bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Distributions of Nursing Student’s Problems with Student Centered Learning Method
Authors: Andriany Megah
Published: January 2023

Purpose: Student centered learning (SCL) method is a new approach in Indonesia in which students have to more proactive in achieving competencies. A nursing school in Semarang, Indonesia has applied this method since 2006. Many students’ achievements were obtained from local, national, and regional level. However, several concerns also came up with this method. This study aims to identify students’ problems with SCL methods from 1st to 4th year grades. Methods: Research design was a descriptive quantitative by conducting survey based on the domains and categories from a qualitative study. The questionnaire has been tested the validity and reliability. The researcher kept the items do not valid since they are significant to explore those crucial problems. Univariate analysis was done to measure the problem percentage in each grade. The investigator described each category in quantitative analysis tables. Results: The results showed that the problem percentages found in the early year almost similar with others. Conclusion: This recommends that it needs learning system improvement from life skill competence arrangements, learning scenario design, and tutor’s capacity enhancement.
Thresholds of liminality: discourse and embodiment from separation to consummation among Guatemalan Maya youth workers in Los Angeles
Authors: O’Connor Brendan H. , Canizales Stephanie L.
Published: January 2023

This paper brings contemporary scholarship on youth migration, Indigeneity, race, and language into conversation with formative work on liminality and rites of passage. Drawing on six years’ worth of participant observation and interviews with L1 Maya (primarily K’iche’) speaking Guatemalan youth workers in Los Angeles, we theorize the transformations that characterize urban immigrant life for Indigenous Latinxs in the contemporary United States as a passage through the liminal state from separation to consummation. We first analyze participants’ language behavior during the separation phase following migration, when youth sought to defend themselves from anti-Indigenous harm and discrimination through discourse practices such as cloaking or denying Maya proficiency, claiming to be Mexican or non-Indigenous Guatemalan, or avoiding speaking Spanish or K’iche’ in public. Participants also employed techniques of bodily concealment that were believed to make them less racially identifiable in physical terms. As time went on, youth felt less of a need to defend themselves from stigmas attached to Indigeneity and Guatemalan identity and began to consider possibilities for expressing ethnic and linguistic pride in communal settings. This reflection was enabled by youth’s growing embeddedness in Los Angeles’s multicultural society along with coethnic small group settings that valorized Indigeneity and invited youth to compare their trajectories to those of other immigrant groups. We acknowledge the distinctive challenges that Indigenous youth encounter as immigrants to the US. However, our findings point beyond Indigenous Latinxs’ post-migration experiences of shame, fear, and discrimination to possibilities for language maintenance and cultural pride in the context of long-term sobrevivencia, or survival, in diaspora.
Stewards of the language: liminality and transnational sovereignty
Authors: Baquedano-López Patricia , Méndez Cristina S.
Published: January 2023

In this article we introduce the language practices of a group of Indigenous Maya students at an elementary school in northern California. We discuss how liminal experience in migration foregrounds an awareness of becoming and embodying multiple selves and of using multiple languages across the home, school, and community. Through an analysis of interview data from a three and a half-year ethnographic project at the school, we focus on two students’ strategies for learning and stewarding their Indigenous language. Their use and awareness of language offer examples of Indigenous resurgence and futurity as the young generation reclaims language in acts of transnational sovereignty. We argue that these students’ translanguaging practices represent their everyday actions as stewards of the language, and that in the process of learning their Indigenous language, these students enact forms of transnational sovereignty.
Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in motion event conceptualisation in bilingual speakers of Spanish and English
Authors: Aveledo Fraibet , Athanasopoulos Panos
Published: January 2023

We investigated bidirectional cross-linguistic influence on motion event (ME) expressions in bilingual speakers of two typological different languages (Talmy’s typology), Spanish (as L1) and English (as L2). Specifically, we investigated whether bilingual speakers struggle to learn ME expressions in the L2, and whether this process affects ME uses in the L1. Potential effects of L2 proficiency and L2 AoA in both L1 and L2 was also studied. ME expressions elicited from 6-second video-clips were analysed for manner and path components at the level of the verb and of the clause. Results support the hypothesis of bidirectional cross-linguistic influence on motion event conceptualization. In bilinguals’ L2, we observed patterns of restructuring, convergence and L1 transfer. In bilinguals’ L1, we reported structural and conceptualization patterns that seem to emerge from the contact with the L2. Proficiency and AoA showed modulation in the use of manner verbs on both L2 and L1.
Thorium as an abundant source of nuclear energy and challenges in separation science
Authors: Manchanda Vijay K.
Published: January 2023

