bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Extended DragonDeBrujin Topology Synthesis Method
Authors:   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”/ Department of computer engineering, Kyiv, 03056, Ukraine, Volokyta Artem , Loutskii Heorhii , Rehida Pavlo , Kaplunov Artem , Ivanishchev Bohdan , Honcharenko Oleksandr , Korenko Dmytro
Published: April 2023

Scaling high performance computer systems needs increasing the fault tolerance at the design stage of a topology. There are several approaches of designing simple fast routing with fault tolerance. One of effective approach is to ensure fault tolerance at the topology level. This article discusses two methods for optimizing topologies synthesized using Dragonfly and Excess De Brujin. Methods of topology saturation are discusses, which allow to increase the dimension of the system without deterioration of topological characteristics due to the optimization of the synthesis method. Three scaling constraint methods are also proposed to reduce the topology dimension to the desired performance.
Neuro Fuzzy Model Based Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Authors:   New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengalore-560103, India, G. K. Siddesh , H. Anu , S. Chaithanya , K. Sathish Shet
Published: April 2023

Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs for short) are gaining the importance in the field of wireless communication. The promising feature of MANET is that it can be deployed immediately in demanding situations as they do not require the infrastructure or any centralized structures as compared to traditional wired and wireless networks.An intelligent system has been designed to select an optimum route for various contexts.An efficient protocol is designed to overcome the limits of route finding and link formation in MANET’s. This can be done by making use of the application of soft-computing techniques such as artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms. Traditional techniques are based on statistical techniques such as regression models and probabilistic methods.It can be seen from the simulation outcomes that the route finding time using the HYPER-NF-NET simulator which use soft computingtechniques is 20% to the routing finding time using NS-2 simulator. It is also seen from the simulation results that the HYPER-NF-NET protocol performance is better compared to AODV, DSR and OLSR routing protocols for different node population and various degree of congestion. The simulation results showcase a superiority of HYPER-NF-NET simulator over NS-2 and associated HFNET protocol over other existing protocols.
Terrorism and Tourism Demand in Terror Affected Island
Authors: Munir Shahid , Gamage Sisira Kumara Naradda , Hewage KD Nihal , Haq Ihtisham ul
Published: April 2023

Sri Lanka is an island and is becoming an attractive tourist destination in South Asia. It has famous beaches, mountainous regions, many colonise features, UNESCO world heritage sites, wild life, traditional festivals, and unparalleled climate generate extra topographies to attract more and more international tourists. However, Sri Lanka is badly affected by terrorism. Henceforth, this study examines the impact terrorism on inbound tourism along with other important factors, for instance, FDI and World GDP. Long run estimates are obtained through DOLS after confirmation of cointegration. World GDP and FDI have positive effect on tourism. Terrorism has negative impact on inbound tourism in Sri Lanka. The tourism in Sri Lanka remained stagnant between 1978 and 2009 because of terrorism. Since 2009, there is sharped increase in tourism arrivals as a result of remarkable decrease in terrorism activities. Results of VECM confirmed causality from terrorism to tourism. This finding revealed that terrorism is badly affecting tourism in Sri Lanka. Similarly, terrorism is affecting FDI inflows to Sri Lanka. Moreover, these results confirmed that tourism and FDI are engaged in complementary effect with each other. If Sri Lanka enabled itself well to maintain peace in country its effect will be multiple. Elimination of terrorism will improve tourism development which in turn will bring economic development as travel and tourism industry contributes 11.1 % to GDP, and 10 % to country employment. Similarly, better security situation will also help in attracting more FDI. Besides this, FDI and private investment has to be encouraged to build new hotel rooms to accommodate influx of tourists.
Dispute Resolution through Customary Laws The Role of 2008 Murree Accord in Resolving Sectarianism in District Kurram
Authors: Bangash Arman Ullah
Published: April 2023

2008 Murree Accord, commonly Known as Murree Jirga, is the one of the major joint agreement between Sunni and Shia groups of District Kurram regarding the resolution of 2006-07 long lasting sectarian conflicts. This is a unique agreement because it involves fifteen council elders (Maliks) from both sides of the two warring groups which have never signed such agreement in the past. This study aim in exploring the mediator role of the Jirga under customary laws in bringing stability and peace for the common good of the locals of District Kurram while addressing the major question that how Murree Accord proved to be successful in the peace and stability of the District? Further, the study is also try to highlight the provisions of the agreement that were supposed to be implemented in its true sense until the mid of 2009 using qualitative approach by conducting ten in-depth interviews with Maliks, participated in the Accord. This paper is therefore analyzing the subject matter at hand while looking at the role of Murree Jirga in the context of sectarianism to fill the gap in the existing literature in order to have a broader overview of the interplay between Jirga and Sectarianism.
Impact of Stock Market and Financial Development on Sustainable Development in Kuwait
Authors: Raweh Bassam Ali Ali , Erbao Cao , Aloqab Abdullah
Published: April 2023

