bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
VIBRODYNAMIC MOVEMENT OF ROLLING STOCK ON THE ROAD SUBSTANTIATION OF IMPACT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Authors:   Academy of Logistics and Transport, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kvashnin M.Ya. , Zhangabylova A.A. ,   K.I. Satpayev Kazakh National Research Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kurbanova A.K. ,   K.I. Satpayev Kazakh National Research Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kystaubayev S.B. ,   K.I. Satpayev Kazakh National Research Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2022

This article presents some results of measurements and analysis of mechanical vibrations of a railway track with intermediate rail fasteners such as Pendrol and KPP-5 under the vibrodynamic influence of rolling stock. The results obtained can be used as one of the criteria for justifying the choice of the most optimal type of rail fasteners.
THE USE OF OIL SLUDGE AS AN ADDITIVE IN CEMENT PRODUCTION
Authors:   S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Chinakulova A.N. , Niyazbekova R.K. ,   S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2022

Oily sludge is one of the most significant wastes generated in the petroleum industry. The article presents the results of using oil sludge as an additive in cement compositions from oil refining, transport and various accidents. It has been established that a 7.5% mixture of oil sludge in terms of the mass of cement increases the strength of cement, and also offers effective methods for processing in an environmentally friendly development mode, removing oil deposits.
LEGAL REGULATION OF SPORTS TEAMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Authors:   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Zabikh Sh.A. , Zabikh K.Zh. ,   Kazakhstan University innovation and telecommunication systems, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2022

In this article, the author examines the legal nature of the regulation of sports activities of Kazakhstani teams and the legal status of professional players and coaches involved in labor relations with sports organizations. The paper substantiates the need for a unified legal regulation of labor relations in the field of physical culture and sports. The author pays special attention to the introduction of the concept of "sports contract" into the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
"THE HEART OF THE CITY" AND "HABITAT" AS PREREQUISITES FOR THE FORMATION OF THE CONCEPT OF "LIVING ENVIRONMENT"
Authors:   International Educational Corporation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Karatseyeva Т. , Akhmedova A.Т. ,   International Educational Corporation, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2022

The article examines the historical background and theoretical sources concerning the issues of the emergence of the modern concept of "living environment". The analysis of theoretical works of the middle of the last century was carried out in order to define the concepts of such terms as "The heart of the city" and "Habitat" - the main provisions of which occupy a significant role in the organization of the space of the modern residential environment of cities.
INSPIRING BUILDING MATERIALS: BRICK IN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE
Authors:   International Educational Corporation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Abdrassilova G.
Published: September 2022

The role of construction materials in forming the image of regional architecture is considered. Possibilities of using brickwork for plastic enrichment of the design of building facades and making "local" character of structures are revealed. Brick, which has long been used in traditional construction in different countries, in the XXI century is again gaining wide popularity as an active plastic component of architecture.
The Treatment of Business Risks Has Always Been an Important Tool for Business Success: Utility Function Method
Authors: Carmine Boniello
Published: September 2022

The business risk is a topic that is very rarely spoken, but that is essential for those who have to make decisions concerning the life of a company: incorrect choices can shortly lead to business failure. Basically important is the activity of the Risk Manager. It is oriented to identify, evaluate, manage and control corporate risks. The efficacy of risk management also depends on the information available for the decision: more information available, the best risk response. To effectively manage risks, a systematic and organized approach is required and specific methodologies and techniques are needed. In this paper we will propose the method of utility function: an effective and efficient method to deal with business risks by limiting its negative effects.
Water masses distribution in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Implementation of the Optimal MultiParameter analysis (OMP)
Authors: D'Angelo Alessandra , Garcia-Eidell Cynthia , Knowlton Christopher , Gingras Andrea , Morin Holly , Coleman Dwight , Kaelblein Jessica , Raziuddin Humair , VanKeersbilck Nikolas , Rivera Tristan J. , Kopka Krystian , Boleaga Yoana , Estes Korenna , Nodal Andrea , Schulze Ericka , Ewa Theressa , Shaban Mirella , Umar Samira , Santana Rosanyely , Strock Jacob , Gruebel Erich , Digilio Michael , Ludkin Rick , Gong Donglai , Kerrigan Zak , Otokiak Mia , Crable Frances , Trenholm Nicole , Millstone Triston , Montenegro Kevin , Kim Melvin , Porter Gibson , Ketter Tomer , Berkelhammer Max , King Andrew L. , Gonzalez-Meler Miguel Angel , Loose Brice
Published: September 2022