Today about 440 nuclear power plants, with total installed capacity of 390 GW(e) are in operation worldwide generating around 10% of global electricity which are largely fuelled by enriched uranium oxide [Nuclear Power in the World Today. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today.aspx]. Thorium is 3–4 times more abundant than uranium and needs to be exploited by countries with limited stock of uranium. Historically, there have been several attempts to develop Th based reactors, but none has reached commercial scale. In recent years, High Temperature Reactor based on thorium has gained prominence for production of hydrogen with long term goal of complete carbon neutrality. However, unlike natural uranium, which contains ∼0.7% fissile 235U isotope, natural thorium does not contain any ‘fissile’ material and is made up exclusively of the ‘fertile’ 232Th which can be converted to ‘fissile’ 233U, thereby enlarging the fissile material resources. However, there is a need to develop robust closed fuel cycle to address to the challenges of high gamma dose due to the presence of decay products of 232U. It is necessary to gain more experience with promising THOREX process to achieve the desired recovery and D.F. of 233U from the irradiated 232Th. There is also scope to have a close look at some of the alternative extractants and emerging separation techniques for the reprocessing of spent Th based fuels. In view of the distinct advantages of non aqueous reprocessing over aqueous reprocessing, there is need to intensify the efforts to develop the former on a commercial scale. Molten Salt Breeder Reactor (MSBR) is particularly promising in this context. There is a need to investigate Th as energy amplifier under Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System (ADSS) which has potential to burn long lived radio nuclides, considered as a threat to environment over million of years.
The Ethnic and Religious Structure of the Population of the Present-Day Territory of Transcarpathia in 1851
Authors:   Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, Department of Geography and Tourism, Tóth Attila , Fodor Gyula ,   Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, Department of Geography and Tourism, Berghauer Sándor ,   Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, Department of Geography and Tourism
Published: January 2023

In the present study we attempted to ascertain the ethnic and religious structure of the population which in 1851 lived on the territory that is now known as Transcarpathia, based on data from the book by Elek Fényes (The Geographic Dictionary of Hungary… / Magyarország geographiai szótára…) published in the same year. According to the results of our research, we can state that the dominant ethnic community of the region at that time were the Rusyns (in Elek Fényes’s wording Russians), who lived predominantly in the mountainous territories. An important role in the ethnic structure was also played by Hungarians, Germans, Slovaks and Vlachs (Romanians). As to the religious composition, the most important denomination was that of Greek Catholics/Eastern Orthodox Christians, who formed an absolute majority in the region, their settlement area showing a close relationship with the location of the Rusyns.
A Cross-Species Neuroimaging Study of Sex Chromosome Dosage Effects on Human and Mouse Brain Anatomy
Authors: Guma Elisa , Beauchamp Antoine , Liu Siyuan , Levitis Elizabeth , Clasen Liv S. , Torres Erin , Blumenthal Jonathan , Lalonde Francois , Qiu Lily R. , Hrncir Haley , MacKenzie-Graham Allan , Yang Xia , Arnold Arthur P. , Lerch Jason P. , Raznahan Armin
Published: January 2023

All eutherian mammals show chromosomal sex determination with contrasting sex chromosome dosages (SCDs) between males (XY) and females (XX). Studies in transgenic mice and humans with sex chromosome trisomy (SCT) have revealed direct SCD effects on regional mammalian brain anatomy, but we lack a formal test for cross-species conservation of these effects. Here, we develop a harmonized framework for comparative structural neuroimaging and apply this to systematically profile SCD effects on regional brain anatomy in both humans and mice by contrasting groups with SCT (XXY and XYY) versus XY controls. Total brain size was substantially altered by SCT in humans (significantly decreased by XXY and increased by XYY), but not in mice. Robust and spatially convergent effects of XXY and XYY on regional brain volume were observed in humans, but not mice, when controlling for global volume differences. However, mice do show subtle effects of XXY and XYY on regional volume, although there is not a general spatial convergence in these effects within mice or between species. Notwithstanding this general lack of conservation in SCT effects, we detect several brain regions that show overlapping effects of XXY and XYY both within and between species (cerebellar, parietal, and orbitofrontal cortex), thereby nominating high priority targets for future translational dissection of SCD effects on the mammalian brain. Our study introduces a generalizable framework for comparative neuroimaging in humans and mice and applies this to achieve a cross-species comparison of SCD effects on the mammalian brain through the lens of SCT.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTSex chromosome dosage (SCD) affects neuroanatomy and risk for psychopathology in humans. Performing mechanistic studies in the human brain is challenging but possible in mouse models. Here, we develop a framework for cross-species neuroimaging analysis and use this to show that an added X- or Y-chromosome significantly alters human brain anatomy but has muted effects in the mouse brain. However, we do find evidence for conserved cross-species impact of an added chromosome in the fronto-parietal cortices and cerebellum, which point to regions for future mechanistic dissection of sex chromosome dosage effects on brain development.
“I Hope We Leave More of a Record”
Authors: Cifor Marika , McDonald Claire
Published: January 2023