This study aims to investigate the impact of the stock market trade openness and financial development on sustainable development in Kuwait. The study employed quarterly time series for analysis and from 1993-2018, and selected variables are Sustainable development, Stock market, financial development, and trade openness. Sustainable development is treated as a dependent variable, while the others are independent variables. It is concluded that a long run association among the stock market, financial development, trade and sustainable development exists. Autoregressive distributed lagged (ARDL) model is applied for long run and short run estimates. In long run stock market, trade openness and financial development are positive and significant factors of sustainable development, while in the short run, stock market is significant negative contributor to sustainable development. It is therefore recommended that efforts should be made to encourage the investor so that the stock market should grow in future. Similarly, efforts should be made to boost the financial and trade sector should that the country could grow economically, socially and environmentally.
Wishing, Decision Theory, and Two-Dimensional Content
Authors: Blumberg Kyle ,   Journal of Philosophy Inc.
Published: April 2023

This paper is about two requirements on wish reports whose interaction motivates a novel semantics for these ascriptions. The first requirement concerns the ambiguities that arise when determiner phrases, such as definite descriptions, interact with ‘wish’. More specifically, several theorists have recently argued that attitude ascriptions featuring counterfactual attitude verbs license interpretations on which the determiner phrase is interpreted relative to the subject’s beliefs. The second requirement involves the fact that desire reports in general require decision-theoretic notions for their analysis. The current study is motivated by the fact that no existing account captures both of these aspects of wishing. I develop a semantics for wish reports that makes available belief-relative readings but also allows decision-theoretic notions to play a role in shaping the truth conditions of these ascriptions. The general idea is that we can analyze wishing in terms of a two-dimensional notion of expected utility.
Caso clínico N° 12
Authors: RAMÍREZ LUIS , GODOY MARCELA , GALLO CAROLINA
Published: April 2023

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The Prohibition of Interest and its Alternate: A Study Based on Islamic Teachings
Authors: Irfan Khalid
Published: April 2023

The prosperity and peace of a society much or less depends on its financial system. While for the smooth running of society and its matters, there are several instructions in Islamic Shariah and allows what's proper and forbids what is inaccurate. When we communicate the economic problems, Islamic Shariah strictly condemns interest. The question may additionally stand up why Islam prohibits interest; while it was already in practice earlier than the advent of Islam. This paper is an attempt to clear that the prohibition of interest in Islam is just for the sake of humanity and society. Therefore, Islam provides alternate ways for the welfare and stability of a society. Interest is not only forbidden in Islam but monetary specialists also are searching for its alternative. In this paper we're discussing how interest causes imbalance in the society and as an alternative what Islam suggests to its followers.
Evolution and Ethics of Eugenics
Authors:   MultiMedia, Sfetcu Nicolae
Published: April 2023

As eugenics is defined, it is very difficult to make a clear distinction between science (medicine, genetic engineering) and eugenics as a included field. And to set a line over which genetic engineering should not go further, according to moral, legal and religious norms. If we accept the help of genetics in finding ways to fight cancer, diabetes, or HIV, we also accept positive eugenics as they are defined now. And if we accept genetic screening, and interventions on the unborn baby, or abortion, we also implicitly accept negative eugenics. In addition, at government level, although eugenics are officially denied, it has been legalized in many countries until recently, and is still accepted and legalized, albeit in subtle forms, even these days. The section Introduction defines the term and classification modes. The section History of Eugenics follows eugenics from the ancient period, the introduction of eugenics by Francis Galton, the practice of eugenics as a state policy in various countries, and the present eugenics (liberal eugenics). I then analyze various issues raised by the Ethics of Liberal Eugenics, and I have developed a special section for the Future of Eugenics, focusing on the human genome project. Finally, in the Conclusions, I express my personal views on the current practice of eugenics.
Ellis-van Creveld Sendromunda Oral Bulgular
Authors: ZENGİN Ayşe , ÇELENK Peruze , MUTLU Birgül
Published: April 2023

