bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
First-Year Resident Perceptions of Virtual Interviewing
Authors: Hays Annette , Khare Manorama , Pluta David , Verzal Rhonda , Garry Joseph P.
Published: November 2022

Background and Objectives: Virtual interviews (VI) for residency programs present a relatively new paradigm for recruitment. To date, studies have been small, largely descriptive, and focused on surgical and subspecialty areas. The purpose of the study was to assess residents’ perceptions about their VI experience and to compare those in primary care versus non-primary care specialties.
Methods: An electronic survey was sent to 35 designated institutional officials in Illinois with a resulting snowball sample to assess first-year residents’ perceptions of their virtual interviewing experience. A total of 82 postgraduate year-1 residents responded to the survey. We used descriptive analysis and χ2 tests to analyze results.
Results: Respondents were mostly female (52.4%), White (79%), non-Hispanic (76%), attending a university residency program (76.3%), and in a primary care specialty (61.7%). In general, most respondents (54.8%-75.3%) felt their VI accurately portrayed their residency program experience. Resident morale, resident-faculty camaraderie, and educational opportunities were perceived as being best portrayed in the VI. Compared to non-primary care residents, primary care residents felt that their program’s VI more accurately portrayed the patient population served (P=.0184), resident morale in the program (P=.0038), and the overall residency experience (P=.0102). Still, 25.7% of respondents felt they were not accurately represented in the VI.
Conclusions: Respondents reported that the VI portrays the residency experience fairly well, yet there is opportunity to improve the overall experience. The more difficult experiences to convey (morale, camaraderie, and the overall resident experience) may be areas in which primary care programs are outpacing other training programs.
Carteles de Estados Unidos de América y la Alemania nazi en 1942: propaganda y guerra
Authors: Ortiz-Arellano Edgar
Published: November 2022

Durante la Segundad Guerra Mundial, en el contexto de la confrontación bélica entre el nacional socialismo alemán y la democracia liberal de Estados Unidos de América (EE. UU.), la propaganda fue fundamental para transmitir mensajes que inspiraran a la población de los países en conflicto. Los carteles fueron instrumentos idóneos para promover el reclutamiento de soldados para sus ejércitos, sostener el esfuerzo de guerra e identificar con claridad a los enemigos. Este artículo aborda los casos de EE. UU. y de la Alemania nazi, con el objetivo de analizar los carteles de 1942, su relación con la textualidad y la difusión de sus intereses ideológicos relacionados con la acción bélica. Se concluye que existen similitudes en ambos casos en los tipos raciales usados en las imágenes, así como el rol protagónico de los textos que se encuentran en los carteles.
Derechos humanos: entre la interculturalidad y la reproducción
Authors: Arce Eduardo
Published: November 2022

Los derechos humanos presentan una paradoja. Han posibilitado tanto la discusión como también la visibilización de ciertos sujetos que, por diferentes razones, eran privados de la garantía de vivir libremente en sociedad. No obstante, la categoría "derechos humanos" es una invención dada en el marco de la legalidad y con base histórica luego de la Revolución Francesa, que responde a ciertos parámetros de una sociedad occidental e industrializada. La pregunta que surge es si dicha categoría termina generando un modelo homogeneizado de ser humano y arrasa con todo aquello que es diverso. Desde ese ahí, es importante remarcar el lugar que ocupa la escuela respecto a los espacios para conocer, analizar y criticar sobre cómo queremos vivir en sociedad y qué peligros conlleva no generar espacios de reflexión sobre nuestra condición de seres humanos.
Peronismo, desperonización y desarrollismo: continuidades y rupturas en las tareas de los inspectores escolares en San Luis a mediados del siglo XX
Authors: Pereira Nicolás Alejandro
Published: November 2022

Este trabajo tiene como propósito central indagar acerca de las continuidades y rupturas de las tareas desarrolladas por los inspectores escolares en la provincia de San Luis, Argentina, a mediados del siglo XX, desde el aporte de las teorías de las representaciones sociales (Moscovici, 1979; Jodelet, 1986).

Los inspectores escolares se constituyeron en actores centrales para la política educativa peronista, en la que desarrollaron sus funciones y una profusa labor de difusión y control político partidario. Luego del golpe de Estado de 1955, se produjo una ruptura de sus tareas en relación a la necesidad de borrar de las escuelas las referencias peronistas. A finales de la década de 1950, los inspectores se capacitaron y participaron de la difusión de las nuevas tendencias acerca del vínculo entre educación y desarrollo.

Para este artículo, investigamos fuentes documentales editas e inéditas que permitieron comprender parte de las tareas que estos funcionarios desarrollaron.
Discovery of a Miniaturized PROTAC with Potent Activity and High Selectivity
Authors: Gong Lidong , Li Ridong , Gong Jingjing , Ning Xianling , Sun Jiawei , Ma Qiang , Zhu Chuanda , Yang Yuanyuan , Li Yanglonghao , Zhang Qiang , Li Tiancheng , Lin Zhiqiang
Published: November 2022

