bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Experimental study on the adsorption of dissolved heavy metals by nano-hydroxyapatite
Authors: Zheng Yang , Zhang Jianmin
Published: September 2020

Bioretention system is an effective way to solve the problem of urban water environment pollution. In this paper, the difficulty of the existing biological retention system to effectively remove dissolved heavy metals was studied. By comparing the adsorption effect of acid quartz sand filler layers with nano-hydroxyapatite (N-HAP), medical stone, nano-carbon, and biochar, the conclusion is drawn from the static and cylinder dynamic experiments that N-HAP has the best effect of removing Cu2+ and Zn2+, and the effect is long lasting. The scanning electron microscopy results showed that the N-HAP particles were rough and the surface was more rod-shaped, which increased the specific surface area of the N-HAP particles, promoted the complexation and electrostatic interaction of the additives and heavy metal solutions, and facilitated the adsorption of heavy metals. The research results help to improve the technology of filler matrix modification.
MACRO-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF SINO-US TRADE IMBALANCET
Authors: Shi Ji.
Published: September 2020

China is one of the developing countries with the most rapid development and the U.S. is de-veloped country with the strongest economic strength, economic development of the two coun-tries has become main impetus of the world economic growth. Sino-US bilateral trade has be-come the most important constituent part of global trade. With the rapid development of Sino-US bilateral trade, trade imbalance also lead great concern of the two governments and academic circles, especially after China entered into WTO, the problem of Sino-US trade imbalance be-come even more serious. This paper mainly analyzes the influence of macroeconomic factors on China-US trade deficit, as economists generally believe that savings and exchange rates are closely related to trade balance. Undervalued exchange rate can keep relatively low prices for products made in China, while the booming domestic demand in the United States provides China with a wide variety of external market opportunities. This paper points out that difference in saving rates between the two countries is an important macroeconomic reason for the contin-ued growth of China’s trade surplus with the United States in international trade. The RMB exchange rate is an influencing factor, but not a fundamental one.
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS’ EXPORT SUPPORT IN TERMS OF GLOBAL ECONOMY CHANGED BY CORONAVIRUS
Authors: Malysheva E. V. , Ratner A. V.
Published: September 2020

Modern conditions of the world economy are characterized by a significant restriction of world economic relations, which is caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting decline in economic activity in national economies, which coincided with international sanctions practices and falling oil prices. This created new conditions for international trade and required export-oriented companies to adapt quickly. This ability is most inherent in small and medium-sized businesses, which can become the engine of the national economy, including through the implementation of export potential. The purpose of the analysis: taking into account the global economic trends caused by the coronavirus pandemic, to make recommendations on the development of export support measures for Russian small and medium-sized enterprises. Methodological support was provided by an analysis of the world economic situation and its forecasts, taking into account the opinions of domestic and foreign researchers, as well as an analysis of existing export support measures. The analysis showed that the pandemic factor contributed to the strengthening of geo-economic instability and fragmentation of the economic space. A decrease in economic activity leads to a reduction in exports and imports of countries, which changes the international maps of supply and demand. Under these conditions, state support for exports-informational, legal, consulting, marketing, analytical, and organizational – is valuable for small and medium-sized enterprises, taking into account the possibilities of digitalization, new foreign trade and legal realities, including sanctions practices, technical standards, and restrictions caused by the pandemic, based on industry specifics, and changing international supply and demand maps. Appropriate recommendations are proposed
Reconstructive operations on subvalvular structures of the mitral valve during remodelling of the left ventricle. Papillary muscle interventions
Authors: Skopin I. , Latyshev M.
Published: September 2020

The optimal treatment strategy for secondary mitral regurgitation of type IIIb (A. Carpentier classification) remains debatable. The use of a standard surgical technique for treating secondary mitral regurgitation and undersized ring annuloplasty demonstrates suboptimal results in several patients (about 30% of the patients exhibit postoperative hemodynamically significant mitral regurgitation with the absence of effective reverse remodelling of the left ventricle). Such suboptimal results are associated with the unification of only the mitral valve reconstruction technique, irrespective of the state of the left ventricle (degree of dysfunction, dilatation, tethering/tenting, and papillary muscle displacement); this is not entirely justified because of the disease complexity (valve and ventricular), and it is crucial to influence both the components of the disease. Particularly, modern researchers are inclined toward the need of using additional reconstructive interventions on the subvalvular structures that contribute to a more effective reverse remodelling of the left ventricle.Here, we present a review of recent studies on the surgical treatment of functional mitral insufficiency of type IIIb (A. Carpentier classification) with effects on the subvalvular structures (pupillary muscle relocation and approximation).Revised 19 April 2020. Revised 5 May 2020. Accepted 28 May 2020.Funding: The study did not have sponsorship.Conflict of interest: Authors declare no conflict of interest.
Zagadnienie zła w polemice Tertuliana z Gnozą
Authors: Filipowicz Adam M.
Published: September 2020

