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Greek Orators VII
Authors: Clarke Stephen
Published: January 2022

Demosthenes’ oration On the Chersonese is a masterpiece of rhetorical brilliance and contains some of the best examples of his skill as a political orator, coming as one of his final surviving speeches in the corpus. It was delivered to the Athenians in 341 BC, at a time of turbulent events when Athens was coming under increasing pressure resulting from the actions of Philip of Macedon. The Chersonese was a region of great importance for Athens. At the time of the speech, Philip was in the middle of an extensive military and diplomatic campaign in Thrace that would threaten the security of the Athenian grain trade from the Black Sea. The resulting pressure in the Chersonese, however, was seen by Demosthenes as an attempt by Philip to weaken Athens as a prelude to taking the whole of Greece. In this context he argued in the speech that the general Diopeithes, who had been sent out to the Chersonese in 346 with a naval force, be supported in the face of protest from Philip regarding Diopeithes’ actions in the wider area. This edition with Greek text, translation and commentary contains the first detailed commentary on this speech.
Moving Verses
Authors: Bollig Ben
Published: January 2022

From Wild Tales to Zama, Argentine cinema has produced some of the most visually striking and critically lauded films of the 2000s. Argentina also boasts some of the most exciting contemporary poetry in the Spanish language. What happens when its film and poetry meet on screen? Moving Verses studies the relationship between poetry and cinema in Argentina. Although both the “poetics of cinema” and literary adaptation have become established areas of film scholarship in recent years, the diverse modes of exchange between poetry and cinema have received little critical attention. This book analyses how film and poetry transform each another, and how these two expressive media behave when placed into dialogue. Going beyond theories of adaptation, and engaging critically with concepts around intermediality and interdisciplinarity, Moving Verses offers tools and methods for studying both experimental and mainstream film from Latin America and beyond. The corpus includes some of Argentina’s most exciting and radical contemporary directors (Raúl Perrone, Gustavo Fontán) as well as established modern masters (María Luisa Bemberg, Eliseo Subiela), and seldom studied experimental projects (Narcisa Hirsch, Claudio Caldini). The critical approach draws on recent works on intermediality and “impure” cinema to sketch and assess the many and varied ways in which directors “read” poetry on screen.
SYSTEMATIC BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY IN ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, CHANGE AND CULTURE
Authors: Bilan Svitlana , Šuleř Petr , Skrynnyk Olena , Krajňáková Emília , Vasilyeva Tetyana
Published: January 2022

Even now, in the times of advanced digitization, the planning and implementation of many organizational measures remain human-driven. Corresponding to a global trend of application of artificial intelligence in all areas of life, it has received more attention in the last few years and garnered emerging clusters of research in usage of this technology for organizational issues. Some companies already offer tools that support different management tasks in the area of organizational development, but they are not holistic. According to the google trend analysis of the search for artificial intelligence, the inquiry to this topic continues increasing. The purpose of the described investigation was to identify the academic trends in research interaction between such scientific fields, as Artificial Intelligence, Organizational Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Change, and Organizational Culture using bibliometric and network publication analysis. In order to achieve this purpose, we systematically analysed 191 publications between 1983 and 2020 as well as cited and citing publications. The findings of this study provide important conclusions of the current research state. The insightful results are presented in the form of critical review and frame the body of knowledge.
Limits on Astrophysical Antineutrinos with the KamLAND Experiment
Authors: Abe S. , Asami S. , Gando A. , Gando Y. , Gima T. , Goto A. , Hachiya T. , Hata K. , Hayashida S. , Hosokawa K. , Ichimura K. , Ieki S. , Ikeda H. , Inoue K. , Ishidoshiro K. , Kamei Y. , Kawada N. , Kishimoto Y. , Kinoshita T. , Koga M. , Maemura N. , Mitsui T. , Miyake H. , Nakamura K. , Nakamura K. , Nakamura R. , Ozaki H. , Sakai T. , Sambonsugi H. , Shimizu I. , Shirahata Y. , Shirai J. , Shiraishi K. , Suzuki A. , Suzuki Y. , Takeuchi A. , Tamae K. , Ueshima K. , Wada Y. , Watanabe H. , Yoshida Y. , Obara S. , Ichikawa A. K. , Kozlov A. , Chernyak D. , Takemoto Y. , Yoshida S. , Umehara S. , Fushimi K. , Hirata S. , Nakamura K. Z. , Yoshida M. , Berger B. E. , Fujikawa B. K. , Learned J. G. , Maricic J. , Axani S. N. , Winslow L. A. , Fu Z. , Ouellet J. , Efremenko Y. , Karwowski H. J. , Markoff D. M. , Tornow W. , Li A. , Detwiler J. A. , Enomoto S. , Decowski M. P. , Grant C. , O’Donnell T. , Dell’Oro S. ,   (KamLAND Collaboration)
Published: January 2022

