bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Level of quality of life of students with learning disabilities at the secondary school education
Authors: Aldaghmi Ohud
Published: January 2023

The objective of the current study is to identify the quality of life of the female students with learning disabilities at the secondary school education, especially social, family, education, teaching, occupation and management of time and to identify the most important areas of quality of life. To do it, the researcher prepared a life quality measure and used the analytical, descriptive method. With a sample of 196 female students with learning disabilities at the secondary school education in the Riyadh region, the findings of the study indicated a low level of quality of life in the different areas retained in this paper. They were ranked as follows: 1) the area of the occupation and management of time, 2) the area of quality of family life, followed by 3) the area of quality of social life, and finally 4) the field of education and teaching. Therefore, the quality of education and teaching was the lowest with a mean equal to 15.56, followed by family life with a mean equal to 19.88, while the field of the quality of time occupation and education and the field of quality of social life were the highest with means equal respectively to 20.45 and 31.36.
The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Marketplaces
Authors: Denisenko Ivan A. , Kozlova Elena A. , Platonova Irina N.
Published: January 2023

The rapid growth and implementation of digital technologies in our lives have dramatically changed the way global competition functions. The infamous COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have accelerated and significantly boosted those global processes. Third-party marketplaces have evidently become the new cutting-edge digital platform to dominate e-commerce which is now an integral part of retail business. This paper pursues a theoretical and practical approach to the pandemic impact on the marketplace evolution globally as well as on the Russian market. The article briefly outlines various expert opinions on marketplaces as a new and constantly changing subject of economic relations, defines the conventional marketplace and considers multiple classifying modi operandi. Assumptions concerning the role of marketplaces during a crisis are made in the conclusion.
Trade in Intermediates in the NAFTA Automotive Industry: Impact on the Integration Transformation
Authors: Vasilchenko Alexander D. , Sapir Elena V.
Published: January 2023

The paper deals with the correlation between the NAFTA shift to USMCA and the extent of the member countries’ cooperation in the NAFTA core automotive industry that is reflected in the intermediates flows intensity. Methodology is based on the analysis of both the dynamics and directions of final and intermediate product flows of NAFTA transport manufacturing inside and outside the union altogether. The study proves interdependence and inextricability of global and regional integrative trends. It has been confirmed that the indispensable precondition for Mexico’s reaching the global cooperation level was the deepened intra-union integration.
The practice of operating high-tech special economic zones («ITU ARI Teknokent»)
Authors: Razlutskaya Maria A. , Smirnov Nikita A. , Kolomeytseva Angelina A.
Published: January 2023

The article aims to investigate the international practices of Turkish high-tech SEZ «ITU ARI Teknokent». The purpose of the research is to identify the main challenges and further prospects for high-tech SEZs in Turkey in general and «ITU ARI Teknokent» in particular.

The article analyses the «ITU ARI Teknokent» ecosystem and singles out the main trends in its development. The study reveals the industries and resident companies of «ITU ARI Teknokent». The governmental incentives for high-tech SEZs are listed. In order to assess the performance of «ITU ARI Teknokent», the authors consider its main economic indicators. Finally, major tasks and openings for the high-tech SEZ in question are pinpointed.
Actual features of the assistive technologies market
Authors: Soldatenko Darya M.
Published: January 2023

The article focuses on the actual features of the assistive technologies market. The author distinguishes two market segments: traditional technologies and the latest assistive ones which are based on modern scientific and technological achievements and are frequently invasive for humans. The author analyzes the dynamics of patent activity connected with the development of assistive technologies. She identifies the main trends over the period under study (2010-2019). The analysis of the geographical structure of patent activities revealed the undisputed leadership of the United States as the most attractive market for assistive technologies holders. Yet, the author pinpoints the growing role of China and the possibility of the leaders’ displacement for some groups of technologies in the near future.
Disconnecting Russia from SWIFT? Existing analogues
Authors: Petrova Khristina A. , Gurkova Alyona V. , Bryzgalova Viktoriya A.
Published: January 2023

In the modern world, the volume of interbank transactions is tremendous, and it is growing year by year. That explains the reason why participants depend on the systems through which such transactions are carried out. SWIFT is one of the largest systems of this kind. In this article, the authors cover a topic related to the projected termination of cooperation between SWIFT and Russia due to the hypothetical disconnection of the country from the system. The object of study is the analogous systems available in the world. The article presents expert opinions on possible consequences and readiness of Russia to such an event. Based on the study, conclusions are drawn regarding the repercussions of possible disconnecting from SWIFT and the sustainability of existing analogues.
SYNERGETIC PARADIGM IN LINGUISTICS
Authors: Kozhahmetova A.
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to the consideration of synergetics as a new scientific direction. The disclosure of the paradigmatic essence of the concept of synergetics, which is important for modern science, seems to be a very urgent problem.The article examines the basic concept of linguosynergetics as a new direction in modern linguistics, analyzes the views and concepts of scientists involved in the study of the concept of "synergy". Synergetics is a new interdisciplinary discipline, the subject of its research is the processes of self-organization of various complex systems, at present one of the most important problems is the definition of its methodological apparatus and the search for the most complete definition. Synergetics is a scientific direction, a methodological method, a self-organizer of complex, non-linear complex systems. Science of the twentieth century through selfdevelopment gradually formed its new paradigm, which in the early 70 G. Haken called "synergetics".Today, synergetics has become actively used in the field of integrated humanities. The problem of synergy, as in the natural sciences, began to penetrate into linguistics in accordance with the nature of integration and organization of the internal laws of the language. In accordance with the anthropocentric orientation of modern linguistics, in the process of learning a language, the definition of the actualized synergy of the word began to be considered.
Sugar and sugar-free liquid formulations of delamanid for patients with rifampicin-resistant TB
Authors: Taneja R. , Nahata M. C. , Scarim J. , Pande P. G. , Scarim A. , Hoddinott G. , Fourie C. L. , Jew R. K. , Schaaf H. S. , Garcia-Prats A. J. , Hesseling A. C.
Published: January 2023

