bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Workflow for detecting biomedical articles with underlying open and restricted-access datasets
Authors: Iarkaeva Anastasiia , Nachev Vladislav , Bobrov Evgeny
Published: July 2023

To monitor the sharing of research data through repositories is increasingly of interest to institutions and funders, as well as from a meta-research perspective. Automated screening tools exist, but they are based on either narrow or vague definitions of open data. Where manual validation has been performed, it was based on a small article sample. At our biomedical research institution, we developed detailed criteria for such a screening, as well as a workflow which combines an automated and a manual step, and considers both fully open and restricted-access data. We use the results for an internal incentivization scheme, as well as for a monitoring in a dashboard. Here, we describe in detail our screening procedure and its validation, based on automated screening of 11035 biomedical research articles, of which 1381 articles with potential data sharing were subsequently screened manually. The screening results were highly reliable, as witnessed by inter-rater reliability values of ≥0.8 (Krippendorff’s alpha) in two different validation samples. We also report the results of the screening, both for our institution and an independent sample from a meta-research study. In the largest of the three samples, the 2021 institutional sample, underlying data had been openly shared for 7.8% of research articles. For an additional 1.0% of articles, restricted-access data had been shared, resulting in 8.3% of articles overall having open and/or restricted-access data. The extraction workflow is then discussed with regard to its applicability in different contexts, limitations, possible variations, and future developments. In summary, we present a comprehensive, validated, semi-automated workflow for the detection of shared research data underlying biomedical article publications.
Visual experience modulates the sensitivity to the distributional history of words in natural language
Authors: Anceresi Giorgia , Gatti Daniele , Vecchi Tomaso , Marelli Marco , Rinaldi Luca
Published: July 2023

Different experiential traces (i.e., linguistic, motor and perceptual) are likely contributing to the organization of human semantic knowledge. Here, we aimed to address this issue by investigating whether visual experience may affect the sensitivity to semantic distributional cues from natural language. We conducted an independent reanalysis of data from Bottini et al. (2022), in which early blind and sighted participants performed an auditory lexical decision task. Since previous research has shown that semantic neighborhood density – the mean distance between a target word and its closest semantic neighbors – can influence performance in lexical decision tasks, we investigated whether vision may alter the reliance on this semantic index. We demonstrate that early blind participants are more sensitive to semantic neighborhood density than sighted participants, as indicated by the significantly faster response times for words with higher levels of semantic neighborhood density shown by the blind group. These findings suggest that an early lack of visual experience may lead to enhanced sensitivity to the distributional history of words in natural language, deepening in turn our understanding of the strict interplay between linguistic and perceptual experience in the organization of conceptual knowledge.
Early Life Stressor Exposure, Affective Reactivity, and Mortality: A Lesson on the Reliability of Affective Reactivity Measures
Authors: Willroth Emily C , Luo Jing , Graham Eileen Kranz , Antic Mina , Lopes Maria , Ong Anthony , Spiro Avron , Mroczek Dan , Lee Lewina O.
Published: July 2023

Exposure to higher levels of stressors in early life has been associated with increased mortality in later life. The present investigation tested affective reactivity to daily stressors as a potential mediator of this association. Exposure to stressors in childhood is theorized to sensitize individuals to stressors experienced later in life. One way that stress sensitization might manifest is through greater affective reactivity to daily stressors. In turn, greater affective reactivity to daily stressors has been associated with poorer health and increased mortality. The present research tested these preregistered hypotheses in a sample of 144 men from the VA NormativeAging Study, a longitudinal study of aging in men. Early life psychosocial stressors were assessed using retrospective questionnaires, negative and positive affective reactivity to daily stressors were assessed using daily diaries administered in adulthood, and mortality was assessed through database searches and participant mailings across up to 18 years. Partially consistent with our hypotheses, early life psychosocial stressors were associated with greater positive affective reactivity to daily stressors in later life. However, the positive affective reactivity variable demonstrated very poor between-person reliability, casting doubt on this finding.Contrary to our hypotheses, neither early life psychosocial stressors nor later life affective reactivity to daily stressors were significant predictors of mortality. We discuss implications of these findings and encourage researchers interested in affective reactivity to include more measurement occasions in their computation of affective reactivity scores and to report reliability estimates for affective reactivity measures.
Latent Structure of the WHOQOL-BREF: Implications for Measuring Quality of Life Among Autistic Young Adults
Authors: Kaplan-Kahn Elizabeth A. , McQuaid Goldie , Lee Nancy Raitano , Wallace Gregory , Yerys Benjamin
Published: July 2023