We report on a search for electron antineutrinos (

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A Very Metal-poor RR Lyrae Star with a Disk Orbit Found in the Solar Neighborhood
Authors: Matsunaga Noriyuki , Itane Akinori , Hattori Kohei , Crestani Juliana , Braga Vittorio , Bono Giuseppe , Taniguchi Daisuke , Baba Junichi , Maehara Hiroyuki , Ukita Nobuharu , Sakamoto Tsuyoshi , Kobayashi Naoto , Aoki Tsutomu , Soyano Takao , Tarusawa Ken’ichi , Sarugaku Yuki , Mito Hiroyuki , Sako Shigeyuki , Doi Mamoru , Nakada Yoshikazu , Izumi Natsuko , Ita Yoshifusa , Onozato Hiroki , Jian Mingjie , Kondo Sohei , Hamano Satoshi , Yasui Chikako , Tsujimoto Takuji , Otsubo Shogo , Ikeda Yuji , Kawakita Hideyo
Published: January 2022

Metal-deficient stars are important tracers for understanding the early formation of the Galaxy. Recent large-scale surveys with both photometric and spectroscopic data have reported an increasing number of metal-deficient stars whose kinematic features are consistent with those of the disk stellar populations. We report the discovery of an RR Lyrae variable (hereafter RRL) that is located within the thick disk and has an orbit consistent with the thick-disk kinematics. Our target RRL (HD 331986) is located at around 1 kpc from the Sun and, with V ≃ 11.3, is among the ∼130 brightest RRLs known so far. However, this object has scarcely been studied because it is in the midplane of the Galaxy, at a Galactic latitude around –1°. Its near-infrared spectrum (0.91–1.32 μm) shows no absorption line except hydrogen lines of the Paschen series, suggesting [Fe/H] ≲ –2.5. It is the most metal-deficient RRL, at least among RRLs whose orbits are consistent with the disk kinematics, although we cannot determine to which of the disk and the halo it belongs. This unique RRL would provide us with essential clues for studying the early formation of stars in the inner Galaxy with further investigations, including high-resolution optical spectroscopy.
Anomalous Cosmic-Ray Oxygen Observations into 0.1 au
Authors: Rankin J. S. , McComas D. J. , Leske R. A. , Christian E. R. , Cohen C. M. S. , Cummings A. C. , Joyce C. J. , Labrador A. W. , Mewaldt R. A. , Schwadron N. A. , Stone E. C. , Strauss R. D. , Wiedenbeck M. E.
Published: January 2022

The Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun instrument suite onboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission continues to measure solar energetic particles and cosmic rays closer to the Sun than ever before. Here, we present the first observations of cosmic rays into 0.1 au (21.5 solar radii), focusing specifically on oxygen from ∼2018.7 to ∼2021.2. Our energy spectra reveal an anomalous cosmic-ray-dominated profile that is comparable to that at 1 au, across multiple solar cycle minima. The galactic cosmic-ray-dominated component is similar to that of the previous solar minimum (Solar Cycle 24/25 compared to 23/24) but elevated compared to the past (Solar Cycle 20/21). The findings are generally consistent with the current trend of unusually weak solar modulation that originated during the previous solar minimum and continues today. We also find a strong radial intensity gradient: 49.4 ± 8.0% au−1 from 0.1 to 0.94 au, for energies of 6.9–27 MeV nuc−1. This value agrees with that measured by Helios nearly 45 yr ago from 0.3 to 1.0 au (48% ± 12% au−1; 9–29 MeV nuc−1) and is larger than predicted by models. The large anomalous cosmic-ray gradients observed close to the Sun by the Parker Solar Probe Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun instrument suite found here suggest that intermediate-scale variations in the magnetic field’s structure strongly influence cosmic-ray drifts, well inside 1 au.
Covid-19: Why Virtual Learning Becomes A Pedagogical Acceptance Model in Africa
Authors: James Nubi , Vincent Olufunke Rebecca , Akande Noah Oluwatobi , Makinde Ayodeji Samuel
Published: January 2022

The outbreak of coronavirus pandemic has led to different regulations and changed the usual way of doing things. Considering the level of technology in Africa society before the outbreak of the epidemic many activities, including classroom teaching and learning were affected. This paper examines virtual learn-ing as an unavoidable pedagogical model for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted by adopting the Technology Acceptance Model. Data were obtained from an online survey of 543 respondents and analyzed. Regression of Partial Least Squares (PLS) was used for modeling and hypothesis testing. The results revealed that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, regulatory compliance, and implementation context significantly affect educators' and learners' attitudes towards adopting virtual learning for learning. Subsequently, regulatory compliance had the most substantial influence on educators' and learners' attitudes towards adopting virtual learning for learning during the COVID-19 outbreak. This study established that the adoption of virtual learning has enhanced learning during the coronavirus pandemic lock-down, and the process would also continue after the pandemic. Virtual learning has provided the classroom experience for learners and educators.
Influence of Knowledge Sharing on Students’ Learning Ability under the Background of “5G+AI”
Authors: Zhao Jie
Published: January 2022

