bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of SARS CoV-2 Infection on Periodontal Tissue: A Systematic Review
Authors: Karyadi Edi , Bouty Aulia Azizah Vidya , Mutalazimah M.
Published: March 2023

Background:

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) infection in human respiratory cells. The first spread of this disease first occurred in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of the infection as a global pandemic. People who are infected experience mild to moderate clinical symptoms which are characterized by an increase in T cell, CD8, and IgM/IgG levels. The occurrence of severe clinical symptoms reflects an excessive and uncontrolled increase in the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, which impacts the systemic condition and periodontal tissues of affected patients.

Objective:

The aim of this study is to describe the impact of SARS CoV-2 infection on periodontal tissues.

Methods:

In this study, we searched the NCBI, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Research Gate databases. The keywords used were “coronavirus disease” or “COVID-19” or “SARS-CoV-2” with “oral manifestations” and “periodontal,” and we screened the articles using the PRISMA flow diagram.

Results:

Patients with COVID-19 present with a variety of systemic symptoms, as well as manifestations in the periodontal tissues, especially in the gingival area.

Conclusion:

SARS CoV-2 infection can impact periodontal tissues in the form of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, aphthous stomatitis, gingival hyperpigmentation, edema and erythema, lichen planus, and aphthous-like ulcers.
Tracing the path from health to disease: forwards and backwards
Authors: Tsoumpas Charalampos
Published: March 2023

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is currently underutilised and can provide even more valuable information. PET is not merely an imaging device, but a measurement device. It measures molecules and their concentration inside a living subject. And as by definition life is not a static process, PET measures how molecules travel inside our bodies and provides a direct way to measure the kinetics of biochemical reactions. There are more technological developments needed to enable dynamic imaging and kinetics in clinical practice for a range of radioactive molecules. Furthermore, quantification of biological processes using PET has several challenges related to imaging a living subject including the effects of ionising radiation. Can we minimise the radiation dose per scan which will then make it easier to justify scanning a person with multiple radioactive molecules? For example, imaging multiple molecules simultaneously will allow to evaluate pixel-by-pixel the potential performance of drugs and swiftly decide how to proceed with treatments. In addition, it can help measuring the potential crosstalk of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases, or of different organs such as brain and heart, or gut and brain axes. But more research is necessary to allow imaging two or more radioactive molecules simultaneously. Advancing PET technology can empower medicine by tracing several molecular pathways and interactions from human health to disease – forwards and backwards – and has a lot to offer for detecting and understanding disease processes and optimising precision medicine.
Thermal decomposition of polymethylmethacrylate and its composite with fullerene C-=SUB=-60-=/SUB=- after ultraviolet irradiation
Authors: Pozdnyakov A.O.
Published: March 2023

The analysis of the ultraviolet induced transformation of the thermal decomposition spectra of the monomer of the submicrometer layers of polymethylmethacrylate and its composite with fullerene C60 for different fullerene concentrations and irradiation doses has been carried out. Formation of the new decomposition stages in the spectra has been interpreted by the binding between C60 and side ester groups of polymethylmethacrylate. Keywords: polymethylmethacrylate, fullerene, ultraviolet irradiation, thermal decomposition, mass-spectrometry.
Structure of the polyaniline-carbon nanotube interface
Authors: Lobov I. A.  , Davletkildeev N. A.  , Nesov S. N.  , Sokolov D. V.
Published: March 2023

The analysis of the structure and chemical state of the polyaniline/multi-walled carbon nanotube interface layer was carried out using the both methods of Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. An analysis of the photoelectron spectra showed an increase in the content of covalently bound chlorine, which may be due to the functionalization of nanotubes during the polymer synthesis. The spectrum shows two states of the chloride anion, which are assigned to the polaron (Cl*) and bipolaron (Cl-) forms of polyaniline. The content of Cl* increases in the interface layer, which indicates an increase in its electrical conductivity. Keywords: polyaniline, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, composites, X-ray spectroscopy.
A multi-frequency synchronous self-oscillations in fiber lasers with optomechanical microoscillators
Authors: Egorov F. A.
Published: March 2023

In erbium-ytterbium fiber lasers with mirrors based on sets of optomechanical microoscillators, modes of multi-frequency (up to five frequencies) synchronous self-oscillations are implemented. Microoscillators are made in the form of a silicon microbeams array with a quasi-equidistant spectrum of elastic vibration modes excited by laser radiation pressure. A significant dependence of self-oscillations on the spectral properties of optical resonator mirrors has been revealed, which is explained within the framework of the concepts of inhomogeneous broadening in the active fiber. Keywords: fiber lasers, self-oscillations, optomechanical microoscillators.
Formation of submicron cone-shaped surface morphology under ion-beam sputtering of nanostructured nickel
Authors: Borisov A. M.  , Mashkova E. S.  , Ovchinnikov M. A.  , Khisamov R. Kh.  , Mulyukov R. R.
Published: March 2023

The results of a research on the surface morphology of nanostructured nickel after high-fluence irradiation with 30 keV argon ions have been presented. The nanostructure in nickel was formed by high-pressure torsion deformation. It has been shown that deformation nanostructuring of nickel and subsequent ion-beam sputtering allows receiving a surface uniformly coated with submicron cones. The thermal stability of the obtained cone-shaped structure on nanostructured nickel has been determined. Keywords: nanostructure, high-pressure torsion, ion irradiation, cones, thermal stability.
Pendidikan Merdeka dalam Perspektif Ki Hadjar Dewantara dan Relevansinya Terhadap Merdeka Belajar di Indonesia
Authors: Sholihah Dyahsih Alin
Published: March 2023