Background: To accurately measure quality of life among autistic young adults, researchers need surveys that are psychometrically validated for autistic populations. Researchers have demonstrated that the short version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument (WHOQOL-BREF) has strong psychometric properties in the general population. While there has been some research exploring basic psychometric properties (reliability, convergent validity, etc.) of the WHOQOL-BREF in autistic populations, the underlying latent structure of the measure has not been tested in autistic adults. Our goal in the current study was to compare different confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models to test which one best captured the underlying latent structure of the WHOQOL-BREF data in a sample of autistic young adults.Methods: 398 autistic young adults between the ages of 18-39 years completed the WHOQOL-BREF. Based on participant responses, we compared four a priori CFA models – correlated four-factor, unidimensional, higher-order, and bi-factor models – to demonstrate which model structure best captures the underlying latent structure of the measure in this population. Results: Similar to past research, the WHOQOL-BREF showed strong internal reliability in our sample of autistic young adult. The bi-factor model demonstrated the best fit to the data – demonstrating that the WHOQOL-BREF is best conceptualized as having both domain-specific quality of life factors (i.e., the Physical, Psychological, Environmental, and Social domains of the WHOQOL-BREF) and a general quality of life factor. Conclusion: Our results provide researchers with psychometric validation of the underlying latent structure of the WHOQOL-BREF in autistic populations. Items on the WHOQOL-BREF capture both domain-specific and general quality of life among autistic young adults. Researchers can use the bi-factor model to accurately capture multiple dimensions of quality of life in autistic adults, advancing the ways that the WHOQOL-BREF can be used as a measure of quality of life among autistic people.
Violent conflict and hostility towards ethno-religious outgroups in Nigeria (Version 2)
Authors: Tuki Daniel
Published: July 2023

This study examined the effect of exposure to violent conflict on hostility towards ethnic and religious outgroups among Nigeria’s population and among its two major religious groups (Christians and Muslims). Violent conflict had a robust positive effect on outgroup hostility among the Nigerian population and among Christians. A plausible mechanism behind this finding is that the threat posed by violent conflict strengthens ingroup cohesion, erodes trust in outgroup members, and makes intergroup boundaries salient. This is especially so when the opposite party to the conflict constitutes a distinct cultural outgroup. The main conflict affecting Christians involves nomadic pastoralists of Fulani ethnicity, who are Muslims. Although both Christians and Muslims associate Muslims with extremism, Christians are more likely to do so. Among Muslims, violent conflict rather had a weak positive effect on outgroup hostility that was not robust to alternative model specifications. The null effect might be because the main conflict affecting Muslims – the Boko Haram insurgency – does not involve Christians. A significant number of Muslims are also affected by conflicts involving nomadic Fulani pastoralists.
A Large Language Models Digest For Social Scientists
Authors: Valdenegro Daniel
Published: July 2023

I write these lines not as an expert in LLMs, but more as an informed user. I did my PhD on the application of early transformers-based language models (e.g. BERT, RoBERTa) to classify large amounts of text data. I have experience with their ``fine-tuning" process and a reasonable amount of knowledge about their training process. However, NLP technology has progressed fast and in a couple of years we moved from models containing hundreds of millions of parameters, to models containing hundreds of billions of parameters. Large Language Models keep getting larger and more capable. Companies closely related to the work of social scientists are taking note of this and they are starting to offer “AI-powered” qualitative software (e.g., see AtlasTi new OpenAI alliance) opening exciting new avenues for social scientists.However, I believe that while the technical capabilities of the models have progressed fast, our actual understanding of what they are and what they are actually capable of doing has been, maybe purposely, left behind. There are several misconceptions about the models' “reasoning” and “introspection” capabilities, with claims pointing towards a soon-to-be-achieved "Artificial General Intelligence" (AGI), a holy grail of the research in artificial intelligence, but without offering substantial evidence of such claims. There is also the incredibly thick jargon used in the AI and Machine Learning community, ---which I’m more than guilty of using---, which, sometimes purposely, contributes to gate-keep the knowledge and details of this new to technologies to a reduce group of individuals. Finally, there is a fair amount of marketing strategy around the communications related to LLMs. Most of the newest Large Language Models are the intellectual property and product of large companies and corporations, as they are too big and costly to be trained by singular individuals. For these corporations, being seen by the general public as producing real “Artificial General Intelligence” or “Reasoning Machines” is a big selling point, although the reality might be much more nuanced than that.All of this contributes to generate confusion and mystification around AI, in general, and Large Language Models in particular. So, in a personal effort to clear-up my own thoughts and to hopefully provide something useful for others, in this document I will attempt to provide a high-level description of what LLMs are, how they work and what they are capable of doing, especially for social scientists.
Whose Truth is it Anyway? An Experiment on Annotation Bias in Times of Factual Opinion Polarization
Authors: van der Velden Mariken Anna Catharina Geertruida , Reuver M.E. , Fokkens Antske , Loecherbach Felicia , Welbers Kasper , van Atteveldt Wouter
Published: July 2023