Ellis-van Creveld Sendromu, nadir görülen herediter bir hastalıktır. Sendromun belirgin özellikleri; ellerde bilateral postaksiyal polidaktili, akromesomelik dwarfizme yol açan ve uzun kemiklerde görülen kondrodisplazi, diş ve tırnakları etkileyen ektodermal displazi ile konjenital kalp anomalileridir. Dörtlü major bulguları arasında kraniofasial ve dental anomalilerin bulunması nedeniyle diş hekimleri tarafından kolayca teşhis edilebilir. Literatürde Ellis-van Creveld Sendromu ile ilgili çok sayıda yayın olmasına rağmen oral bulgularını tanımlayanlar sadece birkaç tanedir. Bu yazıda diş eksikliği şikayeti ile başvuran 6 yaşındaki kız çocuğunda görülen ve oral bulgularıyla tanı konulan Ellis-van Creveld Sendromu, genel klinik karakteristikleri ve oral bulgularıyla sunulmuştur.
Relative Impact of Fiscal and Monetary Policies on Bangladesh Economy: A Comprehensive Approach
Authors:   Deputy Director, Bangladesh Bank, Head Office, Hossain Asif , Islam Md. Monirul ,   Assistant Professor, Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management, Tareque, PhD Mohammad ,   Director, Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management
Published: April 2023

For developing countries like Bangladesh, understanding the relative impact of monetary and fiscal policies on GDP growth is crucial to formulate growth-enhancing policy decisions. This paper inspects into the relative effectiveness of these two policies on the real GDP growth of Bangladesh using ARDL, VECM and VAR estimation techniques to ensure comprehensiveness. From the results of all the three estimation techniques, it is seen that in the long run only fiscal policy has positive influence on growth while monetary policy stays either statistically insignificant or negative. In the short run, however, the results from the different estimation techniques are not much consistent. Here, ARDL technique shows that both money supply and government expenditure has statistically significant and positive effect on GDP while VAR-based Variance decomposition (VDC) and Impulse Response Functions (IRFs) state that only government expenditure has positive impact in the short run. In contrast, VECM technique reveals that neither money supply nor government expenditure has statistically significant impact in the short run. As from the results, it is apparent that government expenditure helps generating growth in the long run, it should be raised which may necessitate raising more government revenue. And, the main goal of monetary policy should be ensuring stability of the economy.
Teacher`s ICT training and impact of Teaching-Learning in Primary Education
Authors:   Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Bangladesh Secretariat, Khan Mohammad Ashraful Alam
Published: April 2023

There is an increasing concern among national as well as international development regarding the implementation Situation of ICT in Primary Education. There is a need to move beyond the accumulated facts and figures generated by using both quantitative and qualitative mixed approach research through semi structured interviews as well as classroom observation tools. To achieve this, the present research focuses on the availability of equipment, using digital content in classrooms and teachers’ skill and their training. This study investigated primary school teachers’ perceptions of the barriers and challenges preventing them from integrating ICTs in primary school and how it impacts on the learning process. The participants of this study were head teachers, ICT trained teachers and all the students of the observing classroom from the 5 schools at Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila. The objective of this study is: 1. To explore the teacher’s self-assessment of their ICT training skills. 2. To determine the impact of the learning on the teaching and learning activities. 3. To identify the challenges in providing ICT teaching for learners. According to the findings of the study primary school teachers are not yet ready to integrate ICTs into their classrooms due to a number of obstacles that include unavailability of ICT friendly classrooms, equipment and webbased resources in the school. The lack of competence of the teachers in understanding the existing ICT training along with the shortage of technical support and proper technological knowledge on how to integrate ICT into their teaching and learning process altogether have also contributed to the inability to integrate ICT properly into the primary school classrooms. It is therefore needed to extend the duration of the existing ICT training programmes and also introduce refresher training courses for those who have received it earlier. Most importantly, all primary school teachers who have not yet received the training should be given ICT training immediately. The study recommends that partnership with public and private sectors is necessary to enable effective training of teachers, ensure ICT friendly classrooms, equipment, web-based resources, connectivity and overall coverage for quality education.
Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Managing a Complex Disease with Multiple Comorbidities
Authors: Smith Susan
Published: April 2023

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic skin disorder of the intertriginous areas that frequently presents with draining abscesses, deep painful nodules, possible sinus tracts, and the development of widespread scarring, can significantly impact a patient’s quality of life (QoL), therefore early diagnosis and initiation of treatment is vital. This article reviews the existing evidence-based treatment guidelines for HS as described in the literature, stages of HS as categorized by the Hurley system, available treatment options, and short- and long-term disease management strategies, all key to improved patient satisfaction. Common physical and psychological comorbidities of HS, such as hypertension, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, depression, and anxiety are also discussed with emphasis on the dermatology physician assistant’s role in comorbidities screening and managing referrals when necessary. This program has been CME reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 1 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel.

Approval is valid for 1 year from the issue date of June 1, 2022. Participants may submit the self-assessment exam at any time during that period.

