bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LOCAL COMMUNITIES PERSPECTIVE IN SABAH, MALAYSIA
Authors: J. Lintangah Walter , Atin Vilaretti , Khalid Nurul Izzah Izati
Published: July 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many activities, including tourism and recreational activities. This study determines the  local communities’ perceptions of local recreational activities or staycation based on the natural resources in Sabah during the pandemic. Using the convenience sampling method, the questionnaire survey was distributed to respondents through social media and email. Respondents including students, government, and private sectors were from different socio-demographics. Most of them preferred recreational activities based on nature- panorama activities, followed by those who chose extreme activities such as hiking, cultural base recreation, river-based activities, leisure vacation and jungle trekking. The respondents opined that recreational activities could generate income for the state’s economy. They perceived that the assistance provided by the government could help recover the present state to its original condition. Among the elements that needed special attention and improvement were related to the safety of visitors, the cleanliness of the surrounding recreation sites, the landscape beautification and basic infrastructure facilities. Among the roles that the government could contribute to stimulating and uplifting the tourism and recreation sectors include funding and finance allocation to help the industry players, promotion and publicity, upgrading and maintenance of facilities such as infrastructures and enforcement of related laws and policies. Reviving the local tourism is promising as long as the public observe the state’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
IDEALOGI DALAM DRAMA TIANG SERI TEGAK BERLIMA KARYA NOORDIN HASSAN
Authors: Mohd Amir Mohd Zahari  , Norfaizah Abdul Jobar  , Nordiana Hamzah
Published: July 2023

Interpretasi karya Noordin Hassan lazimnya memperlihatkan unsur-unsur keagamaan dan kemasyarakatan dalam menentukan kerangka dalam fitrah manusia. Ironinya, karya Noordin Hassan bersandarkan konsep teater fitrah yang mengetengahkan unsur tradisi budaya Melayu seperti politik, ekonomi dan masyarakat. Sehubungan dengan itu, karya beliau dikenali dengan membawa aliran absurd, avant-garde, dan surealisme. Namun, beliau telah mencetuskan satu fenomena baharu dalam teater fitrah dan memperkenalkan prinsip berkonsepkan teater Islam. Oleh hal yang demikian, penulisan ini akan menganalisis dan mengenal pasti model teater fitrah terhadap sebuah karya drama Tiang Seri Tegak Berlima (TSTB) hasil penulisan Noordin Hassan. Kajian ini merupakan kajian analisis teks dan akan menganalisis skrip drama Tiang Seri Tegak Berlima yang tidak memperkatakan aspek pementasan. Hasil kajian mendapati dalam konteks teater fitrah, nilai-nilai Islam mewarnakan struktur, bentuk, dan bahasa teater. Dengan itu, karya tersebut dikatakan bertatasusilakan Islam dan indah berseni yang membentuk model teater fitrah. 
 
Interpretation of Noordin Hassan's usually shows religious and social elements in determining the framework in human nature. Ironically, Noordin Hassan’s principles by Noordin Hassan focused concept of fitrah theater which highlights elements of Malay cultural traditions such as politics, economics and society. Accordingly, his work is known for bringing a flow of absurd, avant-garde, and surrealism. However, he has sparked a phenomenon with fitrah theater and introduced the conceptual principles of Islamictheater. Therefore, this writing will analyze and identify the natural theater model of a drama work Tiang Seri Tegak Berlima (TSTB) written by Noordin Hassan. This study is a text analysis study and will analyze the script of the drama Tiang Seri Tegak Berlimawhich does not deal with the staging aspect. The results of the study found that in the context of fitrah theater, Islamic values colour the structure, form, and language of theater. With that, the work is said to have Islamic morals and beautiful art that formedthe model of natural theater.
THE PRACTICES OF LITERACY AND LITERACY
Authors: Maia de Assis Felipe
Published: July 2023

This scientific bibliographical article aims to propose a conceptual and practical panorama between literacy and literacy methods. Therefore, the conditions of practices and uses of these will be considered, in the school context of children in the literacy process and in the daily lives of individuals, that is, the social practices recurrent in people’s daily lives, whether they are literate or not. Based on theorists in the area of ​​education, Abreu, Azevedo, Bettelheim, Cagliari, Frade, Ferreiro, Lopes, Mortatti, Oliveira, Rojo, Soares, among others, it is intended to clarify that literacy is the ability to encode and decode signs linguistic - simple and complex letters, words and alphabetic families, and literacy refers to the expansion of the literacy process and/or continuous and conscious uses of social practices that require writing and reading.
Determinación de la curva de lactancia en conejas, empleando la función beta modificada
Authors:   Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán, México, Gómez Ramos Benjamín , de Jesús Maldonado Isaías ,   Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán, México, Roman Bravo Rafael Maria ,   Facultad de Ciencias Veterinaria, Universidad del Zulia, Garcidueñas Piña Rogelio ,   Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Aranguren Méndez José Atilio ,   Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, estado Zulia, República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Published: July 2023