The integration of 5g and AI realizes the intelligent communication and deep interaction between educators and learners, and promotes the reconstruction of various education and teaching resources in space and time dimensions. With the wide application of 5g and AI technology, knowledge sharing has become ubiquitous. The willingness and behavior of knowledge sharing provide a huge space for students to improve their learning ability. Taking 5g + AI new technology as the intermediary variable, this study analyzes the impact of knowledge sharing on students' learning ability. The results show that the overall reliability coefficient is 0.787. The reliability of the questionnaire is high, and the Kaiser Meyer Olkin value is 0.756, ranging from 0.7 to 0.8. The validity of the research data is good. The willingness to share knowledge has a positive role in promoting the improvement of students' learning ability. Knowledge sharing behavior plays a positive role in promoting the improvement of students' learning ability. "5g + AI" new educational technology plays an intermediary role in actively promoting knowledge sharing behavior and improving learning ability. The research results have important reference value for fully understanding the impact of knowledge sharing on the improvement of students' learning ability under the background of 5g + AI.
Attitudes Towards Global Warming on Twitter
Authors: Qiao Fang , Jiang Kexin
Published: January 2022

Public opinion surveys over the past thirty years show that public opinion is split on the issue of global warming. One of the problems with “solicited” opinion polls is that the findings may be selectively interpreted in favour of the political goals of a particular interest group. To gain a better understanding of the general public’s unsolicited responses to climate change news, the current study examined Twitter messages containing the words “global warming” spanning 16 months. Using a framework combining a sentiment analysis technique, Hedonometer from the perspective of natural language processing, and Appraisal Theory from a discourse analysis perspective, the study shows that the demonstrated happiness level in tweets containing the words “global warming” is consistently lower than the general level on Twitter, due to increased use of negative words and decreased use of positive words. The Appraisal analysis shows that Appreciation is used most frequently and Affect least.
A Comprehensive Analysis of 5-Year Outcomes in Patients with Cancer Admitted to Intensive Care Units
Authors: Hong Yoonki , Kim Woo Jin , Hong Ji Young , Jeong Yun-jeong , Park Jinkyeong
Published: January 2022

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term (5-year) clinical outcomes of patients who received intensive care unit (ICU) treatment using Korean nationwide data.Methods: All patients aged >18 years with ICU admission according to Korean claims data from January 2008 to December 2010 were enrolled. These enrolled patients were followed up until December 2015. The primary outcome was ICU mortality.Results: Among all critically ill patients admitted to the ICU (n=323,765), patients with cancer showed higher ICU mortality (18.6%) than those without cancer (13.2%, p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference in ICU mortality at day 28 among patients without cancer (14.5%) and those with cancer (lung cancer or hematologic malignancies) (14.3%). Compared to patients without cancer, hazard ratios of those with cancer for ICU mortality at 5 years were: 1.90 (1.87–1.94) for lung cancer; 1.44 (1.43–1.46) for other solid cancers; and 3.05 (2.95–3.16) for hematologic malignancies.Conclusion: This study showed that the long-term survival rate of patients with cancer was significantly worse than that of general critically ill patients. However, short term outcomes of critically ill patients with cancer were not significantly different from those of general patients, except for those with lung cancer or hematologic malignancies.
Child abuse and aggressivity: the childhood of serial killer, spree killer and mass murderer
Authors: Pitzanti Giulia
Published: January 2022

This article aims at analysing the phenomenon of child abuse, the consequences that it may produce in the different evolutionary stages and the role it plays in the manifestation of aggressive behaviour in adulthood. Also, it examines the relationship between the different types of abuse suffered during childhood and the development of criminal phenomenologies such as serial killers, spree killers and mass murderers.
Housing, Social Policy and Difference
Authors: Harrison Malcolm , Davis Cathy
Published: January 2022

This book provides an overview of key social issues set in the context of housing. From minority ethnic housing needs to the housing implications of domestic violence, this broad-ranging study shows how difference is regulated and deploys a distinctive theoretical perspective applicable to other aspects of welfare.
Creating a Learning Society?
Authors: Gorard Stephen , Rees Gareth
Published: January 2022

Lifelong learning is a key government strategy - both in the UK and internationally - to promote economic growth and combat social exclusion. This book presents a highly innovative study of participation in lifelong learning and the problems which need to be overcome if lifelong learning policies are to be successful.
A New Deal for Children?
Authors: Cohen Bronwen , Moss Peter , Petrie Pat , Wallace Jennifer
Published: January 2022

Important reforms are taking place in children's services in the UK, with a move towards greater integration. In England, Scotland and Sweden, early childhood education and care, childcare for older children, and schools are now the responsibility of education departments. This book is the first to examine this major shift in policy.
Retrospective cohort study of morphological features of recurrent schwannomas and neurofibromas
Authors: Murzaeva D. A. , Zabrodskaya Yu. M. , Dolgushin A. A. , Dobrogorskaya L. N. , Orlov A. Y.
Published: January 2022