During the early years of the HIV/AIDS crisis, the provision of information was part of the necessary care work for people living and dying with HIV or AIDS. AIDS INFO BBS and the associated caregivers mailing list was a much-needed digital space for sharing the struggles and opportunities of AIDS care work. By charting the creation, contents, and afterlife of the caregivers mailing list digital archive, we examine the ways in which technologies facilitate powerful queer care relations. Through iterative qualitative coding of the archived messages, we examine (1) care networks, (2) novel medical care technologies, (3) and archiving as care work. Despite popular narratives that present the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a relic of the recent past, the HIV/AIDS crisis continues. By providing narratives of continuation from the archive, we uncover a richer understanding of HIV/AIDS histories and the ways in which care was and is provided during this pandemic.
The super elongation complex (SEC) mediates phase transition of SPT5 during transcriptional pause release
Authors: Guo Chenghao , Zhang Yadi , Shuai Shimin , Sigbessia Abire , Hao Shaohua , Xie Peng , Jiang Xu , Luo Zhuojuan , Lin Chengqi
Published: January 2023

Release of promoter‐proximally paused RNA Pol II into elongation is a tightly regulated and rate‐limiting step in metazoan gene transcription. However, the biophysical mechanism underlying pause release remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the pausing and elongation regulator SPT5 undergoes phase transition during transcriptional pause release. SPT5 per se is prone to form clusters. The disordered domain in SPT5 is required for pause release and gene activation. During early elongation, the super elongation complex (SEC) induces SPT5 transition into elongation droplets. Depletion of SEC increases SPT5 pausing clusters. Furthermore, disease‐associated SEC mutations impair phase properties of elongation droplets and transcription. Our study suggests that SEC‐mediated SPT5 phase transition might be essential for pause release and early elongation and that aberrant phase properties could contribute to transcription abnormality in diseases.
BTNL2 promotes colitis‐associated tumorigenesis in mice by regulating IL‐22 production
Authors: Peng Qianwen , Pan Ting , He Ruirui , Yi Ming , Feng Lingyun , Cui Zhihui , Gao Ru , Wang Heping , Feng Xiong , Li Hui , Wang Yuan , Zhang Cun‐jin , Cheng Du , Du Yanyun , Wang Chenhui
Published: January 2023

Interleukin 22 (IL‐22) has an important role in colorectal tumorigenesis and many colorectal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and certain infections. However, the regulation of IL‐22 production in the intestinal system is still unclear. Here, we present evidence that butyrophilin‐like protein 2 (BTNL2) is required for colorectal IL‐22 production, and BTNL2 knockout mice show decreased colonic tumorigenesis and more severe colitis phenotypes than control mice due to defective production of IL‐22. Mechanistically, BTNL2 acts on group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s), CD4+ T cells, and γδ T cells to promote the production of IL‐22. Importantly, we find that a monoclonal antibody against BTNL2 attenuates colorectal tumorigenesis in mice and that the mBTNL2‐Fc recombinant protein has a therapeutic effect in a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)‐induced colitis model. This study not only identifies a regulatory mechanism of IL‐22 production in the colorectal system but also provides a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of human colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases.
Współczesne motywacje imiennicze w województwie podlaskim na podstawie badań ankietowych
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Gawroń Małgorzata
Published: January 2023

The present paper attempts to establish the motives behind baby‑naming trends and parents’ choices in the recent years (2018–2021). It also aims to present the repertoire of the names of children aged 0–2 collected by means of a questionnaire created for the purposes of this research study. The repertoires of female and male children’s names were compared with those of their parents’, which allowed for determining differences and presenting the changes in naming trends over the two generations. The questionnaire created at the platform https://www.interankiety.pl was widespread in Facebook groups focusing on pregnancy, labour and maternity. It was active from the 18th November to the 6th December 2020. A semantic and quantitative analysis showed that the collected material reflects the current fashion in naming: the most popular onyms in the repertoire of names from the parents’ generation, Łukasz and Anna, do not occur in that of children’s names. Conversely, the most popular children’s names, Jan and Zuzanna, were not recorded in the collection of parents’ names. The materialattests to the growing popularity of multiple names and an increasing variety of onyms, which is corroborated by a large number of individual names in the analysed corpus. Parents’ responses concerning naming motivations show that subjectively interpreted aesthetic considerations dominate (65%), followed by the combination of first names and the last name (34%). The third most popular factor was the possibility of shortening names and creating diminutives (31%). Other responses to the closed questions and many extensive answers to the open questions prove that baby‑naming is very important to the modern parent. Parents’ motivations are complex and multifaceted, significantly different from the Old Polish naming practices, as shown by the analysed data.
The transfer of names in various translations of brothers Grimm’s Rumpelstilzchen
Authors:   Sorbonne Paris North University, University of Silesia in Katowice, University of Opole, Golda Paweł , Ryszka Joanna ,   Sapienza University of Rome, University of Silesia in Katowice, Karabag Olcay ,   National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Messias Leandro Bruno ,   University of São Paulo, Zemmour Joachim ,   Paris-East Créteil University
Published: January 2023