Background and Purpose The approved small-molecule inhibitors of
anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) have shown remarkable efficacy in some
subset of cancer patients. However, the numerous ALK mutants or fusion
partners are resistant to such drugs, greatly limiting their application
in clinic. Despite the drug design strategy of proteolysis-targeting
chimera (PROTAC) holds great potential to overcome drug resistance in
theory, there are obvious disadvantages for the reported PROTACs that
include high molecular weight, long linkers, difficult synthesis routes
as well as insufficient evidence in activity for diverse ALK mutants.
Experimental Approach In this study, we synthesized a miniaturized
PROTAC of ALK named AP-1 following the principle of minimalist design.
Two simple chemical units of ligands and a minimized linker with only
two atoms were selected for synthesis of AP-1. Key Results At cellular
level, AP-1 successfully degraded three types of ALK mutants including
NPM-ALK, EML4-ALK and F1174L mutation ALK form with strong activity,
high selectivity in ALK-positive cells. In tumor-bearing mouse models,
AP-1 showed the stronger antitumor efficacy than controls as well as the
similar compounds reported in literatures. Conclusion and Implications
AP-1 with an extremely simple PROTAC structure can be served as an
effective candidate drug for therapy of various types of ALK-positive
cancers. And the design principle of AP-1 has a good guiding
significance for overcoming the disadvantages such as excessive
molecular weight and poor solubility of PROTAC.
Hepatic arteriovenous malformation
Authors: Shionoya Kento , Kako Makoto
Published: November 2022

Hepatic arteriovenous malformation mostly occurs as a manifestation of
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Clinical symptoms include
hyperpulsatile heart failure, hepatic encephalopathy, and ascites. We
present a case of hepatic arteriovenous malformation and atrial septal
defect causing heart failure.
Lessons learned from identifying clusters of severe acute respiratory infections with influenza sentinel surveillance, Bangladesh, 2009--2020
Authors: Islam Ariful , Hassan Zakiul , Aleem Mohammad Abdul , Akhtar Zubair , Chowdhury Sukanta , Rahman Mustafizur , Rahman Mohammed , AHMMED MD , Mah-E-Muneer Syeda , Alamgir A.S.M. , Anwar Shah Niaz , Alam Ahmed , Shirin Tahmina , Rahman Mahmudur , Davis William , Mott Joshua , Azziz-Baumgartner Eduardo , Chowdury Fahmida
Published: November 2022

Background We explored whether hospital-based surveillance is useful in
detecting severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) clusters and how
often these events result in outbreak investigation and community
mitigation. Methods During May 2009– December 2020, physicians at 14
sentinel hospitals prospectively identified SARI clusters (i.e., ≥2 SARI
cases who developed symptoms ≤10 days of each other and lived
<30 minute walk or <3 km from each other).
Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swabs were tested for influenza and
other respiratory viruses by rRT-PCR. We describe the demographic of
persons within clusters, laboratory results, and outbreak
investigations. Results Physicians identified 464 clusters comprising
1,427 SARI cases (range 0–13 clusters per month). Sixty percent of
clusters had three, 23% had 2, and 17% had ≥4 cases. Their median age
was 2 years (interquartile [IQR] 0.4–25) and 63% were male.
Laboratory results were available for the 464 clusters a median 9 days
(IQR = 6–13 days) after cluster identification. Less than one in five
clusters had cases that tested positive for the same virus: RSV in 58
(13%), influenza viruses in 24 (5%), HMPV in 5 (1%), HPIV in 3
(0.6%), adenovirus in 2 (0.4%). While 102/464 (22%) had poultry
exposure, none tested positive for influenza A(H5N1) or A(H7N9). None of
the 464 clusters led to field deployments for outbreak response.
Conclusions For 11 years, none of the hundreds of identified clusters
led to emergency response. The value of this event-based surveillance
might be improved by seeking larger clusters, with stronger
epidemiologic ties or decedents.
Channel Estimation for RIS-Aided Communications Based on Attention-guided Deep Residual Networks
Authors: Zhang Jing , Zhang Qiang , Zhang Zhibo , Su Ying
Published: November 2022

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is the meta-material to
passively reflect electromagnetic wave and provide programmable and
well-defined wireless environment. In RIS-aided transmission systems,
accurate channel estimation is indispensable to realize performance
gains. We propose an attention-guided denoising deep residual network
(ADNet) to learn residual noise from least square estimation samples.
The deep convolutional neural network (CNN) consists of a sparse block,
a feature enhancement block, an attention block and a reconstruction
block. The attention mechanism is exploited to strengthen the extraction
of specific noise features. Simulation results show that the ADNet can
achieve accuracy comparable to the ideal linear minimum mean square
error estimation. It also obtains higher accuracy than the general
CNN-based deep residual network and spatial-frequency CNN.
A new optimization method of energy consumption for dynamic boil-off gas liquefaction
Authors: Deng Zhengrong , An Jinyu
Published: November 2022

At present, research on the refrigerant ratio optimization based on the
dynamic boil-off gas (BOG) is limited. Therefore, a new method of
dynamic optimization for C3MR liquefaction is presented. Firstly, the
simulation program is established based on the steady state model for
main liquefaction equipment. Besides, the rules of energy consumption
under the range of BOG generation for propane compressor and mixed
refrigerant compressor is obtained, and a multi-objective optimization
model, which has minimum energy consumption and high heat efficiency, is
constructed. Afterwards, the genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm
optimization (PSO) are designed to determine the optimal results.
Finally, the energy efficiency of dynamic BOG is obviously higher than
that of steady condition. And compared with the initial simulation
process, the maximum energy saving is 50.60%. This study would provide
a theoretical basis for the dynamic liquefaction process control and
dynamic liquefaction system optimization.
Evaluation of network centric frequency diversity admission strategies in a rain affected satellite network
Authors: Woodrough Adrian , schormans john
Published: November 2022