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis konsep pendidikan merdeka dalam perspektif Ki Hadjar Dewantara dan relevansinya terhadap kebijakan merdeka belajar di Indonesia. Jenis penelitiam yang dilakukan adalah library research dengan menggunakan sumber buku, jurnal, dan artikel ilmiah. Data yang telah dikumpulkan dianalisis dengan metode content analysis. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa Ki Hadjar Dewantara memberikan konsep pendidikan merdeka dimulai dengan memerdekakan peserta didik, merdeka batin, mereka pikiran dan fisik dengan mengimplementasikan panca dharma dalam sistem Taman Siswa. Pendidikan merdeka Ki Hadjar Dewantara relevan terhadap kebijakan merdeka belajar di Indonseia dilihat dari tujuan pendidikan, sistem pembelajaran, guru, dan peserta didik.

Kata Kunci: pendidikan merdeka, merdeka belajar, panca dharma, sistem among.
Peran Guru Sebagai Educator Dalam Memberikan Pendidikan Seks di KB Mutiara Bangsa Yogyakarta
Authors: Cahyanti Putri , Purwadi Purwadi , Suyono Hadi
Published: March 2023

Peran guru sebagai educator yang kurang maksimal dalam memberikan pendidikan seks pada anak usia dini dapat mempengaruhi perkembangan kepribadian anak. Pendidikan seks merupakan upaya memberikan pengetahuan tentang perubahan biologis, psikologis, psikososial sebagai akibat pertumbuhan dan perkembangan manusia, khususnya pada anak usia dini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran guru sebagai educator dalam memberikan pendidikan seks pada anak usia dini di KB Mutiara Bangsa Yogyakarta.

Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan teknik purposive sampling yang berfokus pada peran guru sebagai educator dalam memberikan pendidikan seks pada anak usia dini di sekolah. Pengumpulan data melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi dengan menggunakan analisis model Milles and Huberman. Hasil penelitian yaitu: 1) Mengembangkan kepribadian. Guru belum sepenuhnya dapat menanamkan karakter atau kepribadian yang kuat bagi anak dalam pemahaman seks di kesehariannya. 2) Membimbing. Guru dalam memberikan pembelajaran hanya mengacu pada modul atau booklet. 3) Membina budi pekerti. Cara guru dan pihak sekolah dalam merespon permasalahan yang dialami anak sudah melibatkan orangtua selaku wali murid. 4) Memberikan pengarahan. Masih minimnya pemahaman dan informasi pada guru dalam hal pendidikan seks untuk anak usia dini.

Kata kunci: Peran guru, Pendidikan seks anak usia dini
Model Budaya Literasi Digital pada Pondok Pesantren Berbasis Perguruan Tinggi di Masa Covid-19
Authors: Prastyo Angga Teguh
Published: March 2023

Penelitian ini memberikan ulasan mengenai eksplorasi model budaya literasi yang berdampak pada pengembangan kompetensi santri dan model di pondok pesantren berbasis perguruan tinggi. Penelitian ini membahas budaya literasi digital dengan pengembangan kompetensi santri pada pondok pesantren berbasis perguruan tinggi. Metode penelitian dilakukan secara kualitatif deskriptif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara, dokumentasi dan observasi. Sedangkan analisis data menggunakan tahapan alir: 1) reduksi data, 2) display data, 3) verifikasi kesimpulan. Temuan penelitian ini adalah pertama, pembelajaran aktif dan partisipatif mampu membentuk model budaya literasi digital yang bersifat adaptif dan transformatif yang direpresentasikan dalam pemanfaatan internet yang didukung dengan kurikulum pesantren dan pendampingan pendidik sebagai mata rantai pembelajaran yang tidak terpisahkan. Kedua, Model budaya literasi terbangun atas adanya desakan adaptasi dalam pembelajaran new normal akibat Covid-19 serta meningkatkan kesadaran literasi di kalangan santri dan pendidik di pondok pesantren. Ketiga, model budaya literasi digital memperkuat tradisi dan dan sistem pendidikan di pondok pesantren serta sebagai sarana transformasi dan adaptasi budaya baru dalam belajar yang mengintegrasikan pembelajaran tatap muka dan online sebagai sistem pembelajaran integratif di pondok pesantren berbasis perguruan tinggi.
The Current Research Landscape on the Machine Learning Application in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Bibliometric Analysis From 2012 to 2022 (Preprint)
Authors: Li Xinyu , Wei Huang Wei , Tan Rongrong , Xu Caijuan , Chen Xi , Zhang Qian , Li Sixin , Liu Ying , Qiu Huiwen , Cao Hui , Bi Changlong
Published: March 2023

