bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Integrating impacts into weather and climate services
Authors: Geiger Tobias , Kienberger Stefan , Mühlbacher Gudrun , Röösli Thomas
Published: July 2023

The loss burden due to more intense and more frequent weather and climate events is increasing worldwide and causing casualties, economic damages and other adverse societal impacts. To mitigate these consequences and to support better informed decisions and therefore improved actions and responses, many National Hydrological and Meteorological Services are starting to provide services for weather and climate impacts as part of their operational routines. This requires National Hydrological and Meteorological Services to take a risk perspective, that in addition to the hazard-only perspective considers the potential for a given hazard event to inflict adverse consequences on society and attempts to quantify the uncertainties involved. We refer to impacts as the consequences of realised risks on natural and human systems. Risks result from dynamic interactions between weather- or climate-related hazards with the exposure (e.g. infrastructure, persons) and vulnerability of the affected human or ecological system to the hazards.
What are the consequences of such a change in perspective? Here we present our findings on this topic as an outcome of a working group on risks and impacts across three National Hydrological and Meteorological Services. We summarize the relevant strategic, methodological and technical steps and propose recommendations for the development and provision of impact-focused services at National Hydrological and Meteorological Services. In particular, we advocate for the use of one single framework, i.e., a fully fledged risk or hazard-exposure-vulnerability (HEV) setup operated at a National Hydrological and Meteorological Service. We show how such a framework integrates all existing forecast and prospective impact services and allows for flexible future extension driven by the evolving collaboration with partners, stakeholders and users.
Long-term stability and vertical displacement of soil sensors at Cabauw site
Authors: Strickland Jessica , Bosveld Fred
Published: July 2023

Accurate observations of surface soil heat flux are an integral part of better understanding land surface-boundary layer interactions. Surface soil heat flux is typically derived from a combination of soil temperature and soil heat flux sensors at various levels below the surface. Over time, the action of soil fauna, weathering (rain and frost), and gravity, shifts the plant material, soil, and ultimately, the sensors. If not accounted for, this displacement causes uncertainty in surface soil heat flux estimations, becoming especially relevant for long-term observations. Yet these same long-term observations can also be used to evaluate the reliability and stability of soil thermal measurements. Aptly, a variety of soil observations are available at a mid-latitude grassland site since 1986 as a part of the Cabauw in-situ program. We analyse the timeseries from 2003 – 2019, investigating the history, vertical movements, and positional problems of the soil heat flux sensor system as well as the complex application of these measurements for Surface Energy Balance (SEB). We examine the sensor movement in the soil by comparing the phase of the topsoil temperature and the soil heat flux at 0.05-m depth to the phases of the shortwave downward radiation and 2-m air temperature. Naturally, we observe gradual sinking and displacement of the soil sensors. In fact, some components were found approximately 0.05 m lower, 15 years after burial. In 2015, a new soil thermal system was reconstructed with sensors positioned as precisely as possible, and after one year, the grass conditions were comparable to the surrounding terrain. Therefore, we assume that the top sensors are still in the correct vertical position during the one year of observations taken after this point and compare the soil heat flux to the old sensor system. We observe large discrepancies in the contribution of the soil heat flux to the SEB for the new and old system, highlighting the importance of accurate soil observations.
Development of the Bulgarian national weather early warning system
Authors: Gospodinov Ilian ,   Teams from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology of Bulgaria
Published: July 2023

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology is the national weather service of Bulgaria. It has been operating a national weather early warning system for more than 10 years. The national system has been developed in accordance with the principles of the European system METEOALARM built within the international cooperation facilitated by the EUMETNET – a network of European national hydro-meteorological services. The color warning scale of METEOALARM gained popularity in the country and is currently easily recognizable by the wider public. Originally the national weather early warning system was develop to provide warnings with coarser resolution at the level of administrative region – 28. The advantage is that such warnings can be directly used for decision making by the civil protection authorities that often have territorial branches with zones of responsibility matching the bigger administrative regions. The disadvantage is that the natural extreme weather events are of scale smaller than that of an administrative region or occur in a part of it. This is a source of potential misunderstanding that requires detailing by text or specific consultation with a forecaster if useful decision is to be made upon. The national weather early warning system consists of three steps: 1. Automatic extraction of weather warnings by administrative regions from the regional numerical weather prediction model of NIMH - the result is offered to the weather forecaster in duty as first guess; 2. Evaluation of the first guess and and weather warning issuance by the forecaster in duty; 3. Dissemination to authorities and the general public by website, email, radio. The most recent development of the system was to go to finer resolution and provide weather warning for municipalities – 265. The advantage is that it allows for better match in scale between natural phenomena and the area of the municipality. The disadvantage is that it is much harder to produce by the forecaster. This is where the automatic first guess from model becomes essential. Sea storm early warnings for the Black sea coast for dangerous wave height has also been added during the last years.
Designing a smart early warning hydrometeorological system for Greek Municipality of Ermionida
Authors: Chasiotis Angelos , Panagiotis Nastos , Feloni Elissavet
Published: July 2023

