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Carbon management Index under different land uses of Conoor region of Western ghats in Tamil Nadu
Authors: Muthumani Jagadesh , Duraisamy Selvi , Subramanium Thiyageshwari , Thangavel Kalaiselvi , Lourdusamy Keisar , Ramalingam Kumaraperumal
Published: September 2022

The increased land-use change (LUC) from native lands to other land use at the Conoor region of western ghats in Tamil Nadu has severely declined soil carbon concentration.  Therefore to quantify this decline, Carbon Management Index (CMI) was worked out under major land uses {(Forest (FOR), cropland (CRP), tea plantation (TEA)} using total organic carbon (TOC) and carbon pools under varying degrees of lability {a) NLC (non-labile carbon) b) VLC (very labile carbon) c) LC (labile carbon) d) LLC (less labile carbon)}. Results portray that the carbon pools were significantly (p < 0.05) higher in FOR than in TEA and CRP. The contribution of active pools {(very labile carbon (VLC) and labile carbon (LC)} towards TOC was higher in TEA and CRP, whereas in FOR, the passive pool {(less labile carbon (LLC) and non-labile carbon (NLC)} was higher. TOC (0-45 cm) was concentrated on the surface soils of FOR (32.88 g kg-1), CRP (11.87 g kg-1) and TEA (18.84 g kg-1) and it gradually declined with the increase in depth. The decline in TOC was maximum between 0 – 15 and 15 – 30 cm depth in CRP (30.62%) and FOR (22.17%), whereas it was maximum (37.16%) between 15 -30 and 30 -45 cm depth in TEA. Therefore, LUC spotlights the degradation of carbon pools and its extent was quantified using the carbon management index (CMI). The CMI (0 – 45 cm) recorded at CRP (12.93) and TEA (32.62) signals the need for an implementation of carbon management strategies at Conoor to keep the soils alive and protect biodiversity.
Optimization of amylase and lipase enzymes produced by Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis isolated from waste dumpsites
Authors: Oni Ignatius Olawale , Faeji Charles Oluwafemi , Fasoro Ayodeji Akinwande , Kukoyi Olasumbo , Akingbade Adebanji Modupe
Published: September 2022

The enzyme amylase is one of the most important in biotechnology, and lipase operates as a catalytic agent for a broad range of hydrolytic and synthetic activities. This study aimed to assess the optimization of amylase and lipase enzyme produced by microorganisms isolated from selected waste or garbage dumpsite in Akure, Ondo State Nigeria. The isolates were identified using biochemical and cultural characteristics. A total of seven bacterial isolates were identified and quantitative production of amylase and lipase by solid-state fermentation was assessed for each bacterial isolate. The optimization of nutritional and environmental parameters on enzymes produced by the isolated organisms was standardized with respect to incubation time, temperature, pH, and carbon and nitrogen sources. The activity of the enzymes generated was determined by spectrophotometric assay.  Of the seven organisms isolated, Bacillus cereus LA326 and Bacillus subtilis AU021 had the highest amylase and lipase activity and were therefore chosen for further research. The maximum level of amylase and lipase activity attained by B. subtilis AU021 was 68.0 mmol/min and 16.3 mmol/min after 18 hours of incubation respectively, while the maximum levels of amylase and lipase activity attained by B. cereus LA326 were found to be 76 mmol/min after 12 hours and 16.3mmol/min after 18 hours of incubation, respectively. The study found that B. cereus and B. subtilis isolated from dumpsites could be efficient producers of biotechnology-relevant enzymes and that environmental conditions could influence their enzyme production.
Biochemical response of earthworm, Eisenia fetida to heavy metals toxicity
Authors: Yadav Renu , Gupta Rajender Kumar , Kumar Rahul , Kaur Taranjeet , Moun Rekha
Published: September 2022

Soil heavy metal pollution is widespread and has severe adverse effects on soil organisms. Earthworms are the major soil organisms which perform several beneficial ecological functions butare vulnerable to damage from heavy metal pollution of soil. The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential toxicity of arsenic (As) and chromium (Cr) on the biochemical response of the earthworm, Eisenia fetida. Following exposure to various sub-lethal concentrations ofAs (34, 68, 102 and 136 mg/kg) and Cr(26, 51, 77 and 102 mg/kg ) for 28 days, the levels of several biochemical markers, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were assessed. The results showed that both heavy metals significantly (p<0.05)  impacted the antioxidant enzyme activities and MDA content during the entire exposure period. Compared with the control, SOD, CAT, POD and GST activities increased significantly (p<0.05) by (6.21-23.23, 6.32-18.6, 15.87-34.18 and 0.84-5.45% respectively) at14th day, but after prolonged exposure, these activities were significantly (p<0.05) decreased (9.58-38.13, 10.09-30.03, 19.05-53.16 and 2.26-9.36% respectively) at 28th day. The contents of MDA showed significant (p<0.05) increase (17.84-45.59%) in all exposure groups for entire exposure period. Therefore, it can be concluded that antioxidants play a direct role in the adaptive response of E. fetida for survival in heavy metal contaminated soil. This adaptive antioxidant response can be used as an important biomarker to assess the toxicity of heavy metals in the soil ecosystems.
Bioactive and pharmacological characterization of Chenopodium quinoa, Sorghum bicolor and Linum usitassimum: A review
Authors: Gupta Nikita , Morya Sonia
Published: September 2022