Various scholars point out the transfer of proper nouns as a difficulty. This paper examines the transfer of names in twenty‑one translations of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale originally titled Rumpelstilzchen. The article analyses English,Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, and Japanese editions of this originally German story. The analysis focuses on the true name of a title dwarf and other names provided by the Queen. The article includes five analyses describing the onomastic aspects of the translation and the applied translation strategies. The analysis suggests that the translators’ approach toward the matter of transfer of names varied throughout the years and editions. The dominant strategies were replacement and transcription, and vary the most in case of common names (Cunz and Heinz).
Potencjał kolokacyjny leksemów telefon i komputer w świadomości językowej dzieci pięcioletnich
Authors:   Szkoła Doktorska Nauk Humanistycznych, Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Makowska Karolina
Published: January 2023

In the communication process, it is necessary to use specific collocations that language users begin to include in their lexical resources at an early stage of language acquisition. The aim of this study is to investigate the productive collocation competence (i.e. the ability to use collocations that are fixed connections of at least two words with integrated meaning) in preschoolers. The research group consisted of forty five‑year-olds whose mother tongue was Polish, and whose task was to provide fourteen verbal collocations with the lexemes telefon ‘telephone’ and komputer ‘computer/laptop’ based on the situation described to them.
Les valeurs écologiques dans les discours portant sur l’environnement
Authors:   Université de Varsovie, Pachocińska Elżbieta
Published: January 2023

The article focuses on the analysis of the axiological dimension of ecology-related vocabulary. The following concepts were used to analyze the diversified corpus: lexical-discursive profile, discursive designation and interdiscursive memory. The analyzes show that the concept of the so-called ecological responsibility is the main reference in creating two main axes: good, fair, beneficial vs bad, unfair, unfavorable for humans and the environment / the planet. It has also been observed that valuation begins at the level of definition of a lexical item in linguistic and thematic dictionaries.
Rękopiśmienny słowniczek wileńskiej gwary ludowej Artura Dolińskiego jako źródło do badań gwar polskich
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Kuryłowicz Beata
Published: January 2023

The article presents a manuscript collection of dialect lexicon from the 2nd half of the 19th century compiled by Artur Doliński. The glossary records the vocabulary characteristic of the folk dialect of the Vilnius area. The author has established that in terms of methodology, Doliński’s work differs from other studies of this type (the entries are not arranged alphabetically, they lack qualifiers or explicataions of how to use a particular word). However, this does not diminish the value of the work under discussion, since the glossary records unknown lexemes from historical Lithuania, and attests to phonetic and grammatical features inherent in the borderland variety of the language. This makes Doliński’s work an important source for the study of Polish dialects in the 19th century Northeastern Borderlands.
Pedagogical Design of the Digital Educational Environment
Authors:   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Pechurin Alexander I. , Grigoruk Denis V. ,   Novosibirsk Military University, Kolivanov Konstantin U. ,   Korneevsk secondary school, Dakhin Alexander N. ,   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University
Published: January 2023

For fruitful cooperation of social partners of the Russian education system, it is necessary to develop procedures for designing a digital educational environment that allows the presence of a collective cultural product. The purpose of the article is to formulate the idea and ways of testing the structural components of designing a digital educational environment. Methodology and methods of research. The complex of issues of designing the digital educational environment, which is one of the key ones for the Russian education system, is considered, the author’s vision of the structural components of the educational environment is proposed, which, on the one hand, complements the conceptual apparatus of the theory of pedagogy, on the other hand, revealing the content of this concept, is suitable for pedagogical research of a very different thematic spectrum. Research results, discussion. The article defines the structural components of the design of the digital educational environment. A pedagogical experiment was conducted to test the designed pedagogical environment. The result of the implementation of the developments was a positive dynamics of such an indicator as self-confidence among students solving complex cognitive tasks. Conclusion. The conclusion is made that. that in order to successfully achieve the goals of education, design issues in pedagogy require their coverage in the context of digitalization of education.
On the Issue of Diagnostics of the Level of Formation of Logical Universal Learning Activities
Authors:   Irkutsk State University, Dulatova Zainep Asanalievna , Kovyrshina Anna Ivanovna ,   Irkutsk State University, Lapshina Elena Sergeevna ,   Irkutsk State University, Shtykov Nikolay Nikolaevich ,   Irkutsk State University
Published: January 2023