This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Enduring Material Programs and for Commercial Support of Enduring Material Programs. SDPA members may access the post-test at https://www.dermpa.org/JDPA_Exams (https://www.dermpa.org/JDPA_Exams)
Biologics and Psoriasis: Treatment Selection with a Focus on Patient Comorbidities
Authors: Michelen-Gómez Eduardo A. , Chiesa Fuxench Zelma C.
Published: April 2023

Psoriasis is a chronic, multisystemic, inflammatory disease that exhibits a wide array of clinical presentations and is associated with high disease burden. Advancements in our understanding of the pathophysiology of psoriasis have led to the development of novel therapeutic modalities known as biologics that inhibit the action of pro-inflammatory cytokines, offering a more targeted therapeutic approach and improved safety profile compared to traditional systemic agents. Psoriasis disease severity is usually the main driver when it comes to selecting the appropriate biologic for any given patient; however, with an increasing number of biologics from which to choose, one pressing question that is increasingly more common in clinical practice is, “How do we select the ‘right’ treatment for each patient?” We performed a review of the literature on biologic use in patients with psoriasis with a focus on specific systemic comorbidities. Here, we summarize currently available recommendations based on available studies.
Winter 2019�2020 Water-Level Elevation Map for the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area
Authors: Rawling Geoff C.
Published: April 2023

Residents of the Albuquerque metropolitan area rely in part on groundwater for domestic, municipal, and industrial use. An understanding of changes in groundwater levels and groundwater storage changes in the aquifer is necessary to achieve groundwater management goals set by the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (2016), henceforth the Water Authority. Periodic and continuous water-level measurements in wells and maps of the water-level elevation surface, or water table, derived from these data are essential tools for understanding the groundwater resources of the region.

This report describes the preparation and interpretation of a water-table map for the Albuquerque area for the winter of 2019-2020. Water-level changes and changes in the amount of groundwater in storage in the aquifer since the predevelopment time period are presented. Predevelopment is defined by the map of Bexfield and Anderholm (2000; Fig. 1) and represents conditions prior to 1961. The present study also recasts recent water-level surface and changes since predevelopment in terms of water-level management criteria defined by the Water Authority (2016), shown in the block diagram in Figure 2. Referring to this diagram, the range of water-level elevations from 50 ft of drawdown to 250 ft of drawdown relative to predevelopment conditions is defined as the working reserve. The fuel gauge on the diagram pertains to the water level relative to the base of the working reserve, the 250-ft drawdown level. The 50 ft of aquifer below the working reserve is referred to as the safety reserve. The base of the safety reserve, at 300 ft of drawdown relative to predevelopment, is a conservative estimate of when irreversible compaction effects will start to be felt in the aquifer. The diagram also shows the management level of 110 ft of drawdown, which is a target average value drawdown for wells used by the Water Authority.
Factors influencing adoption and usage probability of car sharing in Bangkok
Authors:   , Ruamchart Baweena
Published: April 2023

This thesis aimed to examine factors influencing adoption and usage probability of car sharing in Bangkok. There were two phases of study. The first phase was examining the factors influencing the probability of using of car sharing. The latter was designed to assess customers’ attitudes toward the intention to use car sharing. Both studies employed a quantitative method of data collection and analysis.

Study One assessed the likelihood of using car sharing from customers’ characteristics in three main groups: socio-economic status, travel behavior and car-sharing preferences. The data were collected through a questionnaire with the target population group. In total, there were 612 observations. Then, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis under the concept of logistic regression. Through multiple linear regression analysis, the results indicated that the respondents’ socio-economic status did not affect the probability of car-sharing adoption. However, travel behavior and car-sharing preferences affected the probability of car-sharing adoption.

Study Two investigated latent attitudes influencing the users’ intention to use car sharing. This study utilized an extended technology acceptance framework with four external variables: personal innovativeness (PI), environmental concern (EC), social influence (SI) and perceived risk (PR). Similarly, the survey was conducted to collect the data from target population group. In total, 505 participants completed the questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation model (SEM) techniques were adopted for data analysis. The results did not confirm the original TAM since a relationship was not found between perceived ease of use (PEOU) and attitude toward car sharing (ATT). However, the results supported that all four external variables influenced the intention to use car sharing.
Effects of social interaction and transformational leadership on sport event volunteers’ perception of team member exchange
Authors:   , Treethong Kasidech
Published: April 2023