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and flaxseed (Linum usitassimum L.) are grains and seeds popularly known for their nutritional values. This  review aimed to discuss the nutritional profile of these grains and seeds, their bioactive compounds and how those compounds help to prevent chronic diseases. These crops were selected for this study as they are all free of gluten; they are a rich source of protein, and they all have a low glycemic index (GI) i.e. they do not spike the blood sugar level, which makes them a good choice for people with diabetes and celiac disease. During the study, it was found that some or all of the bioactive compounds like phenolic acids, flavonoids, saponins, phytosterols, tocopherol, tannins, betalains, stillbenoids, polycosanols, alpha-linoleic acid, and lignans have anti- cancerous, anti- diabetic, anti-hypertensive and cardiovasculareffects on the body.  Quinoa posses’ bioactive compounds like quercetin, kaempferol, Betacyanins, betalains and tocopherol, that have biological functions such as anti-hypertensive, anti-viral, anti-oxidant, anti-cancerous, anti-diabetic, anti-allergic, anti-thrombosis, and anti-atherosclerosis effects on the body. Sorghum contains trans-resveratrol, caffeic acid, gallic acid, campesterol, stigmasterol and gallotannins, which helps prevent lung, breast and prostate cancer, prevents type-2-diabetes, and has neuroprotective effect. Flaxseed bioactives like Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), lignans and cyanogenic glycosides have Immunomodulatory, anti-fibrosis, anti-mutagenic and anti-obesity effects. Since the world is moving towards a healthy lifestyle, grains and seeds are a good source of nutritious foods.
Ecosurplus Index
Authors: Khuc Van Quy
Published: September 2022

According to many recently published reports and indisputably evidence, environmental pollution and climate change are becoming increasingly serious. Regrettably, this is because humans underestimate the value of nature, and particularly violate the asymmetry principle of nature and humans. To be specific, humans are creating an eco-deficit culture with one’s environmental footprints/impacts far surpass nature’s resilience capacity. In short, in this short note, I just initially introduce and advocate two new concepts/metrics: environmental social efficiency and ecosurplus index. We can use them for measuring the degree of realization of humans’ thoughts for environmental goals, evaluating the ecosurplus culture-based society, and building ecosurplus culture/high value culture for sustainable development in a long run. This is a further step to realize humans’ ambitious objectives for tackling environmental pollution and climate change. And more importantly, we will continue to develop these concepts/metrics till they are complete in years to come.
Differential expression of BGN in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: September 2022

Neurodegenerative diseases that affect the motor neurons, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), have little treatment options and are generally rapidly fatal (1, 2). We harnessed the power of unbiased, whole transcriptome differential gene expression analysis, utilizing primary patient cells and tissues to discover genes whose expression defines ALS using published data (3, 4). We found significant differential expression of BGN, encoding biglycan, in the motor neurons of patients with ALS. BGN was also differentially expressed in the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived motor neurons of patients with ALS. BGN transcript was present at significantly higher levels in ALS patient motor neurons as compared to control motor neurons. These analyses will begin to define the transcriptional landscape of ALS.
Transfer Learning Technique to Enhance High School Learning Capability
Authors: Lulwani Mumta , Tahrpaa Ramesh
Published: September 2022

Transfer Learning Technique to Enhance High School LearningCapability
Differential expression of LOC283475 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: September 2022

Neurodegenerative diseases that affect the motor neurons, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), have little treatment options and are generally rapidly fatal (1, 2). We harnessed the power of unbiased, whole transcriptome differential gene expression analysis, utilizing primary patient cells and tissues to discover genes whose expression defines ALS using published data (3, 4). We found significant differential expression of LOC283475, encoding LOC283475, in the motor neurons of patients with ALS. LOC283475 was also differentially expressed in the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived motor neurons of patients with ALS. LOC283475 transcript was present at significantly lower levels in ALS patient motor neurons as compared to control motor neurons. These analyses will begin to define the transcriptional landscape of ALS.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Report of Post Covid-19 Vaccination in the Philippines
Authors: Gonzales Paul Nichol G. , Villaraza Steven G. , Punzalan-Sotelo Aubrey M.
Published: September 2022