The development of logical universal learning activities (ULAs) is one of the global aims of subject-based learning at school. In accordance with the standards of general education, special attention is paid to the formation of these ULAs. But at the same time the analysis of the demo version of the All-Russian test on mathematics for 4th grade students shows that the means of checking the formation of logical ULAs are poorly represented. Thus, the development of tools for diagnostics and development of logical skills of elementary school students remains an important research task. The purpose of our study is, on the one hand, to develop an approach to the use of specific analysis of the results of students’ solutions of logical problems with simple mathematical content in order to diagnose the level of formation of some types of logical ULAs. On the other hand, development of recommendations for organizing solutions of these problems, aimed at students’ conscious solution of logical ULAs. Methodology. From methodological point of view our research is based on psychological and pedagogical theories of the development of various thinking components, including empirical approaches to the formation and evaluation of mental actions in the process of learning mathematics. Results. In the article the results of the experiment on approbation of the problems with simple mathematical content developed by the authors, aimed at diagnosing the formation of some types of logical skills are represented. An original approach to the analysis of the results of the solution of problems for revealing the level of formation of certain types of logical ULAs is presented. According to our study most of the students are not able to perform abstracting, analyzing, synthesizing, comparing, generalizing, and specifying general logical actions in a stable way. Recommendations for organizing mathematics teaching aimed at the development of logical ULA are given. In conclusion the specifics of the developed approach to diagnostics of the level of logical ULA are described.
Integration of Video Content into the Process of Teaching Professionally-oriented English at the University
Authors:   Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Krut’ko Elena Aleksandrovna , Komkova Anastasiya S. ,   Siberian Transport University, Kobeleva Elena Pavlovna ,   Siberian Transport University, Agavelyan Ruben Oganesovich ,   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University
Published: January 2023

The article discusses the problem of the effective use of video materials in the process of teaching a foreign language for specific purposes. The importance of including video in the learning process for the development of sustainable interest and increasing the degree of mastering learning material is emphasized. The purpose of the article is to discuss the theoretical and applied aspects of integrating video materials into the process of teaching English for Specific Purposes in a non-linguistic university. The research methodology is based on a comparative analysis of Russian and foreign scientific approaches to teaching foreign languages in terms of increasing its effectiveness. The article suggests an analysis of domestic and foreign scientific, methodological and specialized literature, as well as the results of an interview conducted among students of two universities in order to determine the appropriateness and effectiveness of using authentic video materials in teaching a foreign language. The results of the study prove that audiovisual and video materials not only contribute to increasing the motivation for foreign language learning, but also can significantly enhance the perception of the materials by students. The most effective video materials are directly related to the professional needs of students, and are presented in an interesting format for students. In this case, podcasts, informative short videos, etc. stand out. The authors propose a system of exercises that contribute to the effective work with video materials of a professional orientation. The results obtained allow us to state that the use of video materials is an effective means of optimizing foreign language learning in a non-linguistic university, which, on the one hand, contributes to the development of various aspects of students’ foreign language proficiency, and, on the other hand, increases their interest in learning due to the attractiveness of authentic content of the video.
Phrasebooks and Dictionaries in the Formation of Cross-Cultural Competences of Chinese Students Studying Russian
Authors:   Buryat State University named after Dorzhi Banzarov, Tulunova Soelma V. , Ruliene Lyubov N. ,   Buryat State University named after Dorzhi Banzarov
Published: January 2023

A key indicator of the quality of professional education is the employment of graduates, including those in the international labor market. The noticeable interest in Russian language learning within the framework of China’s international initiative “One Belt, One Road” is caused by the need to train transnational personnel for international corporations. Therefore, one of the tasks of modern educational practice is to find effective means of forming cross-cultural competences in the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language. The aim of the article is to identify the potential of phrasebooks and dictionaries in the formation of cross-cultural competences of students. On the basis of the study of scientific articles and dissertations, methodological literature the potential of phrasebooks and dictionaries in the formation of cross-cultural competence of Chinese students studying Russian will be substantiated. Methodology and research methods. Within the framework of this article we relied on axiological, sociocultural and interdisciplinary approaches. The method of aspect analysis of scientific and scientific-methodological texts in Russian, English and Chinese was used. Results of the research. Reference textbooks on Russian as a foreign language - phrasebooks and dictionaries can be the means of formation of cross-cultural competences. Russian-Chinese phrasebooks and dictionaries should enhance the potential of forming cross-cultural competences of students. Conclusion. Phrasebooks are considered as a tool to overcome speech errors, a means of incultural socialization of foreign students. Phrasebooks perform the role of a living foreign language as they contain ready-made culturally specific texts for actual speech activities in the multicultural linguistic community. Under the conditions of transnational production relations the educational potential of phrasebooks is expanded in the context of forming cross-cultural competences of students.
Forming behavior of paperboard in single point incremental forming
Authors: Stein Philipp , Franke Wilken , von Elling Magnus , Groche Peter
Published: January 2023

