bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessment of genetic variability in bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum) under heat stress
Authors: SAMITA  , KUMAR MUKESH , SINGH VIKRAM , YADAV SUNAINA , YADAV SURESH , KAVITA  , KUMAR DEEPAK , CHOUDHARY RAJU RAM
Published: August 2022

The present study was carried out during rabi 2017–18, at wheat research farm, Department of genetics and plant breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana to assess the genetic diversity of 64 genotypes of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under late sown conditions based on the morpho-physiological traits. Analysis of variance depicted significant differences for all morpho-physiological traits under heat stress. Mean sum of squares due to genotypes were found significant for all the traits, indicating the presence of sufficient genetic variability among the genotypes. High estimates of phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV), genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) and high heritability coupled with high genetic advance were observed for traits, viz. spike weight, relative stress injury, chlorophyll stability index and GGR28 indicating additive gene action in expression of the traits and simple selection will be effective for the improvement of these traits. Correlation coefficient analysis revealed that increased grain yield under heat stress conditions was significantly contributed by spike weight (0.699), spike length (0.646), harvest index (0.616), spikelets per spike (0.445), number of productive tillers (0.393), grains per spike (0.390), 1000-grain weight (0.364), biological yield (0.360), GGR14 (0.332) and chlorophyll stability index (0.330). Among the traits studied, biological yield per plot (0.8421) and harvest index (0.9686)recorded for highest positive direct effect on grain yield in late sown conditions. The grain yield is indirectly contributedby spike length, spike weight, spikelets per spike, CSI, GGR14 through harvest index and number of productive tillers permeter, spike weight, thousand grain weight, GGR14 through biological yield.
Effect of priming treatments on germination and seedling growth of artificially aged seed of guava (Psidium guajava)
Authors: SHARMA NEHA , SHARMA J R , MALIK ARVIND , SHARMA AMIT , KUMAR VIKASH , YADAV RITU , KUMAR AJAY
Published: August 2022

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of priming treatments on artificially aged seed germination and seedling growth of guava (Psidium guajava L.) at Department of Seed Science and Technology, CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar during 2019–20. It is comprised 21 treatments in complete randomize design with three replications. There were five priming methods with different treatments under study i.e. tap water, GA3 (at 500, 700 and 1000 ppm concentration), KNO3 (at 0.5 and 1% concentration), thiourea (at 0.5 and 1% concentration) and HCl (at 5% and 10% for 2 and 4 min). Duration of tap water, GA3, KNO3 and thiourea soaking was kept 24 and 48 hours. The study revealed that priming the artificially aged seeds in KNO3 greatly increased germination, especially soaking of artificially aged seeds in KNO3 at 1% for 48 h which shows up to 45.0% germination. Parameter like germination%, mean germination time, seedling length, seedling dry weight and seedling vigour were positively affected by all the priming treatments. Artificially aged seed viability decreased but the standard germination efficiently increased due to priming treatments. KNO3 at 1% for 48 h improved germination and resulted in maximum dry weight of seedling (206.0 mg), seedling length (4.16 cm) and vigour index I and II (187.0 and 9271.0) in laboratory. Artificially aged seeds without any priming treatments showed poor growth and germination.
Paddy straw management practices in Northern India for improved efficiency and techno-economic feasibility
Authors: DHANGER PARVEEN , JAIN MUKESH , RANI VIJAYA , KUMAR MOHIT , GHANGHAS SACHIN
Published: August 2022

The study deals with the optimization of paddy residue management technologies for the management of paddy straw in combine harvested fields. The study emphasizes paddy straw management under different techniques (Retention, Incorporation and Removal of straw) with the use of different combinations of machinery. The research was conducted at farmer's field Dabra, Hisar, Haryana during 2017–18. The objective of the research was to evaluate techno-economic feasibility of different options of machinery. According to the results of the trials, the M4 (Combine harvester with SMS + Reversible mould board plough + Rotavator + Seed drill) had the greatest fuel consumption of 53.12 l/ha. M2 (Combine harvester with SMS + Spatial till drill) had the lowest fuel consumption of 22.29 l/ha. The lowest cost of operation of 63.32 `/q was found in treatment M2. Highest unit cost operation of 140.52 `/q was found in M9 (Traditional combine + Stubble shaver + Hay rake + Straw baler + Disc harrow (2 pass) + Planker + Seed drill). The benefit-cost ratio was found to be highest in traditional combine (1.99) and lowest in zero-till drill (1.11). Treatment-wise, benefit-ratio ratio was found maximum in treatment M10 (1.80) and minimum in M5 (1.50). According to the findings of study, residue retention technology is found better in comparison to straw incorporation and straw removal.
Integrated pest management approach in pulse crops for sustainability of farmers income
Authors: SINGH R P , SINGH A K , SINGH V P , SINGH R K , DIXIT DEEPSHIKHA
Published: August 2022

