bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Оцінка еквівалентної дози на руки маніпуляційного персоналу відділення ПЕТ/КТ
Authors: Kudriashova Ye. , Bondar B. , Kmetyuk Ya. , Viskov O.
Published: December 2022

У статті порівняно інформацію щодо значень еквівалентної дози на руки, зчитаних з кільцевих термолюмінесцентних дозиметрів маніпуляційних медичних сестер відділення позитронно-емісійної комп’ютерної томографії Всеукраїнського центру радіохірургії Клінічної лікарні «Феофанія» Державного управління справами, із розрахунками еквівалентної дози на руки, виконаних за допомогою комп’ютерного коду VARSKIN+.

Персонал, який здійснює маніпуляції із радіофармпрепаратом у відділенні позитронно-емісійної комп’ютерної томографії, знаходиться на постійному індивідуальному дозиметричному контролі із використанням термолюмінесцентних дозиметрів для визначення ефективної дози від бета- та вторинного фотонного випромінювання, що створюється радіонуклідом 18F у складі радіофармпрепарату 2-[18F]Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose, а також кільцевих дозиметрів для визначення еквівалентної дози на руки для порівняння із дозовими лімітами персоналу категорії А.

Під час дослідження була використана інформація з дозиметрів-кілець трьох маніпуляційних медичних сестер відділення позитронно-емісійної комп’ютерної томографії Всеукраїнського центру радіохірургії Клінічної лікарні «Феофанія» Державного управління справами щодо дози, накопиченої за десять місяців. За цей період із документації відділення, зокрема із записів в журналах, була виокремлена інформація про щоденну кількість проведених маніпуляцій, як-то введеної активності кожному пацієнту, загальної активності радіофармпрепарату, факту використання захисних засобів при проведенні маніпуляцій, повідомлень про випадки контакту радіоактивної речовини зі шкірою, рукавичками, інше, що може вплинути на значення виміряної дози на кисті рук. Експериментально було визначено усереднений час, що витрачається на кожний етап маніпуляції з радіофармпрепаратом.

Порівняння розрахункових даних та даних, отриманих під час обробки термолюмінесцентних дозиметрів за один і той самий час, враховуючи кількість операцій, що були проведені персоналом, та величину активності, підготовленої для введення пацієнтам, дозволило визначитись із можливістю та ефективністю використання розрахунків для планування та оцінки еквівалентної дози під час проведення маніпуляцій у відділенні позитронно-емісійної комп’ютерної томографії медичних центрів, оцінити потребу в додатковому локальному захисті від іонізуючого випромінювання для рук під час проведення ін’єкцій чи оптимізації процедур маніпуляції, визначитись з обов’язковістю оцінювання еквівалентних доз за допомогою термолюмінесцентних дозиметрів.
Fiscal decentralization of the Visegrad Group countries as a key factor of development
Authors: Buriachenko Andrii , Levchenko Kateryna , Spasiv Nataliіa , Osipova Alla
Published: December 2022

The article investigates the process of decentralization of public administration in the Visegrad Group countries. The authors use the share of local budget revenues of Visegrad Group countries in GDP and the share of tax (own) revenues in the revenues of local budgets of Visegrad Group countries, as main indicators. The research examines the essence of fiscal decentralization and reforms of fiscal decentralization in Visegrad Four. It has been found that the purpose of fiscal decentralization was to increase the financial independence of the municipalities, but the local governments of the Visegrad Four countries still depend on the state budget and economic development of a country. In general, process of fiscal decentralization still has the national particularities.
An experimental study on the development of multipurpose biomass burner for cooking stove and thermal generator for household application
Authors: Suyitno Budhi Muliawan , Ismail  , Rahman Reza Abdu
Published: December 2022

The present study proposes a novel concept of a solid biomass burner for household applications. The designed biomass stove is a multipurpose burner that can be used as a cooking stove and thermal generator. It works as a basic model of a biomass cooking stove and is coupled with a coil heat exchanger for thermal generation. The experimental evaluation is conducted by using the time-to-boil (TTB) method to measure the effective energy that can be harnessed from the combustion process. It shows that the maximum temperature outlet from the coil heat exchanger is 62.2 °C. The effective energy uptake for the coil heat exchanger is 41.9%, whereas the overall energy uptake, including the kettle, is obtained by more than 50%. Therefore, the proposed model can improve the efficiency of solid biomass burners for household ware.
Емпатія як чинник розвитку особистісних складових професійної самореалізації майбутніх рятувальників
Authors: Вавринів Олена Степанівна , Яремко Роман Ярославович
Published: December 2022