To meet the increased bandwidth demand from remote locations, new
satellites are being launched to allow networks to operate at higher
frequencies (i.e., Ka-band – 27.0GHz - 40.0 GHz and V-band 40.0GHz –
75GHz). At these frequencies high availability is challenged by rain
attenuation. Consequently, satellite network operators are offering
hybrid solutions where, during a rain outage, traffic is moved to a
lower frequency secondary heterogeneous satellite network not affected
by rain.   This paper evaluates a mobile and network centric handover
and admission strategy using a bespoke simulation model of a rain
affected star topology hybrid satellite network with primary network
operating on Ka band and secondary satellite network operating at a
lower frequency.    Results show that a network centric prioritised
queue-based admission strategy provides a reduction in handover failure
probability of about 5% without extra capacity being made available for
the handover of traffic to the secondary network. When queue-based
admission is used in combination with adding extra capacity in the
secondary satellite network a reduction in handover failure probability
of nearly 30% was achieved.   However, when more capacity is made
available in the secondary network, the advantages of the network
centric queue-based admission strategy slowly disappear with added
capacity. This means that operators have a clear choice based on whether
they believe that their secondary network has sufficient spare capacity,
or whether in fact this is unlikely and therefore the extra cost of a
queue-based admission strategies should be weighed against loss of
revenue due to lost connections.
Deep-Q-Network Hybridization with Extended Kalman Filter for Accelerate Learning in Autonomous Navigation with the Auxiliary Security Module
Authors: Bezerra Carlos D. S. , Vieira Flávio , Soares Anderson da Silva
Published: November 2022

This article proposes an algorithm for autonomous navigation of mobile
robots that merges Reinforcement Learning with Extended Kalman Filter
(EKF) as a localization technique, namely, EKF-DQN, aiming to accelerate
learning and improve the reward values obtained in the process of
apprenticeship. More specifically, Deep Neural Networks (DQN -
Deep-Q-Networks) are used to control the trajectory of an
autonomous vehicle in an indoor environment. Due to the ability of EKF
to predict states, this algorithm is proposed to be used as a learning
accelerator of the DQN network, predicting states ahead and inserting
this information in the memory replay. Aiming at the safety of the
navigation process, it is also proposed a visual safety system that
avoids collisions of the mobile vehicle with people moving in the
environment. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is verified
through computer simulations using the CoppeliaSIM simulator with code
insertion in Python. The simulation results show that the EKF-DQN
algorithm accelerates the maximization of rewards obtained and provides
a higher success rate in fulfilling the proposed mobile robot mission
compared to the DQN and Q-Learning algorithms.
GCNet: Generating True Yield Estimates by Incorporating the Unseen Grapes Using a Correction Factor
Authors: Banu Syeda Mariah , Quiñones Rubi
Published: November 2022

Object detection algorithms have heavily relied on deep learning techniques to estimate the count of grapes as the resulting quality of grapes is directly correlated to its yield. With temporal analytics, early actions and logistical organizing can be performed to maintain the quality of grapes. However, the issue with using these object detection algorithms is that they are limited to counting only the visible grapes, thus omitting hidden grapes, and in turn affecting the true estimate of grape yield. Many grapes are occluded because of either the compactness of the bunch cluster, or due to canopy interference. Therefore, models need to be able to estimate the unseen berries in order to give a near true yield estimate. An end-to-end framework is proposed in which the grape clusters are first segmented using a deep learning model, after which the extracted candidate regions of grape clusters are fed to a CNN regression model that can estimate the count of berries by incorporating a correction factor. A new dataset is also proposed which consists imagery of grape clusters, along with their ground truth values of grape count and weight. The proposed framework will also be tested using three open-source datasets and will encourage future research in determining which features of grapes can be leveraged to correct grape counting algorithms and produce higher accurate results.
Genome Wide Association Study of Multiple High-Throughput Phenotyping Experiments to Identify Genetic Loci Controlling Water Use Efficiency in C4 Grass Setaria
Authors: Luebbert Collin , Ziegler Greg , Pignon Charles , Hubbard Allen , Connelly Louis , Barrett Jennifer , Jiang Hui , Feldman Max , Mockler Todd , Leakey Andrew , Bannan Darshi , Paul Rachel , Ellsworth Patrick , Baxter Ivan
Published: November 2022

Irrigation of crops accounts for a significant portion of fresh water consumption. In order to utilize this resource more efficiently, it is necessary to engineer crops that can more efficiently use water. Water use efficiency, defined as the ratio of plant growth to water used, is a complex property of plants affected by many different factors. Despite this complexity, genetic variability has been able to be identified in a number of different crops. The C4 model species Setaria viridis remains under-studied in this regard and consequently we sought to identify promising genetic loci contributing to variation in water use efficiency. In order to accomplish this goal we leveraged the high-throughput phenotyping platform at the Donald Danforth Plant Science center to grow S. viridis in well-watered and water-limited conditions. This automated system enables strict control of watering regimes as well as measures of plant traits extracted from photographs using computer vision. Combining these two sets of data allows for direct measurement of whole-plant water-use efficiency on a daily basis which was used as a response variable in a genome wide association study. Significant associations were found for water-use efficiency and related traits. These loci were then prioritized further by pooling information across each day of an experiment and across multiple experiments to zero in on the most likely locations of genes responsible for driving water-use efficiency in S. viridis.
Multitemporal hyperspectral imaging to classify herbicide-resistant and -susceptible kochia (Bassia scoparia)
Authors: Wang H. Q. , Singh K. D. , Geddes C.M. , Natarajan M. , Jaster A.
Published: November 2022