Abstract. The Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) acts as a watershed discharge in the Arctic Ocean, as it is characterized by advection from the Pacific and Atlantic waters, ice melt, local river discharge and net precipitation. Its waters are characterized by the mixing of Pacific and Atlantic water origin, and the meltwater supply originating from the Devon Ice Cap Glaciers and marine-terminating rivers. The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate published by the IPCC in 2021, showed how the runoff into the Arctic Ocean increased for Eurasian and North American rivers by 3.3 ± 1.6 % and 2.0 ± 1.8 % respectively (1976–2017), hence, monitoring the freshwater supply within the CAA is crucial in a warming scenario. This paper aims to describe the water mass structures within the CAA, by analyzing physical and chemical tracers collected in 2019 during the Northwest Passage expedition held in July and August onboard the Swedish icebreaker Oden. The uniqueness of this study is the wide dataset composed of physical and chemical parameters (https://doi.org/10.18739/A2W66995R). Here, we implemented the Optimal Multiparameter analysis for the detection of the source water fractions, such as, Atlantic Water (AW), Pacific Water (PW), Meteoric Water (MW), and Sea Ice Meltwater (SIM). For this analysis, we used a nutrient ratio tracer defined Arctic Nitrate-Phosphate tracer, together with the absolute salinity and δ18O from the water samples. Our analysis confirmed the intrusion of the PW from the west in the upper layers and of AW from the east in the deeper layers. We also discriminated the meltwaters between glacial and sea ice origin and showed their spatial distribution in the study area. This study provides unique set of data from this under observed region and can serve as baseline for further analysis and continued data collection.
Evaluation of Native Earth System Model Output with ESMValTool v2.6.0
Authors: Schlund Manuel , Hassler Birgit , Lauer Axel , Andela Bouwe , Jöckel Patrick , Kazeroni Rémi , Loosveldt Tomas Saskia , Medeiros Brian , Predoi Valeriu , Sénési Stéphane , Servonnat Jérôme , Stacke Tobias , Vegas-Regidor Javier , Zimmermann Klaus , Eyring Veronika
Published: September 2022

Abstract. Earth system models (ESMs) are state-of-the-art climate models that allow numerical simulations of the past, present-day, and future climate. To extend our understanding of the Earth system and improve climate change projections, the complexity of ESMs heavily increased over the last decades. As a consequence, the amount and volume of data provided by ESMs has increased considerably. Innovative tools for a comprehensive model evaluation and analysis are required to assess the performance of these increasingly complex ESMs against observations or reanalyses. One of these tools is the Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool), a community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for the evaluation of ESMs. Input data for ESMValTool need to be formatted according to the CMOR (Climate Model Output Rewriter) standard, a process that is usually referred to as CMORization. While this is a quasi-standard for large model intercomparison projects like the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), this complicates the application of ESMValTool to non-CMOR-compliant climate model output. In this paper, we describe an extension of ESMValTool introduced in v2.6.0 that allows seamless reading and processing native climate model output, i.e., raw output directly produced by the climate model. This is achieved by an extension of ESMValTool's preprocessing pipeline that performs a CMOR-like reformatting of the native model output during runtime. Thus, the rich collection of diagnostics provided by ESMValTool is now fully available for these models. For models that use unstructured grids, a further preprocessing step required to apply many common diagnostics is regridding to a regular latitude-longitude grid. Extensions to ESMValTool's regridding functions described here allow for more flexible interpolation schemes that can be used on unstructured grids. Currently, ESMValTool supports nearest-neighbor, bilinear, and first-order conservative regridding from unstructured grids to regular grids. Example applications of this new native model support are the evaluation of new model setups against predecessor versions, assessing of the performance of different simulations against observations, CMORization of native model data for contributions to model intercomparison projects, and monitoring of running climate model simulations. For the latter, new general-purpose diagnostics have been added to ESMValTool that are able to plot a wide range of variable types. Currently, five climate models are supported: CESM2 (experimental; will be fully available in ESMValTool v2.7.0), EC-Earth3, EMAC, ICON, and IPSL-CM6. As the framework for the CMOR-like reformatting of native model output described here is implemented in a general way, support for other climate models can be easily added.
ANLIK MESAJLAŞMA UYGULAMALARINDA KULLANICI METASININ SÖMÜRÜLMESİ: WHATSAPP GİZLİLİK SÖZLEŞMESİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: ASLANYÜREK Malik
Published: September 2022

Bu çalışmanın ana odağını Ocak 2021’de gündeme gelen WhatsApp Gizlilik Sözleşmesi’nin ekonomik boyutu oluşturmaktadır. Facebook bu sözleşmeyle birlikte, WhatsApp’tan finansal kazanım elde edebilmek amacıyla kullanıcılarının kişisel verilerini toplayıp pazarlama şirketleri ve üçüncü taraflarla paylaşacağını duyurmuştur. Çalışmada bu sözleşme, Christian Fuchs’un, Dallas W. Smythe’ın izleyici metası kavramlaştırmasından yola çıkarak sosyal medyaya uyarladığı kullanıcı metasının sömürülmesi yaklaşımı üzerinden tartışılmıştır. Sözleşmenin ekonomik boyutu literatür tarafından göz ardı edildiğinden, çalışma literatürdeki bu boşluğu doldurmayı amaçlamıştır. Yöntem olarak alan araştırması ve anket tekniği kullanılarak Türkiye’deki WhatsApp kullanıcılarının bu sözleşmeyle ilgili tutum ve farkındalıklarının tespit edilmesi hedeflenmiştir. Araştırmada WhatsApp kullanıcılarının sözleşmeyle ilgili farkındalığının yüksek olmasına rağmen muadil anlık mesajlaşma uygulamalarına yönelmek yerine WhatsApp kullanmaya devam ettikleri sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmadaki bir diğer önemli bulgu ise kullanıcılarının çoğunluğunun yine aynı şirkete ait olan Facebook ve Instagram'dan vazgeçmediğidir.
Is private-schooling problematic for transportation? Evidence from Southeast Queensland, Australia
Authors: Yan Yiping , Burke Matthew , Leung Abraham , McBroom James
Published: September 2022