У статті теоретично обґрунтовано і емпіричновизначено взаємозв’язок емпатії та параметрів професійної самореалізації майбутніх рятувальників. Метою статті є теоретико-емпіричнедослідження емпатії як чинника розвитку параметрів професійної самореалізації майбутніхрятувальників. Методи дослідження. Для проведення емпіричного дослідження використано психодіагностичні інструменти: “Діагностика рівняемпатійних здібностей” В. Бойко, “Вивчення мотиваційного профілю особистості” Ш. Річі і П. Мартіна; “Визначення життєвих цілей та цінностейособистості” П. Іванов, Є. Колобова; “Діагностикарівня готовності до ризику” А. Шуберта; “SACS”С. Хобфола (в адаптації Н. Водоп’янової і О. Старченкової); “Прогноз” (оцінка нервово-психічноїнестійкості). Як додаткова змінна використаносередній бал з профільних дисциплін. Застосованокореляційне аналізування. Результати. На основіпроведеного емпіричного дослідження встановлено, що респонденти, які готові ризикувати, здійснюють асертивні та обережні дії, демонструютьвисокі показники емпатійності, потребують високого фінансового забезпечення, прагнуть до розвитку та визнання зі сторони інших людей, здатніставити перед собою складні завдання та реалізовувати їх. Також респонденти прагнуть високогоматеріального забезпечення, влади, здоров’я, особистісного зростання та кохання. Кореляційнеаналізування засвідчило, що емпатія має взаємозв’язки із такими параметрами, як: безпека та захищеність, служіння людям, особистісне зростання,відчуття задоволення, готовність до ризику, асертивні дії, встановлення соціального контакту,імпульсивні дії, агресивні дії, сприятливий прогнознервово-психічної стійкості та потреба формуватистабільні взаємини (середній бал 5.0-4.1 та 4.0-3.1).Висновки. Узагальнено, що на основі кореляційного аналізування емпатія має тісні взаємозв’язкипрактично з усіма особистісними складовими професійної самореалізації майбутніх рятувальників.
Вплив емоцій та емоційних станів на вибір стратегій подолання бойового та військово-професійного стресу
Authors: Храбан Тетяна Євгенівна , Сілко Олексій Вікторович
Published: December 2022

Метою є дослідження такої характеристики емоційного інтелекту курсантів військового інституту,як здатність розпізнавати емоції, а також оцінитипередбачуваність вибору стратегій подолання бойового та військово-професійного стресу в залежностівід типу емоцій. Методи і матеріали. Дослідженняпроводилося у квітні 2022 року серед курсантів третього курсу Військового інституту телекомунікацій та інформатизації, які навчаються за спеціальністю“Військове управління”. На першому етапі дослідження було здійснено активацію переживань курсантів за допомогою кататимних імагінацій (продукування образів) – їм було запропоновано намалюватисимволічні образи їх переживань. На другому етапібули використані інструменти самозвіту – курсантам було запропоновано описати емоції, які вонивідчувають з приводу пережитих подій та ті заходи,які вони вживають, щоб створити баланс між собоюі зовнішньою ситуацією. Отримані результати булиопрацьовані за допомогою дескриптивного і кореляційно-регресійного аналізу. Результати. З’ясовано,що 22.0% курсантів продемонстрували нездатністьрозібратися у своїх емоціях та почуттях – вони незмогли назвати свої емоції з приводу пережитихподій та намалювати символічні образи їх переживань. 78.0% курсантів зуміли визначити свої емоції.Курсанти відчували емоції, які мають складні структури, але у яких можна було виділити такі базовікомпоненти: “тривога”, “гнів”, “апатія”, “надія”. Усьогобуло названо тридцять два видів емоцій та емоційнихстанів, що може свідчити про ясне розуміння курсантами свого емоційного стану та тих емоцій, під впливом яких вони перебувають. Вибір копінг-стратегійздійснювався курсантами на основі оптимістичної/песимістичної інтерпретації стресової ситуації.Висновки. На спроможність військовослужбовціврозпізнавати свої емоції впливають такі чинники:1) невід’ємною частиною та ключовим нормативнимкомпонентом військової субкультури є придушенняемоцій та уникнення переживань; 2) існує небезпекаповсякденного бойового та військово-професійногостресу, що пов’язано зі специфікою військової діяльності; 3) ймовірність виникнення в умовах бойовогота військово-професійного стресу особливого психологічного стану алекситимії; 4) ризик розвиткув умовах бойового та військово-професійного стресупсихологічного стану емоційної бурі або емоційногостану моральної втоми, пригніченості та байдужостідо того, що відбувається. Тому, вивчення емоційногоінтелекту військовослужбовців потребує розробкиспеціального інструментарію. Між емоціями, щопереживають військовослужбовці під час бойовогота військово-професійного стресу і вибором стратегій подолання стресу існує значуща кореляція.
Constructivist Approach Analysis on the Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic
Authors: Shanika Kurnia Rafif , Jatmika Muhammad Indrawan
Published: December 2022

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing have drawn a lot of attention since a number of important nations have put a diplomatic boycott on the event. The United States, Britain, and Canada were among the nations that enacted a diplomatic embargo. Using a constructivism theory approach, this research will attempt to give an analytical study of the occurrence of this boycott. Instead of adopting traditional approaches like liberalism and realism, the author believes that this approach offers a fresh viewpoint on this phenomenon. From a constructivist perspective, the nation that imposed a diplomatic boycott on the Beijing 2022 Olympics was regarded as having constructive elements that encourage such behavior. Every nation has its own factors that will shift the way that nations make decisions. The main argument of this paper is that there are three main factors that construct the boycott behavior of these countries. The first is the construction of friend vs foe between the boycotting countries and China as the host country. Boycott countries that share ideological similarities construct a point of view that China is an enemy to them because of their differences. The second argument is the existence of China's construction as a country that perpetrates human rights violations. This prompted the boycotting countries to protest with the boycott. The third argument is the existence of bilateral problems between countries. Some countries, such as Canada, have bilateral problems with China, which then encourage the construction of boycott behavior that occurs.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Authors: Masdah Muhammad Fahmi
Published: December 2022