In the present experiment a total of 213 and 60 demonstrations were conducted on pigeon pea and chickpea crops respectively during three consecutive years from 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 for productivity enhancement and sustainability of farmers income. The findings in respect to pigeon pea and chickpea, overall yield trend of demonstrations ranged from 12.43–17.38 q/ha and 14.62–18.97 q/ha and yield increase ranged from 36.70–43.14% and 42.67–57.91% over the local practices yield, respectively. The average percent reduction in affected plant/m2 and percent reduction in affected pod/plant were recorded 45.92 and 40.42 in pigeon pea and 45.48 and 44.56 in chickpea, respectively. The overall disease reduction was recorded 43.74% in pulse crops. The yield parameter reflected significantly more over district, state and national level productivity in pigeon pea and chickpea crop. Wide yield gap of both pulse crops also indicated that farmers should adopt latest production technologies with high yielding varieties and integrated plant protection components will subsequently change this alarming trend of galloping yield gap. Average gross returns and net returns of demonstration in pigeon pea and chickpea crops were 39.49 and 56.21% and 53.99 and 91.83% higher than the farmers’ practices respectively. Average benefit cost ratio was found higher throughout the study in pigeon pea and chickpea i.e. 3.34 and 3.01 respectively. The productivity was better over existing practices under demonstrations. Hence, pulses production and protection technology have a broad scope for increasing the area and production of pulse crops.
Analisis Deskriptif Preferensi Petani Terhadap Penggunaan Fungisida Pada Tanaman Padi
Authors: Masahid Masahid , Djohar Noor
Published: August 2022

Padi merupakan tanaman yang sudah sangat dikenal oleh seluruh kalangan masyarakat. Tanaman pangan ini menjadi salah satu tanaman yang sangat dibutuhkan sebagai sumber makanan pokok yaitu beras. Sejarah perkembangan tanaman padi sebagai komoditi tanaman pangan penting di dunia tidak diketahui dengan pasti karena sejarahnya yang teramat panjang dan sudah amat tua. Sebagian pakar berpendapat bahwa tanaman padi berkemungkinan berasal dari Asia Tengah, tetapi ada juga yang mengemukakan bahwa tanaman padi berasal dari daerah Himalaya, Afrika Barat, Thailand, Myanmar dan Tiongkok. Catatan sejarah mengenai sejak kapan tanaman padi mulai dibudidayakan di Pulau Jawa, Indonesia juga tidak diketahui dengan pasti. Bahkan dari hasil penelusuran pada relief-relief di Candi Borobudur, juga tidak ditemukan adanya pahatan tanaman padi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada atribut produk dengan kualitas yang baik menjadi pilihan yang paling disukai oleh petani dengan nilai kegunaan atau utility sebesar 0, 427. Sedangkan untuk atribut harga, petani lebih menyukai harga obat filia 525 SE yang bervariasi dengan nilai kegunaan sebesar 0, 227 Atribut promosi diperoleh bahwa petani lebih menyukai adanya iklan fungisida filia 525 SE yang menarik dengan nilai kegunaan sebesar 0, 177. Hasil yang diperoleh untuk atribut ketersediaan produk yaitu pelayanannya sangat memuaskan menjadi level yang sangat disukai oleh petani dengan nilai kegunaan sebesar 0, 081. Dari hasil tersebut didapat bahwa kombinasi atribut yang paling disukai oleh petani adalah fungisida filia 525 SE yang memiliki kualitas yang baik, harga yang bervariasi, iklan yang menarik, dan pelayanannya sangat memuaskan.
Mathematical Analysis of SIR Model for COVID-19 Transmission
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, Premier University, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Kumar Mohajan Haradhan
Published: August 2022

Due to the recent threatening pandemic COVID-19, the research area of this disease is increasing. This paper tries to establish COVID-19 infection transmission by Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) compartmental model for epidemic prediction and prevention. The model is built based on the secondary data of the infected persons and discharged patients. It is considered as a valuable tool in public health sector, as it can provide suggestions about the fatality of pandemic to take necessary actions for preventing the infections. COVID-19 is spreading worldwide extremely, and at present it becomes both local and global concern. This model can show the fatality of COVID-19 with time and can predict whether the disease will further spread or abolish completely. This study stresses on vaccination to reduce the infection of the disease. It can provide how many people are needed to be vaccinated to create herd immunity against COVID-19. Overtime the immunity due to vaccination may decrease and after a fixed period the immunity of COVID-19 due to vaccination may extinct completely. The article attempts to give a mathematical presentation to aware the immunity loss individuals with other susceptible. It also tries to alert the people about the re-infection of the previous COVID-19 infected persons. The aim of this study is to minimize both global economic losses and deaths due to COVID-19.
Practical Research on Panpipe Course in Chinese Universities and Colleges
Authors:   Faculty of Literature and Musical Arts, Yibin University, Yibin, China, Yang Yongde , Tang Peidong ,   College of Music and Dance, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Duyun, China
Published: August 2022

The panpipe was almost a lost art in China until the founding of New China. In recent years, with the efforts of performers, panpipe art has started to develop again. It will greatly facilitate the public to learn panpipe if Chinese universities and colleges establish and improve the panpipe learning courses system. This paper analyzes the history and current situation of panpipe development and puts forward some suggestions to Chinese universities and colleges to set the panpipe courses.
Pelatihan Pembuatan Website Pembelajaran Menggunakan Google Site Learning Website Development Training Using Google Site
Authors: Endaryono Endaryono  , Mahyudi Mahyudi  , Aswin saputra  , Indra Kurniawan
Published: August 2022