School travel behaviors are associated with children’s health and well-being, traffic congestion, and sustainability. Australia has seen a steady rise in the number of car-passenger trips made by children to school, and a decline in walking-to-school. Australia differs from most nations in that it has one of the highest rates of private schooling in the world at around 34%, supported by high levels of Commonwealth Government funding. Little is known about the effects this has on travel behavior and whether it is a factor in Australia’s high rates of chauffeuring. This paper looks at journeys-toschool in South-East Queensland. Two research questions were posed: i) how do students in private and public schools travel to school, including mode shares and median trip-distances by mode?; and ii) is there any relationship between school type and mode choice, when controlling for key demographic and land use variables? Advanced geo-spatial matching allocated all trips made to schools in the 2017-2019 South East Queensland Travel Survey to either public or private schools. The resulting dataset included 2600 public school students’ trips to school and 1117 private school students’ trips to school. The public and private schools’ commuting travel behavior was then examined. Private motor vehicle is the most frequently chosen mode for travelling to school across the two groups (72.3% for public and 74.6% for private). The proportion of students walking/biking to school is 2.3 times greater for public than for private schools (16.8% versus 7.3%) even though those two groups share the same median trip distance value in active travel. For all other travel modes (automobile, public transportation and school bus), median trip distances are greater for private school students than private school students. Multinomial logistic regression modelling suggests that private school students are less likely to walk/cycle to school than public school students when controlling for key demographics and schools’ urban form characteristics. Private schools appear to disproportionately contribute to traffic congestion. Australia should consider amending its school policy frameworks to help address these concerns.
The influence of beet pectin concentrate and whole-ground corn flour on the quality and safety of hardtacks
Authors: Zharylkasynova Zhuldyz , Iskakova Galiya , Baiysbayeva Meruyet , Izembayeva Assel , Slavov Anton
Published: September 2022

Currently, the main task of food manufacturers is to continuously improve quality while complying with legal regulations primarily related to ensuring product safety for consumers. In this regard,  using pectin substances as natural detoxifiers and wholemeal flour in the production of hardtacks will solve the problem of meeting the population's needs for safe food products with high nutritional and biological value. The article substantiates the sequence and parameters of technological operations for producing pectin concentrate from ‘Ardan’ sugar beet. The effectiveness of the use of beet pectin concentrate and whole-ground corn flour in the production of hardtacks has been substantiated experimentally based on a study of their qualitative characteristics, chemical composition and safety. The optimal dosage of pectin concentrate was determined at 10% and whole-ground corn flour at 15% in the production of hardtacks from first-grade wheat flour, where the properties of the gluten and the quality of finished products were similar to the control samples. The use of ‘Ardan’ sugar beet pectin concentrate made it possible to alter the dough's properties to increase its firmness and elasticity. It was found that the food and biological value of the developed hardtacks was higher than that of the control samples. The products obtained complied with the safety requirements of TR CU 021/2011 Technical Regulations of the Customs Union ‘On Food Safety’.
OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION: KNOWLEDGE and ATTITUDES among TURKISH MIDWIFERY and NURSING STUDENTS
Authors: GÜNGÖR SATILMIŞ İlkay , KÜĞCÜMEN Gözde , TANDOĞAN Özden
Published: September 2022

Aim: The objective of this descriptive study was to evaluate the attitudes towards oocyte cryopreservation among Turkish nursing and midwifery students.
Method: The sample consisted of 342 female students in midwifery and nursing departments of two universities in Istanbul. A questionnaire about their socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge and views about oocyte cryopreservation was applied online to the volunteer students.
Results: The average age of the participants was 20.96±1.8. The students wanted to have a baby at the age of 25 in average, 59.1% had knowledge about cryopreservation, 19.9% stated that they can use cryopreservation to postpone having children for their career and 57.6% agreed that women would be free to choose the motherhood timing thanks to cryopreservation. Students would think about it if they were going to have cancer treatment affecting the reproductive cells (63.7%), they underwent surgical intervention that would affect the ovaries (59.9%) and they were under the risk of going through early menopause (50.3%).
Conclusion: Although the attitudes of students about oocyte cryopreservation were positive, it was found that they could accept oocyte cryopreservation mostly in case of a medical necessity.
COVID-19 PANDEMİSİNDE ÇOCUK CERRAHİSİ KLİNİĞİNDE YATAN ÇOCUĞUN EBEVEYNİ OLMAK; NİTEL ÇALIŞMA
Authors: SULUHAN Derya , AKCAY Nurdan , YILDIZ Dilek , İSLAMOĞLU Ayşe
Published: September 2022

