bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Old Church Slavonic Multi-Word Nominations versus Compounds
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Efimova Valeriya
Published: January 2024

The article is devoted to the study of the lexical inventory of the Old Church Slavonic language. The author proceeds from the idea of the lexical fund of the language as consisting not only of words but also phrases. The lexical inventory of the Old Church Slavonic language was created by the elite circle of literati in the process of translation (mainly from Byzantine Greek). Although the Old Church Slavonic language was based on the folk Slavic speech of the time, most of the Old Church Slavonic compounds and multi-word names were created by Slavic bookmen themselves. Many of these names appeared in the Old Church Slavonic lexicon due to the need to nominate concepts related to Christianity and “medieval encyclopedism”. The basis for the formation of these new names was the morphemic and phraseological calquing of Greek counterparts, which interacted with the mechanisms of nomination in the Slavic folk speech. The article demonstrates that the Old Church Slavonic nominations with multi-word names and compounds reveal “spheres of intersection”. As the author believes, these “spheres of intersection” were caused by the main and most difficult task that Slavic bookmen solved in translating both Greek compounds (or derivatives from compounds) and Greek multi-word names – the transfer of semantics of significant roots. Even within the epoch of the existence of the Old Church Slavonic language proper (i. e. 9th–11th centuries), there are variants of the translation of the same Greek compounds by both Old Church Slavonic multi-word names and Old Church Slavonic compounds. The occasionalisms that arose in the process of word-creation of bookmen in the form of compounds and multi-word names could subsequently be fixed in the usus of the language, but they could also remain hapax both within a certain text and within the entire corpus of Old Church Slavonic texts, which is not completely closed and has been studied extremely insufficiently.
Towards an interpretation of the word “khorik'” in the colophon of the Dobrian Menaion
Authors:   University of Bari Aldo Moro, Lomagistro Barbara
Published: January 2024

This paper focuses on the colophon written by the bulgarian copist-kalligrapher Dobrian at the end of the Menaion manuscript ОГНБ, 1/4 (17). This manuscript was found by V. I. Grigorovich at the Zograf monastery on Mount Athos, already incomplete, the beginning and some sheets were already missing from the manuscript. Currently, the manuscript is divided into two parts. The colophon in located on page 92, in the part of the manuscript currently stored in Odessa and contains the formulaic celebration of the work being finished, the name of the person who ordered the book and the name of the scribe, Dobrian, who calls himself a “khorik’”. All these elements are rare for the Southern Slavic tradition in the XIII–XIV centuries. The word “khorik’”, which was not included in the Miclosic dictionary, was examined in a brief article by P. A. Lavrov. According to him, the word comes from the Greek χωρικός (rural, rustic), from which a noun with a Slavic suffix -in-, khoryanin, used in some Vlach-Bulgarian documents, also originated. Based on the usage of such formulas in the colophons of Greek manuscripts both old and new the author attempts to determine the precise meaning of the word “khorik’”, given the purposes of the colophon in both Greek and (Southern)Slavic traditions.
N.I. Tolstoy and Dialect Word Anthropology (On the Centenary of Nilita Ilyich Tolstoy’s Birth)
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vendina Tatiana
Published: January 2024

The article deals with the analysis of anthropocentric paradigm in the Slavic dialectology, the modern phase of which can be rightly characterized by the formation of “analytical, explaining dialectology” which focuses on deep interpretation of dialect words and analysis of traditional culture language. Due to N. I. Tolstoy a new approach in cultural language dialectology was formed – ethnolinguistics, in which dialect word is studied through the lens of cultural anthropology, since adequate understanding of a language is only possible through abandoning the strictly linguistical limitations and applying other forms of knowledge, including philosophy, logic, psychology, sociology, ethnography, history etc. Ethnolinguistics moved from “immanent” linguistics, existing “in itself and for itself” towards what Kibrik termed “what/why linguistics”, the logic of which hinges on the central premise of anthropocentric linguistics, “finding a way towards a human through language”. According to Tolstoy, only language can provide a true image of the linguistic consciousness of an individual within a specific culture with all its complexity and nuance. Linguistic reconstruction of the cognitive structure behind a dialect word allows the shift from empirical data to interpretation, from collecting data to explaining it. The importance of Tolstoy’s ideas and its relevance is proved by, among other things, the “Slavic linguistical atlas” project, which was started largely thanks to Tolstoy himself.
Dialect word order in the Slovenian Carinthian 18th century books “Duhovna bramba” and “Kolomonov žegen”
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Gromova Mariya
Published: January 2024