Working and studying from home is a demand that must be done at this time, since the Covid-19 pandemic due to the Corona virus. Schools were closed, teaching and learning activities were transferred online at home. Due to these demands, many teachers and parents are required to start adapting to distance learning activities, using technology. Bridging this, Google Indonesia launched the Teaching from Home initiative. Google provides a special website for teaching and learning activities for school students, in the Indonesian version. With this facility, anyone, including teachers, can create internal project hubs, team sites, publicly displayed sites, and more. Everything is done without the help of designers, programmers and IT. With the new Google Sites, creating a site is easy. This training is intended for teachers who are still not clear and looking confused how to create Google Sites to support distance learning between teachers and students to make it more interesting and fun.
WEBINAR PENGGUNAAN JAMINAN KESEHATAN NASIONAL (JKN) DI MASA PANDEMI COVID 19
Authors: Gusti Agung Sri Guntari  , Ni Putu Eka Febianingsih  , Putu Ratna Suprima Dewi
Published: August 2022

The National Health Insurance (JKN) Program is part of the National Social Security System (SJSN) which is organized using the principle of mandatory social health insurance based on Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 40 Tahun 2004. The implementation of the National Social Security System aims to provide guarantees for the fulfillment of the basic needs of a decent life for each participant and their family.

In the use of JKN services, participants are required to follow the referral service procedures as stated in the regulations. During the Covid-19 pandemic, various service channels have been launched which are expected to make it easier for participants when they want to take advantage of the JKN program. So it is felt necessary to socialize to the community to understand the benefits and procedures of JKN services so that this program can be utilized as well as possible.

This community service activity is carried out by providing education to private workers in Gianyar Regency. Education is carried out in the form of online webinars by utilizing zoom meeting media. After socialization, the results were obtained that there was an increase in participants' knowledge of JKN.
ANALISIS KINERJA PEMASARAN UNTUK MENCAPAI KEUNGGULAN BERSAING (Studi Pada Centra Industri Pakaian Batik Di Pekalongan)
Authors: Imam Gozali  , CH Asta Nugraha
Published: August 2022

The goals of the study are to test the effects of strategy orientation, creativation, innovation for marketing perfomance, and the competitive advantages of central batik industry in Pekalongan. The study was done by questionnaire method. Sampling was done by accidental sampling of 100 respondents while techniques were being analyzed using SEM (Structural Equation Model). The result of the study recommends the orientation of strategy, creativity and innovation that influence on the performance of marketing significancy. The orientation of strategy, creativity and innovation affect the competitive advantage through marketing performance too. Marketing performance influence the competitive advantage directly in the apparel industry of central batik in Pekalongan.
U POTRAZI ZA PRAVOM MEROM – ZABRANA NEGACIONIZMA U UPOREDNOM EVROPSKOM ZAKONODAVSTVU
Authors: Vučić Mihajlo A.
Published: August 2022

U radu se analizira način na koji države članice EU implementiraju institut zabrane negacionizma u svoja zakonodavstva. Negacionizam je vrlo značajna društvena tema koja se odnosi na javno poricanje, umanjivanje ili odobravanje određenih zločina iz prošlosti. EU je pokušala da harmonizuje različita zakonodavna rešenja usvajanjem Okvirne odluke, koja predviđa standardizovane elemente bića krivičnog dela negacionizma. Osnovna hipoteza je da je širenje pojma negacionizma u Odluci omogućilo dodatnu diferencijaciju zakonodavnih rešenja država članica s obzirom na njihova različita istorijska iskustva. Cilj istraživanja je da ukaže na posledice te diferencijacije. U tu svrhu se koristi uporedni metod analize zakona o negacionizmu država članica i određeni primeri iz prakse. Grupišu se države članice na osnovu zajedničkih karakteristika pristupa zabrani negacionizma. U zaključku se ističu uviđene razlike koje potvrđuju početnu hipotezu.
DISKRIMINACIJA ROMA U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ – ODABRANE PRESUDE EUROPSKOG SUDA ZA LJUDSKA PRAVA
Authors: Mijić Vulinović Ivana M.
Published: August 2022

Najučestalija diskriminacija u Republici Hrvatskoj je po osnovi nacionalnog i etničkog porijekla. U radu se analiziraju presude Europskog suda za ljudska prava zbog diskriminacije Roma. Pogreške u postupanju nadležnih tijela državne vlasti na koje one ukazuju, kao i naputci kako je trebalo postupati, izlažu se s ciljem akcentiranja obveze i značaja upoznavanja s ovom praksom koja obvezuje kao i sama Europska konvencija za zaštitu ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda. Njeno poznavanje, odnosno tumačenje i dosljedna primjena rezultirali bi adekvatnom provedbom pozitivnog antidiskriminatornog prava, većim povjerenjem građana u vlast, naročito pravosudni sustav, učestalijim prijavljivanjem, te većim poštivanjem načela zabrane diskriminacije u cijelosti.
SUBJEKTIVITET PRIRODE U MEĐUNARODNOM PRAVU – IZMEĐU FIKCIJE I REALNOSTI
Authors: Tintor Ljubomir Z.
Published: August 2022