Recurrences of benign peripheral nerves sheaths tumours (BPNST) after total resection were described in 2.6–11.0% of patients. The significance of the histological features of recurrent BPNST is still insufficiently studied.Aim. To compare the pathomorphological features of recurrent and non-recurrent BPNST (schwannomas and neurofibromas).Materials and methods. A retrospective assessment was made of 101 patients with BPNST with a degree of anaplasia corresponding not more than Grade I. Recurrence of BPNST developed in 13 (12.9%) cases. The study included patients with histological archive: the study group (n = 7) included patients with one or more relapses of BPNST, the control group included patients (n = 5) without relapses after surgery for 5 or more years. The main clinical characteristics were studied and histological examination was performed.Results. There were no differences between the groups in baseline characteristics (the type of tumour (schwannoma, neurofibroma), distribution by sex, age, localization, clinical symptoms). The relapse rate among patients with neurofibromas was 8 in 3 patients vs. 6 in 5 patients with schwannomas. In all cases of recurrent schwannomas and in one of neurofibroma, the histological pattern was predominantly monophasic with rhythmic structures like Verocay bodies with underlined pattern and nuclear hyperchromasia, in contrast to the control group, represented by tumours with a mixed type of structure with uniform alternation of various histological patterns (p < 0,05). Endothelial proliferation and lymphocytic infiltration in the stroma and perivascular area were more common in the relapse group (p < 0.05). Pathomorphological signs of anaplasia: cell-nuclear polymorphism, nuclear hyperchromasia, endothelial proliferation, mitosis, as well as minor signs of anaplasia: solidization, muirization of the fascicular pattern of a tumour and apoptotic bodies were found with the same frequency in both groups. With relapse, the capsule was lost, thinned, intermittent, and sometimes invaded the surrounding tissues.Conclusion. Tumours with the initial signs of anaplasia, such as endothelial proliferation, tendency to hypercellularity, and histological pattern with prominent Verocay bodies dominate among recurrent BPNST.
Assessment of Practice of Injection Safety among Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Osun State, Nigeria
Authors: Timothy Olatunji OLADOSU  , Aderonke Bosede AWOSEEMO  , Aduragbemi Timothy OLAWUMI  , Janet Oluseun OLADOSU
Published: January 2022

The objective of this study was to assess the practice of injection safety among nurses in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. A cross sectional descriptive design was adopted for the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information. A total of 271 nurses were selected from various wards of the hospital using stratified sampling technique. The data were collected, assembled and analyzed by using SPSS version 20.0 at p˂0.05 significance level. Findings showed that 60% of the respondents demonstrated good practice of injection safety. However, the major barriers to the practice of injection safety were availability of good disposable injection equipment (p= 0.040), non-display of injection safety guidelines (p= 0.010) and nurses’ lack of adequate knowledge (p= 0.003). Training and retraining of nurses should be embarked upon in order to improve nurses’ knowledge of injection safety and enhance good practice. The institution should demonstrate willingness to safety injection practices by providing adequate resources for its implementation.
Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile and Prevalence of AmpC among Clinical Bacterial Isolates obtained From Northwestern Nigeria
Authors: Shu’aibu, S.S.  , Arzai A.H.  , Mukhtar, M.D.
Published: January 2022

Antibiotic Resistance is spreading all over the world conferring multiple resistant in the treatment and management of life threatening infections. Cephalosporins are antibiotics prescribed daily for a wide variety of infections in Nigerian hospitals. The production of bla-AmpC enzymes by many Enterobacteriaceae conferred resistance to such class of antibiotics.  The aim of the study is to determine the antibiotic susceptibility and prevalence of AmpC among clinical bacterial isolates obtained from Northwestern Nigeria. A total of 1000 clinical bacterial isolates were collected from seven states of north western Nigeria and were screened Phenotypically for AmpC production using Disk Approximation test. Antibiotic sensitivity test was performed according to clinical and laboratory standard Institutes guidelines (CLSI). Acinetobacter baumanii, Serratia liquefaciens and Providence sp showed 100% resistance to third generation cephalosporin antibiotics as well as Levofloxacin, Impinem and Tigercycline, moderate susceptibility was observed with Colistin, followed by Proteus Mirabilis (85%) resistance to Ceftizoxime. Tigercycline and Colistin were the most active drugs against the Isolates.  The prevalence of AmpC production among the isolates showed that Acinetobacter baumanii, Aeromonas sp., Providence sp., Serratia liquefaciens and Citrobacter freundi had the highest prevalence of 100% each. Enterobacter clocae had least value of 50%. Similarly, high Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) 100% was shown by A. baumannii, Aeromonas sp, Providence sp and S. liquefaciens with least values from Staphylococcus aureus (33.1%). The occurrence of AmpC was higher among male patients with prevalence rate of 54.1%, p-value >0.001.The occurrence of these resistance conferring enzymes was chronologically sensitive as its prevalence is more pronounced among patients aged >60 years (64.5%) with least value among patients aged 21-30 years (23.1%), (p-value>0.001). The trend in the prevalence of AmpC production and MDR resistance among the states of Northwestern Nigeria is in the following order: Sokoto˃Kaduna˃Katsina˃Kebbi>Kano˃Jigawa˃Zamfara. The results from this study implied that, AmpC production is on the increase in Northwestern Nigeria and that the spread of these resistance conferring enzymes among bacterial isolates is an issue of public health concerned. Therefore, proper monitoring and surveillance for proper prevention and infection control may limit the further spread of these isolates.
Pengaruh Bagi Hasil terhadap Jumlah Nasabah Deposito Mudharabah BPRS Amanah Ummah
Authors: Parhah Kiki Fajriatul , Junaedi Dedi , Romli Moh.
Published: January 2022

