bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sensor based calibration study for in-season nitrogen management of winter wheat in Turkey
Authors: Savasli Erdinc , Onder Oguz , Cekic Cemal , Kalayci Hasan Mufit , Dayioglu Ramis , Karaduman Yasar , Gokmen Fatma , Dursun Nesim , Gezgin Sait
Published: July 2020

The aims of this study were to compare the responses of four winter wheat cultivars to nitrogen fertilization with vegetation indices calculated using spectral reflection (GreenSeeker hand-held sensor) and to estimate in-season yield (INSEY) using the vegetation indices. The field experiment was conducted at Transitional Zone Agricultural Research Institute of Eskisehir province, Turkey in 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 growing seasons. The experimental layout was a 2factor factorial in the randomized complete block design. Nitrogen rates were 0, 40, 80, 120, 160 and 200 kg N ha-1. Vegetation Index (NDVI) was obtained at growth stages of Zadoks 24 (tillering stage), Zadoks stage 30 (stem elongation), Zadoks stage 31 (the first node is visible) and Zadoks stage 32 (the second node is visible). The results revealed that Zadoks stage 30 was the most realistic reading time. NDVI had the advantage of providing information on biomass, in addition to nitrogen nutrition status of crops, enabling in-season yield estimation possible. Therefore, NDVI based calibration equations were preferred for testing in the fields of actual farmers for the last year of study. A comparison of the system with traditional farmer applications indicated that yield estimation obtained by the new system was quite similar yields with 13.2 kg ha-1 less N in the spring (ZD 3.0), showing its economically promising value.

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2020, 6(2): 204-211
Nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding prevention and management of pressure ulcer for hospitalized patient
Authors: Reza Hasan Mahfuz , Das Chinmoy Kanti , Mittra China Rani , Saha Ashees Kumar
Published: July 2020

Pressure ulcers have been labelled as one of the most expensive and physically debilitating complications in the 20th century. After cancer and heart diseases pressure ulcers are the third most expensive disorder. Several studies have indicated that nurses' knowledge and practices about pressure ulcer prevention and management are inadequate. This is a descriptive co-relational study aimed to assess nurses‟ knowledge and practices related to pressure ulcer prevention and management. It also examines the relationships between nurses‟ knowledge and practice with respect to pressure ulcer prevention and management. The subjects were nurses working at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. Three hundred nurses were selected for this study, two hundred and ninety four nurses were completed the questionnaire and response rate was 98%. Three tools were used for data collection: Demographic, Knowledge and Practice questionnaire. Data were analysed by descriptive and Pearson product-moment correlation statistics. The findings showed that nurses had a moderate level of knowledge and a moderate level of practice when we categorized the findings according to their age, working experience and educational level they scored low level of knowledge. There was a significant correlation was found between nurses knowledge and practice regarding pressure ulcer prevention and management (r =.136, p>.05). Findings of the present study suggest that nurses need to increase knowledge on pressure ulcer prevention and management in order to improve nursing practice in this.

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2020, 6(2): 237-243
Existing buffalo husbandry practices at household farming level in selected coastal regions of Bangladesh
Authors: Kabir Md Enayet , Monir Mohammad Moniruzzaman , Islam Md Saiful , Alam Md Jahangir , Dadok Falguni
Published: July 2020

The study was attempted to collect information on buffalo husbandry practices existing in household farming level along with farmers’ status and problems they faced with probable solutions in selected coastal regions of Bangladesh. Data were collected from eighty (80) randomly interviewed household farmers of two coastal districts (Bhola and Patuakhali) through questionnaire from 1st January to 30th June 2019. Buffalo rearing was practiced by male farmers (85%) in age group of 31-45 yrs (47.5%) having primary level education (51.25%) and belonged to small category of farmers (52.5%) whose main occupation is agriculture (76.25%). About 82.5% farmers used own capital while 96.25% farmers practiced buffalo rearing without any training. Majority (80%) of the farmers had small herd size (<6) where highest number (91.25%) of farmers kept female buffaloes. About three-forth farmers (77.5%) did not care for housing of their buffaloes. Among the sheds provided mainly at night (85%), most of them had tinned roof (91.25%), muddy floor (97.5%), inadequate floor space (70%) and improper drainage system (65%). Maximum farmers (90%) practiced grazing their buffaloes from morning to evening at public land and offered locally collected natural roughages at night but did not practice concentrate feeding. No farmers accepted any feeding technology, used vitamin-mineral supplements or growth promoters and followed balanced ration feeding to buffaloes. Clean drinking water supply (3.75%) was very poor practice although farmers had opportunity. Natural breeding (85%) was more prominent practice and buffaloes mainly showed heat in winter. About 45% and 60% farmers practiced irregular vaccination and de-worming, respectively. Feeds shortage is the most common problem along with others where attention is needed. The overall observations indicated that scientific management practices to exploit inherent capacity of buffaloes were not adopted by farmers and hence, management practices were not satisfactory and need to be corrected through motivation and providing extension services among farmers.

