bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK KENDARAAN BERMOTOR: KEWAJIBAN MORAL DAN SANKSI PERPAJAKAN
Authors: Kurniawati Stephanie , Susanto Yulius Kurnia
Published: July 2023

The objective of the research is to get empirically evidence of the influence of the awareness, moral obligations, service quality, sanctions, knowledge, and drive thru samsat sytems on taxpayer compliance. Population used in this research is vehicle’s taxpayer in Special Capital Region of Jakarta. Data collecting using questionnaires distributed through google forms to the respondents. The number of the sample consists of 119 respondents. Sampling method used in this research is convenience sampling and the data analysis method used is multiple linear regression. The result showed that moral obligations and sanctions have influenced on taxpayer compliance. While awareness, service quality, knowledge, and drive thru samsat sytems have not influenced on taxpayer compliance in Special Capital Region of Jakarta. The higher of moral obligations and sanctions, the higher of taxpayer compliance in Special Capital Region of Jakarta in paying motor vehicle taxes.
ANALISIS FUNDAMENTAL PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM PERUSAHAAN PERBANKAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI PERIODE 2017-2019
Authors: Suroto Suroto , Iskandar Dibyo , Nurdyastuti Tri
Published: July 2023

Tujuan Dari Penelitian untuk meninjau menganalisis Dan memberikan Bukti empiris pengaruh signifikansi Earning Per Share, R eturn On Assets, Return On Equity Dan Net Profit Margin Terhadap harga sepengendali PADA Perusahaan Perbankan Yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Periode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah 3 (tiga) tahun, dimulai dari tahun 2017-2019. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian sejumlah 31 perusahaan perbankan yang sudah dan masih terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling dan diperoleh sampel sebanyak 17 perusahaan. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalahUji Statistik Deskriptif, asumsi klasik, uji t, uji Regresi linier berganda dan uji Koefisien Determinasi (R 2 ) . Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara parsial (uji t) variabel EPS berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap harga saham, ROA b erpengaruh positif tetapi tidak signifikan, ROE berpengaruh positif tetapi tidak signifikan, NPM berpengaruh positif tetapi tidak signifikan. Variabel kemampuan EPS, ROA, ROE dan NPM dalam menjelaskan harga saham sebesar 46% yang ditunjukkan dengan jumlah R square sedangkan sisanya 64%, faktor lain yang tidak dimasukkan ke dalam model penelitian.
19. YÜZYILDA KAMUSAL ALANDA KADIN GÖRÜŞLERİNE İKİ FARKLI BAKIŞ: KALLIOPI KEHAYIA VE FATMA ALİYE
Authors: TERZIDIS Nıkolaos
Published: July 2023

Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun son dönemlerinde, Balkan Yarımadası'nda birçok etnojenite ve ulusal hareket meydana geldi ve ulus devletlerin oluşumuna yol açıldı. Bununla birlikte, aynı zamanda, yerel kadın hareketleri, her biri farklı bir ulusal işaretle ortaya çıkıyor. Böylece kadınların, siyasi koşullara bağlı olarak, örgütlenmeye ve haklarını talep etmeye çalıştıklarını gözlemliyoruz. Bu vakalar arasında Fatma Aliye ve Kalliopi Kehayia bulunmaktadır. Her ikisi de kamusal söylemleriyle diğer kadınları kadın hareketine çekmeye ve sahiplenmeye çalışıyor. Dolayısıyla, kamusal söylemlerinin etkisi ve gücü ile bazı önemli farklılıklar vardır. Bu farklılıkların yanı sıra benzerlikler, bu makale Yunan ve Yeni-Osmanlı kadın hareketinin iddialarını özetlemeye ve daha spesifik olarak karşılaştırmaya çalışmaktadır.
Los peligros volcánicos en la planificación urbana en Chile
Authors: Geoffroy Carolina , Ciocca Isabella
Published: July 2023

En Chile, la planificación urbana, urbanización y construcción están reguladas por las normas vigentes establecidas en la Ley General de Urbanismo y Construcciones junto con su Ordenanza. Los Instrumentos de Planificación Territorial que regulan las áreas urbanas en Chile son los Planes Reguladores Comunales, los que deben incluir un “Estudio de Riesgos y de Protección Ambiental”. Para este estudio, se revisó la nomenclatura relacionada a peligros volcánicos en el marco regulatorio y el estado de la planificación territorial para comunas que se encuentran en un radio de 50 km de cinco de los centros volcánicos más activos del país, para analizar cómo se abordan los peligros volcánicos en la planificación territorial a nivel comunal en Chile. A partir de esto fue posible reconocer las diferencias que existen entre los instrumentos, tanto en su nivel de actualización, como en la mención que realizan de los peligros de origen natural y, en particular, los peligros volcánicos. En general, el peligro volcánico es incorporado con mayor frecuencia en instrumentos indicativos, mientras que en instrumentos normativos estos no se mencionan. Además, se reconoce la necesidad de mejorar la definición de peligros volcánicos en la normativa chilena.
Several Speculations About Promotion of Dynamic Development of Marxism Modernization and Sinicization: Starting from Reform and Opening up
Authors: Guo Dongliang , Zhang Chuanhui , Liu Yuhan
Published: July 2023