This study contributes to the management of sport event volunteers, where particular team member exchange is crucial in promoting teamwork among sport event volunteers. The objectives of this study are 1) to examine the effects of social interaction and transformational leadership on the sport event volunteers’ perception of team member exchange and 2) to examine the interaction effect between social interaction and transformational leadership on the sport event volunteers’ perception of team member exchange. This study employed a field experiment and a post-experiment interview at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League Thailand. Subjects (n = 64) were assigned by stratified random sampling into four groups. Each group has one leader and fifteen volunteer staff. Four post-experiment interview groups were conducted on the last day of the event. An independent t-Test was conducted to test the main effect, and an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was conducted to test the interaction effect. The thematic analysis was used to analyze data from the post-experiment interview. The result showed that social interaction and transformational leadership did not significantly affect sport event volunteers’ perception of team member exchange. However, the post-experiment interview results indicate that, instead of social interaction and leadership, previous experience, similar background , mutual interest, and empowering leadership are vital factors for the perception of team member exchange. Further discussion and contributions are discussed in the study.
The effect of maternally-derived antibodies against antibody production in vaccinated piglets with modified-live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccines
Authors:   , Mebumroong Sunit
Published: April 2023

The humoral antibody responses following vaccination with different lineage of modified live genotype 2 porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccines (MLVs) were investigated. Moreover, the mortality and growth performance in pigs were observed. Twenty-four pigs with high maternally derived antibody (MDA) levels (SN titer ≥ 8) from each PRRSV positive Herd 1 and Herd 2 were allocated to the H1, H1-1, and H1-2 groups (Herd 1) and H2, H2-1, and H2-2 groups (Herd 2). Twenty-four pigs with low MDA levels (SN titer <8) were allocated to the L1, L1-1, and L1-2 (Herd 1) and L2, L2-1, and L2-2 groups (Herd 2). Twenty-four pigs from the negative herd (Herd 3) were allocated to 3 groups: N, N-1, and N-2 groups. The H1, H2, L1, L2, and N groups were unvaccinated. The H1-1, H2-1, L1-1, L2-1, and N-1 groups were vaccinated with MLV (Ingelvac® PRRS MLV) at 2 weeks of age. The 5 other groups: H1-2, H2-2, L1-2, L2-2, and N-2 groups were vaccinated with MLV2 (Prime Pac® PRRS MLV) at 2 week of age. The antibody responses were measured by ELISA and serum neutralization (SN). The mortality was not observed in all vaccinated groups. Additionally, pigs with high MDA levels from the H1 and H2 groups did not exhibit the mortality throughout the study. ADG in pigs vaccinated with each MLV1 and MLV2 was significant higher than that in unvaccinated pigs. However, pigs vaccinated with MLV2 showed the highest values of ADG. Seroconversion was observed in all vaccinated groups with no significance difference in antibody titers between pigs with low and high MDA levels. However, pigs with low MDA levels showed the earliest and highest antibody level post vaccination. The highest SN-titer against MLV1 isolate and MLV2 isolate was observed in pig from the L1-1 and L2-2 groups, respectively. The field PRRSV-2 isolates: THA_SP/RB_S1/P1/0120-18 and THA_WC/RB_F165/20-22, the SN titers against these isolates were not observed in vaccinated groups. These results indicated that MDAs might not affect the immune response post vaccination. PRRSV-2 MLVs reduced the mortality and improved growth performance of pigs in the endemically PRRSV infected herds. Although, the vaccine was changed in weaning pigs, the antibody responses were detected post vaccination in both pigs with low and high level of MDAs. Moreover, the genetic similarity between vaccine and field virus was not related to the protection. Vaccine selection should depend on the induction of immune response and protection against heterologous PRRSV infection.
Surveillance of Coronaviruses in fruit bats (Pteropus lylei) of Thailand
Authors:   , Moolthep Pichamon
Published: April 2023

Coronavirus (CoV) is an enveloped single positive-stranded RNA virus CoV can cause enteric and respiratory diseases in mammals, avian and human. Bats are the natural reservoir of CoVs and distribute all over Thailand. Sample collection was performed in two bat colonies in Ayutthaya and Saraburi provinces during March 2018 – February 2019. Total 1,487 samples were collected from 730 bats. The bat species identification via morphological measurement and cytochrome B detection showed that bats in both colonies are Lyle’s flying fox (Pteropus lylei). The results of CoV detection showed that 4.30% of samples were positive to CoV. Phylogenetic analysis showed the bat CoV in this thesis were clustered with Thai bat CoV of BetaCoV lineage D from Pteropus lylei in Chonburi province but were in the different groups of MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). For genetic analysis, bat CoV in this thesis had 98-100% nucleotide identities to Thai Bat-CoV but had <70% identity to others reference sequences. Our results confirmed that CoVs are circulating in two bat colonies in Ayutthaya and Saraburi and the viruses are closely genetic related to bat CoV in bat in the same species from Eastern part of Thailand. Although the bat CoVs in this thesis were far related with pandemic CoVs, but routinely surveillance of CoVs in bats should be performed since bat CoV could be a potential zoonotic virus.
Clinical diagnosis, ultrastructural study and antigenic characterization of platynosomum fastosum in cats
Authors:   , Soe Babi
Published: April 2023