BACKGROUND: Delamanid (DLM) tablets are recommended for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant TB. However, no liquid or dispersible tablet formulation of DLM is currently commercially available for patients with challenges ingesting these tablets. The aim of this study was to
develop stable extemporaneous liquid formulations of DLM that can be stored at room temperature for several weeks.METHODS: DLM tablets were suspended in 1) simple syrup and 2) a specially formulated sugar-free vehicle. These suspensions containing DLM 5 mg/mL were stored in plastic
prescription bottles at room temperature or 30°C for 30 days. These suspensions were evaluated for appearance, potency, pH, and microbial counts at Days 0, 15, and 30.RESULTS: The potency of DLM in each formulation remained at 98–104% of the theoretical concentration for
30 days. The appearance, pH, and microbial count did not change for the sugar-free formulation during the 30-day storage period. Microbial growth, however, was observed in the simple syrup formulation on Day 30 but not on Day 15.CONCLUSION: DLM can be formulated in sugar or sugar-free
suspensions and stored at room temperature or 30°C for at least 15 and 30 days, respectively.
Pengaruh Terapi Audio Murottal Al-Quran Surah Ar-Rahman Terhadap Tingkat Kecemasan Pasien Pre Operasi di Ruang Gili Trawangan RSUD Provinsi
Authors: Nikmah Nisaun , Ilham  , Supriatna Lalu Dedy
Published: January 2023

Latar Belakang: Kecemasan adalah perasaan yang tidak menyenangkan yang diikuti perubahab hemodinamik yang abnormal. Jumlah pasien preoperative yang mengalami kecemasan mengalami peningkatan. Dalam menghadapi kecemasan dibutuhkan pendekatan terapi spiritual. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh terapi audio Murottal Al-quran surah Ar-rahman terhadap tingkat kecemasan pasien pre-operasi. Metode: Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah one group pretest posttest. Populasi penelitian ini yaitu semua pasien pre operasi di RSUD Provinsi NTB. Teknik sampling menggunakan purposive dengan jumlah sampel 16 responden. Intervensi yang diberikan adalah terapi audio Murottal Al-Qur’an Surah Ar-Rahman sekitar 15 menit lebih 50 detik dalam kurun waktu 14 hari. Instrumen pengukuran kecemasan menggunakan Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)-21. Analisa data menggunakan uji Wilcoxon Signed Rank. Hasil: Sebagian besar responden 50%)berada pada usia dewasa akhir dan didominasi pendidikan SMP dan SMA masing-masing sejumlah 37,5%. Hasil uji Wilcoxon Signed Ranks diperoleh hasil nilai p = 0,003 (α=0,05) yang menunjukkan adanya perubahan kearah positif. Kesimpulan: Terdapat pengaruh terapi audio Murottal Al-Quran Surah Ar-Rahman terhadap tingkat kecemasan pasien pre operasi di ruang Gili Trawangan RSUD Provinsi NTB.
Korelasi Stigma dengan Lost To-Follow Up pada Orang Dengan HIV dan AIDS
Authors: Arisudhana Gede Arya Bagus , Artati Luh Putu Novi
Published: January 2023

Latar Belakang: Loss to follow-up (LTFU) pada manajemen antiretroviral merupakan tantangan untuk mengurangi morbiditas dan mortalitas akibat HIV/AIDS. Masalah psiko-sosiologis seperti stigma dan diskriminasi dapat menyebabkan LTFU. Tujuan: Untuk mengetahui hubungan stigma dengan kejadian LTFU pada ODHA merupakan tujuan dari penelitian ini. Penelitian telah dilakukan selama lima minggu di Kabupaten Badung, Provinsi Bali, Indonesia. Metode: Desain penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kohort retrospektif. Jumlah partisipan adalah 96 orang dan ditentukan menggunakan simple random sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner stigma dan data rekam medis untuk melihat catatan pengalaman LTFU. Analisis data menggunakan uji Chi-Square. Hasil: Laki-laki adalah peserta dominan dalam penelitian ini (88,5%), empat puluh enam laki-laki mengalami stigma. Sebanyak 47% peserta mengalami LTFU, sebanyak 50% peserta mengalami stigma. Hasil uji bivariat dengan nilai chi-square diperoleh 18,38 (X2 hitung > X tabel) dan p-value < 0,001 (α = 0,05). Stigma berkorelasi dengan kejadian LTFU pada ODHA. Nilai risiko relatif menunjukkan bahwa Odha yang terstigma enam kali lebih mungkin mengalami LTFU. Kesimpulan: Ada hubungan antara stigma dengan kejadian LTFU pada ODHA.
Empowering Women and their Partners
Authors: Gaudion Anna , Homeyard Claire
Published: January 2023