Štetan uticaj delovanja klimatskih promena i drugih činilaca preti da uništi biodiverzitet na planeti i da naruši mnoge ekosisteme. Stoga je među ekspertima oživela ideja da priroda treba da dobije međunarodni subjektivitet kako bi se omogućila njena egzistencija i kako bi joj bila zaštićena prava. U članku je prikazan istorijat ideje da priroda postane pravni subjekt, zatim se razmatra šta se sve podrazumeva pod terminom „prava prirode” i kako je ovaj pojam regulisan u međunarodnim instrumentima. Takođe se sagledava na koji način je pravo prirode regulisano i na nacionalnom nivou u državama koje su do sada regulisale ovo pitanje i priznale subjektivitet prirodi. Ukazuje se na klimatske parnice koje su pokrenute, a u kojima je postavljeno pitanje prava prirode. Na kraju se upućuje na izazove prilikom potencijalnog dodeljivanja subjektiviteta prirodi. Autor zastupa ideju da se prirodi prizna subjektivitet, te da za to već sada postoje određeni osnovi u međunarodnom pravu.
Sperm DNA fragmentation negatively influences the cumulative live birth rate in the intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles of couples with unexplained infertility
Authors: Repalle Deepthi , Saritha K.V. , Bhandari Shilpa
Published: August 2022

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) on the cumulative live birth rate (CLBR) in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in couples with unexplained infertility.Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 145 couples who underwent ICSI cycles for unexplained infertility. Based on the SDF rate, patients were categorized into a low SDF group (SDF ≤30%, n=97) and a high SDF group (SDF >30%, n=48). SDF was assessed using the acridine orange test on density gradient centrifugation prepared samples. The CLBR was calculated as the first live birth event per woman per egg collection over 2 years.Results: The high SDF group (SDF >30%) showed a significantly lower CLBR (p<0.05) and a significantly higher miscarriage rate (p<0.05) than the low SDF group (SDF ≤30%). No significant difference was observed in the implantation and cumulative pregnancy rates between the two SDF groups. The total number of embryo transfers was stratified further into fresh and frozen embryo transfers. In the fresh embryo transfers, there were significant differences in the implantation rates, clinical pregnancy rates, and live birth rates (p<0.05) between the low SDF and high SDF groups. However, in the frozen embryo transfers, there were no significant differences in clinical outcomes between the two groups. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, SDF was a predictor of CLBR (p<0.05) when adjusted for possible confounding factors.Conclusion: High SDF was associated with a lower CLBR and a higher miscarriage rate in the ICSI cycles of couples with unexplained infertility.
XORBoost: Tree Boosting in the Multiparty Computation Setting
Authors: Deforth Kevin , Desgroseilliers Marc , Gama Nicolas , Georgieva Mariya , Jetchev Dimitar , Vuille Marius
Published: August 2022

We present a novel protocol XORBoost for both training gradient boosted tree models and for using these models for inference in the multiparty computation (MPC) setting. Our protocol supports training for generically split datasets (vertical and horizontal splitting, or combination of those) while keeping all the information about features, thresholds, and evaluation paths private; only tree depth and the number of the binary trees are public parameters of the model. By using novel optimization techniques that reduce the number of oblivious permutation evaluations as well as sorting operations, we further speedup the algorithm. The protocol is agnostic to the underlying MPC framework or implementation.
LLAMA: A Low Latency Math Library for Secure Inference
Authors: Gupta Kanav , Kumaraswamy Deepak , Chandran Nishanth , Gupta Divya
Published: August 2022

Secure machine learning (ML) inference can provide meaningful privacy guarantees to both the client (holding sensitive input) and the server (holding sensitive weights of the ML model) while realizing inferenceas-a-service. Although many specialized protocols exist for this task, including those in the preprocessing model (where a majority of the overheads are moved to an input independent offline phase), they all still suffer from large online complexity. Specifically, the protocol phase that executes once the parties know their inputs, has high communication, round complexity, and latency. Function Secret Sharing (FSS) based techniques offer an attractive solution to this in the trusted dealer model (where a dealer provides input independent correlated randomness to both parties), and 2PC protocols obtained based on these techniques have a very lightweight online phase. Unfortunately, current FSS-based 2PC works (AriaNN, PoPETS 2022; Boyle et al. Eurocrypt 2021; Boyle et al. TCC 2019) fall short of providing a complete solution to secure inference. First, they lack support for math functions (e.g., sigmoid, and reciprocal square root) and hence, are insufficient for a large class of inference algorithms (e.g. recurrent neural networks). Second, they restrict all values in the computation to be of the same bitwidth and this prevents them from benefitting from efficient float-to-fixed converters such as Tensorflow Lite that crucially use low bitwidth representations and mixed bitwidth arithmetic. In this work, we present LLAMA – an end-to-end, FSS based, secure inference library supporting precise low bitwidth computations (required by converters) as well as provably precise math functions; thus, overcoming all the drawbacks listed above. We perform an extensive evaluation of LLAMA and show that when compared with non-FSS based libraries supporting mixed bitwidth arithmetic and math functions (SIRNN, IEEE S&P 2021), it has at least an order of magnitude lower communication, rounds, and runtimes. We integrate LLAMA with the EzPC framework (IEEE EuroS&P 2019) and demonstrate its robustness by evaluating it on large benchmarks (such as ResNet-50 on the ImageNet dataset) as well as on benchmarks considered in AriaNN – here too LLAMA outperforms prior work.
Ctrl-Shift: How Privacy Sentiment Changed from 2019 to 2021
Authors: Goetzen Angelica , Dooley Samuel , Redmiles Elissa M.
Published: August 2022