This study evaluates a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technique to identify
herbicide-resistant kochia (Bassia scoparia) biotypes to support weed
management in cropping systems. The experiment was conducted under
controlled-environment where glyphosate was applied to six different
kochia populations. For each population (72 cell tray of plants), half
of the plants were sprayed with Glyphosate 900 g ae ha-1 , while the
other half remained an untreated control. Hyperspectral images were
acquired over five time points spanning from glyphosate treatment to 15
days after treatment (DAT) using a proximal HSI system (Specim-IQ) with
204 spectral bands from 397nm to 1003nm. The average reflectances were
extracted from plants that were characterized as glyphosate-resistant
or-susceptible. We first analyzed the temporal variations of the spectra
with and without the application of herbicide. The spectral profile
exploits the advantages of temporal features in biotype discrimination.
Random forest algorithms were used to classify the glyphosate-resistant
and-susceptible populations, by using reflectance at optimal wavelengths
(near-infrared) and various vegetation indices with high correlations
with visual ratings. Based on the classification accuracy, the most
important wavebands and vegetation indices were determined to classify
the weed biotypes. Preliminary results show that:  1) For the untreated
plants, the reflectance at red-edge to near-infrared reached the highest
level on 8 DAT, revealing the highest chlorophyll content in the leaves.
Then, the reflectance declined until 15 DAT.  2) In contrast, strong
effects of glyphosate were captured on 8 DAT for the three
herbicide-susceptible populations. For the three glyphosate-resistant
populations, reflectance at red-edge to near-infrared did not increase
from 1 to 8 DAT, which was opposite of the controlled plants.
Minipuberty in extremely premature female infants: A report of two cases
Authors: Stankovic Djurdjina , Vorgucin Ivana
Published: November 2022

Introduction. Minipuberty occurs during the first months of life after the
activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis which causes an
increase in gonadotropic and sex hormones. Usually, it does not induce
clinically evident physical changes. Studies have shown that minipuberty in
extremely premature infants is more pronounced and lasts longer, leading to
higher levels of sex hormones induce climically evident in physical changes.
Case Report. We present two extremely premature female infants, born at 25
weeks of gestation, with clinically evident physical changes during
minipuberty. The first infant presented with vaginal bleeding at the age of
4 months, corrected age of 2 weeks. The vaginal bleeding lasted for two days
and stopped spontaneously. The infant also had small glandular breast buds
of 1 cm bilaterally, swelling in the pubic region, swollen vulva and
clitoris. The second infant presented with swelling in the genital region,
suprapubic area and the anterior part of thighs, at the age of 4 months,
corrected age of 2 weeks. Both infants had ovarian cysts. In both cases,
laboratory tests were consistent with minipuberty. The described changes
disappeared gradually and spontaneously. Conclusion. In order to avoid
unnecessary testing, clinicians should be aware of possible physical changes
during minipuberty in extremely premature infants. Clinical monitoring of
these infants is recommended until regression of newly developed physical
characteristics.
Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field
Authors: Negrini Stefano , Borg Kristian , Cusick Anne , Ferriero Giorgio , Frontera Walter R , Gross Douglas P , Heinemann Allen , Machalicek Wendy , Moore Ann Patricia , Nudo Randolph J , Pérennou Dominic , Stam Henk , Kiekens Carlotte
Published: November 2022

This paper is supported and co-published by the following journals, and their Editors in Chief:
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine − Dominic Pérennou
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation − Walter Frontera
Developmental Neurorehabilitation − Wendy Machalicek
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine − Stefano Negrini and Giorgio Ferriero
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation − Douglas Gross
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine − Kristian Borg and Henk Stam
Musculoskeletal Science & Practice − Ann Moore
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair − Randolph Nudo
Facultative bacterial symbionts from European Orius species: Evidence for an ancestral symbiotic association
Authors:   , Chen Xiaorui
Published: November 2022

Pest control in agriculture employs diverse strategies, among which the use of predatory insects has steadily increased. The use of several species within the genus Orius in pest control is widely spread, particularly in Mediterranean Europe. The use of predatory insects in pest control in agriculture has spread worldwide and increased significantly, especially in the use of various Orius species. Currently, most studies about Orius species have been focused on the diet manipulation or selective breeding methods to reduce the rearing costs and improve the efficiency, only a few studies were associated to their Wolbachia symbionts. The characterisation and contribution of microbial symbionts to Orius sp. fitness, behaviour, and potential impact on human health has been neglected. Therefore, there is a lack of knowledge regarding Orius’ symbionts such as their taxonomic characterisation, the functions of the symbionts and potential influences on human health. This project was focused on the first comparative genomics report of genome sequences level description of the predominant culturable facultative bacterial symbionts associated with the analyses of draft genomes of facultative symbionts using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technique related to five Orius species (Orius laevigatus, Orius niger, Orius pallidicornis, Orius majusculus and Orius albidipennis) and collected from various European countries (Greece, Italy, and Spain). Initially, coxl (COI) based taxonomic classification of the Orius species used was performed, followed by the isolation of culturable bacteria from live insects. The whole genome sequences of the bacterial isolates were generated and assembled into draft genomes using NGS. The isolates of two predominant bacteria belong to Serratia and Leucobacter genera, the third predominant bacteria are most likely to be a new genus within the Erwiniaceae. Orius sp. Serratia isolates genomes are more similar to Serratia sp. SCBI. Pan-genome analysis of Serratia sp. Orius isolates evidenced an open pan-genome, and 279 accessory genes were related to the insect symbiosis trait. Additionally, pan-genome analyses of the Serratia sp. isolates offered clues linking Type VI secretion system effector–immunity proteins from the Tai4 sub-family to the symbiotic lifestyle. These symbionts were found to colonise all the insect specimens tested, which evidenced an ancestral symbiotic association between these bacteria and the genus Orius. Additionally, plasmid sequence analyses suggest sequence exchanges between Serratia sp. Orius isolates and pathogenic Serratia species, which may have implications for food safety and human health.
Gestión organizacional para obtener la Certificación de Igualdad Laboral y No Discriminación del Centro Universitario de Tonalá
Authors: Contreras Tinoco Karla Alejandra , Parga Jiménez María Felícitas
Published: November 2022