The article presents the views of Tertullian on the causes and origin of evil in the context of his polemic with heretics remaining under the influence of Gnostic thought. The analysis refers to the following treatises of Tertullian: Adversus Hermogenem, Adversus Valentinianos, Against Marcion, De anima, Apologeticum. The subject covers the following points: 1. Introduction. 2. the origin of evil. 3. Free will and choice between good and evil. 4. Responsibility for the evil that is the question of rewards and punishments.
Prawne i ekonomiczne dylematy zrównoważonego rozwoju w dobie ogólnoświatowego kryzysu
Authors: Rudnicki Maciej
Published: September 2020

The starting point for the reflections at the heart of the paper was a range of issues bordering philosophy, morality, economy, finance and law, regarding the rational management of natural resources and the improvement and protection of the natural environment, as well as the regulation and forming of peoples’ attitudes and behaviours in relation to the natural environment, and the setting of legal boundaries for those behaviours and sanctions for crossing them. the state of the natural environment has a very strong influence on the fulfillment of existential human needs. It is also related to ecological needs which could be characterised as requirements for the biological, physical, chemical, and technological characteristics of the individual elements of the natural environment. Humans strive for satisfactory lifestyles of appropriate quality, and often have to make choices between various goods. Unfortunately, ecological properties are very often treated last of all in the decision-making hierarchy and are usually considered inferior to, for example, material prosperity or social comfort. Treating the ecological properties as such often results in them going unnoticed overall, and very soon leads to permanent and negative changes that directly affect human life and the environment, as well as having a negative effect on health. Therefore, such extraordinarily essential conditions for choosing and fulfilling ecological needs as regards first-class existential needs that have a vital influence on the quality of life and ecological awareness, are based chiefly on understanding the rules of sustainable development. Should the development of civilisation be ruled by the economy, or should the basis of that development be protection and maintenance of natural environmental resources? Or maybe the most sensible option is to balance economic, social, and ecological aims? The problem pinpointed in this way highlights the importance in the life of the global community, and may for years induce consideration and reflection.
Description of a new species of the genus Aleuropleurocelus Drews & Sampson (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and a new country record for a species of the genus from Mexico
Authors: Carapia-Ruiz Vicente Emilio
Published: September 2020

En el presente estudio se describe una nueva especie mosca blanca, Aleuropleurocelus mixtecus Carapia-Ruiz. La especie fue encontrada sobre Hyptis capitata Jacq. en los estados mexicanos de Oaxaca y Puebla. Se proporcionan microfotografías de estructuras morfológicas de puparios y se discute brevemente la separación con otras especies cercanas de Aleuropleurocelus. Además, la especie Aleuropleurocelus cecropiae (Bondar) se reporta por primera vez para México (Oaxaca, Tamaulipas). El reporte previo para la especie es de Brasil.
Генерация импульсов сверхизлучения терагерцового диапазона в процессе вынужденного рассеяния лазерного излучения на попутном сильноточном релятивистском электронном пучке
Authors: Гинзбург Н.С. , Юровский Л.А. , Назаровский А.В. , Сергеев А.С. , Зотова И.В.
Published: September 2020

The possibility of generation of terahertz superradiance (SR) pulses in the case of incidental scattering of a laser pulse by a high-current relativistic electron beam with frequency conversion down is analyzed. Scattered radiation propagates in the opposite direction (with respect to the translational velocity of the particles). It is shown that when using pulses with an energy of 3 kJ at a wavelength of 1 μm as a pump during optimization of the laser pulse duration and the length of the interaction region, it is possible to generate pulses of scattered counter (relative to the translational particle velocity) radiation with a power of the order of 580 kW and a duration of 30 ps at a wavelength of 100 μm.
Накопление повреждений при статическом деформировании твердого тела регулярного строения: микротрещины, неотрелаксированные напряжения
Authors: Лексовский А.М. , Баскин Б.Л. , Губанова Г.Н. , Юдин В.Е.
Published: September 2020

Abstract: Using the methods of acoustic emission in the variant of linear location and internal friction, it is shown that when an initially equilibrium composition of the CFRP type is stretched, unrelaxed stresses accumulate in the places of intense microcrack formation. This is due to the incomplete completeness of the relaxation redistribution of the accumulated energy / elastic deformation by a nonlinear mechanism. The increasing level of unrelaxed stresses inevitably transforms the heterogeneous solid into a metastable state. As a result, the dissipative capacity of the system as a whole is reduced and the probability of a nonequilibrium crack appears.
Using a Mobile App-Based International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Set to Assess the Functioning of Spinal Cord Injury Patients: Rasch Analysis
Authors: Jia Mengmeng , Tang Jie , Xie Sumei , He Xiaokuo , Wang Yingmin , Liu Ting , Yan Tiebin , Li Kun
Published: September 2020

Background

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is a unified system of functioning terminology that has been used to develop electronic health records and assessment instruments. Its application has been limited, however, by its complex terminology, numerous categories, uncertain operationalization, and the training required to use it well. Together is a mobile health app designed to extend medical support to the families of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in China. The app’s core framework is a set of only 31 ICF categories. The app also provides rating guidelines and automatically transforms routine assessment results to the terms of the ICF qualifiers.