Climate change affects the severity and frequency of natural disasters, mainly because the positive trends in global surface temperatures increase the possibility of more droughts and also the increased intensity of rainfall leads to intense flood phenomena.The Municipality of Ermionida, located in the Argolis regional unit (Peloponnese, Greece), is an area that only slightly affected by the climate crisis. The area is particularly dry, and suffers from several flash flood events especially during autumn and early winter months, thus, there is a need for a forecasting system operation at local scale.In the frame of this work, SMILE project’s objectives (which is funded by Greek Government) are presented, as well as, the general scheme of a proposed tool that is equipped with a monitoring system is described in detail. SMILE system for the Municipality of Ermionida is a user friendly online tool, designed with the scope of monitoring and processing data from connected sensors, i.e., stage records from hydrometric stations installed on torrents and meteorological parameters from stations installed on several areas in the watershed. This on-line tool allows the user to access data from a central screen, and to create specific diagrams per parameter and per station. The system-involved sensors are connected to a datalogger with internal 4G modem, for the real-time monitoring and inter-operability with an additional 1D/2D hydraulic model that will be created in the frame of the same research project for critical areas, with the scope of issuing warnings.Key Words: Civil protection, Meteorological phenomena, Flooding, flashfloods, early warning system
Climate monitoring services provided by the Hungarian Meteorological Service to support the adaptation to climate change in Hungary
Authors: Lakatos Mónika
Published: July 2023

The global climate change has obvious local effects in Hungary.  The monthly temperatures shifted to warmer in the most recent normal period between 1991 and 2020 comparing to the 1961-1990 in each months. The annual course of the monthly precipitations changed, especially autumn. The frequency of heatwave days increased by more than two weeks in the Little Plain and in the southern part of the Great Hungarian Plain from 1981, which is the most intense warming period globally. The intensification of the precipitation in the recent years is obvious in our region. To enhance the adaptive capacity of different sectors the Hungarian Metrological Service produce general ad tailored climate information for the users.
The climate monitoring at the Hungarian Meteorological Service is based on measurements stored in the Climate data archive. We apply data management tools to produce high quality and representative datasets to prepare climate studies. The data homogenization makes possible to eliminate inhomogeneities due to change in the measuring practice and station movements. Applying spatial interpolation procedure for meteorological data provide the spatial representativeness of the climate data used for monitoring.
The Unit of Climatology of the Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ) derive and update on regular basis the Hungarian homogenized and interpolated climate data series (HuClim data) to serve up-to-date and reliable climate monitoring information to the users and for the public. With the MASH and MISH software, we produce the following daily data sets: - maximum minimum and mean temperature (1901-)- precipitation (1901-)- air pressure (1961-)- relative humidity (1951-)- wind speed (mean and max) and direction (1997-)- global radiation (2000-)A number of climate services are based on these data series, as well as on the raw, but completed not homogenized but interpolated data of the current year: - Freely accessible Meteorological Database (odp.met.hu)- General climate analyses on the OMSZ website - Climate reports - The KlimAdat geo-information system supporting climate change impact studies- Agrometeorological analyses: soil moisture, drought and growing degree days maps - Meteorological support of the Hungarian Agricultural Risk Management System - Data provision for the ESA Danube Data Cube project - Individual services
The services listed here will be illustrated with graphs and maps on our poster presentation.
thundeR - a rawinsonde package for processing convective parameters and visualizing atmospheric profiles
Authors: Taszarek Mateusz , Czernecki Bartosz , Szuster Piotr
Published: July 2023

ThundeR is a freeware R language package for sounding and hodograph visualization, and rapid computation of convective parameters commonly used in the research and operational prediction of severe convective storms. Core algorithm is based on C++ code seamlessly integrated into the R language within the RCPP library. This solution allows to compute a large number of thermodynamic and kinematic parameters within hundredths of a second per atmospheric profile. Such performance enables to process large numerical datasets such as reanalyses or weather prediction models for the research and operational purposes. ThundeR package has been developed since 2017 and is constantly updated with new features and parameters following requests from the community and the most up to date research findings on severe storm environments. The most recent version of the package (v1.1) allows users to calculate 201 parameters, manually specify mixing and altitude of a convective parcel, input a manual storm motion vector, and control plotting of CAPE, CIN, DCAPE and SRH polygons. An online tool available at www.rawinsonde.com allows users to use thundeR package in visualizing rawinsonde measurements and historical atmospheric profiles from ERA5 reanalysis since 1950. As of January 2023, thundeR package has been used in more than 20 peer-reviewed studies.
Mechanisms governing asymmetry of day-to-day temperature changes
Authors: Huth Radan , Stryhal Jan , Navrátilová Denisa , Kašpar Marek , Krauskopf Tomáš
Published: July 2023