Pinker’s goal to provide evidence that accounts for the falling homicide and violent combat death rates in the modern world is insufficient and, more often than not, misguided. The main issue being his failure to set up a productive analytical approach that lives up to his remarkably overarching research question: today’s level of global violence is the lowest in history. While he has attempted to present the violence levels typically in the past by coupling empirical and archeological data of the prehistory mankind, he lacks the credibility to do so for mainly two reasons: the sheer limitation of archeological evidence prior to the development of modern nation-state along with his flawed statistical analysis, and his persistence to treat war mortalities as merely an empirical variable. Similarly, though this article makes only remote attempts to examine the actual trend in civilizational and cultural conflict over a longer time period, it has brought into attention the demand to incorporate constructivist approach into the study of violence in order to better comprehend its complexities which have been largely driven by the development in the new wars. For the reasons mentioned above, Pinker has and will continue to get the violence levels wrong, and the world is as violent as ever.
Pemanfaatan Balanced Score Card untuk Penilaian Kinerja Koperasi Pertanian
Authors: Harsela Yunia , Yurisinthae Erlinda , Maswadi Maswadi
Published: December 2022

This study aims to analyze the performance of the Makarti Mukti Tama Agricultural Cooperative in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan Province. Makarti Mukti Tama Agricultural Cooperative is the only Agricultural Cooperative still active in holding year-end meetings and assisting farmers in Rasau Jaya 1 Village in providing subsidized fertilizers. The type of research used is descriptive research using purposive methods with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The data used are primary and secondary data with interview data collection methods, questionnaires and, document recording. The population in this study was the Makarti Mukti Tama Agricultural Cooperative with a sample of 41 (Forty-one) customers and members, 3 (Three) administrators and agricultural extension workers in Rasau Jaya Village, the Office of Cooperatives, Micro Enterprises, Trade and Industry, and expert academics as key informants. Data processing using Microsoft Office Excel 2019 software with Balanced Scorecard analysis focuses on four business perspectives, customers, finance, internal processes and growth, and Makarti Mukti Tama Agricultural Cooperative learning. The results showed that Makarti Mukti Tama's Agricultural Cooperative performance in four perspectives from 2017 to 2019 was in an unhealthy condition. Performance achievement increased from the customer and financial perspective, stable from the growth and learning perspective, and decreased from the internal business process perspective. Interested parties can use the performance results to make decisions and related development and related units in the cooperative environment and support the development of cooperatives in competing with other businesses.
Dampak Pandemi Covid-19 terhadap Pendapatan: Bukti dari Petani Pisang di Desa Bangun Harja Kecamatan Seruyan Hilir
Authors: Isnanto Bayu , Winarti Lili
Published: December 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has made it difficult for farmers to meet production costs in the future due to the delay in the distribution process of agricultural produce, and the need for agricultural commodities will indirectly impact farmers’ income. This study aims to analyze the analysis of banana farmers and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the income of banana farmers in Bangun Harja Village, Seruyan downstream east sub-district. The research method uses quantitative descriptive. Data collection is carried out using questionnaires and in-depth interviews with informants. Respondents in this study were farmers who worked as a banana farmer. Determination of the sample using a simple random sampling method by giving equal rights to each member of the population. To answer the research objectives, the first is to use descriptive and the second is to use quantitative analysis with paired test analysis tools and paired sample t-test data to determine income before and after the covid-19 pandemic. The research data analysis shows that the characteristics of banana farmers include age, education, experience, land ownership, and differences in income of banana farmers before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The average income of banana farmers before the covid-19 pandemic was Rp. 4,907,407,- per month and after the covid-19 pandemic of Rp. 3,722,222,- per month. The results of the t-test analysis also show that the significance value obtained is 0.000, which indicates a fundamental difference between the income earned by farmers before and after the covid-19 pandemic.
Dampak Status Penguasaan Lahan terhadap Pendapatan Usahatani Padi di Desa Tambakmerang Kecamatan Girimarto
Authors: Yulianawati Yulianawati , Dewi Tria Rosana , Solikah Umi Nur
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this research is (1) to analyze the income level of rice farming in the farmer-owners, tenants, and Husbandmen at Tambakmerang Village Girimarto District. 2 to analyze the efficiency of rice farming in the farmers, tenants, and Husbandmen in Tambakmerang village Girimarto subdistrict. This study was implemented using the method of detailed analysis with disproportionate sampling in random sampling. The methods of analysis used in this research are revenue analysis and efficiency analysis. The results of the research concluded that the level of income of rice farming in the farm owner of the Pengrake, renter, and Husbandmen in the village of Tambakmerang Girimarto District Wonogiri is for farmers owners of the tenants amounting to Rp. 38,239,416.7, the tenant farmers amounting to Rp. 20,153,625 and farmer of a Pengrake Rp. 18,762,662.50. The efficiency of rice farming in the farmer's owner, tenants, and Husbandmen at Tambakmerang Village Girimarto District Wonogiri Regency is for the owner of a pengrake 4.34, the tenant farmer of 2.87 and farmer of the husbandmen of 2.52. This suggests that rice farming in the area of research has been finalized and can still be improved.
Pembuatan Kertas Komposit Berbahan Baku Tandan Kosong Kelapa Sawit dan Serabut Kelapa
Authors: Putri Pridata Gina , Ningtyas Kurnia Rimadhanti , Agassi Taufik Nugraha
Published: December 2022