The dynamic development of Marxism modernization and sinicization provides an indispensable theoretical foundation and driving force of thoughts for the development of the Communist Party of China. During this period, generations of party members of the Communist Party start from practice and exploration, combine with domestic and foreign environments to actively promote the dynamic development of sinicization and modernization of Marxism, and acquire admirable achievements. Taking it as the background, the paper mainly focuses on the Reform and Opening-up policy, and centers on the promotion of the dynamic development of Marxism modernization and sinicization to conduct in-depth discussion of the research topic. Through learning the course of the dynamic development of Marxism sinicization and modernization, the paper discusses the significance of the dynamic development of Marxism sinicization and modernization in the context of the Reform and Opening-up policy, summarizes and arranges the advanced experience of the dynamic development of Marxism sinicization and modernization to continuously explore the new realm of modernization and sinicization of Marxism.
DEVELOPING A SOCIOCULTURAL APPROACH TO LANGUAGE FOR LEARNERS OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH THE USE OF MODERN METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES (AN OVERVIEW OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM)
Authors: D.S. Trukhanova  , V.M. Filippova
Published: July 2023

The paper examines the socio-cultural approach to language as a fundamental dimension of the communicative competence of foreign students learning Russian as a foreign language. Having analyzed both a number of theoretical and practical works of many methodists as well as personal experience, the authors (among whom have worked in Vietnam) suggest some ways of applying modern technologies in teaching Russian as a foreign language to optimize the educational process and contrust learners’ secondary language identity.
“OBSTACLES” IN TRANSLATION PROCESS (THROUGH TRANSLATION OF O. PAMUK’S NOVEL “MY NAME IS RED” INTO THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE)
Authors: L.Yu. Mirzoyeva  , O.V. Syurmen
Published: July 2023

Precedent text (PT) is a cultural phenomenon which emphasizes the attributes of a certain language community and the strangeness of an interlocutor to that culture and language community.The essence of PT and the obstacles in intercultural communicative process lies in its relation to natives’ culture (source language) and its strangeness to culture of the target language. Therefore, although PT can assist a translator, it can also cause difficulties for translation and intercultural communication. One of the particular differences can be the religious identity of authors/readers of source language and the time gap. In this case, PT may be difficult for not only readers of target language but also natives.The article examines the role of precedent texts in Russian version of the novel "My Name is Red" by O. Pamuk. Comparative method is used here in order to identify translation problems arising in the process of translating these texts and to propose solutions to them.
AN APPRAISAL ALGORITHM FOR TESTS OF DIVISIBILITY USING MODULAR ARITHMETIC
Authors: M. K. Mahmood
Published: July 2023

Knowledge to execute wild conceptual mathematical computations helped immensely even out of the park. Knowing these quick calculations has been of great interest ever since. Divisibility tests were required to know whether a number (large enough) was divisible by a given integer or not? Let 0,m  and a be any integer. The symbol, mod , am was used to represent the residue when a was divided by m. In this piece of treatised work, modulo residue theory was employed to find tests of divisibilty for even numbers < 60 and elaborated the use of modular arithmetic from number theory in finding different tests of divisibility. Particularly, b adic expension of an integer N and its congruence modulo b was used to characterise a given integer regarding its divisibility rule. One of the characterisations was stated and proved that an integer N was divisible by 40 if and only if0 1 2 10( 2 ) a a a was divisible by 40, where 0 1 2 ,, a a awere the digits of N in its decimal representation. Finally, the framework proposed reduced the pitfalls by demonstating each established rule with the help of their recursive applications on large integers.
PITCH ESTIMATION FRAMEWORK FOR SPEECH SEGREGATION USING COCHLEAGRAM MORPHING
Authors: M.J. Khan
Published: July 2023

Computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) has significant role in speech segregation from monaural audio mixtures and generally a measure for performance of speech recognition systems. Pitch estimation has a substantial role in performance of CASA systems. This study presents a novel pitch estimation framework for speech segregation from monaural audio mixtures using cochleagram morphing. The proposed framework takes the rough estimation of target pitch from given audio mixtures containing speech and background interferences. Discrete set consisting morphed versions of cochleagram is obtained using k-Means clustering. The estimated pitch values are improved by validating and smoothing them to morphed cochleagram. Measure of refined estimated pitch contours along with harmonicity and temporal continuity are used to segregate target speech. The proposed framework produced 83.13% accuracy for MIR-1k dataset which is considerably higher than the existing methods.
GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STERNE STRAIN BY 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING
Authors: A.R. Khan
Published: July 2023

Anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis, is a fatal disease and all the warm bloodedanimals are susceptible to this disease. Many livestock populated areas in Pakistan are endemic forAnthrax (Thappa and Karthikeyan 2001), therefore the livestock population is annually vaccinatedagainst Anthrax. Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) has been producing Anthrax Spore Vaccine(ASV) for a couple of decades. The current study was designed for molecular characterization of themicroorganism used for vaccine production (Bacillus anthracis Sterne strain) and its phylogeneticrelationship with related strains and Bacillus species. For this purpose, 16S rRNA gene was amplifiedand sequenced and was found 100% genetically similar to the reference sequence with respect to 16SrRNA gene. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that sequenced strain showed a close phylogenecity withBacillus anthracis strain 1144 and Bacillus anthracis strain V77-NP-1R. Moreover, the organism wasfound genetically closer to Bacillus cereus than to Bacillus mycoides and Bacillus thuringiensis withrespect to 16S rRNA gene sequence.
OPTIMAL DESIGN OF 16 BAR TRUSS STRUCTURE BY PATTERN SEARCH METHODS
Authors: Sana. A
Published: July 2023