Information shapes citizens' political decision-making. This process is amply studied by social scientists, who have human annotation as a crucial instrument in their toolkit. To address concerns regarding the validity and reliability of annotation tasks, we establish strict standards. Due to the democratization of data and the advances in NLP more data can be analyzed or classified, making these standards are more important than ever: An algorithm trained on biased data will reproduce and often exacerbate bias. Our tools to create valid and reliable annotation data currently do not allow for dealing with different perspectives of annotators. In two pre-registered experiments in the United States and the Netherlands, we show that personal characteristics of annotators, like political ideology or knowledge, interfere with annotators' judgement of political stances. Our results show that to improve annotated data for automated text analyses, and for stance detection models in particular, we need to critically evaluate how we create our gold standards.
Features of Timelessness: Intermediate Report on a Quest for Stylistic Features that Mark Literary Canonicity.
Authors: van Zundert Joris J. , Mar Raymond A. , van Dalen-Oskam Karina , Bowman Isabel , Temple Emily , Heidari Farzaneh , Nguyen Anh Truong Phuong
Published: July 2023

We report on our ongoing quest to establish a validated complex of stylistic features that act as markers for literary canonicity, in specific contexts. Currentely we present a stylometric analysis of literature investigating the stylistic markers that differentiate former bestsellers from fiction that remains popular across several decades using a TfIdf vectorization of texts and UMAP dimenision reduction approach. We find that especially a greater variation in sentence length is associated with the chances of a novel to remain popular.
From Governmentality To Interrogativity: Criticism of Foucaultian Agency Theory
Authors: Notokusumo Daniel Tomi
Published: July 2023

The concept of governmentality is an attempt by Foucault to expand the analytic power of the concept of knowledge/power. Developed to bridge the structural dominance of his previous work into a form of reciprocal relationship between agencies and institutions. Knowledge shifts from a hegemonic apparatus to a strategic apparatus because agency is possible, although not in the sense of freedom. In the process of understanding this thought, the writer finds inspiration and gaps which then encourages him to reflect and propose ideas. Interrogativity is a suggestion that author proposes to complete the grand conception of governmentality. Pushing the communitarian nature of analysis into a form of reunion with essentiality. This critical essentiality can then become a kind of critical catalyst to discuss several aspects that are less explicit in an analysis that is only based on governmentality. One of them is regarding the relation between object and subject, which in Foucault's work only appears as a means or tool of technology, then in an interrogativity conception this is able to manifest into an autonomous agency, deepening if not actually going beyond the characteristics of the principle of panopticonism.
Credit Risk and Profitability Position of Nepalese Private and Joint Venture Commercial Banks
Authors: Thapa Makshindra , Sejuwal Narendra
Published: July 2023

Credit concentrations, credit processes and other externalities have made credit risk more important over the past decade, followed by liquidity issues. This study was conducted to compare the credit risk exposure of various banks in terms of their liquidity, capital ratio, size, operational inefficiency, loan growth rate, and non-performing loans. It also investigated the spontaneous relationship between credit risk and bank profitability. Secondary data of 5 years from ten banks (5 each from joint venture and private banks) have been collected.  The descriptive and comparative study designs were employed and SPSS software was used for the analysis of data. The results showed that the private banks surpass joint venture banks in terms of capital ratio and operating efficiency, but joint venture banks lead private banks in terms of liquidity, capital ratio, total assets, loan growth rate, and non-performing loans. However, the independent sample t-test did not show any significant differences on liquidity, capital ratio, size, and loan growth rate. The Pearson’s correlation showed positive associations of capital ratio (moderate and significant), operating inefficiency (weak and insignificant), and loan growth rate (weak and insignificant) with ROA. In contrast, bank size and nonperforming loans have significant moderate negative correlations, but liquidity is not found to be correlated with ROA. The empirical findings of this study are considered helpful in evaluating the comparative credit risk exposure of the banking sector and have both managerial and academic implications.
Determinants of net interest margin in Nepalese commercial banks
Authors: Khadka Srijana , Khadka Ajaya
Published: July 2023

This study explored and analyzed the determinants of Net Interest Margin (NIM) of Nepalese commercial banks. The research focuses on three independent variables: Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Credit-Deposit Ratio (CDR), and Non-Performing Loan Ratio (NPLR). Descriptive analysis and regression tests were conducted to analyze the data obtained from a sample of 10 commercial banks with 50 observations. The descriptive statistics reveal the mean and range of the variables, indicating the average and variability of CAR, CDR, NPLR, and NIM in the sample. The regression analysis examines the relationship between the independent variables and NIM. The findings suggest that CDR significantly impacts NIM, indicating that higher utilization of deposits for lending activities contributes to increased interest income and, ultimately, higher NIM. However, CAR and NPLR do not show significant relationships with NIM. The results of this study are consistent with previous research that emphasizes the importance of managing the credit-deposit relationship in optimizing NIM. The findings provide insights for Nepal's policymakers, banking regulators, and commercial banks to enhance profitability and financial stability.
Estimation of small-scale fisheries production development trend in Nepal
Authors: Chaudhary Arun Kumar , Bhandari Dila Ram
Published: July 2023