Araştırma, Covid-19 pandemisinde ameliyat olan çocukların ebeveynlerinin deneyimlerini belirlenmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Nitel çalışma olarak yürütülen araştırmanın örneklemini Kasım-Aralık 2021 tarihleri arasında 14 ebeveyn oluşturmaktadır. Veriler, yüz yüze bireysel görüşme tekniği ile yarı yapılandırılmış soru formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Ses kayıt cihazı kullanılarak kaydedilen görüşmeler yazıya aktarılmıştır. Çalışmayı yapılandırmak ve raporlamak için Niteliksel Araştırm yaş ortalaması 32 (SS=4.7) yıldır. Apendektomi (n=4), kasık fıtığı onarımı (n=4), orşiopeksi (n=2) ve VUR tedavisi (n=4) için çocukların sevise yatışı yapılmıştır. İçerik analizi sonucuna göre iki ana tema ve altı alt tema belirlenmiştir. “Covid-19 ve Hastanede Yatmaya İlişkin Duygular” ana temasının alt temaları “yalnızlık”, “korku”, “öfke” ve “umutsuzluk”, “Baş etme” ana temasının alt boyutları ise “olumlu klinik atmosfer”, “aile desteği” ve “diğer ebeveynlerin deneyimleri” dir. Sağlık profesyonellerinin çocuk ve ebeveynlerine yönelik destekleyici yaklaşımları, benzer deneyime sahip ebeveynlerin paylaşımları ve aile üyelerinin iletişiminin devam etmesi ebeveynlerin stresle baş etmede algıladıkları destek kaynakları olarak tespit edilmiştir.
Tokiko eskalan balorazio zoogeografikoa egiteko proposamen metodologikoa eta balorazioaren emaitzak. Mutrikuko (Euskal Herria) hiri antolamenduko plan orokorraren eredua
Authors: Latasa Zaballos Itxaro , Lozano Valencia Pedro José , Barinaga-Rementeria Zabaleta Itziar , Etxano Gandariasbeitia Iker , García Alonso Oihana
Published: September 2022

Artikuluaren ardatza inbentariatu eta balorazio zoogeografikoko metodo bat da, udalmailan landutako plangintza- eta antolamendu-prozesu baten barruan txertatuta, zehazki Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan (EAE) Mutrikuko Hiri Antolamenduko Plan Orokorra garatze aldera. Gaur arte, afera hauek toki-mailako plan guztietan saihestu izan dira. Alabaina, ekimen hau faunari buruzko azterlanak, diagnostikoak eta alternatibak gehitu beharra agerian uzten duen eredu argia da, kasu honetan ornodunei dagokienez. Oinarrizko helburua toki-maila horietan balorazio eta ebaluazio zoogeografikoa burutzeko tresna metodologiko bat garatzea da. Eredu hori, lehenengoz eta modu esperimentalean Mutrikun abian jarritakoa, EAEko gainerako udalerrietan ere aplikatu nahi da ebaluazio, antolamendu eta kudeaketarako tresna gisa. Horrela, eremu horren barruan egindako balorazio zoogeografikotik datozen emaitzak erakutsiko ditugu.
Evolución del sector turístico en la Extremadura del siglo XXI: auge, crisis y recuperación
Authors: Sánchez Martín José Manuel , Rengifo Gallego Juan Ignacio
Published: September 2022

La actividad turística genera ingresos notables para Extremadura, aunque su contribución al Producto Interior Bruto aún se encuentra lejos de la registrada en otras comunidades de interior. Ello ha motivado numerosos intentos por fomentar el desarrollo turístico en buena parte del territorio, circunstancia que ha originado un crecimiento considerable de la capacidad de alojamiento. En ocasiones, este aumento no ha ido acompañado de políticas turísticas conducentes al sostenimiento de la actividad y a la captación de turistas. La consecuencia inmediata ha sido un desajuste notable entre la oferta y la demanda, como lo demuestra el hecho de que la ratio pernoctación por plaza disponible haya descendido de forma brusca, sobre todo a raíz de la crisis económica y del incremento de alojamientos. A ello se une una expansión territorial muy fuerte y a veces poco adaptada a la capacidad de atracción real del destino, sobre todo en determinados tipos de alojamiento. El sucinto análisis realizado a modo de ensayo concluye que existen motivos razonables para  entender la problemática del sector, a la vez que pone de manifiesto la necesidad de generar productos turísticos específicos y adaptados a cada territorio según la capacidad de atracción que posean.
Los grupos de interés en la configuración de la política turística argentina en el siglo XX
Authors: Schenkel Erica
Published: September 2022

A partir de una perspectiva multicausal el artículo aborda la evolución de la política turística argentina a partir de los diferentes grupos de interés que accionan las estrategias de desarrollo a lo largo del siglo xx. Las intervenciones en el área llevan consigo las ideas y necesidades del Gobierno y las relaciones de éste con los actores privados que dinámicamente ocupan una posición predominante en la arena turística. El estudio identifica tres etapas: turismo asociado a la estrategia de desarrollo basada en el sector agroexportador (1880-1930), a partir de una alianza con la elite liberal que configura funciones territoriales al impulso de la actividad; turismo asociado a la estrategia de industrialización (1930-1976), con el origen del Estado de bienestar argentino y la irrupción del movimiento obrero, que adscribe una función social al turismo; y finalmente, turismo asociado a la estrategia basada en la apertura a la globalización económica (desde 1976), con un sector turístico ya consolidado que empieza a configurar necesidades económicas asociadas al desarrollo de la actividad.
Persecucion religiosa y migratoria en la posglobalizacion: estudio del caso estadounidense y la deconstruccion de sus pilares fundacionales
Authors: Sánchez-Bayón Antonio , Valero-Matas Jesús A.
Published: September 2022

