bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fetal urinary ascites due to posterior urethral valve: A case report
Authors: Joudar Imane , Khalloufi Chadia , Jalal Mohamed , Lamrissi Amine , Bouhya Said
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Urinary peritonitis is a rare event that can occur most often in congenital malformation of posterior urethral valves (PUVs) due to bladder rupture or upper urinary tract. This malformation is most common in male newborns. The prognosis depends on the degree of oligohydramnios and precocity of installation with which posterior urethral valve is always associated. It is a factor that affects significantly the intrauterine development of the lungs and the severity of kidney impairment. Nowadays, diagnosis is prenatally possible, which leads to early intrauterine treatment with urinary decongestion, thus prognosis is significantly improved.

Case Report: In this paper we talk about the case of a male fetus with posterior urethral valve manifested as fetal ascites after rupture of the urinary bladder wall giving rise to urinary peritonitis.

Conclusion: The ultrasound diagnosis of fetal ascites is relatively easy; however, some images may incorrectly lead to the diagnosis of fetal ascites that’s why it is important to know them as well as the different etiologies.
History of Traditional Medicine Practices in Sudan: REVIEW
Authors: MARIOD Abdalbasıt , ELRASHEID TAHIR Haroon , AGAB Mohamed Ahmed
Published: March 2023

The history of Sudanese traditional medicine is well-established and ancient since the civilization of Kush and Meroe, through the Islamic kingdoms in Sennar, Kordofan, and Darfur, up to the period of Turkish and English-Egyptian colonization, and the development of traditional medicine until it reached what it is now in Sudan from the spread of folk healers. Traditional medicine healers are those who practice medicine by genetics, experience, knowledge, and subjective experience. In this chapter, the most important traditional healing practices such as Alfaki, Alkaiy, All Basir, etc. have been highlighted throughout history.
The Effect of CAM Methods Plan to Apply by Pregnant Women in Order to Cope with Birth Pain on Fear of Childbirth and Childbirth Self-Efficacy
Authors: BARUT Sümeyye , KARATAŞ OKYAY Esra
Published: March 2023

Objective: In the study, it was aimed to determine the effect of CAM methods planned to be used by pregnant women in order to cope with birth pain on fear of childbirth and childbirth self-efficacy

Material-Method:

The cross-sectional study was completed with 455 pregnant women. The study data were collected through Identifying Information Form, which also aimed to determine CAM methods planned to be used, The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ) Version A, and Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory (CBSEI).

Results:

In the study, it was determined that the pregnant women planned to use mind-body based CAM methods by 31.4%, manipulative and body-based methods by 25, biologically based methods by 1.1%, energy therapy methods by 0.9%, and alternative medicine methods by 0.7%. In addition, it was determined that there was a significant difference between CBSEI efficacy and outcome expectancy subscales mean scores and CBSEI total scale mean score of the pregnant women who did not plan to apply CAM methods to reduce their labor pain compared to those who planned to use these methods.

Conclusion:

It was found in the study that the pregnant women planned to use mind-body based methods the most in order to cope with labor pain in childbirth. It was also determined that there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of fear of childbirth according to their planning to use CAM methods to cope with labor pain in childbirth, and that childbirth self-efficacy levels of those who planned to use CAM methods were significantly low.
‘Catfishes: How do they reel us in?’ Exploring adolescent vulnerabilities to online grooming
Authors: Boland Laura , Worthington Rachel
Published: March 2023

The practice of adopting a fake online persona (‘catfishing’) is commonly adopted by cyber criminals to facilitate contact with -victims, yet there is a dearth of research exploring what makes an individual vulnerable to being catfished. This study explored the risk factors and vulnerability of young people to catfishing. 42 participants aged 13–17 completed an online questionnaire exploring problematic internet use, self-esteem, social isolation, parental involvement and online safety awareness, and The Catfish Test. Participants were asked to identify each profile as real or fake. The results of the study are discussed alongside implications for practice.
Communication Efficient Federated Personalized Recommendation
Authors: Wei Lingtao
Published: March 2023

Recommendation systems that can correctly predict user preferences in the information age have become an important factor for business success. However, recommendation systems require users' personal information, and centralized collection and processing of user data may lead to serious privacy risks. Good progress has been made in recent years using federated learning techniques for privacy-preserving recommendations, but several key challenges remain to be addressed: most federated recommender systems ignore communication process optimization, inequities in aggregation of federated models, and lack of personalization to users. In this paper, we propose a communication efficient and fair personalized federated recommendation approach (CFFR) to address these challenges. CFFR uses adaptive client group selection to personalize models while accelerating the training process. A fair-aware model aggregation algorithm is proposed that adaptively captures the performance and data imbalance among different clients to address the unfairness problem. Extensive experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our proposed method.
Robot path planning based on improved genetic algorithm
Authors: Guo Zhenxing , Mo Li
Published: March 2023