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Language deficits, restricted and repetitive interests, and social difficulties are among the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Machine learning and neuroimaging have also been combined to examine ASD. Utilizing bibliometric analysis, this study examines the current state and hot topics in machine learning for ASD.
In 2012 to 2022, the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) was searched for publications relating to machine learning and ASD. Authors, articles, journals, institutions, and countries were characterized using Microsoft Excel 2021 and VOSviewer. Analysis of knowledge networks, collaborative maps, hotspots, and trends was conducted using VOSviewer and CiteSpace.
A total of 660 papers were identified between 2012 and 2022. There was a slow growth in publications until 2016; then, between 2017 and 2021, a sharp increase was recorded. Among the most important contributors to this field were the United States, China, and England. Among the top major research institutions with numerous publications were Stanford University, Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, and King's College London. Wall, Dennis P. was the most productive author. Merico, Daniele, and Scherer, Stephen W. were the highest-cited authors. Scientific Reports, Plos One, and Translational Psychiatry were the three productive journals. "Autism", "machine learning", "Children", "classification" and "adolescent" are the central topics in this period.
Cooperation and communication between countries/regions need to be enhanced in future research. A shift is taking place in the research hotspot from “Alzheimer's Disease”, “schizophrenia”, “Mild Cognitive Impairment” and “cortex” to “artificial intelligence”, “deep learning”, “machine learning”, “facial expression”, “functional magnetic resonance”, “young-children”. Machine learning applications for ASD diagnosis should be the future development direction.
Large Language Models in Surgical Education: Do they Reach Human Level on Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery Test? (Preprint)
Authors: Moglia Andrea , Georgiou Konstantinos , Satava Richard , Cuschieri Alfred
Published: March 2023

BACKGROUND

Large language models are capable of answering questions as if they were engaged in active conversation with users. However, currently, there are no data on whether their performances will remain static or vary over time when answering questions in the medical domain.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of the present study was to assess ChatGPT and InstructGPT on multiple trials on the Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) test. Additionally, different releases of ChatGPT were compared to establish whether its performance improved after retraining.

METHODS

We tested the performance of ChatGPT and InstructGPT on the 44 multiple choice questions of FRS didactic test, for which a pass mark requires 35 correct answers (79.5%). Seven attempts were performed using ChatGPT on the January 30, 2023 release and seven with the February 13, 2023 version. Three trials were performed with InstructGPT.

RESULTS

ChatGPT achieved a mean score of 64.6% and 65.6% respectively for the first and second release, without any significant difference between the two (p = 0.32). The score ranged from 54.5% to 72.7% with both versions. On baseline it achieved 54.5% in both releases, higher than InstructGPT (50.0%). The highest rate of correct answers of ChatGPT was observed for questions on team training and communication (77.5% with both releases), followed by those on the introduction of the robotic system (67.5% and 62.7 % respectively for the first and second versions), psychomotor skills (64.3% and 57.1%), and naming correctly clinical steps of a procedure of robot-assisted surgery (53.8% and 65.9%).

CONCLUSIONS

Even though ChatGPT did not pass FRS test in any of the 14 trials, the 72.7% score observed by the present study represents a remarkable result, taking into consideration the generic nature of ChatGPT as distinct from a domain specific LLM. This level represents the highest score by ChatGPT in a high-stake examination in medicine.
Molecular Analysis of Cytochrome Oxidase I in Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) Populations Collected from Four Districts in the Special Region of Yogyakarta
Authors: Ayuningtias Nandini , Witjaksono Witjaksono , Wijonarko Arman , Soffan Alan
Published: March 2023

Bemisia tabaci is an agricultural pest that interferes plant growth, as well as being an insect vector of various types of viruses, one of which is the geminivirus group. B. tabaci is called Cryptic Species Complex due to their similar morphology but has different genetic profiles. Climate change and increased global trading of agricultural products could increase B. tabaci population and lead to the emergence of genetic disparity. This study aims to obtain the latest information on the population homogeneity of B. tabaci in four districts of the Yogyakarta and potential differences on their nucleotide arrangements. Molecular identification was performed using PCR and primers C1-J-2198/L2-N-3914 on B. tabaci. B. tabaci COI gene sequences were then compared using a phylogenetic analysis and similarities of nucleotide bases were determined. Results showed that the populations of B. tabaci in Yogyakarta were still homogeneous showed by biotypes similarity, namely the non-B biotype. B. tabaci from Yogyakarta have nucleotide base similarity of 100% with B. tabaci from Singapore (AY686095) and Thailand (AY686092) and 99.56% with species from Bangladesh (AJ748388). Results also showed no differences in the composition of both nucleotide bases and amino acids from the four districts of B. tabaci sampling location. The homogeneous population of B. tabaci and the high incidence of yellowing disease caused by Begomovirus in chili pepper plants in the Special Region of Yogyakarta prove that it is necessary to review the current methods of controlling B. tabaci pests.
Emphasizing Kiswahili as a Medium of Instruction for Effective Education Output in Tanzania
Authors: Hiza Catherine David , Paschal Mahona Joseph
Published: March 2023

The use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction is usually encouraged by scholars and educationists for its many benefits that include intellectual growth of students, and promoting national development, amongst others. In some cases, however, it can lead to problems when not properly implemented. In preparing this policy brief, we built on our intimate knowledge of Tanzania and its language situation as both are teachers and citizens of the country. We also relied on internet research using search engines, particularly Google scholar using key terms like ‘Education Policy in Tanzania’, ‘Kiswahili in Tanzanian Education’, ‘Mother Tongue Influence in Schools’, ‘Language Policy in Tanzania’ and the like. In addition to this, we made extensive use of the University of Sussex library services. This is the case of Tanzania where Kiswahili is primarily used as the medium of instruction in primary schools with English as a subject of study. However, at the secondary school level, there is usually an abrupt change as students are formerly taught in English, with informal use of Kiswahili. This policy brief reviews the language of instruction in Tanzania highlighting problems of secondary school students due to the switch to English in secondary schools. It advocates for continuous use of Kiswahili formally up to university level without neglecting English but allowing it to be offered as a subject. The study concluded that there is an obvious problem of the language of instruction in Tanzania that is leading to several issues in the educational sector. A determined and deliberate step in adopting either English or Kiswahili as a continuous language of instruction with proper implementation will lead to overcoming most of these obstacles. Moreover the study recommended that Kiswahili should be used as a medium of instruction throughout the educational process of students, right up to tertiary institution, especially in private schools. This will give them continuity in learning as opposed to having to learn new terms in a language they are not competent in. Relatedly, learning in Kiswahili which is a mother tongue to most of the students will enhance their learning.
Монгол орны ундны усан дахь зарим элементийн судалгаа
Authors: Х Цоохүү , Н Тэгшбаяр , О Болормаа
Published: March 2023