El propósito de esta investigación fue caracterizar la curva de lactancia en conejas; aspecto importante para ajustar las raciones y obtener máximo rendimiento en los sistemas de producción. Se usó una función beta modificada, con estimadores de: altura (κ), ascenso (α) y descenso (β) de 374,60 ± 10,271; 0,5616 ± 0,015 y 0,4369 ± 0,014 respectivamente. El día de máxima producción (DMP) y la producción máxima (PM) de la curva promedio se logró a los 16,78 d con volumen de 189,01 g.d-1. Los estimadores de los parámetros, así como, DMP y la PM de las lactancias individuales, fueron analizadas usando el modelo mixto con medidas repetidas, que incluyó los efectos fijos: genotipo (G), número de partos (P) y tamaño de la camada (C), y el efecto aleatorio del animal anidado dentro de genotipo A(G). Para κ se encontraron diferencias significativas (p ≤ 0,05), incrementando su valor con el del tamaño de la camada. En α solo se detectaron diferencias significativas en P con el valor del parámetro más alto en las primíparas (p ≤ 0,05). El parámetro β solo fue afectado por C. El DMP y PM, fueron afectados (p ≤ 0,05) por P y C. La PM fue mayor en conejas multíparas y aumentó con C (p ≤ 0,05). La función beta modificada describe adecuadamente la curva de lactancia de las conejas.
Análisis químico de colágeno en piel de cola de atún (Thunnus atlanticus) en medio ácido
Authors:   Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Moreno Morales Shailili , Chacón Ana ,   Departamento de Química, Escuela de Ciencias, Núcleo de Sucre, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, CP 6101, Mostue Maj ,   Departamento de Química, Escuela de Ciencias, Núcleo de Sucre, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, CP 6101, Prin José ,   Instituto de Investigaciones en Biomedicina y Ciencias Aplicadas ¨Dr. Suan Tai¨, Núcleo de Sucre, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, CP 6101
Published: July 2023

El colágeno es la proteína más abundante de origen animal. Esta investigación se realizó con el objetivo de extraer colágeno funcional de la piel de la cola de atún, se utilizó muestras comerciales de Cumaná, Venezuela. Se optimizó el método de extracción en medio ácido, obteniendo colágeno soluble con una concentración de ácido acético del 1,5% y cumpliendo con los estándares de pH establecidos. Se empleó espectrometría de emisión óptica de plasma de acoplamiento inductivo (ICP-OES) se identificaron metales como cobalto, plomo, carbono, níquel, silicio, manganeso, hierro, cromo y cobre, siendo el hierro, manganeso y silicio los más abundantes. Los aminoácidos característicos del colágeno, glicina y prolina, estaban presentes en las muestras. Estas propiedades del colágeno presente en la piel de la cola de Atún pueden contribuir a disminuir la contaminación en zonas costeras y tienen potencial en la producción de colágeno.
Forensic Analysis of Roof Deterioration Due to Condensation
Authors: Drebelbis James
Published: July 2023

Corrosion of the structural steel roof deck of large warehouses resulted in several invasive forensic investigations to determine the cause and mechanism of the corrosion. The warehouse roof investigation presented in this paper is one of many similar warehouses located near the Gulf of Mexico and along the Southern Atlantic Seaboard experiencing corroded roof decks when constructed using fiberboard roof insulation made from sugarcane fiber called bagasse. Consensus exists among individuals studying this phenomenon that the fiberboard became saturated with water, which dissolved formic and acetic acid from the fiberboard. The steel deck corroded when it came in contact with the acidic solution. There was little consensus regarding the mechanism by which water intruded into the roof assembly. Invasive investigation of the low-slope roofs of buildings with various types of insulation (including bagasse fiberboard) and observation of physical commonalities between the instances led to the following conclusion: Water in the roof assemblies did not result from leaks through a compromised roof membrane but rather from humid air infiltrating the roof assembly and condensing on the underside of the roof membrane.
Problems and Challenges Facing the Promotion of Common Prosperity in China's Southwest Border Ethnic Minority Areas
Authors:   Asia Social Science Academy, Fan Gang
Published: July 2023

China's Southwest border areas are home to many ethnic minority groups and have long struggled with poverty and underdevelopment. The promotion of common prosperity in these areas is a critical task for China's overall poverty alleviation strategy. However, there are significant challenges facing the promotion of common prosperity in these regions. Inadequate infrastructure is one of the major challenges facing the promotion of common prosperity in China's Southwest border areas. The region's transportation, electricity, and communication infrastructure are often underdeveloped, which can hinder the region's economic development and make it difficult for residents to access basic services. To address this challenge, the Chinese government has launched a number of infrastructure construction projects, such as the construction of highways and railways, to improve connectivity and promote economic development in the region. Low levels of education and vocational skills are also a significant challenge facing the promotion of common prosperity in China's Southwest border areas. Many residents in these regions lack access to quality education and vocational training opportunities, which can limit their economic opportunities and hinder the region's overall development. To address this challenge, the Chinese government has launched a number of education and vocational training programs to improve the skills and employability of residents in these areas. Limited economic opportunities are also a significant challenge facing the promotion of common prosperity in China's Southwest border areas. The region's economy is often dominated by traditional industries, such as agriculture and mining, which can limit the region's economic growth potential. To address this challenge, the Chinese government has launched a number of measures to promote the development of new and emerging industries, such as high-tech industries and cultural tourism. The promotion of common prosperity in China's Southwest border areas is a critical task for China's overall poverty alleviation strategy. However, there are significant challenges facing the promotion of common prosperity in these regions, including inadequate infrastructure, low levels of education and vocational skills, and limited economic opportunities. To address these challenges, the Chinese government has launched a number of measures and programs to improve infrastructure, education, and economic opportunities in these regions. By addressing these challenges, China can promote the common prosperity of ethnic minority areas and achieve its poverty alleviation goals.
The Influence of Sino-US Trade War on China-ROK Relations
Authors:   Asia Social Science Academy, Wu Jinfeng
Published: July 2023