In order to solve the problems of the basic genetic algorithm in robot path planning, such as the path is not smooth enough, the number of turns is too many, and it is easy to fall into the local optimal solution, an improved genetic algorithm is proposed. The method introduces the turning angle and turning times as the evaluation objectives, improving the practicability of the fitness function; The elitist retention strategy is added to improve the convergence speed of the algorithm; The adaptive change strategy of crossover probability and mutation probability is optimized, so that the algorithm can adapt to various scenarios and improve the optimization ability and convergence speed of the algorithm. The simulation results show that the improved genetic algorithm is more suitable for robot movement than the basic genetic algorithm.
A Lightweight Neural Network for Palm Vein Recognition
Authors: Luo Sifeng , Huang Xi
Published: March 2023

Due to the advantages of lightweight networks such as efficiency, portability, and fast inference, we propose a palm vein recognition network based on lightweight neural networks. The network consists of three stages combining Blocks of ShuffleNetV2, Blocks of MobileNetV3, and MBConv of EfficientNet. The number of each stage in the network is chosen based on the baseline parameters and computational effort, and the expansion factors are re-analyzed and selected. The performance of the proposed network is compared to the baseline with a 16.78% reduction in error rate and a 10.91% compression of parameters. The experimental results show that the proposed palm vein recognition network is effective, which can potentially contribute to the development of more accurate, portable and reliable biometric systems.
Frequency of Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements Use among Iraqi People in Baghdad City
Authors: Shanshal Aisha Muthanna , Aljorani Raghda Hisham , Taha Reema Naeel , Hussein Ahmed Mohamed
Published: March 2023

Background: Dietary supplements are used to provide the body with nutrients necessary for the regulation of metabolic processes, to increase the nutritional value of a typical diet, and to enhance or maintain health. Aim: To assess the use frequency and demographics of dietary supplements consumers in Baghdad, Iraq. Method: From July to September 2022, a cross-sectional study was conducted by distributing a self-administered survey to consumers attending community pharmacies in the Baghdad metropolitan area. About 150 participants took part in this investigation. Results: The study revealed that the majority of participants were female, constituting 58% of the total, while male subjects constituted 42% of the total. 16% of the subjects were taking multivitamins, with vitamin D3 being the most popular supplement (22.7%). Only 40% of all respondents relied on their physician's advice when using dietary supplements. 73.3% of them did not conduct any laboratory tests before or after ingesting these supplements. Conclusion: Significant numbers of users used calcium and vitamin D3 without obtaining lab results or being monitored by a physician; instead, they consulted the internet for information.
Forest as carbon sink – Temporal analysis for Ranchi district
Authors: Gupta H.
Published: March 2023

It is being increasingly realized that the forests play a critical role in global carbon cycle and after significant potential to capture carbon and thus could play important role in climate change mitigation. In this background, based on growing stock of forest available in Ranchi district of Jharkhand State of India, carbon budget was prepared and comparing the past figures of growing stock; temporal carbon dynamics was also analysed. The above analysis leads to the carbon stored in the forest (Sal stratum) has decreased from 1981 to 1996, but it has increased in the forest (Misc. stratum). This suggests for mixed forest, which are otherwise also desirable for ecologically reasons – are doing better, compared to some what amonoculture “Sal” forest. This gives a lead to think about possible changes in current forest management approach, as the miscellaneous forest are doing better in given constraints. The study also hints for more efforts on plantation in poorly stocked forest areas i.e. “Open canopy” and “Scrub” forests – which can help in sequestering more carbon as well. Also by using wood preservation treatments, the service life of wood used in the district can be increased to 3.07 times.
Bacterial diseases of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) in forest nurseries and plantations in Kerala and their management
Authors: Mohanan C.
Published: March 2023