The focus of this contribution is on one particular aspect of short-term atmospheric variability, namely, the day-to-day temperature difference (DTD). Large DTDs negatively affect human health and impact also animals and plants, hence posing risk to society and asking for being thoroughly investigated.
Similar to other climate variables, risks are related to tails of DTD distributions, that is, to large day-to-day temperature drops and rises. It is known that the distribution of DTDT changes in central Europe is asymmetrical: large temperature increases prevail over large decreases in winter, and vice versa in summer. The opposite is true for small DTDT changes: in winter, small decreases prevail over small increases. However, unlike for temperature, mechanisms causing large DTDs and their asymmetry have only been hypothesized but not investigated in sufficient detail on scales larger than local.
In this contribution, we analyze two mechanisms that have been hypothesized to stay behind the asymmetry of DTD distributions. The first mechanism is passages of atmospheric fronts, which contribute to the asymmetry in large DTD changes: cold front passages are responsible for more frequent and stronger temperature drops than increases in summer, while warm front passages cause temperature increases to occur more often than drops in winter. To this end, we employ objective frontal analysis on the European scale. The second mechanism consists in circulation conditions conducive to radiative warming in summer or radiative cooling in winter, which govern the asymmetry in small DTD changes. The circulation conditions are described by classifications of atmospheric circulation patterns performed separately for individual gridpoints; anticyclonic types and types with warm advection in south and southwest direction contribute to the DTD asymmetry in summer, while anticyclonic types and types with cold northerly and northeasterly advection contribute to the DTD asymmetry in winter.
Documentary evidence of past floods in Poland in the 11th–15th centuries
Authors: Ghazi Babak , Przybylak Rajmund , Oliński Piotr , Bogdańska Katarzyna , Pospieszyńska Aleksandra
Published: July 2023

The frequency, intensity and origin of floods in Poland in the 11th–15th centuries were assessed through analysis of all available documentary evidence. Intensity and origin of floods were estimated using the most well-known and reliable flood classifications for Europe (Barriendos and Coeur 2004; Brázdil et al. 2006; and Lambor 1954). The result indicated 166 flood occurrences in Poland in the 11th–15th centuries. The database of flood records showed that most of the floods in the historical sources were registered for the 15th century (61.4%). In addition, the Silesia and Baltic Coast region and Pomerania were the most vulnerable to flood events, each accounting for 33–34% of instances. The flood intensity estimated based on the Brázdil et al. (2006) classification, revealed that 77 of the recorded floods were above average or supra-regional. In turn, according to Barriendos and Coeur’s (2004) classification, 99 floods were extraordinary. The main cause of floods in Poland during the 11th–15th centuries (almost every second case of flood), was rain and its subtypes. Comparison of the results of this study against the occurrence of floods in neighboring countries (Germany, Czech Republic and Hungary) presents good spatial coherency. The results of this study provide the most comprehensive, updated and state-of-the-art inventory of floods in medieval Poland and should significantly improve the existing knowledge about this phenomenon in Central Europe. The output of this study once again confirms the capacity of documentary evidence to provide valuable and reliable knowledge about flood records for the pre-instrumental period.
The work was supported by the National Science Centre, Poland, project No. 2020/37/B/ST10/00710.
References:
Barriendos, M., & Coeur, D, 2004: Flood data reconstruction in historical times from non-instrumental sources in Spain and France. Systematic, Palaeoflood and Historical Data for the Improvement of Flood Risk Estimation. Methodological Guidelines, edited by: Benito, G. and Thorndycraft, VR, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, Madrid, Spain, 29–42.
Brázdil, R., Kundzewicz, Z. W., & Benito, G., 2006: Historical hydrology for studying flood risk in Europe. Hydrological sciences journal, 51(5), 739–764. https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.51.5.739.
Lambor, J., 1954: Klasyfikacja typów powodzi i ich przewidywanie. Gospodarka Wodna, 4, 129–131.
WTF: Where There's Fog, Detecting Low Visibility Conditions on Highways Using Multimodal Computer Vision
Authors: Jeuris Pedro , Pagani Giuliano Andrea , Popa Mirela
Published: July 2023

The phenomenon of fog poses a considerable risk to transportation by land, air and sea. The resulting lower visibility conditions on land can cause road accidents which in turn can result in economical damages, material damages and in the worst cases human casualties too. This raises the need of a wide-spread fog monitoring and warning system to prevent these sort of dreadful events. Specialized equipment to detect fog exists, but is expensive, which makes a large-scale use infeasible. Instead we propose the use of an infrastructure already available, such as traffic monitoring cameras, in combination with Deep Learning Computer Vision techniques. This approach has several advantages such as 1) no specialized or additional equipment is necessary, 2) predictions can be visually verified by an operator before taking a decision to raise a fog related warning and 3) cheap scalability in terms of adding cameras where and when needed. In this work, two well established computer vision models (i.e., ResNet and ViT) are tested on this task and explainable AI techniques are applied to better understand which parts of the input are important for the classification task. Furthermore, we extend these computer vision models to a multimodal setting by adding meteorological variables to increase the classification performance. To our knowledge this is the first work combining visual inputs and meteorological data for the task of fog detection. Additionally, given the limited amount of annotated images and the high effort required to label them, we also explored the application of self-supervised methods to increase the performance. We obtained promising results, even though we did not manage to surpass the accuracy of the supervised approach. The best setting for training achieves an accuracy of 91% and an F1 score of 85% on the test set.
Climate change impacts on wind energy production for the Italian peninsula
Authors: Bonanno Riccardo , Viterbo Francesca
Published: July 2023