The paper analyzes the use of the Slovenian Carinthian word order in the Carinthian early printed books of the mid-18th century – collections of prayers and incantations Duhovna bramba and Kolomonov žegen. The possibility of using them as a source of information about the 18th century Carinthian dialect syntax is considered. Based on significant deviations from the Central Slovenian standard language orthographic norm in Kolomonov žegen and the absence of such deviations in the Carinthian edition of Duhovna bramba, we assume that Kolomonov žegen reflects the Carinthian word order to a greater extent than Duhovna bramba. The work includes a brief description of the analyzed texts and the Carinthian dialects, an analysis of the reflection of the Rosen Valley syntactic features in these texts, and conclusions. The statistical analysis of the texts confirms the assumption that they contain Carinthian word order features. The assumption about their greatest concentration in Kolomonov žegen is not confirmed. According to the statistics, the first part of Duhovna bramba most fully and consistently reflects the Carinthian word order innovations, while its second part demonstrates the most conservative word order. Kolomonov žegen reflects Carinthian syntactic innovations rarely and inconsistently. Such heterogeneity demonstrates completely different views of the Carinthian editors on the admissibility of the inclusion of their native syntactic features into the printed text. These texts reflect the Carinthian word order to varying degrees, which requires caution in their further use as a source of information about the 18th century Carinthian dialect syntax.
Predicates of exposure to odor in Bulgarian and Russian (Bulgarian translation strategies)
Authors:   Saint Petersburg State University, Mosinets Anastasiia
Published: January 2024

The article deals with Bulgarian translation parallels to Russian sentences from literary texts with the verbs тянуть, потянуть, обдать / обдавать, пахнуть, which refer to some spontaneous forces delivering smell. Such predications are usually impersonal in Russian, while the smell is marked by Instrumental. The translation of such clauses into Bulgarian with impersonal structures is not typical. Firstly, because of the analytism of the Bulgarian language, secondly, because of the lack of a specific marker of impersonality. In the Bulgarian language we see a two-member sentence, where the smell takes the position of the subject. The idea of spontaneous forces (the air or the wind, carrying the smell) gives way to the idea of a smell as an active participant, which builds the situation up. Bulgarian verbs лъхна, облъхна / облъхвам, лъхам, which have different semantics and syntactic characteristics compared to the Russian ones, and are used as the main translation parallels to the Russian verbs in question. The choice of a specific verb as a translation parallel depends on the presence of the other participants, such as an experiencer or the source of the smell.
Traditional culture of the Romaioi Greeks and Urumlar Greeks (on the materials of the ethnolinguistic expedition to the Greeks of Caucasus Mineral Waters region)
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Klimova Ksenia ,   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikitina Inna ,   European University at Saint Petersburg
Published: January 2024

This paper presents the materials collected during an ethnolinguistic expedition to the Greeks of Caucasus Mineral Waters region in January 2023. The Greek population of this area consists of two language groups: the Urumlar Greeks, who speak the Turkic dialect, and the Romaioi Greeks, who speak the Pontic dialect of the Greek language. The nominations of these two groups and their languages are analyzed in this paper. It also includes a brief historical background on the resettlement of the Greeks to the Russian Empire and describes the current state of the social and cultural life of the diaspora. The main goal of the expedition was to fix the vocabulary of funeral and memorial rituals in the Turkic and Pontic dialects. The lexemes and expressions in two languages are presented in this paper. Many lexemes of the Pontic dialect are unique, having no analogues in the Modern Greek language: for example, λυτρία (litria) ‘wake’ or σκώστικα (skόstika) ‘memorial dinner’. The vocabulary used for the nomination of mythological characters is also considered in this paper. It is noted that among the Pontic-speaking population, narratives about mythological characters are practically lost.
Notes of an “outsider”: Jiri Weil on mass education and the book boom in Soviet society in the 1920s and 1930s
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Grasko Anna
Published: January 2024

The article deals with the journalistic heritage of the Czech writer Jiří Weil, dedicated to the cultural life of the USSR in the 1920s – 1930s. In particular, his essays and reports published from 1923 to 1936 in various Czech publications and devoted to cultural and educational policy, the role of books in Soviet society, the erudition of Soviet readers, their literary tastes and priorities are analyzed. This corpus of texts is introduced into Russian scientific circulation for the first time. When analyzing them, an attempt is made to identify the main thematic blocks that are significant for the Czech writer, and the specifics of the addressee are also taken into account – the Czech readership, who knows little about the USSR, but has a certain level of expectations formed (most often by Western media). The conclusion is made about the difficult position of Weil, who, on the one hand, being a communist and a correspondent of left-wing publications, was under the influence of communist ideology, and on the other hand, he tried to realize his own, purely individual view of things, which in many respects anticipated the depiction of Soviet reality in his fictional prose of the second half of the 1930s, in such novels as “Moscow-border” (Moskva-hranice) and “Wooden Spoon” (Dřevěná lžíce).
Overcoming the Soviet-Yugoslav crisis. The translation of Serbian literature into Russian language during the second half of 1950-s
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sheshken Alla
Published: January 2024

In the history of Yugoslavia, the period of 1948–1953 is called “the times of Information Bureau”, when all the relations between USSR and Yugoslavia were severed, including cultural ones. In the second half of the 1950s they began to recover. The most important part of this process was the translation of Serbian literature into Russian language. The main works of Serbian classic and modern literature were published (P. Negosh, R. Domanovich, B. Nushich, B. Chopich, D. Chosich). Special attention was given to the works of Ivo Andrich. The translators, authors of prefaces, comments and notes were mainly professional slavic scholars from Moscow State University and University of Saint Petersburg. The poets M. Zenkevich and I. Golenischev-Kutuzov had significant impact on the development of poetry translation from Serbian into Russian.
Topos of the city in contemporary Ukrainian scholarship
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Baydalova Ekaterina
Published: January 2024