For China and the United States, South Korea is an important trading partner, and it is also highly concerned about the Sino-US trade war. Because South Korea's economy relies heavily on the external environment, it has also been impacted to a certain extent by the Sino-US trade war. Although some studies believe that the Sino-US trade war has brought new development opportunities to South Korea, from a practical perspective, South Korea's gross domestic product, export trade, and stock market have been greatly impacted, especially by the intensified competition among big countries and the reshaping of global value chains brought about by the Sino-US trade war. With the intensification of the Sino-US trade war, both China and South Korea should think about how to reduce the influence of Sino-US relations and maintain the stability of Sino-Korean relations. Therefore, South Korea needs to actively adjust its economic policies, speed up the upgrading of its economic cooperation with China, take the initiative to seize the American market, and play a certain role in promoting regional multilateral economic cooperation and economic and trade diversification, especially avoiding taking sides between China and the United States. China, on the other hand, should strengthen its economic and political cooperation with South Korea so as to alleviate other countries' worries about Sino-US competition and the rise of China and thus realise the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-South Korea relations.
Information Security in the Age of Algorithms
Authors:   Asia Social Science Academy, Yang Fei , Luo Xuan
Published: July 2023

Algorithms are now widely used in all areas of social life, building a new social picture and reality. As a technology based on big data modelling and analysis, algorithms are embedded in all aspects of information production and distribution by means of technology, and become an important force in the construction of information environment. Under the algorithmic logic of information dissemination, the visible and invisible are in fact influenced by the algorithm as an authoritative mediator and mediator. From Daniel Dayan's 'visibility' perspective, this paper examines the risks posed by algorithms in three areas: the risk of passive disclosure of personal privacy, the use and control of personal data by profit-seeking algorithms, and the polarisation of information cocoons and circles. The information security risk brought by algorithms is attempted to be tackled and improved from several aspects, such as constructing a 'trinity' information security strategy system; adhering to the mainstream value orientation and highlighting the rational balance of “tool-value” of algorithms; and bringing into play multiple mechanisms together with effects.
The Impacts and Countermeasures of Japan's Proposal to Release Nuclear-Contaminated Water into the Sea on Neighboring Countries
Authors:   Asia Social Science Academy, Zhang Xuexi , Chen Xi
Published: July 2023

Since 2020, the Japanese government has made great efforts to promote the discharge of nuclear-polluted water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Although it is strongly opposed by the Japanese and neighboring countries, the Japanese government still puts economic benefits first and does not fully consider the biological and chemical hazards that may be caused by the discharge of nuclear-polluted water into the sea, the impact on people's health, or whether it will pose a threat to Japan's offshore and neighboring countries' marine safety and food safety. As always, it is an obvious violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to choose the simplest, lowest-cost, and most irresponsible way to discharge nuclear-polluted water into the sea, which needs to be highly valued by neighboring countries and even all countries around the Pacific Ocean, and actively take measures to avoid the harm caused by Japan's nuclear-polluted water discharged into the sea to neighboring countries. To solve the current problems, it is necessary for the United Nations to actively play the role of central mediator and for neighboring countries to jointly create international public opinion on the harm caused by the discharge of nuclear-polluted water into the sea. At the same time, it is also necessary to call on non-governmental environmental protection organizations to protest and continuously increase internal pressure in Japan. In addition, the active resistance to importation of the fish resources from Japan and the reduction in the number of tourists to Japan are also important measures to prevent the Japanese government from dumping nuclear-polluted water. Therefore, actively calling on the Japanese government to cancel or terminate the dumping of nuclear-polluted water into the sea is not only the greatest protection of the lives and property of people in Japan and neighboring countries, but a responsible expression of ensuring that the world's maritime security is not threatened.
Technical note: Isolating methane emissions from animal feeding operations in an interfering location
Authors: McCabe Megan E. , Pollack Ilana B. , Fischer Emily V. , Steinmann Kathryn M. , Caulton Dana R.
Published: July 2023