Para mejorar las prácticas educativas, formativas, investigativas y organizacionales de las universidades se requiere transversalizar la perspectiva de género e instaurar políticas de igualdad que formen parte de la cultura institucional. A partir de acuerdos internacionales y de las demandas de la academia feminista, cada vez es más frecuente que en los planes de desarrollo vigentes de las universidades se establezca la intención de alcanzar ejes estratégicos tales como igualdad, equidad y cultura de paz, lo cual deriva en planes y políticas de acción encaminadas al logro de esas metas y fines. En este artículo se describe el proceso de elaboración e implementación de una política de igualdad laboral y no discriminación que implicó acciones tales como la evaluación del clima laboral, la puesta en marcha de programas de capacitación con igualdades de oportunidades para todo el personal, el despliegue de campañas de sensibilización, la implementación de planes de capacitación en temas de igualdad, no discriminación y perspectiva de género, la adecuación de espacios físicos, la generación de programas de protección civil accesibles, así como la generación de estrategias, prácticas y legislaciones que faciliten la corresponsabilidad y que permitan alcanzar la igualdad en un espacio laboral de tipo universitario y de carácter público estatal. En la creación, implementación y vigilancia del cumplimiento de la política de igualdad participaron 22 directivas y directivos de la alta dirección y de los mandos medios del Centro Universitario de Tonalá, además de personal administrativo y docente. El resultado de estas acciones permitió obtener la certificación en la norma NMX-R025-SCFI-2015 Igualdad Laboral y No Discriminación del Centro Universitario de Tonalá de la Universidad de Guadalajara con la que se da cuenta de que en el plano de lo práctico opera lo que está estipulado a nivel de vocacionamiento universitario.
Can Wordwall Application Improve Students’ Arabic Mastery?
Authors: Kholis Muhammad Nur , Fitriani Laily , Gunawan Riski , Afyuddin Moh. Sholeh , Nuryani Nuryani
Published: November 2022

Wordwall is one of the applications that is widely used in learning foreign languages. In Arabic language learning, wordwall is still studied and researched only at the level of qualitative research or only at describing its application process in learning. However, no one has tested it in the framework of the experiment to see its effectiveness. This study investigates the effectiveness of learning Arabic using Wordwall based on learning outcomes. It uses a pre-experimental One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. It recruited 72 first-year students in the Arabic language reinforcement program under UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta Language Development Center. The primary data is collected using pretest and posttest results, and then the results are analyzed using the t-test. Findings revealed that using Wordwall in the Arabic learning process effectively improved the student’s Arabic skills.
The nature of genotypic resistance to fluoroquinolones in Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in Russian Federation
Authors: Andreevskaya SN , Smirnova TG , Chernousova LN , Larionova EE , Kiseleva EA , Ergeshov A
Published: November 2022

Fluoroquinolones are the main group of drugs used for treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The study was aimed to assess the diversity of mutation in the gyrA gene and to evaluate the association of gyrA mutations with the phenotypic resistance to levofloxacin and the general drug resistance profile of the pathogen. The study involved assessment of diagnostic materials obtained from 2836 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. TB-BIOCHIP-2 and AmplitubeFQ-RV kits were used for identification of the gyrA mutations. Phenotypic drug susceptibility of M. tuberculosis (MTB) was defined using the BACTEC MGIT 960 test system. It was shown that mutations D94G (41.63%; 95% CI: 38.03–45.32%) and A90V (21.32%; 95% CI: 18.44–24.50%) prevailed in MBT, although some isolates carrying these mutations were obtained from the newly diagnosed patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. It was found that mutation D94A was not strongly associated with the phenotypic resistance to fluoroquinolones. Fluoroquinolone resistance was usually associated with multiple drug resistance (93.52%; 95% CI 91.43–95.12%). In 2.31% (95% CI 1.78–3.00%) of cases, genotypic heteroresistance to fluoroquinolones was detected: mixed populations included 2–4 MTB pools with various structure of the gyrA QRDR. The results obtained lead to the conclusion that resistance to fluoroquinolones that is usually associated with the existing MDR arises in the modern MTB population. MTB carrying gyrA mutations D94G and A90V seems to be the most promising in evolutionary terms.
IMPLEMENTASI BUDAYA 3-S (SENYUM, SALAM, DAN SAPA) SEBAGAI UPAYA PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER MASYARAKAT KAMPUNG MUHAJIRUN NATAR LAMPUNG SELATAN
Authors: Muslimah Khoirul , Sidiq A. Rasyid , Cahyono Heri
Published: November 2022