This series stresses the importance of perinatal mental health and wellbeing. Policy and guidelines have been written to help support midwives in delivering care so that a woman’s mental health is treated as comparable with her physical health. This third article in the series emphasises the promotion of perinatal mental wellbeing through the endorsement of self-efficacy. It demonstrates the difference midwives can make in sharing and signposting to specific resources that can help support women and families to maintain good mental wellbeing and educate about sub-optimal mental health. The authors draw on their experience of designing and using various local and national resources and discuss how these can help reduce stigma, encourage conversations and place mental health on a par with physical health in pregnancy.
My Story Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Authors: Marling Michala
Published: January 2023

My story of post traumatic stress triggered after a difficult day on placement, the subsequent difficulty of accessing the right help and diagnosis and, finally, the profound impact of the continuity of support received as a student from a team of caseload midwives; how love, support and encouragement from likeminded midwives aided my healing and made me the midwife I am today.
Family Integrated Care: Delivery of family integrated care on the neonatal unit. The introduction of parent-led ward rounds
Authors: Devine Karen
Published: January 2023

This article explores the introduction of parent-led ward rounds on a neonatal unit as an influential part of Family Integrated Care (FIC). As a growing independent population, parents want to be more involved in the care of their babies and this is happening with great speed on neonatal units worldwide. This article discusses the barriers to parent-led ward rounds as well as the benefits and reflections of the practice. An example crib sheet is offered as well as a toolkit to begin implementation in other units.
EL VADO
Authors: Tello Meza Fiorella Nickol
Published: January 2023

La selva siempre ha sido muy exótica, sin embargo, lo que es llamativo para los extraños, para los habitantes del sitio suele ser el día a día. Esto se refleja en las costumbres y formas de vivir que, muchas veces, se hacen propias sin siquiera saber por qué y, otras veces, estas son impuestas. En la ciudad de Yurimaguas, departamento de Loreto, se encuentra el mercado el Vado. En el Vado, se pueden encontrar desde los productos más comunes de una canasta básica familiar hasta los más exóticos e inesperados.
Research on methods of personalized English teaching promoted by Big Data teaching platform
Authors: Qu Weiwei
Published: January 2023

In the reform and development of modern education, the integration and use of big data education platform to build and promote personalized English teaching system can not only reflect the teaching concept of individualized teaching, but also fully meet the learning needs of different groups of students at different stages. On the basis of understanding the development of big data technology and the research status of personalized English teaching, this paper uses fuzzy control centralized algorithm to improve the recommendation mechanism of English teaching system, so that students can choose suitable professional teachers according to their own needs. At the same time, after drawing students' learning portraits, the portrait technology is used to evaluate students' passing rate. This provides an effective basis for the practice of personalized English teaching guidance. The final experimental results prove that the design of the whole system meets the personalized needs of the student users, and in the future technology research and development, we should pay attention to the design of functional services from the perspective of professional teachers.
The Application of Computers in University Library and the Problems and Countermeasures of Network Security
Authors: Mao Deyu
Published: January 2023

Technology is progressing and science is developing, the application of computers has long surpassed early scientific computing, but has expanded to various fields and industries of society. Nowadays, people's work, study and lifestyle have undergone inflammatory changes, and  society is developing in the direction of science and technology. The development, construction, management and service of modern libraries reflect the trend of science and technology, convenience and dramatization. The library has experienced computer library, network library, digital library, mobile library, and ushered in the development period of innovative library in recent years, and computers have made indispensable contributions to the development of the entire library. From library resource construction, and book cataloging, to book resource management, and reader management, as well as the construction of electronic resources, subject services, etc., modern and intelligent libraries largely rely on computers. At the same time, network security is also a critical issue that major libraries need to pay attention to. Libraries should ensure network data security, prevent and solve in advance, and avoid the loss of libraries and readers.
A Comparative Study of Sales Modes
Authors: Zhong Wenhui
Published: January 2023

The product sales of an enterprise determines the rise and fall of the enterprise, and whether the product can be successfully sold is mainly determined by the salesmen. If the salesmen can properly understand and use various sales modes, it can achieve multiplier good effect with half the effort. On the basis of sorting out the existing literature, the research compares and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of various sales modes, clarifies the practical application differences of various sales modes, and provides valuable reference suggestions for salesmen. Prior to this, there has been no literature research and summary on this, which is also the innovation of this paper.
Research on the Function of the Civil Affairs Department in the Rural Revitalization Strategy
Authors: Xiao Sa , Sun Quan
Published: January 2023