Abstract. Agricultural emissions, including those from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) for beef and dairy cattle, make up a large portion of the United States' total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, many CAFOs reside in areas where methane (CH4) from oil and natural gas (ONG) complicates the quantification of CAFO emissions. Traditional approaches to quantify emissions in such regions often relied on inventory subtraction of other known sources. We compare the results of two approaches to attribute the CAFO CH4 emission rate from the total CH4 emission rate derived from an aircraft mass balance technique. These methods make use of the mixing ratio data of CH4, ethane (C2H6), and ammonia (NH3) that were collected simultaneously in-flight downwind of CAFOs in northeastern Colorado. The first approach, the subtraction method (SM), is similar to inventory subtraction, except the amount to be removed is derived from the observed C2H6 to CH4 ratio rather than an inventory estimate. The results from this approach showed high uncertainty, primarily due to how error propagates through subtraction. Alternatively, multivariate regression (MVR) can be used to estimate CAFO CH4 emissions using the NH3 emission rate and an NH3 to CH4 ratio. These results showed significantly less uncertainty. We identified criteria to determine the best attribution method; these criteria can support attribution in other regions. The final emission estimates for the CAFOs presented here were 13 ± 3 g of CH4 per head per hour and 13 ± 2 g of NH3 per head per hour. These estimates are higher than the inventory of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and previous studies highlighting the need for more measurements of CH4 and NH3 emission rates.
A High Arctic inner shelf–fjord system from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present: Bessel Fjord and southwest Dove Bugt, northeastern Greenland
Authors: Zoller Kevin , Laberg Jan Sverre , Rydningen Tom Arne , Husum Katrine , Forwick Matthias
Published: July 2023

Abstract. The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) responds rapidly to the present climate; therefore, its response to the predicted future warming is of concern. To learn more about the impact of future climatic warming on the ice sheet, decoding its behavior during past periods of warmer than present climate is important. However, due to the scarcity of marine studies reconstructing ice sheet conditions on the Northeast Greenland shelf and adjacent fjords, the timing of the deglaciation over marine regions and its connection to forcing factors remain poorly constrained. This includes data collected in fjords that encompass the Holocene thermal maximum (HTM), a period in which the climate was warmer than it is at present. This paper aims to use new bathymetric data and the analysis of sediment gravity cores to enhance our understanding of ice dynamics of the GrIS in a fjord and inner shelf environment as well as give insight into the timing of deglaciation and provide a palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of southwestern Dove Bugt and Bessel Fjord since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). North–south-oriented glacial lineations and the absence of pronounced moraines in southwest Dove Bugt, an inner continental shelf embayment (trough), suggest the southwards and offshore flow of Storstrømmen, the southern branch of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). Sedimentological data suggest that an ice body, theorized to be the NEGIS, may have retreated from the region slightly before ∼ 11.4 cal ka BP. The seabed morphology of Bessel Fjord, a fjord terminating in southern Dove Bugt, includes numerous basins separated by thresholds. The position of basin thresholds, which include some recessional moraines, suggest that the GrIS had undergone multiple halts or readvances during deglaciation, likely during one of the cold events identified in the Greenland Summit temperature records. A minimum age of 7.1 cal ka BP is proposed for the retreat of ice through the fjord to or west of its present-day position in the Bessel Fjord catchment area. This suggests that the GrIS retreated from the marine realm in Early Holocene, around the onset of the HTM in this region, a period when the mean July temperature was at least 2–3 ∘C higher than at present and remained at or west of this onshore position for the remainder of the Holocene. The transition from predominantly mud to muddy sand layers in a mid-fjord core at ∼ 4 cal ka BP may be the result of increased sediment input from nearby and growing ice caps. This shift may suggest that in the Late Holocene (Meghalayan), a period characterized by a temperature drop to modern values, ice caps in Bessel Fjord probably fluctuated with greater sensitivity to climatic conditions than the northeastern sector of the GrIS.
Past and future discharge and stream temperature at high spatial resolution in a large European basin (Loire basin, France)
Authors: Seyedhashemi Hanieh , Moatar Florentina , Vidal Jean-Philippe , Thiéry Dominique
Published: July 2023

Abstract. This paper presents retrospective simulations (1963–2019) and future projections (1976–2100) of daily time series of discharge and stream temperature for 52 278 reaches (median length of 1.3 km) over the Loire River basin (105 km2) in France, using a physical process-based thermal model coupled with a semi-distributed hydrological model. Retrospective simulations are based on the 8 km gridded Safran meteorological reanalysis over France. Twenty-first century projections are based on a subset of the 8 km gridded and bias-corrected DRIAS-2020 dataset over France. The discharge and stream temperature dataset stands out from existing ones thanks to its large scale and its high spatial resolution and the use of a physical process-based thermal model. The whole dataset is freely available and can be downloaded in NetCDF format from https://doi.org/10.57745/LBPGFS (Seyedhashemi et al., 2022a).
Floods and droughts: a multivariate perspective
Authors: Brunner Manuela Irene
Published: July 2023

Abstract. Multivariate or compound hydrological-extreme events such as successive floods, large-scale droughts, or consecutive drought-to-flood events challenge water management and can be particularly impactful. Still, the multivariate nature of floods and droughts is often ignored by studying individual characteristics only, which can lead to the under- or overestimation of risk. Studying multivariate extremes is challenging because of variable dependencies and because they are even less abundant in observational records than univariate extremes. In this review, I discuss different types of multivariate hydrological extremes and their dependencies, including regional extremes affecting multiple locations, such as spatially connected flood events; consecutive extremes occurring in close temporal succession, such as successive droughts; extremes characterized by multiple characteristics, such as floods with jointly high peak discharge and flood volume; and transitions between different types of extremes, such as drought-to-flood transitions. I present different strategies to describe and model multivariate extremes and to assess their hazard potential, including descriptors of multivariate extremes, multivariate distributions and return periods, and stochastic and large-ensemble simulation approaches. The strategies discussed enable a multivariate perspective on hydrological extremes, which allows us to derive risk estimates for extreme events described by more than one variable.
Sub-Saharan Africa's biomedical journal coverage in scholarly databases: a comparison of Web of Science, Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, African Index Medicus, and African Journals Online
Authors: Asubiaro Toluwase Victor
Published: July 2023