Nepal is a landlocked country with enormous natural diversity ranges from the world's highest peak, Mt. Everest to the Tarai area. Nepalese aquaculture is still in its early stages, and fish production is still insufficient in comparison to global levels. Fish is a popular cuisine in Nepal, and it is enjoyed by people of all ages, genders, and religions. The total national fish production is currently 77,000 m.t., with 28 percent coming from catch fisheries and 72 percent from aquaculture. Aquaculture and open-water capture fisheries account for around 2% of agricultural gross domestic product; this little share of the fisheries sector is promising, with an annual growth rate of 8–9%. Total fisheries production in Nepal was reported at 81070 metric tons in 2018, according to the World Bank assortment of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized bases. Small-scale fishermen's catch production and secondary data in Nepal's Chitwan District, Bagmati Province, from 2010 to 2019. Regression estimates model and multivariate regression analysis of time series data, the Cobb-Douglas production function equation rational technique is applied. Changes in the number of fish caught have an impact on the home economics and spending. The length of the river, outboard engine power, and regional differences in area were found to have a positive impact on small-scale fishermen's catch production, whereas gasoline, schooling, and family dependents had a negative impact, though fishing gear, kerosene, and fishermen's age had no considerable impact.
Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in Nepal
Authors: Acharya Khubi Ram
Published: July 2023

The relationship between unemployment and macroeconomic variables is complex, but it is generally accepted that increasing GDP, trade, and expansionary monetary policy lead to a decrease in the rate of unemployment. This paper tests this hypothesis for Nepal using time series data from 1991 to 2021 and a simple time series model. It is found that the increase in GDP, trade openness, money supply, and the rate of inflation decrease the unemployment rate in Nepal. These results have huge policy implications.
A Study of ESP Students' English Language Learning Beliefs, Strategies, and Academic English Achievement
Authors: Rana Neha
Published: July 2023

This study set out to examine students' academic English competency, as well as their perspectives on the language-learning process and the methods they employ to succeed. Quantitative techniques were used in this study, including descriptive and correlational designs. The BALLI and SILL tests, as well as the final English exam scores of first-year students, were used as indicators. The research sample consisted of sixty-six first-year management students from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, multivariate correlation, and the Pearson Product Moment correlation. Motivation and expectations ranked highest (M = 3,65), followed by the nature of language learning (M = 3,35), the ability to speak a foreign language (M = 2,97), the method of learning and communication (M = 2,86), and the difficulties associated with language learning (M = 2,74). Students used metacognitive techniques (3.35 times as often as memory strategies (3.28 times), cognitive strategies (3.28 times as often as memory strategies), emotional strategies (3.24 times as often as social strategies (3.28 times as often as compensating methods (3.18 times as often as memory strategies), and so on. Beliefs and techniques were found to have a positive and indirect link with students' English academic achievement (R.035). Academic English performance correlated positively but not significantly with attitudes towards learning the language (r =.145, p 0.245 > 0.05), while it correlated negatively but significantly with strategies for learning English (r = -.144, p 0.248 > 0.05).
Study on prey preference of two indigenous larvivorous fish Trichogaster fasciata and Puntius sophore
Authors: Fraswan Shivani , Devi N. Pemola , Semwal Poonam P.
Published: July 2023

The most effective way to control mosquito populations is through biological control methods, among them, fishes are the top contenders as natural agents to manage mosquito larvae. Fishes not only consume mosquito larvae efficiently but also readily adapt to new environmental conditions, reproduce rapidly and effectively control mosquito breeding in a self-sustaining manner. In present study two easily available indigenous fishes Trichogaster fasciata and Puntius sophore were considered to evaluate the feeding preference and the effect of alternative prey on larval feeding efficacy. For food preference test, mosquito larvae, mosquito pupae, chironomid larvae, daphnia and artificial fish food were considered. The live foods were gathered from the possible water lodging areas and artificial foods from aquarium shops. Experiments were conducted by providing equal number of different food items - mosquito larvae, mosquito pupae, chironomid larvae, daphnia and artificial fish food in the same container. Both the fish prefer maximum consumption of live and wriggly food than artificial stationery food. All length sizes of Puntius sophore consumed a maximum number of chironomid larvae, while Trichogaster fasciata prefer to consume mosquito larvae as the top choice. In both fish, as increasing length size, consumption rate of food increases significantly. Tested prey consumption data of both fishes were statistically represented by Mean±SD and significance differences of means was analysed by ANOVA. The food preferences of both fish directly depend on their feeding habits.
COMPARISON OF DEFORMATION PROPERTIES OF PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES OF PREPARATORY MINING ROADWAYS ON EXPERIMENTAL SAMPLES
Authors:   PJSC «Donbasenergo» «Elektroremont», Tkachuk О. , Hnatiuk V. ,   State Higher Educational Institution "Donetsk National Technical University"
Published: July 2023