Estados Unidos de América se fundó como país occidental moderno basado en una serie de principios, como la libertad, la igualdad y la búsqueda de la felicidad de todos los seres humanos, sus derechos de nacimiento e inalienables como la libertad religiosa y de circulación, así como la pluralidad de sus gentes como parte del estilo de vida estadounidense. Sin embargo, tras las crisis de la globalización, y la reapertura del debate identitario, en vez de reformularse la idiosincrasia estadounidense según sus principios fundacionales, se ha fomentado su deconstrucción posmoderna (negándose su condición de nación moderna y occidental), dando lugar a situaciones paradójicas de un Tecno-Evo como son las persecuciones religiosas y migratorias, tal como aquí se aclara.
La actividad cinegética en Extremadura bajo el estado de las autonomías (1983-2017)
Authors: Martín Delgado Luz María , Rengifo Gallego Juan Ignacio , Sánchez Martín José Manuel
Published: September 2022

Tras la aprobación de la Constitución Española de 1978 se inició un periodo en el que las comunidades autónomas recibieron competencias plenas en materia de caza. Como resultado de ello, las diferentes autonomías españolas legislaron sobre la actividad cinegética. En Extremadura, la primera Ley de caza autonómica vio la luz en el año 1991, siendo modificada en el año 2001. Con posterioridad se aprobó la Ley de Caza del año 2010 que trajo aparejada la redacción de diferentes reglamentos que la desarrollaron. En este artículo se analiza el alcance que tuvieron los cambios introducidos por la normativa en el periodo 1983-1987, en tres variables de primera importancia: terrenos cinegéticos, licencias de cazadores y especies de caza.
Formación en educación patrimonial y didáctica de los profesionales turísticos. Pilares para contribuir al desarrollo sostenible
Authors: Guillén Peñafiel Rebeca , Hernández Carretero Ana María , Sánchez Martín José Manuel
Published: September 2022

La finalidad de este estudio fue valorar las concepciones de estudiantes y graduados en Turismo y en Educación Primaria sobre la necesidad de dominar estrategias didácticas por parte de los profesionales de instituciones turísticas. Igualmente, se analizó el grado de formación recibido en educación patrimonial durante su trayectoria universitaria. Para ello se diseñó un cuestionario que finalmente fue cumplimentado por 450 participantes. Los resultados revelan notables carencias formativas en educación patrimonial, así como la necesidad de introducir estrategias educativas y didácticas durante las experienciasturísticas, con el propósito de contribuir a la sostenibilidad turístico-educativa de los territorios.
Patrimonio cultural como herramienta de desarrollo en el mundo rural extremeño: el diseño y la creación de itinerarios culturales
Authors: Gil Álvarez Laura , Martín Delgado Luz María , Sánchez Martín José Manuel
Published: September 2022

El mundo rural se caracteriza por contener un rico patrimonio cultural de naturaleza local, ambientado en la tradición, y caracterizado por la variabilidad de su concepto. Actualmente, estas áreas presentan, de manera general, unas problemáticas comunes entre las que se encuentran: la despoblación, el envejecimiento, el desempleo y, al mismo tiempo, la falta de oportunidades laborales. En este sentido, la presencia de estos recursos patrimoniales se muestra como una herramienta de desarrollo rural mediante su explotación como recurso turístico. En la actualidad, son escasas las líneas de investigación vinculadas al aprovechamiento turístico del patrimonio cultural en estas áreas rurales o, inclusive, con orientación hacia un motor que ponga en marcha políticas turísticas-patrimoniales. De esta manera, el siguiente artículo se exhibe como novedoso al proponer el diseño y la creación de itinerarios culturales tomando como referencia los Bienes de Interés Cultural de carácter religioso situados en el medio rural extremeño proponiendo un interesante aprovechamiento económico de este recurso patrimonial mediante la creación de un producto turístico. Para ello, se procedió a la implementación de la información sobre la existencia de estos Bienes de Interés Cultural en un proyecto SIG y la posterior elaboración de itinerarios culturales en torno a ellos.
Rare earth nitrides - Ferromagnetic semiconductors, and what else??
Authors: Holmes-Hewett William
Published: September 2022

Most of the 14 rare-earth nitrides are intrinsic ferromagnetic semiconductors. Their magnetism in the 4f shell has a strong spin-orbit interaction, a contrast to the quenched orbital magnetic moments in transition-metals. The contribution of both spin and orbital moments delivers vastly contrasting magnetic properties across the series; coercive fields and magnetisations span orders of magnitude. Alloy compositional tuning allows variation of the magnetic properties i.e. S, L, J, M, which can in principle be independently selected. All promise enhanced efficacy in devices, and doping control of conduction further broadens their technical potential. Along with a brief description of the thin-film growth at the core of our programme, I will describe highlights from our 15 years exploring these materials [1]: their huge range of magnetic states [2,3], their coupled
electronic-magnetic responses [4,5], progress in devices and a surprising incidence of heavy-fermion superconductivity [6,7]. These studies are supported by DFT computations, a variety of laboratory-based measurements and synchrotron X-ray spectroscopies.
Biofilms and Surgical Infections - Strategies for Treatment
Authors: Hussan Jagir , Cornish Jillian
Published: September 2022