Objective

The goal of the research is to examine the suitability of the ICF set used in the app Together for use as an instrument for assessing the functioning of SCI patients.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted including 112 SCI patients recruited before discharge from four rehabilitation centers in China between May 2018 and October 2019. Nurses used the app to assess patient functioning in face-to-face interviews. The resulting data were then subjected to Rasch analysis.

Results

After deleting two categories (family relationships and socializing) and one personal factor (knowledge about spinal cord injury) that did not fit the Rasch model, the body functions and body structures, activities and participation, and contextual factors components of the ICF exhibited adequate fit to the Rasch model. All three demonstrated acceptable person separation indices. The 28 categories retained in the set were free of differential item functioning by gender, age, education level, or etiology.

Conclusions

Together overcomes some of the obstacles to practical application of the ICF. The app is a reliable assessment tool for assessing functioning after spinal cord injury.
Impact of Remote Titration Combined With Telemonitoring on the Optimization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure: Internal Pilot of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Artanian Veronica , Ross Heather J , Rac Valeria E , O'Sullivan Mary , Brahmbhatt Darshan H , Seto Emily
Published: September 2020

Background

To improve health outcomes in patients with heart failure, guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) should be optimized to target doses. However, GDMT remains underutilized, with less than 25% of patients receiving target doses in clinical practice. Telemonitoring could provide reliable and real-time physiological data for clinical decision support to facilitate remote GDMT titration.

Objective

This paper aims to present findings from an internal pilot study regarding the effectiveness of remote titration facilitated by telemonitoring.

Methods

A 2-arm randomized controlled pilot trial comparing remote titration versus standard care in a heart function clinic was conducted. Patients were randomized to undergo remote medication titration facilitated by data from a smartphone-based telemonitoring system or standard titration performed during clinic visits.

Results

A total of 42 patients with new-onset (10/42, 24%) and existing (32/42, 76%) heart failure and a mean age of 55.29 (SD 11.28) years were randomized between January and June 2019. Within 6 months of enrollment, 86% (18/21) of patients in the intervention group achieved optimal doses versus 48% (10/21) of patients in the control group. The median time to dose optimization was 11.0 weeks for the intervention group versus 18.8 weeks for the control group. The number of in-person visits in the intervention group was 54.5% lower than in the control group.

Conclusions

The results of this pilot study suggest that remote titration facilitated by telemonitoring has the potential to increase the proportion of patients who achieve optimal GDMT doses, decrease time to dose optimization, and reduce the number of clinic visits. Remote titration may facilitate optimal and efficient titration of patients with heart failure while reducing the burden for patients to attend in-person clinic visits.

Trial Registration

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04205513; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04205513

International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)

RR2-10.2196/preprints.19705
Informing the Development of a Digital Health Platform Through Universal Points of Care: Qualitative Survey Study
Authors: Craven Michael P , Andrews Jacob A , Lang Alexandra R , Simblett Sara K , Bruce Stuart , Thorpe Sarah , Wykes Til , Morriss Richard , Hollis Chris ,   The RADAR-CNS Consortium
Published: September 2020

Background

Epilepsy, multiple sclerosis (MS), and depression are chronic conditions where technology holds potential in clinical monitoring and self-management. Over 5 years, the Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse - Central Nervous System (RADAR-CNS) consortium has explored the application of remote measurement technology (RMT) to the management and self-management of patients in these clinical areas. The consortium is large and includes clinical and nonclinical researchers as well as a patient advisory board.

Objective

This formative development study aimed to understand how consortium members viewed the potential of RMT in epilepsy, MS, and depression.

Methods

In this qualitative survey study, we developed a methodological tool, universal points of care (UPOC), to gather views on the potential use, acceptance, and value of a novel RMT platform across 3 chronic conditions (MS, epilepsy, and depression). UPOC builds upon use case scenario methodology, using expert elicitation and analysis of care pathways to develop scenarios applicable across multiple conditions. After developing scenarios, we elicited views on the potential of RMT in these different scenarios through a survey administered to 28 subject matter experts, consisting of 16 health care practitioners; 5 health care services researchers; and 7 people with lived experience of MS, epilepsy, or depression. Survey results were analyzed thematically and using an existing framework of factors describing links between design and context.

Results

The survey elicited potential beneficial applications of the RADAR-CNS RMT system as well as patient, clinical, and nonclinical requirements of RMT across the 3 conditions of interest. Potential applications included recognition of early warning signs of relapse from subclinical signals for MS, seizure precipitant signals for epilepsy, and behavior change in depression. RMT was also thought to have the potential to overcome the problem of underreporting, which is especially problematic in epilepsy, and to allow the capture of secondary symptoms that are not generally collected in MS, such as mood.