Purpose. Investigate and compare the deformation properties of protective structures in the form of coal pillars and structures made of crushed rock for a justified choice of the protection method, which can make it possible to ensure the stability of side rocks in the coal massif and preparatory works in the mining areas in the coal mine. Methodology. To achieve the goal, laboratory studies were performed on experimental samples subjected to uniaxial compression. For pillars, their thickness was changed, whereas for structures made of crushed rock the thickness of the rock layer was changed at a constant cross-sectional area. Results. As a result of the conducted research, the deformation properties of protective structures that were subjected to uniaxial compression have been determined. A 15% reduction in their stiffness was recorded for pillars, when their thickness h0 was two times changed, and for the external static load, which varied according to a linear dependence. Within the limits of the safe deformation resource, when the relative deformation is in the range of values 0.18≤λ≤0.23, the stability of the pillars and their bearing capacity is ensured. At the same time, the relative change in their volume should not exceed 7-9%. It has been established that exceeding the limit level of the specific potential energy of deformation by an average of 12-14% causes the destruction of coal pillars. For protective structures made of crushed rock with a relative volume change of 0.35≤δV≤0.28, the value of the compaction coefficient of the original material decreases from kcons = 1.5 to kcons = 1.42 with a simultaneous increase in the work of compression and an increase of more than 20% in the specific potential energy of deformation, thanks to which the rigidity of the embedded material and the bearing capacity of protective structures made of crushed rock are ensured. Scientific novelty. The regularities of formation of deformation properties of protective structures under conditions of uniaxial compression, taking into account the change in the specific potential energy of deformation and the relative change in their volume, have been established. Practical significance. In order to ensure the stability of side rocks in the coal massif and preparatory workings at excavation sites in the coal mine, the feasibility of using partial or complete paving of the produced space from crushed rock, which limits the movement of side rocks in the produced space, has been substantiated.
Polypharmacy in Outpatients with Bipolar Disorder: Associated Factors and Treatment Characteristics in Türkiye
Authors: ARAS Neriman , ÇOKER Fatma , KÜÇÜK Nihan
Published: July 2023

Objective: Polypharmacy is frequently used in the treatment of the bipolar disorder. We aimed to investigate polypharmacy rates, associated factors, and the types of drugs preferred in treatment among outpatients with bipolar disorder.

Method: A total of 209 bipolar disorder patients attending an outpatient psychiatry clinic were included in this study. Drug types, active substances, and combination forms were examined.

Results: The rate of polypharmacy among bipolar outpatients was 79.40%. Antipsychotics were the most frequently preferred drug for the treatment. The most commonly used antipsychotic was quetiapine, whereas the mood stabilizer was sodium valproate and the antidepressant was paroxetine. The most common form of treatment for bipolar disorder was the combined use of a mood stabilizer and an antipsychotic.

Conclusion: In contrast to treatment guidelines, polypharmacy has virtually become a standard in the treatment of bipolar disorder. It appears that the adoption of polypharmacy in treatment will persist for various reasons. As such, there is a need to develop new guidelines to guide psychiatrists in determining the patient groups and combinations in which combination therapy will be preferred. Moreover, interventions are needed to minimize the possible side effects, and risk of drug-drug interactions related to the use of multiple drugs, determine the benefit/harm ratio and reduce unnecessary psychotropic drug use.
Meningkatkan Keaktifan Belajar Peserta Didik pada Pembelajaran Ekonomi melalui Model PjBL di SMAN 13 Palembang
Authors: Fifi Puspitasari Erica , Sukmawati Neli , Fatimah Siti
Published: July 2023

Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk meningkatkan keaktifan belajar peserta didik di kelas X5 pada pembelajaran ekonomi melalui model pembelajaran project based learning di SMA Negeri 13 Palembang. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di SMA Negeri 13 Palembang pada semester genap tahun pelajaran 2022-2023 dengan subjek penelitian kelas X5 berjumlah 38 orang. Prosedur penelitian tindakan kelas mencakup perencanaan, pelaksanaan tindakan, observasi, dan refleksi yang bersifat siklus. Jenis data yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini data kualitatif yang diperoleh dari hasil observasi keaktifan belajar peserta didik selama proses pembelajaran. Hasil penelitian dan pembahasan menunjukkan adanya peningkatan rerata keaktifan belajar sebesar 36,8% dari awalnya rerata siklus I sebesar 49,8% kategori penilaian rendah menjadi 86,6% pada siklus III yang memiliki kategori penilaian tinggi. Disarankan pendidik memberikan dorongan positif dan kesempatan peserta didik untuk membiasakan berbicara di depan kelas sehingga peserta didik lebih berani dalam mengemukakan pendapat yangg diharapkan mampu meningkatkan keaktifan belajar peserta didik lebih optimal.
Utilization of Carbohydrates in Bamboo Shoots (Dendrocalamus asper) As an Alternative Media for the Growth of Candida albicans fungus
Authors: Bastian  , Nuha Firna , Ulva Maria , Veronneca Rossa
Published: July 2023