An increased demand for sustainable materials has led to intensive research in the field of three-dimensional paperboard forming. To date, this work has focused on forming processes with shape-giving tools. However, individual shapes are often required, especially for large-format products. Incremental forming can be used in metal processing for small batches. In this article, the technology of incremental forming is transferred to paperboard. The results showed that elevated moisture content and a superimposed counter pressure significantly increased the forming limits. In addition, the use of polymer layers increased the shape accuracy. An extended understanding of the underlying mechanisms was achieved by analyzing the forming behavior. In uniaxial and biaxial characterization tests the influence of the moisture content on the forming behavior was investigated with conditions relevant for incremental forming. It was found that the bulge test is suitable to determine the most suitable moisture content regarding the forming limits and the spring back behavior in incremental forming. In addition, it was observed that the bearable elongations during the incremental forming of paperboard are significantly higher than in the established characterization tests. The reason for this is a compression of the fiber network during forming.
Bamboo for biomass energy production
Authors: Ku Aizuddin Ku Nur Azwa , Lai Kok-Song , Baharum Nadiya Akmal , Thau Lym Yong Wilson , Ngi Hoon Lau , Abdul Hamid Mohd Zahir , Cheng Wan Hee , Ong Abdullah Janna
Published: January 2023

Energy consumption in human society has increased as more energy supplies are required to meet the needs of the world’s growing population. However, there is a major concern about fulfilling energy demand while reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Bamboo-based biomass has great potential for use as a raw material for the production of biofuels and bioenergy. Bamboo possesses excellent fuel qualities that can be converted into solid, liquid, and gaseous biofuels. Hence, the cultivation and harvesting operations must be performed efficiently to ensure that the availability of this biomass is sufficient to meet the demand for biofuel production. Several studies have shown that the micropropagation technique has increased bamboo production and that proper bamboo plantation management can benefit both the environment and society. Nevertheless, there are several challenges in bamboo cultivation and biofuel production, such as environmental impact from land management and economic risk from the industrial supply chain. Bamboo-producing countries, including Malaysia, have initiated several policies to propose strategies for sustaining the bamboo industry.
Melioidosis: An emerging yet neglected bacterial zoonosis
Authors: Pal Mahendra , Tewari Anita , Gerbaba Nugusa Desalegn , Shuramo Margo Yonas
Published: January 2023

Melioidosis (Whitmore’s disease) is an emerging disease caused by the Gram-negative saprophyte bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. It is a common but sometimes neglected zoonotic disease with a wide range of hosts, including humans. It has emerged as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical countries, such as Thailand, northern Australia, etc., and is continually emerging on a wider geographical scale. Recent epidemiological studies have suggested that most parts of Africa and the Middle East countries are environmentally suitable for B. Pseudomallei. Bacteria can easily travel from Asia to the Americas via Africa, as shown by phylogenetic analyzes of sporadic cases recently reported in America. Although melioidosis is included in the category 2 bioterrorism agents, there is ignorance in general people and even among clinicians regarding the infection. The disease requires long-term treatment regimens with no assurance of bacterial clearance. Several vaccine candidates are being tested, but none have reached clinical trials in humans. Diagnostic tests are still in the development stage and have compromised specificity and sensitivity in endemic areas. Understanding the adaptations of this organism to environmental factors and basic awareness is of the utmost importance today. Therefore, this review aims to provide an overview of melioidosis, including risk factors, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and preventive measures, as well as recommendations to increase awareness of the disease as a major public health problem.
Cyanobacteria of Ukraine: actual diversity, trends of taxonomic changes, features of zonal and ectopic distribution
Authors:   M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine, 2 Tereschenkivska Str., Kyiv 01601, Ukraine, Vinogradova O.M.
Published: January 2023