Wind energy is one of the key aspects for renewable resources that contributes to climate change mitigation policies in national and international energy transition strategies. The availability of wind resources itself is also affected by climate change, due to possible expected changes in large-scale circulation patterns, with consequent impacts on wind regimes on the Italian territory. This study focuses on understanding whether, how and to what extent climate change can affect wind producibility in Italy, using the Euro-CORDEX regional climate models. Because wind turbines work within a defined wind speed range (within the cut-in and cut-off wind speed), a better estimate of wind speed values is able to significantly impact the estimation of wind producibility. For this reason, a bias correction is performed using the MERIDA meteorological reanalysis, for the 10 m wind speed variable of the climate models. The calculation of the producibility was obtained assuming a reference wind turbine that is widely used in the Italian wind farms (VESTAS V112 - 3000 kW). The study also analyzes the changes in the wind energy production compared to the reference period 1986-2005 for the short (2021-2050), medium (2051-2080) and long-term (2071-2100) scenarios, according to the RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios. Together with the variation of the climate signal of the ensemble mean, an uncertainty analysis is also performed to evaluate the reliability of the climate signal itself. If, on one hand, the results show a prevalently weak and not statistically significant climate signal for the RCP 4.5 scenario, on the other hand, a more pronounced and significant signal is highlighted for the RCP 8.5 scenario in the medium and long term, indicating a decrease in wind producibility. More specifically, the conclusions suggest that the future planning of wind producibility should mainly be targeted toward some specific areas of the eastern Italian coast and in the south-east Italian regions, mostly in the off-shore areas. In these regions, indeed, the RCP 8.5 scenario shows the lowest decrease in the overall annual producibility with respect to other Italian regions, while, for the RCP 4.5 scenario, the medium and the long term foresee a slight increase in wind producibility at the annual level.
PRAKTIK AGROFORESTRI TRADISIONAL (LAMPOH) DI ACEH BESAR: MENILAI POTENSI DAN PEMANFAATAN OLEH MASYARAKAT DI KECAMATAN SIMPANG TIGA
Authors: Hayati Durrah , Armanda Fahmy , Jamilah Maryam , Rosita Ida , Muslih Ali Muhammad
Published: July 2023

Traditional agroforestry systems (TAFS) are longstanding practices characterized by the absence of intentional agricultural intensification. In Aceh, Indonesia, a specific type of TAFS known as "lampoh" is practiced, representing a multispecies agroforestry system deeply rooted in Acehnese culture. This study aimed to identify the plant species found in traditional agroforestry gardens in Aceh Besar and explore their utilization by the local community. The study was conducted in three villages within the Simpang Tiga District of Aceh Besar, utilizing primary and secondary data collection methods. Direct observations and interviews with community members were employed to identify plant species and gather insights into Historis and present practices. The study revealed a traditional multistory agroforestry system, Lampoh, consisting of diverse tree species and perennial plants. Interviews identified 24 Historisly and currently cultivated and utilized plant species, with some species no longer present in the agroforestry gardens of the studied villages. The decrease in agroforestry garden utilization was attributed to shifts in primary income sources, modernization, and urbanization, which provided alternative livelihoods and preferences. To ensure the sustainability of agroforestry practices, efforts should integrate agroforestry into evolving livelihood systems, raise awareness about its importance, and improve market access, taking into account the changing economic landscape and community preferences. This will help preserve the contributions of agroforestry to food security, ecological diversity, and economic well-being.
A Study on Relaxation Learning Factory in Vocational Higher Education During the covid-19 Endemic Transition
Authors: Prastiantomo Gregorius Adi , Saputra Tri Hannanto , Wijayanto Agus
Published: July 2023

Vocational Higher Education in providing quality vocational higher education is inseparable from its education model that implements PBET (Production Based Education and Training). To support this educational model, Vocational Higher Education has an educational facility called the Learning Factory. The concept of Learning Factory is facing challenges due to the extraordinary events post of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational strategic management is needed in relaxing concepts and activities related to the learning factory in Vocational Higher Education. Organizations must be able to formulate strategic policies that focus on the health and safety of students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Relaxation is a way or action to align the mind in a constructive direction so that what you want can be achieved. The main changes needed in Learning Factory Relaxation are the Implementation Model and the Learning Matrix. Both require Authorization in a process that supports teaching activities and the desired result. Therefore, principles are needed to support the achievement of modules that are open to the entire learning process and make prototypes for vocational students. As a form of a new breakthrough with technology in the industrial sector and getting around the adaptation of new habits during the Covid-19 pandemic, the learning process must be developed more innovatively and continues to be productive for the sake of mutual welfare. In realizing adaptive relaxation, it is necessary to focus on assessing the functions of Technoware, Infoware, Humanware, and Organware (THIO) as tools that Vocational Higher Education can use to improve services to stakeholders.
Hyperparameter Tuning Deep Learning for Imbalanced Data
Authors: Achmad Refi Riduan , Haris Muhammad
Published: July 2023