In the actual process of promoting the rural revitalization strategy, some of the problems in rural revitalization have not been improved due to the lack of perfect system construction, and low coordination in civil affairs departments and social organizations that have not been improved. This paper links the actual situation, deeply analyzes the problem from the perspective of the civil affairs department, and gives the improvement strategies that it should be adopted.
A Study of the Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty in the US and China on the Volatility of the RMB Exchange Rate
Authors: Cai Yuxin
Published: January 2023

This paper examines both theoretically and empirically how RMB exchange rate volatility will be affected by China and US economic policy uncertainty. It finds that RMB exchange rate volatility increases when economic policy uncertainty increases in China and the US; Besides, market uncertainty has a significant positive impact on RMB exchange rate volatility. The findings of this paper can provide useful references for financial regulation and forecasting the role of policy.
Corporate Excellence Software
Authors: Demirel Buket
Published: January 2023

EFQM Excellence Model is a management model prepared by the European Quality Management Foundation in 1982 with the support of service and production organizations in the global arena and continuously updated. The last version updated in 2019 is known as EFQM 2020 Excellence Model. It provides guidance from 7 differentiated management perspectives on the way to perfecting the management processes of institutions. With this project, Process Management Application, Risk Management Application, Balanced Scorecard Application, Internal Audit Application, Corporate Self Evaluation Application and Process Blueprint Automation Application will be managed integrally. As mentioned, the software designed in 6 dimensions includes the design and management of processes, identification, and management of risks, detailed strategic planning and management with scorecard methodology, detection of internal excellence problem with self-assessment tools and digital monitoring of all applied processes with integrated automations. When performing EFQM applications, institutions use non-native and highly consistent applications or keep the details in MS Office applications with their own settings. With the Corporate Excellence Model Project, it was ensured that the management and reporting of Process data was facilitated. To ensure the data integrity of the institutions in EFQM applications and to provide convenience, speed, and performance to the institutions. First, it is ensured that the organizational charts and ties of the institutions are created, all processes are defined and from here the status of the organizational ties and processes can be followed. All management stages of processes are drawn using specific visual objects. In the process drawings, details such as who should perform the process steps, time information related to the realization of the step, process risk information, identification of process stakeholders and owners, definition of process control details, etc. can be defined in detail. Using these data, different reports were created with the data created in the drawings to facilitate the EFQM application and to perform data analysis.To meet the additional demands of institutions, the application is designed with a flexible structure. Drawings include features such as the ability to add additional objects and reports.It was ensured that application costs were reduced, and process change errors and bottlenecks in production and service applications could be detected in advance.
Pharmacological characterization of store-operated calcium channels (SOCC) in myometrium of non-pregnant buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Authors: SHARMA ABHISHEK , NAKADE UDAYRAJ P , CHOUDHURY SOUMEN , YADAV RAJKUMAR SINGH , GARG SATISH KUMAR
Published: January 2023

Present study unravels the existence and functional involvement of store-operated calcium channels in myometrium of non-pregnant buffaloes. Uteri along with ovaries were collected from nondescript adult cyclic buffaloes immediately after their slaughter from the local abattoir. Under a resting tension of 2 gm, effect of CaCl2 in the absence and presence of different blockers/modulators of calcium regulatory pathways was recorded. CaCl2 produced concentration-dependent contraction and the DRCs of CaCl2 were significantly (P < 0.05) shifted to right in the presence of nifedipine (1 μM) + CPA (10 μM) and nifedipine (1 μM) + CPA (10 μM) + 2-APB (10 μM). After incubation of myometrial strips with nifedipine + CPA in Ca2+ free RLS (-Ca2+), histamine was added to the tissue bath to allow the release of Ca2+ from SR while having already blocked the SERCA by CPA (10 μM) to prevent the Ca2+ reuptake into SR and nifedipine was used to prevent entry of Ca2+ from VDCC when calcium chloride was added and 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) (10 μM) was used as a non-specific blocker of store-operated calcium channels (SOCC). In the presence of nifedipine + CPA + 2-APB, calcium chloride produced contractile effect and the maximal contraction observed was only 0.62±0.14 g (n=6) which was significantly (P<0.05) lower compared to that of 1.20±0.10 g (n=6) in the presence of nifedipine + CPA in normal Ca2+ free RLS. This observation indicated that after depletion of Ca2+ from Sarcoplasmic reticular, SOCC got activated and in the presence of 2- APB, response was significantly reduced. Thus implying the functional involvement of store-operated calcium channels in myometrium of non-pregnant buffaloes.
Scanning electron microscopic study on the oviduct of buffalo during follicular and luteal phases of estrous cycle
Authors: PATHAK DEVENDRA , BANSAL NEELAM
Published: January 2023