The article examines the history and current state of the study of the topos of the city in modern Ukrainian literary criticism (2000–2010s). The city and urban space entered Ukrainian literature relatively late (through the prose of I. Nechuy-Levitsky, P. Mirny, I. Franko, V. Vynnychenko). This happened under the influence of the industrialization of the state and society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but the “urban text” of Ukrainian culture continued to form throughout the last century. In the studies of Ukrainian scientists addressing urban topics, the main attention is paid to the opposition of urban and rustic discourses, studies of the topos of the city in certain literary directions, phenomena, works of specific writers, as well as the main national “urban texts” – Kyiv and Lviv, – their connections with the history of these cities and the development of various national literatures referring to these texts: Austrian, Polish, Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian. Research is underway on “texts” of other cities (Poltava, Yekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk / Dnepr), Odessa, Donetsk, Kharkov, etc.), including provincial towns that are an integral part of Ukrainian culture. A relatively small number of works are devoted to theoretical problems. The methodology for studying the topos of the city is, as a rule, based on a structuralist approach based on the achievements of the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school.
N. N. Durnovo's Letter to A. V. Lunacharsky
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Robinson Mikhail
Published: January 2024

N. Durnovo was a member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences for a little over a year. The scientist was accused of having a negative attitude towards Marxism, publishing his articles abroad in the reactionary press, and he was expelled from the Academy. Durnovo’s letter published here testifies to the plight in which he found himself.
New documents about the White underground in Ukraine in 1919
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ganin Andrey
Published: January 2024

The publication is devoted to the new documents on the work of the white underground in Ukraine in 1919. The materials reveal previously unknown details of the work of the Kiev Center of the Volunteer Army in 1919 and specifically of the white agent N. F. Sokolovsky.
Western Polesie ethno-political movement in the assessments of Belarusian historians (1992)
Authors:   Belarus State Economic University, Kazak Oleg
Published: January 2024

The publication contains the text of the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus dated March 3, 1992, at which the activities of the Social and Cultural Association “Polis′se” were discussed, as well as the resolution of the Academic Council dated March 12, 1992. These documents are important for understanding the various assessments by the representatives of the Belarusian scientific community of the phenomenon of the Western Polesie ethno-political movement (the second half of the 1980s – the first half of the 1990s).
The Activity of Czecho-Slovak Legionaries during World War I and in the First Czechoslovak Republic: to the Contemporary Historiography of the Problem
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moshechkov Petr
Published: January 2024

The study of the emergence of the Czecho-Slovak volunteer units that acted as a part of the armies of the Allies in military operations on the fronts of the World War I has become over the past 30 years one of the most significant areas in modern historical science. Today we have at our disposal a great quantity of articles, collections of documents and other scholarly and popular works in which different aspects of these issues are analyzed. The “Czechoslovak Legions – Slovaks – Slovakia” collection of articles, published in 2022 and edited by P. Chorvat and M. Posch, is one of such works. Its authors are the historians from Slovakia, Czechia, Russia, Italy and Japan. The book is concerned with the history of creation of Czecho-Slovak military forces on the territory of Russia, France, and Italy. It is also devoted to their participation in hostilities during the period of Civil War in Russia, the lives of some prominent Slovak legionaries in the interwar period and their engagement in the Czechoslovak resistance movement during World War II. The survey of these problems is conducted not only in the context of traditional methodology of historical research but also in the frameworks of gender studies, economic history and history of everyday life.
Occupation policy of Nazi Germany on Belarusian lands in modern Belarusian historiography
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Borisyonok Yuri
Published: January 2024

In 2023, Belarusian historians Alesya Korsak and Sergei Kaminsky published a book about one of the camps for Soviet prisoners of war set up by the Nazis on Belarusian soil near Polotsk. The authors used a variety of archival sources from the archives of Minsk, Moscow and Podolsk, many of them introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, as well as published German documents from the archive in Freiburg. The authors’ attempt to reconstruct the history of one single camp, in which more than 18,000 Soviet citizens died during the war years, deserves respect. The work of Korsak and Kaminsky fits well into the modern trends in the development of Belarusian historiography of World War II. Belarusian historians, in close coordination with government agencies, are carrying out large-scale work to identify and systematize documentary materials reflecting the Nazi policy of genocide in the occupied Belarusian lands. The restrictions of the Soviet period, when for political reasons the participation in the Nazi crimes of collaborators from Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, were hushed up, have not been in effect for several decades, which allows specialists to recreate an objective picture of the occupation policy of the Nazis in the period of 1941–1944.
Re-examining the adaptive function of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Authors: Emmott Emily H
Published: January 2024

Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) has been proposed to have a prophylactic function. In this commentary, I re-examine NVP from an evolutionary perspective in light of new research on NVP. First, current evidence suggests that the observed characteristics of NVP does not align well with a prophylactic function. Further, NVP is typically associated with high costs for pregnant women, while moderate-to-severe NVP is associated with increased risks of poorer foetal/birth outcomes. In contrast, mild NVP limited to early pregnancy may associate with improved foetal outcomes – indicating a potential evolutionary benefit. Second, researchers have recently identified growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) to cause NVP, with implications that low-levels of pre-conception GDF15 (associated with lower cellular stress/inflammation) may increase risks/symptoms of NVP. If so, NVP in contemporary post-industrialised populations may be more severe due to environmental mismatch, and the current symptomology of NVP in such populations should not be viewed as a typical experience of pregnancy.
Magnet, Magnet in the Wall, who is the Fairest/Scariest of Them All? The neural correlates of attractiveness and formidability perception of the male faces and bodies
Authors: Třebický Vít , Adámek Petr , Pátková Žaneta , Grygarová Dominika , Třebická Fialová Jitka , Havlicek Jan
Published: January 2024

Previous studies show that men and women attend to visual cues during the perception of others, and their conscious/explicit judgments strongly agree in inferring socially relevant characteristics such as formidability and attractiveness. Although the adaptive evolution of neural substrates facilitating this perception was hypothesized, relatively little is known about how neural systems underlie the perception. Using fMRI, we explored the proposed neural processes (e.g., activation of distinct brain regions) involved in the assessments of male quality in the context of male intrasexual and intersexual competition and compared differences in explicit ratings and psychophysiological processes involved in their formation.Seventy-five raters (men and women) took part in the neuroimaging and rating sessions, where they assessed sets of male facial and body images on both attractiveness and formidability while their brain activity was recorded. While we observed no sex differences in explicit ratings, the fMRI results did show context-dependent and sex-specific differences in brain activations underlying assessments of male quality. Compared to attractiveness, formidability perception involved the primary somatosensory cortex, supplementary motor area, and areas active in self-referential processing. During the formidability rating, men exhibited considerable differences in neural activation across the whole brain compared to women. In women, the formidability rating did not elicit any additional activations contrasted to attractiveness.This insight into the comparison of brain activity during sexual selection-related social perception of faces and bodies of men beyond evidence commonly acquired by solely explicit ratings provides support for the existence of hypothesized evolved neuro-cognitive complexes involved in social assessments.
Identifying conflict monitoring as a key executive component related to impaired self-awareness.
Authors: Ricchetti Giorgia , Egido Alba Navarro , Bailón María Rodríguez , Frías Daniel Salazar , Narganes-Pineda Cristina , Funes Mª Jesús
Published: January 2024

This study explored whether impaired self-awareness after acquired brain injury relates to conflict monitoring/resolution executive component.
Gender diversity in editorial boards of scientific journals. Some earth science case studies for a geoethical reflection.
Authors: Pereira Dolores
Published: January 2024

Any scientific area can benefit from the contributions of a diverse society. Upon reflection, many notable achievements have been made by women to the advancement of science, but they were not highlighted enough. Such was the case of Hedy Lamarr, who co-authored the development of a radio guidance system (the start of the present Wi-Fi) or Rosalind Franklin, who contributed enormously to the discovery of the structure of DNA. But they were shadowed by their male counterparts. The same happens today. The ratio male/female in most important scientific recognitions, like the Nobel prize, is very illustrative. This situation also applies to the inclusion of female researchers in journal editorial boards, where the main process of manuscripts management takes place. Steps have been done to correct the disparity, but actions need to be reviewed. This paper aims to compare the evolution of gender diversity within the editorial boards of six quality scholarly journals dealing with Earth Sciences to see how gender diversity has been considered in the update of board panels along the years. The conclusions are that there is a long way to go to reach gender diversity, but also that the implementation of constructive changes may trigger a definitive alteration in these trends through good practices.
Freshwater plume-like condition near the north-eastern coastal Arabian Sea during early Miocene: Evidence from the stable isotope record in the growth bands of gastropods (Turritella sp.)
Authors: Banerjee Yogaraj , Ghosh Prosenjit
Published: January 2024

The Early Miocene witnessed major tectonic, palaeoceanographic and climatological reorganizations over the Asian realm. The Himalayan and Tibetan plateau upliftment influenced monsoon intensity during this age. Contemporary high-resolution tropical hydroclimate records are limited. Here, we present an early Miocene sub-annual stable isotope record from the growth bands of well-preserved Turritella sp. from the Kachchh basin, Western India. It showed δ13C and δ18O variabilities from -4.83‰ to -1.80‰ and -7.06‰ to -2.66‰ (in VPDB) respectively. Conventional oxygen isotope thermometry showed an apparent temperature seasonality from 9.3° to 28.1°C. A comparison of the present early Miocene δ18O record with the modern δ18O records in the carbonates from coastal-estuarine environments of the Indian Ocean confirmed a high freshwater influx into the NE Arabian Sea during the early Miocene, similar to the modern-day freshwater plume events observed in the coastal region.
Ten Hypotheses Generated for Increasing Survey Response Propensity Among Immigrants and Inhabitants of Socially Disadvantaged Areas
Authors: Theorin Nora , Lundmark Sebastian
Published: January 2024