Бид монгол улсын 21 аймаг, 300 сум, томоохон тосгодын ундны усны 1040 орчим дээжинд уран тодорхойлж, агуулгын тархалтын тойм зураглалхийсэн билээ [1]. Үүний зэрэгцээ нийт дээжинд цацраг идэвхт элемент торий, цези, болон хар тугалга, хүнцэл, иод, фторын агуулгыг тодорхойлсон. Ингэснээр эдгээр элементийн ундны усан дахь агуулга, орон зайн тархалтыг авч үзэх боломжтой болсон. Энэхүү
Усан дахь ураны эрдсийн хэлбэр
Authors: Н Тэгшбаяр , Ө Ариун , О Болормаа , Х Цоохүү
Published: March 2023

Усны физик-химийн үзүүлэлтүүдийг тодорхойлж ионы анализ хийснээр усанд ууссануран, ионы ямар хэлбэрээр оршин байхыг Форбайхсын диаграмм байгуулжтаамагласан. Ханалтын индексийн аргад тулгуурлан уран анх усанд шилжихдэээрдсийн ямар хэлбэрүүдэд оршин байх боломжийг тодорхойлсон.
Preliminary results on deconfinement phase transition in full QCD
Authors: S Chagdaa , E Galsandorj , B Purev , O Kaczmarek , H. T. Ding
Published: March 2023

We explore the profiles of the flux tube connecting a quark and an antiquark in hightemperature SU(3) lattice gauge theory in close vicinity to the critical temperature of thephase transition. In this work, we consider the more realistic case of the flux tube withdynamical quarks, extending the previous study to SU(3) gauge group and making use ofthe Gradient flow method in smoothing procedure for noise reduction. The profiles of thechromoelectric and chromomagnetic field strengths in the flux tube have been measuredfrom Polyakov loop-plaquette correlations using the highly improved staggered quark(HISQ) action on a lattice with temporal extent.
Багш нарын тогтвортой хөгжлийн боловсролын талаарх ойлголт, хичээлдээ тусгаж байгаа байдлын ерөнхий төлөв байдал
Authors: Дөлгөөн Ж , Бурмаа Б , Амартайван Ц , Үүрийнтуяа Д , Ганбат М
Published: March 2023

Тогтвортой Хөгжлийн Боловсрол - Даяар үйлийн хөтөлбөрийн үзэл санааг хэрэгжүүлэх үйл ажиллагаа 2030 он хүртэл дэлхийн бүх улс орнууд, түүний дотор манай орны боловсролын салбарт хэрэгжиж байна. Энэ чиглэлийн дагуу Даяар Үйлийн Хөтөлбөрийн үзэл санааг багш мэргэжлийн хөтөлбөрт тусгаж, суралцаж байгаа оюутнууд хэрэгжиж байгаа төсөл, хөтөлбөрт оролцож, зохих мэдлэгтэй болгох, ЕБС-ийн багш нарын мэдлэг чадварыг дээшлүүлэх хүрээнд сүүлийн 3 жилийн үр дүн дээр суурилан Монгол орны боловсролын салбарын ТХБ-ын үзэл баримталын хүрээг тодруулахдаа 4 асуудал дээр төвлөрч, агуулгын хүрээг дараах байдлаар боловсруулан хэрэгжүүлж байна. Сурах агуулга (Learning content): Сургалтын хөтөлбөрт тусгах сэдвүүдийг уур амьсгалын өөрчлөлт, биологийн төрөл зүйл, эрсдлээс хамгаалах, тогтвортой үйлдвэрлэл ба хэрэглээ гэсэн байдлаар сонгон авсан. Сургаж хүмүүжүүлэх үйл ажиллагаа, сургалтын орчин (Pedagogy and learning environments): Сурах ба багшлах үйл нь суралцагч дээр төвлөрсөн харилцан идэвхитэй үйл ажиллагаа яуулах замаар хэрэгжих ёстой. Ингэснээр шинжлэн судалсан, үйл ажиллагаанд баримжаалсан суралцахуй хэрэгжих болно. Суралцагч тогтвортой үйл ажиллагаа явуулж чаддаг болохуйцаар сургалтын орчинг шинээр бүрдүүлэхдээ хичээлийн судалгааны үзэл баримтлал дээр тулгуурласан. Сургалтын үр дүн буюу сургалтын гаралт (Learning outcomes): Сурах процессийг өдөөж өгөх, шүүмжлэлт сэтгэлгээ, системийн сэтгэлгээ, шийдвэр гаргах, одоогийн болон ирээдүйн үеийнхний өмнө хариуцлага хүлээх гэх мэт цөм компетенцуудыг дэмжих. Нийгмийн өөрчлөлт (Societal transformation): Сурагч бүр өөрийгөө болон өөрийн амьдарч байгаа нийгмээ өөрчлөхийн төлөө сэтгэлтэй болох чиглэлээр сургалтын орчинг өөрчлөх. Тогтвортой амьдралын төлөө хүсэл тэмүүлэлтэй болгох. Би “дэлхийн иргэн” гэдэг сэтгэлгээгээр глобал болон локаль түвшний асуудалд хандах. Бид энэ удаа дээрх чиглэлээр хийгдэж байгаа суурь судалгааны эхний үр дүнгээс танилцуулах зорилго тавьсан юм.
Social-cultural features of the contemporary Tuvan society
Authors: Bakhtikireeva U. M. , Sinyachkin V. P.
Published: March 2023