Candidiasis disease caused by the fungus Candida albicans is a health problem in Indonesia. The chronic nature of the disease gets worse if it is accompanied by a fungal infection, which usually goes undiagnosed and untreated. Culture techniques can be used to identify the fungus Candida albicans. Mushroom culture in the laboratory requires a medium containing nutrients such as a carbohydrate source and a nitrogen source for growth. These nutrients can be found in bamboo shoots which contain high carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, and crude fiber. So that bamboo shoots can be used as raw material for alternative mushroom growth media. The purpose of this study was to utilize bamboo shoots as a medium for the growth of Candida albicans herbal medicine. This research included collecting bamboo shoots, making rice bran media, inoculation of Candida albicans fungus on bamboo shoots media, and observing fungal growth. Candida albicans fungal colonies were confirmed by macroscopic and microscopic observations. The results showed that the fungus Candida albicans grew on both media, namely Bamboo Shoots Flour Media and Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) media at 37oC for 48 hours. The conclusion of this study is that bamboo shoots media can be used as a medium for fungal growth. Bamboo shoots media can be used as an alternative medium for synthetic media to grow Candida albican
The Implementation of ZIP Regression and ZINB Regression to Overcome Overdispersion of Death Cases Due to Filariasis in Indonesia
Authors: Azizah  , Novita Sari Dewi
Published: July 2023

Filariasis occurs as a result of parasitic infection by a mosquito vector. Filariasis affects the lymph and causes blood loss in the body. Filariasis is uncured. Therefore, prevention measures are needed to reduce the number of deaths. Filariasis generally does not cause death directly and rarely occurs. However, this results in an excess number of zeros in the data, which causes overdispersion. The data used were obtained from the book Indonesia Health Profile 2021, which covers the research area of Indonesia. The ZIP and ZINB regression methods were used to model the factors that affect mortality due to filariasis. Based on research conducted using ZINB regression, the results showed that the percentage of households with good sanitation has a significant effect on deaths caused by filariasis.
Intersections of organizational citizenship behaviors and counterproductive work behaviors: Empirical evidence of moral licensing and cleansing theories
Authors: Peyrat-Guillard Dominique , Glińska-Neweś Aldona , Lis Andrzej , Górka Joanna , Szostek Dawid
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND: Our research offers an empirically supported contribution regarding the co-occurrence of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) and Counterproductive Work Behaviors (CWBs). Traditionally, OCBs and CWBs are considered to be mutually exclusive types of organizational behaviors. However, the same employee may engage in both behaviors, as explained by the moral licensing and cleaning theories. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the paper is to validate that the moral licensing theory (which posits that one may feel authorized to behave badly due to previous positive behaviors) and the moral cleansing theory (which posits feelings of guilt for previous negative behaviors) stand behind the paradox of an individual member of an organization engaging in both OCBs and CWBs. METHODS: The analysis is based on the findings from a questionnaire survey conducted on a sample of employees of local government units in Poland (N = 736). RESULTS: Our results show the positive relations between moral licensing and CWBs (the Abuse and Withdrawal dimensions) and between moral cleansing and OCBs (the Altruistic dimension), thus providing empirical evidence of both theories in an organizational context. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest complex relationships between positive and negative behaviors depending on whether employees feel authorized or not to compensate for positive behaviors or feel a moral obligation to repair for negative ones.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Modeling Physiological and Pathological Striated Muscle Complexity
Authors: Caron Leslie , Testa Stefano , Magdinier Frédérique
Published: July 2023

Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) are a large group of diseases associated with either alterations of skeletal muscle fibers, motor neurons or neuromuscular junctions. Most of these diseases is characterized with muscle weakness or wasting and greatly alter the life of patients. Animal models do not always recapitulate the phenotype of patients. The development of innovative and representative human preclinical models is thus strongly needed for modeling the wide diversity of NMDs, characterization of disease-associated variants, investigation of novel genes function, or the development of therapies. Over the last decade, the use of patient’s derived induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) has resulted in tremendous progress in biomedical research, including for NMDs. Skeletal muscle is a complex tissue with multinucleated muscle fibers supported by a dense extracellular matrix and multiple cell types including motor neurons required for the contractile activity. Major challenges need now to be tackled by the scientific community to increase maturation of muscle fibers in vitro, in particular for modeling adult-onset diseases affecting this tissue (neuromuscular disorders, cachexia, sarcopenia) and the evaluation of therapeutic strategies. In the near future, rapidly evolving bioengineering approaches applied to hiPSC will undoubtedly become highly instrumental for investigating muscle pathophysiology and the development of therapeutic strategies.
Production of Lemongrass Extract to Control the Stink Bugs (Leptocorisa acuta L.) in Babatan Village, Lintang Kanan District
Authors: Nunilahwati Haperidah , Purwanti Yani , Marlina Neni , Suyitno Suyitno , Yetty Zairani Fitri , Hasani Burlian , Marlina Marlina
Published: July 2023