The focus of this research was to formulate optimization model of 16-bar trussesalong with stress, stability and deflection constraints. The derivative free methods were used for theoptimization of engineering design problems. These methods were basically designed forunconstrained optimization problems. In formulated optimization truss problems the constraints werehandled by using exterior penalty functions. The results of the truss optimization model were obtainedby using MATLAB which demonstrated the effectiveness and applicability of these derivative freemethods. It was concluded that the results of Nelder-Mead method were not acceptable due to their faraway convergence even its number of function evaluations were smaller than number of functionevaluations of Multi-Directional Search method and Hooke and Jeeves method. By comparing theoptimal function values obtained by these three methods, the performance of Hooke-Jeeves methodwas better than the other two methods.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MODELING APPROACH FOR GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS OF RECHNA DOAB, PAKISTAN
Authors: W. A. Anjum
Published: July 2023

Excessive groundwater pumping in Rechna Doab has caused a depletion of aquiferbody. Efforts were made to identify the ground flow dynamics and recharge sources of Rechna Doab.Finite difference model technique was used to study the groundwater system under steady state. VisualMODFLOW 2000 was used to steady state simulation of study area. Simulation of groundwater flowover an area of about 35,217 km2 with a uniform grid size of 2500m by 2500m was done. Study areawas divided into the grid of 138 rows and 100 columns. The seepage losses from canals, horizontalflows, recharge from precipitation and irrigation return flows were put to develop conceptual model.Discharge of canals, evapotranspiration and precipitation data was collected from local governmentagencies. Boundary conditions, hydraulic parameters and data of 50 observation wells were applied formodel calibration. The zone budget study under steady state simulation showed that the total directrecharge to the aquifer was 645.48 MCM and total drought of the aquifer was 645.49 MCM. Based onresults it was concluded that model was more sensitive to hydraulic conductivity and rechargeparameters.
LIME MORTAR IN CONSERVATION FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF PAKISTAN
Authors: M. Y. Awan
Published: July 2023

This piece of research was conducted to provide guidance and help to theconservation architects for the preparation of appropriate lime mortar for the conservation of stonemasonry. A comprehensive research and detailed examination of conservation works on significanthistoric monuments in Lahore was carried out in the Department of Archaeology and Museums,Pakistan. The results provided the analytical description of lime, types of lime and preparation ofKankar-lime followed by description and analysis of various compositions of lime mortars suggestedby International and National experts of conservation. The mortars for conservation and repair workshould include the same range and a type of aggregate particles was used in the original mortar. Moreparticularly the original binder and pouzzolanic additives must be used. This must be ensured that newmortar should necessarily perform and appear in the same manner as the older performed andappeared.
VEHICULAR EMISSIONS AND AMBIENT AIR QUALITY ALONG ROAD SIDE IN RAHIM YAR KHAN, PAKISTAN
Authors: N. Naz
Published: July 2023

The present study aimed to monitor the ambient air quality along the main road toassess risk factors to which various living and non-living things are exposed in Rahim Yar Khan, anindustrial town of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.LaMotte air sampling pump was used to monitor SO2,NO2 and total oxidants concentration. GasAlert™Extreme Single-Gas Detectors were used tomonitorpersonal exposure of CO, O2 and Cl2, whereas, Mini-Vol SPM sampler was used to samplePM10. Monitoring was done three times a day to assess the short-term exposure and five times a year toanalyze the effect of seasonal shifts. Highest concentration of CO, SO2, NO2, total oxidants and PM10was observed in summer season. Lowest pollution level was observed in winter season. Bus stationand residential areas were the most polluted sites, whereas vegetative area was found to be the leastpolluted.The results indicated that vehicular movement played an important role in a gradual increaseof air pollutants from morning to evening.
SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: STATUS AND PROSPECTUS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN POTOHAR REGION OF PAKISTAN
Authors: T. Ahmad
Published: July 2023

The present study was conducted to characterize and evaluate the existing smallruminants (SR) production and management systems in Potohar region of Pakistan. The SR farmers(n=50; flock size > 05 animals) were interviewed.The majority of SR flockswere owned byilliteratemales. The farmers were either landless (17.02%) or had >5 acres of land (34.04%). The farmers(86%) were mostly depending on free range areas for animal grazing. Feed supplementation waspracticed during forage scarcity periods, particularly during winter season (89.9%). Housing was made(90%) to provide shelter and protection from predators and theft. Mean live weights of SR werecomparable with breed average. Animals were highly prolific with 1.43 services per conceptionshowing 60% conception rate. The mortality rate was high in goat kids (28.73%) than that of lambs(19.22%). The major hindrances in SR productivity enhancementidentified were feed shortage,inadequate animal health care and lack of proper marketing system.
INVESTIGATION OF ELECTRIC DISHARGE MACHINING PARAMETERS TO MINIMIZE SURFACE ROUGHNESS
Authors: M. Sarosh
Published: July 2023