Most bacteria ( 98%) in nature are found in biofilms. Biofilms confer protection and a medium for exchange of nutrients, and information to individual bacteria. This enables the bacteria to collectively survive harsh environments. It is therefore not surprising that biofilms are found in nearly all chronic infections. The additional protection enables biofilms to resist antibiotic treatments and achieving antibiotic concentrations capable of biofilm eradication in-vivo can be difficult or impossible. This talk will focus on surgical infections, sources of infection, treatment strategies and in-vitro, in-vivo and in-silico models used to investigate the efficacy of the antibiotics and treatment strategies. Specific focus will be on Lactoferrin- a naturally occurring glycoprotein with immune function, and its impact on the efficacy of the antibiotic treatment against biofilms.
Use of Mesalazine for the Determination of Dopamine and Its Pharmaceutical Preparations by Spectrophotometric Method
Authors:   Department of pharmaceutical chemistry, College of pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq, Nejres Aws , Najem Moath
Published: September 2022

A sensitive spectrophotometric method was used for the determination of Dopamine (DM) in a basic medium via its oxidative coupling by Mesalazine (MES), which was exploited as a reagent and Na2S2O8 as an oxidizing agent, the measurement was at a wavelength of 522 nm. The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of dopamine (DM) in the pharmaceutical preparation (ampules). It was valid within a concentration range of 2.7 31.25 -1 and the linear regression was R2 = 0.9977. The important analytical parameter include: molar absorptivity (0.45x104 l.mol1.cm-1), the Sandell's sensitivity index (0.03343 µg/cm2), limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) were (0.37 and 1.23 µg.ml-1), respectively. It also succeeded in giving acceptable ttest values.
Digital Literacy of Pre-service Teachers in the Period Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Prachagool Veena , Nuangchalerm Prasart , Yawongsa Parinda
Published: September 2022

Digital literacy is an important thing for modern pre-service teachers, they are key element to deal with technology for education and motivate classroom with effective infortion technology. This study aims to explore digital literacy of pre-service teachers during time of COVID-19 pandemic. The respondents were 54 pre-service teachers, rated the digital literacy based on the framework of teacher digital literacy, which consisted of 5 components: (1) social responsibility, (2) team-based learning, (3) information management, (4) processing and information presentation, and (5) digital integrity. Result revealed that the level of digital literacy of pre-service teachers is at high level in all components. It indicated that they are ready to deal with technology for education, but digital literacy is still engaged into them and in-service science teachers.
Job Connectedness Causing Poor-sleep and Work-family Conflicts in Professionals? The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation: A Conceptual Framework
Authors: Hasan Deeba , Kamalanabhan T J
Published: September 2022

The common practice of connecting to one’s job outside the primary office by using ICTs is linked to adverse outcomes like work-family conflict and poor-sleep quality. However, outcomes are shown to vary between individuals. This work aims to establish the root cause behind individual variations by unearthing the foundational generative mechanisms that lead to the outcomes. The ontological and epistemological approach of critical realism is used to propose a novel conceptual framework that offers a three-way interaction effect between psychological control over work-life balance, emotion regulation strategies and job-connectedness outcomes. According to the framework positive emotion regulation generated by the appropriate use of savoring and dampening strategies elicits specific neurobiological processes that mitigate adverse outcomes of job-connectedness. This work theoretically extends Bandura’s agentic perspective of socio-cognitive theory and practically provides managers with a deep understanding of the generative forces underlying human functioning that can be leveraged for hiring, leadership development and performance-management. An additional contribution of this work is providing a taxonomy of traditionally interchangeably-used terms to denote different kinds of alternate work arrangements, thus clearing the prevalent ambiguity in literature. A research limitation is the theoretical nature of the framework that needs to be tested empirically to confirm the effect sizes of the proposed relationships. This work is timely and offers future research directions in the interdisciplinary fields of IS and psychology.
Rezension von: Aubele, Anton, Kloster Elchingen
Authors: Schiersner Dietmar , Aubele Anton
Published: September 2022

Anton Aubele, Kloster Elchingen. Die Benediktinerreichsabtei Elchingen vom Ende des Dreißigjährigen Krieges bis zur Säkularisation 1648 – 1802/03. Weißenhorn: Anton H. Konrad 2020. 462 S. mit 105 Tafeln. ISBN 978-3-87437-582-5. Geb. € 49,80
Role of Life Skills Education in Empowering Secondary School Students: An Explanatory Study
Authors: Maqsood Fatima , Malik Prof. Dr. Samina , Jumani Prof. Dr. N. B.
Published: September 2022

