mycoplasmal infections have also been found to cause cancer in human. They are usually associated with some urinogenital infections and arthritis in human. The present paper deals with the study of different mycoplasmal infections developing cancer in association with various ailments and diseases in human.
Breakthrough infection after Covishield COVID-19 vaccine among health care workers at Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal
Authors: Shah Jay , Samson Priscilla , Pradhan Nabees MS , Shrestha Ashis , Maharjan Shreekrishna , Dangol Shrestha Shanta , KC Sarala
Published: September 2021

Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have an important role in the control and prevention of the pandemic. However, infection after vaccination, though uncommon, has been reported after partial or complete immunization. This study aims to find out vaccine breakthrough infection after the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine.

Method: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among the health care workers (HCWs) from May 2021 to July 2021 at Patan Hospital, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal who received the Covishield vaccine. The data were collected using Google form and a printed questionnaire on COVID 19 breakthrough infection ≥2w after vaccination. The rate of breakthrough infection, hospitalization, and its association with age, gender, and working departments of HCWs was analyzed using SPSS. Ethical approval was obtained.

Result: Out of 1462 HCWs approached, 880 completed the survey, among which 819 (93.1%) had a completed vaccination status. Infection after the first and before the second dose was 164 (18.7% of 880) and after two doses 131 (16%). The breakthrough infection occurred in 83 (10.1% of 819). There was no statistically significant association of breakthrough infection with age, gender, and working department of HCWs. Total 74 (8.4%) were managed by admission in hospital.

Conclusion: The findings of this study reveal a low breakthrough infection rate after Covishield vaccination among HCWs at Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal. Overall, COVID-19 infection rates decreased after the first and second dose of the vaccine.
Clinical profile of patients presenting to emergency with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a tertiary hospital of Nepal
Authors: Adhikari Sunil , Rijal Suraj , Rose House Darlene
Published: September 2021

Introduction: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is an acute emergency condition. It is an important cause for the hospital admission. This study descriptively analyses the clinical profile of upper gastrointestinal bleeding presenting to a tertiary hospital in Nepal.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study of patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding from 01 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2019 at Patan Hospital Emergency Department, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Patient’s demographics, clinical presentation, duration of illness before presenting to Emergency, vitals, and laboratory parameters were descriptively analyzed. Ethical approval was obtained.

Result: There were 121 patients, male 82(67.8%) and female 38(31.4%) aging 14 to 90 years. Fifty-three patients (43.8 %) presented with hematemesis, 38(31.4%) with melena, and 27(22.3%) with both hematemesis and melena. Variceal bleeding was the main cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding found in 73(60.33%) followed by ulcer bleeding in 48(39.66%).

Conclusion: Variceal bleeding was the main cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and hematemesis was the most common clinical presentation in patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
Histopathological evaluation of kidney disease in patients with diabetes mellitus
Authors: Shrestha Juju Raj , Dahal Kashyap , Baral Anil , Hada Rajani
Published: September 2021

Introduction: Non diabetic kidney disease (NDKD), a treatable condition, is common in diabetic patients with atypical clinical presentations. Present study aimed to find out histopathological diagnosis of kidney disease in type 2 Diabetes mellitus with such presentations.
Method: This was a hospital based cross sectional study conducted in Nephrology department, Bir hospital, Nepal from Aug 2019 to January 2021. Total 29 diabetic patients with atypical presentations, rapid rise of proteinuria alone (n=5), with microscopic hematuria (n=6), with impaired renal function (n=8) and rapid rise of creatinine with (n=8) or without (n=2) microscopic hematuria were included. The baseline information was recorded and kidney biopsy was performed.
Result: The mean age of patients was 52.6±10.4 y and 22(75.9%) were male. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) was absent in 24(82.8%) patients. Presence of NDKD alone was in 6(20.7%) and superimposed on diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in 10(34.5%) with total NDKD in 16(55.2%) and isolated DKD in 13(44.8%) patients. Non diabetic kidney disease were glomerulonephritis 12(75%) with membranous nephropathy 4(25%) and IgA nephropathy 4(25%) patients. The significant difference between NDKD and isolated DKD was only the duration of diabetes < 5 y in 8(61.5%) of isolated DKD and ≥5 y in 13(81.2%) patients with NDKD (p=0.018). Diabetic retinopathy was absent in 6(100%) patients with isolated NDKD, 8(80%) of class III and 5(62.5%) of class IV DKD.
Conclusion: Glomerulonephritis is the commonest NDKD in type 2 DM with atypical presentation and advance DKD (Class III & IV) is present even in absence of diabetic retinopathy and short duration of diabetes.
Digital Archiving of Diasporic Cultural Productions and Transnational Citizenship of Arabs in the West
Authors: Finn Melissa , Mohamed Eid , Momani Bessma
Published: September 2021

When transnationally constructed art forms, such as the works of diasporic cultural productions of Arabs in the West, are made available in open-source on a digital archive, this supports the transnational flow or exchange of citizenship-enhancing ideas, skill-sets, technologies, tools, capacities, and practices. In this theoretical investigation, we explore imagined outcomes when new audiences can engage with diasporic cultural productions of Arabs. Digital archiving of ethnically diverse cultural productions can expand civility, solidarity, and common ground among people; these latter behaviors are the ideational foundations of agency-based claims of transnational citizenship. Such cultural productions help to reconfigure the questions, opportunities, and nature of political and social agency in ways that empower diaspora communities and expand their abilities to make citizenship claims in multiple societies. This is what the Internet enables despite its tendency towards parochialism in globalized pockets. Moreover, we highlight the possibilities of open-source digital archiving—with a focus on literature, poetry, biographies, and letters—for agency-based claims of citizenship and the many caveats that require further attention and consideration.
Between Lifestyle Migration and Comfortable Exit Strategies: Turkish Golden Visa Investors in Greece
Authors: Üret Gül
Published: September 2021