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2020, 6(2): 255-264
HPLC identification of Rutin (3, 3′, 4′, 5, 7-pentahydroxyflavone-3-rhamnoglucoside) from Costus pictus leaves extract and evaluation of its antioxidant activity
Authors: Vaidehi S , Prasath G Sriram , Maheswari J Uma , Rajasekar N
Published: July 2020

Plants synthesise many secondary metabolites which are of great medicinal value. Costus pictus also known as Insulin plant is considered as valuable medicinal plant in preparation of many commercial pharmaceutical products. The aim of the present study is to identify one such secondary metabolite flavonoid (Rutin) in the leaves of Costus pictus by HPLC method and also to evaluate the antioxidant potential of Ethyl acetate extract of Costus using DPPH and NO scavenging assay. The Extracted materi al was identified as Rutin by comparing with Standard Rutin. Both the samples showed similar retention time of 2.8 minutes. The extract showed maximum DPPH free radical scavenging activity with increase in concentration and IC50 of Nitric acid scavenging activity was found to be more for the Extract than the standard ascorbic acid and Rutin. From this study it is concluded that Costus pictus leaves extract can be used as natural food supplement.

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2020, 6(2): 334-339
O RETROCESSO NO PRINCÍPIO DA RESSOCIALIZAÇÃO NO BRASIL APÓS AS MUDANÇAS DA LEI ANTICRIME NA PROGRESSÃO DE REGIME
Authors: Mafra Julia Soares , Mafra Julia Soares , Schlickmann Flavio
Published: July 2020

O objeto de estudo da presente pesquisa consiste na análise das mudanças que ocorreram devido a nova lei anticrime, no que tange a progressão de regime no Brasil, no referido princípio da ressocialização. O objetivo geral do estudo é verificar quais mudanças decorrentes da nova lei anticrime ocorreram no que corresponde a progressão de regime proveniente do princípio da ressocialização. No cenário penalista atual, é irrefutável a necessidade do estudo da nova lei 13.964/19, essencialmente, no que diz respeito a progressão de regime. A partir disso, faz-se necessário dominar o tema, para que seja mais bem compreendido quais mudanças relevantes a nova lei trouxe consigo, considerando que os crimes cometidos após o dia 24/12/19 seriam julgados sob a ótica da referida lei. Como objetivos específicos: a) caracterizar e contextualizar o princípio da ressocialização; b) expor sobre a progressão de regime; c) perscrutar sobre a progressão de regime no sistema carcerário brasileiro; d) discorrer sobre a lei 13.964/19; e) explanar as mudanças na progressão de regime oriundas da lei anticrime. A metodologia utiliza-se da técnica do referente, conceito operacional e pesquisa bibliográfica.
USO E INTENÇÃO DE USO DE TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMAÇÃO E DA COMUNICAÇÃO: ESTUDO EM UMA UNIVERSIDADE
Authors: Wojahn Rafaele Matte , Saragoça Viviane Alexandra Machado , Domingues Maria José Carvalho de Souza
Published: July 2020

O presente estudo busca identificar quais os fatores que influenciam no uso, bem como, na intenção de uso de tecnologias da informação e da comunicação em uma universidade. Para tanto, optou-se em conduzir o estudo sob a abordagem quantitativa, definida como causal, survey e de corte transversal. A amostra foi composta por 119 técnicos administrativos de uma universidade. Os dados foram analisados pela estatística descritiva, no intuito de caracterizar a amostra e, para testar as relações, optou-se pela modelagem de equações estruturais. Os resultados indicaram que apenas a expectativa de performance influencia na intenção de uso de tecnologia da informação e da comunicação e, apenas as condições facilitadoras influenciam no uso da tecnologia da informação e da comunicação. Outro resultado foi a ausência de moderação entre os construtos por fatores como voluntariedade, idade, gênero e, tempo de casa.
Земельне право і законодавство України: системна криза чи зміна парадигми в умовах реалізації Цілей Сталого Розвитку в Україні до 2030 року?
Authors: НОСІК ВОЛОДИМИР
Published: July 2020