Life skills Education enables secondary students to understand critical situations intelligently and wisely and behave in a logical way to solve life-related problems (Mulyadi, Suryadi, & Aliyyah, 2020; Life Skills-Based Education, 2014). The study intended to investigate the extent to which secondary school students possess life skills and explore gender-wise (male/female) and school-wise (public/private) differences among secondary school students about life skills development. The study was quantitative following the explanatory research method. A total of 220 secondary school students were selected as a sample for the study using a proportionate sampling technique. To collect data a structured questionnaire was employed. The data analysis illustrated the positive perception of most of the participants (male/female) about having essential life skills. However, a significant difference was observed between the perception of female and male students regarding life skills development among them. This was also concluded that students of private schools have a strong perception about possessing essential life skills as compared to the students of public schools. So, it is recommended to arrange equal learning opportunities for both male/female students in private/public schools to promote essential life skills among young students.
Self-Directed Professional Development Approach: A Challenge for Secondary School Teachers in Pakistan
Authors: Ambreen Dr. Munnaza , Arif Afia
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this article is to investigate the provisions for secondary school teachers' self-directed professional development in Pakistan. Professional growth is vital for all professions, but it is especially crucial in the teaching profession because it directly influences generational change. Continuous professional development is necessary to update teachers’ knowledge and skills, and to enable them to meet new challenges of the changing demands of learners. Self-directed professional development is the way to help instructors improve their expertise and skills in teaching. Adult learning ideas, such as learning according to one's needs and interests, were adopted to self-directed professional development. In situations where resources are scarce, budget allocation for education is lesser than requirement, and number of students are more than ideal self-directed professional development is very much important. While exploring the provision of self-directed professional development in secondary school teachers where it is seen as positive and motivational for other teachers, there are some challenges faced by self-directed teachers. The challenge for secondary school teachers is to perceive their development as a success in professional learning and teaching process that may enhance the quality of their teaching. These challenges must be reported to school administration as well as policymakers to minimize these challenges and set a proper mechanism to consider self-directed professional development as positive and value demanding for a teacher.
Assessment of depression, anxiety, and stress levels in prehypertensive females
Authors: Bandaru Syamala Devi , Mishra Soumya , Manivasagam Sivakumar , Rahmath A , Goothy Sai Sailesh Kumar , Choudhary Anita
Published: September 2022

Background: it is needed to assess the depression, anxiety, and stress in these individuals as a part of the intervention. Earlier studies in this area assessed only with less sample size.

Objective: The present study was undertaken to assess depression, anxiety, and stress in the pre hypertensives with large sample size. Materials and methods: A total of 100 cases with pre-hypertension and 100 controls of similar ages and gender were recruited in the present study. Depression, anxiety, and stress are negative emotional states. They can be assessed using DASS 42 questionnaire which is a standard questionnaire and available freely to use. Results: Age is significantly different between the groups. Other demographic data were not significant between the cases and controls. Depression, anxiety, and stress scores were significantly high in the cases when compared with the control group (P<0.001). Conclusion: The study highlights that negative emotional states like depression, anxiety and stress are significantly high in the prehypertensive when compared with healthy controls.
Hyposmia impending neurodegeneration in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
Authors: Mohankumar K. C. , Amrut B. R. , Prashob P. S.
Published: September 2022

Background- Approximately 50% to 80% of people with isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) will likely be diagnosed with an overt synucleinopathy within their lifetimes. Objective- To determine if hyposmia in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (IRBD) predicts short-term conversion. Methods- Olfaction was tested using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT-40) in 100 consecutive patients with polysomnography-confirmed IRBD and in 100 matched controls. Patients were followed up for two years. The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and participants provided written informed consent. Results- The study was a male preponderance comprising 76% in cases and 70% in controls, and they were comparable to females and were not significant.(p>0.05). UPSIT-40 score was lower (poorer smell identification) in patients than in controls (20.3 ± 6.4 vs. 28.4 ± 4.9), and it was statistically significant (p<0.05). 60% of patients had hyposmia and showed 14.2 ± 2.8 scores. No differences occurred in age (p = 0.11), gender (p = 0.38) and follow-up duration (p = 0.65) between hyposmics and normosmics.
Comparison of laser and cautery in maxillofacial surgical procedures
Authors: Kumar G. Jeevan , Mounika Bangaru , Mishra Ashank , Nizar Sarin A. , Baig Fawaz Abdul Hamid , Rajesh Damarasingu
Published: September 2022

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the comparison of laser versus cautery usage in various maxillofacial surgical procedures. Methodology: In this randomized double-blind clinical trial, 40 individuals were randomly allocated to two groups: group 1 (G1) consisted of 20 individuals assigned to treatment with diode laser and group 2 (G2) consisted of 20 individuals assigned to treatment with electrocautery. The following transoperative parameters were evaluated: bleeding, temperature, and surgical technique parameters (energy deposited on tissue, flow rate, and time of incision). The postoperative parameters evaluated were as follows: pain, functional alterations (chewing, speaking), analgesic medication intake, swelling, healing of the wound area, and patient satisfaction. Results: Among the 40 individuals included in the study, four (two in G1 and two in G2) did not complete the entire follow-up. Therefore, 36 individuals (18 in G1 and 18 in G2) participated. Participants in G1 and in G2 had similar demographic characteristics. No difference regarding the trans- or postoperative parameters evaluated was observed between G1 and G2 (p > 0.05). Also, no difference regarding the time for healing was observed between groups. Conclusion: Diode laser seems to be as effective and safe as electrocautery when applied under similar conditions.
The single and joint effects of health protocol intervention policies and collectivism on people activities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Anjani Sekar Ayu , Kadiyono Anissa Lestari , Fikri Aldinel
Published: September 2022