Composite paper is paper made from a mixture of two or more kinds of paper pulp with other materials. The manufacture of composite paper in this study uses OPEFB as the basic material mixed with coconut fiber and uses cassava flour and banana flour as adhesives. Parameters observed in this study were physical and mechanical properties, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin from OPEFB composite paper and coconut fiber. Based on the results of this study, the highest mechanical physical properties of paper were thickness, grammage, and density with the addition of 20 gram cassava adhesive (1, 38 mm, 41, 78 g/m2, 0, 30 kg/m3 respectively) while the addition of banana flour had the highest mechanical physical properties at addition of 60 grams with thickness, grammage, and density (1, 49 mm, 45, 60 g/m2, 0, 30 kg/m3 respectively). As for the chemical characteristics of the paper on the adhesive cassava flour has the highest cellulose content in the addition of 20 grams of cassava flour (50, 83 %), while the treatment with the addition of banana flour has the highest cellulose content in the treatment of 60 grams (46, 76 %).
STUDY PROGRAM “HOME ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATICS IN EDUCATION” DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES
Authors: Vronskaya Natalia
Published: December 2022

The aim of the research is to clear up the necessity of the information and communication technologies (ICT) integration methodology, offered by author, in the household and home economic education. Studies with the ICT integration methodology, worked out by author, include: 1) possibilities of unassisted and intensive household, home economic and informatics mutual integration providing and development; 2) diversifying and improving of study methods; 3) extended application of ICT. Worked out ITC integration methodology was evaluated with analytic hierarchy process (AHP), by comparing defined criterions and sub-criterions coupled together in relation to set aims. According to global priority summary of experts, it is possible to conclude, that the highest total rating have alternative studies with the global priority vector of ICT integration methodology – 0.393. As well as compliance with study content based on criterions (0.321) and the effectiveness of studying (0.248) the first place takes alternative studies with ICT integration methodology. It means, that worked out and offered by author ICT integration methodology is necessary in household and home economic studies.
Key words: ICT, household and home economic studies, alternative, integration methodology.
EVALUATION INSTRUMENT OF STYLES OF LEARNING FOR SMALL CHILDREN
Authors: Labatut Portilho Evelise Maria , Beltrami Kátia
Published: December 2022

In order to identify the students’ Learning Style of Early Childhood Education, it has been prepared the Portilho / Beltrami Children’s Learning Styles Inventory which presents 12 learning situations, including the four styles: active, reflective, theoretical and pragmatic. The development of this instrument was based on Alonso’s theory (1994) on Learning Styles. The learning situations contain sentences and images with different ethnicities, cultures and genres. For the trust and validation process, the instrument was initially used on 28 children from a private school. The analysis method called test-retest was used and the collaboration from teachers and researchers experts in the learning field. The learning situations reproducibility was assessed with an estimated Kappa’s coefficient and observing its statistical significance at a 5% level. The second stage of the research comprised seventy-six students aged from five to six years old from a private school and a public city school in Curitiba/PR. The results obtained after the implementation of the Portilho/Beltrami Inventory found that the predominant Learning Style for children aged five and six years old is reflective, both in the private and public city schools. There is no significant difference between the students’ gender and age.
Key words: early childhood education, inventory, learning, learning styles.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE: ACCOUNTABILITY - THE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC'S DEMAND AND TEACHERS' CONCEPT
Authors: Soen Dan
Published: December 2022

The study is dealing with teachers' concept of accountability. It is based on a survey carried out among 50 elementary school teachers from Israel's Central District. The study covered three different domains – the academic domain, the behavioral domain, and the ethical domain. All in all, the study encompassed eleven different categories: Four in the first domain, three in the second domain, and another four in the third domain. The study's point of departure was the high complexity of Israeli society and the high pressures to which it is subjected. Bearing this in mind, the research question was to what extent would Israeli teachers embrace accountability in the three domains; to what extent would they be committed to instilling the values included in the eleven categories. The main research finding is the congruence between society's expectations and teachers' accountability and commitment.
Key words: human capital, performance indicators, teacher-student relationships, teachers' accountability, teachers' performance, teachers' responsibility.
Implementation of Counseling Services for Students in Pandemi Time
Authors: Dinata Saragih Muhammad Putra , Devi Indah Sari
Published: December 2022

This study aims to analyse the Implementation of Counseling Services for Students in Pandemi Time. This study uses a type of qualitative research method. Bogdan and Taylor define qualitative methods as research procedures that produce descriptive data in the form of written words orally from people and observable behavior. Kirk and Miller define that qualitative research is a particular tradition in social science that is fundamentally dependent on human observation both in its field and in terminology. The conclusion that the researchers got from this mini-research or observation is that in providing guidance and counseling services, not all counseling teachers provided this service to students during a pandemic, and some did not even provide the service, if any, the service provided by the guidance teacher. Counseling to service students is only in the form of a warning if the student's hair is long, a warning for being late or not paying tuition fees, a warning regarding students who rarely attend school, informing students who have received scholarships, and also guidance if there is a competition. That's all the services provided.
Floristic Composition and Biological Spectrum of The Bogdkhan Mountain, Mongolia
Authors: Bazarragchaa Badamtsetseg , Batdelger Gantuya , Batkhuu Monkhjin , Janchiv Agiimaa , Lee Sang Myong , Kim Hyoun Sook , Yang Seungah , Peak Woon Kee , Kim Dong Hee , Lee Joongku
Published: December 2022