Розглядаються методологічні, науково-теоретичні, конституційні та законодавчі основи сучасного стану і перспектив еволюції доктрини земельного права та законодавства у контексті реалізації Цілей Сталого розвитку (ЦСР) в Україні на період до 2030 р.
Мета статті – провести науково-теоретичний аналіз і зробити фахову оцінку сучас ного стану земельно-правової доктрини, системи і структури земельного права і законодавства та їх функціонального призначення як складових національної правової системи у забезпеченні механізму правового регулювання земельних відносин у контексті реалізації ЦСР і на цій основі сформулювати висновки і зр обити рекомендації з розбудови земельного права, удосконалення системи, структури та змісту законодавства відповідно до Конституції України у контексті ЦСР в Україні як у демократичній, правовій і соціальній державі.
Стверджується, що з причин об’єктивного і суб’єктивного характеру назріла потреба у перегляді усталених у теорії земельного права ідей, поглядів, концепцій на юридичну природу сучасного земельного права і законодавства та поступового переходу до нової парадигми правового регулювання земельних і поєднаних із ними інших суспільних відносин з огляду на взяті Україною зобов’язання з реалізації ЦСР до 2030 р. Встановлено, що в сучасній доктрині земельного права України залишаються не дослідженими теоретичні і практичні питання правового забезпечення реа лізації таких ЦСР, як подолання бідності, запобігання голоду, забезпечення екосистемного підходу у використанні земель та інших природних ресурсів у сільському, лісовому і водному господарстві. Тому у чинному земельному та поєднаному з ним аграрному, екологічному та іншому законодавстві не знаходять свого законодавчого вираження і нормативного закріплення юридичні, інституційно-функціональні та інші засоби забезпечення реалізації ЦСР. Зроблено висновок про те, що зміна парадигми правового регулювання земельних відносин відповідно до Конституції України у контексті реалізації ЦСР із необхідністю потребує пере-гляду системи і структури земельного законодавства з огляду на заплановані заходи з рекодифікації цивільного законодавства України. Запропоновано переглянути всю систему земельного законодавства на предмет відповідності його Конституції України, відмовитися від подальшої кодифікації земельного законодавства у формі Земельного кодексу, розробити і прийняти такі основоположні закони: “Про власність на землю Українського народу”, “Про використання землі в Україні”, “Про охорону землі як основного національного багатства Українського народу”, “Про державне регулювання земельних відносин у ринкових умовах”, а також функціональні закони з питань публічного адміністрування у сфері земельних відносин.
Urban manta rays: potential manta ray nursery habitat along a highly developed Florida coastline
Authors: Pate JH , Marshall AD
Published: July 2020

The giant oceanic manta rayMobula birostriswas listed in the US Endangered Species Act as a threatened species in 2018, yet insufficient data exist on manta populations throughout US waters to designate critical habitat. Taxonomic and genetic evidence suggests that manta rays in the Western Atlantic are a separate species (M.cf.birostris) and little is understood about the ecology and life history of this putative species. The juvenile life stage of bothM. birostrisandM.cf.birostrisis particularly understudied. Here, we are the first to describe the characteristics of a manta ray population along a highly developed coastline in southeastern Florida using boat-based surveys and photo identification of individuals. Fifty-nine manta individuals were identified between 2016 and 2019. All males were sexually immature based on clasper development, and 96% of females were classified as immature based on size and absence of mating scars or visible pregnancies. Twenty-five (42%) individuals were observed more than once during the study period and 8 individuals were sighted over multiple years. The occurrence of juveniles, high site fidelity and extended use of the study area by juvenile manta rays suggest that southeastern Florida may serve as a nursery habitat. High occurrence of fishing line entanglement (27% of individuals) and vessel strike injury were documented, and rapid wound healing was observed. Future research and conservation efforts will focus on identifying the physical and biological features of the potential nursery habitat and on mitigation of anthropogenic impacts.
Use of affinity analysis to guide habitat restoration and enhancement for the imperiled delta smelt
Authors: Hamilton SA , Murphy DD
Published: July 2020

Habitat restoration efforts in the upper San Francisco Estuary, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, move forward, despite a paucity of information on the environmental requirements of many targeted species. The endemic delta smeltHypomesus transpacificus, protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, is a primary focus of those efforts despite uncertainties regarding many aspects of its relationship with the estuary’s physical and biotic resources. Here we use time-series data from 4 trawl surveys and data on environmental attributes collected from throughout the delta smelt’s distribution to identify ranges of conditions acceptable to delta smelt for each of 5 environmental attributes: water-body type, temperature, turbidity, salinity, and prey availability. Low turbidity and elevated water temperatures render a large portion of the estuary seasonally unsuitable for delta smelt. Within areas in which water quality is suitable, patterns of delta smelt occurrences indicate that habitat is found in subregions where channels of intermediate depth adjoin shallow water. In certain subregions, conditions are inadequate for at least one of the environmental attributes for periods up to several months. We suggest a habitat-restoration strategy that can achieve adequate habitat conditions for delta smelt regardless of through-Delta flow levels, and which can be carried out at a number of locations, but not necessarily the same locations, during each life stage.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW BEE SPECIES FOR POLLINATING LUCERNE
Authors: Donovan B.J.
Published: July 2020

Yield of lucerne seed in New Zealand is very low-less than onetenth that from areas of North America where pollinators are abundant, New Zealand lacks pollinators for lucerne and up to 90% of the florets are not tripped. Two species of bee are cultured in North America exclusively for lucerne pollination, the alkali bee, Nomia melanderi Cockerell, and the lucerne leafcutter bee, Megachile pacifica Panzer. Both species are now established in New Zealand and bee numbers are increasing. For the first time lucerne seed growers in New Zealand can begin to look forward to adequate pollination of their crops.
BEEF PRODUCTION ON PASTURE AND LUCERNE
Authors: Croy B.G. , Weeda W.C.
Published: July 2020