In democracies, surveys play a key role in policy decision-making. That immigrants and people living in socially disadvantaged areas are especially unlikely to participate in surveys might, therefore, lead to their opinions not being considered to the same extent as those of others. However, the mechanisms for nonresponse among these groups are relatively unknown, even though they currently make up a significant proportion of the population in many Western societies. In this manuscript, the mechanism of nonresponse is explored through an exploratory and a confirmatory phase. In the exploratory phase, nine focus group interviews were conducted, and two novel and eight existing hypotheses on what causes nonresponse were generated. In the confirmation phase, one of the novel hypotheses was assessed and found not to be supported: increased internal political efficacy did not increase response propensities among immigrants, persons living in socially impoverished areas, or the general population. Researchers are encouraged to assess the remaining generated hypotheses.
Trying to Forget Alcohol: Brain mechanisms underlying memory suppression in young binge drinkers
Authors: Almeida-Antunes Natália , Antón Luis , Crego Alberto , Rodrigues Rui , Sampaio Adriana , López-Caneda Eduardo
Published: January 2024

People are able to voluntarily suppress unwanted thoughts or memories, a phenomenon known as suppression-induced forgetting or memory suppression. Despite harmful alcohol use, such as binge drinking, has been linked to impaired inhibitory control (IC) and augmented alcohol-cue reactivity, no study to date has assessed memory inhibition abilities towards alcohol-related cues in binge drinkers (BDs). Thus, the present preregistered study aimed to evaluate the behavioral and neurofunctional mechanisms associated with memory inhibition, specifically those related to the suppression of alcohol-related memories, in young BDs. For this purpose, electroencephalographic activity was recorded in eighty-two college students aged between 18 and 24 years old from the University of Minho (50% females; 40 non/low-drinkers [N/LDS] and 42 BDs) while they performed the Think/No-Think Alcohol task. Brain functional connectivity (FC) was calculated using the phase locking value and, subsequently, a dynamic seed-based analysis was conducted to explore the FC patterns between IC and memory networks. Comparatively to N/LDs, BDs exhibited decreased alpha-band FC between the anterior cingulate cortex and the left fusiform gyrus during attempts to suppress non-alcohol memories, accompanied by unsuccessful forgetting of those memories. Conversely, BDs displayed augmented gamma-band FC between the IC network and memory regions –i.e., hippocampus, parahippocampus and fusiform gyrus- during suppression of alcohol-related memories. Inhibitory abnormalities in BDs may lead to hypoconnectivity between IC and memory networks and deficient suppression of non-alcohol-related memories. However, while suppressing highly salient and reward-predicting stimuli, such as alcohol-related memories, BDs display a hyperconnectivity pattern between IC and memory networks, likely due to their augmented attention towards intrusive alcoholic memories and the attempts to compensate for potential underlying IC deficits. These findings hold important implications for alcohol research and treatment, as they open up new avenues for reducing alcohol use by shifting the focus to empowering suppression/control over alcohol-related memories.
(In-)equality of opportunities creates structural marginalization in networks
Authors: CINARDI NICOLA , Karimi Fariba
Published: January 2024

Inequalities in social, economic, and political settings play a major role in creating unbalanced scales of opportunities and well-being. One important aspect of inequalities is structural: marginalized groups are pushed to the periphery of the social networks and their access to resources becomes limited. While structural inequalities have been identified in social science literature, the interplay between different factors leading to structural marginalization has not been explored quantitatively in network science. Here, we propose a general network framework that allows taking into account the inequality of opportunities as a group-level fitness function. By tuning group fitness, we show that structural marginalization and rich clubs emerge due to the interplay between group membership preferences and inequalities in fitness. This paper demonstrates quantitatively that to eradicate structural marginalization, it is not enough to increase the minority size or their connectivity; it should be rather centered around strategically providing resources for disadvantaged groups.
Incidence of Coagulase Negative Staphylococci in Various Clinical Samples in Tertiary Care Hospital, Nepal
Authors: Shah Pradeep Kumar , Bhandari Niru , Joshi Rajendra D.
Published: January 2024

Objectives: To determine incidence of coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS) in various clinical samples along with the study of their multi drug resistance, methicillin resistance and biofilm formation.
Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted which included 1875 clinical samples. The isolation and identification of isolates was done following standard microbiological protocol. The CoNS were identified phenotypically on the basis of gram staining, slide and tube coagulase test and through various carbohydrates fermentation tests. Antibiotic susceptibility test was done by Kirby Bauer disk diffusion method (Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute 2020) whereas biofilm production was determined by Tissue Culture Plate (TCP) technique.
Results: A total of 32 CoNS, comprising of 6 species were identified. S. epidermidis (43.8%) was the most common species isolated followed by S. saprophyticus (28.1%), S. haemolyticus (15.6%), S. hominis (6.3%), S. lugdunensis (3.1%) and S. cohini (3.1%). Further, 27 (84.4%) of CoNS were found to be multidrug resistant, 22 (68.8%) methicillin resistant and 8 (25%) showed positive D- test. Strong biofilm production was detected in 9 (28.1%) isolates of CoNS, 10 (31.3%) were moderate biofilm producers and 13 (40.6%) non/weak biofilm producers. The equal distribution, 9 (33.3%) each of strong, moderate and non/weak biofilm producers were found among 27 isolates of MDR. Among 22 methicillin resistant isolates, 9 (40.9%), 7 (31.8%) and 6 (27.3%) were strong, moderate and non/ weak biofilm producers respectively. All isolates were sensitive against Linezolid followed by Cotrimoxazole.
Conclusion: The increasing multi drug resistance among CoNS should be rationally approached with the use of proper antibiotics while treating the patients.
Mobile Identity Protection: The Moderation Role of Self-Efficacy
Authors: Alhelaly Yasser , Dhillon Gurpreet , Oliviera Tiago
Published: January 2024