The Bogdkhan mountain of Mongolia is strictly protected and possesses a unique ecosystem, because of its location in the transitional zone of Siberian taiga and the Asian steppe. Floristic composition and the biological spectrum of the Bogdkhan Mountain were studied during July 2019 to September 2020. A total of 522 vascular plants were recorded belonging to 249 genera and 63 families. Asteraceae was found to be the most dominant family (13.22%; 33 genera and 69 taxa) followed by Poaceae (8.43%; 21 genera and 44). The classified life-form spectra of all the species recorded from the study area revealed the predominance of hemicryptophytes (63.03%) followed by geophytes (11.30%), therophytes (10.34%), phanerophytes (9.58%), chamaephytes (5.36%), and hydrophytes (0.38%). The notable changes found in the biological spectrum, which are chamaephytes from 12 to 5.36%, geophytes from 8 to 11.30% and therophytes from 8 to 10.34%. Variaty of reasons might cause change the life form, such as climate change, anthropogenic impacts, etc. Hemicryptophytes and chamaephytes dominate the flora of the mountain due to the cold mountain niche. The floristic diversity of this mountain tends to decline further videnced from the observed lesser divergence values of geophytes and therophytes.
Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 29(2): 241-268, 2022 (December)
Ethnomedicinal Plants and Traditional Knowledge Among Local People of Sherpur Sadar and Sreebardi Upazilas Of Sherpur District, Bangladesh
Authors: Suchana Lutfunnahar , Hassan Md Abul , Rahman M Oliur
Published: December 2022

An ethnomedicinal investigation was carried out in Sherpur Sadar and Sreebardi upazilas of Sherpur district to record, and document the traditional knowledge alongside with determining the consensus factor, citation frequency and fidelity level among the folklore medicinal practitioners. A total 51 plant species belonging to 49 genera and 38 families were cited with their mode of application for treating different ailments. The most frequently used plant species were represented by herbs (35.94%) followed by trees (33.33%), shrubs (19.61) and climbers (11.76). Leaves were found to be the most utilized part (50%) followed by root (14%), fruit (10%), flower (10%), stem (10%), bark (4%) and seed (2%). The reported ailments were categorized into 14 diseases and the maximum species were employed to treat digestive and gastrointestinal disorders. Leaves of Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. are used in treatment of cataract without applying in eyes at the initial stage which is the first report for Bangladesh, and this species could be further screened for bioactive compound which can lead to discovery of new and potential drugs. Many species reported in the current study were found to be very rare which need to be conserved to maximize the sustainable uses of these vital resources in the study area.
Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 29(2): 269-282, 2022 (December)
Macromorphological, Anatomical And Molecular Studies Of Some Taxa Of Araliaceae In Egypt
Authors: Wahba Mai M , Haider Ashraf S , Mourad Magdy M , Mashaly Ia , Habashy Ihsan E El
Published: December 2022

The present study investigated morphological features, leaf and stem anatomy, leaf architecture, epidermal characteristics, and molecular characters of some taxa of Araliaceae to trace out the diversity and the diagnostic significance of these attributes. The studied taxa based on combination of 260 characters representing 182 morphological and 78 molecular characters which were subjected to a numerical analysis using NTSYSPC program. The generated dendrogram explained the similarities and the differences between the examined taxa. The specific similarities are discussed and compared with some current classification systems. The generated dendrogram from morphological attributes confirmed the separation of Aralieae and Schefflerieae as two tribes of Araliaceae and supported the separation of simple leaved taxa from compound leaved.
Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 29(2): 283-296, 2022 (December)
Morphological and Molecular Characterization Of Micromycetes Associated With Seeds of Selected Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Varieties
Authors: Khatun Amina , Shamsi Shamim , Bashar Ma
Published: December 2022

A total of 14 varieties (CB1-CB14) of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) seeds were collected from Cotton Research, Training and Seed multiplication Farm, Sreepur, Gazipur to detect and identify the seed borne fungi by morphological and molecular techniques. The sequence results obtained using the ITS1 and ITS4 primers were compared with NCBI GenBank and BOL database using BLAST analysis. In the present investigation, a total of 29 fungal isolates were morphologically identified from different varieties of cotton seeds, of which 19 fungal isolates were identified by molecular techniques. Among the isolated fungi, Aspergillus subramanianii, A. toxicarius, A. wentii, Penicillium aculeatum, P. citrinum, Rhizomucor sp. and Meyerozyma guilliermondii have been reported as new records for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 29(2): 297-312, 2022 (December)
Determination of Local People Consensus in the Use Of Medicinal Plants of Thakurgaon District
Authors: Mitu Farhana Yesmin , Rifat Atiya Begum , Haque Tahmina , Mazid Md Abdul , Uddin Mohammad Zashim
Published: December 2022