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a complex autoimmune disorder where a person’s own immune system damages the nerve and is usually characterized by ascending symmetrical weakness of the upper and lower extremities (Wijdicks & Klein, 2017). It is a rare condition and the worldwide frequency of GBS is only 2 in 100,000 adult individuals (McGrogan et al., 2009). Studies have shown its association with different vaccines but in these pandemic times, there is a lack of literature on post-COVID-19 vaccination-associated GBS. We report a case of a 68-year-old male from Caloocan City with an initial complaint of febrile illness followed by distal lower extremity weakness which started seven (7) days after the patient received his first Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine. We report a case of GBS that is related to the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine which adds to the body of literature that is currently available and may reflect a possible link.
Computing Minimal Boolean Models of Gene Regulatory Networks
Authors: Karlebach Guy
Published: September 2022

Models of Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) capture the dynamics of the regulatory processes that occur within the cell as a means to understand the variability observed in gene expression between different conditions. Arguably the simplest mathematical construct used for modeling is the Boolean network, which dictates a set of logical rules for transition between states described as Boolean vectors. Due to the complexity of gene regulation and the limitations of experimental technologies, in most cases knowledge about regulatory interactions and Boolean states is partial. In addition, the logical rules themselves are not known a-priori. Our goal in this work is to present a methodology for inferring this information from the data, and to provide a measure for comparing network states under different biological conditions. We present a novel methodology for integrating experimental data and performing a search for the optimal consistent structure via optimization of a linear objective function under a set of linear constraints. We also present a statistical approach for testing the similarity of inferred network states under different conditions. Finally, we extend our methodology into a heuristic that can handle large datasets that are generated by single-cell RNA-Sequencing(scRNA-Seq). We demonstrate the effectiveness of these tools using a public scRNA-Seq dataset and the GRN that is associated with it. Our methodology will enable researchers to obtain a better understanding of the dynamics of gene regulatory networks and their biological role.
Rejecting Competence: Essentialist constructs reproduce ableism and white supremacy in linguistic theory.
Authors: Namboodiripad Savithry , Henner Jon
Published: September 2022

This paper is a slightly longer version of an invited peer commentary by the same name to be published in "Language Learning." Because it does not have to conform to publisher guidelines, this version also includes more citations than the published version.
Technical note: Re-validating the "stopWatch" smartwatch-based system for passive detection of cigarette smoking
Authors: Stone Christopher J , Attwood Angela Suzanne , Munafo Marcus Robert , Skinner Andy
Published: September 2022

This project takes the stopWatch system for passive detection of cigarette smoking which was originally validated on an early type of smartwatch and re-validates it on a device more typical of the current generation of smartwatches.
Diversity of narrative context disrupts the early stage of learning the meanings of novel words
Authors: Hulme Rachael Catherine , Begum Anisha , Nation Kate , Rodd Jennifer M
Published: September 2022

High quality lexical representations develop through repeated exposures to words in different contexts. This preregistered experiment investigated how diversity of narrative context affects the earliest stages of word learning via reading. Adults (N = 100) learned invented meanings for eight pseudowords, which each occurred in five written paragraphs either within a single coherent narrative context or five different narrative contexts. The words’ semantic features were controlled across conditions to avoid influences from polysemy (lexical ambiguity). Post-tests included graded measures of word-form recall (spelling accuracy) and recognition (multiple-choice), and word-meaning recall (number of semantic features). Diversity of narrative context did not affect word-form learning, but more semantic features were correctly recalled for words trained in a single context. These findings indicate that learning the meanings of novel words is initially boosted by anchoring them to a single coherent narrative discourse.
Recommendation for dual peer-reviewing in science journals supported by two interpretations of Jacques Derrida’s critical thinking and not so-tiring queries of Michel Foucault
Authors: Iyer Ramasubramania
Published: September 2022

Abstract A short u-tube presentation on discovering a new allotrope of carbon, subsequently published in the journal Science is the motivation to recommend dual peer-reviewing in science journals. Journals have anonymous and non-anonymous submissions. The non-anonymous submission with authors and affiliations is recommended for a single-blind oral peer review by technology preceded by the popular double-blind peer review of the anonymous submission. This paper has two parts. Part 1 describes the procedure for single-blind oral peer review. Jacques Derrida's exclusivity in writing is used as an analogy for the exclusion of data points. Two interpretations of Derrida's critical thinking and not-so-tiring queries of Michel Foucault are invoked in part 2 to bring out the effectiveness of the single-blind oral peer review. Foucault lists queries describing them as "No longer the tiresome repetitions" in his seminal essay "What is an author?" However, two queries are relevant to retracted papers on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, with one significant to non-native speakers of English for the single-blind oral peer review. Paying peer reviewers, communicated in the journal "Lancet," is discussed considering the enormous profits made by publishers. The reported nomenclature "actual investigator" alongside 'principal investigator' is recommended since it presents a better equity balance than author for journal publications. If dual peer reviewing is feasible, will it clear the chinks in metrics and result in new metrics?
Understanding the Concept of Political Behaviour
Authors: Gar Ruqayya Aminu , Umar Mohammed Nuru , Muhammad Murtala
Published: September 2022