Budaya adalah suatu cara hidup yang berkembang dan dimiliki bersama oleh sebuah kelompok orang dan diwariskan dari generasi ke generasi.Sedangkan pengertian mengenai kebudayaan sendiri yaitu sistem pengetahuan yang meliputi sistem idea atau gagasan yang terdapat dalam pikiran manusia, sehingga dalam kehidupan sehari-hari budaya itu bersifat abstrak. Sedangkan perwujudan kebudayaan adalah benda-benda yang diciptakan oleh manusia sebagai mahluk yang ber budaya, berupa perilaku dan benda-benda yang bersifat nyata, misalnya pola perilaku bahasa, peralatan hidup, organisasi sosial, religi, dan lain-lain. Skripsi ini berjudul“Implementasi Budaya 3-S (Senyum, Salam, Dan Sapa) Sebagai Upaya Pendidikan Krakater Masyarakat Kampung Muhajirun Natar Lampung Selatan”Rumusanyangdikaji dalamSkripsi ini, 1) Bagaimana implementasi budaya 3S (Senyum, salam, dan sapa) di kampung Muhajirun, Natar, Lampung Selatan? 2)Bagaimana upaya mewujudkan pendidikan karakter masyarakat Muhajirun, Natar, Lampung Selatan?. Untukmengungkap persoalan tersebut Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif bersifat deskriftif. Implementasi budaya senyum, salam, dan sapa di kampung Muhajirun, Natar, Lampung Selatan sudah berjalan dengan baik, terlihat dari sebagian besar masyarakat Muhajirun yang telah melaksanakan budaya senyum, salam, dan sapa dengan baik. Upaya mewujudkan pendidikan karakter masyarakat Muhajirun banyakmenerapkan nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter.Nilai pendidikan karakter yang telah diterapkan di kampung Muhajirun seperti beribadah yakni sholat 5 waktu di Masjid, mengadakan pengajian-pengajian, penyuluhan-penyuluhan, gotong royong, membiasakan sikap tolong menolong kepada yang membutuhkan, membiasakan diri berkata jujur, saling menghargai, kerja keras, berperilaku yang tidak bergantung kepada orang lain, tanggung jawab, dll.
PERAN GURU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DALAM MENGATASI PENGARUH MEDIA SOSIAL (STUDI KASUS SMP NEGERI 1 BUMI RATU NUBAN)
Authors: Trisnawati Rina , Noormawanti Noormawanti , Sarbini Sarbini
Published: November 2022

Pendidikan Islam merupakan salah satu aspek dari ajaran Islam yang menggambarkan secara keseluruhan isi dari ajaran Islam itu tersendiri. Oleh karena itu, tujuan dari pendidikan Islam tidak terlepas dari tujuan hidup manusia dalam Islam, yaitu untuk menciptakan pribadi-pribadi hamba Allah yang senantiasa selalu bertaqwa kepada-Nya, pendidikan adalah suatu proses pendewasaan yang dilakukan oleh seorang pendidik kepada siswa dengan memberikan stimulus positif yang mencakup kognitif, afektif dan psikomotorik. Sedangkan pengajaran hanya mencakup kognitif saja artinya pengajaran adalah suatu proses pentransferan ilmu pengetahuan tanpa membentuk sikap dan kreatifitas siswa. Media sosial adalah salah satu dari sekian banyak di antara sekian banyak hasil kecanggihan teknologi saat ini.Hasil dari penelitian menemukan Peran guru Pendidikan Agama Islam yaitu sebagai Motivator dimana guru mengingatkan akan adanya dampak negatif yang diakibatkan oleh adanya sosial media. Sebagai Informator yaitu guru menyampaikan informasi mengenai sosial media serta dampak yang ditimbulkannya. Sebagai fasilitator yaitu Guru bisa menciptakan suasana pembelajaran yang demokratis dan menyenangkan, agar siswa tetap terfokus pada materi pembelajaran. Dampak positif yang ditimbulkan media sosial facebook diantaranya, berinteraksi dengan cepat, dapat saling berinteraksi, sebagai sarana membantu dan memotivasi dan menambah ilmu dalam belajar. Sedangkan dampak negatif yang ditimbulkan yaitu: menghambur-hamburkan uang, tidak peduli dengan sekitar, berkurangnya waktu belajar, kurangnya sosialisasi dengan lingkungan, terdapat perilaku menyimpang dan terdapat Konten-konten berbau sex.
PENGARUH KEGIATAN GERAKAN PRAMUKA DAN HIZBUL WATHAN TERHADAP NILAI RELIGIUSITAS PESERTA DIDIK (STUDY KASUS DI SMA MUHAMMADIYAH BRAJA SELEBAH LAMPUNG TIMUR)
Authors: Rohmah Siti , Cahyono Heri , Sarbini Sarbini
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat seberapa jauh bagaimana Gerakan Pramuka dan Hizbul Wathan berpengaruh terhadap nilai Religiusitas peserta didik di SMA Muhammadiyah Braja Selebah Lampung Timur pada tahun pelajaran 2019/2020. Penelitian ini bersifat field research atau penelitian lapangan. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode observasi dengan pengumpulan data dan pengamatan langsung kepada objek penelitian.Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah Religiusitas (Y) nilai minimum 33 dan nilai maksimum 44 nilai rata-rata 38,00. Sedangkan Gerakan Pramuka (X1) nilai maksimum 80, nilai minimum 65 nilai dan rata – rata 73,42. Hizbul Wathan (X2) nilai maksimum 80, nilai minimum 65 dan nilai rata – rata 73,26. Standar deviasi gerakan Pramuka dan Hizbul Wathan masing-masing adalah 4,081 dan 3,875. Uji Parsial (t) untuk kegiatan Gerakan Pramuka dan Hizbul Wathan adalah 10,433 dengan tingkat signifikansi 0,05 maka variabel Gerakan Pramuka dan Hizbul Wathan sangat berpengaruh terhadap Religiusitas. Dengan nilai t hitung (10,433) > t tabel (2,008) dan nilai signifikan (0,00) < 0,05. Dari penelitian ini diambil kesimpulan bahwa kegiatan gerakan pramuka dan hizbul wathan berpengaruh terhadap nilai religiusitas peserta didik.
The prevalence of communication. A case study in the communication history of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Authors: Wilke Jürgen
Published: November 2022