The use of chemical pesticides in controlling pests is still widely used by some farming communities in Babatan Village, Lintang Kanan District, Empat Lawang Regency. Improved use of chemical pesticides hurts agricultural production and the environment. One alternative to chemical pesticides is plant-based pesticides which are safer and more environmentally friendly in supporting the implementation of integrated pest control (IPM). The results of a field survey in Babatan Village show that many plants can be used as vegetable pesticides, such as citronella (Cymbopogon sp) as a substitute for chemical pesticides. This counseling activity aims to introduce the benefits and methods of making lemongrass extract to control the pest stink bugs (Leptocorisa acuta L.) which attack many rice plants in Babatan Village. Implementation of activities on 4-5 February 2022 with the target targeting members of the Makmur Jaya Farmer Group. This community service activity uses counseling methods (lectures and discussions), demonstrations, and evaluations. The results of this activity indicate that the members of the Makmur Jaya Farmer Group, Babatan Village, Lintang Kanan District, Empat Lawang Regency gave a good response, can understand, and will apply the method of making and using the lemon grass plant pesticide in suppressing the stink bugs pest population so that the cost of buying chemical pesticides can be reduced, produce healthy plants, no residue that pollutes the product and the environment, and sustainably increases production.
Processing of Organic Waste into Compost at the Hj. Sarwati Orphanage Yogyakarta
Authors: Heriyati Eny , Nur Ismuhajaroh Bakti
Published: July 2023

One form of the tri dharma of higher education is community service. The purpose of the training activities for processing organic waste into compost at the Hj. Sarwati's goals are to foster a sense of sympathy and empathy as well as social care in society, to grow insight into processing organic waste into compost and to establish friendship with the orphanage children. This waste processing is motivated by the large amount of organic waste around the orphanage, so that organic waste that is not utilized can become a useful material. The activities of the orphanage children here besides studying and reciting the Koran are raising livestock and gardening, so the activity of processing organic waste into compost is very useful. This activity is carried out several days until the organic waste becomes compost. The stages of the activity include the provision of theory on how to process organic waste, waste collection and processing. After the waste treatment process is complete, the waste is left in the decomposer tub for the maturation process to become compost. The results of the compost will be used for plant fertilizer in the orphanage's garden.
Pengaruh Penambahan Pakan Tambahan Yang Berbeda Terhadap Pertumbuhan Ikan Nila (Oreochormis niloticus)
Authors: Khotimah Khusnul , Puspita Sari Meika , Uswatun Hasanah Amin
Published: July 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat dan mempelajari pengaruh dari penambahan beberapa jenis bahan pakan terhadap respon pertumbuhan dari ikan Nila (Oreochormis niloticus). Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Laboratorium Akuakultur Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang, selama 60 hari pengamatan dengan pengambilan sampel setiap 10 hari. Metode yang digunakan adalah eksperimental dengan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) 3 perlakuan dan 6 ulangan. Beberapa bahan tambahan pakan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah A1 (Tepung daun Kelor), A2 (Tepung tauge) dan A3 (Tepung Daun Lamtoro). Dari hasil pengamatan diperoleh hasil yaitu, ikan nila yang dipelihara dengan penambahan pakan A1 yaitu tepung daun kelor yang dicampurkan dengan pelet menunjukkan hasil pertumbuhan tertinggi dibandingkan dengan perlakuan lain. Sementara, nilai pertumbuhan terendah ditunjukkan oleh perlakuan A3 yaitu tepung daun lamtoro yang dicampur pelet.
Transfer rights of members to the households using land according to Vietnamese law, recommendations for improvement
Authors:   Kiengiang University,Vietnam, Nguyễn Thọ Trường
Published: July 2023

Households using land is a specific subject in legal relations in Vietnam, especially in Civil law and Land law relations. Household using land is a concept introduced for the first time in the 2013 Land Law. This is a new content recognized by the Land law of our country, in order to overcome the inadequacies over a long period of time due to the law, land is not specified. However, this content in practice has many different interpretations, not ensuring the general consistency, causing many difficulties and problems. In this article, the author outlines the legal provisions related to the land use rights of households, with a comparison between Civil law and Land law; focus on analyzing Vietnamese legal provisions on the transfer rights of household members to land use rights; raised difficulties and problems and made recommendations to improve this issue. This content is also quite important, often touches on the legitimate rights and interests of the members of the land using household, so the competent authorities should soon have guidelines for uniform application in the area of land use. nationwide, contributing to the settlement of land use rights disputes related to households in present life.
Lewin’s change management model and lecturers’s job satisfaction
Authors:   University of Economics and Law, VNU-HCM, Viet Nam, Mai Thu Phuong
Published: July 2023

