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Fuzzy Modeling of Urban Water Supply Crisis
Authors: Ttatom Pereira da Silva Welitom , Antonio Almeida de Souza Marco
Published: February 2021

The chaotic growth of cities results in numerous problems related to public health and urban environment. One of these problems is the urban water supply system crisis. This research aims to develop a mathematical model for urban water supply crises (UWC) able to deal with the ambiguity of the real available data. The applied methodology comprises the following steps: (i) identifying the influencing factors in UWC; (ii) proposing a conceptual model for the description of UWC; (iii) collecting and simulating the necessary and available data; (iv) optimizing the conceptual model parameters; and (v) verifying the proposed model performance. The results indicate that there are many influencing factors in UWC. The model developed comprises two parts or two sub-models. The first sub-model explains water consumption, and the second sub-model explains water availability. In the first sub-model, the functions are related to the factors that influence water consumption. In the second sub-model, the functions are related to the factors that influence the availability of water. This research also aims to analyze the possibility of applying Fuzzy Logic to deal with the ambiguity of real data. It was concluded that, with the proposed model, the UWC was modeled appropriately. The model proposed can help to predict the impact of actions such as reducing losses, reducing pressure on the water supply network and intermittent supply on the intensity of water crisis cases in cities.
Reversal of Cognitive Aging through Enhancement of Cardiac Output
Authors: J. McLeod Kenneth
Published: February 2021

Cognitive aging is a progressive condition leading to dementia, a condition which is now the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., as well as being among the most expensive healthcare conditions to manage. With over 5 million affected in the U.S. alone, the annual costs to the Medicare/Medicaid system exceeds $200 billion, and with the rising age of the population, annual costs of dementia care are expected to exceed $500 billion by 2040. As there is no cure for dementia, a consensus has formed that a more pragmatic goal of research should be developing interventions capable of slowing or preventing cognitive aging. We propose that this is a readily achievable goal. Cognitive impairment is closely linked to cerebral perfusion, and cerebral perfusion is a function of cardiac output. In turn, cardiac output is completely dependent on venous return, which in the upright human, relies on adequate soleus muscle activity. As modern adults rarely squat, which is necessary for maintaining the soleus muscle, soleus insufficiency develops early in adulthood in most people. However, soleus muscle insufficiency can be reversed, resulting in improved cardiac output, cerebral perfusion, and the prevention of cognitive aging.
Arterial Stiffness Assessment in Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Authors: Sadykova Dinara , Galimova Liliia , Slastnikova Evgeniia , Khabibrakhmanova Zulfiia , Guseva Natalya
Published: February 2021

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the genetic disease which characterized by an increase of level total cholesterol and low density lipoproteins since childhood. The aim of the study was to assess arterial stiffness in children with heterozygous FH by measuring the pulse wave velocity (PWV) in the aorta. The study involved 118 children, 60 healthy children in the control group and 58 children with heterozygous FH in the main group. Both groups were divided into 3 age subgroups: 5–7 years old, 8–12 years old and 13–17 years old. The diagnosis of FH was made using British criteria by Simon Broome. The lipid profile was determined for all children, blood pressure was monitored daily with an estimate of the minimum, mean and maximum PWV (PWVmin, mean PWV, PWVmax) in aorta using oscillometric method. Correlation analysis in patients with FH revealed direct correlation between PWVmin, mean PWV and PWVmax with total cholesterol (r = 0.46, r = 0.46 and r = 0.464, respectively, p < 0.001). The study demonstrates an increase in the PWV in the aorta in children with FH compared with healthy peers from 8–12 years of age and a progression of arterial stiffness most significant in the group of 13–17 years.
Extracellular Vesicles and Their Role in Staphylococcus aureus Resistance and Virulence
Authors: Silva Rosa da Luz Brenda , Azevedo Vasco , Le-loir Yves , Guedon Eric
Published: February 2021

Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen of great importance to clinical and veterinary medicine. Recently, there has been a growing interest in S. aureus extracellular vesicles (EVs) in the pathogenesis of this bacterium. Released by living cells into the extracellular milieu, EVs are membranous structures carrying macromolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites. These structures play several physiological roles and are, among others, considered a mechanism of intercellular communication within S. aureus populations but also in trans kingdom interactions. S. aureus EVs were shown to transport important bacterial survival and virulence factors, such as β-lactamases, toxins, and proteins associated with bacterial adherence to host cells, and to trigger the production of cytokines and promote tissue inflammation. In this chapter, we will review the main studies regarding S. aureus EVs, including their composition and roles in host-pathogen interactions, and the possible applications of EVs for vaccines and therapy development against staphylococcal infections.
Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Characteristics in a Rectangular Channel with Presence of Perforated Concave Rectangular Winglet Vortex Generators
Authors: Syaiful  , Kurnia Lutfi M.
Published: February 2021