This article examines a new phenomenon of affluent Turks investing in Greek real estate following the 15 July 2016 coup attempt in order to obtain residence rights in Greece. Triggered by a sense of social, political, and economic insecurity, Turkish nationals invest to secure an exit strategy and safe haven for family and capital in case of potential economic and political upheaval in the country. Drawing on Hirschman’s (1970) typology of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, this paper argues that this new form of mobility and comfortable exit of the Turkish upper middle class helps defuse opposition to the AKP government and could have a stabilizing effect for the regime in the long run. Based on data from twenty-eight interviews with investors and Golden Visa brokers taking part in the investment process, two factors, in particular, are making the move from Turkey to Greece an attractive option for Turkish nationals, namely geographic proximity and perceived cultural familiarity.
Gaps in Nutrition Policy Implementation in Childcare Centres in The Edmonton Metropolitan Region: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Authors: Vale Marjorie Rafaela Lima Do , Farmer Anna , Gokiert Rebecca , Ball Geoff , Maximova Katerina
Published: September 2021

Purpose: To describe (i) nutrition policies in childcare centres, (ii) the resources and processes used to enable policy implementation, and (iii) the association between policy implementation and childcare centres’ or administrators’ characteristics.

Methods: Between October 2018 and June 2019 a web-based survey that addressed nutrition policy, policy implementation, and sociodemographic characteristics was sent to eligible childcare programs (centre-based and provided meals) in the Edmonton (Alberta) metropolitan region. The survey was pretested and pilot tested. Statistical tests examined the relationship between policy implementation with centres’ and administrators’ characteristics.

Results: Of 312 childcare centres that received the survey invitation, 43 completed it. The majority of centres had a nutrition policy in place (94%). On average, centres had about 9 of the 17 implementation resources and processes assessed. Most often administrators reported actively encouraging the implementation of the nutrition policy (n = 35; 87%) and least often writing evaluation reports of the implementation of the nutrition policy (n = 9; 22%). Administrator’s education level was associated with implementation total score (p = 0.009; Kruskal-Wallis).

Conclusion: Most childcare centres had a nutrition policy in place, but many lacked resources and processes to enable policy implementation. Additional support is required to improve nutrition policy development and implementation.
High Turnover in Clinical Dietetics: A Descriptive Analysis
Authors: Hewko Sarah J. , Clow Samantha , Oyesegun Amirah , Vanleeuwen Charlene
Published: September 2021

Purpose: To identify key attributes of Canadian clinical registered dietitian (RD) jobs associated with high rates of turnover.

Methods: Managers of clinical RDs in Canada were eligible to complete a survey on the topic of turnover in clinical RD positions. Specifically, key details were sought regarding positions with the highest and lowest turnover in each manager’s portfolio.

Results: High turnover (HT) positions turned over an average of 4.0 times in a 5-year period in contrast to 0.3 times in low turnover (LT) positions. Resignation was the top reason for turnover in both HT and LT positions. HT and LT positions were of analogous full-time equivalent, had comparable caseloads, and served clients/patients with similar diagnoses including diabetes and neurological conditions.

Conclusions: There is significant variation in the frequency of turnover across positions in clinical dietetics in Canada. What differentiates HT positions from LT positions remains unclear. More research is required to guide managers seeking to balance turnover and preclude uneven nutrition care quality across units and programs.
Physical Activity Counselling and Exercise Prescription Practices among Dietitians Across Nova Scotia
Authors: O’Brien Myles W. , Shields Christopher A. , Dunbar Margaret J. , Crowell Sandra J. , Fowles Jonathon R.
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions and practices around physical activity counselling and exercise prescription of dietitians in Nova Scotia. Dietitians (n = 95) across Nova Scotia completed an online self-reflection survey regarding their current physical activity and exercise (PAE) practices. Most (51%; n = 48) reported no previous PAE educational training. Dietitians infrequently prescribed exercise to their patients (16% ± 26% of appointments) or provided PAE referrals (17% ± 24%). Dietitians reported moderate confidence (57% ± 21%) performing PAE counselling and included PAE-related content in half of patient appointments (52% ± 31%). Almost all respondents (95%) identified interest in further PAE education or training. Open-ended responses also demonstrated the need for community-based exercise programs (28% of providers) and qualified exercise professionals to refer to (25%). Overall, dietitians report rarely providing patients with written exercise prescriptions or referrals to other professionals for PAE content but do frequently include PAE in patient appointments. Dietitians in Nova Scotia are well positioned to promote PAE, but more educational training and improved referral systems to qualified exercise professionals or community exercise programs is strongly desired. Exercise professionals and dietitians should concurrently advocate for these changes and collaborate to help more patients lead physically active lifestyles.
Reviewer Acknowledgement, 2021
Authors: Hanprasertpong Jitti
Published: September 2021

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