Conclusions

Respondents suggested novel and unanticipated uses of RMT, including the use of RMT to detect emerging side effects of treatment, enable behavior change for sleep regulation and activity, and offer a way to include family and other carers in a care network, which could assist with goal setting. These suggestions, together with others from this and related work, will inform the development of the system for its eventual application in research and clinical practice. The UPOC methodology was effective in directing respondents to consider the value of health care technologies in condition-specific experiences of everyday life and working practice.
OPTIMALISASI PEMBATASAN DANA KAMPANYE PEMILIHAN UMUM KEPALA DAERAH SEBAGAI PENCEGAHAN INVESTASI POLITIK YANG KORUPTIF
Authors: Sina Chandranegara Ibnu , Bakhri Syaiful , Sahputra Umara Nanda
Published: September 2020

AbstractRegulation concerning limiting on campaign funds have not proven to limit campaign funds from donors with binding interests. Therefore, the needs to identify various weaknesses in the regulation concerning a limitation on campaign funds to optimize clean campaign by preventing conflicts of interest, ensure transparency and ensure independence in making post election policies. Normative legal research methods used in this study starts from primary legal materials including all laws and regulations concerning campaign funds in regional head election and literature review which related to regional head election, secondary materials and tertiary material. This research concludes that it is necessary to affirm the limitation of campaign funds, regulating composition of contributors with the reasonableness ratio, reformulation of sanctions which excess the limit of campaign funds, and application of investigative audit.IntisariSaat ini regulasi pembatasan dana kampanye terkait pemasukan terbukti belum mampu membatasinya dari penyumbang dengan kepentingan yang mengikat. Oleh karena itu,  identifikasi kelemahan dari regulasi pembatasan dana kampanye untuk mengoptimalisasi pembatasan dana kampanye diperlukan untuk mencegah konflik kepentingan, menjamin transparansi asal sumbangan dan menjamin kemandirian dalam mengambil kebijakan tanpa terikat dengan donatur kampanye. Metode penelitian yuridis normatif digunakan dengan meneliti bahan pustaka. Bahan hukum primer yaitu, peraturan perundang-undangan yang mengatur mengenai dana kampanye dalam pemilu, khususnya pemilu kepala daerah, Bahan hukum sekunder dan Bahan hukum tersier. Penelitian ini menghasilkan kesimpulan bahwa perlu penegasan pembatasan dana kampanye yang bersumber dari perorangan, penegasan komposisi penyumbang dengan rasio kewajaran, reformulasi sanksi kelebihan dana kampanye, dan penerapan audit investigasi.
Are Indonesian Girls Okay? An Examination of The Discourse of Child Marriage, Victimization, and Humanitarian Visuality of Global South Girls
Authors: Beta Annisa R , Febrianto Ryan
Published: September 2020

The discourse of child marriage in relation to the lives of the girls in Indonesia specifically and the Global South generally is often limited to describing their vulnerability and position as victims. Practices of child marriage are inseparable from its exploitative and harmful nature. This paper, however, shows that the discourse of child marriage produced in humanitarian projects and interventions often avoids the complexity and diversity of the practices and the lives of the girls and reduces the problem into monolithic narrative of their communities’ traditions, backwardness, and inherent gender inequality. This paper asks: How has the discourse of child marriage in relation to Indonesian girls developed historically? How have international NGOs depicted the issue of child marriage? We show that child marriage discourse is historically rooted in colonial ideas surrounding modernity, childhood, and marriage, and that documents published by international NGOs tend to flatten the complex experiences and lives of Indonesian girls.
СОСТОЯНИЕ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ МИКРОЭЛЕКТРОНИКИ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ БЕЛАРУСЬ
Authors: Белоус А.И. , Солодуха В.А.
Published: September 2020

Определены перспективные направления развития микроэлектроники в РБ, опциональные расширения КМОП, БиКМОП-технологий, охлаждаемые и не-охлаждаемые ФПУ, силовые приборы на SiC, GaN, MEMS, СВЧ-приборы и др. Создана координирующая структура - кластер «Микро-, опто- и СВЧ-электроника», ведется создание отраслевых лабораторий.
Epidemia de peste porcina africana: estado actual
Authors: Carrillo Consuelo
Published: September 2020

La peste porcina africana es una infección viral no zoonótica que se transmite por contacto y por garrapatas. Su notificación debe ser inmediata y es obligatoria. Afecta a cerdos domésticos y silvestres con diversas manifestaciones clínicas. En cerdos domésticos y jabalíes, la presentación clínica es muy similar a la de peste porcina clásica (también conocida como cólera porcino), por lo que es imprescindible una correcta toma de muestras y un rápido envío al laboratorio para lograr un diagnóstico diferencial. Los ciclos de infección se presentan de dos formas: a) selvática, en la que el virus permanece en circulación durante largos períodos entre las garrapatas y los animales persistentemente infectados, y b) epidémica, que involucra a cerdos domésticos y jabalíes, pero raramente se encuentra en los vectores. Los principales signos son fiebre, letargia, y muerte súbita en casos sobreagudos. Si el animal resiste algunos días, se observan diarreas y vómitos con fuertes hemorragias y emaciación de la piel. Los casos más moderados dejan un cierto porcentaje de animales sobrevivientes que permanecen como transmisores de la enfermedad. También pueden existir portadores asintomáticos. No hay tratamiento ni vacunas, por lo que el control de la enfermedad se fundamenta en una detección rápida y en el sacrificio obligatorio de todos los individuos afectados y sospechosos de haber estado en contacto con el virus. La peste porcina africana es endémica en África, Europa del este, China y parte de Asia.
ESBL Producers in Gram Negative Isolates from Clinical Samples
Authors: Wadekar Mita D. , Sathish J.V. , Pooja C. , Jayashree S.
Published: September 2020