The high thermal resistance of the airside of the compact heat exchanger results in a low heat transfer rate. Vortex generator (VG) is one of the effective passive methods to increase convection heat transfer by generating longitudinal vortex (LV), which results in an increase in fluid mixing. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the convection heat transfer characteristics and the pressure drop of airflow in a rectangular channel in the presence of a concave rectangular winglet VG on a heated plate. Numerical calculations were performed on rectangular winglet pairs vortex generators (RWP VGs) and concave rectangular winglet pairs vortex generators (CRWP VGs) with a 45° angle of attack and one, two, and three pairs of VGs with and without holes. The simulation results show that the decrease in the value of convection heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop on CRWP with three perforated VG configuration is 4.63% and 3.28%, respectively, of the three pairs of CRWP VG without holes at an airflow velocity of 2 m/s.
Vegetable Landraces: The “Gene Banks” for Traditional Farmers and Future Breeding Programs
Authors: Sumalan Radu-Liviu , Ciulca Sorin-Ion , Sumalan Renata-Maria , Popescu Sorina
Published: February 2021

Crop diversity of vegetable species is threatened by the current homogenization of agricultural production systems due to specialization of plant breeders and increasing globalization in the seed sector. With the onset of modern agriculture, most traditional vegetable cultivars were replaced by highly productive and often genetically uniform commercial breeds and hybrids. This led to the loss of landraces, especially in countries with a super-intensive agriculture. The agricultural biodiversity erosion represents a huge risk for food safety and security. Vegetable landraces are associated with the cultural heritage of their place of origin being adapted to local agro-ecological areas and are more resilient to environmental stress than commercial cultivars. The chapter aim to highlight the importance of keeping and using vegetable landraces as valuable sources of genes for traditional farmers, but also for future breeding processes. We analyze the historical role of landraces, genetic diversity, high physiological adaptability to specific local conditions in association with traditional farming systems, as well as the breeding perspectives and evaluation of genetic diversity based on molecular markers.
Retina Recognition Using Crossings and Bifurcations
Authors: Semerád Lukáš , Drahanský Martin
Published: February 2021

Recognition of people on the basis of biometric characteristics has been known for many centuries. One of the most used biometric features is fingerprint. Recently, we have also come across the iris pattern more often. Retinal recognition offers similarly reliable mechanisms, but they are not yet well explored. Our procedure for obtaining a biometric pattern is partly based on fingerprints. In comparison with fingerprints, retinal recognition identifies bifurcations or optical crossings, i.e., instead of papillary lines, the vessels are used. The procedure is more complicated due to the multiple layers in which the blood vessels intersect. Our work deals with determining the probabilities for various areas of the retina in which bifurcation and crossing occur. It also describes how recognition can be affected by various diseases.
Molecular Biology of PCR Testing for COVID-19 Diagnostics
Authors: Chittoor-Vinod Vinita
Published: February 2021

COVID-19 cases were first reported in December 2019, and since then it has spread quickly to create a global pandemic. This respiratory disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A major contributing factor for the fast spread of this virus is that the infectivity by the asymptomatic carriers is similar to symptomatic patients. Thus, to identify the asymptomatic individuals and to provide the essential treatment and care to COVID-19 patients, we rely heavily on diagnostic assays. Efficient, reproducible and accessible diagnostic tests are crucial in combatting a pandemic. Currently, there are few key detection tests which have been successfully employed to field-use. However, there are constant efforts to enhance their efficacy and accessibility. This chapter aims at explaining the basic principles of the current molecular diagnostic tests, which determine the presence of the virus through the detection of its genetic material. This chapter will aid the readers in understanding the basic workings of these molecular diagnostic tests.
Control of an Epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 by Assessing Transmissibility of Its Infected Cases in Absence of a Suitable Vaccine
Authors: Sarkar Bidisa , Sarkar Kamalesh
Published: February 2021

SARS-CoV-2 or Covid 19 and it’s pandemicity has been wreaking havoc in many countries worldwide. It is important to counter and contain the spread of Covid-19 using some effective infection control policies as we await an effective protection such as vaccine. Ahmedabad Model of Covid-19 Control could be used as an established epidemic management protocol for COVID 19 infection. It relies on the Cycle Threshold (Ct) Value, which was used as a proxy marker for assessing initial viral load. It was evident that cases with higher viral load spread the disease at much higher rate as compared to that of low viral load apart from population mobility and/or population density. Therefore, Ct value based segregation of infected cases with higher viral load along with contact tracing of them of previous 5 days is an effective epidemic control policy. It needs to be remembered that a section of infected cases is asymptomatic and capable of spreading infection in the community unknowingly. Hence, infection control practices must be accompanied with standard precautionary measures such as physical distancing, hand hygiene and wearing face mask. Community awareness is an integral part of it. Newer biotechnology based researches may be encouraged based on felt needs.
RNAi-Mutants of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench with Improved Digestibility of Seed Storage Proteins
Authors: A. Elkonin Lev , M. Panin Valery , A. Kenzhegulov Odissey , Kh. Sarsenova Saule
Published: February 2021