Imbalanced data is a challenge for the performance of classification algorithms. A situation where two classes consisting of the majority class dominate the minority class. As a result, algorithmic models tend to have high accuracy against the majority class. Imbalanced data can occur on any type of data, including data coming from Twitter. Twitter is one of the social media that is widely used to think about various things, including about the future Presidential candidate of the Republic of Indonesia in 2024. Tweet data was collected from October 8, 2022, to January 10, 2023. Anies Baswedan has a total of 34,962 tweets, Ganjar Pranowo 39,796 tweets, and Prabowo Subianto 12,398 tweets. These tweets can be identified to be categorized into positive sentiments and negative sentiments using several classification algorithm methods, namely Decision Tree, Naïve Bayes, and Deep Learning.  The dataset comes from the tweets of Twitter netizens who are scraped and preprocessed using the RapidMiner tool.  Prabowo Subianto's dataset achieved the best performance using the Deep Learning model with an accuracy rate of 85.42%, precision of 63.30%, recall of 91.77%, and AUC of 0.867.
Utilizing Geographic Information Systems to Estimate Biomass and Carbon Based on Slope in Secondary Dryland Forests in the Forest Area of Mulawarman University
Authors: Kardika Adelia Juli , Istanto Julian , Sufiana Khilma , Murniyati Agustina , Kamarati Kiamah Fathirizki Agsa , Rudito
Published: July 2023

Calculation of standing biomass is usually carried out using linear and non-linear regression equation models based on the type of plant or tree resulting from field measurements. The aim of this study was to estimate the estimation of biomass and carbon based on the slope of the secondary forest in the KHDTK educational forest of Mulawarman University. Mulawarman University Educational Forest. Data collection to calculate biomass and carbon stocks obtained by direct measurements in the field and utilizing the Geographic Information System. The results of the highest biomass estimation at the sapling level are on a slope of 25-45% with an average value of 12.599 tons/ha; at the pile level with a slope of 25-45% the average value is 28.412 tons/ha; at the tree level with a slope of 8-15% the average value is 155.024 tons/ha; and in a litter with a slope of 25-45% the average value is 38.12 tons/ha. The greatest potential carbon yield is at the sapling level with a slope of 25-45% with an average value of 6.300 tons/ha; at the pile level with a slope of 25-45% the average value is 14.206 tons/ha; at the tree level with a slope of 8-15% the average value is 77.512 tons/ha; and in litter with a slope of 25-45% the average value is 17.86 tons/ha.
Editorial
Authors: Brantes Ferreira Daniel
Published: July 2023

The doors of the multi-door courthouse system are opening all around, and this issue is robust evidence. We must show our appreciation to SIMC’s President, George Lim; SIMC’s CEO, Chuan Wee Meng; Siddharth Jha, SIMC’s International Partnerships Counsel; and to this issue’s guest editor, Benatt Beng Tat Lee, SIMC’s Registrar. This issue would not be a reality without their incredible work and network in Asia. The issue is composed of fourteen papers. Eleven papers are about the mediation status in specific Asian countries or regions: Hong Kong, China, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. One paper is on mediation in the Republic of Belarus; another piece is on arbitration in China, and there is also a book review on the Dispute Board Manual: A Guide to Best Practices and Procedures, written by the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
Aprovechamiento de recursos animales en el yacimiento calcolítico precampaniforme de Aldovea (Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid).
Authors: Estaca-Gómez Verónica , De la Torre García Adrián , Señoran José María , Martínez Granero Ana Belén , Major González Mónica , Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros José
Published: July 2023

Se presenta el estudio zooarqueológico de las muestras procedentes de las unidades calcolíticas de Aldovea, que es una de las tres áreas del yacimiento prehistórico de Aldovea, localizado en Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid). Este yacimiento es un asentamiento del Calcolítico del Valle medio del Tajo formado por una concentración de estructuras negativas en forma de fosas y silos. El estudio de la fauna ha ofrecido dos tipos de acumulaciones óseas diferentes con significados distintos. Por un lado, hay un conjunto de fauna vinculada a los usos económico-alimenticios caracterizada por el predominio de fauna doméstica donde los ovicápridos y los bóvidos son las especies principales. Por otro, hay un conjunto de fauna depositada en lo que hemos llamado Depósitos, con un carácter menos funcional y más simbólico-ritual, que presenta individuos enterrados en conexión o semiconexión anatómica en la que predominan especies domésticas como el perro, los suidos y los bóvidos. En este trabajo analizamos las diferencias de ambos tipos de contextos, y a partir de ellas trataremos de discutir las implicaciones económicas de las acumulaciones del primer tipo, y el significado que pudieron tener las acumulaciones de carácter más simbólico.
Eğitim Kurumlarının Derslik ve Kütüphane Yapılarında Sürdürülebilirlik Çerçevesinde Gün Işığından Faydalanma Metotlarının İncelenmesi
Authors: Çapraz Gürsel
Published: July 2023