The article is a review of the monograph Essays on the Contemporary Tuvan Culture by the famous Tuvinian scholar C.K. Lamazhaa (Saint Petersburg: Nestor-History, 2021. 192 p.). The reviewed book considers the latest social-cultural processes in the Tuvan society and trends in the development of the Tuvinian studies. Each of the nine sections focuses on a separate feature of the social and cultural life of the contemporary ethnic Tuvans - the indigenous people of the Republic of Tuva, and all sections are logically and meaningfully related. In general, the study is a comprehensive description of the mutual influence and coexistence, of a kind of intertwining past and present in the social-cultural life of the Tuvan people. As a collection, the essays show the author’s confidence in the need to study internal differentiations of any society to produce new knowledge relevant to the reality and providing an adequate understanding of the political and socialcultural life of the multinational society. Lamazhaa believes that to overcome some stagnation, inertia in the Tuvinian studies, we need to combine various research positions and to update the theoretical-methodological basis. Lamazhaa suggests an approach which is based on the principles of the thesaurus approach developed by Val.A. and Vl.A. Lukovs (correlates with the indigenous methodology) and actualizes the subjectivity of indigenous researchers.
Perception of new religious movements by the religious organizations of the Republic of Belarus
Authors: Martinovich V. A.
Published: March 2023

In sociology of religion, there are few works on the quantitative analysis of the reactions of the main social institutions to the phenomenon of religiosity. Social representations and illusions about non-traditional religiosity are formed within the boundaries of many unrelated and uncoordinated reactions of representatives of each institution. The logic of choosing the object of reactions among the existing religious organizations reflects both the specifics of the social institution and external influences, i.e., the social context. The article aims at identifying the institutional specifics of the reactions of traditional religions to non-traditional religiosity based on the analysis of the perception of new religious movements by the Orthodox and Catholic churches in the Republic of Belarus in 1992-2020. The content analysis was used to analyze 715 books, articles in the media, leaflets, proceeding of conferences and other publications of churches on new religions. The author argues that 407 groups were identified, and their configuration reflects the selective attention of traditional confessions to new religions; presents their distribution according to the structural and content characteristics, recursiveness and frequency of mentions, the status of authors in the hierarchy of churches, the influence of foreign articles reprinted in the Belarusian media. The author identifies the institutional specifics of the perception of new religions by religious organizations as criticism from the standpoint of their own dogma; moreover, the features of the past and contemporary life of Christian churches make them primarily respond to the intra-church sectarianism, Christian and pseudoChristian groups, then to neo-paganism and groups of magic, divination and healing, Satanism and occult-mystical groups. The article mentions external and internal factors determining the churches’ perception of new religious organizations in a non-typical form, and the range of variability of the antisectarian discourse of the Orthodox and Catholic churches.
Religiosity or Income? Factors Driving Customer Buying Interest in Islamic Insurance Products
Authors: Nurohman Dede
Published: March 2023

Despite the enormous potential represented by an 87% Muslim population and the growing welfare of the Muslim community in Indonesia, Islamic insurance has not grown rapidly during the past decades. The primary issues that hinder the growth of the Islamic insurance sector are thought to be people's level of income and religiosity. Therefore, this paper attempts to investigate the effect of religiosity and income on people's interest in buying Islamic insurance products. This study employed a quantitative approach with a questionnaire as a data mining technique. 200 residents of eight districts and cities in East Java, a province in Indonesia, participated as respondents in this study. The data analysis involved descriptive analysis, inferential analysis, classical assumption test, and hypothesis test. This study demonstrates that people's interest in buying Islamic insurance products is positively and significantly influenced by their religiosity and income, either partially or simultaneously. This result can be taken into account by the Islamic insurance sector when planning the best marketing plan, especially for the wealthy and fervently religious Muslim segment of society.
Rapid detection of Salmonella Typhimurium through recombinase polymerase amplification from food sample s
Authors: Devi Nongthombam , Sailo Blessa , Sonia Chongtham
Published: March 2023

Salmonella is a major pathogen worldwide causing acute foodborne
outbreaks. Traditional identification methods, however, are
time-consuming and faced complexity to detect contamination of bacteria
in the food supply chain timely. We herein aimed to develop a method for
rapid and robust detection of Salmonella Typhimurium in milk and chicken
meat based on recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) integrated with
agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE). Three primers pairs were designed
which function both in RPA as well as in polymerase chain reaction
(PCR). A total number of 254 S. Typhimurium field isolates from various
sources of North Eastern Region (NER) of India were evaluated using both
RPA and PCR for validating the assay. The results were consistent in RPA
and PCR-based detection using crude DNA obtained by a simple boiling
method without any purification step. The RPA-AGE showed versatility
functioning at 350C to 410C, and at the temperature of 370C, it only
took 5 min of amplification to reach the test threshold of amplicon. The
established method had both a good specificity and a sensitivity of 10fg
DNA per reaction of 15µL volume. It showed high sensitivity when
artificially inoculated in fresh chicken samples even at 10-9 fold
dilutions containing 1.95 X 10 to 1.95 X
10 cfu/mL. There was no cross-reactivity with the
other four Salmonella serovars and seven bacterial pathogens tested. To
our knowledge, this is the first report of reliable serovar specific
detection of Salmonella Typhimurium by RPA using crude DNA extracted by
a simple boiling method.
Scaling of leaf area with biomass in trees reconsidered: constant metabolically active sapwood volume per unit leaf area with height growth
Authors: Olson Mark E. , Berry Eapsa , Anfodillo Tommaso , Castorena Matiss , Echeverria Alberto
Published: March 2023