Modification of the composition of grain storage proteins is an intensively developing area of plant biotechnology, which is of particular importance for sorghum – high-yielding drought tolerant crop. Compared to other cereals, the majority of sorghum cultivars and hybrids are characterized by reduced nutritional value that is caused by a low content of essential amino acids in the seed storage proteins (kafirins), and resistance of kafirins to protease digestion. RNA interference (RNAi) by suppressing synthesis of individual kafirin subclasses may be an effective approach to solve this problem. In this chapter, we review published reports on RNAi silencing of the kafirin-encoding genes. In addition, we present new experimental data on phenotypic effects of RNAi-silencing of γ-KAFIRIN-1 gene in sorghum cv. Avans. To obtain RNAi mutants with γ-KAFIRIN-1 gene silencing we used Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. Transgenic kernels had modified endosperm type with reduced vitreous layer and significantly improved in vitro protein digestibility (93% vs. 57%, according to the densitometry of SDS-PAGE patterns). SDS-PAGE of transgenic kernels showed lowered level of kafirins and appearance of globulin proteins, which were not observed in the original cultivar. For the first time, the cases of instability of inserted genetic construct were identified: elimination of ubi1-intron that is a constituent part of the genetic construct for RNAi silencing, or nos-promotor governing expression of the marker gene (bar) (in the RNAi mutants of cv. Zheltozernoe 10). The research findings presented in this chapter provide strong evidence that RNA interference can be used for improvement of the nutritional properties of sorghum grain.
Risk Assessment and Automated Anomaly Detection Using a Deep Learning Architecture
Authors: C.A. Thomopoulos Stelios
Published: February 2021

Risk-based security is a concept introduced in order to provide security checks without inconveniencing travelers that are being checked with unqualified scrutiny checks while maintaining the same level of security with current check point practices without compromising security standards. Furthermore, risk-based security, as a means of improving travelers’ experience at check points is expected to reduce queueing and waiting times while improving at the same travelers’ experience during checks. A number of projects have been funded by the European Commission to investigate the concept of risk-based security and develop the means and technology required to implement it. The author is the Coordinator of two of the flagship projects funded by EC on risk-based security: FLYSEC and TRESSPASS. This chapter discusses and analyses the concept of risk-based security, the inherent competing mechanism between risk assessment, screening time and level of security, and means to implement risk-based security based on anomaly detection using deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) methods.
Pregnancy and Graves’ Disease
Authors: Maria Panaitescu Anca
Published: February 2021

Graves’ disease (GD) is one of the most common autoimmune conditions in women of reproductive age. The disorder is characterized by the presence of pathogenic immunoglobulins that bind the TSH receptors (TRAbs) and stimulate the production of thyroid hormones leading to hyperthyroidism (the occurrence of inhibiting or neutral antibodies being rare). Affected individuals can be treated by radioiodine therapy, surgical removal of the gland or by antithyroid drugs (ATDs). Thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins may persist for years after medical treatment, radioiodine therapy or surgical removal of the gland in those affected by GD and during pregnancy can cross the placenta and can act on the fetal thyroid gland resulting in the development of fetal and neonatal hyperthyroidism and sometimes to goiter. Antithyroid drugs used during pregnancy can also cross the placenta and may be teratogenic and act on the fetal thyroid gland, leading to fetal and neonatal hypothyroidism and goiter. This chapter will discuss specific aspects of GD during pregnancy and postpartum focusing on fetal and neonatal consequences related to this disorder.
Evaluation of Corneal Optic Quality in Amblyopia
Authors: ÖNCÜL Hasan
Published: February 2021

Objective: To compare corneal aberrations and densitometry values in children with amblyopia due to anisometropic hyperopia with those of healthy children.

Methods: This study included 173 children with amblyopia due to hyperopic anisometropia in one eye and 173 children with both healthy eyes. The amblyopic eye (Group 1) and the fellow normal eye (Group 2) of the amblyopic patients and the right eye of the healthy control group (Group 3) were evaluated. Of the corneal aberration and corneal densitometry (CD)measured using Scheimpflug corneal topography values were noted.

Results: While there was a significant difference in total root mean square (RMS), higher-order aberration (HOA) RMS, coma horizontal, trefoil horizontal and spherical aberration values between the groups (p
Apoptotic and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Hypericum Perforatum Extract in Human Basal Cell Carcinoma TE 354.T Cell Line
Authors: CELİK Ebru
Published: February 2021

Objectives: Basal cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy in in the Caucasian race and is a serious health problem with its ever-increasing incidence and high cost. Although the treatment is surgical, some elderly patients do not accept surgical intervention. In this case, non-surgical treatments come into prominence. The Hypericum perforatum (HP) / St. John's Wort plant has been used in the treatment of many diseases for centuries among local people. Here, we aimed to aimed to elucidate the effect and molecular mechanism of the HP plant on BCC cells.