Consensus in the use of medicinal plants is one of the criteria to find the potential medicinal plants for further in-depth investigation. The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the people consensus in the use of medicinal plants in Thakurgaon district. Data of medicinal plants were recorded using key informant interviews, semi structured interviews and group discussion. A total of 102 medicinal plant species under 49 families with 185 formularies to treat 54 ailments were recorded from the study area. The most frequently utilized plant species are trees (38%) followed by herbs (34%), shrubs (18%) and climbers (10%). The major part used for medicines was leaf. Oral consumption was the main mode of treatment in the study area followed by external application. The top Fic value was obtained in case of heart diseases (0.92). The most cited species used to treat this ailment was Allium sativum, Phyllanthus emblica, Spondias pinnata and Terminalia arjuna. The second highest Fic value was found in respiratory disorders (0.89) followed by cuts and wounds (0.85), skin diseases (0.84) and gastrointestinal disorders (0.81). In case of Fl value, Allium sativum, Spondias pinnata, Cynodon dactylon, Lawsonia inermis, Zingiber officinale, Saccharum officinarum, Tagetes erecta and Baccaurea ramiflora were showed 100%. The species of higher citation frequency were Allium sativum, Phyllanthus emblica, Spondias pinnata, Terminalia arjuna, Cynodon dactylon and Ocimum sanctum. This study recommends that the species which showed high Fic, Fl, Cf values could be used for further phytochemical analysis to investigate active compounds for the discovery of new drugs from medicinal plants.
Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 29(2): 345-360, 2022 (December)
Rediscovery of Potentilla Supina L. (Rosaceae) In Bangladesh
Authors: Hasan Mohammad Tarikul , Uddin Mohammad Zashim
Published: December 2022

Abstract not available
Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 29(2): 437-440, 2022 (December)
Effect of physical exercise on non-linear parameters of heart rate variability in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Authors: Tasnim Syeda Fadia , Begum Shelina , Sultana Shamima , Islam Shams Ruhani
Published: December 2022

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is associated with autonomic nerve dysfunction. Nonlinear methods of heart rate variability (HRV) analysis have been gaining interest as a method of detecting changes in cardiac autonomic nerve function. Regular practice of physical exercise may cause improvement of this impaired autonomic nerve function.
Objectives: To assess the effect of physical exercise on nonlinear measures of HRV analysis in male patients with COPD.
Methods: This prospective interventional study was carried out in the Department of Physiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Shahbag, Dhaka in 2018 on 60 diagnosed male COPD patients aged 40-75 years with disease duration of at least 5 years selected from the Department of Respiratory Medicine, BSMMU, Dhaka. Thirty patients underwent physical exercise (walking for 30 minute and pursed lip and diaphragmatic breathing 10 minuts)for 3 months in addition to standard treatment. Thirty (30) patients received only standard treatment for 3 months. For comparison, 30 age matched apparently healthy males were also enrolled. HRV data of all patients were recorded before and after 3 months of follow up. HRV data of healthy controls were recorded once at baseline. For assessing autonomic dysfunction, nonlinear parameters of HRV were recorded by Power Lab 8/35. For statistical analysis, paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test were done as applicable.
Results: SD1, SD2 and SD1/ SD2 were found significantly lower in COPD patients compared to healthy controls at baseline. After 3 months of physical exercise, significant increment of these parameters occurred with a trend of improvement in cardiac autonomic nerve function in these patients.
Conclusion: This study concluded that physical exercise can improve cardiac autonomic nerve dysfunction function in COPD patients.
J Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2022, June; 17(1): 6-13
Serum Calcium, Magnesium and Creactive protein levels in female Metabolic Syndrome patients
Authors: Mohammad Sumaiya , Shumi Mahfuja Begum , Nurjahan Fatema , Begum Shelina
Published: December 2022

Background: Metabolic syndrome (Mets) is a risk factor for cardiovascular, chronic lung, liver and kidney diseases. Hypercalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) produce various complications such as cardiac arrythmia, renal stones, atherosclerosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity etc. Some researchers suggested that hypercalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia and elevated CRP occur in Metabolic syndrome patients.
Objectives: To measure serum calcium, magnesium and CRP levels in Metabolic syndrome patients.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted from March 2019 to July 2020 in the Department of Physiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University(BSMMU), Shahbag, Dhaka. For this study, 30 female metabolic syndrome patients aged 25 to 45 year, from the Outpatient department of Endocrinology of BSMMU were selected. For comparison, 30 age and gender matched apparently healthy female subjects were control. Serum calcium and magnesium were measured by Colorimetric method and serum CRP was measured by Immunoturbidimetric method. Independent sample‘t’ test was performed for serum calcium and Mann-Whitney U test was performed for serum magnesium and CRP.
Results: Mean serum calcium (p £0.05 and median value of serum CRP (p £0.01) were significantly higher, median value of serum magnesium was lower (p>0.05) but not significant in Metabolic syndrome patients than that of control.
Conclusion: This study may conclude that elevated serum calcium and CRP levels are associated with metabolic syndrome patients.
J Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2022, June; 17(1): 14-20
Vitamin D3 supplementation on lung functions and exercise tolerance in D3 deficient asthma COPD overlap syndrome patients - A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Sultana Naznin , Ali Taskina , Bennoor Kazi Saifuddin , Hossain Md Ali , Mahmud Maksuda Bintey , Hassan Samia , Nahar Salsa Bil , Rosy Sharkia Khanam , Anjum Salma
Published: December 2022