Objective: This study aims to find out the coverage of biomedical journals published in Sub-Saharan Africa in four authoritative international databases-Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE and EMBASE and two Africa-focused scholarly databases-Africa Journals Online (AJOL) and African Index Medicus (AIM).
Methods: Lists of active journals that are published in the 46 Sub-Saharan African countries were retrieved from the Ulrich periodical directory to create master journal lists. Unique journals from other databases that were not found in Ulrich were added to the master journal list. The six databases included in this study were searched for journals on the master lists.
Results: Only 23 of the 46 Sub-Saharan African countries had at least one biomedical journal. Only about one-quarter (152) of the 560 biomedical journals from Sub-Saharan Africa were found in at least one of the biomedical databases. South African journals accounted for more than 50% of all the Sub-Saharan journals in the international scholarly databases. AJOL contains the highest number of biomedical journals from Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Scopus and EMBASE. AJOL asserts its importance by covering the highest number of unique journals and having a representative number of journals in all biomedical sub-disciplines.
Conclusion: The majority of studies from Sub-Saharan Africa are left out when biomedical evidence-based researchers only retrieve studies from authoritative international databases. Searching Google Scholar and the African research databases of AJOL and AIM would increase the number of studies from the region.
Discrepancies among Scopus and Web of Science, coverage of funding information in medical journal articles: a follow-up study
Authors: Kokol Peter
Published: July 2023

Objective: This follow-up study aims to determine if and how the coverage of funding information in Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) and Scopus changed from 2015 to 2021.
Methods: The number of all funded articles published in 2021 was identified in WoS and Scopus bibliographic databases using bibliometric analysis on a sample of 52 prestigious medical journals.
Results: The analysis of the number of funded articles with funding information showed statistically significant differences between Scopus and WoS due to substantial differences in the number of funded articles between some single journals.
Conclusion: Due to significant differences in the number of funded articles indexed in WoS and Scopus, which might be attributed to the different protocols for handling funding data in WoS and Scopus, we would still advise using both databases to obtain and analyze funding information.
Eyes, menstruation and endometriosis
Authors: Rahman S , Youssef Y , Maroun G , Inaty D , Kheil M.H. , Moawad G
Published: July 2023

Vicarious menstruation refers to cyclical bleeding outside the uterine cavity during the menstrual cycle. Haemolacria, or blood in tears, is a rare medical phenomenon that can occur with menstruation or in association with endometriosis. Endometriosis, defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue in extra-uterine sites, affects around 10% of fertile women; the ocular system is one of the rarest sites it can be present in. Endometriosis usually requires a biopsy for diagnosis, and the anatomic difficulty of obtaining a biopsy of the ocular system makes ocular endometriosis diagnosis more obscure. However, few cases have been described in the literature and due to the psychological, physical, and social implications of haemolacria on the patient, treatment is of utmost importance. We reviewed the literature on ocular endometriosis and ocular vicarious menstruation with the aim to discuss the clinical presentation, necessary workup and various treatment modalities, while also shedding light on the connection between the eyes and endometriosis in general. It is hypothesised that uterine endometrial cells can travel lymphatically or haematogenously and deposit extra-uterine endometriotic lesions that bleed in response to hormonal changes in the menstrual cycle. Additionally, the conjunctival vasculature has been found to be responsive to hormonal changes due to the presence of oestrogen and progesterone receptors, causing bleeding at the corresponding sites, even without endometriotic lesions. Clinical correlation of the haemolacria with the menstrual cycle can suffice for a diagnosis of vicarious menstruation, and thus opens the possibility of treatment to provide symptomatic treatment for the patient.
Model Sistem Dinamik Untuk Keberlanjutan Smart People Sebagai Faktor Pengungkit Smart City di Kota Tarakan
Authors: Kusnadi Erwan , Jumiati Elly , Mubarak Ahmad
Published: July 2023