: Surface roughness during electrical discharge machining (EDM)was determined, inwhich material is removed by thermo-electric process due to the occurrence of successive dischargebetween workpiece and electrode. Box-Behnken design (BBD) involving four parameters dischargecurrent (I), Pulse ON time (PON), Pulse OFF time (POFF) andGap voltage, with three levels wasemployed to minimize the surface roughness. Other parameters such as Servo speed, Polarity and Dieelectric pressurewere kept constant throughout the machining. A copper electrode toolwas used to machine the holes in AISI 1045 steel work piece. Mathematical models were developed using Response Surface Methodology (RSM), while Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to observe individual effect, interaction between parameters, and to check validity of models. Results revealedthatpulse on time and discharge current were two main significant parameters that statistically affectedsurface roughness.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) BASED HIGHWAY ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOTORWAYS: CASE STUDY OF MAJOR PAKISTAN’S MOTORWAYS
Authors: F.Ali
Published: July 2023

:Result of pavement condition survey, conducted by NHA in 2005, showed that 43%of existing NHA network has remaining service life (RSL) of0 to1 year. Asset replacement value ofNational Highway was estimated more than 600 Billion in 2005 by Road Way Asset ManagementDivision. This largest investment is deteriorating at fast pace, main cause being increased axle loadingand lack of maintenance.The study was carried out to develop GIS based Highway Asset ManagementSystem(GHAMS) for M-1 and M-3Motorways.Digitized database was established to develop QueryBasedinterface on ArcGIS. The developed system, GHAMS, produced different outputs like thematicmaps, graphs and charts that would assist authorities and decision makers to carry outmaintenance/rehabilitation works of NationalMotorways timely and efficiently. Moreover, this querybased system would lead to save intense pavement damages and subsequent high maintenance /construction cost.
DELIGNIFICATION OF RICE HUSK BY ORGANOSOLV TREATMENT TO INCREASE ITS IN-VITRO DIGESTIBILITY.
Authors: A. Alam
Published: July 2023

The present study was conducted to analyze the effect of three different organicsolvents (Ethanol, Methanol and Acetone) on delignification of rice husk (basmati rice). Two differentconcentrations (50% and70%) and three different temperatures (160° C, 180° C and 200° C) wereused. Two major experimental groups were designed, autocatalytic (without catalyst) and catalytic(with 1% sulphuric acid as catalyst), each with three subgroups and three replicates. Treatmentduration was 1 hour for both autocatalytic group andcatalytic group. Our results showed that 70%concentration of each organic solvent was better than 50% for delignification. Treated rice husk wasused to test the in vitro digestibility. Result showed a positive correlation between percentage ofdelignification and digestability, a 20% increase indigestibilitywas observed with 25 % delignification.Hence organic solvents, although expensive can be employed for effective delignification.
AN ALGORITHM TO SEGMENT THE MID-BRAIN STRUCTURES USING MULTI- RESOLUTION NON-RIGID REGISTRATION
Authors: I. Amjad
Published: July 2023

In present study, a reference based technique has been proposed to segment mid- brain structures in 3D Magnetic Resonance (MR) images using multi-resolution non-rigid registration. The proposed scheme segmented the mid-brain structures in two stages. During first stage, a target image was registered to an already segmented reference image while in second stage, segmentation information was mapped from reference to target medical image. Using this scheme, the aim was to segment nine mid-brain structures including left ventricle, right ventricle, third ventricle, anterior commissure, posterior commissure, left putamen, right putamen, left caudate nucleus and right caudate nucleus. Results of automatic segmentation achieved through reference based non-rigid registration were validated by comparing with the manual segmentation, considered as ground truth. Three metrics namely Dice Coefficient, Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Values were used for assessing the segmentation results. The proposed algorithm showed the satisfactory segmentation of mid-brain structures by achieving a mean sensitivity of 89. 85 % for five target MR images. The results indicated that the proposed scheme performed accurate segmentation of mid-brain structures.
DELINEATION OF UNCERTAINTIES IN ANISOTROPIC SHALLOW SUBSURFACE BY INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOMECHANICAL EXAMINATION
Authors: M.J. Khan
Published: July 2023

This study focused on geophysical and geomechanical analyses to arbitrate weak zones in Limestone of Gaj formation. Two boreholes were drilled and used to facilitate downhole seismic experiment down to 30 meters of depth. The downhole seismic method was supplied compressional waves velocities for inspection of shallow subsurface properties to evaluate local site condition. The primary data of P-waves velocities are varying from 566 m/s to 1225 m/s (BH-1) 570 m/s to 1320 m/s (BH-2). The information of elastic moduli were derived from primary waves data through empirical relationships. The core samples were collected and examined for geotechnical investigation in the laboratory. This study contributes to ensure the engineering strength of the ground and concluded that the ignorance of substrate conditions may lead to instability or construction failure.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH WEIGHT OF CALVES IN NILI RAVI BUFFALOES AT BRI PATTOKI, PUNJAB
Authors: Tmahmood
Published: July 2023