Political behaviour encompasses a combination of democratic attitudes and orientations that shows people as an essential part of a democratic development in the society. Political behavior literatures that exist are narrow and rely mostly on the traditionally drives and impulses to the analysis of political behavior such as socio-cultural cleavages determined lines. However, this study presents an academically comprehensive, and empirically well-explanation of the concept of political behavior. Significant for its practical understanding and adoption in political behavior discourse and analysis that is base on the most pressing issues and demands of the people. The study uses a qualitative method of data collection. Findings revealed that political behavior component include formal political participation and extra parliamentary activism. Formal political participation: involves citizens to take part in voting, enjoys right to contest in any office or position at the state or national levels, membership in political parties, pressure groups, civil societies, labour unions, market unions, and humanitarian advocacy groups. And extra parliamentary activism : involves protests or unconventional political engagement such as strike, demonstrations, petitions, or rallies, in order to attract attention and concerns to portray the electorates’ most pressing demands and needs towards government policies for the benefit of the general public.
El congestionamiento vehicular, análisis y propuesta de solución: intersección semaforizada entre Avenidas América y Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Authors: Gómez Jorge , Delgado Daniel
Published: September 2022

Los problemas de circulación vehicular se mantienen en constante crecimiento en muchas ciudades del mundo, especialmente en Latinoamérica. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar el congestionamiento vehicular producido en la intersección semaforizada de las avenidas América y Reales Tamarindos de la ciudad de Portoviejo, Manabí-Ecuador, mediante la determinación de su nivel de servicio para identificar el grado de confort producido en sus usuarios. El proceso metodológico consistió en aforar los distintos medios de movilización en intervalos de 15 minutos y la recolección de datos geométricos de las vías que conforman la intersección, para posteriormente determinar el flujo de saturación y las demoras por carril representadas en seg/veh y clasificarla según el nivel de servicio obtenido, aplicando el procedimiento propuesto por el HCM. Mediante el análisis de resultados se generaron medidas específicas para mejorar la situación actual de la zona estudiada. Los resultados indicaron una demora general de 23.97 seg/veh, que la categorizaron con un nivel de servicio C, localizando los principales problemas en los carriles “derecho” producto de los estacionamientos permitidos.
Impact of Behavioural Retargeting on the Purchase Pattern of Customers
Authors: Abirami B. , Rajan Meghna
Published: September 2022

Retargeting is a type of online advertising in which the consumer's previous activities are used to target them. In this paper it reflects the “impact of behavioural retargeting on the purchase pattern of consumers Using this relatively new method, businesses can now give customers customised recommendations in real time when they visit their websites, allowing them to remember their intents and possibly persuading them to make a purchase. This paper study the change in purchase pattern of the customers and it was found that the behavioural change is not influenced by retargeting advertisements.
Ultra-high diluted medicines and their probable role in homoeopathic drug standardization
Authors: Patil Aditya
Published: September 2022

Background: Pharmaceutical homeopathic industries are the mainstream manufacturers for high dilution potencies. In coming years, the CAGR for the homeopathic medicines will be high around 12.5% compared to all other alternative present in the global market. Therefore, a need is felt in upgrading the homoeopathic drug standardization as the presence of nanoparticle in high dilutions can prove to be the new defining parameter for their quantitative analysis. Methods: An online database search was made and the studies on nanoparticles with ultra-high dilutions (UHDs) chosen based on pre-defined keywords were used. Databases searched were from Google scholar, Pub-med, Web of science, Science direct, SCOPUS, CINAHL, EMBASE, Psych-info, WILEY. Articles published from 2000 to 2018 were included. Results: There were 09 research manuscript identified showing the results of ultrahigh dilution medicines testing on presences of nanoparticles. Most researched homeopathic medicine groups were from mineral and plant derived medicines. Techniques like HRTEM, FESEM, EDS, SAED, ICP-AES, DLS, and PDI etc. were used in identifying nanoparticles in ultrahigh diluted attenuations. Conclusion: The data of average size of nanoparticles could be tabulated into a reference range for the development of a standardized range of nanoparticle for any particular remedy and concerned potency hence need to define new parameter in differentiating of each potency in quantitative method and upgrading the pharmacopeia on quality testing parameters of these ultrahigh diluted medicines.
Creencias limitantes de profesores de una universidad tecnológica sobre investigación y productividad científica
Authors: Manig Valenzuela Agustín , Silas Casillas Juan Carlos , Márquez Ibarra Lorena
Published: September 2022