Methods: Human BCC cell lines TE 354.T were acquired from ATCC®, then were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium. BCC cells were seeded at a concentration of 2x106cells in each flask (n=12). After incubation, while six of the flasks were applied with a 0.8% HP extract and 99.2% medium for 48 hours, no application was made to the control group. The effects of HP on mitochondrial mediated intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathway agents, cell cycle G2 / M checkpoint kinases and inflammatory mediators were investigated in BCC cancer cells. The expression and activities of these mediators in both groups were evaluated by ELISA test.

Results: It was determined that HP extract treatment increased the expression of apoptotic proteins (AIF, GADD153, GRP78, caspase-3, Bax) and cell cycle G2 / M checkpoint kinase (Wee1), though it reduced antiapoptotic protein (Bcl-2) and inflammatory mediators (iNOS, COX-2, cPLA2, NFkB) in BCC cell lines.

Conclusion: HP extract can support routine chemotherapy on BCC cells with its apoptotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effect, and may be a beacon of hope in reducing resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs in the treatment of BCC.
Social Network Analysis: Literature Review
Authors: AYDIN Nursen
Published: February 2021

In this article, social network analysis SNA is defined and historical development process is explained. A comprehensive literature search has been conducted for this purpose. SAA is a powerful method that centralizes individuals and their relations, in that the effect of the individual on the social network can be uncovered and the network of individual groups can be evaluated holistically. SNA shows the structural gaps and social capital in institutions, and focuses managers' attention on critical informal networks. Evaluating strategically important networks within an organization, make "invisible" groups visible in the interaction and allows them to work with key groups to facilitate effective collaboration.
Instagram Influencer Analysis for Top 5 Categories in Turkey
Authors: ERTOGRUL Busra , KILICSIZ Gizem , BOZANTA Aysun
Published: February 2021

Social media platforms have become an inevitable part of our daily lives. Companies that noticed the intense use of social media platforms started to use them as a marketing tool. Even ordinary people have become famous by social media and companies have been sending their products to them to try and advertise. Many people have gained a considerable amount of money in this way and today new jobs are emerged like "Youtuber" and "Instagram Influencer". Therefore, ordinary people realized the power of social media and many people started to strength their digital identity over social media. The question raising in people’s mind is that “What is the difference between the influencers and the ordinary people who have also digital identity over social media?”. This study examined Instagram influencers for five categories namely fashion, makeup, photography, travel, and fitness in Turkey. As an exploratory study, the relationship between the influencers’ average number of posts, the number of likes, the number of views, the number of comments, number of followers, and the number of following were examined. As well as the engagement rates of the followers to the influencers were calculated. In addition, the words they mostly used in the captions of the posts were examined.
A quarter century since the journal 'Plant Doctor' was reestablished
Authors: Stamenković Sreten
Published: February 2021

Brief overview of the 25-year (1995-2019) period since of the journal "Plant Doctor" resumed publication. A retrospective analysis with a summary of accomplishments, and assessment of challenges and opportunities for improvement. Focus on content, technical aspect and regular publication schedule.
Court as 'total institution'
Authors: Fajfrić Željko
Published: February 2021

Author thinks that the administration of justice crisis is not only connected with the administration of justice but with the whole society which is approaching "total institution". He pleas for an independent judicary which will be free from any existence problems, political and provincial pressures and bureaucracy ideology.
The criminal law protection of life, health and physical integrity of civil population at the time of war
Authors: Ignjatović Aleksandar
Published: February 2021

The author gives a historic survey of regulation of state relations between nations in war and rules on conducting war and on protecting the civil population. He gives an evaluation of the work of the Hague and Geneva Conferences, the content of the resulting conventions and declarations, and of the other international documents. He gives special attention to the analysis of the criminal law protection of civil population.
A short look at microbial producers of biobutanol: New trends, potentialities and limitations
Authors: Kregiel Dorota
Published: February 2021

Nowadays, the energy crisis, climate change and greenhouse effect have created a strong demand for the development of alternative energy sources. Researchers have made an attempt to produce biobutanol from various second-generation feedstocks with new microbial strains and new technologies. This paper presents the recent progress on efficient butanol production using various biomass sources and "designed" microorganisms. The advances in the butanol fermentation process, such as the use of numerous waste materials, improved strains and co-cultivation of mixed microbial populations are of particular interest in this review.
Effects of sowing date on emergence and yield of maize inbred lines
Authors: Tabaković Marijenka , Simić Milena , Dragičević Vesna , Oro Violeta , Brankov Milan , Stanisavljević Rade
Published: February 2021