The paper presents the results of a critical taxonomic revision of the list of cyanobacteria of Ukraine and the analyzis of their zonal, ecological and typological distribution. The list includes 766 species from 150 genera. They belong to the class Cyanophyceae Schaftner, four subclasses, 7 orders and 46 families. The subclass Oscillatoriophycideae (4 orders, 21 families, 65 genera, 333 species) is characterized by the greatest species and taxonomic diversity. The leading orders are Synechococcales (34.1%), Nostocales (26.8%) and Oscillatoriales (25.5%). Genera Phormidium Kütz. ex Gomont (7.3% of species), Leptolyngbya Anagn. et Komárek (5.4%), Calothrix C.Agardh ex Bornet et Flahault (3.8%) and Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont (3.7%) lead in species richness. The obtained results are significantly different from the generalized data on the species and taxonomic diversity of cyanobacteria of Ukraine as of 2005. The growth of generic and species diversity is partly related to nomenclature and taxonomic changes; 7 genera and 50 species are new floristic records, revealed including using molecular methods. The distribution of cyanobacteria on the territory of Ukraine has specific features. The highest diversity and uniqueness of the species composition is characteristic of the Steppe zone of Ukraine: 539 species from 124 genera of Cyanophyceae. Of these, 101 species and 11 genera were recorded only within this zone. The ecological spectrum of Ukrainian cyanoflora consists of freshwater (66.3%), marine (14.5%), terrestrial (9.5%) species, as well as species with a wide ecological amplitude (7.3%), brackish water (4.1%) and eurytopic (1.4%) species. The representation of species in different habitat types varies widely. Most species were found in rivers (56.5% of the total list), lakes (38.0%), ponds (34.6%) and reservoirs (29.4%). Among continental water bodies, swamps have the most peculiar species composition (9.8% of species are found only here). Floodplain water bodies have the least specific species composition (0.5%). Among non-aquatic habitats, the largest number of species was found in soils (excluding saline): 179 species from 55 genera, 15.6% of species occur only in this type of habitats. In the Ukrainian sectors of the Black and Azov seas, 228 species from 80 genera of cyanobacteria were found, of which 41 species (17.9%) were not registered in other types of habitats. 43 species are widespread in Ukraine. They include the water bloom agents Dolichospermum spiroides (Kleb.) Wacklin et al., Microcystis flosaquae (Wittrock) Kirchn. and M. viridis (A.Braun in Rabenh.) which most often occur in reservoirs of the plain part of Ukraine.
Oral Feeding on High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Children Hospitalized With Bronchiolitis
Authors: Gray Sarah , Lee Begem , Levy Michael , Rungvivatjarus Tiranun , Patel Aarti , Mannino Avila Elizabeth , Fisher Erin , Rhee Kyung E.
Published: January 2023

OBJECTIVE

Oral feeding by children with bronchiolitis on high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is questioned, resulting in high practice variability. Our objective was to determine the incidence of aspiration pneumonia and adverse feeding events in otherwise healthy children with bronchiolitis on HFNC who fed orally from admission.

METHODS

We conducted a single-center, retrospective chart review, in a tertiary children’s hospital, of 876 children who were <24 months old, admitted for bronchiolitis, and treated with HFNC in the pediatric ward from March 2017 to May 2020. Primary outcomes included the incidence of aspiration pneumonia and adverse feeding events. Secondary outcomes included escalation of care, frequency and duration of nil per os status, length of stay, and 7-day readmission.

RESULTS

Most patients (77.2%) met inclusion criteria and were fed orally within 2 hours of admission. The average maximum HFNC flow rate was 8 L/min (1 L/kg/min); the average maximum respiratory rate was 62 ± 10. Adverse feeding events occurred in 11 patients (1.6%), of which 3 had a concern for possible microaspiration. None were diagnosed with or treated for aspiration pneumonia. Few patients (8.1%) were made nil per os while on HFNC but returned to oral feeding by discharge.

CONCLUSION

Among those with bronchiolitis on HFNC who received oral nutrition on admission, there were few incidences of adverse feeding events and no diagnoses of aspiration pneumonia, suggesting that oral feeding while on HFNC can be well-tolerated in similar populations. However, this study was limited by its single-center retrospective design, and future prospective studies are needed.
Influence of economic factors on the share’s value through the concepts of the life cycle: The case of Indonesia
Authors: Ismawati Linna , Neskorodieva Inna , Pustovhar Svitlana
Published: January 2023

The article aimed to substantiate the differentiated impact of critical internal factors of the economic activities on the market value of shares for joint-stock companies accounting for the organizational development cycle. Using the Company’s Financial Statements in the Automotive and Component subsectors listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2008-2021, the Chow test, path analysis, and t-criterion, we determined the features of the relationship between the share price and the economic performance indicators of joint-stock companies are determined. We used path analysis for modeling to assess the relationship between the price of shares and the number of dividend payments per share, asset turnover, and net profit per share built. A differentiated nature of the relationship between the indicators depending on the accounting company’s life cycle has been established. Knowing the stage of the business, the company can develop the most effective dividend strategy and determine the appropriate management method.
Quality of Indonesia government financial statements
Authors: Anggadini Sri Dewi , Afif Syarifudin Yahya  , Saepudin Asep , Surtikanti Surtikanti , Sari Damayanti  , Eley Suzana Kasim
Published: January 2023