The principle of profit sharing in syaria'ah banking is the main and most important principle, because profit (profit sharing) is the reward (wages) for business and capital while Mudharabah deposits are time deposits with a Mudharabah agreement where the owner of the funds (shahibul maal) entrusts his funds by the bank to be managed or acts as a mudharib with profit sharing according to the agreed ratio from the start The purpose of this study is to analyze whether the nominal profit sharing has an effect on the number of Mudharabah deposit customers at BPR Syariah Amanah Umah period 2013–2015. The sample in this study is BPR Syariah Amanah Ummah for the period 2013-2015. This type of research is a quantitative research with the methods of collecting interview data, documentation and observation. The data used in this study are secondary data obtained from published financial data and from interviews with BPRs. The analytical tool used is linear regression, then the data is processed using SPSS 21 to test classical assumptions and hypothesis testing. 

Results of analysis Based on the results of the t test above, it can be seen that the profit sharing

of 12 months deposits and the presence of an office have a positive and significant e ffect in influencing the variable number of Mudharabah deposit customers and negatively affecting the profit sharing of 6 months deposits. Based on the results of the F statistical test above, it can be seen that all independent variables (6 months profit sharing, 12 months profit sharing and office presence) together have a significant effect on the number of deposit customers at BPR Syariah Amanah Ummah Based on the coefficient of determination (R² ) amounting to 0.557 which means the number of Mudharabah customers at BPR Syariah Amanah Ummah can be explained by independent variables of 55.7% and the remaining 45.3% is influenced by other variables outside of this research model.
Pengaruh Kinerja Karyawan terhadap Kepuasan Nasabah:
Authors: Maulana Irham , Salistia Faisal , Sukarna Sukarna
Published: January 2022

Today every institution or business entity cannot escape the fact that competition will continue to increase sharply and significantly over time. Apart from expanding, competitors are also continuously improving their formulas to attract their customers. In this case, the most important key is the customer. Today it is believed that companies that are able to provide satisfaction to their customers are able to dominate the market. BPRS Amanah Ummah Leuwiliang as a business entity engaged in the service sector must pay attention to the performance of its employees in providing services to customers. Because the services provided by employees will affect customers, both positive and negative. From this, problems arise that make the author interested in conducting research to show that there is a positive effect of employee performance on customer satisfaction at BPRS Amanah Ummah. This research is a quantitative study, by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents as a sample to obtain responses about the dimensions of employee performance on customer satisfaction. In addition to using a questionnaire, the writer also uses interview, observation and documentation methods. As for statistical testing with simple linear regression, hypothesis testing with t test, and R2 test (coefficient of determination). The results of hypothesis testing with t test on variable X (employee performance) obtained a value of t count 10.587> t table 1.984, so employee performance has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction at BPRS Amanah Ummah Leuwiliang. While the coefficient of determination test results show that employee performance affects customer satisfaction by 53.4% ​​and the remaining 46.6% is influenced by other factors not included in this study.
Dampak Covid-19 Terhadap Minat Nasabah Pada Produk Gadai Emas Syariah (Rahn) di BPRS Amanah Ummah
Authors: Fatalbari Rizal , Nawawi M. Kholil , Sutisna Sutisna
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the whole world has had a huge impact on the economy. Household consumption and the fulfillment of basic needs are a problem in the midst of restrictions on social mobility and rampant cases of layoffs. Emergency funds as a fulfillment of needs become important in the midst of a situation of uncertainty about a crisis that will never end. Pawn transactions are a way to get cash by mortgaging their belongings. The rahn contract already exists at BPRS Amanah Ummah and is practiced to help customers in particular and the public in general to obtain direct funds in accordance with sharia principles. This research is a qualitative research that aims to find out whether Covid-19 affects customer interest in sharia gold pawn products and what factors affect customer interest in sharia gold pawn products (rahn) in the Covid-19 era at BPRS Amanah Ummah. Money data collection techniques used are interviews, documentation, questionnaires and observations. The employees of BPRS Amanah Ummah and customers who made pawn transactions became research respondents. The results showed that the covid-19 pandemic caused a decrease in the number of customers. Gold pawn customer data calculated from before and after Covid-19 stated that in 2019-2020 the total pawn customers were 7068 and from 2020-2021 as many as 6960 there was a decrease of 108 gold pawn customers. The economic factor is one of the most important factors in using the pawn services available at the Amanah Ummah BPRS. Economic factors include economic needs or economic problems that hit customers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This economic factor can be seen by the economic problems it causes that still affect the motives that determine the customer's decision to pawn the goods.
Penerapan Etika Bisnis Islam Dalam Transaksi Jual Beli pada Wirausaha Muslim
Authors: Lubis Rismayanti , Nawawi M. Kholil , Hakiem Hilman
Published: January 2022