¾-power scaling between metabolic rate and body mass is regarded as
near-universal across organisms. However, there are compelling reasons
to question ¾-power scaling in woody plants, where metabolic rate≈leaf
area. This leaf area must provide carbon to the metabolically active
sapwood volume (V ). V is
necessarily a much smaller volume than total wood volume, meaning that
scaling of total leaf area LA with V
should be >¾. Within populations of a
species, variants in which V increases per unit
leaf area with height growth (e.g. ¾ scaling) would have proportionally
less carbon for growth and reproduction as they grow taller. Therefore,
selection should favor individuals in which, as they grow taller, leaf
area scales isometrically with V . Using tetrazolium
staining, we measured total V and total leaf area
across 22 individuals of Ricinus communis and confirmed that leaf
area scales isometrically with V , and that V
is much smaller than total sapwood volume.
With the potential of the LA -V
relationship to shape factors as diverse as the
crown area-stem diameter relationship, conduit diameter scaling,
reproductive output, and drought-induced mortality, our work suggests
that the notion that sapwood increases per unit leaf area with height
growth requires revision.
Monitoring Product Quantity, Purity and Potency of Biopharmaceuticals in Real-time by Predictive Chemometrics and Soft sensors
Authors: Dürauer Astrid , Jungbauer Alois , Scharl Theresa
Published: March 2023

The biopharmaceutical industry is still running in batch mode, mostly
because it is a highly regulated industry sector. In the past, sensors
were not readily available and in-process control was mainly executed
off-line. The most important product parameters are quantity, purity and
potency besides adventitious agents and bioburden. There is increasing
economic pressure on time-to-market and also on the environmental
sustainability of biopharmaceutical manufacturing. New concepts for
manufacturing using disposable single-use technologies and integrated
bioprocessing will dominate the future of bioprocessing. In order to
ensure the quality of pharmaceuticals initiatives such as Process
Analytical Technologies, Quality by Design and Continuous Integrated
Manufacturing have been established. The vision must be that these
initiatives together with technology development pave the way for
process automation and autonomous bioprocessing without any human
intervention. Then a real-time release would be realized leading to a
highly predictive and robust biomanufacturing system. The steps toward
such automated and autonomous bioprocessing are reviewed in context of
monitoring and control. Starting from statistical treatment of single
and multiple sensors, establishing soft sensors with predictive
chemometrics and hybrid models. A scenario is described how to integrate
soft sensors and predictive chemometrics into modern process control.
This will be exemplified by selective downstream processing steps such
as chromatography and membrane filtration, the most common unit
operations for separation of biopharmaceuticals.
Using reliability diagrams to interpret the ‘signal-to-noise paradox’ in seasonal forecasts of the winter North Atlantic Oscilation
Authors: Strommen Kristian , MacRae Molly , Christensen Hannah
Published: March 2023

The ‘signal-to-noise paradox’ for seasonal forecasts of the winter NAO
is often described as an ‘underconfident’ forecast and measured using
the ratio-of-predictable components metric (RPC). However, comparison of
RPC with other measures of forecast confidence, such as spread-error
ratios, can give conflicting impressions, challenging this informal
description. We show, using a linear statistical model, that the
‘paradox’ is equivalent to a situation where the reliability diagram of
any percentile forecast has a slope exceeding 1. The relationship with
spread-error ratios is shown to be far less direct. We furthermore
compute reliability diagrams of winter NAO forecasts using seasonal
hindcasts from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts
and the UK Meteorological Office. While these broadly exhibit slopes
exceeding 1, there is evidence of asymmetry between upper and lower
terciles, indicating a potential violation of linearity/Gaussianity. The
limitations and benefits of reliability diagrams as a diagnostic tool
are discussed.
The Stability Transition from Stable to Unstable Frictional Slip with Finite Pore Pressure
Authors: Affinito Raphael , Wood Clay , marty samson , Derek Elsworth , Marone Chris
Published: March 2023

Pore fluids are ubiquitous throughout the lithosphere and are commonly
cited as the cause of slow-slip and complex modes of tectonic faulting.
We investigate the role of fluids for slow-slip and the frictional
stability transition and find that the mode of fault slip is mainly
unaffected by pore pressures. We shear samples at effective normal
stress (σ’n) of 20 MPa and pore pressures Pp from 1 to 4 MPa. The lab
fault zones are 3 mm thick and composed of quartz powder with median
grain size of 10 µm. Fault permeability evolves from 10-17 to 10-19 m2
over shear strains up to 26. Under these conditions, dilatancy
strengthening is minimal. Slow slip may arise from dilatancy
strengthening at higher fluid pressures but for the conditions of our
experiments slip rate-dependent changes in the critical rate of
frictional weakening are sufficient to explain slow-slip and the
stability transition to dynamic rupture.
Integration of a deep-learning-based fire model into a global land surface model
Authors: Son Rackhun , Stacke Tobias , Gayler Veronika , Nabel Julia Esther Marlene Sophia , Schnur Reiner , Silva Lazaro Alonso , Mesa Christian Requena , Winkler Alexander , Hantson Stijn , Zaehle Sönke , Weber Ulrich , Carvalhais Nuno
Published: March 2023