Platynosomum fastosum is a cat liver fluke causing hepatobiliary diseases in cats. To evaluate the criterior to support the suspicion index for early disease detection during subclinical infection, the biochemical parameters composed of liver, pancreatic enzymes, tumor markers were evaluated in 14 P. fastosum naturally-infected cats. As a result, alanine transaminase (ALT) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) were found elevated in 57.8% (8/14) of infected cats. For the diagnostic imaging, bile sediments were present in 85.7% (12/14) of infected cats in their gallbladders. Since the number of bile-derived P. fastosum eggs were significantly higher than that from fecal samples (p=0.001), percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholecystocentesis seemed to be promising to be implemented as a tool for final diagnosis. To establish the fundamental data on ultrastructural characteristics of P. fastosum adult and egg for further drug testing as no effective drug available, scanning electron microscope was used to reveal the tegumental surface in which it was covered with densely packed villous-like projections and papillae. Using transmission electron microscope, at least one type of tegumental cell was found producing 2 types of tegumental granules inside P. fastosum adult tegument. To develop serodiagnostic assay, antigenic components of P. fastosum were characterized and 3 immunogenic proteins (70kDa, 53kDa and 13kDa) were identified and the sequences were characterized.
Supreme Myth Busting: How the Supreme Court Has Busted its Own Myths
Authors: Gerhardt Michael J.
Published: April 2023

This Essay challenges various myths of the Supreme Court, including the myth of the Supreme Court as the only branch in the federal government capable of neutral, non-partisan, juridical interpretations of the Constitution. Through various means, I show how the Supreme Court fails to live up to that myth, especially in its failure to abide by the same code of ethics that other judges follow. The Court’s excuse is that it is not like other courts, but, if we take that excuse at face value, then there is more, not less, reason to require the Supreme Court adhere to the same ethical standards every other judge must follow. If the Court is just another court, it should of course be constrained like other courts, including through a code of ethics. But, if it is not like other courts, a code of ethics is even more imperative to ensure the justices from lapsing into just another political venue. In addition to highlighting how the Court’s recent decisions undercut its claims of being a court rather than just another political branch, I use several case studies to show how the Court needs to adhere to a code of ethics to ensure it does not function as presidents and senators would like it to function as an extension of their political powers.
Analisis Kesalahan Dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Higher Order Thinking Skills (Hots) Pada Materi Matriks Berdasarkan Skema Fong
Authors: Wahyudi Benny , Mardliyah Syifa , Priatna Nanang
Published: April 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan jenis dan faktor penyebab kesalahan siswa dalam menyelesaikan soal HOTS pada materi matriks. Jenis penelitian iniadalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode tes tertulis. Subjek penelitian adalah siswa kelas XI AK-A dengan pengambilan subjek 16 siswa. Teknik analisis data dilakukan dengan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Jenis-jenis kesalahan yang muncl saat siswa menyelesaikan soal HOTS berdasarkan skema Fong adalah: (1) Tidak ada solusi (E1), (2) Menggunakan metode yang tidak relevan (E2), (3) Skema tidak lengkap tidak ada kesalahan, (4) Skema tidak lengkap dengan kesalahan, (5) Skema lengkap dengan kesalahan. Faktor-faktor penyebab kesalahan siswa adalah kurangnya kemampuan dalam memahami dan mencermati soal, tidak terbiasa dalam menyelesaikan soal HOTS, tidak memahami konsep materi matriks dan soal penerapan materi matriks, tergesa-gesa dalam menyelesaikan soal, tidak teliti dalam melakukan operasi perhitungan dan tidak mengecek kembali jawaban, tidak paham dengan perhitungan yang digunakan.
Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Uranium, Plutonium and Thorium
Authors: Kumar Pradeep
Published: April 2023

In recent decades, extraction of actinides (U,Pu,Th) employing supercritical CO2has drawn attention owing to its inherent potential to minimize liquid waste generation. Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) offers faster extraction with fine control over extraction process by means of varying pressure , temperature conditions. Supercritical Fluids have hybridproperties of liquid and gas. Liquid like solvation and gas like diffusivity enable topenetrate deep inside solid matrix, extracting component of interest, thus capable of extraction from liquid as well as solid matrix. Metal ion is complexed withsuitable organic compound, which gets soluble in SC CO2 . SC CO2 acts as a solvent and after extractionescapes as gas leaving behind extractant. Various types of ligands such organophosphorus compounds, -diketones, macrocyclic compounds, amides, dithiocarbamates are employed.SFE offers attractive alternative to reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste.In this paper, research work carried out on the SFE of actinides (U,Pu,Th) has been reviewed.
Book Summarization using NLP
Authors:   Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Agate Vrushali , Mirajkar Shilotej , Toradmal Gauri
Published: April 2023