This study was made to determine the effects of herd, year, season, lactation number and sex on calf’s birth weight in Nili Ravi Buffalo. The data from 1975-2017 was taken in 15525 edited observations of 6932 buffaloes from six institutional herds. The year was divided into four seasons viz (December to February, March to May, June to August and September to November) to evaluate the real effects of herd x year and season. To analyze the data SPSS version 19, statistical package was used. The mean ± S.E of birth weight was calculated as 35.18±.018Kg. The mean of birth weight of male and female calf were as 35.82 ± 0.19Kg and 34.53 ± 0.18Kg, affected by herd-yearseason, sex and lactation number (P<0.01) while the effect of gestation period and age of dam wasnon-significant. The sex ratio between male and female was 51.25 and 48.74 respectively. It was observed that calf’s birth weight had significant effect on milk production.
IDENTIFICATION OF ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS FROM LEAF EXTRACT OF EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA AGAINST ASCOCHYTA RABIEI
Authors: A. Javaid
Published: July 2023

Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Lab. is a highly destructive pathogen of chickpea. In thisstudy, leaf extract of Eucalyptus citriodora was assessed against this pathogen. Bioassays withmethanolic extract (0, 05, 1.0, 1.5, …, 4.0%) extract revealed the remarkable antifungal potential ofleaf extract where 69–94% reduction in biomass of A. rabiei was recorded. Chloroform fraction of thisextract was separated by partitioning the extract in a separating funnel. Using a solvent system ofchloroform: n-hexane (20:80), three compounds were detected on TLC plate which were separatedthrough preparative TLC and purified on HPLC. GC-MS of the purified compounds lead to theidentification of 3-cyclohexene- 1-ol, 4-methyl-1-(1-methylethyl)- (1), 1-cyclohexene- 1carboxaldehyde,4-(1-methylethyl)- (2) and eucalyptol (3) that might caused antifungal activity of the extract.
Épure d’un développement de l’industrie du disque congolaise par le mécénat privé
Authors: Léon Tsambu Bulu
Published: July 2023

This article discusses the development of Congo’s music industry through its private sponsorship system. This system is an alternative to the failure of the public system, since the latter has failed to take up the set challenges, after havingruined the colonial heritage that had made Congo a major crossroads for African record music. Congolese records are no longer local cultural products, but have become imported luxury goods. Rather than encouraging people to thinking interms of essentialist philanthropic sponsorship, culture of showing off, prestige, or even wasting of financial capital, the study invites a reorientation of Congo’s sponsorship resources towards investment (sponsorship entrepreneur) that would help cultural projects for public interest. However, the alternative project will be faced with challenges related to the very nature of the record industry: local and global piracy, which has worsened with the emergence of ICTs, but also challenges related to the low purchasing power of citizens, who are the first ones concerned by such a project; profitability of the domestic market, the tribal nature of the musical space, particularly in Kinshasa, etc. Hence the necessity for the state to get involved in the process of democratisation of culture at a national scale, through incentives such as the setting up of an effective system of protection of copyright, exemption from duty for imported basic infrastructures and exported end products. In a nutshell, it is the state’s responsibility to play its regalian role by implementing an appropriate cultural policy, so that music, better than coltan which is rather putting Congo down, be able to support its economic and social development, just like the Beatles in Great Britain or Bob Marley in Jamaica.
Numeric estimates of the principal eigenvalue of the p-Laplacian using interval arithmetic
Authors: Benedikt Jiri , Pulpan Jan
Published: July 2023

We present a numerical algorithm for computing rigorous upper and lower estimates of the principal eigenvalue of the p-Laplacian.  To control all possible errors including the rounding errors of the computer arithmetic, we use the interval arithmetic. We implement our algorithm in the Julia  programming language using  IntervalArithmetic.jl package [12].
See also https://ejde.math.txstate.edu/special/02/b3/abstr.html
Inteligencia Artificial en la administración de justicia: Una Revisión sistemática
Authors: Deza Padilla Juan Fernando
Published: July 2023

El presente artículo refleja y examina los aportes que se le hace a la inteligencia artificial en la administración de justicia, desde la perspectiva del acceso a la justicia, que es un valor supremo, que se tiene como tema de novedad en nuestra época. En este artículo se utiliza una metodología de enfoque cualitativo tipo revisión sistemática, en ello se analizan artículos respecto a la implementación de la inteligencia artificial en la administración de justicia, desde un enfoque de acceso a la justicia, considerándose las evidencias científicas que se encuentren en la plataforma de datos, con la selección de 10 artículos en los buscadores SCOPUS, Scielo, Web of Science, Google Académico, Ebsco Hots, base de datos de acceso libre y de cinco años de antigüedad y en idioma español. Como resultados de la búsqueda se escogieron diez artículos de revisión, relacionados con el tema de estudio, el objetivo fue: Identificar, examinar sistemáticamente la mejor evidencia científica disponible sobre el ecoturismo en Latinoamérica, disponible en la base de datos SCOPUS de forma gratuita y en español de los últimos 5 años. discusión y conclusión.
Pemedal Agung at the Kertha Gosa Site, Klungkung, Bali (A Study of the Shape of the Statue)
Authors: Suryadana I Putu Putra , Mudra I Wayan
Published: July 2023