The rapid growth of mobile applications and the associated increased dependency on digital identity raises the growing risk of identity theft and related fraud. Hence, protecting identity in a mobile environment is a problem. This study develops a model that examines the role of identity protection self-efficacy in increasing users’ motivation intentions to achieve actual mobile identity protection. Our research found that self-efficacy significantly affects the relationship between users’ perceived threat appraisal and their motivational intentions for identity protection. The relation between mobile users’ protection, motivational intentions, and actual mobile identity protection actions was also found to be significant. Additionally, the findings revealed the considerable impact of awareness in fully mediating between self-efficacy and actual identity protection. The model and its hypotheses are empirically tested through a survey of 383 mobile users, and the findings are validated through a panel of experts, thus confirming the impact of self-efficacy on an individual’s identity protection in the mobile context.
Hongos ectomicorrícicos en Eucalyptus grandis
Authors: Malvárez G. , Major G. , Curbelo V. , Frioni L.
Published: January 2024

Las micorrizas constituyen asociaciones simbióticas que permiten un activo intercambio nutricional entre raíces y distintos grupos de hongos. Las especies forestales de gran valor económico en el país como pinos y eucaliptos presentan micorrizas. Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron: obtener una colección de hongos ectomicorrícicos a partir de muestreos de diferentes bosques de pinos y de eucaliptos del país y de especímenes cedidos por centros de colección, evaluar las características del crecimiento de uno de los aislamientos en diferentes medios de cultivo y verificar la capacidad simbiótica de las distintas colecciones de hongos por inoculación en plántulas de Eucalyptus grandis obtenidas a partir de semillas y en plantas micropropagadas. Se logró aislar hongos a partir de carpóforos de distintas zonas empleando varios medios de cultivo. Un 64% de ellos se identificó como Pisolithus tinctorius, un 27% como Scleroderma spp. y el resto como especies de Boletus spp. y Amanita muscaria. Se verificó que de los medios empleados Saubouraud (S) y Extracto de Malta (EM) fueron aptos para los aislamientos, mientras que el Melin Norkans Modificado (MNM) fue más útil para el mantenimiento de los cultivos. Los estudios en un aislamiento nativo mostraron que su velocidad de crecimiento se mantuvo constante hasta ka quinta semana (1.50 y 1.60cm de micelio por semana en medios S y MNM sólidos, respectivamente). En medio líquido, el crecimiento fue mayor en medio S en relación a MNM (8.30 y 5.40mg de micelio seco/día). En este último medio se llegó más rápidamente a la fase estacionaria consecuencia de una acidificación marcada que inhibió el crecimiento. Se logró sintetizar ectomicorrizas in-vitro en plántulas de semillas de E. grandis con distintos aislamientos de hongos nativos.
Cochinillas harinosas (Homoptera, Pseudococcidae) que afectan plantas cultivadas y silvestres en Uruguay: Listas actualizadas de plantas hospederas
Authors: Granara de Willink M. C. , Scatoni I. B. , Terra A. L. , Frioni M. I.
Published: January 2024

La fauna de pseudocóccidos de Uruguay fue relevada mediante muestreos sistemáticos sobre diversos cultivos: fruti-hortícolas y ornamentales. Se reconocían nueve especies, mediante el presente estudio se elevó a 16 las especies conocidas, entre los que figuran Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell), Dysmicoccus sp., Planococcus minor (Maskell), Phenacoccus par.vus Morrison, Pseudococcus affinis (Maskell), Pseudococcus sp. próximo a elisae y Pseudococcus sp. próximo a sociabilis. Se brinda una breve reseña de las principales especies y una lista de las plantas hospederas sobre las cuales fueron encontradas.
Biotransformación aerobia de residuos orgánicos sólidos
Authors: Frioni L. , de los Santos C.
Published: January 2024

Se analizan las condiciones que conducen a la biodegradación aerobia de residuos orgánicos de muy variada naturaleza, como los subproductos de la actividad agropecuaria y forestal, residuos agroindustriales y domiciliarios. Las características de los composts y vermicomposts obtenidos se discuten en relación a su empleo en la actividad agropecuaria y forestal. Finalmente se analizan algunos de los resultados de experiencias realizadas en el país en el tratamiento de cáscara de arroz y de desechos de la industria forestal con el objetivo de estabilizarlos y emplearlos en la producción de plantines hortícolas, forestales y en producciones intensivas.
Mancha foliar del zapallo (Cucurbita sp.) ocasionada por Xanthomonas campestris pv. cucurbitae en Uruguay
Authors: Banchero M. , González P. , Silvera E. , Mondino P. , Gepp V.
Published: January 2024