In 1971-3 and 1972-4 two successive generations of Friesian male weaners were carried to slaughter on two self-contained farmlets, one all pasture, the other with half its area in pasture and half in lucerne. The pasture farmlet produced slightly less herbage dry matter than the pasture/lucerne farmlet. Average net hot carcass production was 922 and 829 kg/ha/yr respectively. The stocking rate was 4.85 animals/ha with an overlap of two generations from November to February. Herbage yields and animal intakes were estimated by before and after grazing cuts. The lucerne was grazed at a 40-day rotation in its growing season. To obtain high cattle growth rates, much stalk was left ungrazed, being 15 to 20% of the total dry matter standing before grazing above a height of 3 to 4 cm. Overall conversion efficiency of ingested forage was lower on the lucerne/pasture farmlet than on the pasture farmlet and it was also more variable on the former. With the grazing rotation and pressure adopted in this trial, bloat was no serious problem.
BEHAVIOUR AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BEES IN POLLINATING LEGUMES
Authors: Forster I.W.
Published: July 2020

One honeybee or bumblebee working on each square metre of white clover or red clover gave adequate pollination. This could be obtained with one hive of honeybees to each three hectares of flowering clover. Lucerne seeding averaged only 10% of the potential maximum in open fields with honey- or bumblebees. In cages where honeybees were forced to gather pollen, this was raised to 30% but it was not possible to increase seed set significantly in the fields.
CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF KERERU STATION
Authors: Radbijrnd A.B.
Published: July 2020

KEREKU Station is situated 40 km west of Hastings. The western; boundary adjoins Crown land on the Ruahine Range. It comprises 2429 hectares made up of permanent pasture (1613 ha), Iucerne and grain (79 ha) and gullies (732 ha) .
EFFECT OF STOCKING RATE ON PASTURE PRODUCTION UNDER IRRIGATION AND GROWTH OF YOUNG CATTLE
Authors: Taylor A.G.
Published: July 2020

In a five-year trial, pasture and beef production of a traditional beef system using 6- t o 7-month-old Angus weaner steers and a dairy beef system using 3- to 4-month-old Friesian weaner steers were compared at three stocking rates.
ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH HERBAGE DISSECTION ANALYSES 1. A survey of errors in subsampling plots in the field
Authors: Boswell C.C. , Dyson C.B. , Ritchie I.M. , Hayman J.M.
Published: July 2020

Errors in field subsampling of pasture plots for herbage dissection are presented from nine different sites. There were marked site differences in error level. Two different basic methods of sainpling were employed at the sites included in the survey. Subsamples were either taken from a mown herbage sample or were cut to ground level with a motorized shearing machine from the uncut plot areas following mower cuts. Standard error was compatible with an appfoximate parabolic relationship with percentage herbage dissection values and was symmetrical about 50%. Percentage errors associated with herbage components constituting up to 5% of the sample, were unacceptably large.
FARM DEVELOPMENT FROM REVENUE
Authors: Jordan P.H.
Published: July 2020

ABOUT 1960, after a partnership with our father, my brother and I took over this part of the property as a partnership with a flat mortgage for 100% of land and buildings, plus a mortgage for the portion of the livestock which we did not already own. Five years ago my brother withdrew his interest and I now employ a married man.
ANALYSIS OF VARIATION IN A LOCAL POPULATION OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS (LOLIUM PERENNE L.)
Authors: Duder F.R.
Published: July 2020

Samples of perennial ryegrass plants were taken from nine sites on one farm at Mangere. Single tillers were planted out as spaced plants in contiguous rows in a trial site on the same farm.
EFFECTS OF SUNNY AND SHADY ASPECTS ON PASTURE YIELD, DIGESTIBILITY AND SHEEP PERFORMANCE IN CANTERBURY
Authors: Radcliffe J.E. , Young S.R. , Clarke D.G.
Published: July 2020

Annual pasture dry matter (DM) production from improved browntop- dominant hill pastures varied from 3.5 to 7.4 t DM/ha over three years. A south aspect produced on average 14% more dry matter than a north aspect; both had spring and autumn growth peaks, and a summer depression which was greater on the north aspect. A nucleus flock of hoggets was set-stocked on each aspect from October to June. and numbers of extra sheep were adjusted monthly if necessary to maintain similar quantities of available herbage on each aspect. Both nucleus flocks generally grew at similar rates so their seasonal growth patterns were similar. In the second and third year those on the south aspect grew 3 to 5% more wool. Net liveweight gain per hectare was greater on the south than the north aspect in the first year owing to a higher seasonal stocking rate on the south aspect, but in two subsequent years production was similar. The digestibility of pasture on offer to stock was 75 to 80% in spring and 45 to 50% in summer. It recovered to 50 to 55% in autumn then deteriorated to 40 to 45% in June. Small differences were measured between aspects.
Data on the Study of Anthropogenic Impacts on the Samur-Absheron Canal and the Jeyranbatan Reservoir
Authors: Yakubov R.
Published: July 2020

Samur-Absheron Canal is one of the important waterways of Azerbaijan. It provides filling the Jeyranbatan reservoir with water and makes it possible to irrigate the vast territories of the Absheron region and the coastal lands of five districts of the north–eastern region. The Jeyranbatan reservoir, in turn, is the main source of drinking water for 65% of the population of Baku and 90% of the population of Sumgait. The canal is fed from three rivers of the region: Samur, Gudyalchay, Velvelichai. The environmental condition of the canal is mainly based on the ecological situation in the basins of these three mountain rivers. Modern environmental problems of the canal and its rivers feeding as a result of anthropogenic impact. Some materials on the environmental situation and information on water quality indicators in the Samur–Absheron Canal presented in the article can improve the efficiency of the right decisions.
The Study of Soil Cover Structure Southwestern Part of Absheron
Authors: Manafova F. , Aslanova G.
Published: July 2020