In this study, which aims to examine the methods of using daylight within the framework of sustainability in the classrooms and library structures of educational institutions, the use and development of lighting systems will be discussed in order to create a sustainable and more livable environment by making maximum use of daylight. Educational institutions, classrooms (offices) and library buildings are places where people spend most of their time. For this reason, it is possible to provide maximum energy efficiency and comfort of use by increasing the daylight utilization conditions of educational institutions, classrooms (offices) and library buildings. Sunlight is the rays emanating from the sun and giving life to the entire universe. Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum and wavelength that can be perceived by the human eye. In this spectrum, solar radiation is ordered according to wavelengths. For centuries, daylight was the only source of using light. The aim of creating gaps wide enough to diffuse daylight into the building dominated the architecture. Advanced daylight systems and control strategies, user-friendly and low-energy building sites are another step forward in providing daylight. These systems must be integrated into a building's overall architectural strategy and design process. Light strategies and design strategies of office buildings are inseparable. Daylight both replaces artificial light by reducing energy use and affects the heating-cooling function. The daylight project therefore involves integrating the needs and perspectives of various experts and expertise. Daylight design starts with the selection of the building location and continues until it is inhabited. Daylight strategies are designed to scatter the surrounding rays indoors in closed weather, where there is no steep sunlight. In this case, windows and skylights were applied to bring daylight into the building in closed weather conditions. Key Words: Educational Institutions, Classrooms, Libraries, Sustainability, Daylight
Literacy Skills in Social Studies Curriculum
Authors: DEMİR Yılmaz
Published: July 2023

In this study, it is aimed to examine the learning outcome in the social studies course (SSC) curriculum in Turkey in terms of seven literacy skills as “environmental literacy”, “digital literacy”, “financial literacy”, “map literacy”, “legal literacy”, “media literacy” and “political literacy”. This research is designed according to the case study that is often used in qualitative research. In the study, literacy skills in the current SSC curriculum in Turkey were evaluated as a situation; interviews and documents constituted multiple sources of information of the research. As a result of the research, it was determined that a significant part of the learning outcome in the curriculum of SSC (84%) was related to literacy skills. While the highest gain was in the “financial literacy” (f=25) skill area, it was determined that the least gain was in the “media literacy” (f=6) skill area. In addition, it was determined that the gains related to literacy skills were included on the basis of grade level, the maximum fifth grade (f=31); at least at the fourth grade level (f=24). However, the most “environmental literacy” and “financial literacy” at the fourth and fifth grade level, “legal literacy” and “political literacy” at the sixth grade, and gains in “political literacy” skills at the seventh grade level were included the most.
Targeted nanocarriers for lung cancer therapy: lipids for pulmonary drug delivery
Authors: Patel J.
Published: July 2023

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The lung cancer treatment strategy includes surgery, high doses of intravenous chemotherapeutic medications, radiation therapy, etc. Chemotherapy, as one of the most essential treatment methods, can increase a patient’s survival rate. However, there are serious side effects, systemic toxicity, and poor selectivity associated with the use of chemotherapeutic agents. A combination of nanotechnology and delivery systems has been used as a novel approach to developing cancer therapies, and its global profile is widely growing. Hence, among various nanocarriers, lipid-based nano-delivery systems could potentially circumvent these issues due to their unique properties. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of lipid-based nanocarriers for lung cancer therapy by considering a targeted approach. Due to its characteristics, including its small diameter, low toxicity, high biocompatibility, hybrid structure, ability to provide controlled and sustained release, etc., which are mentioned in this research, it could be used by lung cancer sufferers owing to its efficacy and lack of severe side effects because of its targeted function.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PRODUK, HARGA, PROMOSI DAN DISTRIBUSI TERHADAP KEPUASAN KONSUMEN UMKM OLAHAN SINGKONG DAN UBI “YASKA 57” TINGKIR SALATIGA
Authors: Widodo Tri , Setyawan Andri
Published: July 2023

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakngi dengan semakin pesatnya perkembangan UMKM di Salatiga, dan untuk menarik konsumen dibutuhkan kreatifitas dari para pelaku UMUM. Sehingga peran ekonomi kraetif dalam meningkatkan omset dan bahkan pertumbuhan perekonimian nasional cukup tinggi. Objek penelitian ini adalah UMKM pelaku ekonomi kreatif olahan singkong dan UBI Yaska 57 Tingkir Salatiga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji seberapa besar pengaruh dari kualitas produk, harga, promise dan distribusi terhadap kepuasan konsumen, baik secara parsial dan simultan dengan data primer dan sekunder, dengan jumlah populasi 100 responden. Hasil penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa secara umum kualitas produk, harga, promosi dan distribusi yang ada sudah baik. Berdasarkan data yang diperoleh dan hasil olah data dapat dijelaskan kepuasan konsumen tidak di pengaruhi oleh harga, promosi dan distribusi. Kepuasan konsumen ditentukan oleh kualitas produk. Dalam penelitian ini variabel dependen dapat dijelaskan oleh variabel independent (kualitas produk, harga, promosi dan distribusi sebesar 68,2% dan 31,8 dijelaskan oleh varaibel bebas diluar penelitian ini. Dengan demikian pelaku UMKM Olahan singkon dan Ubi YAska 57 harus memperkuat dan meningkatkan kualitas produk, karena pada dasarnya kepuasan konsumen ditentukan oleh kualitas produk. Sedangkan harga, promosi, dan distribusi tidak memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap kepuasan konsumen.
Efektivitas Bauran Pemasaran Dalam Meningkatkan Jumlah Nasabah Produk Tabungan Haji Di Bank Muamalat Kantor Cabang Pembantu Tulungagung
Authors: Nuraini Minggir Rahma , Manunggal Syafrudin Arif Marah
Published: July 2023