Berbeda dengan Provinsi Kalimantan Utara yang tingkat pertumbuhan ekonominya masih lebih rendah dari Kota Tarakan, tingkat pertumbuhan ekonomi Kota Tarakan yang cenderung fluktuatif membuat kota ini menarik bagi penduduk lokal lain yang ingin berkunjng dan mengadu nasib. Untuk mengukur kreativitas masyarakat harus menggunakan capaian keberlanjutan Smart People. Akibatnya, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengevaluasi keberlanjutan Smart City, yang memerlukan analisis dan pembuatan model simulasi untuk Smart People. Dimensi Smart People Kota Tarakan mengungkapkan faktor-faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi kesiapan Smart City. Model orang pintar dibuat dengan menggunakan sistem dinamis, dengan mempertimbangkan dinamika model nonlinier. Analisis memperhitungkan kreativitas masyarakat. Setelah itu, skenario parameter dijalankan. Skenario terbaik dihasilkan dengan pengaturan parameter skenario. Studi yang panjang dan komprehensif dilakukan dengan menggunakan keadaan ini. Temuan keberlanjutan model dasar Smart People adalah 9,1%; skenario optimis adalah 15,27%; skenario yang paling mungkin adalah 15,14%; dan skenario pesimis sebesar 15,02%. Temuan penelitian ini dapat mendukung kelangsungan kebijakan program Orang Cerdas dalam jangka panjang sebagai langkah pencapaian visi Kota Tarakan untuk Smart City.Kata kunci: simulasi, system dinamis, kreativitas, Smart People, Smart City
Perbedaan Cara Petik Buah Kopi Terhadap Pendapatan dan Nilai Tambah di Gapoktan Jaya Bakti Kecamatan Pamijahan - Kabupaten Bogor
Authors: Anggarawati Sari , Mustopa Mustopa , Eka Suwarnata Anak Agung
Published: July 2023

Komoditas kopi telah menjadi primadona di sektor perkebunan, menjamurnya kafe-kafe coffe telah mendorong petani, kelompok tani maupun GAPOKTAN melakukan pengolahan untuk mendapatkan nilai tambah. Bahan baku buah kopi yang diperoleh GAPOKTAN berasal dari petani anggota, dengan dua cara pemetikan buah, yaitu petik asalan dan petik merah merata. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pendapatan dan nilai tambah dari pengolahan kopi robusta (Coffea canephora) berdasarkan bahan baku petik asalan dan petik merah. Penelitian dilaksanakan di GAPOKTAN Jaya Bakti, Desa Purwabakti, Kecamatan Pamijahan Kabupaten Bogor. Analisis penelitian ini menggunakan komponen-komponen perhitungan pendapatan dan nilai tambah metode Hayami. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pendapatan yang diperoleh setelah melakukan pengolahan dari buah kopi petik asalan menjadi kopi beras (green bean) sebesar sebesar Rp 5.549.444,-  kopi sangrai (rosting) sebesar Rp 21.284.888,- dan kopi bubuk sebesar Rp 26.160.322,-. Sedangkan yang berasal dari  buah kopi petik merah menjadi kopi beras (green bean) sebesar Rp 2.229.555,- sangrai (rosting) sebesar Rp 5.169.910,- dan menjadi  kopi bubuk sebesar Rp 6.202.265,-.  Nilai tambah yang diperoleh GAPOKTAN Jaya Bakti dalam kegiatan pengolahan kopi dari hasil petik asalan, yaitu kopi beras sebesar Rp 59.500,- sangrai sebesar Rp 558.200,- bubuk kopi sebesar Rp 1.070.200. Nilai tambah yang diperoleh dari hasil pengolahan kopi petik merah, yaitu kopi beras sebesar Rp 55.000,- sangrai sebesar Rp 324.500,- kopi bubuk sebesar Rp 644.500,-.Kata kunci : Kopi, Petik Asalan, Petik Merah, Pendapatan, Nilai Tambah
NICKEL NANOCATALYST FOR HYDRODECHLORINATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
Authors: Shaimardan E. , Kabdrakhmanova S. K. , Beisebekov M. M. , Selenova B. S. , Imangazinova Zh. , Sydykbayeva S.
Published: July 2023

Currently, nanomaterials are an important class of materials in the field of synthesis of efficient and selective catalysts with desired properties due to their unique physical and chemical properties. The presence of nanosized particles of transition metals undoubtedly improves the course of the hydrodechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and makes it possible to reduce the content of the noble metal in the catalyst. In order to obtain active and stable heterogeneous catalysts for the neutralization of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), the correct choice of carrier and method of catalyst synthesis is required. In this work, the synthesis of a nickel nanocatalyst was carried out using the wet impregnation method for the hydrodechlorination of PCBs. Commercial activated carbon grade BAU-A was pre-modified with hydrochloric acid and used as a carrier (ACm) of the catalyst. Using modern physical and chemical methods, the main properties of the synthesized nanocatalyst were investigated. The IR spectroscopy has established that the carboxyl and carbonyl groups of ACm are the main functional groups that fix nickel in the bulk of the carrier. The nickel nanocatalyst has a developed surface, where nickel nanoparticles are deposited in micro- and mesopores of the carrier. The degree of conversion of 2,2',3,3',4-pentachlorobiphenyl is 84.21%, which indicates the catalytic activity of nickel nanocatalysts with respect to POPs.
Geografisk variasjon i vaksnes bruk av avtalespesialistar og DPS i psykisk helsevern
Authors: Holsen Maria , Holman Per Arne , Solbakken Ole André , Lien Lars
Published: July 2023

Background: Equitable mental healthcare regardless of area of residence is a political aim in Norway. The purpose of this study is to evaluate geographical variation in private practitioner coverage and explore differences between private practitioners with public reimbursement and local community mental health centers (CMHCs) in terms of diagnoses and scope of outpatient treatment, with a focus on mood and neurotic disorders.

Method: Cross-sectional registry-based study of adults in outpatient mental healthcare at private practitioners or CMHCs in Norway in 2014–2018. We calculated distribution of diagnoses, geographical variation in rates of private practitioners, and analyzed scope of treatment for patients with mood and neurotic disorders (ICD-10 disorders F3, F4). We estimate cost per treated patient and report geographic variation for hospital catchment areas.