The present investigation was conducted on different segments of oviduct of six buffaloes each during follicular and luteal phases of estrous cycle. The mucosa of different segments of oviduct was thrown into folds which were oriented as primary and secondary folds. The lamina epithelialis was lined with ciliated and non-ciliated cells. Ciliated cells had many kinocilia during the follicular phase. The non-ciliated cells were of two types, viz. secretory and non-secretory type. The infundibulum during the follicular phase had large number of ciliated cells as compared to that of luteal phase. The secretory cells had short, thick and stubby microvillous processes. The ampulla had almost similar ciliation as that of infundibulum. The luminal surface of secretory cells had secretory blebs and secretory material over it. The extent of ciliation decreased towards the uterotubal junction. The ciliated cells were more during the follicular phase as compared to that of the luteal phase.
Effects of xylanase on yellow-feather broiler diets
Authors: AI QIN , ZHAO JIANGTAO , TAN HUIZE , ZHANG CHUNLEI , XU JINGREN , FENG DINGYUAN , ZUO JIANGJUN
Published: January 2023

To evaluate the effect of xylanase on broiler diets, we carried out two trials. In experiment 1, broilers were randomly assigned to six wheat-maize-soybean meal diet groups with different xylanase concentrations (0–500 mg/kg-1). In experiment 2, broilers were randomly assigned to several experimental groups consisting of two metabolic methods (total tract excreta collection and ileal digesta collection) and two xylanase concentrations (0 and 244.23mg/kg-1). Based on the results, xylanase supplementation significantly increased the digestibility of dry matter, gross energy and apparent metabolizable energy. These corresponding values were maximized at 300 mg/ kg-1 xylanase. The coefficients of variation (CVs) for DM, GE and AME in the ileal digesta collection method were about 10%, whereas those in the total tract collection method were only about 1.7%. Regression analysis showed that a segmented model satisfactorily described the dose-response relationship. Compared to the ileal digesta collection method, the total tract excreta collection method was more efficient for evaluating the effects of xylanase. These results provide valuable information on the optimal nutrition of broilers.
Ecosystem services rendered by tree based land use systems
Authors: CHITTAPUR B M , PATIL D K
Published: January 2023

Trees being important components of biosphere need to be planted and protected on arable land for the ecosystem services they offer for the wellbeing of the earth and its living forms. Area under natural forests is coming down and it is not possible to increase area under forests any more due to other anthropological reasons. Properly designed and strategically located agroforestry practices as alternative can contribute to ecological services by mitigation land degradation, climate change and desertification, while conserving natural resources and biodiversity. Besides providing, tree based goods and services, agroforestry can be considered as an adoptive strategy in areas climatically and biologically vulnerable. Being a potential C sink, agroforestry can also mitigate negative impacts of CO2 emission. As green belt these have a role in maintaining air, water and soil quality in mining and industrial areas also. An attempt, therefore, is made in this article to highlight the ecosystem services rendered by tree based land use systems.
Development of barnyard millet based nutri-functional snack food: A response surface methodology approach
Authors: P KRISHNA KUMAR , MANI INDRA , GUPTA RAM KISHOR , KUMAR ADARSH , JHA SUNIL K , SINGH BALJIT , SARKAR SUSHEEL K , LANDE SATISH D
Published: January 2023

Response surface modeling approach was applied to optimize the ingredients level for barnyard millet based Nutri-Functional Snack (NFS) food using a D-optimal mixture design. The effect of ingredients level of barnyard millet (50â€“70%), quality protein maize (20â€“50%) and flax seed (0â€“20%) with constant level of skim milk powder (5%) on the physical and functional properties of NFS such as bulk density, colour, expansion ratio,water absorptionindex, water solubility index, crispiness and sensory were investigated. The regression models that explained the significant effects of different percentages of ingredients level on all the response variables were determined. The developed regression model of all the responses had a coefficient of determination (R2) and adjusted R2 value of higher than 0.9245 and 0.8490, respectively. The optimum conditions for maximum acceptability of NFS food having 70% barnyard millet, 28% quality protein maize and 2% flaxseed.
Design and development of seed priming prototype for hydropriming of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) and pea (Pisum sativum) seeds
Authors: MAHAWAR MANOJ KUMAR , SINHA J P , JALGAONKAR KIRTI
Published: January 2023

Seed priming is being manually performed to enhance the germination related quality attributes. The objective of this study was to develop an effective mechanical priming system capable of improving the germination associated properties of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) and pea (Pisum sativum L.) seeds. Based on the recommended design and prior optimization of operational parameters for hydropriming of both seed lots, a functional prototype was developed. Controlled conditions of selected process parameters, viz. soaking duration, process temperature, rotation speed and air flow rate were maintained during the experimental run. Three different levels each of germination percentage (80, 65, 50) for okra and (80, 70, 60) for pea, soaking duration (4, 5, 6 h) for okra and (45, 60, 75 min) for pea, process temperature (20, 25, 30Â°C), rotation speed (320, 340, 360 rpm), air flow rate (2.192, 2.740, 3.288 m3/min) for okraand (0.411, 0.548, 0.685 m3/min) for pea seeds were the operational parameters. Developed prototype was evaluatedfor its performance for hydropriming based on process responses, viz. moisture content after hydropriming (MC), final germination percentage (FGP), seedling length (SL), seedling dry weight (SDW), vigour indices (VI-I and VI-II) and electrical conductivity (EC). It was found to be effective in recuperating the quality attributes of both the seeds. Overall results supported the hypothesis that mechanical hydropriming using the developed prototype was observed to be effective as well as economical for okra and pea seeds.
Impact assessment of integrated walnut fruit sequencing in exposed subsoil on vegetative growth traits, soil quality indicators and biological diversity in rainfed ecological system
Authors: SHARMA SOM DEV , BHARDWAJ SATISH KUMAR , KUMAR PRAMOD , CHANDEL ASHU , KASHYAP BHARATI , SHARMA VIKAS KUMAR
Published: January 2023