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh  perkembangan jumlah nasabah tabungan haji di Bank Muamalat KCP Tulungagung yang mengalami fluktuasi disebabkan efek dari pandemi covid serta adanya persaingan antar bank syariah lain. Pemasaran produk tabungan haji di Bank Muamalat KCP Tulungagung menerapkan strategi pemasaran dengan mengimplementasikan strategi bauran pemasaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana penerapan bauran pemasaran serta ke efektivitasannya  terhadap peningkatan jumlah nasabah tabungan haji yang terjadi di Bank Muamalat KCP Tulungagung. Metode yang digunakan adalah diskriptif kualitatif dimana data diperoleh melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penerapan bauran pemasaran yang dilakukan Bank Muamalat KCP Tulungagung menggunakan 7P (product, place, price, promotion, people, process, physical avidance) terbuktif efektif dalam meningkatkan jumlah nasabah tabungan haji. Hal ini berdasarkan pengukuran efektivitas terhadap pencapaiaHajijuan yang efektif  berdasarkan 3 kriteria yaitu, pencapaian tujuan, integrasi, dan adaptasi.Kata kunci: Efektivitas, Bauran Pemasaran, Tabungan Haji
Peran Identitas Sosial Dalam Keanggotaan Online Brand Communities (OBC) melalui Tipe Partisipasi Anggota
Authors: Fajri Annisa
Published: July 2023

Semakin canggihnya tekhnologi yang ada, semakin menunjang kemudahan pada teknologi informasi dan komunikasi yang ada. Agar semakin mudah dalam menarik konsumen dan untuk mengembangkan jangkauan pasar sebuah usaha, strategi pemasaran memiliki peranan yang sangat besar dalam memanfaatkan tekhnologi. Ketika konsumen akan melakukan pembelian mereka cenderung akan bergantung pada akses konten komunitas merek dalam membuat keputusan membeli. Dengan adanya online brand communities (OBC) sangat memudahkan konsumen untuk mengetahui produk yang cocok untuk dirinya dengan melihat review dan spesifikasi produk dari anggota komunitas yang sudah pernah melakukan pembelian produk sebelumnya. Sehingga, konten dan review dalam OBC harus membuat konsumen yang membaca tertarik untuk membeli. Efek identitas sosial anggota OBC terhadap komitmen anggota terhadap merek, mengarah ke kata-kata positif dari word of mouth (WOM) dan penolakan mereka terhadap informasi negatif tentang merek tersebut. Oleh karena itu penting untuk memahami identitas sosial keanggotaan dalam OBC.
Effectiveness of Blackburn Exercise on Pain, ROM and Disability in Shoulder Impingement Syndrome among Construction Workers: An Experimental Study
Authors: Raut Vaishnavi , Golhar Sucheta
Published: July 2023

Background: shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) is one of the most common disorders of affecting the shoulder joint. Approximately 44-46% of general population are affected by shoulder pain due to impingement syndrome. It affects the structure passing through the subacromial space. Construction workers are frequently involved in lifting, pushing, pulling and overhead activities for long period of time during their work. This continuous work in poor posture alters the normal muscle function & biomechanics of shoulder joint and leads to the shoulder impingement syndrome. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to find the effectiveness of blackburns exercise on Pain, ROM & Disability in shoulder impingement syndrome in construction workers.
Materials and Methods: 64 construction workers who are routinely involved in overhead activities and having shoulder pain and difficulty in performing overhead activity were included in the study. Neers impingement test, Hawkins Kennedy impingement test & painful arc syndrome was the diagnostic criteria. Visual analogue scale (VAS), Shoulder Pain and disability index (SPADI), universal goniometer were used to assess the individuals. paired t – test was used.
Result: There was considerable difference in pre and post score of VAS, SPADI and ROM with the p value of <0.0001.
Conclusion: Study concludes that blackburn exercise is effective in reducing the pain and improving the shoulder ROM and functional disability in construction workers.