People’s privacy sentiments influence changes in legislation as well as technology design and use. While single-point-in-time investigations of privacy sentiment offer useful insight, study of people’s privacy sentiments over time is also necessary to better understand and anticipate evolving privacy attitudes. In this work, we build off of a 2019 Pew Research study and use repeated cross-sectional surveys (n=6,676) from 2019, 2020, and 2021 to model the sentiments of people in the U.S. toward collection and use of data for government- and health-related purposes. After the onset of COVID-19, we observe significant decreases in respondent acceptance of government data use and significant increases in acceptance of health-related data uses. While differences in privacy attitudes between sociodemographic groups largely decreased over this time period, following the 2020 U.S. national elections, we observe some of the first evidence that privacy sentiments may change based on the alignment between a user’s politics and the political party in power. Our results offer insight into how privacy attitudes may have been impacted by recent events and allow us to identify potential predictors of changes in privacy attitudes during times of geopolitical or national change.
Homomorphically counting elements with the same property
Authors: Iliashenko Ilia , Izabachène Malika , Mertens Axel , Pereira Hilder V. L.
Published: August 2022

We propose homomorphic algorithms for privacy-preserving applications where we are given an encrypted dataset and we want to compute the number of elements that share a common property. We consider a two party scenario between a client and a server, where the storage and computation is outsourced to the server. We present two new efficient methods to solve this problem by homomorphically evaluating a selection function encoding the desired property, and counting the number of elements which evaluates to the same value. Our first method programs the homomorphic computation in the style of the the functional bootstrapping of TFHE and can be instantiated with essentially any homomorphic encryption scheme that operates on polynomials, like FV or BGV. Our second method relies on new homomorphic operations and ciphertext formats, and it is more suitable for applications where the number of possible inputs is much larger than the number of possible values for the property. We illustrate the feasibility of our methods by presenting a publicly available proof-ofconcept implementation in C++ and using it to evaluate a heatmap function over encrypted geographic points.
How Not to Handle Keys: Timing Attacks on FIDO Authenticator Privacy
Authors: Kepkowski Michal , Hanzlik Lucjan , Wood Ian , Kaafar Mohamed Ali
Published: August 2022

This paper presents a timing attack on the FIDO2 (Fast IDentity Online) authentication protocol that allows attackers to link user accounts stored in vulnerable authenticators, a serious privacy concern. FIDO2 is a new standard specified by the FIDO industry alliance for secure token online authentication. It complements the W3C WebAuthn specification by providing means to use a USB token or other authenticator (which holds the secret authenticating material and implements FIDO protocols) as a second factor during the authentication process. From a cryptographic perspective, the protocol is a simple challenge-response where the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm is used to sign challenges. To protect the privacy of the user the token uses unique key pairs per service. To accommodate for small memory, tokens use various techniques that make use of a special parameter called a key handle sent by the service to the token with which the token can securely produce an authentication key (through generation or decryption). We identify and analyse a vulnerability in the way the processing of key handles is implemented that allows attackers to remotely link user accounts on multiple services. We show that for vulnerable authenticators there is a difference between the time it takes to process a key handle for a different service but correct authenticator, and for a different authenticator but correct service. This difference can be used to perform a timing attack allowing an adversary to link user’s accounts across services. We present several real world examples of adversaries that are in a position to execute our attack and can benefit from linking accounts. We found that two of the eight hardware authenticators we tested were vulnerable despite FIDO level 1 certification, indicating a not insignificant problem. This vulnerability cannot be easily mitigated on authenticators because, for security reasons, they usually do not allow firmware updates. In addition, we show that due to the way existing browsers implement the WebAuthn standard, the attack can be executed remotely. However, we discuss countermeasures that can be implemented by browser providers to mitigate the remote form of the attack.
Assessment of Covid-19 Obsession Among Hospital Workers in Jos-South LGA Plateau State Nigeria
Authors: Saleh Daudaakwai , David SherdungPalangshak
Published: August 2022