Resistance to beta lactam antibiotics is the most common cause for beta-lactamase production. Increasing number of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers has reduced the treatment options which resulted in emergence of multidrug resistant strains, treatment failure and hence increased mortality. To detect phenotypically, ESBL producers in Gram negative isolates from different samples and to know their susceptibility pattern. A retrospective study of Gram negative isolates was conducted. Total of 521 isolates were isolated from various samples. They were processed and identified by standard procedures. The antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby- Bauer disc diffusion method using CLSI guidelines. ESBL was detected by combination disk test. A total of 521 Gram negative isolates were isolated which included E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Citrobacter spp., Enterobacter spp., Proteus spp. and Acinetobacter spp. Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Of 521 isolates tested, ESBL was detected in 329 (63.1%) isolates. These isolates showed maximum susceptibility to piperacillin- tazobactam (86%) followed by imipenem (78.4%), amikacin (63.5%), cotrimoxazole (54.4%), ciprofloxacin (51%), amoxi-clav (44.9%), cefepime (44.1%), gentamicin (38.9%), cefoxitin (34.9%) and ampicillin (19.1%). ESBL producers which are resistant to beta lactam antibiotics have become a major problem. Detection of these beta-lactamase enzymes by simple disk method and its reporting will help clinicians in prescribing proper antibiotics.
Non-Fermenting Gram Negative Bacteria as Uropathogens in Causing Urinary Tract Infection and its Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern at A Tertiary Care Centre of South India
Authors: Berwal Anupam , Shobha K.L. , Gupta Rohit , Gupta Kriti , Ashraf Asem Ali , B Abishek Kumar , Chawla Raghav , Aggarwal Prerna , Sharma Bhawna , Sonali
Published: September 2020

Non fermenting gram-negative bacilli (NFGNB) are recently striving as uropathogens. The present study was conducted to isolate the common species of bacteria in NFGNB causing urinary tract infection (UTI) and its correlation with comorbid conditions and to study the antibacterial susceptibility pattern. This retrospective study was done at the diagnostic Microbiology laboratory of a tertiary care hospital. Urine samples were collected for the period of six months. These samples were plated on blood agar and MacConkey agar and incubated at 37°C for 18–24 hr under aerobic conditions. Identification of NFGNB was done by Gram staining and MALDI-TOF (Matrix- Assisted Laser Desorption/ Ionization- Time of Flight, Biomerieux- Diagnostics). Antibiotic sensitivity testing was done by Vitek® 2 system (Biomerieux- Diagnostics) using N 281 card. Data was analyzed using SPSS IBM version 16. Out of the total 16,413 non repetitive urine samples that were received in the laboratory, 318 had significant bacteriuria. NFGNB were identified in 108 (33.9%) of all the urine samples with significant bacteriuria. Prevalence of non-fermenters in our study was 0.6%. NFGNB were more frequently isolated in the females and also in the age group of more than 50 years. Eighty five (78.70%) had comorbid conditions. P. aeruginosa and A. baumannii were the most common organism isolated among NFGNB. Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates showed high susceptibility to imipenem (80.2%) and amikacin (66.6%). NFGNB although seen frequently in females and in age group of 50 years and above, clinical correlation with comorbid condition is essential to label it as uropathogens. Amikacin or imipenem may be the empirical drug of choice.
CSE (Ceftriaxone+ Sulbactam+ Disodium Edta): A Possible Solution to the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Pandemic
Authors: Upadhyay Shalini , Chakravarti Anita , Bharara Tanisha , Yadav Sushmita
Published: September 2020

The menace of multidrug resistance among bacterial infections is an issue of global public health. Treatment of these superbugs with first line antibiotics is associated with significant treatment failure leading to increased mortality and morbidity. Carbapenems and polymyxins are the saviour antibiotics in case of such infections. But the problem is compounded when these antimicrobials also fail. The addition of beta-lactamase inhibitor like sulbactam and disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid broaden the in vitro antibacterial action of ceftriaxone. This novel combination has been found to be effective in most of the drug resistant bacterial strains.
The Effect of Chromium and Herbicide on the Growth of Aspergillus terreus Isolated from Soil Environment
Authors: Saraswathi K. , Vadamalaikrishnan K. , Jayaraman P.
Published: September 2020