This study monitored the impacts of integrated fruit-based cropping systems on vegetative growth traits, nutrient acquisition, microbial biomass and diversity in rhizosphere soil. Twelve cropping systems (CS) comprising Walnut-Peach-Sunhemp-Chrysanthemum (WPSC), Walnut-Peach-Sunhemp-Tomato-Marigold (WPSTM), Walnut- Nectarines-Sunhemp-Chrysanthemum (WNSC), Walnut-Nectarines-Sunhemp-Tomato-Marigold (WNSTM), Walnut- Plum- Sunhemp-Chrysanthemum (WP-SC), Walnut-Plum-Sunhemp-Tomato-Marigold (WP-STM), Walnut-Nectarines- Sunhemp-Chrysanthemum-Tomato-Marigold (WNSCTM), Walnut-Apple-Sunhemp-Tomato-Marigold (WASTM), Walnut-Nectarines-Sunhemp-Soybean-Marigold (WNSSM), Walnut-Nectarines-Sunhemp-Cucumber-Marigold (WNSCuM), Walnut-Nectarines-Sunhemp-Cauliflower-Marigold (WNSCauM) and Walnut-Nectarines (WN) have been demonstrated. The intercrop sequencing significantly improved vegetative growth and soil fertility indicators of exposed subsoils. Maximum moisture retention (25.2%), WHC (17.6%) and SOC (7.36 g/kg) was recorded in WNSCTM. Available N, P, K, exchangeable Ca, Mg were improved by 30.1%, 34.3%, 20.5%, 92.1%, 78.3%, respectively, over walnut-nectarines. DTPAâ€“extractable micronutrient cations (Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn) improved by 64.8%, 58%, 44.5%, 85.7%, respectively. Microbial biomass-C (MBC), microbial biomass-N (MBN), and the cultivable plate counts of Bacillus species, Pseudomonas species, soil fungi, Azotobacter chroococcum and actinobacteria exhibited significant variability. On an average, significantly higher cultivable microbial diversity was observed. Microbial communities of Pseudomonas (132.2%), Bacillus (141.4%), soil fungi (241.3%), A. chroococcum (222.1%) and actinobacteria (206.9%) improved significantly. Correlation analysis resulted in significant association (P<0.05). Principal component analysis (PCA) accounted for 96.1% of the total variance within CS. PCA also identified MBC, MBN, and the microbial communities as major drivers for the variability among CS. It can be inferred that integrated fruit based sequencing is a better option for improving agronomic performance in terms of nutrient supply, recycling and microbial biomass capacity to generate eco-friendly soil quality management for sustainability in rural farming ecosystem.
Injuries, Causes, & Treatments, IJVTPR 3(1): For “Such a Time as This”
Authors: Oller John W.
Published: January 2023

This editorial presents the main questions for volume 3, issue 1 of the IJVTPR, titled Injuries, Causes, & Treatments. The focus is on the clinical outcomes still unfolding from billions of injections of the COVID-19 “vaccines” — the “synthetic gene therapies” administered, according to the Pharmaceutical Technology trackers in 2022, in more than 13 billion doses to more than 5 billion persons at the time of this writing. What are (1) the components in those injections that are (2) causing the observed clinical outcomes, and, (3) what treatments are possible for people who have received one or more of the injections?[1] Yuval Noah Harari has said that in a hundred years “the corona virus epidemic” will be marked “as the moment when a new regime of surveillance took over, especially, surveillance under the skin”. He says it enables overseers to “collect biometric data, analyze it, and understand people better than they understand themselves”. Or, as Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum put it, the power of “genetic editing” redefines everyone who receives it. Just so, the COVID era has elevated the subject-matter of this journal to a higher level than could even have been imagined in the summer of 2019 when it was being conceptualized. The Inaugural Issue was well underway before March 11, 2020 when the World Health Organization proclaimed the corona pandemic. The first issue of the journal would not appear until July 15, 2020, only months before what Schwab would call the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”. Is the “Fourth” one — with transformative gene editing at its core — an intended resuscitation of the “Third Reich”? Who could have imagined beforehand and who can now comprehend the events that are confronting us all?
Translation Strategies Used In Jasa Burung Pipit And Its Translation The Good Deed Of The Sparrow
Authors: Wulan Sari Dewi
Published: January 2023