Rismayanti Lubis 171104080851 “Penerapan Etika Bisnis Islam Dalam Transaksi Jual Beli Pada Wirausaha Muslim (Studi Pada Wirausaha Muslim di Desa Laladon)” in business competition is the ethics have to business people because the way regulates all human activites including business by giving limitation whatever may done and who cannot be done. this research explains how the implementation of ethical business people in transaction in muslim entrepreneurs in the village Laladon behavior and now how muslim entrepreneurs in the village Laladon according to Islamic. Bisiness this research in a qualitative. Descriptive approachdata collection techniques used in this research in the from of interview, observation and documentation the result of the transaction on muslim entrepreneneurs in the village Laladon cash, however some entrepreneurs have digital transaction, provides payments and have made a run of the seller and buyer. The implementation of ethical business on muslim entrepreneurs in the village Laladon by applying the principle of unity the principle of justice, the principle of trustful, and responsibilities, principle of rectitude, products sold lawful, and did not do bisnis mal has ini practice in an entrepreneurship activity. Muslim entrepreneurial behavior in the village Laladon gave the best services with an attitude suave and customer with a vengeance. The application of islam in business ethics transaction on muslim entrepreneurs in the village Laladon has is served in accordance with islam Syariah.
Pengaruh Persepsi Konsumen, Labelisasi Halal dan Citra Merek Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Produk Herbal Skincare SR12
Authors: Lia Ade , Ibdalsyah Ibdalsyah , Hakiem Hilman
Published: January 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of consumer perceptions, halal labeling and brand image on purchasing decisions, while the independent variables are consumer perceptions, halal labeling and brand image. The data in this study were collected through questionnaires distributed to consumers who had purchased and used SR12 herbal skincare products in Bogor. The research method used is quantitative. The population in this study were consumers of SR12 herbal skincare products. With the data collected amounted to 100 respondents. The data analysis tool used in this study used multiple linear regression. The results of this study indicate that the variables of consumer perception, halal labeling and brand image have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions for sr12 herbal skincare products.

Keywords: Consumer Perception, Halal Labeling, Brand Image and Purchase Decision
Determinación de la DL50 de Metanosulfonato de Etilo (EMS) para la inducción de cambios morfológicos y fisiológicos en plántulas de Plukenetia volubilis
Authors: Corazón-Guivin Mike , Arévalo-Rojas Manuel , Acosta-Córdoba Ronny , Valverde-Iparraguirre Jorge , Ruiz-Sánchez María , Cerna-Mendoza Agustín , Guerrero-Abad Juan Carlos , Chirinos-Hinojosa Danny
Published: January 2022

El uso de mutágenos químicos es una herramienta muy utilizada para la generación de nuevas variantes genéticas en diversos cultivos agrícolas. Se evaluó el uso Ethyl Methanesulphonate (EMS) en semillas de Plukenetia volubilis L. para determinar la concentración óptima de EMS que redujera la germinación y/o emergencia de las semillas hasta un 50.0%, y evaluar las alteraciones morfológicas y fisiológicas en plántulas de P. volubilis durante la primera generación. Se empleó un DCA simple con diferentes dosis (0.0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% y 3.0%) de EMS en un solo tiempo de exposición (30 hrs.), más un control absoluto (semillas sin tratamiento), para evaluar la sensibilidad mutagénica de P. volubilis L.., considerando parámetros como porcentaje de emergencia, altura de planta, pérdida de dominancia apical, clorosis y deformación de las hojas. Los resultados mostraron que la dosis de 3.0% de EMS con 30 hrs. de exposición, redujo hasta un 50.0% la emergencia de plántulas, valor considerado como la dosis letal media (DL50) para P. volubilis. Así mismo, se evidenciaron alteraciones fenotípicas como deformación de hojas, clorosis, disminución de la altura y pérdida de dominancia apical con el incremento de dosis de EMS. Estos resultados demuestran el potencial del EMS para ser utilizados en semillas de sacha inchi con el objetivo de generar nuevas variantes genética de esta especie.
Balantidium nawaraoi, un nuevo ciliado en humanos
Authors: Traviezo-Valles Luis
Published: January 2022

Señor editor. Leyendo con atención un artículo de su revista intitulado “Prevalencia coprológica de parásitos gastrointestinales en humanos y porcinos de crianza de traspatio del distrito de Zapatero, San Martín” el cual reporta solo en porcinos 0,57% de prevalencia para Balantidium coli y señala el grado de este y otros enteroparásitos en cerdos como de importancia en la transmisión al hombre (1), al respecto quisiera agregar lo siguiente: El único ciliado descrito para el hombre era Balantidium coli (Neobalantidium coli), causante de la balantidiasis o balantiosis (Figura 1), pero recientemente se describió en la Revista Médica Sinergia 6 (2) e637, 2021, un nuevo protozoario colonizando intestino humano. Se trata de Balantidium nawaraoi (Neobalantidium nawaraoi) (2,3).
A Wall of Our Own
Authors: Farber Paul M.
Published: January 2022