En el verano de 1994 se observó por primera vez en plantas de zapallo de las especies Cucurbita moschata, C. Pepo y sobre la variedad Tetsukabuto (C. moschata x C. pepo) una sintomatología consistente en manchas foliares necróticas y cancros seguidos de podredumbre acuosa en los frutos. En opinión de los productores los daños ocasionados fueron severos y se manifestaron en reducción de rendimientos, disminución de la calidad comercial de los frutos y pérdidas en almacenamiento. Esta misma situación se repitió en los años siguientes, 1995 y 1996. Muestras de hojas y frutos atacadas fueron traídas al laboratorio de la Facultad de Agronomía de donde se aisló una bacteria. Realizadas las pruebas de patogenicidad y de identificación de la misma se comprobó que dicha enfermedad era ocasionada por Xanthomonas campestris pv. cucurbitae. Este constituye el primer reporte de la presencia de dicha bacteria en el Uruguay.
The Utilization of Database for Administration Purposes as a Strategy Facing the New Normal
Authors: Mustofa Fahmi Charish , Ahmad Umar Ali , Nugroho Bangkit Indarmawan
Published: January 2024

The rise of Industry 4.0 has revolutionized work dynamics, particularly evident in the widespread adoption of remote working practices. Employees are no longer confined to traditional office spaces; instead, they have the flexibility to work efficiently from various locations. This study delves into the creation of a remote presence application, named "The SIMPEG-Pres," within the framework of an "e-Office Application." Tailored for Ministry of Agraria and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency employees, this application incorporates remote check-in features, focusing on transparency, informativeness, and georeferenced capabilities. The e-Office application requires seamless extraction of attendance data from the services layer, manifesting as a mobile application. Employing the SIMPEG-Press application in the SIMPEG e-Office system, utilizing an Oracle database and Python backend, the research validates the "published or perished" paradigm and ensures database security. The methodology involves implementing a dummy database and categorizing employee attendance and location zones based on specific parameters, guaranteeing efficient system and user management practices. The study culminates in a comprehensive matrix outlining Land Information System (LIS) development within the BPN environment, analyzed through system development theory. Additionally, the research outlines potential opportunities and challenges in the future trajectory of LIS development, providing valuable insights for both practitioners and scholars.
Keywords: Application Programming Interfaces, Location Based Services, Land Information System, Remote Presence Application, Python.
Kajian Kelayakan Lokasi Depo Pertamina Plumpang, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia
Authors: Ananda Hermawan Gladys , Fidieya Herwina Rosy Novita , Hidayat Taufiq , Hayatul Munanda Arridho , Rivaldi Ansyah Geovani , Auri Yuliana , Sugiasih
Published: January 2024

Depo Pertamina Plumpang merupakan salah satu tempat penyimpanan BBM milik Pertamina yang jumlahnya bisa mencapai ribuan hingga jutaan liter. Depo Pertamina Plumpang yang didirikan sejak Tahun 1972 dan berada di tengah-tengah permukiman padat penduduk pernah mengalami kebakaran sebanyak dua kali. Kebakaran pertama terjadi pada Tahun 2009 dan kebakaran kedua terjadi pada tanggal 3 Maret 2023. Setelah kebakaran pertama terdapat pemikiran untuk merelokasi penduduk di sekitar depo mengingat kemungkinan kejadian kebakaran itu bisa membahayakan penduduk yang tinggal di sekitar depo. Namun relokasi warga sulit dilaksanakan hingga akhirnya terjadi kebakaran kedua yang memakan banyak korban jiwa. Kajian ini menganalisis kelayakan lokasi Depo Pertamina Plumpang, menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan cara menganalisis data dan informasi secara spasial. Pemerolehan data memanfaatkan data penginderaan jauh dan pengolahannya dengan mengoperasionalkan software Sistem Informasi Geografis. Data yang digunakan adalah penggunaan tanah, sebaran objek penting, buffer zone, peruntukan lahan dari RTRW, dan Gambaran Umum Penguasaan Tanah. Kelima data ini memberikan fakta-fakta secara lengkap kondisi depo secara spasial sehingga dapat digunakan untuk menentukan kelayakan lokasi Depo Pertamina Plumpang. Kesimpulan dari kajian ini adalah lokasi keberadaan Depo Pertamina Plumpang tidak tepat karena terlalu dekat dengan kawasan permukiman penduduk, berdasarkan Rencana Tata Ruang kawasan di sekitar depo didominasi peruntukan permukiman dan perkantoran, serta ketiadaan buffer zone yang harusnya dijadikan sebagai pembatas antara depo dengan area luar depo.
Kata Kunci: Analisis Spasial Depot Pertamina, Kelayakan Depo Plumpang, Analisis Risiko Depo Bahan Bakar Minyak.
DESASSOSSEGO INSTITUCIONAL
Authors: Nunes Danilo Henrique , Lima Vitor Comássio Paula , Silveira Sebastião Sérgio
Published: January 2024

O trabalho investiga o instituto da Separação de Poderes a partir da análise critica da ADI nº 7.222/DF proposta no Supremo Tribunal Federal em sede de controle concentrado de constitucionalidade. Sob os métodos hipotético-dedutivo e de revisão de literatura o objetivo geral é problematizar, analisar e correlacionar a Separação dos Poderes, o Ativismo Judicial e a Judicialização, promovendo crítica no caso do Piso Nacional de Enfermagem, do técnico de enfermagem, do auxiliar de enfermagem e da parteira que demandou polêmicas legislativas e amplo debate social. Ao final, conclui-se que este “desassossego institucional” provocado pela constante judicialização de temas junto ao STF tem contribuindo para o acirramento dos ânimos dos membros dos três poderes da República Federativa do Brasil.
Hepatoprotektif Ekstrak Batang Bajakah (Spatholobus littoralis Hassk) Induksi Tetraclorida (CCL4)
Authors: Sari Mustika , Nawawi Nawawi
Published: January 2024