The paper presents the seed production technologies of maize sown on three different sowing dates. Seeds of three maize inbred lines (L1, L2, L3) were used as a seed material in the location of Zemun Polje in 2018. The objectives of the present study was to determine the importance of different sowing dates as a method to overcome stressful conditions caused by unfavourable environmental factors, as well as to point out to a significance of the seed size in sowing. Effects of the following factors were observed in relation to emergence and the maize grain yield: sowing date (SD), seed fraction (LF, SF and PF) and genotype (L). The gained results indicate that the lowest percentage of emergence was determined in the variant L2/SD2/SF (34%), while the highest grain yield was determined in the variant L3/SD1/ PF 8.86 t/ha. The standard deviation of the yield is the largest for variants with the highest yield.
The application of experimental method in teaching environmental education
Authors: Skomorac-Pezer Safija , Rustempašić Sanela
Published: February 2021

To achieve maximum efficiency of the teaching process, it is necessary to eliminate the negative effects of traditional teaching such as forcing verbalism, reproductive learning, the dominant role of teacher and insufficient students' engagement. Teachers today have better opportunities for more creative work with students, and this is especially expressed in Moja okolina (My Environment) subject classes. The experimental method is learning by observing direct reality, following protocols and keeping notes of observations. We examined the attitudes and opinions of 100 primary school teachers from Sarajevo Canton. The results of this work show that teachers are familiar with the benefits of the experimental method but do not apply it enough. Teachers recognize teaching materials which are compatible in work with this method. Teachers are familiar with many benefits of applying the experimental method for students but the conditions, support and expertise to apply it more and better are missing.
The event-specific benefits of writing about a difficult life experience
Authors: Stapleton Charles Matthew , Zhang Hui , Berman Jeffrey Scott
Published: February 2021

Previous research demonstrates that writing about life’s difficult moments benefits the writer cognitively and emotionally. However, it is unclear whether the benefits of writing are specific to the event written about or whether the benefits are global. This study was designed to address this issue. Participants were 120 undergraduate students who had experienced at least two difficult life events. Participants were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. Experimental participants wrote about one of these difficult events and control participants wrote about an interesting life event of their choosing. Experimental participants reported their positive and negative emotions as well as their cognitive avoidance and intrusion concerning the event written about and another event not written about. Control participants reported their emotions and cognitions concerning two difficult life events. All participants also reported their general distress. These assessments were done immediately after writing and one week later. The results indicated that experimental participants were emotionally stronger, less upset, and less cognitively avoidant about the particular difficult life event they wrote about compared to an event they did not write about. Similar comparisons between ratings of a written-about and a not-written-about event were not significant for passion, fear, and cognitive intrusion. There was evidence for a possible indirect effect of writing on general distress through changes in event-specific cognitions and emotions. Discussion of these results focuses on how writing may specifically help change a writer’s feelings and thoughts about a particular situation.
Los e-sports llaman con fuerza a la puerta de lo mainstream
Authors: Carrillo Vera José Agustín , Aranda Dani
Published: February 2021

Desde que el fenómeno de los deportes electrónicos comenzó a sonar más allá de los medios especializados, hasta llegar tímidamente a los generalistas, su crecimiento como espectáculo, deporte y como industria se ha contemplado con cierta reticencia. Sin embargo, ciertos movimientos comerciales de gran envergadura y la apuesta de grandes grupos mediáticos por fijar la atención en los e-sports como potencial contenido de interés para la audiencia han facilitado el acercamiento de esta práctica al gran público.
El U-­Multirank, el nuevo ranking universitario
Authors: Cavaller Víctor
Published: February 2021

El pasado 4 de abril se publicó la tercera serie de resultados del U-Multirank, el nuevo ranking mundial de universidades. La iniciativa, promovida y financiada por la Unión Europea, se puso en marcha el 13 de mayo del 2014 e incluye en esta tercera serie del 2016 más de 1.300 instituciones de educación superior de 90 países, lo que supone más de 3.250 facultades y 10.700 programas de estudios. El U-Multirank es un nuevo tipo de ranking que, como sistema de indicadores de excelencia, es cualitativamente muy superior a los existentes. Es multidimensional, independiente y está orientado a usuarios, lo que permite la elaboración de rankings personalizados seleccionando, agrupando y comparando diferentes indicadores relativos a enseñanza y aprendizaje, investigación, transferencia de conocimiento, orientación internacional y contribución al desarrollo regional.
El futuro de nuestro entorno informacional
Authors: Ortoll Eva , Cobarsí-Morales Josep
Published: February 2021

El pasado 27 de octubre tuvo lugar en Barcelona, hospedado por la UOC, el workshop “Future of Information Environments, Thinking and Building with ASIS&T”, organizado por ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology), OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), el Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y el grupo de investigación KIMO (Knowledge and Information Management in Organizations) de la UOC. En el workshop, primer acto organizado por ASIS&T en España, se discutieron algunas tendencias sobre el futuro de los entornos de información y sobre como las personas interactúan con las tecnologías.
#DonaldTrumpWins #TheTruthLosesOut
Authors: Lalueza Ferran
Published: February 2021