The release of various chemical substances by human activities in soil leads to change its soil properties and affect the life of microbes, plants and animals including human. Microorganisms, especially fungi play an important role in soil fertility and various biochemical features, which is affected by the contamination of heavy metals and Organo-chlorine compounds including herbicides. Therefore, the present study was focused on the bio-diversity of fungi from soil samples collected from leather industry (6 samples) and paddy field (6 samples) environment. Further, the frequently occurring species named Aspergillus terreus from the above soil was studied in vitro for the growth tolerance of chromium and herbicide (Pretilachlor) at various concentrations amended in PDA medium. The results indicated that the fungi such as A. niger, A. glaucus, A. terreus, A. nidulans, A. flavus, curvularia sp, Penicillium sp and sterile mycelia fungi were mainly present in the above soil samples. For quantitative pattern, leather industry soil showed 4,100 cfu/g to 30,600 cfu/g with an average of 16,896 cfu/g whereas the paddy field soil had 14,700 cfu/g to 33,720 cfu/g with an average of 22,215cfu/g. However, A. terreus and A. niger were present remarkably in the above soil samples. Hence, for the study of in vitro tolerance of chromium by A. terreus, the increased concentrations such as 100ppm to 500ppm, the growth observed as in the decreasing level, whereas above 500ppm, growth is completely suppressed. But, for the herbicide amendment in Potato dextrose broth, the fungi able to grow up to 1000ppm with decreasing level. The present study concludes that the species A. terreus could be an effective microorganism to degrade herbicide (pretilachlor) and moderately for chromium in the soil environment.
THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT MODERATION IN CASH FLOW SENSITIVITY TO EXTERNAL FINANCING OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
Authors: Ahmad Abu Hasan , Mentari Mayang Cardicna Maria Adventia
Published: September 2020

This study aims to test the pecking order theory by looking at the level of cash flow sensitivity as a source of internal financing for all types of external financing (debt and equity). This testing also considering the financial constraint variable as moderation. The data used are the financial statements of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014 - 2018. The dependent variable is all types of external financing (debt and equity). Debt financing is divided into two forms, short-term debt financing and long-term debt financing. While the independent variable is cash flow. The results obtained is that cash flow does not substitute all types of external financing, and the highest cash flow sensitivity occurs in short-term debt financing. The next result is that financial constraint strengthen the sensitivity of cash flow to debt and equity financing
Health service maladministrations in the covid-19 pandemic era
Authors: Babussalam A Basuki
Published: September 2020

This study examines the actions of maladministration frauds in health services particularly in the condition of Covid-19. This study aims to formulate which health services are categorized as maladministration, notably during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this study is a normative research method followed by three approaches. Those approaches are the statutory approach, conceptual approach, and historical approach. The outcomes of this study indicate that the condition of the Covid-19 pandemic has opened some opportunity for maladministration fraud in the field of health services. Given the importance of public health services, notably during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is highly important to anticipate the maladministration frauds to not massively occur. When the acts of maladministration frauds still occur although attempts to prevent it have been carried out, hence the law must be present to provide justice. This paper also elucidates about actions need to be taken so that law enforcement related to maladministration frauds in the field of health services can be solved
The children rights protection in the new normal era: an Indonesia experience during covid-19 pandemic
Authors: Millah Izza Aliyatul , Pujiyono Pujiyono
Published: September 2020

The new normal era is a necessity and must be faced by all countries until the discovery of the Covid-19 disease vaccine. The implementation of this new normal era policy has caused public debate related to various concerns of the people, especially the state’s readiness to guarantee the safety of the population from the transmission of Covid-19, especially in the protection of children in terms of fulfilling their rights. This paper aims to find out child protection providers in providing protection and fulfillment of children’s rights in new normal behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic and to find out the implementation of policies towards the protection of children’s rights in new normal behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research uses doctrinal law research. Legal information sources use primary legal materials (relevant regulations and documents) for further qualitative analysis. The approach used is a statutory approach and conceptual approach in helping solving problem formulations. This research concludes that the right effort to deal with the new normal era is to strengthen child protection based on children’s rights, starting from parents, family, community, and government during the pandemic. Associated with the establishment of a policy schedule for children entering school when the new normal era in the Covid-19 pandemic. The key to protecting children in the new normal era is the health protocol rules that can be a guideline for parents and caregivers of children and the fulfillment of children’s primary rights in the new normal era is the health and safety aspects of children.
Pelatihan Ekonomi dan Keuangan Syariah dalam Rangka Pembentukan Baitul Mal wat Tamwil
Authors: Herianingrum Sri , Cahyono Eko Fajar , Rani Lina Nugraha , Rusmita Sylva Alif
Published: September 2020