El objetivo de la investigación fue identificar las creencias limitantes del profesorado sobre la investigación y la producción científica en una universidad tecnológica del sur de Sonora, México. El enfoque del estudio fue cualitativo desde la perspectiva del interaccionismo simbólico; la recuperación de información se realizó mediante entrevista cualitativa a diez profesores de tiempo completo elegidos con base en la técnica de casos homogéneos. En el análisis de información surgieron las siguientes categorías: la investigación en función del tiempo; la falta de motivación hacia la investigación; y las necesidades de formación en investigación. Dentro de estas, el tiempo fue considerado como escaso; en la motivación destaca la referencia a la falta de apoyos institucionales; y en la formación se subrayan las pocas oportunidades para capacitarse como investigadores. Se concluye que tales creencias limitantes deben ser resignificadas a través de procesos reflexivos promovidos por la universidad, tanto si son creencias con o sin sustento, dado que lo primordial es impulsar su labor científica vinculada a su responsabilidad social. Se recomienda seguir profundizando en esta temática para derivar acciones concretas que estimulen el interés y la dedicación del profesorado universitario hacia la producción de la ciencia y la tecnología regional.
HAIR GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIVITY OF LANGIR BARK (Albizia saponaria LOUR.) ETHANOL EXTRACT: In-vivoASSAY
Authors: Himaniarwati  , Arba Muhammad , Susilawati Yasmiwar , Mustarichie Resmi
Published: September 2022

Hair loss and baldness are problems that are often found in clinical dermatology terms. This study aims to determine the ethanol extract of Albizia saponaria stem bark as a hair growth stimulant. The barks of Albazia saponaria has collected from the Tolaki tribe, South Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi. Extraction was carried out by maceration and it’s fractionated by using liquid-liquid extraction methods. Phytochemical screening according to the Farnsworth method. The hair growth activity for male rabbits is using the modified Tanaka method. The phytochemical screening showed that the ethanol extract contained tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, phenols, and triterpenoids. The results of the hair growth activity showed that the ethanol and water extract of concentrations of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% significantly fertilized the rabbit male hairs for 24 days. The ethanol extract and water fraction with a concentration of 15% albizia barks have been showing a p-value
ESTERIFICATION OF REFINED GLYCEROL BIODIESEL BYPRODUCT USING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST POLYSTYRENE SULFONIC ACID WASTE-BASED EPS FOAM
Authors: R. Manurung  , A. Saputra  , H. Inarto  , Siregar A.G.A.
Published: September 2022

In this study, the research seeks to examine how the degree of catalysts built from EPS Foam Waste as well as alterations of varying molar proportion from acetic acid to glycerol affect the esterification process for the manufacture of synthesized triacetin. PSSA serves as a compound catalyst throughout this same esterification of glycerol plus acetic acid. The esterification process proved satisfactory, to the data, as evidenced by the functional units throughout its FTIR analysis. Its greatest findings were achieved by the 1:10 molar proportion from glycerol to acetic acid as well as the 2% catalytic mass from glycerol, which culminated in the 44.42 % triacetin intensity plus high discrimination for 44.98 % during the process duration of 2.5 hours as well as stirring velocity at 650 rpm at 100°C.
STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL, AND PARAMAGNETIC INVESTIGATIONS OF (Mn2+) IONS DOPED ZINCALUMINOBOROPHOSPHATE (ZnAlBP) GLASS SYSTEM
Authors: Krishna J. Suresh , Bindu S. Hima , Raju D. Siva , Latha M. Hema , Krishna V. Vinay , Raju Ch. Linga
Published: September 2022

Concentration variation of Mn2+ ions doped zincaluminoborophosphate (ZnAlBP) glasses of 40 ZnO + 25 H3BO3 + (30-x) P2O5 + 5 Al2O3 + x MnO with 0  x  0.8 (x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8) have been prepared and investigated by structural and spectroscopic techniques. The XRD diffractograms confirm the amorphous nature of the prepared samples. The FTIR spectra reveal the existence of BO3 and BO4 units along with fundamental P-O-H and B-O-H structural units in the present glass system. The Optical absorption spectra exhibit two low intensity bands centered at 407 nm (24,570 cm-1) and 689 (14,514 cm-1). These bands were assigned to 6A1g(S) → 4A1g (G) + 4Eg (G) and6A1g(S) → 4T1g (G) characteristic transitions of Mn2+ ions in octahedral symmetry. Tauc’s plots were drawn to measure the optical band gaps for the direct and indirect transitions. The energy gaps show a decreasing trend for the selected ZnAlBP: Mn2+ glass system. The well-resolved hyperfine splitting EPR spectra of prepared glass samples exhibit resonance at g ≈ 1.98 indicating the Mn2+ ions are in octahedral site symmetry. The hyperfine splitting factor (hfs), the number of spin levels (N), hyperfine constant (A), zero-field splitting parameter (D), and paramagnetic susceptibility (χ) have been determined. The magnitude of g indicates the predominant ionicity in the glasses.
The Strategies Analysis of Corporate University in the Government Agencies in Indonesia
Authors: Sudewo Perdhana Ari
Published: September 2022