The research assess COVID-19 obsession among hospital workers in Jos-South local government area of Plateau State Nigeria. A total of 162 hospital workers (82, 50.6% males and 80, 49.4% females) with mean age of 34.01 participated in this survey research. Four hypotheses were tested utilizing Chi-square at p = 0.05 level of significance, result revealed that older hospital workers had higher prevalence of COVID-19 obsession compared to younger hospital worker, χ2 = 6.139, df = 1, p = 0.013 (p < 0.05). The prevalence of COVID-19 obsession did not differ among hospital workers in terms of gender, χ2 = 0.009, df = 1, p = 0.924 (p >0.05). Furthermore, results revealed that hospital workers with tertiary education had higher prevalence of COVID-19 obsession compared to those with lower educational status, χ2 = 7.168, df = 3, p = 0.028 (p < 0.05). Finally, prevalence of COVID-19 obsession did not differ among hospital workers in terms of marital status, χ2 = 6.996, df = 3, p = 0.072 (> 0.050). The authors concluded that more attention should be given to hospital workers in terms of policy formulation being that they are at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19. Also, there is need for setting up of psychological service centres across hospitals in Nigeria which would go a long way in not just evaluating the mental health status of hospital workers in relation to COVID-19 but it will be beneficial to the general public in assessing psychology services easily.
Final and Binding Essence on Constitutional Court’s Judgment in Judicial Review
Authors: Putu Eka Pitrinyantini  , Ni Luh Gede Astariyani
Published: August 2022

Mahkamah Konstitusi, has specific characters, one of the typical characters is the final and binding judgement. The reality is many judgements of the constitutional court are not complied with and tend to be ignored by the legislature. Then the petitioner who feel that their constitutional rights have been violated do not have instruments to fight for their constitutional rights that have been violated by the legislators. Based on the statement above, there are problems which is studied, what underlying the basic consideration of the formation of Constitutional Court in Indonesia? And what is the essence of the final and binding of Constitutional Court’s judgements? The aim of this study is to determine and comprehend the essence contained in final and binding nature of the Constitutional Court’s judgements, especially in judicial review of UUD 1945. The method of law study used was normative law research method which is law research from internal perspective with the object of the study was law norms. It can be concluded that the basic rationale of MK formation in Indonesia, from political side, the existence of MK is required to balancing the legislators’ power. From the law side, the existance of MK is the consequence from the change of MPR supremacy become constitution supremacy. The essence of final and binding Constitutional Court’s judgement is the stand- alone judgments, so that the judgement cannot be taken by legal action. Constitutional Court judgement is erga omnes which means binding on other parties, including state administrator.
Regulation of Sanctions in Increasing Supervision of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Against the Circulation of Food and Drugs Containing Hazardous Materials
Authors: I Made Aria Kurniawan  , I Wayan Wiryawan
Published: August 2022

Processed food products circulating in the market do not all provide guarantees of quality and safety for consumers. The number of cases that afflict consumers due to consuming processed food products that do not meet the specified quality standards, for example the case of packaged milk containing melamine, non-halal adjinomoto cooking spices, candy containing addictive substances, and others. The problems discussed in writing this article are the form of increased supervision of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) on the circulation of food and drugs containing hazardous materials and the efforts of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency regarding the circulation of food containing hazardous materials. The research method used in the provisions governing the existence of sanctions in order to increase effective supervision for perpetrators who violate these rules. So it is hoped that strict sanctions for business actors who violate in the context of writing articles are normative legal research, in the form of research by examining laws and regulations that are related to legal problems that occur. The results of the study form ways to improve supervision carried out by BPOM by indirectly forming an integrated food supervision network with other agencies such as the agriculture department, the trade department, which collaborate in particular to conduct a supervision team on the circulation of food and drugs containing hazardous materials. Therefore, BPOM must carry out its duties and functions collectively to prevent business actors from committing fraud by using materials containing hazardous substances. Then the efforts made by the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency related to the distribution of food containing hazardous materials, namely preventive and repressive efforts. As for suggestions from the author, namely the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency to carry out intensive and equitable supervision to minimize the circulation of food containing hazardous materials that endanger public health and it is recommended to take preventive and repressive protection efforts.
Social Environments + Social Studies: An article review on the factors contributing the Learning of Geography as a Social Studies Discipline”
Authors: HIPOLITO YOSEF ERIC
Published: August 2022

This article review contains critical and constructive analysis on different literatures that determined the contribution of Social Environments on students’ learning of Geography as a Social Studies Discipline in rely with the Functionalist Theory of Emile Durkheim and Social Learning Theory of Albert Bandura. With a qualitative approach as article review design, the proponent utilized the documentary analysis (involves repeated review, examination, and interpretation of the data in order to gain meaning and empirical knowledge) of the construct being studied on the deciphered research journal articles from different peer-reviewed journals from the Google Scholar. The review disclosed that there is a significant relationship between Social Environments (family, school, peers and community) and students’ academic performance in Geography as part of the Social Studies curriculum was drawn. In accordance to, the Functionalist Theory and Social Learning Theory are reliable assumptions in regards to the contribution of Social Environments on students’ learning of Geographical knowledge and skills.
Availability and use of Audio-Visual Aids in Teaching Science
Authors: Dawadi
Published: August 2022