Results: Patients with F3, F4 disorders accounted for 64.7 % at private practitioners, and 41.5 % at CMHCs, and received more treatment at private practitioners, five more consultations in a 42 day longer period. There is considerable geographical variation in private practitioner coverage, highest in South-Eastern Norway and lowest in Northern Norway.

Implications: As long as management and priority setting are differently organized for CMHCs and private practitioners in mental health care, we must expect geographical variation in access and use. It appears as an equity paradox that a group of patients, rejected by or not referred to CMHC, receive more treatment by private practitioners.

Keywords: mental healthcare, outpatient consultations, private practitioners, CMHC, geographical variation, equal access, equity, priority setting
Implementering av DBT i en rural kontekst
Authors: Knive Tom Jørund , Østmo Stein Daniel , Fors Malin
Published: July 2023

Background and purpose: Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a widespread evidence-based method of treating emotionally unstable personality disorder, but the method has barely been studied in a rural context. The purpose of this study is to identify rural challenges for the four treatment channels of DBT, to pinpoint implicit urban starting points in DBT, and to suggest possible adaptations of DBT in rural areas, based on Finnmark as a case.

Method: The authors, who are clinicians with extensive experience in psychiatric healthcare in Finnmark, integrates findings from previous research of culturally adapted DBT for rural cultures with local clinical experience in accordance with the declaration of evidence-based psychological practice. Our methodical basis is traditional literary study, case study, autoethnography and theory generation.

Results: DBT in its original format falls short in rural areas without adaptations. We found that key challenges for implementations of DBT in our local clinical practise are geographical distances, lack of personnel, difficulties in maintaining anonymity in group therapy, difficulties with group guidance and lack of continuity in treatment due to high turnover. Vi lay out possible adjustments, such as sectional skill training, short periodic admissions at DPS with intensive skill training, pragmatic use of phone consultations, digital treatment (and guidance) and inclusion of other departments in treatments.

Conclusion: DBT is a principle-driven method which is originally designed for an urban setting, but which is possible to adapt to a rural context such as Finnmark. Possible challenges are geographical distance, lack of continuity, personnel shortage and lack of anonymity (group treatment).

Keywords: rural, DBT, pragmatic psychology, geographical narcissism, urban bias
Proposing Definition and Competency Needs Analysis of Citizen Instructors: Focusing on Lifelong Education in the I Local Community
Authors:   The Korean Society for Lifelong Education, Kim Sang Hee , Kim Suyoun , Chang Sun Young
Published: July 2023

This study aimed to define the ‘citizen instructor’, who is utilized by local governments to deliver lifelong education with a community-based approach. For Tthe study, a literature review, expert interviews, a Delphi survey, and a needs analysis were conducted to identify citizen instructors' competencies and priorities. The study found that a citizen instructor is someone who can apply knowledge, skills, and experiences, including qualifications, degrees, and career, to help a community through education. The study identified ten competencies and twenty-two sub-competencies that a citizen instructor should possess, including the ability to identify lecture topics and understand teaching designs, select suitable teaching methods, conduct classroom operations, use media, facilitate learning, evaluating evaluate learning, apply and utilize knowledge, engage in continuous self-development, promote community harmony, and contribute to the local community. Based on the needs analysis, the study identified content knowledge, teaching methods, creating a positive learning environment, and developing lesson plans as the top priority sub-competencies for citizen instructors to develop. These findings may be significant for the development of citizen instructor training programs.
Unattained dream (poetry book)
Authors:   Alisher Navo'i Tashkent State university of Uzbek language and literature, Sirojiddinov Samariddin , Sirojiddinov Shuhrat
Published: July 2023

In this book there is poems.
The Korean Pleistocene Record and its Contextual Characterization: a critical re-assessment in a macroscopic perspective
Authors:   한국구석기학회, Yoo Yongwook
Published: July 2023

Because of lack of appropriate data, both quantitatively and qualitatively, Korean palaeolithic research has been courting for diverse scientific approaches and accounts. The unbounded emphasis put upon scientific approaches has been far from fruitful and conducive to the methodological advancement of palaeolithic research though; this is wellenough demonstrated by rephrasing the characteristics of the Pleistocene record accumulated and analyzed so far. 1) Critique on the too-simplistic-to-be-true scheme on the formation of five stepwise marine terrace, 2) re-evaluation of flora and plant record that cannot be clearly contextualized with hominin diets and behaviors, 3) deficit of uncontested faunal and paleoanthropological fossil records associated with lithic and other archaeological record, commonly lead to a very rudimentary and naïve synthesis that the majority of Korean Pleistocene record was exclusively formed during the Late Pleistocene. In particular, the exceptionally affluent in-situ proxy data reported from the Chongpadae Cave site, Hwanghae Province, indicates that Korean palaeolithic assemblages including handaxe and modern sapiens fossils were generally formed as of MIS 4.
Satire, Performance, and English Rustic Comedy in Harley 2253
Authors: Fein Susanna
Published: July 2023