It is crucial to offer an enhanced system for swiftly and effectively extracting information in this modern era where the Internet is a wealth of knowledge. It is quite challenging for humans to manually extract the summary from a lengthy written document. On the Internet, there is a wealth of textual content. As a result, finding relevant papers from the many that are available and learning useful information from them is a challenge. An automatic text summary is crucial for resolving the two issues. The technique of extracting the most significant information from a document or group of related texts and condensing it into a concise version while maintaining its overall meaning is known as text summarizing. Text summarization reduces the length of the original text while maintaining the information and overall meaning. Large texts are particularly challenging for humans to manually summarize. There are two types of text summarizing techniques: extractive and abstractive. Selecting significant sentences, paragraphs, etc. from the original content and concatenating them into a shorter version constitutes an extractive summary method. Sentences' linguistic and statistical characteristics are used to determine their importance. Understanding the original material and retelling it in fewer words are the components of an abstractive summary method. It analyzes and interprets the content using linguistic techniques before identifying fresh ideas and expressions to create a new, concise copy that effectively communicates. Key Word: NLP(Natural Language Processing), LDA(Latent Dirichlet Allocation).
Incidence of Neonatal Septicemia in Babies Admitted in Pediatric Ward of KIU-Teaching Hospital, Ishaka Uganda.
Authors:   Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry, Kampala International University Ishaka Campus, Uganda., Fredrick Kahuma,
Published: April 2023

This research was done to determine factors that influence the occurrence of neonatal septicemia among babies admitted in Kampala international university teaching hospital. This study was guided by the following objectives: to assess the maternal related factors associated with occurrence of neonatal septicemia among babies admitted in Pediatric ward of Kampala international university teaching hospital; to determine neonatal related factors associated with occurrence of neonatal septicemia among babies admitted in Pediatric ward of Kampala international university teaching hospital and to determine the social-economic factors associated with occurrence of neonatal septicemia among babies admitted in Pediatric ward of Kampala international university teaching hospital. A cross sectional study design was used in this study; A sample of 134 respondents were studied which included neonates/caretakers and health workers; data was collected with the use of observation, interview guide and questionnaires; data analysis and interpretation were done using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to generate descriptive statistics and Chi-square p-values that were used to draw conclusion of the study. The results from this research showed that; - the maternal factors that influenced the occurrence of neonatal septicemia among babies admitted in pediatric ward of Kampala international university teaching hospital were inadequate Antenatal Care (ANC) attendance, prolonged rupture of membrane, bathing neonates with herbal medicines and place of delivery whereby a significant number of mothers delivered from home. On the neonatal factors the researcher found out that birth weight had a significant influence on the occurrence of neonatal septicemia among babies admitted in pediatric ward of Kampala international university teaching hospital. Finally, the study identified the socio-economic factors responsible for the occurrence of neonatal septicemia among babies admitted in pediatric ward of Kampala international university teaching hospital as washing hands before handling the neonates, low level of monthly household income and low level of education among caretakers. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher recommends that the Government through the DHOs offices should embark on health education by educating the pregnant women on the dangers of giving birth from their homes and also being helped by unqualified midwives. Also, the government through district sensitization programs should encourage pregnant women to seek antenatal care at the health facilities where they can be health educated, comprehensively screened and treated of infections to prevent spread of infections to newborns. Keywords: Pediatric, Septicemia, Pregnant Women, Health Education, Antenatal care.
UK Space Energy Initiative: Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Review of an Offshore Rectenna in Scotland
Authors:   Metasat UK Ltd, Wilson Andrew ,   Aerospace Centre of Excellence, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Oqab Haroon ,   Metasat UK Ltd, Vasile Massimiliano ,   Aerospace Centre of Excellence, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Published: April 2023

This paper will present the results of an environmental impact assessment scoping report which was conducted to gain a professional scoping opinion on the development of a hypothetical offshore rectenna site located in the Highlands and Islands local authority region to enable space-based solar power to the UK. The construction, operational and decommissioning phases of the development will be discussed throughout the paper with a specific focus on environmental impacts. Different levels of UK and Scottish policy and legislation will be used to highlight the requirements and contribution of the development towards sustainable development. Furthermore, it will allow for a deeper understanding of how the development can aid the 78% UK emission reduction target by 2035 and the UK net-zero target by 2050. Policy covered in this scoping report includes Space Policy, Renewable Energy Policy, Climate Change Policy, Research Policy, Conservation Policy and Planning Policy. Overall, this scoping report has been prepared to address likely significant impacts that the proposed rectenna site might have on the environment. Keywords: Space Solar Power, Environmental Impact Assessment, Energy Systems, Sustainable Development, Environmental Governance
Obesity: An important predictor of metabolic syndrome
Authors: Kumar Bairwa , Kumari Savita , Khandelwal Neelam , Kumar Dhaked , Dhaked Sunita , Bhatt Ravi
Published: April 2023