Preventing the spread of COVID-19 does not only require efforts from the government, but also behaviors performed by society in order to prevent the COVID-19 transmission by implementing health protocol called as 6M (Wear Masks, Wash Hands, Keep Your Distance, Avoid Crowds, Limit Mobility, and Avoid Eating Out with Others). Behavior compliance to health protocol is known as obedience, consisting of three dimensions in psychology, including belief, accept, and act. Based on a research conducted on 79 random respondents, the Keep Your Distance protocol had a lower level of obedience compared to Wear Masks and Wash Hands. The collectivist culture of Indonesian people has become a challenge as gathering culture is not only a desire to gather, but also a part of daily need fulfillment, especially for people who rely on their neighbors to survive. The implementation of physical distancing forces people to be individualists in order to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission. This was explained in a further elaboration of the Keep Your Distance as activities to avoid crowds, limit mobility, or avoid eating out with others. Thus, it is necessary to enhance public trust and acceptance of keeping a distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Knowledge about different rehabilitation options in geriatric population
Authors: Parvatham Bala Bhargav , Babu Jiby , Salunkhe Rajkiran , Choithani Kishan K , Rajesh Damarasingu , Kumar Sandeep
Published: September 2022

Aim: The purpose of the present research was to evaluate the need for rehabilitation and various options for consideration amongst the geriatric population. Methodology: One hundred and three geriatric subjects aged between 65 to 90 years were enrolled. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire designed to obtain information regarding home care and geriatric rehabilitation care. Results: Sixty (58.2%) were females and 43 (41.7%) were males. The majority were <80 years of age, 82 (79.6%). Around 52 (50.5%) subjects knew about rehabilitation care and most believed that geriatric rehabilitation care is beneficial. Sixty-four (62.1%) subjects were involved in socialization once a week, 29 (28.2%) once in a month, 6 (5.8%) biannually and 4 (3.9%) marked not at all. Among all, 41% reported being isolated, and 86% were getting enough psychiatric/physical care at home. Conclusion: Although 52 (50.5%) of the study subjects reported knowing geriatric rehabilitation care due to limited education as well as lack of access led to more neglect of the elderly. There is a need to design and conduct rehabilitation programs to control morbidity and improve the quality of the geriatric population.
MHD VISCO-ELESTIC BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW OF FLUID THROUGH POROUS MEDIUM
Authors: Ahmmed Sarder Firoz
Published: September 2022

In the present paper the behavior of the free convective boundary layer flow of an electrically con-ducting visco-elastic,incompressible fluid through a porous medium over a continuously moving surface in the presence of uniform magnetic field with constant suction is studied. A uniform magnetic field is assumed to be applied perpendicularly to the moving surface. A similarity transformation is used which reduces the partial differential equation to ordinary differential equation. The velocity and temperature field is obtained. The effect of Reynolds number (Re), Hartmann number (H), Grashof number (Gr), viscoelastic parameter (K0) and permeability parameter (K) on velocity field and temperature field are discussed with the help of graphs.
ASSESSMENT OF PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS OF Hygrophila spinosa
Authors: Ahmed M.I. , Islam M.N. , Islam M.A. , Biswas N.N. , Karmakar U.K. , Paul P.
Published: September 2022

Ethanolic extract of Hygrophila spinosa plant was prepared and tested for its phytochemical and pharmacological investigation. The extract showed the presence of steroid, alkaloid, reducing sugar, tannin,flavonoids, saponin and glycoside. The extract significantly and dose dependently inhibited the acetic acid induced writhing in mice (58.8%, P<0.001 and 25% at the dose of 500 and 250 mg/kg body weight respectively) and it is comparable to the activity of the standard analgesic drug diclofenac sodium (72.5%, P<0.001 at the dose of 25 mg/kg body weight). The extract of H. spinosa offered about 1.20 hr and 1.8 hr (P<0.001) of the mean latent period for diarrhoeal episode at the doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight which is comparable to the standard antidiarrhoeal drug loperamide. The results tend to suggest that the plant possess analgesic and antidiarrhoeal activities or active constituent(s) responsible for the mentioned activities and thus supported its traditional uses.
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY (FNAC) IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUMOR AT A PUBLIC MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL IN BANGLADESH
Authors: Rahman Md. Shaifur , Hossain Khondoker Moazzem , Saha Moni Mohan , Khatun M. Mahfuza
Published: September 2022

We determined the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of physical examination and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for diagnosis of tumor’s, considering histopathology as standard that included fifty suspected tumor patients. Following the completion of interview for clinical history and physical examination, FNAC and histopathology were performed. Lump was present in 44% cases, weight loss was observed in 42% cases as complaint signs and pain occurred at the site of tumor in 44% cases. Physical examination indicated that 36% cases were malignant and 64% were benign tumors. Histopathological diagnosis of the tumor confirmed that 46% cases were malignant and 54% were benign. Thus, physical examination was sensitive in 52.11%, specific in 77.78%, accurate in 76% and the negative and positive predictive values were 34.37% and 66.57%, respectively. However, FNAC showed 72% neoplasm and 28% non-neoplasm, while histopathology revealed 86% neoplasm and 14% non neoplasm among the patients. So, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, false positive and false negative results , positive and negative predictive values of FNAC were 62.50%, 88.46%, 76%, 16.67%, 28.12%, 83.33% and 71.88%, respectively. Particularly in 28% non-neoplasm’s, FNAC showed equal accuracy and sensitivity and that was 50%. In correlation with 27 benign cases and 23 malignant tumors from histopathology, FNAC showed accuracy of 92.60% and 43.48%, respectively. Though FNAC is less sensitive than histopathology in making unequivocal diagnosis of cancer but insignificantly different from histopathology in interpreting atypical or malignant cases of tumors.