Pemedal Agung is one of the historic buildings located on the Kertha Gosa site, founded by the founder of power and the first throne holder of the Klungkung kingdom in Semarapura, namely Ida I Dewa Agung Jambe. The identity of Pemedal Agung has very unique forms of statues and ornaments. The uniqueness of the statues in Pemedal Agung can be seen from the use of ideas which certainly have their own uniqueness from the use of the idea of placing statues as ornaments or decorative elements in traditional architecture in Bali in general. The existence of the statues at the Kertha Gosa site, especially at the foot of Pemedal Agung, is not known specifically regarding the form of its embodiment, so this study is considered important to answer the proposed phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to find out the shape of the statues on the foot of Pemedal Agung at the Kertha Gosa Klungkung site. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach, with data collection methods, namely observation and documentation. Data collection will be carried out in 2023 at the Kertha Gosa Klungkung Bali site, as the whereabouts of the research subject. The results of the study show that the shape of the statues found at the foot of Pemedal Agung at the Kertha Gosa site is one of the decorative elements of architectural heritage from the royal era in Bali. Researchers hope that this study can provide an overview in the form of science related to the existence of statues at the foot of Pemedal Agung at the Kertha Gosa site which is a decorative element of architectural heritage from the royal era in Klungkung.
Kaum Awam Dalam Era Disrupsi
Authors: Bandur Hironimus
Published: July 2023

The word disruption is increasingly familiar to the ears of these millennial and tencenial, although Clay Christensen has published the disruption theory since 1997. The background of its emergence is the changing world situation and disturbing the life order of society. Disruption theory was born amid the frenetic changes due to the technological revolution, especially the internet. The Internet affects the dynamics of human life in almost every aspect: education, economics, commerce, social, political, cultural and religious. In the field of education found the pattern and system of education is constantly changing; in the field of economy and trade found the mechanisms of market and trade economies that differ greatly from the period before millennial and tensenial. In the field of religion, a change in the way of view of religion through subjective interpretations to interfere with the understanding of the average person about the substance of religion itself. In this changing society situation, all elements of society can challenge it but can not defeat it. In the Catholic Church, for the sake of the development of the Church, in addition to pastors, laymen are required to have certain characters such as reformers, literate technology literacy, creative, innovative and critish and inclusive.
Perspektif Moral Profesi Guru Milenial: Imperatif Guru-Pelayan
Authors: Tolo Paulus
Published: July 2023

“Guru” by profession is a leading figure in character building. He is responsible for accompanying his/her students in their search of values. Original meaning of guru is spiritual director who guide ones to reach enlighten and to transfer knowledge. Three major traditions in the East (Hindi, Budhism and Jainism) ascribe guru a high position in religious rites and education. Based on this original meaning of guru, this article tries to adopt it to modern meaning of teacher as a person who provides spiritual and transcendental values to the students. As far as catholic religion teacher concerned, the role of the teacher stemms from his being as a catholic. Being a catholic inspires him to act in accordance to his faith. So, it touches ethics of being and ethics of doing. A catholic religion teacher should regard his profession as a teacher in the service of humanity. One the most difficult problem in the world is the crises of spiritual and transcendetal values. Young milenial students look forward to seeing a teacher who lives these values.
Pendidikan Berwawasan Multikultural
Authors: Muda Hubertus
Published: July 2023

The concept of multiculturalism is not merely comprehended as an acceptance or acknowledgement of differences. Multiculturalism has come to the fore in philosophical discussionsemphasizing the importance of the acknowledgement of the other as a basis of individual and collective identity formation. And this formationcouldhavebeenpolitical,cultural,religiousinessence.Multiculturalism denotes several cultures exist in a society. It has to do with cultures, and it points out to a plurality of cultures and it refers to a specific manner to responding to that plurality.Dialogue then becomes day to day a Religion in action. It has been a human natural need ofequality and at the same time difference.We are unique not by “exclusion" but by “relation'". To be catholic means first of all to be multicultural and this beyond boundaries attitude has vigorously strengthening and promoting religion for human rights,justice, peace,and harmony.
KATEKIS DAN PASTORAL POLITIK
Authors: Mansur Inosentius
Published: July 2023

The notion of politic from Fr. Ino takes account not only of the personal and inter-personal aspect of Christian faith buat also ofits public and “political" aspects. He is aware that to make an option for the poor that counts very much the pastoral shape and involvements ofthe Chatechists in the church.Spirituality andjustice that shapes verymuch the model ofthe Chatechist in the church is an original and challenging contribution to the church as a whole No animation in the church without advocation.A chatechist in the church should stress the need fora transformation ofsocietyby“kingdom values', advocationg and discussing an alternative approach to politic, economics and theology itself as well as an alternative model of the church.The author would like to stress that spirituality andjustice verymuch linked to politics are topics ofcentral concern to the church today.Politic for a chatechist in the church is seen as an articulation of a basic religious outlook or spirituality.
Melacak Daya Jalar Neoliberalisme Global, Penderitaan Sebagai Basis Etis Pembangunan dan Opsi Pengembangan Masyarakat Versi Gereja Katolik
Authors: Denar Benediktus
Published: July 2023

This paper aims to show controversy surrounding development. Therefore, there are two basic ideas that will be used by the author in this paper. First, the author rejects the theoretical framework and dominant paradigm in the study of development, power and poverty which places neoliberal capitalism as the main weapon used by the power to carry out development in order to reduce poverty. Second, the author will demonstrate an alternative development model which essentially places suffering as the main proposition of development. Here development is seen as a way of liberating people from suffering. Thus, the concept of liberating people from suffering is an inspiration used by the author to show Christian vision of development
Tinjauan Yuridis tentang Diakonia dalam Gereja
Authors: Jehaut Rikardus
Published: July 2023