Audio-visual instructional materials are highly motivating supplements to make the teaching effective. The learning process itself is based primarily on sensory experiences. So, availability and use of audio, visual aids helps to make the science learning permanent, to transfer the learning and to understand the science structure. The main objective of the study is to find out the availability of instructional materials in the secondary private and public schools, to find out the teacher knowledge and skills to construct and use of teaching materials. The study is based on primary data drawn by observation and questionnaire on the field visited and secondary sources of data collected from the checklist and Districts Education office, Kathmandu. The data analysis procedure was descriptive in nature and appropriate statistical measurements with a sensible description of availability and use of instructional materials in teaching science. Thus, this study proved the availability and use of instructional materials more than private school with compare to public schools and the availability of instructional materials in the schools was not satisfactory. Even available materials in the schools were not used properly by teachers at the time of teaching in science. The findings and conclusion of the study will help to concern agencies. It is better to conduct such type of research studies at the national level.
The effect of teachers’ attitudes on students’ personality and performance
Authors: Muzamil Muhammad , Kashif Iqbal  , Sumaira Parveen  , Yasir Imran
Published: August 2022

Emphasis on pupil-focused education frequently influences how instructors view students' achievements in subjects with a loss of lifelong vision development. An instructor who has his personal teaching techniques and further his attitude and conduct, offers his university students a healthy intellectual attitude and a clean new worldview by means of leaving memorable lines in them. This is a preparatory look to discover how 'attitudes of instructors affect the personality and performance of students'. On this experience this research has offered instructional perception and versatility in trainer-scholar relationships beyond the confined classroom and lecture rooms. The sample of the studies group incorporates a total of 100 students from diverse departments of the University of Sargodha Sub Campus Bhakkar. The data was collected  by online survey. The most crucial findings was that the 'attitudes' of suitable instructors have a high quality effect on college students'' persona 'and performance in life.
Prospects and Challenges of Lean Manufacturing Deployment within Manufacturing SMEs in Nigeria: A Literature Review
Authors: Inuwa Mohammed , Aisha Usman
Published: August 2022

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) played a vital role in manufacturing goods for consumer and industrial purposes, making them instrumental in business growth and economic development. However, issues of poor quality and substandard products prevail due to limited technical knowledge that hindered them from competing locally and globally in Nigeria—arising from the lack of lean manufacturing deployment and implementation. Therefore, the study aims to provide an insight into the prospect and challenges of manufacturing SMEs in Nigeria as it relates to the deployment of lean manufacturing tools and techniques. The study would aid manufacturing SMEs in better comprehending their potentials and problems, hence, deploying lean manufacturing initiatives successfully. The study applied a literature review approach through past empirical and conceptual studies from reputable journals and reports. Based on the available literature, the study finds that though manufacturing SMEs in Nigeria are faced with numerous issues, e.g., poor leadership, lack of qualified personnel, and inadequate funds , they have shown higher prospects of deploying lean manufacturing successfully. The study concludes that manufacturing SMEs should bank on potentials like flexible organizational culture and structure, easy access to customers and suppliers, and flexible manufacturing system to deploy lean manufacturing, which will further aid in waste elimination, value addition, customer satisfaction, and enhanced performance. The study serves as the foundation for further empirical research on issues related to lean manufacturing deployment within SMEs, thereby proffering solutions to the quality challenges they are facing.
The Relevance of E-Aesthetics in The Sustainability Of Nigerian Libraries In The Digital Era
Authors: Ogunbanjo Emmanuel Gbemisola , Bakare Oluwabunmi Dorcas
Published: August 2022

The digital library brought with it several challenges which do not fully erode the traditional libraries in developing countries such as Nigeria as most libraries have become a complex entity with the operation of both the traditional and the digital libraries. Therefore, as library service providers are trying to guarantee the smooth operation of the physical library, they are also struggling to ensure a seamless digital library. Therefore, various aspect of the design such as the aesthetic condition which include the e-aesthetics need to be put into consideration in designing the digital library web pages respectively. It was on this premise that this study focused on the relevance of e-aesthetics in the sustainability of Nigerian Libraries in this digital era. The study adopted an interpretivist research paradigm hinged on the a systematic literature review strategy of journal articles, books, and other online materials in addition to focusing on empirical studies between year 2000 and 2021 from Google Scholar. A content analysis was deployed and information resources obtained were grouped into the major themes to address the objective of the study. The findings of this study revealed that as aesthetic conditions and facilities were of high relevance and significance in the traditional library operation towards ensuring increase usage and sustainability, so the relevance of e-aesthetics in the sustainability of Nigerian Libraries in the digital era cannot be underestimated if Nigeria libraries must keep abreast to the global effect of digital transformational effect on the library and information service system. It recommends that e-aesthetic issues should be taken into considerations in the development of digital library webpages to create a user-friendly environment and also ease of usage is of high premium in ensuring increase usage and sustainability of Nigerian library. 