Key words: shoulder impingement syndrome, construction workers, blackburn exercise.
Impact of Irrigation Regimes on Some Selected Food Properties of Tomato Fruits
Authors: D.O Idowu, , O.E Onofua, , T.B Adebayo,
Published: July 2023

The demand for tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) as a vegetable and as an industrial raw material is increasing globally. To maximize tomato production and quality, there is need for good water management. This research studied the effect of three irrigation frequencies (F1=7 days; F2= 5 days; and F3= 3 days) and three depths of water applications (D1= 100%ETc; D2 =75%ETc; D3=50%ETc) on some selected food properties of the tomato. The fruits were harvested when observed ripe and the selected food properties were measured. The results from the experiment showed that the moisture content was in the range of 91.44 to 93.53%; crude fibre, 0.64 to 0.69; crude protein, 0.71 to 0.96 %; crude fat, 0.28 to 0.31%; ash content, 0.19 to 0.22%; sodium, 8.62 to 9.02 mg/100g; potassium, 216.33 to 220 mg/100g; calcium, 4.1 to 4.83 mg/100g; phosphorus, 21.12 to 22.73 mg/100g; vitamin C, 20.38 to 22.07mg/100g; and lycopene, 29.73 to 37.08 mg/100g. The statistical analysis of the result showed that the factors examined were not very significant (p<0.05). Thus, the results of the experiment will be useful for engineers who design irrigation water management for the tomato growers for maximizing tomato production through water management.

Keywords: Tomato, irrigation regime, irrigation frequency, food qualities, vitamin, water management
Public Speaking Anxiety in English Among ACCA Foundation in Accountancy Students in a Malaysian Private University: A Case Study
Authors: Lingaiah Jayasri , Binti Ishak Siti Norashikin
Published: July 2023

This research looked into the level of public speaking anxiety in English at three distinct speaking stages, including before, during, and after speaking, as well as the coping strategies employed to manage public speaking anxiety. The study utilized a quantitative method and an online survey design, with (n=36) participants comprising ACCA Foundation in Accountancy students from a private university in Malaysia. The participants completed an online questionnaire survey using Google Forms. The questionnaire survey consisted of three sections; Section A asked for personal information, while Likert scale survey questions were included in Sections B and C. The data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), which enabled the computation of mean scores, standard deviations, and percentages to summarize the results. The study’s findings revealed that ACCA Foundation in Accountancy students experienced high levels of anxiety in public speaking before their presentation stage, followed by moderate levels during and after their delivery stages. Furthermore, the study demonstrated that the coping strategies utilized by the students during preparation and delivering strategies were at a high level. This study offers an opportunity for tertiary students and educators to recognize the level of anxiety experienced when it comes to public speaking in English and to learn effective coping mechanisms to manage that anxiety. Such coping strategies can improve academic performance and advance career growth.

Keywords: Public speaking (PS), Accountancy students, Quantitative method, Questionnaire survey, Likert-scale questionnaire
Observations of Gaia Microlensing Events in Abastumani
Authors: Kvernadze T. , Kvaratskhelia O. , V. Kozlov V.
Published: July 2023

Gaia is now one of the most successful and leading transient space mission. It discovers nearly 2000 objects annually from all over the sky, down to about 20 mag, covering all possible classes of transients from supernovae and cataclismic variables to rare phenomena like microlensing events or pair-instability supernovae. The long time baseline of Gaia data allows for more robust detections of photometric anomalies. The gravitational microlensing method is especially sensitive to compact-object lenses in the Milky Way, including white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes. The team, involved in the photometric follow-up observations of Gaia microlensing events, is collaborating with the International Working Group of Gaia Science Alerts through the BHTOM platform since 2020. Currently, we mainly use the 36-cm SCT-14 telescope of the Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory (Abastumani, Georgia) which is equipped with large format CCD and UBVRI filter set. At present we have processed and submitted for combined light curves observational data of 16 moderately bright Gaia alerts. Some of them clearly show the microlensing event type of light curves, though they need more detailed investigation. Here we present preliminary results of data connected with two such events: Gaia19dke and Gaia21dnc.
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO): current activities and statuses
Authors: Mickaelian A. M.
Published: July 2023

We review the current activities and statuses of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), one of the most active research institutes of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. BAO was founded by the outstanding scientist, National Hero of Armenia Viktor Ambartsumian in 1946 as an institute of the Armenian Academy of Sciences. Its main scientific research field is the instability phenomena of the Universe. It is recognized as an Armenian National Value in 2013, IAU Regional Centre in 2015, IAU Outstanding Astronomical Heritage in 2021, Registered UNESCO documentary heritage item (Markarian Survey) in 2011 and has a number of other statuses. BAO has two major instruments; 2.6m classical reflector and 1m Schmidt telescope. A number of research projects are active at BAO and its scientists are rather active at international level. Since 1998, BAO bears the name of V. A. Ambartsumian.
Chronic meningitis by Cryptococcosis gatti in an immunocompetent patient: a case report
Authors: Pereira Conte Bruno , Lopes Pedro Fabio , Letsch da Silveira Roberta , Marquardt Corazza Jerusa
Published: July 2023

This paper aims to present an unusual case of neurocryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient. As the previous literature proposes, the diagnosis is usually not evident and there is a delay in the cases resolution due to the symptoms being nonspecific, the tests being very sensitive, as well as the unusual neurological condition of fungal origin in a patient with no evidence of immunodeficiency. The history of alcoholism and the diagnosis of long-term type 2 diabetes raises the hypothesis that the patient had immunosuppression events. The diagnosis was made through hospital support in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team. Discussing the present case helps to elucidate the possible diagnoses involved in chronic meningitis, especially in fungal meningitis.