Organisations are – as communication studies know – constituted through communication. Against this theoretical background, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which was founded in 1919 after the end of the First World War as a sub-organisation of the League of Nations, is examined here. It came into being in the course of the Versailles peace negotiations with the aim of harmonising the rules and standards of labour internationally and creating common standards for this purpose. The primary function of the ILO was to collect and disseminate information and communication on labour conditions in the world in order to adopt conventions and make recommendations on the basis of this information (e.g., on daily working hours, night work, women’s and children’s work, etc.). The external constitution and the internal structure of the organisation were designed for this. The prevalence of the ILO’s communication is also confirmed by the considerable communication costs and the wide range of communication instruments it used. Methodologically, this is a hermeneutic examination of the sources produced by the ILO in the process of its foundation and establishment. The organisation documented and archived its activities extensively from the beginning.
Ut pictura poesis: Ekphrasis, Genre Painting and Still Life in Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood and Alice Thompson
Authors: Ciobanu Estella
Published: November 2022

This article examines descriptions of persons, objects or scenes in three novels, Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Alice Thompson’s The Book Collector, which either straightforwardly or obliquely evoke various painting genres. I argue that although ekphrasis typically names nowadays “the verbal representation of visual representation” (James Heffernan), certain descriptions beg for a revision of the modern category of ekphrasis. My present corpus includes both ekphrases ‘proper’ and descriptions which evoke, without referring to, portraits, still lifes or genre paintings. I call the latter category readerly reverse ekphrasis, to emphasise the reader’s co-operation with the author – during the reading process – to determine, beyond the painterly affinities of the description, its structural makeup as ekphrasis.
Lineage versus Affect in Shakespeare’s, Brontë’s, and Faulkner’s Representations of Family Systems
Authors: Peacock John
Published: November 2022

King Lear makes his daughters compete for inheritances by declaring “which of you . . . doth love us most.” His youngest refuses to let her dowry depend on displaying filial piety, instead declaring her fealty in the old, less emotional language of lineage: “I love your Majesty / According to my bond; no more nor less.” Brontë’s Heathcliff expresses the dialectic of lineage and affect in terms of affective will and testamentary wills. By asserting the former, he succeeds in revising the latter – forcing his dying son to name him his heir. Faulkner’s protagonists identify with grandparents in order to reassert older, extended lineage ties over unacceptable affective ties to parents or siblings. Or else they do just the opposite: repudiating lineages to miscegenetic or incestuous grandparents in order to form more responsible emotional bonds. Whichever generation they consciously identify with, they often end up unconsciously perpetuating the example of the generation they rejected. In family systems, role reversal often keeps things essentially the same. A homeostatic tendency resists the inevitabilities of children growing up and becoming parents, of parents growing old and reliving some of their former feelings of dependency as children, only now vis-à-vis their own children.
The Translatability of Poetry: Phonaesthesia, Sound Iconicity, Orchestration, and Aesthetic Function. A Case Study of Poe’s The Raven
Authors: Creangă Maria-Teodora
Published: November 2022

When asked whether all texts are translatable, Roman Jakobson answered: “yes, to a certain extent” (qtd. in Hatim and Munday 16). Poetry in particular is notoriously difficult to translate due to its complexity and intricacies of form and meaning, on the one hand, and its cultural features, on the other. Over the years, poetry translation has been the key topic in many studies and articles that pinpoint concrete issues that may assist the translator during the three main stages of the translation process: source text analysis, linguistic transfer, and target text assessment. The present article tackles the issue of the translatability of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven into Romanian in terms of sound symbolism and orchestration with reference to Emil Gulian’s and Dan Botta’s translations. It also investigates the extent to which a particular case of sound symbolism known in the literature as phonaesthesia is a cross linguistic phenomenon and the ways in which it may become a tool in the translation process, given the complexity of the phonological structure of the poem.
Analysis of the Determination of the Accuracy Parameter for Dual Receivers Based on EGNOS Solution in Aerial Navigation
Authors: Krasuski Kamil , Ćwiklak Janusz , Bakuła Mieczysław , Mrozik Magda
Published: November 2022