Translation is the process of transferring the meaning from the source language to the target language. The objective of this research is to find out the translation strategies found in Jasa Burung Pipit and its translation The Good Deed of The Sparrow. This research used qualitative research method. The theory used is the translation strategies form Chesterman. The result showed that there are 6 translation strategies were found. They are literal translation (18 data), loan, calque (2 data), clause structure change (1 data), cohesion change (3 data), synonymy (6 data) and distribution change (12 data). Based on the data collected, literal translation strategy is the most dominant translation strategy used.
Analisa Kebijakan Pemerintah Terkait Ancaman Pengangguran Pasca Kenaikan Inflasi
Authors: Lie Kelvin , Jessica Jessica
Published: January 2023

Sudah tidak asing lagi bagi warga negara Indonesia yang menghadapi pasang surut perekonomian. Tingkatekonomi disebut inflasi yang menyebabkan orang gelisah. Inflasi dan pergerakan secara tradisionalmemiliki kebalikannya. Ketika yang satu naik, yang lain turun dan sebaliknya. Pemerintah biasanyamengandalkan kebijakan moneter dan fiskal untuk menjaga ekonomi agar tidak terlalu terstimulasi atauterlalu tegang. Ketika ekonomi pulih setelah resesi dan berkembang, inflasi sering naik. Ini berarti bahwaharga naik, memberi konsumen lebih sedikit daya dan insentif untuk membelanjakan uang mereka.Pengangguran sering turun selama masa-masa ini. Itu karena permintaan akan produk dan layananmeningkat, membuat bisnis meningkatkan output mereka dan umumnya membutuhkan lebih banyakpekerja. Jika suatu ekonomi memiliki tingkat inflasi yang sangat rendah, maka ini adalah tanda bahwaekonomi tumbuh terlalu lambat. Tingkat inflasi ini berarti ada cadangan dan ada output. Oleh karena itu,dengan pertumbuhan yang lambat, pergerakannya cenderung lebih tinggi. Dalam hal ini, kebijakan moneterekspansif yang melibatkan tingkat inflasi yang lebih tinggi dapat membantu mendorong pertumbuhanekonomi dan mengurangi inflasi.
The engineer of the future is a centaur
Authors: Debney Peter
Published: January 2023

Digital technology has transformed structural engineering over the past 50 years: calculators have replaced slide rules, finite-element analysis can be run for any structure, apps size beams and rebar, computer-aided design has removed drawing boards and been supplanted by building information modelling. These tools have all been automating designs and workflows. Now artificial intelligence, which includes machine learning, promises to do the same for engineering design and practice, especially for situations that are too complex for the current generation of programs.
The future is human
Authors: De Hoog Tanya
Published: January 2023

Over the past decade, I’ve had great opportunity to engage with our international professional community in thinking about the future of structural engineering through conferences, classrooms, writings, presentations and board meetings. Our collective passion for this subject is profound, offering an inspiring prognosis for us. Our world is changing and we need to adapt and evolve to remain relevant. For the engineering profession, it is time to adopt a more human-centric focus to better leverage technological innovation and use it to make a greater contribution to our society. Key drivers of change in the engineering profession include digital transformation, climate change and stresses on the urban environment. This creates an opportunity to reassess what it means to be an engineer, who we are and how we can be more inclusive of different skillsets, what we value and where we will find meaning, purpose and fulfilment in our future careers. For future success, we engineers need to focus on our human qualities such as empathy, creativity and connection. We need to redefine our essential skillset, which will require broader training, education and diversity. It will require us to set a direction for the profession in which we focus collaboratively on positive outcomes for society, and find a balance between business profi t and social value outcomes as measures of success. This leads naturally into the following questions: can we achieve these competing demands? Will technology enhance our ability to solve complex problems more quickly, resulting in a stronger and more desired profession? What does the future engineer look like?
Return of the master architect
Authors: Burrows Steve
Published: January 2023

Long before architecture became a profession, the ‘architect’ was the ‘chief carpenter’, from the Greek word architekton. Architecture as a profession was formalised in the UK in 1834 and the USA in 1857. Prior to that, architects and engineers were pretty much as one, a great example being Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, often cited as the first architect but just as often referred to as the Chief Engineer of the Roman Empire. Vitruvius described the need for architecture to be well built (firmitas), useful in its purpose (utilitas) and beautiful to look at (venustas) – sentiments I think we can all align with today. In my opinion, the Great Pyramid, which I have been fortunate to study for TV shows, represents the birth of modern architecture. I refer to ‘modern architecture’ as the Great Pyramid is the epitome of a complex three-dimensional design conceived and created using method-led off-site manufacturing and construction techniques – to the extent that even 4500 years later we cannot determine how Hemiunu, its engineer/architect, actually did it. Fast forward to 2014, which is the year Frank Gehry said, ‘Let me tell you one thing. In this world we are living in, 98% of what gets built and designed today is pure s**t’. Whether you agree with this vulgarity or not, the construction industry needs a shake-up and that shake-up has now arrived. It’s called PropTech or ConTech. ConTech refers to the digital transformation of the construction industry. With that transformation, two tectonic shifts are about to occur: 1. It will become the greatest time in history to be an engineer (that’s an article for another day). 2. The master architect will return to rival the feats of Hemiunu and Vitruvius.
An expansive vision for structural engineers
Authors: Bell Glenn R
Published: January 2023