The background of this activity was to fulfill the aspirations of the Muslims of Bandar Kidul village, Mojoroto Subdistrict, Kediri City to carry out economic activities following Islamic rules and the potential capabilities and skills possessed by management and members of the Fascho cooperative to manage Islamic microfinance institutions such as Baitul Wat Tamwil . The purpose of this community service activity is to provide understanding, knowledge, and skills to the management and members of the Fascho cooperative who are engaged in Mojoroto Subdistrict, Kediri City about Islamic economics and Islamic Finance. The activity took place in May 2018, and the actions were in the form of workshop and socialization about Islamic economics and Islamic finance. The article is expected to be a provision for administrators and members to establish Baitulmal wat Tamwil. The results of the activities were in the form of increased awareness of the community around the location of the community service and the increased knowledge and skills of the members and administrators of the Fascho Cooperative so that they were better prepared to establish the BMT.
Pemberdayaan Karang Taruna di Desa Wonokasian dalam Pengolahan Limbah Plastik menjadi Sebuah Usaha Ekonomis Produktif
Authors: Prasojo Bayu Hari , Febriansah Rizky Eka , Maryanti Eny
Published: September 2020

Tujuan pelaksanaan kegiatan PKM Pemberdayaan Karang Taruna di Desa Wonokasian dalamPengolahan Limbah Sampah Plastik menjadi Sebuah Usaha Ekonomis Produktif adalah memberdayakanKarang Taruna dalam pengolahan limbah sampah plastik yang akan memberikan manfaat dalammengembangkan kegiatan ekonomis produktif dalam bentuk suatu usaha. Permasalahan yang dihadapimitra Karang Taruna Ndoko dan Karang Taruna Ngemplak adalah mitra belum memahami carapengolahan limbah sampah plastik menjadi suatu produk yang bernilai jual dan belum mempunyai satukegiatan yang mendukung upaya untuk mengembangkan kegiatan ekonomis produktif. Berdasarkanpermasalahan tersebut maka kedua mitra sepakat untuk mengembangkan kegiatan ekonomis produktifdalam pengolahan limbah sampah plastik (produk aneka bunga, vas bunga dan asesoris lain). Oleh karenaitu, metode pelaksanaan yang dilakukan dalam kegiatan ini adalah : 1) Pemberian informasi (sosialisasi)pengolahan limbah sampah plastik, 2) Pelatihan dan pendampingan pengolahan limbah sampah plastik, 3)Pelatihan dan pendampingan metode pemasaran 4) Pelatihan dan pendampingan pencatatan akuntansisederhana. Hasil dari pelaksanaan kegiatan ini adalah meningkatnya pengetahuan dan keterampilan mitradalam pengolahan limbah sampah plastik, terciptanya produk HandCraft Kartar Wonokasian, publikasimedia massa online maupun cetak, adanya media pemasaran offline (galeri Kartar Wonokasian) maupunonline (instagram, FB, OLX, Tokopedia, dan Bukalapak) dan sistem pencatatan akuntansi sederhana sertanantinya diharapkan menjadi sebuah usaha bagi Karang Taruna desa Wonokasian.
A study of the universal sequence in construction works
Authors: Karakozova Irina V.
Published: September 2020

Introduction. The focus on transferring design information to experts, builders, building maintenance personnel, rather than on design in itself differs information modeling from computer-aided design (CAD) systems. The number of research papers focused on transformation of architectural and civil engineering constituents of projects into a sequence of construction and installation works is insufficient. This transformation requires methods of immediate correlation between elements and items of construction works, as well as the matching of on-site work performance schedules. The article addresses development of such a work performance sequence that will facilitate automated planning and scheduling of construction works using information modeling.

Materials and methods. A classification of construction and installation works, resources and elements must encompass principal construction-related notions. However foreign classifiers, used in building information modelling (BIM), frequently fail to comprise notions, technologies and techniques widely spread in the Russian construction industry. For example, such OmniClass sections as “Products” and “Work Results” have about 7 thousand entries each, while the Russian classifier of construction resources has in excess of 120 entries, and the number of versatile regulatory standards that apply to types of works is close to 180 thousand. Having analyzed the legal framework, the author identifies domestic technical rules and regulations that contain information on design and survey, construction and assembly, commissioning, renovation, maintenance and operation of buildings, structures and process equipment.

Results. The author synthesized information on technical rules and regulations and developed an overall sequence of versatile processes that comprise the life cycle of a building (a structure). The author proved that actual labour costs slightly differ from itemized standard labour inputs.

Conclusions. The list of work items, broken down by priorities by the author, enables automated work scheduling based on the list of elements and building constructions. In some cases, a designer can modify the sequence by rescheduling particular work items or adding a work cluster. Further, a dictionary must be compiled to enable identification of particular construction processes on the basis of a set of parameters of a structural element.
Modern trends in architectural design of hospices
Authors: Klochko Asmik , Yaseneckaya Iuliya
Published: September 2020

Introduction. This article reviews the brief history of palliative care spreading, it also studies specific characteristics of palliative care centers architecture. It also gives attention to the current condition of hospices in our country, and to the problems and opportunities that these hospices face.

Materials and methods. Studies consider, firstly, methods of comparative analysis and synthesis of foreign and domestic scientific, literary and design materials; secondly, use of opinion poll findings; thirdly, use of interdisciplinary approach, which takes into account issues in the fields in medicine, sociology, legal regulations, that affect a set of requirements for hospice and palliative care centers design.