This article focuses on juridical analysis of  the ministry of charity (diakonia) in the light of Codex Iuris Canonici 1983 and some of magisterial teaching such as Deus caritas est and Intima Ecclesiae natura (on the church’s deepest nature).  Relying heavily on these Church’s documents, this article seeks to offer canonical insights concerning four points of particular interest: first, the ministry of charity (diakonia) is a constitutive element of the Church’s mission and an indispensable expression of her very being; second, by baptism, all the faithful have the right and responsibilities to devote themselves personally to the service of charity; third, the exercise of the  ministry  of charity requires organization. The community of the faithful and every faithful has the right, ad normam iuris, to form charitable organisations or create foundations to fund concrete charitable initiatives; fourth, the ministry of charity is directly connected to the Episcopal ministry. Indeed, the bishop is the one primary responsible for that ministry. He has a role in supervising and coordinating works of charity. This article argues that in the area of ministry of charity, diocesan bishop play a pivotal role. He must show a concrete and visible commitment, ensuring that the ministry of charity is to be the chief concern of the particular Church, promoting communion and dialogue among the various agencies as well as keeping the
Escaping the Siren Song—Transitioning to Part-Time Work
Authors: Marshall Ariela L.
Published: July 2023

In this narrative medicine essay, a hematologist redirects her long-embraced ideal career as an academic physician for a more balanced life and for the work she loves in a part-time position.
Leukocyte telomere length predicts subsequent infectious morbidity among Colombian schoolchildren
Authors: Lee Gwenyth O. , Mora‐Plazas Mercedes , Marín Constanza , Villamor Eduardo
Published: July 2023

Objective

Telomere length (TL) attrition is related to chronic disease risk. However, less is known on whether TL predicts infectious outcomes, especially in childhood. We examined whether leukocyte TL (LTL) was associated with subsequent infectious morbidity in schoolchildren.

Methods

We assessed LTL in 717 Colombian children 5–12 years‐old at the beginning of a school year and followed them through the year for daily occurrence of common infection symptoms and doctor visits. We estimated adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of gastrointestinal and respiratory syndromes for quartiles of standardized LTL Z score and per unit LTL Z score.

Results

A longer LTL was associated with increased incidence of all infectious morbidity syndromes considered. Adjusted IRR (95% CI) per unit LTL Z score were 1.55 (1.20, 2.00) for diarrhea with vomiting, 1.34 (1.13, 1.60) for cough with fever, 1.70 (1.28, 2.28) for ear infection, and 1.66 (1.36, 2.02) for doctor visits with symptoms.

Conclusions

Longer LTL is related to increased incidence of common infectious morbidities in middle childhood.
Shared and Distinct Gut Microbiota in Spondyloarthritis, Acute Anterior Uveitis, and Crohn's Disease
Authors: Essex Morgan , Rios Rodriguez Valeria , Rademacher Judith , Proft Fabian , Löber Ulrike , Markó Lajos , Pleyer Uwe , Strowig Till , Marchand Jérémy , Kirwan Jennifer A. , Siegmund Britta , Forslund Sofia K. , Poddubnyy Denis
Published: July 2023

Objective

Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of immune‐mediated diseases highly concomitant with nonmusculoskeletal inflammatory disorders, such as acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and Crohn's disease (CD). The gut microbiome represents a promising avenue to elucidate shared and distinct underlying pathophysiology.

Methods

We performed 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing on stool samples of 277 patients (72 CD, 103 AAU, and 102 SpA) included in the German Spondyloarthritis Inception Cohort and 62 back pain controls without any inflammatory disorder. Discriminatory statistical methods were used to disentangle microbial disease signals from one another and a wide range of potential confounders. Patients were naive to or had not received treatment with biological disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for >3 months before enrollment, providing a better approximation of a true baseline disease signal.

Results

We identified a shared, immune‐mediated disease signal represented by low abundances of Lachnospiraceae taxa relative to controls, most notably Fusicatenibacter, which was most abundant in controls receiving nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug monotherapy and implied to partially mediate higher serum C‐reactive protein. Patients with SpA showed an enrichment of Collinsella, whereas human leukocyte antigen (HLA)‐B27+ individuals displayed enriched Faecalibacterium. CD patients had higher abundances of a Ruminococcus taxon, and previous conventional/synthetic DMARD therapy was associated with increased Akkermansia.

Conclusion

Our work supports the existence of a common gut dysbiosis in SpA and related inflammatory pathologies. We reveal shared and disease‐specific microbial associations and suggest potential mediators of disease activity. Validation studies are needed to clarify the role of Fusicatenibacter in gut‐joint inflammation, and metagenomic resolution is needed to understand the relationship between Faecalibacterium commensals and HLA‐B27.

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Association between periodontitis and mortality of patients with cardiovascular diseases: A cohort study based on NHANES
Authors: Chen Fangman , Song Yansong , Li Weiqi , Xu Hao , Dan Hongxia , Chen Qianming
Published: July 2023

Background

The association between periodontitis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been widely explored, but little is known about the effect of periodontitis on the mortality of CVD patients. This study aims to clarify the effect of periodontitis on all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality of CVD patients.