A raíz de la inesperada victoria de Donald Trump en las elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses, he tenido la oportunidad de analizar su estrategia electoral para diversos medios de comunicación. La pregunta que ha surgido cada vez de forma inevitable es: ¿ha propiciado Facebook la victoria del candidato republicano? Aunque el propio Zuckerberg lo haya negado, en este artículo sustento que sí.
To choose or not to choose
Authors: Srinivasan Supriya
Published: February 2021

Making choices about food affects the metabolism and lifespan of fruit flies.
Effects of Handoff Education using Concept Mapping and PASS-BAR
Authors: Kim Heejung , Kwon So-Hi
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify effects of Handoff Education using Concept mapping and PASS-BAR (HECPAR) on clinical reasoning competence, self-efficacy for handoff, and handoff performance of new nurses.Methods: Participants were randomly allocated into an experimental group (n=20) and control group (n=21). The experimental group received HECPAR which consisted of a one hour lecture, case based clinical practicum, and mentoring for a week. The control group received the usual informal handoffs education from senior nurses. Clinical reasoning competence, self-efficacy for handoff, and handoff performance were measured before and a week after HECPAR. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test, independent t-test, Fisher’s exact test, and chi-sqaure test. Results: The experimental group showed significant improvement in clinical reasoning competence (z=-2.29, p=.022), handoff performance (z=-2.23, p=.026), and self-efficacy of handoff (t=3.47, p=.001) compared to the control group.Conclusion: The results indicate that HECPAR is effective in improving clinical reasoning competence, self-efficacy for handoff, and handoff performance by new nurses. In addition, integrating concept mapping, PASS-BAR, and mentoring proved beneficial for handoff education for new nurses.
Factors Influencing Intentions to Care For Emerging Infectious Disease Patients among National and Public Hospitals Nurses
Authors: Moon Hea-Jin , Park Ju Young
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of nurses' nursing professionalism, moral sensitivity, and social support on intention to care for patients with emerging infectious diseases.Methods: A structured self-report questionnaire was used to measure nursing professionalism, moral sensitivity, social support, and intention to care for patients with emerging infectious diseases. Data were collected from April 9~20, 2019. Participants were 200 nurse nurses working in national and public hospitals. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients, and Multiple regression with the SPSS/WIN 24.0 program.Results: The perceived behavioral control (β=.48, p<.001), control beliefs (β=-.26, p<.001), moral sensitivity (β=.23, p<.001), normative beliefs (β=.17, p=.002), subjective norms (β=.17, p=.001), and attitude toward behavior (β=.10, p=.036) were a significant predictor of the intention to care for emerging infectious disease patients (Adj. R2=.65).Conclusion: In order to confidently carry out nursing activities for patients with emerging infectious diseases, sufficient education on the epidemiological characteristics of emerging infectious diseases must be provided and education programs developed and applied with simulation similar to those of actual care for emerging infectious disease patients.
A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties of Spirituality related Assessment Tools Published in Korean Journals
Authors: Ko Il-Sun , Kim Jin Sook , Choi Soyoung
Published: February 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the measurement properties of spirituality-related assessment tools published in Korean journals.Methods: The databases used to search the literature reporting use of the spirituality-related assessment tools were RISS, NDSL, DBpia, KoreaMed, and KISS. The quality of the measurement properties was evaluated based on the reported internal consistency, content validity, criterion validity, construct validity, reproducibility, responsiveness, floor-ceiling effects and interpretability based on the tools review criteria suggested by Terwee et al.Results: Twenty-five assessment tools (including 7 original Korean versions) were identified from the 208 Korean studies published up to November, 2016. All of the 25 tools reported internal consistency and content validity; construct validity was reported in 21 tools while only six tools had reported on criterion validity. None of the studies reported on the reproducibility, responsiveness, and floor-ceiling effects. Among 25 spirituality-related assessment tools, the spiritual well-being scale was identified as the most commonly used tool for spirituality assessment.Conclusion: Among 25 spirituality-related assessment tools used in Korean studies, all of them satisfied only three criteria out of the eight criteria for measurement properties, internal consistency, content validity, and interpretability. The results of this study provide evidence to develop reliable and valid tools that will satisfy the criteria for measurement properties. In addition, standardized, reliable, and valid assessment tools must be chosen for spirituality-related study.
Concept Analysis of Illness Acceptance in Chronic Disease: Application of Hybrid Model Method
Authors: Ko Il Sun , Ji Hyunju , Hong Soyun , Jung Eunyoung
Published: February 2021