Background: Vitamin D3 supplementation showed significant improvement in lung functions and exercise tolerance in both of asthma and COPD patients.
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of vitamin D3 supplementation on lung functions and exercise tolerance in D3 deficient, stable patients with ACO.
Methods: A double blinded randomized placebo controlled trial was carried out on 60 (sixty) D3 deficient [serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, 25(OH)D<30 ng/ml], male, smoker, stable ACO patients of age 40 to 80 year, selected according to selection criteria. After the final selection, all the patients were randomly allocated as ‘Study’ (n=30) or ‘Control’ (n=30) and their baseline spirometric lung functions (FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC ratio, PEFR, FEF25-75) and exercise tolerance represented by 6Minute Walk Distance (6MWD), peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) at rest, SpO2 after 6MWT, dyspnea scale and fatigue scale variables were measured. All the ‘Study’ patients received 80,000 IU (2 oral capsules) of vitamin D3 per week for first 13 weeks. Subsequently, according to their serum 25(OH)D or calcium, they got 40,000 IU (1 oral capsule) of D3 per 1 week or per 2 weeks or per 6 weeks or no further supplementation, for following 13 weeks. Whereas, all the ‘Control’ patients received two oral capsules of placebo weekly for consecutive 26 weeks. After 26 weeks of follow up, spirometric lung functions and exercise tolerance variables were again measured and compared with their corresponding baseline value. Data were analyzed by independent and paired sample t test, where p£0.05 was accepted as significant.
Results: There was significant improvement in 6MWD (p<0.05), SpO2 after 6MWT (p<0.001), dyspnea scale (p<0.001) and fatigue scale (p<0.001), in patients with vitamin D3 supplementation in comparison to those of placebo on 26th week of follow up. However, there was no improvement in ventilatory variables in the D3 supplemented group in comparison to those of placebo group.
Conclusion: The present study reveals that vitamin D3 supplementation improves exercise tolerance but not ventilatory variables in vitamin D3 deficient stable ACO patients. Further multi centered trials with different dose as well as duration schedule on both male and female ACO patients are recommended.
J Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2022, June; 17(1): 21-33
Analysis of different levels of cognitive domain in undergraduate written short answer questions in Physiology: A descriptive study in Bangladesh
Authors: Rajwana Jawairia , Ferdousi Sultana , Amin Nahid Farhana
Published: December 2022

Background: Teaching-learning and assessment of Physiology should be more organized because it builds the foundation for clinical science. A written question sheet on Physiology can be claimed ideal when it can assess the competence at different levels of cognitive domain of student’s learning.
Objectives: The aim of the present study is to find out the prevalence of questions addressing different levels of cognitive domain in the first professional MBBS written examination on Physiology.
Methods: This descriptive and retrospective type of study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, BSMMU, Dhaka, during the period of March 2020 to February 2021. A total 67 Short Answer Question(SAQ) sheets in the first professional MBBS examinations of the last five years of four public universities of Bangladesh were analyzed following revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. The frequency percent of questions addressing six levels of cognitive domain was manually calculated.
Results: ‘Question-segments’ assessing remember level were greater than 80%, Whereas, ‘questionsegments’ assessing understand, apply and analyze level ranged between 11-13%,0.25-0.95% and 0.11-0.67% respectively in all the universities. No ‘question-segment’ was found addressing evaluate and create level of cognitive domain.
Conclusion: From the results of this study, it may be suggested that there is almost absence of questions for assessment of student’s higher order thinking ability and most of the questions used, assessed the lowest level of cognition process in the first professional MBBS written examination on Physiology under four public universities of Bangladesh.
J Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2022, June; 17(1): 49-55
Effect of slow breathing exercise on heart rate variability in tension-type headache female patients: A time domain analysis
Authors: Rahman Shahanur , Sarkar Nandita , Sheikh Abdul Kader , Ferdousi Sultana
Published: December 2022

Background: Tension-type headache (TTH), the most frequently occurring primary headache is associated with autonomic dysfunction. Time domain analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is a popular tool to detect changes in cardiac autonomic nerve function (CANF) in TTH patients. Slow breathing exercise (SBE) can significantly improve HRV in patients with cardiovascular disorders.
Objective: To observe the effect of SBE on HRV by time domain analysis in TTH female patients.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted from March 2021 to February 2022 in the Department of Physiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka on 60 female TTH patients aged 20-45 years. Thirty patients performed SBE every morning and evening for 30 minutes in addition to receiving conventional treatment and 30 patients continued only conventional treatment without any exercise for 90 days. Thirty age, sex and BMI matched apparently healthy control were enrolled who did not perform SBE or any other exercise. All subjects were assessed at baseline and also after 90 days. Time domain HRV parameters were recorded by Power Lab 8/35 AD Instruments, Australia. One way ANOVA followed by post-hoc test and Paired sample t-test were performed for statistical analysis and p<0.05 was considered as statistical significance.
Results: Mean heart rate (HR) was significantly higher (p<0.001) and SDRR (Standard deviation of all RR interval); CVRR (Coefficient variation of RR interval); SDSD (Standard deviation of successive RR interval differences between adjacent RR intervals); RMSSD (Square root of mean of squared differences of successive RR interval) and pRR50% (Proportion of RR interval with duration > 50ms) were significantly lower (p<0.001) in TTH female patients compared to control at baseline. Significant decrement of mean HR (p<0.001) and increment of all other time domain parameters (p<0.001) was observed after 90 days of SBE. Again, significantly decreased SDRR, CVRR, SDSD, RMSSD and pRR50% (p<0.001, p<0.01) was observed in the patients who did not perform SBE.
Conclusion: SBE may effectively improve cardiac autonomic dysfunction in TTH female patients.
J Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2022, June; 17(1): 56-63
KAJIAN SASTRA BANDINGAN: REPRESENTASI BUDAYA DALAM NOVEL BIDADARI-BIDADARI SURGA DAN NOVEL MENCARI PEREMPUAN YANG HILANG
Authors: Widyaningrum Winda , Sondari Endang
Published: December 2022