Background/Aim: The leading avoidable cause of mortality in the world is obesity. It modifies how the body reacts to insulin, which might result in insulin resistance and an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes. Recent investigations have revealed a link between obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Therefore, it was intended for the current study to look at the prevalence of obesity and how it relates to the metabolic syndrome. Methods: 120 healthy males between 30-50 years of age were chosen from the general population of Kota District, Rajasthan, India and screened for obesity and divided in three groups: normal, overweight and obese. Each group comprised of forty subject. Serum was separated and run in department of biochemistry , GMC Kota. Anthropometric parameters were taken. The completely automated analyser ERBA EM 360 performed lipid profile and blood sugar analyses on serum. Result: Obesity increased metabolic syndrome prevalence. In comparison to overweight and normal weight people, obese subjects exhibited considerably lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and significantly higher levels of blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Additional coronary artery disease (CAD) risk prediction ratios, such as total cholesterol/HDL, LDL/HDL and triglycerides/ HDL ratios that have gradually increased from the normal to obese group, show that obese subjects have a relatively higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than do those in the overweight and normal groups. Conclusion: One of the key elements of metabolic syndrome, which is a collection of clinical and metabolic anomalies including abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidaemia, is obesity. Each of these conditions raises the risk of CVD and diabetes mellitus type 2 directly. The progression towards diabetes and CVD can be prevented by lifestyle modification programmes and regular health checks (to explore the risk factors of metabolic syndrome).
A pilot test for implementing precision healthcare programme in patients with diabetes in Indonesia
Authors: Pranata Satriya , Wu Shu-Fang , Wang Tsae-Jyy , Liang Shu-Yuan , Nobel Bistara , Chuang Yeu-Hui , Lu Kuo-Cheng , Kusuma Atmaja
Published: April 2023

Background/Aim: An evaluation of precision healthcare interventions among patients with diabetes in a small sample through a pilot test before being tested in a larger sample is needed. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a precision healthcare programme. It also assesses the programme's outcome among patients with diabetes in Indonesia. Methods: Data were collected during December 2020. The researchers first gathered data about participant characteristics. Furthermore, the strategies of precision healthcare were implemented in sixty respondents to evaluate the feasibility and outcome of the programme in a month. Results: The participants mentioned that they can follow all procedures of precision healthcare. However, they asked the researcher to provide a guide and monitoring book which provides safe choices information on diet, exercise, glucose monitoring and drug medication. Moreover, participants mentioned that they could complete all questionnaires but needed a company of a research assistant. The benefits of a month of precision healthcare were improved diabetes self-care activity, blood pressure and blood glucose level. However, the body weight, body mass index (BMI), triglyceride, cholesterol and triglyceride glucose index were not significantly improved. Conclusion: A pilot test is needed to ensure the feasibility of the implementation strategy with the culture and background of diabetic patients in Indonesia. Improving diabetes self-care activity stabilised blood pressure and blood glucose during a month, so it can be assumed that precision healthcare approaches were potentially being applied in Indonesia. On the other hand, it is needed more than a month to improve body weight, BMI, triglyceride, cholesterol and triglyceride glucose index. Thus, testing the precision healthcare approach in a larger sample with long time series for patients with diabetes in Indonesia through a randomised controlled trial (RCT) is needed.
De “Negrita” a “Umsha”: percepción de padres y madres de activistas afroperuanos sobre el rebranding de la marca
Authors: Bullon Fabrizio , Arbaiza Francisco , Sánchez Miguel
Published: April 2023

Las brechas sociales y el racismo sistemático y estructural, durante la última parte del siglo XXI, han dado pie a que se revalúen, en la publicidad y en cualquier espacio social, las representaciones erróneas de los grupos étnicos minoritarios en el Perú. Esto ha generado que las marcas, independientemente de la gran trayectoria con la que cuentan, opten por aplicar estrategias como el rebranding ya que les permite replantear su identidad y ubicarlas de forma diferente dentro del contexto comercial en donde se desarrollan. Por tal motivo, en el presente trabajo se plantea realizar un estudio fenomenológico que permita entender la aplicación del rebranding en la marca Negrita, ahora Umsha, y analizarlo desde el punto de vista de padres y madres de activistas afroperuanos. Se pudo concluir que el ajuste que se aplicó en el caso de Negrita –ahora Umsha–, destruyendo todos los elementos de su antigua imagen, atendiendo la necesidad de cambio en la forma en la que eran representados afroperuanos resultó siendo constructiva a pesar de los activos de marca que la empresa dejaría de lado.