The paper presents the results of research on the determination of the accuracy parameter for European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) positioning for a dual set of on-board global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. The study focusses in particular on presenting a modified algorithm to determine the accuracy of EGNOS positioning for a mixed model with measurement weights. The mathematical algorithm considers the measurement weights as a function of the squared inverse and the inverse of the position dilution of precision (PDOP) geometrical coefficient. The research uses actual EGNOS measurement data recorded by two on-board GNSS receivers installed in a Diamond DA 20-C airplane. The calculations determined the accuracy of EGNOS positioning separately for each receiver and the resultant value for the set of two GNSS receivers. Based on the conducted tests, it was determined that the mixed model with measurement weights in the form of a function of the inverse square of the PDOP geometrical coefficient was the most efficient and that it improved the accuracy of EGNOS positioning by 37%–63% compared to the results of position errors calculated separately for each GNSS receiver.
Experimental Study of Two Fallow Field Treatment Influence Methods on Soil Moisture Dynamics
Authors: Bulgakov Volodymyr , Findura Pavol , Nadykto Volodymyr , Kyurchev Volodymyr , Tikhovod Mikola
Published: November 2022

The yield of any crop depends on soil moisture. One of the moisture conservation technological methods is fallow in the form of soil mulch with a layer not exceeding a thickness of 5–6 cm. To create this, a harrow utilizing special working devices was designed. This paper presents the results obtained on the dynamics of changes in soil moisture in a fallow field treated with a new harrowing unit compared to a serial cultivator operating at a depth higher than 6 cm. It was observed that the soil moisture in the harrowed area of the fallow field was 1.4 times higher, while the moisture reserves were 2.2 times higher in contrast to the field with the agrotechnical environment, treated with the sweeps of a serial cultivator. The actual soil tillage depth uniformity reached with the new harrowing unit is higher in comparison to that of the basic cultivator unit because, according to the F-test, the dispersion of fluctuations in the field tillage depth by the former (0.64 cm2) is significantly less than that for the latter (3.24 cm2).
Evaluation and Impacts of Grape Harvester Parameters on Harvest Losses
Authors: Dočkalik Martin , Jobbágy Ján
Published: November 2022

The subject of this study was to evaluate the visible crop losses during the mechanized harvesting of grapes, assess the impacts of changes in the machine parameters and thus to look for the possibility of reducing losses when utilizing this method of harvesting. A comparison with the amount of losses arising from the manual harvesting was also monitored. The research results indicated the average amount of total losses of 1.10–5.62% of harvested crop when utilizing mechanized harvesting. The monitoring revealed the losses occurring in the area of columns in the supporting structure. These ranged from 0.2% to 0.53% of harvested crop. Losses during manual harvesting were found at an average of 1.09% or 1.78%. This research explored how losses due to mechanized grape harvesting can be reduced.
Greenhouse Energy Analysis and Neural Networks Modelling in Northern Iraq
Authors: Khessro Montaser K. , Hilal Yousif Y. , Al-Jawadi Rafea A. , Al-Irhayim Mahmood N.
Published: November 2022

This study aims to analyse the energy of cucumber production in a greenhouse and examine the application of a multilayer perceptron to predict the productivity of an agricultural region in Nineveh Governorate. The research data were collected from experiments including fuel, fertilisers, pesticides, seeds, workers, electricity, and the number of hours worked in agricultural processes to produce cucumber crops. The results showed that the total energy consumption of the cucumber was 46,432.013 MJ·ha−1, while the output energy was 53,127.727 MJ·ha−1. The fungicide energy consumption, herbicide energy consumption and electricity energy consumption are considered the most critical variable in cucumber plantation procedures; its significance is the relative values of 100%, 99.7% and 93.3%. The impacts of human labour, P fertiliser, diesel fuel and N fertiliser on cucumber operation were 25,725 MJ·ha−1, 548.596 MJ·ha−1, 3,011.178 MJ·ha−1 and 7,244.545 MJ·ha−1, respectively. This research concludes that a multilayer perceptron neural network algorithm helps predict cucumber production and shows that the trained neural network produced minimal errors, indicating that the test model could predict a cucumber crop yield in Nineveh province.
Hybrid Power Plant with Storage on a Non-Interconnected Greek Island
Authors: Giannakaris Panagiotis , Ktena Aphrodite , Manasis Christos , Assimakis Nicholas
Published: November 2022

In this work we present the design of a PV plant comprising storage for the transition of the fossil fuelled power plant of a non-interconnected Greek Island to a hybrid one with high RES penetration. Simulations are performed using the OpenDSS software. The proposed design offers 58.1% reduction in both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for the first year of operation, which reduces to 44.2% and 42.2% after 20 years.
Overvoltage Analysis during Earth Fault for Different Treatment of Neutral Point in Distribution Network
Authors: Jusić Alija , Bajramović Zijad , Turković Irfan , Dedović Maja Muftić
Published: November 2022

The paper consists of three parts. In the introduction and the first part of this paper are given basic theoretical considerations on possible ways for treatment of the neutral point in distribution grids with special reference to the method of neutral grounding of distribution transformers through a low ohmic resistor and a compensation coil. The second part gives the use analysis of a low ohmic resistor and a compensation coil as the future choice of neutral point grounding on the particular distribution grid powered by a substation TS 35/10 kV. In the third part of the paper, the results were obtained using an adequate dynamic distribution model, using the EMTP-ATP software package. Also, in this part, calculations are made for neutral grounding through a low ohmic resistor, a compensation coil, as well as in the case of isolated grids, and a comparison of the obtained values of the overvoltage coefficients.