Changes in the world's landscape with massive digital developments affect learning and development strategies of human resources in every organization, including the Government Agencies. In Indonesia, changes in ASN competency management as mandated by the Law on ASN also encourage changes in the learning and development process in education and training units, marked by the emergence of Corporate Universities in Government Agencies. Using the concept and generic strategy approach of Corporate University developed by Radermarkers (2014), this research intends to analyze the learning strategies developed by Corporate University in Government Agencies in Indonesia. The research method is carried out with a literature study approach with data and information from the Corporate University strategic plan as the main data source. From the analysis of concepts and strategies for six Corporate Universities, it can be concluded that the school strategy is the strategy chosen by the majority of Corporate Universities in Government Agencies, compared to the college strategy and the academy strategy. Various concepts and strategies of Corporate University in this research are expected to reference other Government Agencies that will develop Corporate University as a strategy in developing ASN competencies in Indonesia.
Efektivitas Implementasi Pelayanan Publik Digital: Studi Kasus Pelayanan Perpustakaan Digital Puslatbang PKASN LAN
Authors: Yuningsih Yuyu
Published: September 2022

One of Puslatbang PKASN LAN’s digital services is the library application which started in 2010. This application was developed internally and has been used for more than a decade. This study aims to analyze how effective this application is, the management of the library, and analyze the driving factors as well as the obstacles encountered during use. A descriptive qualitative method was used with data triangulation. Deployment of questionnaires filled by the users to find out the effectiveness of the services and interview conducted with the librarian of Puslatbang PKASN LAN. The results showed that 93.34% of users felt helped by the digital service of the Puslatbang PKASN Library which shows that the level of effectiveness is very high. The supporting factor, as well as the inhibiting factor, is the leadership's commitment to this digitizing library services. Other agencies that are willing to adopt and/or replicate this service should pay attention to some of the things, among others are (1) availability of competent human resources for library administrators such as librarians or other administrators; (2) availability of supporting infrastructure, and (3) leadership policies that support the implementation of digital services.
Questions of the psychology of power in the works of Russian statesmen of the late XIX - early XX century
Authors: Kabyshev Vladimir T.
Published: September 2022

Тhe article examines the views of Russian statesmen of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Their role is revealed from the standpoint of the psychological theory of state power in tsarist Russia.
Investigating the Strategies and Problems of Iranian EFL Learners While Writing Summaries in Academic Contexts
Authors: Mallahi Omid
Published: September 2022

The present study intended to investigate the summary writing strategy use and writing quality of 57 Iranian EFL learners in an academic setting. As for collecting the required data, the students (1) completed an expository essay (as a measure of their writing competence), (2) summarized the literature review section of a research paper (as a measure of summary writing quality), and (3) responded to the items of a summary writing strategy questionnaire (exploring the extent of planning, discourse synthesis, source use, and evaluation strategy use). The results of this study indicated that the participants produced better texts in terms of content compared to the form (cohesion and coherence) and language use. In producing their texts, they made the most use of evaluation strategies in comparison to the other summary writing strategies. There was also a moderate relationship between writing competence, summary writing quality, and strategy use. Moreover, MANOVA results revealed significant differences among high-skilled, moderately-skilled, and low-skilled student writers in summary writing quality and strategy use. Subsequently, the main problems encountered by these students while summarizing the passages were identified by soliciting their own views and analyzing the content of the texts they produced. Finally, it was suggested that in order to improve the quality of students' summary writing, writing courses must be complemented with explicit instruction of the conventions governing this academic genre, teach the summarization strategies through adequate modeling and scaffolding and give the students opportunities to practice and use the strategies while working on real pedagogical tasks.
Korean Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives on Flipped Learning in the EFL Context
Authors: Park Eunjeong
Published: September 2022

This study investigated preservice teachers’ perspectives on flipped learning approaches in the EFL context in Korea. Fifteen preservice teachers agreed to participate in this study. Major data sources were focus group and interviews. These sources were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Then, the transcripts were interpreted and analyzed through thematic analysis to explore individuals’ thoughts and opinions in depth. Findings revealed that the participants had positive thoughts and attitudes toward flipped learning. They thought that flipped learning increased their autonomy and self-regulation. The participants also addressed several benefits and shortcomings of flipped learning. Implications of research and pedagogy are discussed in the final section of this study.
Estimating Value Preferences in a Hybrid Participatory System
Authors: Siebert Luciano C. , Liscio Enrico , Murukannaiah Pradeep K. , Kaptein Lionel , Spruit Shannon , van den Hoven Jeroen , Jonker Catholijn
Published: September 2022

We propose methods for an AI agent to estimate the value preferences of individuals in a hybrid participatory system, considering a setting where participants make choices and provide textual motivations for those choices. We focus on situations where there is a conflict between participants’ choices and motivations, and operationalize the philosophical stance that “valuing is deliberatively consequential.” That is, if a user’s choice is based on a deliberation of value preferences, the value preferences can be observed in the motivation the user provides for the choice. Thus, we prioritize the value preferences estimated from motivations over the value preferences estimated from choices alone. We evaluate the proposed methods on a dataset of a large-scale survey on energy transition. The results show that explicitly addressing inconsistencies between choices and motivations improves the estimation of an individual’s value preferences. The proposed methods can be integrated in a hybrid participatory system, where artificial agents ought to estimate humans’ value preferences to pursue value alignment.
Readiness for Village Apparatus in Tourist Destinations Competitiveness of Tanjung Lesung SEZ, Tanjung Jaya Village, Panimbang District, Pandenglang
Authors: Goenadhi Felix
Published: September 2022

Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Tourism in Tanjung Lesung is a distinct advantage because it can provide promising business development potential. However, this potential is less than optimal due to the condition of village officials to develop tourist villages in the vicinity, or SEZ supporting areas, namely Tanjung Jaya Village, not running optimally. This research uses a qualitative method by conducting a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with the Tanjung Jaya Village Head, Panimbang District Secretary, the POKDARWIS Chair, and several other village officials who can make the supporting area better. The results obtained based on the FGD are by developing Human Resources (HR) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and making the people of Tanjung Jaya Village aware of the need for tourism in the SEZ supporting area. The other result was a lack of training for staff or owners of MSMEs. The program that will be provided in the future is HR training on soft skills to POKDARWIS members, Tourism Village Managers, and Banten West Java (BWJ) as a Company Social Responsibility (CSR) program. So that later the POKDARWIS, Tourism Village Managers can provide input or explanations and retrain the people of Tanjung Jaya Village.
Measurement of Supply Chain Management Performance Using SCOR Model
Authors: Tejaningrum Ayi
Published: September 2022

This research was conducted in the chicken egg distributor industry, which has problems in the management of the supply chain, especially in the flow of materials, information, and finance, which is related to the decline in the company's performance, especially in the aspects of consumer satisfaction and congestion in the financial flow. This study aims to look at the flexibility of the supply chain from upstream to downstream, especially concerning distribution aspects to get to consumers, looking for improved solutions to improve organizational performance. Research Case studies on Industries engaged in the distribution of chicken eggs. The research method is a survey with a case study approach. Supply chain performance obtained value for Perfect Order Fulfillment (POF) of 70.8%, meaning that the company has not perfectly achieved supply chain performance, with Supply Chain Responsiveness of 3 days and Supply Chain Cost of 54%. This condition indicates that the average performance of the supply is still in the category of less good. This study only examined the supply chain between internal supply and downstream without involving upstream due to data and information limitations. The research includes cost elements as part of supply chain performance, not only analyzing aspects of the fulfillment of materials and information. Keywords: Corporate Performance, Logistic, Score Model, Supply Chain
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR DELIVERING CO-CREATION VALUE (Case: Paguyuban Sentra Industri Tempe Sanan-Malang Jawa Timur)
Authors: Ginting Ginta
Published: September 2022

Building community engagement involving consumers, business actors, and others stakeholders as part of a marketing strategy for creating value co-creation has become a new phenomenon. This research provides a conceptual model of community-based action to assess its impact on value co-creation and how far it affects behavioral components in order to resolve the problem (intention and actual use). The suggested model can be used to conduct research to increase product purchase intent with high community involvement. Interviews and observations have been conducted at the Sentra Industri Tempe Sanan-Malang (East Java) to accurately execute the model, whose success is supported by the community's strength in the form of the association (Paguyuban). The research was conducted in July–August 2021 with the participation of 30 locals. The findings of the initial identification strongly support employing the suggested model in subsequent studies. Keywords: Actual Purchase, Behaviour, Community Engagement, Intention to repurchase, Value Co-creation.
A Study to Understand Parents' Perceptions and Societal Attitudes on Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for Children
Authors: Sharma Ishu
Published: September 2022

he recent COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the perceptions of vaccines worldwide. Presently, vaccines are the most efficacious resource that holds the strength to reduce the risk of the disease. In contrast, public health authorities are concerned about vaccine apprehension among the general public. The distribution and consumption of these vaccines began by segregating the age groups. The eligibility of Covaxin vaccines manufactured by Bharat Biotech for children over 12 years of age makes it critical to investigate its credibility among the parents and public views regarding children receiving these vaccines. Moreover, limited information on public acceptability and trustable opinions contribute to vaccine hesitancy among parents. Consequently, the major deciding factors are getting accurate data about the Covaxin’s clinical trial by Bharat Biotech, the persistence and nature of the child's immune response, and reassurance from society. This research study aims to learn more about parents' perspectives and societal attitudes towards immunity building in children by the Covaxin vaccines. The methodology adopted here leads to a precise understanding if there is any ambiguity or acceptance towards Covaxin for children in the minds of the general public. Keywords Bharat Biotech, Children, Clinical Trial, Covaxin, COVID-19, Immunity, Perception.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on MotherScholars
Authors: Pascale Amanda , Ehrlich Suzanne , Hicks-Roof Kristen
Published: September 2022