The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era. Its construction in 1961 and its dismantling in 1989 are broadly understood as pivotal moments in the history of the last century. In A Wall of Our Own, Paul M. Farber traces the Berlin Wall as a site of pilgrimage for American artists, writers, and activists. During the Cold War and in the shadow of the Wall, figures such as Leonard Freed, Angela Davis, Shinkichi Tajiri, and Audre Lorde weighed the possibilities and limits of American democracy. All were sparked by their first encounters with the Wall, incorporated their reflections in books and artworks directed toward the geopolitics of division in the United States, and considered divided Germany as a site of intersection between art and activism over the respective courses of their careers. Departing from the well-known stories of Americans seeking post–World War II Paris for their own self-imposed exile or traveling the open road of the domestic interstate highway system, Farber reveals the divided city of Berlin as another destination for Americans seeking a critical distance. By analyzing the experiences and cultural creations of "American Berliner" artists and activists, Farber offers a new way to view not only the Wall itself but also how the Cold War still structures our thinking about freedom, repression, and artistic resistance on a global scale.
Lula and His Politics of Cunning
Authors: French John D.
Published: January 2022

Known around the world simply as Lula, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born in 1945 to illiterate parents who migrated to industrializing São Paulo. He learned to read at ten years of age, left school at fourteen, became a skilled metalworker, rose to union leadership, helped end a military dictatorship—and in 2003 became the thirty-fifth president of Brazil. During his administration, Lula led his country through reforms that lifted tens of millions out of poverty. Here, John D. French, one of the foremost historians of Brazil, provides the first critical biography of the leader whom even his political opponents see as strikingly charismatic, humorous, and endearing. Interweaving an intimate and colorful story of Lula’s life—his love for home, soccer, factory floor, and union hall—with an analysis of large-scale forces, French argues that Lula was uniquely equipped to influence the authoritarian structures of power in this developing nation. His cunning capacity to speak with, not at, people and to create shared political meaning was fundamental to his political triumphs. After Lula left office, his opponents convicted and incarcerated him on charges of money laundering and corruption—but his immense army of voters celebrated his recent release from jail, insisting that he is the victim of a right-wing political ambush. The story of Lula is not over.
Aaron McDuffie Moore
Authors: Hill-Saya Blake , Butterfield G.K. , Watts Welch C. Eileen
Published: January 2022

Aaron McDuffie Moore (1863–1923) was born in rural Columbus County in eastern North Carolina at the close of the Civil War. Defying the odds stacked against an African American of this era, he pursued an education, alternating between work on the family farm and attending school. Moore originally dreamed of becoming an educator and attended notable teacher training schools in the state. But later, while at Shaw University, he followed another passion and entered Leonard Medical School. Dr. Moore graduated with honors in 1888 and became the first practicing African American physician in the city of Durham, North Carolina. He went on to establish the Durham Drug Company and the Durham Colored Library; spearhead and run Lincoln Hospital, the city's first secular, freestanding African American hospital; cofound North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company; help launch Rosenwald schools for African American children statewide; and foster the development of Durham's Hayti community. Dr. Moore was one-third of the mighty "Triumvirate" alongside John Merrick and C. C. Spaulding, credited with establishing Durham as the capital of the African American middle class in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and founding Durham's famed Black Wall Street. His legacy can still be seen on the city streets and country backroads today, and an examination of his life provides key insights into the history of Durham, the state, and the nation during Reconstruction and the beginning of the Jim Crow Era.
The Haitians
Authors: Casimir Jean , Mignolo Walter D.
Published: January 2022

In this sweeping history, leading Haitian intellectual Jean Casimir argues that the story of Haiti should not begin with the usual image of Saint-Domingue as the richest colony of the eighteenth century. Rather, it begins with a reconstruction of how individuals from Africa, in the midst of the golden age of imperialism, created a sovereign society based on political imagination and a radical rejection of the colonial order, persisting even through the U.S. occupation in 1915.
The Haitians also critically retheorizes the very nature of slavery, colonialism, and sovereignty. Here, Casimir centers the perspectives of Haiti's moun andeyo—the largely African-descended rural peasantry. Asking how these systematically marginalized and silenced people survived in the face of almost complete political disenfranchisement, Casimir identifies what he calls a counter-plantation system. Derived from Caribbean political and cultural practices, the counter-plantation encompassed consistent reliance on small-scale landholding. Casimir shows how lakou, small plots of land often inhabited by generations of the same family, were and continue to be sites of resistance even in the face of structural disadvantages originating in colonial times, some of which continue to be maintained by the Haitian government with support from outside powers.
Three Ways of Looking at a Tiger: Animal Minds in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi
Authors: Cao Xinyi
Published: January 2022