The problem of the connection of the structures of objects of nature (forms and their relationships) with their properties has always been relevant. There is a need to show on the map the natural structure of the soil cover, taking into account the topography. Such maps are used in theoretical studies and are practically applicable. Therefore, for many years, soil scientists have been searching for methods that would allow them to highlight soil structures on thematic maps. Based on the studies, the soil cover structures of Absheron and the adjacent territories of Gobustan were determined. Structures are formed by a combination of soil bodies. The internal qualities of these structures, their soil content, and the physicochemical and biological properties characteristic of them were determined. The paper provides a description.
Poststroke Neuropsychological Disorders
Authors: Rysalieva N. , Uzakov O.
Published: July 2020

The aim of research. The aim of the study was to evaluate neuropsychological disorders in patients with ischemic stroke in the acute period. Materials and methods. 100 patients with primary and repeated ischemic stroke in the carotid artery and vertebro-basilar arterial system in the acute period were examined. Patients did not have severe motor and speech disorders that could prevent neuro-psychological examination. The ischemic focus was visualized for 1–6 days from the onset of the disease by magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. Cognitive functions were assessed using a Mini Mental State Examination scale, a 10-word memorization test, and Schulte tables. Results. In the acute period of stroke, cognitive deficit was observed in 77% of cases and according to Mini Mental State Examination was 26.87±0.8 points in young patients, 22.83±0.8 points-in middle-aged patients. More pronounced disorders of higher brain functions were found in patients hospitalized during a period of more than 12 hours from the beginning of the disease clinic and amounted to 23.2±0.6 points. Conclusion. The study revealed that in the acute period of ischemic stroke, cognitive disorders were observed in 77% of cases, while late hospitalization of patients was accompanied by more pronounced violations of neuropsychological functions. And cognitive impairment was significantly prevalent in individuals of middle and old age compared to younger patients. Repeated stroke led to more significant not only neurological, but also cognitive impairment, which is associated with structural and functional damage to the substance of the brain and a decrease in the reserve capacity of the Central nervous system.
Age-related Changes of Immune Reactivity in Inhabitants of Mountainous Area in Kyrgyzstan
Authors: Akhunbaev S. , Kazybekova A. , Tumonbaeva Zh.
Published: July 2020

To study the immune reactivity in people of different ages living at different heights of the mountainous area. The following task was solved to achieve the aim of the research: to study of the age-related features of immune reactivity in healthy individuals living in low- and high-mountainous regions. Modern and classical methods of immunological analysis were used to determine the immune status and natural resistance in humans. The article presents the results of the study of immune reactivity in 116 people of both sexes aged from 16 to 63 years old that were divided into 3 age groups living at different altitude zones — in the low mountains (930 m above sea level) and in the highlands (2800 m above sea level). Results. Comparative evaluation of immune reactivity in low-mountain areas in two age groups (II–III) revealed significant changes, compared with the first age group. In the third age group, there is a distinctly pronounced decrease in all the basic indices of phagocytosis, as well as the level of lysozyme and complement. For all age groups in the highlands compared with the low-mountain range, there is a decrease in the number of all T-lymphocytes, their subpopulations and functional activity of all types of cells participating in phagocytosis. An increased concentration of circulating immune complexes (CIC) was detected. The revealed quantitative changes in the immunity indices in all age groups examined indicate a reduction in the reserve capacity of the body’s immune defenses with age, but more significantly in high-altitude inhabitants.
Improving speaking ability using English "Shock Day" approach
Authors: Sakkir Geminastiti , Zulfirman Zulfirman , Mahmud Nurlaelah , Ahmad Jamaluddin
Published: July 2020

The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness of English "Shock Day" to improve university students' speaking ability. It employed a quantitative method using the pre-experimental design. The subject of the research was the fourth-semester students in one of the private universities in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, in the academic year of 2018/2019. The total population of this research was 76 students. The total number of the sample was 25 students were taken by cluster sampling technique. The instrument was a speaking test to obtain data on the students' speaking achievement through the implementation of English shock day. The data analysis found that the students' mean score in English speaking was significantly improved. The students' mean score in the pretest was 58.36, while their mean score in the posttest was 70.68. The t-table was also lower than the t-test, that is 2.093 < 6.650. Based on the result, the researchers concluded that the implementation of English shock day improved students' ability to speak.
Teachers’ fidelity to curriculum: an insight from teachers’ implementation of the Indonesian EFL curriculum policy
Authors: Iskandar I
Published: July 2020