This study aims to explore the benefits of bajakah (Spatholobus littoralis Hassk) through the study of its utilization as a hepatoprotector. This research method is quantitative. Bajakah stem extract was made using 96% ethanol solvent using the maceration method. Analysis was carried out using liver histology preparations to determine the HAI (Histology Activity Index) Knodel Score. The treatment group consisted of 5 groups, namely, a) negative control (K1) treated with toxic doses of CCL4; b) positive control, namely vitamin E 46.8 mg/KgBW; c) P1 (treatment 1) was 750 mg/KgBW of Bajakah stem extract; d) P2 (treatment two) was 1200 mg/KgBW of pirated stem extract; e) P3 (treatment of three) was extract of the stem of Bajakah 1500 mg/KgBB. The results showed that the post hoc LSD test results in the P1 group had a histopathological picture of damaged liver, there was a significant difference with the K and P3 groups (p <0.05), but there was no significant difference when compared with the P2 group. Meanwhile, the P3 group had significant differences when compared to all groups (p <0.05). In conclusion, the administration of extract of pirated stems at a dose of 1,500 mg/Kg has a significant effect on the HAI value on the average number of hepatocytes with parenchymatous degeneration and necrosis after CCL4 induced

Keywords: Bajakah, CCL4, Hepatoprotective
Kesesuaian Buku Teks Biologi SMA Materi Jamur Kelas X Berdasarkan Komponen Literasi Sains
Authors: Ramadani Windari , Jayanti Ummi Nur Afinni Dwi
Published: January 2024

This study aims to determine the level of suitability of the fungibility material based on the aspect of scientific literacy in biology textbooks used in SMA/MA, in Bandar sub-district, Simalungun Regency. The research method used in this study is descriptive with a document analysis approach. This study focuses on analyzing aspects of scientific literacy in Fungi material in high school/MA biology textbooks in Bandar sub-district, Simalungun Regency. The results of the study showed that dimensy literacy science showed a different cell membrane. Book a has an average percentage of 78.12, while Book B has an average percentage of 92.5. In conclusion, based on the dimensions of scientific literacy, the results obtained from the analysis of scientific literacy in book A are the highest, namely science as a way of investigation, while in book B, there are two highest, namely science as a way of thinking with science and its interactions with technology and society.

Keywords: Book Analysis, High School Biology, Lesson Textbooks, Dimensions of Science Literacy
Hubungan Keterlibatan Orang Tua dengan Prestasi Belajar Siswa
Authors: Santika Santika , Harahap Hasmi Syahputra
Published: January 2024

The research aims to determine parental involvement with the learning achievement of class X Science students at MAS Alliful Ikhwan Setia Abang Adik, South Labuhanbatu Regency. The research method used is a quantitative approach with a descriptive quantitative research type. The total sample was 48 students obtained using total sampling technique. The results of the research show that parental involvement is closely related to student learning achievement in class as evidenced by the questionnaire percentage value of 68.75% and the sample average learning outcome percentage value of 64.58%. The results of hypothesis testing show that the significance value is smaller than the probability value, namely p < 0.05, namely 0.000 < 0.05 and the correlation value of 0.604 or 36.48% has an influence on student learning outcomes and achievement. In conclusion, there is a significant relationship between parental involvement and student achievement at school.

 

Keywords: Parental Involvement, MAS Alliful Ikhwan, Learning Achievement
Struktur Umur dan Sex Rasio Sub-Sub Populasi Simpai (Presbytis melalophos melalophos) pada Lanskap Campuran dalam Kawasan Hutan Lindung Bukit Daun
Authors: Rahmadinie Serly , Rizwar Rizwar , Darmi Darmi , Jarulis Jarulis , Sipriyadi Sipriyadi
Published: January 2024

The research aims to determine the number of individuals, age structure and sex ratio in the Simpai population or sub-population in the Bukit Daun Protected Forest. The research used the direct sencus method or direct counting of individual hoops (P. m. melalophos) in a sub-population in the field. Observations were carried out at 06.00-18.00 WIB and increased observations were carried out four times on different days. The research results show that there are three sub-populations of Simpai in the Bukit Daun Protected Forest Area. The number of individuals in the first sub-population is 10 individuals, the second sub-population is 13 individuals, and the third sub-population is 15 individuals. Based on the age structure, the number of young individuals, namely teenagers and children, including babies, in the third sub-population is greater (24 individuals) compared to adults (14 individuals). The sex ratio of adult male and female hoops, namely (1:3) in subpopulations I and II, is higher than subpopulation III (1:2), whereas in the juvenile group, the sex ratio in subpopulation III (1:4) is higher than subpopulation I and II (1:2).

Keywords: Bukit Daun Protected Forest, Sex ratio, Hoop, Age Structure, Subpopulation