Engagement with animals is a central theme in Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi, reflected and shaped by the character-narrator Pi’s reading of animal minds. The article examines attributions of minds to animals in three types of encounters with them: observation, interaction, and narration. While in childhood Pi tends to project human temperaments and emotions onto animals, he is forced to recognize animals’ species-specific experiences as the shipwreck foregrounds his embodiment. As such, the novel introduces the logic of nonhuman psychology into narrative development, formulating an intersubjective and interspecies relationship. Furthermore, at the end of the novel, it alerts us to intellectual and therapeutic functions of animals as narrative elements through comparison between representations of human and animal minds. The text not only identifies different presences of animals in the human world, but generates insights into how narrative in general conveys and responds to complex human-animal entanglements in our reality.
Modeling of pump performance in a water pumping plant
Authors: Laajine Fouad , Machkor Mohammed , Mazouzi Driss
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Energy use in drinking Water Supply System represents an important part of the global energy consumption across all sectors. This portion is expected to raise, due to the raising demand and the recourse to unconventional water resources. For the water utilities, most of their operating costs are related to energy consumptions, especially the consumption of pumping systems. The main objective of this study is to produce a model which reflects the real behaviour of a pumping system to help in taking decisions on which pump to use First and which one to replace in case of a limited renovation. In order to do so, Multiple Linear regression was adopted to model the ratio kWh/m3 produced depending on the input parameters. The final model describes in a good manner the phenomenon (R2 = 0.91), so it can be a good estimator as the calculated ratio is close to the experimental one. The Novelty of this approach is to have a model which takes into account the real behaviour of the system whereas most of the studies focus on the pump scheduling problem.
11-year record of wintertime snow surface energy balance and sublimation at 4863 m a.s.l. on Chhota Shigri Glacier moraine (western Himalaya, India)
Authors: Mandal Arindan , Angchuk Thupstan , Azam Mohd Farooq , Ramanathan Alagappan , Wagnon Patrick , Soheb Mohd , Singh Chetan
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Analysis of surface energy balance (SEB) at the glacier surface is the most comprehensive way to explain the atmosphere-glacier interactions but that requires extensive data. In this study, we analyse an 11-year (2009–2020) record of the meteorological dataset from an automatic weather station installed at 4863 m a.s.l., on a lateral moraine of the Chhota Shigri Glacier in the western Himalaya. The study was carried out over the winter months (December to April) to understand SEB drivers and snow sublimation. Further, we examine the role of cloud cover on SEB and turbulent heat fluxes. The turbulent heat fluxes were calculated using the bulk-aerodynamic method, including stability corrections. The net short-wave radiation was the primary energy source. However, the turbulent heat fluxes dissipated a significant amount of energy. The cloud cover plays an important role in limiting the incoming short-wave radiation by 70 %. It also restricts the turbulent heat fluxes by around 50 %, consequently less snow sublimation. During the winter period, turbulent latent heat flux contributed the largest (63 %) in the total SEB, followed by net all-wave radiation (29 %) and sensible heat flux (8 %). Sublimation rates were three times higher in clear-sky conditions than overcast, indicating a strong control of cloud cover in turbulent latent heat flux. Dry air, along with the high snow surface temperature and wind speed, favours sublimation. We also observed that strong and cold winds, possibly through mid-latitude western disturbances, impede sublimation by bringing high moisture content in the region and cooling the snow surface. The estimated snow sublimation fraction was 16–42 % of the total winter snowfall at the study site. This indicates snow sublimation is an essential parameter to be considered in the glaciohydrological modelling at the high mountain Himalayan catchments.
Comparison of Large Eddy Simulations against measurements from the Lillgrund offshore wind farm
Authors: Sood Ishaan , Simon Elliot , Vitsas Athanasios , Blockmans Bart , Larsen Gunner C. , Meyers Johan
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Numerical simulation tools such as Large Eddy Simulations (LES) have been extensively used in recent years to simulate and analyze turbine-wake interactions within large wind farms. However, to ensure the reliability of the performance and accuracy of such numerical solvers, validation against field measurements is essential. To this end, a measurement campaign is carried out at the Lillgrund offshore wind farm to gather data for the validation of an in-house LES solver. Flow field data is collected from the farm using three long-range WindScanners, along with turbine performance and load measurements from individual turbines. Turbulent inflow conditions are reconstructed from an existing precursor database using a scaling-and-shifting approach, proposed so that the generated inflow statistics match the measurements. Thus, 5 different simulation cases are setup, corresponding to 5 different inflow conditions at the Lillgrund wind farm. Operation of the 48 Siemens 2.3 MW turbines from the Lillgrund wind farm is parameterized in the flow domain using an Aeroelastic Actuator Sector Model (AASM). Time-series turbine performance metrics from the simulated cases are compared against field measurements to evaluate the accuracy of the optimization framework, turbine model and flow solver. In general, results from the numerical solver show good comparison in terms of power production, turbine loading and wake recovery. Nevertheless, larger errors for a few turbines in the wind farm across the simulated cases reveal the need for an improved controller implementation, and possibly a finer simulation grid for capturing wake turbulence.
The Text as Richard Serra Sculpture: On Reading the Prose Poem
Authors: LaFemina Gerry
Published: January 2022

The dismay at the term prose poem which some in the literary mainstream and

many outside of it feel, is part of the power of the prose poem itself - the duality,

the seeming irrationality - of the term is at the heart of the form’s power. It exists

in two worlds. It is of two minds. And although this is true of the best of poems,

the form of the prose poem, it’s traditional prose look, is camouflage for its

subversive nature. It subverts the world of the readers of both poetry and prose.

It subverts the rules of the rational world - the mainstream world - with its

seemingly familiar form that is invaded by the irrational, the surreal, the

magically real, the absurd, the imagistic, the truly symbolic. The prose blocks

are wrought like the steel sheets of a Serra sculpture so the sentences twist and

curve and cause us to have an experience through which the world and how we

understand it has been, if only momentarily, transformed.