This research considered the relationship of factors affecting the lecturers’s job satisfaction when university administration turns to autonomy. Listreview of previous researches have suggested that the implementation of university autonomy leads to the factors’s change, affeting the lecturers’s job satisfaction such as regulation on teaching, research, salary, promotion, facilities,… which can lead to the change readiness of lecturers. If the policy change makes the lecturers satisfaction, then they will be to accept this change readiness, establishing a new steady state and vice versa. That is, if the change from the policy of The State, regulations of the profession doesn’t satisfy the lecturers, they won’t change readiness, the organization won’t be able to establish a new freezing state. The same is true for Kurt Lewin's three-stage change management model (1947):unfreezing, movement and refreezing. On that basis, the author proposes a model that allows to re-test the hypotheses that have been reviewed, as a basis for assessing the impact of regulatory changes in university institutions when implementing autonomy to the actual job satisfaction of the lecturers, thereby leading to the change readiness of the lecturers.
Vietnam public debt forecast in the period of 2021 - 2025
Authors:   University of Economics and Law, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Dinh Vi Hoang Tuong
Published: July 2023

Vietnam's public debt has an important achievement in the years 2017-2019. Specifically, the public debt/GDP ratio was 61.4% of GDP in 2017. However, this ratio fell to 58.3% in 2018 and 55% in 2019. This improvement in public debt/GDP is due to the large scale of the economy and high economic growth rate. This fact implies there is a relationship between public debt and macroeconomic factors. Theoretical research shows that the macroeconomic factors affecting public debt include the State budget deficit, economic growth, real interest rates and exchange rates. This study will build a model to analyze the impact of those macroeconomic factors on public debt/GDP, period 2000 - 2020. The study has an important finding. That is, there exist two mechanisms, which have opposite effects on the evolution of public debt/GDP of Vietnam. Firstly, it is the trend of expanding investment to promote growth. This trend increases public debt/GDP. And second, it is the tendency to increase the real size of the economy, as measured by real GDP growth. This trend reduces public debt/GDP. The author relies on the above two trends to explain the evolution of Vietnam's public debt/GDP, period 2000 - 2020. Next, based on the analytical model, the author will forecast the trend of public debt in the period 2021 -2025. The forecast takes into account the impact of Covid-19 on public debt.
Economic position of Vietnam in ASEAN economic community (AEC)
Authors:   University of Economics and Law, VNUHCM, Vietnam, Nguyen Van Luan , Nguyen Anh Tu ,   University of Economics and Law, VNUHCM, Vietnam, Tran Thi Kim Dao ,   University of Economics and Law, VNUHCM, Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Lai ,   University of Economics and Law, VNUHCM, Vietnam, Nguyen Van Sang ,   University of Economics and Law, VNUHCM, Vietnam
Published: July 2023

The process of Vietnam participating in ASEAN in the past 26 years (1995-2021) has shown that it has many practical contributions to this organization. In a new international and regional context, Vietnam with its new position and strength after 35 years of renovation gives it opportunities to contribute more to the solidarity and integration of ASEAN. In addition, the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is a chance for Vietnam to expand its development for the Southeast Asian community’s peace, cooperation, and development in the future. After 26 years of participating in this regional organization, Vietnam has made many significant contributions to turning ASEAN into a framework of peaceful cooperation for mutual development. From ASEAN-6 to ASEAN-7 and ASEAN-10, it is clear that as a responsible member, Vietnam's position and influence in this region have been increasingly recognized. Through various dialogue mechanisms, Vietnam today has become an important and comprehensive economic partner of AEC. In this study, the research team used statistical data from the World Bank, the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) of the World Economic Forum, labor productivity of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) to clarify Vietnam's economic position in AEC. The collected data shows that Vietnam's economic position within AEC countries has increased; however, it still faces many challenges and the risk of economic backwardness. Based on that, the study proposes some solutions to enhance Vietnam's economic position in AEC.
The impact of university brand image on students’ loyalty: A study of non state universities in Ho Chi Minh City
Authors:   SaiGon Technology University, Le Hoa Thai Nguyen , Nguyễn Đan Ngọc Sỹ ,   SaiGon Technology University
Published: July 2023

In the integration with the world economy, a large number of universities are gradually increasing, leading to strong competition. Therefore, building and managing a university brand is one of the key strategic solutions to enhance students’ loyalty towards the university. This paper applied brand equity theory and customer-based brand equity (CBBE) models to assume the impact of brand image on students’ loyalty. PLS-SEM was employed for data analysis by Smart- PLS 3 software with 431 respondents (second-year to fourth-year students of non-public universities in Ho Chi Minh City). Research results identified 4 dimensions of university brand image: university heritage, trust, service quality and appearance & atmosphere. The finding revealed that the dimensions of university brand image had a positive impact on university reputation and students’ satisfaction, influencing students’ loyalty. Furthermore, university reputation was also a mediator to moderate the relationship between university brand image and students’ satisfaction. Consequently, managerial implications considered branding and brand image management as a necessary strategy that universities should conduct to attract students, differentiate and create competitive advantages.