The scribe of Harley 2253 evidently had access to something more than just other manuscripts, culling matter also from a swirl of ephemera like loose leaves, rolls, perhaps even scrawled remnants of performance, or from authors themselves. The presence of five colorful English verse satires in Harley invites questions of performance not just of specific pieces, but also of sequenced entertainments seguing from one style, genre, and/or language to another and targeting for ridicule the monoglot English. In the phenomenon of the mocked English rustic in Harley 2253, we may glimpse a sophisticated style of entertainment in medieval halls that emerges later in the fine manner of comic low humor prevalent in Tudor and Elizabethan drama.
“She Lives!”: Jephthah’s Daughter and Chaucer’s Virginia, Jews and Gentiles, Bad Narrative, and Ending Happily
Authors: Wallace David
Published: July 2023

Having argued that the Physician’s Tale is a bad tale by design, the article explores what is at stake when this tale’s heroine, Virginia, likens herself to the unnamed daughter of Judges 11. Just as Chaucer’s Host suffers acute heart pangs in hearing of Virginia’s fate, so Christian exegetes suffered for more than a millennium in reading of Jephthah’s daughter. Medieval Jewish exegetes, however, eventually found a way for this young girl not to die, inspired by their contemplation of Christian culture on shared Spanish ground. The historical Chaucer traveled this territory, but there is no evidence that he learned of a possible reprieve. More poignant still is the fact that the man who first “spared” Jephthah’s daughter from death—a scholar sharing Chaucer’s fascination with astrology and astrolabes, a dream poet who adopts a female first-person voice—actually traveled to and taught in London, where he likely died.
Julian Reads Langland
Authors: Zeeman Nicolette
Published: July 2023

Between writing the “Short” and the “Long” versions of the Revelations of Divine Love, Julian of Norwich might have read Piers Plowman. This article argues that Julian learned from Langland something about how to use narrative as part of her exploration and reformulation of the complex and seemingly contradictory theology of the Fall and redemption, focusing on the remarkably similar ways in which Langland and Julian narrate the Fall in, respectively, the tree of charite sequence and the lord and servant example. In each case, a narrative of eager, loving desire leads seemingly accidentally, and yet apparently inevitably, to a disastrous “fall.” Julian may have discovered in Piers Plowman a method of engaging with the conceptual challenges posed by the problematic relationship between the human will and recuperative divine love.
Lydgate, Chaucer, and Lady Margaret Beaufort
Authors: Powell Susan
Published: July 2023

In an early book on Lydgate, Derek Pearsall was dismissive of Lydgate’s verse legend of Saint Margaret of Antioch. While perhaps of limited literary interest, the poem merits some claim to attention in its occurrence in the Devonshire Chaucer (New Haven, Yale Beinecke Library MS Takamiya 24). There it is paired with the Canterbury Tales in a context that has led to the suggestion that the manuscript might be the Canterbury Tales bequeathed by Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), Countess of Richmond and Derby, and mother of Henry VII, to her nephew of the half-blood, John St. John. This article refines the argument and offers an explanation for its early provenance in the Knyvett family. It explores the circumstances of the commissioning of Lydgate’s poem, and the context in which it might have circulated singly and been selected for adding to a manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, a context that reveals a network of family connections—Staffords, Hollands, Beauchamps, Beauforts, Knyvetts, and Bourchiers.
Case report: an atypical case of post-poliomyelitis syndrome and its radiological correlations
Authors: Moreira Vanessa de Freitas , Barbosa Alana Strucker , Pereira Camila Alves , Farias Igor Braga , Serrano Paulo de Lima , Badia Bruno de Mattos Lombardi , Oliveira Hélvia Bertoldo de , Pinto Wladimir Bocca Vieira de Rezende , Souza Paulo Victor Sgobbi de , Oliveira Acary Souza Bulle
Published: July 2023

A.V.S., 57-year-old, had delayed motor development milestones, walking at the age of three with slow progression of symptoms which later stabilized. At the age 31 he noticed a new worsening, with proximal lower limbs weakness and the need for unilateral support while walking. He reports a history of Poliomyelitis. Neurological examination showed thoracic kyphosis and lumbar hyperlordosis, flaccid areflex and asymmetric tetraparesis predominantly in lower limbs (worse on the left side) and proximally in upper limbs. He also had muscle atrophy on those sites with fasciculations and a pawing gait. The hypothesis of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) was raised. The electroneuromyography identified chronic severe denervation in L3-S2 and moderate in C5-C7 myotomes. Thighs and legs magnetic resonance imaging identified liposuction in the anterior, posterior and lateral compartments bilaterally with myoedema. A gene panel testing showed no variants that would justify the case. Considering the asymmetry as well as its evolution and the possible infection by Poliomyelitis, we considered the hypothesis of Post-Poliomyelitis Syndrome (PPS) to be more likely, admitting SMA with lower limbs predominance as a differential diagnosis. Poliomyelitis was a prevalent disease during pre-vaccination era and is currently restricted to surviving patients who may present a phenomenon of progression after years of stability, triggered by overtraining with dysfunction of motor neurons, recognized as PPS, with impairment of functionality. There are few reports of muscle imaging in PPS that could be crucial for investigation of atypical cases and a potential marker of progression and natural history of the syndrome.