This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of women faculty with children (i.e., MotherScholars) in the United States and Australia. Using interpretive comparative case study design, the researchers interviewed MotherScholars to identify common themes based on roles and responsibilities that emerged as a result of the pandemic-caused shift to remote academic demands. Three primary themes emerged including a) accumulative burdens, (b) rationalization, and (c) gendered expectations. These themes were explored through the lens of Goode’s (1960) role strain theory to examine the experiences of both groups of MotherScholars. Researchers found that for these MotherScholars the circumstances of the pandemic rendered many coping mechanisms previously utilized to manage role strain obsolete, which contributed to increased role strain from the conflict between the role systems for mother and scholar.
Pre-Service International Teaching Assistant’s (ITA’s) investments in their ITA Training Course
Authors: Anderson Roger
Published: September 2022

Research has focused almost exclusively on ITA’s experiences as instructors, overlooking the ITA training class.  This has led to the marginalization of Pre-Service ITA’s in the literature.  The locus of potentially important learning, a descriptive, multiple case study examined the investment (Darvin & Norton, 2015) of 3 Pre-Service ITA’s in their ITA training class over one semester at a large U.S. university.  Data included ITA’s weekly journals, individual interviews/ stimulated recalls, class assignments, and fieldnotes from classroom observations.  Findings are presented as portraits of real, multifaceted ITA’s, then from cross-case analyses.  Participants experienced the same course very differently, impacted most prominently by their ITA educators’ teaching approach, their exposure to teaching role models, and their home department structures.  Recognizing the incredible diversity ITA’s represent, pedagogical implications suggest an “intense exposure experience” or teaching-training focused pedagogy be implemented -instead of test-centric pedagogies, situating ITA’s learning within un-simulated spaces with real undergraduates.
On the issue of the organization of nutritional support for patients of the intensive care unit
Authors: Belisheva O. A. , Stochik A. A.
Published: September 2022

The article presents a review of the literature of theoretical and practice-oriented publications on the organization of nutrition and nutritional support for patients of the intensive care unit. The main conditions of the organization of nutritive nutrition, the conditions of its effectiveness, nutrition factors contributing to the recovery of patients are highlighted. The features of patients in the intensive care unit that determine the need for nutritional support are determined.
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the state policy aimed at increasing the attractiveness of rural areas for the settlement of young dentists
Authors: Stepanova Yu. S. , Kopytov A. A.
Published: September 2022

The article suggests a hypothesis that the implementation of the Zemsky Doctor program does not lead to a sufficient increase in the attractiveness of young specialists moving to rural areas, which in turn reduces the availability of oral sanitation in the CRH and indicates the presence of a dental aspect of social inequality. To confirm or refute the truth of the hypothesis, two tasks are set: 1. To assess the role of the Medical Institute of the Belgorod State National Research University as a factor determining the settlement of dentists in rural areas. 2. To analyze the dynamics of the number of fillings placed for pulpitis and periodontitis in Prokhorovsky, Rakityansky, Volokonovsky dental departments for 2017 and 2021. The solution of the tasks set allowed us to speak about the truth of the formulated hypothesis. The revealed features of the personnel of the dental departments of the CRH indicate the absence of a significant influence of the medical institute on the staffing of the CRH by young specialists. The results obtained in the process of comparative evaluation of the number of fillings made for complicated caries revealed a widespread decrease in the intensity of endodontic treatment observed in different CRH.
Scientific substantiation of the possibility of integrated interagency management in countering global biorisks for public health (by the example of the COVID-19 pandemic)
Authors: Kaunina D. V. , Vasilyev M. D.
Published: September 2022

The effectiveness of measures taken to stabilize and reduce the incidence of COVID-19 was assessed against the background of studying the main resource indicators of healthcare and interaction with other sectors of the economy.The main results of the study made it possible to expand the understanding of the concept of biological safety, which is interpreted by Federal Law as "the state of protection of the population and the environment from the effects of hazardous biological factors, in which an acceptable level of biological risk is provided," and the applied set of control measures can be assessed as typical for such global biological calls. The results obtained make it possible to believe that, in general, public administration in the field of public health is significantly focused on the localization of risks, which fully corresponds to the strategic objectives and goals of the country.
Digital transformation of pharmaceutical companies in the conditions of import substitution
Authors: Koshechkin K. A. , Ignatiev A. A. , Lebedev G. S. , Fartushny E. N.
Published: September 2022

The article describes current approaches to the digital transformation of pharmaceutical companies, taking into account the specifics of the requirements of import substitution of software for domestic production systems. Based on publications and open sources of information, the most relevant solutions were selected for the implementation of ERP systems, business analytics, cloud infrastructure, work with big data, the Internet of Things, for robotic automation of processes based on machine learning and artificial intelligence. These systems are analyzed from the point of view of their applicability in the framework of the digital transformation of pharmaceutical companies. Their brief characteristics are given and the purpose is described. The research of the software market showed the availability of affordable solutions of domestic development that can be implemented at a pharmaceutical enterprise to carry out work within the framework of the digital transformation of business processes.