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji representatif budaya dari dua buah novel popular yang berlatar belakang budaya dari dua negara yang berbeda. Karya sastra terlahir dari masyarakat yang memiliki konvensi dan perspektif estetik tentang sebuah karya seni dan tidak terlepas dari karya sebelumnya, sehingga penelitian sastra bandingan tidak mungkin terlepas dari unsur kesejarahannya. Kajian satra bandingan sangat menarik sebagai topik penelitian tetapi jarang dilakukan karena perlu waktu yang cukup lama untuk membaca dan ketelitian dalam menganalisis 2 buah novel yang berbeda. Metode sastra bandingan ditekankan pada aspek kesejarahan dan unsur budaya dalam teks. Kegiatan yang dilakukan menganalisis, menafsirkan dan menilai. Karena obyeknya lebih dari satu maka peneliti melakukan analisis struktural kedua karya baru diperbandingkan. Dari hasil penelitian antara novel Bidadari-bidadari Surga dan novel Mencari Perempuan Yang Hilang terdapat perbedaan budaya dari sistem ekonomi, sistem kemasyarakatan, sistem kekerabatan tetapi ada persamaan di nilai budaya perkawinan dan sistem religi.
USING SURVEY-QUESTION-READ-RECITE-REVIEW (SQ3R) METHOD FOR READING SHORT STORY IN TEACHING LITERATURE
Authors: Fitriyah Fitriyah , Arfani Sri
Published: December 2022

In the teaching of literature, short stories are often used as instructional materials due to teaching time limit in class. Short story analysis involves the understanding of the story. The objectives of this research are to analyze and describe the use of SQ3R method in teaching literature, especially in short story by O’ Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi”. This research used the classroom action research, conducted within two cycles. The participants of the research are 34 students of Islamic College Jakarta in the academic year of 2020/2021. Techniques of collecting data were test and non-test. The results of this research showed that the application of Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review (SQ3R) method for reading a short story in literature class can improve the student’s reading comprehension.
La descalificación de la política mediática. ¿Un rasgo de época?
Authors: Alem Beatriz
Published: December 2022

Uno de los aspectos relevantes de la cultura política -como conjunto de valores, normas y expectativas- es su condición variante según los diversos contextos y momentos situados. En Argentina, en la década que va desde el año 2010 en adelante, la construcción mediática, en particular, absorbió y consolidó cierto malestar que puede identificarse como la anti-política. La visibilidad de ciertos acontecimientos y manifestaciones públicas se enmarcaron más bien en una modalidad escandalosa, de desacreditación, antes que en la crítica fundamentada o la reivindicación de logros políticos. Las argumentaciones tomaron un lenguaje más cercano a la programación de los talk-show, antes que a una discusión de diferencias ideológicas. A partir, de un corpus de programas televisivos de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, daremos cuenta de los cambios que se configuraron no solo desde la información, sino también de otros géneros como la publicidad de empresas comerciales.
Recursos educativos digitales. Intencionalidad didáctica, pedagógica y diseño
Authors: Salazar Estrada Maribel
Published: December 2022

Se presenta la reflexión producto de investigación en torno a la intención pedagógica, así como del diseño de los recursos educativos digitales (RED), para lo cual se requiere de intervenciones interdisciplinarias de profesionales tales como asesores pedagógicos, guionistas, correctores de estilo, diseñadores gráficos, ilustradores, animadores, realizadores audiovisuales y desarrolladores.
Daughter Higgs Boson in the Unified Composite Model
Authors: Terazawa Hidezumi
Published: December 2022

In the unified subquark model of all fundamental particles and forces, the mass of the Higgs boson in the standard model of electroweak interactions (mH) is predicted to be about 2√6 mW / 3 (where mW is the mass of the charged weak boson, W ), which agrees well with the experimental values of about 125 GeV found by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations at the LHC in 2011. It seems to indicate that the Higgs boson is a composite of the iso-doublet spinor subquark-antisubquark pairs well described by the unified subquark model with either one of subquark masses vanishing or being very small compared to the other. In the unified composite model, there may appear a daughter of the Higgs boson whose mass is predicted to be 2 mW /√3, which agrees well with the experimental values of about 95 GeV for the excess events, found by the LEP experiments and recently by the CMS experiment. This agreement seems to strongly indicate not only the compositeness of the Higgs bosons but also the validity of the unified composite model of all fundamental particles and forces.