Keywords: Aesthetic, E-Aesthetic, Digital Library, Traditional Libraries, Nigeria Libraries
A Tracer Study on the Bachelor of Agricultural Technology Graduates of Batch 2019 of Isabela State University – San Mateo Campus
Authors: YANOS MAR HEISEN , Espinosa Julie
Published: August 2022

A tracer review is one of the easiest ways to gage the efficacy of a system. The study's aim was to determine the graduates 'profile, the status of employability, the relevance of their course to their present job, the graduates' learning skills to their present job and evaluate the quality education at the ISU-San Mateo campus. Data were collected by sending online questionnaires with their active social media and email accounts to graduates and handing out questionnaires to graduates working nearby agencies and institutions. Findings from the study revealed that graduates revealed that their degree is relevant to their job and they are equipped with different skills to compete on the global market but still experienced tight competition and no immediate vacancy that causes them to be on probation, part-time and seasonally employed.
Using Science, Technology, and Innovation (Sti); in Achieving Sustainable Development in Developing Countries (Dcs)
Authors: Maiwada Umar Danjuma , Ahmad Aliyu Jamoh
Published: August 2022

University-industry relations need to be strengthened; several institutions have technology transfer offices that assist in the formation of spin-off companies. On inventions and technologies, different commercialization routes, the functions of technology transfer offices, and diverse organizational structures will be examined. By showing current innovation and technology, this paper contributes to attaining sustainable development for developed nations by academic and agricultural industry report, development, and commercialization operations. This research aims to analyses and completely examine the scientific and technical literacy approaches for sustainable development in industrialized nations. The evident necessity of sustainable development on supporting scientific and technical advancement in the world's "developed," "developing," and "under-developed" countries is obvious. In this research, we look at how most countries maintain scientific and technical progress. The study also looked at the ideas that underpin the implementation of scientific and technical literacy, with a focus on sustainable development. As a result, proposals on how the Federal government or other agencies may promote sustainable interms of science, technology, including innovation were made.
C++ Software Program for Downdraft Gasifier Design and Development
Authors: Radwan Aly
Published: August 2022

Biomass gasification is an important process of converting biomass into a gaseous fuel through a sequence  processes of thermochemical reactions. Prototype of down draft gasifier was designed to generate synthesis gas for house hold applications.  C++  Software Program for the design and development of downdraft gasification  system  was done.
Gaps and Opportunities for Local Resilience Planning in Connecticut
Authors: Wozniak-Brown Joanna
Published: August 2022

There are numerous efforts underway at the local, regional, and state level across the state of Connecticut to address the impacts of climate change. Scientific assessments, community engagement, and adaptation project designs are just a few of the key activities. Additionally, climate-related goals are being integrated into some local planning processes and some municipalities have undertaken resilience plans. Despite these projects, there are glaring gaps in the existing authority or obligations of local governments that potentially hinder climate planning at the local level. This type of systems analysis highlights specific planning obligations that are often related to climate planning but have not yet incorporated the impacts and adaptations to climate change fully. However, optimizing or expanding existing local authority or planning obligations could significantly advance adaptation across the state. Firstly, it would make climate planning an ongoing effort as opposed to episodic. Secondly, it could address gaps that have the potential to hinder projects currently underway. Thirdly, it could advance efforts to address historically excluded and harmed communities across the state by ensuring they are included in climate change planning and that adaptation projects or resilience programs and policies redress those inequities. This white paper outlines the gaps in resilience planning authority and planning mechanisms then provides potential opportunities to address the gaps.
SOLID STATE REACTION SYNTHESIS AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF Na2Ti3O7 AS ANODE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM ION BATTERIES
Authors: Nguyen Si Hieu
Published: August 2022

In this work, we were successfully synthesized Na2Ti3O7 material by solid state reaction method which used NaOH and TiO2 as the precursors. Structural and morphological characterization of synthesized materials were confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The XRD results indicated that, the Na2Ti3O7 material with single crystal structure is formed at a reaction temperature of 900oC. The electrochemical performance of Na2Ti3O7 material is evaluated by performing galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) analysis on the CR2032 cells at different rates. The Na2Ti3O7 material delivered a specific capacity of 189 mAh/g at 0.1C within the potential range from 0 to 2.5 V. The results suggest that the Na2Ti3O7 is a promising material as anode electrode for sodium ion batteries.
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF HIGH QUALITY IMAGING OBJECTIVE WORKING IN THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL REGION FOR VEIN FINDER DEVICES
Authors: Le Duy Tuan
Published: August 2022

This work demonstrates a new design of an imaging objective operating in the near-infrared spectral region for vein finder devices. The objective has a simple structure, consisting of 6 elements divided into 2 groups and a long-pass optical filter that allows a near-infrared spectrum to pass through. Due to the filter, the objective only creates images in the 850-940 nm spectral region produced by the infrared illuminator and therefore it can eliminate optical noise in the visible region. The objective image quality is very high, suitable for vein imaging: large aperture, f/2.0, allows creating clear vein images from weak signal reflected from the human skin surface; modulation transfer function (MTF) of 0.5 at a frequency of 72.5 lines/mm; field curvature and image distortion less than 50 μm and 0.1%, respectively. The experimental result indicates that the objective can provide clear vein images when combining with a Sony IMX287 CMOS image sensor.