This research aimed to determine the financial accounting system's effect and human resources' value regarding the quality of government financial reports. The method used is descriptive and verification of several methods. The unit of analysis is the local government apparatus, and then the observation unit of the regional government agencies. The data processing method uses SEM, and the data used is the primary data. The results indicate an effect of the applicable financial accounting system and the quality of human resources on the value of government financial reports. The result shows that an optimal financial accounting system and competent human resources can influence quality financial reports. This research is expected to be valid for local governments in making decisions to realize effective and efficient financial reporting management.
Identity branding using knowledge management through the provision of scientific forums
Authors: Narimawati Umi , Mauluddin Syahrul , Munandar Dadang , Liu Ran
Published: January 2023

This study aims to look at the implementation model of knowledge management (knowledge management) through the provision of scientific forums in private universities in West Java and its relationship with identity branding activities. Quantitative research using the meta-analysis method is used in this study. A total of 40 private universities in West Java were selected as samples. The results show that 40% of universities have national and international scientific forums, and 60% have national scientific conferences that have not been actively managed. Universities that have scientific forums and are actively managed so that the general public can access them as part of knowledge sharing are only around 20%. The absence of an ideal model that can be used as a reference in implementing knowledge management, and there are still some obstacles to implementing knowledge management at private universities in West Java. There is a direct relationship between implementing knowledge management through the provision of scientific forums and identity branding activities carried out by some private universities in West Java.
Economic policy strategy for human resource development for the Regional House of Representatives members in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia
Authors: Kurniasih Dewi , Sugianto Sugianto , Rihhadatul Alya
Published: January 2023

This research analyzes the economic policy strategy for human resource development for the regional house of representative members in Bandung Regency. The method applied is descriptive with a qualitative approach. The results illustrate that the role of the members of DPRD in Bandung Regency has been carried out according to their primary duties and functions. The positive impact of economic policy is enough to develop human resources for more qualified and competent representatives of the people. Several economic policy strategies have been produced in the form of regional regulations on equity participation in BPR and BJB, non-permanent revolving funds, and food security. The conclusion obtained is that the achievement of the duties and functions of the members of the Regional People's Representative Council in Bandung Regency can be performed if there is a strategic policy that can develop their resources.
Workload, social support and burnout on employee performance
Authors: Wulantika Lita , Ayusari Resti Mega , Wittine Zoran
Published: January 2023

This study aims to determine social support, job burnout, employee performance, and the effect of social support and job burnout on employee performance. The research uses descriptive and verification methods using primary data, distributing online questionnaires to 31 The Jayakarta Suites Bandung employees. Data were analyzed using statistical tools and multiple regression analysis. Data collection using a saturated sampling technique. The results of the descriptive analysis show that social support, job burnout, and employee performance are included in the good category. The verification analysis results show that the burnout variable partially affects employee performance, but social support has no effect on employee performance. While the variables of social support and work fatigue together affect employee performance. The result of this study provides an overview of how employee performance can occur due to the influence of social support and job burnout.
The Implementation of community-based Android application to accommodate public aspiration in economic activities in Indonesia
Authors: Adibowo Rino , Rahadi Rahadi , Liu Ran
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this study is to see how optimizing the use of community-based smartphone apps to accommodate the community's aspirations in economic activities in Karawang. The Department of Communications and Informatics of Karawang manages the process. The theory used in this study uses the theory of George C. Edwards III, in which there are four policy implementation variables. The results showed that the socialization carried out by the Communication and Informatics Office of Karawang to the community had been carried out according to the procedure but was not maximized evenly. This was because the resources had not been maximized in responding to incoming reports, and the complete support facilities were not yet available to manage smartphone apps. So, it can be concluded that the Department of Communication and Information Karawang needs a solution to solve this problem.
Regional competitive advantage of agriculture as the leading sector in Garut Regency, West Java province, Indonesia
Authors: Warlina Lia , Soegoto Eddy Soeryanto , Supatmi Sri , Oktafiani Dina , Jatnika Rakhmat
Published: January 2023

This research aims to determine agriculture as the leading sector for regional competitive advantage in the Garut Regency. The method used was Location Quotient, Shift-Share Analysis, and Klassen Typology to classify the sectors and determine the structural pattern of economic development in the Garut Regency. The findings of Location Quotient indicate that agriculture is the leading sector in Garut Regency. The shift-share calculation shows that agriculture has the highest national share and the most significant growth change but has a negative value on proportional shift (industry mix) and differential shift (competitive effect). Based on the Klassen typology, the agricultural sector is in Quadrant II, the developed but depressed industry. The results showed that the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector in Garut Regency has a competitive advantage, but it has not been supported structurally in West Java Province.