Fire is a crucial factor in terrestrial ecosystems playing a role in
disturbance for vegetation dynamics. Process-based fire models quantify
fire disturbance effects in stand-alone dynamic global vegetation models
(DGVMs) and their advances have incorporated both descriptions of
natural processes and anthropogenic drivers. Nevertheless, these models
show limited skill in modeling fire events at the global scale, due to
stochastic characteristics of fire occurrence and behavior as well as
the limits in empirical parameterizations in process-based models. As an
alternative, machine learning has shown the capability of providing
robust diagnostics of fire regimes. Here, we develop a
deep-learning-based fire model (DL-fire) to estimate daily burnt area
fraction at the global scale and couple it within JSBACH4, the land
surface model used in the ICON ESM. The stand-alone DL-fire model forced
with meteorological, terrestrial and socio-economic variables is able to
simulate global total burnt area, showing 0.8 of monthly correlation
(rm) with GFED4 during the evaluation period (2011-15). The performance
remains similar with the hybrid modeling approach JSB4-DL-fire (rm=0.79)
outperforming the currently used uncalibrated standard fire model in
JSBACH4 (rm=-0.07). We further quantify the importance of each predictor
by applying layer-wise relevance propagation (LRP). Overall, land
properties, such as fuel amount and water content in soil layers, stand
out as the major factors determining burnt fraction in DL-fire,
paralleled by meteorological conditions over tropical and high latitude
regions. Our study demonstrates the potential of hybrid modeling in
advancing fire prediction in ESMs by integrating deep learning
approaches in physics-based dynamical models.
Impact of climate change on water sources and river-floodplain mixing in the natural wetland floodplain of Biebrza River
Authors: Berezowski Tomasz , Partington Daniel
Published: March 2023

The origins of river and floodplain waters (groundwater, rainfall,

and snowmelt) and their extent during overbank flow events strongly

impact ecological processes such as denitrification and vegetation

development. However, the long-term sensitivity of floodplain water

signatures to climate change remains elusive. We examined how the

integrated hydrological model HydroGeoSphere and the Hydraulic
Mixing-Cell

method could help us understand the long-term impact of climate change

on water signatures and their spatial distribution in the protected

Biebrza River Catchment in northeastern Poland. Our model relied on

20th century Reanalysis Data from 1881 to 2015 and an ensemble of

EURO-CORDEX simulations for RCP 2.6, 4.5, and 8.5 from 2006 to 2099.

The historical component of the simulations was subjected to extensive

multiple-variable validation from 1881 to 2019. The results show that

the extents of water sources were rather stable in the floodplain

in the 1881-2015 period. The projected future impacts were variable

with each analyzed RCP, but in all cases, different significant trends

were present for the spatial distribution of water sources and for

the river-floodplain mixing. However, the total volume of water from

different sources was less sensitive to climate change than the dominant

sources and spatial distribution of water. The simulation results

highlight the impact of climate change on the extent of water sources

in temperate zone wetlands with significant implications for ecological

processes and management. These results also underscore the urgent

need to leverage such modeling studies to inform protective and
preservation

strategies of floodplain wetlands.
Relation between oceanic plate structure, patterns of interplate locking and microseismicity in the 1922 Atacama Seismic Gap
Authors: González-Vidal Diego , Moreno Marcos , Sippl Christian , Baez Juan Carlos , Ortega-Culaciati Francisco H. , Lange Dietrich , Tilmann Frederik , Socquet Anne , Bolte Jan , Hormazabal Joaquin , Langlais Mickaël , Morales-Yáñez Catalina , Melnick Daniel , Benavente Roberto , Araya Rodolfo
Published: March 2023

We deployed a dense geodetic and seismological network in the Atacama
seismic gap in Chile. We derive a microseismicity catalog of
>30,000 events, time series from 70 GNSS stations, and
apply a transdimensional Bayesian inversion to estimate interplate
locking degree. We identify two highly locked regions of different sizes
whose geometries appear to control seismicity patterns. Interface
seismicity concentrates beneath the coastline just downdip of the
highest locking. A region of lower interplate locking around 27.5ºS
coincides with higher seismicity levels, a high number of repeating
earthquakes and events extending further towards the trench. Having
shown numerous signs of aseismic deformation (slow-slip events and
earthquake swarms), this area is situated where the Copiapó Ridge is
subducted. While these findings suggest that the structure of the
downgoing oceanic plate prescribes patterns of interplate locking and
seismicity, we note that the Taltal Ridge further north lacks a similar
signature.
Strongly nonlinear effects on determining internal solitary wave parameters from remote sensing signatures
Authors: Xu Tao , Chen Xu , Li Qun , He Xiao , Wang Jing , Meng Jing
Published: March 2023

The inversion of remote sensing signatures of internal solitary waves
(ISWs) can retrieve dynamic characteristics in the ocean interior. The
ubiquitous large-amplitude ISWs limit the weakly nonlinear methods
commonly used to retrieve wave parameters. We establish the relationship
between surface features and internal characteristics of ISWs in
laboratory experiments through the correspondence of the remote sensing
signatures and the surface velocities of ISWs. The results show that the
strong nonlinearity makes the solution of wave-induced velocity
inseparable, and ISW theories under the weakly nonlinear assumption are
inappropriate to describe strongly nonlinear ISWs from the surface.
Therefore, the fully nonlinear model Dubreil–Jacotin–Long equation is
used in the retrievals and has been well verified in both the laboratory
and oceans. Mooring observations and the model show that stratification
conditions differentiate the relationship between remote sensing
signatures and ISW parameters in deep and shallow seas.
Accelerating Low-Carbon Pathways through E-Mobility: Perspectives from Developing Economies
Authors: Chiang Alexandra Pamela , Grütter Jürg M.
Published: March 2023