While the notion of partnership has become the new genre of curriculum implementation, Indonesian government has decided to shift back to centralized curriculum policy by issuing the 2013 curriculum (K-13). The reason is that teachers are incapable of shaping their own school curriculum based on the National Standards of Education. Centralized curriculum policy leaves the classroom as the end of the chain of decisions in which the position of teachers is merely as implementers, rather than involved decision-makers. This type of curriculum clearly demands high degree of teachers’ fidelity. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which EFL teachers faithfully commit themselves to fidelity approach to curriculum implementation of the K-13 at Senior High Schools in Makassar, Indonesia. Four EFL teachers were interviewed using ethnographic interviewing technique. The findings showed that these EFL teachers implement the K-13 with high degree of fidelity. The findings, however, indicate that these teachers’ commitment to fidelity approach split into two distinctive reasons: interactive and coercive. The former means that teachers adhered to K-13 because they perceived it as being comprehensible through their interaction with the K-13 documents, while the latter seemed to be influenced by the K-13 curriculum policy that was typically coercive and top down practice.
Do Reserved Seats Work? Evidence from Tribal Representatives in Maine
Authors: DeHart Cameron , Mamet Elliot
Published: July 2020

Do reserved seats yield substantive representation for traditionally marginalized groups? To answer that question, we examine reserved seats for Native American tribes in the Maine legislature. Tribal representatives, who can participate in debate but lack a vote, have represented tribes in Maine's predominantly white legislature since statehood in 1820. We take advantage of a 1995 rule change that allowed tribal representatives to initiate legislation, and an original dataset of pro-tribal bills, to estimate the effect of reserved seats on the production of pro-tribal bills. We find that once tribal representatives were allowed to write bills, they produced over half of all tribal-related legislation during a 35-year period. Legislators with tribal constituents sponsored fewer relevant bills after the reform but continued to cosponsor pro-tribal legislation. Although our results are promising, we caution that reserved seats are not a panacea for improving indigenous representation.
Extrém méretű cornu cutaneum az alsó ajkon
Authors: Szabó Gábor , Vida Gergely , Fülöp Gábor
Published: July 2020

A pácienst évtizedek óta az alsó ajakpíron növekvő, az észleléskor 15 cm-es cornu cutaneummal és fekélyes nyálkahártyaelváltozással irányították osztályunkra. CT és PET-CT vizsgálatot követően lineáris excisiót és tumor exstirpatiótvégeztünk. A szövettani vizsgálat malignitást igazolt. Azóta a beteget az onko-team döntése alapján szoros kontroll alatttartjuk, jelenleg is tünet- és panaszmentes.
Mandibula-rezekált páciens protetikai ellátása implantációs fogpótlással
Authors: Déri Tamás , Kádár László
Published: July 2020

A maxillofaciális régióban a különböző daganatos kórképek gyógyítása során végzett radikális, csonkoló műtétek; balesetek,roncsolásos sérülések helyreállítása komplikált rehabilitációs technikákat igényel. Az alsó állcsont és az annakrégiójába tartozó lágyrész-képletek esetében a defektusok megszüntetése igen nehéz feladat. Amennyiben a mandibulafolytonossága sebészi módszerekkel nem biztosítható, a protetikai ellátás során további akadályokkal szembesülünk. Haa rágószerv-rendszer integritása, funkcionális egysége megbomlik, nemcsak a kedvezőtlen klinikai anatómiai viszonyok(beszűkült, esetleg részlegesen megszűnt vestibularis áthajlás, heges bucca stb.) jelentenek kihívást, hanem az állkapocspatológiás mozgása is kialakul, a temporomandibuláris ízület működése az érintett oldalon gyakorlatilag megszűnik, azellenoldalon viszont túlterheltté válik. Ilyen esetekben komoly kihívás egy működőképes fogmű kivitelezése, ebben nagysegítséget nyújt az implantációs protetika, amelynek tárháza nélkül szinte lehetetlen feladat a korrekt ellátás.
Pharmacological means of personalized medicine: main global trends.
Authors: Lomonosov A. , Samsonov M.
Published: July 2020

The article analyzes international trends and prerequisites for the formation of a fundamentally new direction in the global and national health systems in the coming years – personalized pharmacology. This will affect all participants of the pharmaceutical market and will actually change its appearance beyond recognitionfrom scenarios for the development, production and testing of drugs to the approval of algorithms for their application, training of specialists in personalized clinical pharmacology and the system of financing the prevention and treatment of socially significant diseases.
Voluntary health insurance in the market of personalized medicine: new risk management models
Authors: Kuznetsov P. , Kakorina E.
Published: July 2020

The public health systems that existed up to now and the future ones — personalized — are described. The trend of the Sixth technological paradigm is the transition from government expenses on the healthcare system to compensation for citizens expenses on biomedical services. The public health system in the future will certainly be personalized, it will include management of the risks of health disorders and cost compensation from personal savings accounts — tools for personifying all aspects of human life. All biomedical information about an individual will be collected in the one-stop digital health service. New models of risk management within voluntary health insurance in the emerging market for personalized medicine are needed by insurers to know how to compensate for damage when an insurance event occurs. Risk calculation is possible when there is a forecast, analysis, prevention — all the direct risk management tools.
Means and methods of world traditional systems in personalized medicine programs: legal framework and world experience
Authors: Zilov V. , Karillo-Arkas A. , Chudakov S. , Kopeliovich G.
Published: July 2020