Results. of the survey are presented as recommendations for the design of hospice territory, their landscaping, architectural planning and architectural-artistic characteristics of hospice design. These results can be used in architectural practice of hospice and palliative care centers design, as well as in the teaching and learning process as guidelines for hospice and palliative care centers design.

Conclusions. Basic recommendations for hospice design are introduced. Problem analysis in the context of architectural planning and city planning organization of hospices will help to improve the structure of such architectural objects, and investigate their typology for future evolution. Public involvement in palliative care evolution, and in particular from the point of view of their architectural and spatial design, places an emphasis not only on currently dominating entertainment culture, but also on human duty and dignity.
Strategy for sports facilities design in Aleppo, Syria, (after the war) on the basis of the architectural quality concept
Authors: Boushra A. Al darf  , Belkin Alexander
Published: September 2020

Introduction. Architectural quality is required at all design stages: from the layout to its implementation, but in particular cases it (high quality) becomes a primary objective. That is why in this article we emphasize the idea of architectural quality and its particular importance in the strategy of sports facilities design in Aleppo, which, in their turn, will help the population get back into physical shape and resume peaceful life.

Materials and methods. The study has been conducted on the basis of analysis of published sources that have been studied theoretically. The following materials have been studied: Aleppo aerial photography based on published survey, conducted by the organization UN-HABITAT as an addition to the information from Syrian Statistical Office, Ministry of Local Administration and Environment and Local Decision Support Center from 2011 till 2019.

Results. Current condition of sports facilities in Aleppo has been studied for the following criteria: number, quality and technical condition. Because of use of such architectural quality criteria as context, experience and scale in the design strategy, mentioned in study, the optimal model of sports facility has been reached from the point of view of architectural form and its social-sport role for the environment.

Conclusions. In all times, sport played and still plays an essential role in successful social life. That is why sports facilities are the first step that becomes a necessary condition for fulfilling that role. Currently, Syria experiences the reconstruction stage in all types of construction, and the most important now is to restore the society, and this is why at this stage the idea of architectural quality is essential for getting a model of ideal sports facility.
Strength and deformability of different types of geosynthetic barriers
Authors: Prosviryakov Alexey , Sainov Mikhail , Zverev Andrei , Lukichev Roman
Published: September 2020

Introduction. Water engineering facilities utilize geosynthetic barriers of various materials, but the most common are polyvinylchloride (PVC) and polyethylene (PE) considered to be the most efficient. However, the utilization of thermoset geosynthetics (PVC and PE) as watertight elements of the geosynthetic barriers of earth dams has also a number of drawbacks. In the course of time, PVC can lose its properties due to plasticizer loss, whereas PE is susceptible to cracking at thermal impacts. That is why it is necessary to consider geosynthetic barriers of other types as alternatives. For this purpose, we studied the deformability and the strength of geosynthetic barriers of thermoset material (chlorosulfonated polyethylene — CSPE), as well as of a rubber-type synthetic material (ethylene-propylene diene monomer — EPDM).

Materials and methods. Sample testing of geosynthetic barrier materials for monoaxial extension was conducted by means of a tensile-testing machine, which records during the experiment the changes of the tensile force and the longitudinal extension. The changes of the cross-section area of the samples were measured by means of a digital side caliper.

Results. It was determined that of the considered geosynthetic barrier types (PE, PVC, CSPE and EPDM) the strongest one is the reinforced CSPE type and the most deformable is the EPDM barrier. Reinforced CSPE geosynthetic barrier has a tensile strength above 100 MPa, it is approximately 5 times higher than that of PVC and PE barriers. By deformability, reinforced CSPE barrier is similar to PE barriers. An EPDM geosynthetic barrier has the linear deformation modulus around 1 MPa, it is capable of a multiple extension without loss of strength.

Conclusions. By strength vs. deformability ratio, EPDM geosynthetic barriers can compete with PVC barriers.
Morphophoric POVMs, generalised qplexes, and 2-designs
Authors: Słomczyński Wojciech , Szymusiak Anna
Published: September 2020

We study the class of quantum measurements with the property that the image of the set of quantum states under the measurement map transforming states into probability distributions is similar to this set and call such measurements morphophoric. This leads to the generalisation of the notion of a qplex, where SIC-POVMs are replaced by the elements of the much larger class of morphophoric POVMs, containing in particular 2-design (rank-1 and equal-trace) POVMs. The intrinsic geometry of a generalised qplex is the same as that of the set of quantum states, so we explore its external geometry, investigating, inter alia, the algebraic and geometric form of the inner (basis) and the outer (primal) polytopes between which the generalised qplex is sandwiched. In particular, we examine generalised qplexes generated by MUB-like 2-design POVMs utilising their graph-theoretical properties. Moreover, we show how to extend the primal equation of QBism designed for SIC-POVMs to the morphophoric case.