This paper analyzes the uptake of electric vehicles in Asia and the Pacific and shows how the electrification of transport systems can speed up the transition to a low-carbon future. The paper shows how electric car, bus and motorcycle sales are growing, and highlights the benefits and barriers to greater adoption. It outlines how setting ambitious e-mobility strategies can boost demand for renewable energy and spark new supply chains while helping governments cut fossil fuel dependency and reach crucial climate targets.
Characterization of weighted (b,c) inverse of an element in a ring
Authors: Sitha Bibekananda , Sahoo Jajati , Behera Ratikanta
Published: March 2023

The notion of the weighted (b,c)-inverse of an element in rings were
introduced very recently. In this paper, we further elaborate on this theory
by establishing a few characterizations of this inverse and their
relationships with other (v,w)-weighted (b,c)-inverses. We discuss a few
necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of the hybrid
(v,w)-weighted (b,c)-inverse and the annihilator (v,w)-weighted (b,
c)-inverse of an element in a ring. In addition, we explore a few sufficient
conditions for the reverse-order law of the annihilator (v,w)-weighted (b,c)-inverses.
On the weighted generalization of Hermite-Hadamard type inclusions for interval-valued convex functions
Authors: Budak Hüseyin , Kara Hasan
Published: March 2023

In this paper, firstly we give weighted Jensen inequality for interval valued
functions. Then, by using Jensen inequality, we establish weighted
Hermite-Hadamard type inclusions for interval-valued functions. Moreover, we
obtain some inclusions of weighted Hermite-Hadamard type for co-ordinated
convex interval-valued functions. These inclusions are generalizations of
some results given in earlier works.
On the regularity of the class of generalized Drazin-Riesz invertible operators
Authors: Abad Othman , Zguitti Hassane
Published: March 2023

In this paper, we prove that the class of all generalized Drazin-Riesz
invertible operators forms a regularity.
Strongly I-deferred Cesàro summablity and μ-deferred I-statistically convergence in amenable semigroups
Authors: Khan Vakeel , Khan Izhar , Hazarika Bipan , Rahman Zahid
Published: March 2023

The primary objective of this study is to extend the concept of strongly
I-deferred Ces?ro summability and ?-deferred I-statistical convergence on
amenable semigroups. Furthermore, under few conditions, we also establish
some inclusion-based results. After that, we introduce the ?-deferred
I*-statistical convergent, ?-deferred I-statistically pre-Cauchy, and
?-deferred I*-statistically pre-Cauchy functions in amenable semigroups and
prove results based on connection among them. Certain counter-examples are
also presented to support our results.
Weak stability of Ishikawa iterations for strongly demicontractive mappings in Hilbert spaces
Authors: Wang Chao , Fan Honglei
Published: March 2023

In this article, we establish a weak stability theorem for Ishikawa
iterations in Hilbert spaces. Moreover, a strongly demicontractive mapping
is presented to illustrate that the Ishikawa iteration of T is weakly
T-stable but not T-stable. Our results are new and extend several known
results.
Local linear estimation of the trimmed regression for censored data
Authors: Bakhtaoui Ataouia , Limam-Belarbi Faiza
Published: March 2023

We introduce a non-parametric estimation of the trimmed regression by using
the local linear method of a censored scalar response variable, given a
functional covariate. The main result of this work is the establishment of
almost complete convergence for the constructed estimator. A simulation
study is carried out to compare the finite sample performance based on the
mean square error between the classic local linear regression estimator and
the trimmed local linear regression estimator. Moreover, a real data study
is used to illustrate our methodology.
A Short Report of Parent Reports on Executive Functions
Authors: Morin Lisa L
Published: March 2023

Results from 45 parent respondents indicated a near-significant relationship between children with intellectual disability (ID) and comorbid autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF-2; Gioia et al., 2015) scale raw scores, emotional control scale and the behavioral regulation index. The manuscript raises an important message about the necessity to better understand the executive functioning and cognitive processes in children with ID, especially those children with comorbid ASD.
Urolithiasis Management in Resource-Limited Settings: A Multicentric Retrospective Study in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Authors: DIANGIENDA PABLO , Moningo Dieudonné Molamba , Ngoma Alain , Loposso Mathieu Nkumu , Daudon Michel
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Despite the increasing use of minimally invasive surgery techniques in the management of urolithiasis worldwide, resource-limited countries are still experiencing various challenges. This study aims to analyze different therapeutic modalities used in the treatment of urolithiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval, records of 194 patients who presented with documented urolithiasis in 13 hospitals across 4 provinces from January 2010 through September 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The different layers of stones were analyzed by infrared spectrophotometry. Results: Urolithiasis was symptomatic in 52.6% (n=194) of patients. Overall, 86.1% (i.e. 167 out of 194) of stones were removed by surgery, 9.8% spontaneously resolved; 3.1% were extracted after ureteroscopy and 1% of patients had undergone extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Lumbotomy was the most used route (45.2% of cases) in conventional surgery. Conclusion: Most patients in this study were treated by conventional surgery. These results suggest the need to increase the use of minimally invasive surgery.