The article is devoted to the analysis of the role of knowledge and experience of traditional medical systems of the world in the rapidly emerging new paradigm of the academic school-personalized preventive medicine. It shows the huge opportunities that open up to the world and national medical community when combining traditions and innovations into a single system, based on long-term experience of personalized traditional approaches to prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. The article focuses on the legal issues of this synergistic approach.
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Authors: Kolbanev M.O. , Palkin I.I. , Tatarnikova T.M.
Published: July 2020

The problem of interpreting the emerging terms of the digital economy is discussed. Examples demonstrating different understanding of the term “digital economy” by economists and information technology experts are given. We consider the basis of the digital economy - the cyberspace, as an environment of people’s activity in which any interactions are carried out due to digital data. The complexity of organizing cyberspace requires approaching the definition of the concept of the digital economy in terms of functional and structural descriptions. The functional approach has made it possible to identify three key attributes that reveal the essence of the digital economy: digital data, digital infrastructure, models of people’s activities. The activity is carried out through human interaction with natural objects through the "intermediary" - digital data. Changes in activities caused by the work with digital data, have come to be called transformation, its modern examples being medicine and transport. The examples show that the models of the digital economy involve a partial or complete rejection of human labor. The official government documents of the Russian Federation follow the functional approach to describing the concept of the digital economy: the program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”, decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the Strategy for the Development of the Information Society in the Russian Federation for 2017-2030”. The structural description has made it possible to single out three echelons of managing the digital economy: the technological environment, the social environment, markets and industries. Each echelon has the
right to make decisions within its competencies. The purpose of the technological echelon is the technical support of the digital economy, including information systems and information technology. At the level of the social environment of the digital economy, the following ones are formed: the legal regime for the development and use of digital technologies, the education and training system of the digital economy, the
infrastructure of the digital economy, information security technologies for digital processes, and many others. At the level of markets and industries, spheres of activity of the digital economy are implemented. The structural approach has allowed us to propose an architectural model of the digital economy. The model is a stratified description, characterized by vertical decomposition, the sequence of digital data processing operations on each stratum, and the interconnection of performance indicators of all strata for a comprehensive assessment of the activity process as a whole.
Contribution of Academician K.Ya. Kondratyev in the development of meteorology and ecology (to the 100th anniversary)
Authors: Binenko V.I.
Published: July 2020

In connection with the centenary of K.Ya. Kondratyev, the academician of the USSR and RAS, the article examines the scientific path of the outstanding geophysicist, the man who, being a student of the Physics Department of LSU, became an ordinary participant in the second world war and after severe injuries, finished his studies, worked his way from the assistant to the University rector, becoming a scientist whose works were highly appreciated in the world scientific community and are still in demand today.
K.Ya. Kondratyev was one of the first to use remote sensing methods of the Earth and atmosphere from manned spaceships, his contribution to the implementation of both national and international research complex experiments, to the consideration of the problems of modern climate change, global ecology and the development of the strategy of global EcoDynamics being great. K.Ya Kondratyev was awarded the State
prize of the USSR, was a co-author of scientific discovery "the Phenomenon of vertically-ray structures of day radiation of the upper atmosphere of the Earth”, listed in the State register of discoveries of the USSR under No. 106 with priority from May 19, 1971, was a winner of the Honorary award and was awarded the Grand gold medal of the World Meteorological Organization. He was awarded the Simons Gold medal
of the Royal meteorological society of Great Britain. K.Ya Kondratyev was elected an Honorary member of the American Meteorological Society (USA), Royal Meteorological Society (UK), Academy of Natural Sciences "Leopoldina" (Germany), foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (USA), member of the International Academy of Astronautics, an honorary doctor of the universities of Lille (France, Budapest (Hungary), Athens (Greece). For many years he has an editor of the "Earth Research from Space" journal, a member of the editorial boards of "Optics of atmosphere and ocean" and "Izvestiya of the Russian geographical society" journals, a member of the editorial boards of foreign journals of "Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics" (Austria), "Idojaras" (Hungary), "II Nuovo Cimento C", "Italy", "Atmosfera" (Mexico), "Energy and Environment" (UK). His scientific and literary heritage consists of 120 monographs and more than 1,500 scientific articles published in the leading scientific journals in Russia and abroad
Mixed layer depth in winter convection in the Lofoten Basin in the Norwegian Sea and assessment methods
Authors: Travkin V.S. , Belonenko T.V.
Published: July 2020

We calculate the depth of winter convection in the Lofoten Basin in the Norwegian Sea using the oceanic reanalysis GLORYS12V1 data for the period 1993 to 2018. Two independent methods are used to estimate the depth of the mixed layer depth (MLD). We call the first method as the Kara method and the second one as the Montegut method. We build the monthly average maps of the MLD for the period from
December to April. The maximum values of the MLD are observed in the area of the Lofoten Vortex. The MLD is maximal in March reaching 400-500 m, and 200 to 400 m in the other months. The MLD tends to increase in the northern and northwestern parts of the study area. We show the estimates of the MLD obtained by the Montegut method to be underestimated in comparison with the estimates by the Kara method. We estimate coefficients of the linear trend for monthly averaged MLD values from December to April for the period 1993 to 2018. We demonstrate in the interannual variability that the winter convection decreases in December, January, and February at the end of the study period, but it increases in March and April. This means a shift in the periods of maximum development of winter convection to a later date. This shift may be due to the processes of global warming. There is a significant intra-monthly variability when the values
of the MLD can differ by 1.5-2 times during a month. Since the methods by Kara and Montegut are based both on empirical criteria, the estimates of MLD in the Lofoten Basin differ from each other. However, the empirical approaches for MLD estimates make it impossible to determine the advantages of one method relative to another
Pemanfaatan Progressive Web Apps Pada Web Akuntansi
Authors: Dewi Grace Levina , Tjandra Suhatati , Ricardo
Published: July 2020