Purpose: This study was done clarify the concept of illness acceptance in patients with chronic disease.Methods: This study was conducted using a hybrid model of concept analysis that consists of three phases. In the theoretical phase, a working definition was formulated through a systematic review. In the fieldwork phase, five participants who had diabetes or hypertension for at least one year were interviewed. In the third phase, the results were combined in the final analysis.Results: There are three phases of accepting an illness: experiencing the limits, disease management, and designing new life. At the experience of the limits and disease management stages, the attributes of physical, psychological and social domains were derived, but at the stage of designing their new life, integrated attributes of these three domains were derived.Conclusion: Illness acceptance of chronic disease was defined as a continuous and dynamic process in three phases. First, patients experience limitations due to the disease, such as physical illness, psychological instability, and difficulty performing social roles. Second, patients manage the disease by engaging in self-management, psychological coping strategies, and establishing social support. Third, patients design their new life by seeking better health-related quality of life and integrating the illness into their everyday life. However, patients experienced negative changes when disease management was not performed properly. The fact that illness acceptance could be cyclic means the difference between illness and loss/death acceptance. Nurse should develop and provide an integrated nursing intervention that is appropriate for phases of illness acceptance.
A REVIEW ON LASUNA (GARLIC): A BOON FOR WOMEN
Authors: Agarwal Preeti , Sharma Kalpna , Verma Anjali , Prakash Hem
Published: February 2021

Women are the important pillar for the overall development of the healthy family as well as society. In the present era, due to sedentary lifestyle modifications lots of gynecological disorders arises and affects the quality life of female. Ayurvedic classics described all gynecological disorders under the umbrella of Yonivyapadas & Artava Vikaras and for that Acharya Kashyapa describing Lasuna as Lasuna Rasayana like nectar for various female disorders. To find out classical references for use of Lasuna in various female disorders along with its review of recent research on effect of Lasuna in management of female disorders. Classical reference of Lasuna for female disorders find out majorly in Kashyap Samhita. Whereas various recent research suggest that Lasuna has hypolipidemic, antifungal, antibacterial, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, Phyto estrogenic effect that’s why it is very useful in PCOD, Pelvic inflammatory diseases, Dysmenorrhea, Infertility, PMS etc. Lasuna is certainly nectar for gynecological problems, which is mentioned in Ayurveda classics and significantly proved by modern scientific evidence also.
COMPARATIVE SOIL PROFILE STUDY IN IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED AREA
Authors: Kakade Nirmala , Satpute Rituja
Published: February 2021

Soil analysis is useful for cropping pattern so as to increase crop yield and to maintain long term productivity. The farmer's main objective is to maintain the productivity of his soil. An excessive use of fertilizer which is not utilized for crop production can pollute the environment. For this purpose, it is very important to consider as to what the crop requirement for various nutrients is and what their actual use is. In this study, components of soil such as pH, Salinity (EC), Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn were analyzed by different instruments like pH-meter, spectrophotometer, flame photometer and conductivity meter. The soil analysis was done for both Irrigated and Non-Irrigated area. The values of pH, Salinity (EC), Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium, Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn were observed in moderate to slight increased or decreased range. The values for Irrigated areas were observed different than Non-Irrigated areas.
Growth and Yield Production of Canola as Affected by Organic and Mineral Fertilizers Application under Drought Stress Conditions
Authors: Sayed Saied El , Hellal Farid , Abdel-Kader Hanan H.
Published: February 2021

Field experiment were carried out at the Research and Production Station of the National Research Centre, Nubaria region, Behiera Governorate, Egypt during 2019/2020 to study the effects of compost and zinc foliar application on growth and yield production of canola under drought condition. The water stress treatments (75 and 40% water holding capacity, WHC) occupied the main plots and compost treatments at the rates (0, 2, 4 and 6 ton fed-1) were allocated at random in the sub-plots with the foliar application of zinc at a rate of 0, 50 and 100 ppm. Data noticed that increase compost rate associated with increasing the SPAD red and RWC under both irrigation treatments where 75%WHC scored the highest values than 40 %WHC. Results indicated that increasing compost rates was associated with increasing of canola characters plant height, number of branch, number of pods and 1000 seeds weight as well as, seed yield, biological yield as affected by compost and zinc application rates and their interaction under normal and stress treatments. Also, data illustrated that stress tolerance indices (SSI, STI, GMP, YI, YSI, MP, TOL and HM) of canola as affected by water stress and Compost application and Zinc sulphate. Data indicated that the highest values were attained after application compost at a rate of 6.0 ton fed-1 with a foliar spray ZnSO4 at a rate of 100 ppm. Results concluded that, application of compost and zinc is important for enhancing the growth parameter and seed production of canola under water stress condition.
Determinants of Bedroom Design in Elderly Housing
Authors: Fareq R. Unesha , Neeraja T.
Published: February 2021