Over the past decade, I’ve had great opportunity to engage with our international professional community in thinking about the future of structural engineering through conferences, classrooms, writings, presentations and board meetings. Our collective passion for this subject is profound, offering an inspiring prognosis for us. Our outlook has evolved from a somewhat pessimistic view to one that is decidedly optimistic. We see great opportunity for structural engineers to hold leadership roles in helping society meet its future challenges, and there is a generation of bright young professionals eager to make a difference in the world. We struggle, however, to understand how to bring about the needed change, in ourselves and in our industry, to play more impactful roles in serving society. Nonetheless, a common theme in our various conversations about our future suggests a path forward: we need a bolder, more expansive vision for who we are as structural engineers and what roles we play.
2020 vision: 'For an understanding of the future, look to the past'
Authors: McQuillan Don
Published: January 2023

2020 President Don McQuillan – the Institution's 100th president – sets out his vision for the year in his inaugural address. In appointing me its 100th President, the Institution has conferred upon me a tremendous honour and provided me with an amazing opportunity for which I am thankful. The weight of responsibility is enormous but the road ahead, although challenging, is exciting and I count on your support as we walk it together. The choice of title for this address is almost a given in the year 2020. It is opportune to pause and reflect on what has been achieved under the leadership of 99 illustrious past presidents. Recent presidents have contemplated the future of our profession and how we must adapt and develop to meet the evolving challenges that face us. In 2018, under Faith Wainwright’s presidency, Council was tasked with considering developing trends, methods, materials, etc. and the outcome was the seminal strategy publication, The future of our profession. The Board formally adopted the report’s recommendations and the Institution’s April 2019 Technical Conference entitled ‘Strategically shaping the future of our profession’ explored three of the seven key issues in greater depth: 1.data and artificial intelligence 2.future of education for engineer 3.resilience. The Institution has since set up a task group to monitor progress as initiatives are rolled out, and its various committees and panels are also theming their activities around the key priority areas. Although the intention of this address is not to stargaze, the wisdom of Confucius is relevant: ‘Study the past if you would define the future’. Technologist Mike Ivicak gave this a slight twist: ‘For an understanding of the future, look to the past’. Ivicak went on to say: ‘The past and the future are actually not so different. Every past event has a cause or causes that, as we look back at them, typically make sense to us from our vantage point in the present. Likewise, each past event has implications and influences the events that follow it.’
The Hornet's Nest pavilion - learning the challenges of full-scale construction from a digital model
Authors: Niklison Alejandro , Muller Sabine , Foerster Florian
Published: January 2023

In 2018, BuroHappold Engineering and Studio X of the Hochschule Anhalt Graduate School of Architecture in Dessau, Germany, collaborated on the design and construction of the Hornet's Nest, a parametrically designed, temporary, timber pavilion assembled without the use of mechanical connections. The collaboration was part of the graduate school’s approach to teaching design, combining virtual three-dimensional (3D) modelling with full-scale building projects to foster understanding of the challenges of full-scale construction from a digitally designed model.
Held to carbon account: the end of 'bog standard' new build?
Authors: Moynihan Muiris
Published: January 2023

As the climate changes there will be ever-increasing social and economic pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with focus turning to the embodied carbon in products which has thus far been eclipsed by operational values. Structural engineers will be compelled to account for how they have apportioned carbon intensive resources – particularly steel and concrete – and will be challenged to use them ever more efficiently. In turn, this will alter how designs are formulated and assessed, how structures are built and adapted, and ultimately how engineers approach their roles on projects and in society.
Not Your Average App: A Large-scale Privacy Analysis of Android Browsers
Authors: Pradeep Amogh , Feal Álvaro , Gamba Julien , Rao Ashwin , Lindorfer Martina , Vallina-Rodriguez Narseo , Choffnes David
Published: January 2023

The transparency and privacy behavior of mobile browsers has remained widely unexplored by the research community. In fact, as opposed to regular Android apps, mobile browsers may present contradicting privacy behaviors. On the one end, they can have access to (and can expose) a unique combination of sensitive user data, from users’ browsing history to permission-protected personally identifiable information (PII) such as unique identifiers and geolocation. However, on the other end, they also are in a unique position to protect users’ privacy by limiting data sharing with other parties by implementing ad-blocking features. In this paper, we perform a comparative and empirical analysis on how hundreds of Android web browsers protect or expose user data during browsing sessions. To this end, we collect the largest dataset of Android browsers to date, from the Google Play Store and four Chinese app stores. Then, we developed a novel analysis pipeline that combines static and dynamic analysis methods to find a wide range of privacy-enhancing (e.g., ad-blocking) and privacy-harming behaviors (e.g., sending browsing histories to third parties, not validating TLS certificates, and exposing PII---including non-resettable identifiers---to third parties) across browsers. We find that various popular apps on both Google Play and Chinese stores have these privacy-harming behaviors, including apps that claim to be privacy-enhancing in their descriptions. Overall, our study not only provides new insights into important yet overlooked considerations for browsers’ adoption and transparency, but also that automatic app analysis systems (e.g., sandboxes) need context-specific analysis to reveal such privacy behaviors.