Methods

We included 2,135 individuals with CVD from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Mortality data were ascertained by linkage to National Death Index records through 31 December 2019. We used Cox proportional hazards models for all‐cause mortality and competing risk models for CVD and cancer mortality to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Further covariate adjustments, stratification analyses, and a variety of sensitivity analyses were conducted to test the reliability and robustness of the results.

Results

The all‐cause mortality in CVD patients with moderate/severe periodontitis was significantly higher than in those with no/mild periodontitis (HR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.02–1.52; P = 0.03). The all‐cause mortality in participants with severe clinical attachment loss was significantly higher (HR: 1.07; 95% CI: 1.01–1.14; P = 0.01). However, no discrepancy in CVD or cancer mortality was observed between CVD patients with different periodontal status.

Conclusions

Our findings from a longitudinal study with a large sample indicated significant but slightly higher all‐cause mortality in CVD patients with moderate/severe periodontitis than in those with no/mild periodontitis.
Applying sunflower oil to rapeseed plants reduces water loss
Authors: de Godoi Rudy Gomes Pereira , Kettlewell Peter Stephen
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND

Hydrophobic polymers are used as antitranspirants to block stomata and reduce water loss from plants and thus drought stress, although the use of current commercial products is limited because they are expensive. Plant oils may be much cheaper hydrophobic polymers if they have similar efficacy to commercial antitranspirant products. Two experiments with pot‐grown rapeseed plants were conducted to compare sunflower oil with the commercially‐available antitranspirant di‐1‐p‐menthene (DPM) for efficacy in reducing water loss, and to test for a linear response to increasing oil concentration.

RESULTS

Sunflower oil at the same concentration as DPM (0.5%) was similar in efficacy in reducing the rate of water loss, measured as both rate of weight loss of the plant and rate of stomatal conductance decline. There was a linear response to increasing concentrations of oil, as found in previous research with DPM on rapeseed, with a slower rate of water loss the greater the concentration.

CONCLUSION

If other plant oils are equally or more effective in reducing water loss as sunflower oil, there may be potential for plant oils to be used as low‐cost antitranspirants to reduce drought damage on large‐scale commodity crops, and also by smallholder farmers in low‐income countries using locally‐produced plant oils. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
Abrechnung der chirurgischen Therapie des
Lipödems
Authors: Motamedi Melodi , Gensior Matthias H. L. , Ghods Mojtaba , Boos Anja M. , Kruppa Philipp , Allert Sixtus
Published: July 2023

Die Abrechnung der Liposuktion des Lipödems gestaltet sich mittlerweile
mannigfaltig. Grundlage hierfür ist die Entscheidung des Gemeinsamen
Bundesausschusses (G-BA), das Lipödem Stadium III bis zum Abschluss der
Erprobungsstudie zu Lasten der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherungen (GKV)
abrechenbar zu machen, sofern die Qualitätssicherungsrichtlinien
erfüllt sind. Demnach kann die operative Therapie bei Lipödem
Stadium III sowohl stationär, wie auch ambulant abgerechnet werden,
während die Übernahme der operativen Behandlung der anderen
beiden Stadien weiterhin einer Einzelfallentscheidung der GKV vorbehalten bleibt
und aktuell fast immer abgelehnt wird. Daher werden die Behandlungskosten von
den Betroffenen häufig privatärztlich oder als Selbstzahler
beglichen. Im Rahmen gerichtlicher Auseinandersetzungen stellt sich immer wieder
die Frage nach der korrekten Abrechnung des Lipödems, welche Gutachter
und Gerichte wiederholt vor eine schwierige Aufgabe stellt. Im folgenden Artikel
stellen wir als AG Lipödem der Deutschen Gesellschaft für
Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie eine
Übersicht über die verschiedenen Abrechnungsmodalitäten
dar und stellen einen Vorschlag zur korrekten Abrechnung der Liposuktion des
Lipödems im Rahmen der GOÄ vor.
Acoustic Profiles
Authors: Jordan Randolph
Published: July 2023

This book proposes a sound ecology of the cinema, addressing film sound through the field of acoustic ecology. The book’s method is referred to as acoustic profiling, a theoretical tool for hearing how filmmakers articulate spatial dimensions in their works. This method is based on a double critical movement: application of acoustic ecology’s prescribed listening practices to film sound studies, and thinking about acoustic ecology as born of film studies, drawing on film studies’ long history of dealing with problems of fidelity and positionality through recording technologies to challenge some of the tenets of acoustic ecology. The core of the book is a set of close readings of specific films and media works across a range of international narrative fiction, documentary, and experimental forms to address ecological issues at play within the aesthetic and thematic content of these works while rethinking acoustic ecology as a set of media practices. To that end, the book demonstrates how the creative use of media technologies in different fields can be understood relationally through the ecological issues that connect them, revivifying acoustic ecology for media studies while broadening the latter’s ecological scope. The book provides a tool kit for readers to hear films with new ears, to think critically about this new listening practice, and to extend that engagement beyond the walls of the screening room by opening works of audiovisual media up to the consideration of soundscape research.