The study aimed to know the factors contributing to the design of a bedroom in elderly housing. Sixty elderly women in the age of sixty and above who were able to perform their daily tasks independently were chosen for the study. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to draw the sample from the randomly selected study locations. Ex post facto research design was adopted for the study. The area selected to conduct the study was Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. The study was conducted in the year 2019-2020.The design guidelines for bedroom in elderly housing proposed by various organizations and authors served as a base for identifying the features to measure the existing bedroom in the elderly houses. An interview cum observation schedule was designed for collecting information about the existing bedroom in elderly houses. The elderly houses were physically observed by the researcher. The existing bedroom features were measured in terms of above the recommended guidelines, exactly as per the recommended guidelines, below the recommended guidelines with scores 3,2 and 1 respectively. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for the existing bedroom features. Analysis of Variance was done to find out the relationship between independent and dependent variables of the study and Regression analysis was performed to know the factors contributing towards bedroom design. The clearance spaces in the bedroom between was found to be satisfactory in slightly more than half of the study sample. The Significant mean difference was found between the existing bedroom and (i)type of house and (ii)family income. The two major variables that contributed to designing a bedroom as per the design guidelines were the ‘Type of the house’ followed by ‘Family income’ of the elderly people.
Effect of Rhizobium and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria Inoculation on Growth and Yield Performance of Lathyrus (Lathyrus sativus L.) in Chhattisgarh Plains
Authors: Sahu Balram , Singh Anup Kumar , Chaubey Anand Kumar , Soni Ravindra
Published: February 2021

The study was conducted at the College of Agriculture and Research Station, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidylaya, Janjgir- Champa (Chhattisgarh), during the year 2017-18 Rabi Season to Study the Influence of Rhizobium and phosphate solubilizing bacteria on the performance of field-grown Lathyrus (Lathyrus sativus L) under climatic conditions of Chhattisgarh plains. In the present investigation total of 8 treatments T1 -Control (No inoculum no fertilizer), T2- Recommended Dose of Fertilizer RDF(N:P: K::20:40:20), T3- Rhi.HG-25   (Std.) +  PSB-H-27 (Std.), T4 Rhi.HG-25 +  Korba PSB-118,  T5 - Rhi.L-3 Lathyrus   +  PSB-H-27,  T6 Rhi.L-3 Lathyrus   +  Korba PSB-118,  T7- Rhi.L-11 Lathyrus +  PSB-H-27 , T8 Rhi.L-11 Lathyrus +  Korba PSB-118. Recommended Dose of Fertilizer (RDF) T2 recorded maximum and significantly higher value of plant height over rest of the treatments at 45, 60 DAS and at maturity except T7 (Rhi.L-11 Lathyrus + PSB-H-27) treatment which was statistically similar at maturity. A general perusal of the data of the fresh plant reveals that T2 (Recommended Dose of Fertilizer, RDF) recorded the maximum and significantly higher value of fresh weight over the rest of the treatments at a later stage of crop growth i.e 60 DAS and at harvest. A critical perusal of the nodule count data revealed that treatment T8 (Rhi.L-11Lathyrus+ KorbaPSB-118) was found superior over all the treatments showing the superiority of combined use of local strains over other strains and RDF. In case of grain yield the maximum grain yield were observed in 1451.39 kg/ha due to application of T8 (Rhi.L-11Lathyrus+ KorbaPSB-118) followed by T2 RDF 1415.28 kg/ha, T4 (Rhi.HG-25 +KorbaPSB-118)1388.89 kg/ha, T7 (Rhi.L-11 Lathyrus+ PSB-H-27)1344.44 kg/ha, T6 (Rhi.L-3 Lathyrus­ + PSB-H-27)706.94 kg/ha, 12.77 kg/ha, T5 (Rhi.L-3 Lathyrus+ PSB-H-27) 1216.67 kg/ha, T3 (Rhi.HG-25 + PSB-H-27) 1219.94kg/ha. Maximum grain yield was observed due to the application of effective local strains of rhizobia and PSB which also enhanced the nodulation activity due to an increase in the available soil phosphorus. The maximum and significantly higher value of grain yield straw yield (1118.06 kg/ha) was observed due to treatment T8 (Rhi.L-11 Lathyrus+ Korba-PSB-118) which was statistically superior over all the treatments except T2 RDF.
Extent of Adoption of Recommended Practices of Cotton Cultivation by the Farmers
Authors: Savitha B. , Ravi G.
Published: February 2021

An attempt was made to assess the adoption behaviour of the cotton growers about the recommended practices and in-situ incorporation of cotton stalks by the respondent farmers. The study was conducted in four villages of Sadashivpet mandal of Medak district of Telangana purposively and a total of 120 farmers at the rate of 30 from each village were selected by following the simple random sampling technique. An interview schedule was prepared for collection data pertaining to the adoption of recommended practices and in-situ incorporation of stalks by the respondents. From the study, it could be concluded that, with respect to the adoption, majority of the farmers (70.00%) fell under medium category of adoption followed by low (17.50%) and high (12.50%) categories. With regard to the practice wise adoption, seeds and sowing, plant protection measures, land preparation and inter cultivation operations were adopted by more than eighty percent of the respondents. Among the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents except age all other factors posed significant positive association with the extent of adoption of the recommended practices of cotton. The study also revealed that, only 35.83 per cent of the farmers were aware about the in-situ incorporation of cotton stalks in to the soil and cent percent of the farmers were aware of using the stalks as fuel/fire wood for cooking purpose.