Software untuk mengelola data transaksi menjadi laporan keuangan sangat banyak dipakai di berbagai sektor bisnis. Software yang cepat, akurat, reliabilitas tinggi serta mudah diimplementasikan menjadi faktor pemilihan software. Oleh karena itu, dikembangkan software pengelola transaksi dengan menggunakan PWA (Progressive Web Apps). Alasan memanfaatkan PWA karena dapat memenuhi kebutuhan software yang dibutuhkan oleh pengguna. Secara garis besar, kelebihan PWA ini terletak pada bagian notifikasi, dapat diakses secara offline, memiliki performa yang bagus, sistem keamanan yang bagus (karena harus menggunakan HTTPS), dan dapat diterapkan pada web. Penerapan PWA ini juga sama seperti memakai aplikasi di smartphone. Uji coba dalam pengembangan ini dilakukan dengan dua metode, yaitu Performance Testing dan Functionality Testing. Hasil uji coba menyatakan bahwa web akuntansi dengan PWA mempunyai kecepatan yang hampir sama dengan native tetapi User Experience PWA lebih baik dibandingkan aplikasi native. Hasil dari Functionality Testing menunjukan Web App dapat berjalan dengan baik sesuai fungsi setiap fitur.
The Pandemic, Patient Advocacy, and the Importance of Thinking Comment on "The Rise of the Consucrat"
Authors: O’Donovan Órla
Published: July 2020

The profound inadequacies of Western modernist ways of thinking have been revealed by the intimately connected catastrophes of climate destruction, and more recently, the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has forced us to notice deepening inequalities and has generated troubling questions about its causes, and who and what can be sacrificed in a pandemic. The analysis offered in Evelyn de Leeuw’s essay "The rise of the consucrat" suggests that the particular type of patient advocates she calls consucrats are unlikely to engage in thinking together about these urgent questions. If anything, due to their narrow biomedical focus and alliances with the pharmaceutical industry, they are likely to facilitate catastrophe capitalism. However, within the field of patient advocacy, there is a diversity of ways of thinking, occasionally leading to bitter contention. A number of terms is needed to reflect this diversity. One group of patient advocates who have come to the fore in recent times might be called medical cosmopolitans, or cosmedics, those who are challenging opportunistic catastrophe capitalism during the pandemic and advocating for global access to essential medicines. Forcing us to notice our deep interdependencies and entanglements, the pandemic has revealed how ludicrous it is to think about patients as consumers, and the need to think about and imagine more-than-human patient advocacy.
How to Minimize the Impact of Pandemic Events: Lessons From the COVID-19 Crisis
Authors: Bigiani Lorenzo , Bigiani Stefano , Bigiani Albertino
Published: July 2020

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This pandemic is characterized by a high variability in death rate (defined as the ratio between the number of deaths and the total number of infected people) across world countries. Several possible explanations have been proposed, but it is not clear whether this variability is due to a single predominant factor or instead to multiple causes. Here we addressed this issue using multivariable regression analysis to test the impact of the following factors: the hospital stress (defined as the ratio between the number of infected cases and the total number of hospital beds), the population median age, and the quality of the National Health System (NHS). For this analysis, we chose countries of the world with over 3000 infected cases as of April 1, 2020. Hospital stress was found to be the crucial factor in explaining the variability of death rate, while the others had negligible relevance. Different procedures for quantifying cases of infection and death for COVID-19 could affect the variability in death rate across countries. We therefore applied the same statistical approach to Italy, which is divided into 20 Regions that share the same protocol for counting the outcomes of this pandemic. Correlation between hospital stress and death rate was even stronger than that observed for countries of the world. Based on our findings and the historical trend for the availability of hospital beds, we propose guidelines for policy-makers to properly manage future pandemics.
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainability of Health Critical Care Systems in South America
Authors: Almeida Fernando
Published: July 2020

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created strong pressure on national health critical care systems. After its initial impact in Asia, the highest case growth is now in the Americas. The South American countries face a strong challenge due to the vulnerabilities of their health systems and the fragile socio-economic conditions of their population. This perspective looks at the impact of COVID-19 in South America and argues that the health critical care systems of these countries are particularly vulnerable due to the underestimation of the number of cases currently confirmed and the strong need for treatment of these patients in intensive care units (ICUs). In particular, Bolivia will need to increase the number of ICU beds 60-fold while Brazil will need to grow 12-fold to meet the growth rates of COVID-19 by the end of July 2020. In this sense, it is argued that national and transnational measures should be taken urgently to face this challenge. Furthermore, it is necessary to perform tests to detect COVID-19 cases earlier to alleviate the need for internment in ICUs.