Bacterial diseases caused by Pseudomonas tectonae in Teak (Tectona grandis) nurseries and young 9 to 18 months old plantations raised in the Kerala State have been recorded. P. tectonae causes cotyledon rot, collar rot and wilt of seedlings in conventional seedbed nurseries as well as root trainer nurseries and vascular wilt of plants in young plantations. Severe disease incidence resulted in partial to complete failure of nurseries and large-scale mortality of plants in young plantations. Diseases in nursery, can be managed by following proper hygiene nursery practices and also; by application of bactericides (Pantmycin/Oxytetracycline/ Streptocycline @1000 ppm as soil drench). Spread of disease from nursery to plantation can be managed by preparing planting material (stump/seedlings) from disease free nursery stock and following strict quarantine measures.
Adsorption efficiency of activated carbon prepared from Palm kernel shells in removal of dyes used in textile industry
Authors:   PG & Research Department of Biotechnology, Sri Vinayaga College of Arts and Science, Ulundurpet, Kallakurichi -606107, Tamil Nadu, India, Arumugam Sabaridasan , Vinu Harinath ,   Department of Environmental Sciences, Sri Paramakalyani Centre of Excellence in Environmental Sciences, (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University), Alwarkurichi-627412, Tamil Nadu, India, Ramaiah Soranam ,   Department of Environmental Sciences, Sri Paramakalyani Centre of Excellence in Environmental Sciences, (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University), Alwarkurichi-627412, Tamil Nadu, India
Published: March 2023

Palm shell has been utilized to create an effective activated carbon adsorbent in this investigation. The adsorbent is being used to remove direct dyes from dyeing waste in textiles. Thermo Gravimetric Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy were used to characterize the synthesized carbon. The particles are very porous and irregular in shape, based on the SEM analysis. This particle shape is effective at removing dye and toxic metals. TGA analysis has been shown to be highly stable under varied temperature circumstances. The FTIR data revealed the existence of functional groups that are responsible for dye and toxic metal elimination. The AAS analysis showed that dye degrading ability rises at a time interval and the adsorption ability of activated carbon. These findings suggest that Palm shell carbon could be used as a low cost alternative to commercial activated carbon in the removal of dyes from wastewater.
The Grass is Always Greener: Analyzing Crime Concentration and Specialization in Urban Greenspace Environs
Authors:   University of California, Irvine, Hodgen Cheyenne , Wuschke Kathryn ,   Portland State University
Published: March 2023

Greenspaces play an important role in the urban landscape, with prior research suggesting that they are associated with numerous health and social benefits for residents. Despite this, research conflicts regarding the relationship between greenspaces and crime, with some studies finding these locations to be criminogenic and others finding them to be protective against local crime. This study examines this relationship in Portland, Oregon, considering different greenspace types as well as different crime types. Further, this study presents a novel methodological adaption to measure crime concentration and specialization around discrete location types by integrating a street network buffer into the standard Location Quotient (LQ) metric. Results suggest that Portland’s greenspaces as a whole do not experience a concentration of crime; however, varying patterns emerge when examining different greenspace and crime types. This study identifies diverse crime concentrations in proximity to small parks, while finding other greenspace categories to be associated with crime-specific concentrations nearby. Others, still, have lower than expected counts of crime concentrating nearby, potentially demonstrating protective trends. These results highlight the importance of disaggregating both crime and location types to better understand the complex relationship between greenspaces and crime.
Evaluation of factors inﬂuencing physician–patient communication in healthcare service delivery
Authors:   Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Turkey, Chikodiri Nwosu Laurine , Iruoghene Edo Great ,   Department of Petroleum Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Nigeria, Yesiltas Mehmet ,   Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Turkey, Agoh Endurance ,   Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria, Lawal Rashidat Adelola ,   Departments of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Near East University, Nicosia, Turkey
Published: March 2023

Physician–patient communication has received less focus in the study of healthcare service delivery in Nigeria. The majorityofcommunicationreliesonmessagedeliveryratherthaninterpersonalcommunication.Evenwhendoctors have significant knowledge to share with their patients, they frequently lack the interpersonal communication skills required to do it successfully. This quantitative study employed the analysis of 150 valid responses from practicing physicians in Lagos state. Descriptive statistics were carried out to understand the factors influencing physician–patient communication. The results revealed good communication skills among physicians as they agreed to have social conversations with patients, listen intently to them, and promote question-asking. The responses from the survey also revealed that factors such as limited consultation time and unfavorable working environmentscouldnegativelyimpactphysician–patientcommunication.Furthermore,thetesthypothesisrevealed a significant correlation between physicians’ age and gender (p < 0.05), whereas physicians’ ethnicity and religion had non-significant associations. The evaluation of factors influencing physician–patient communication revealed that several individual and contextual factors contribute to effective communication, including physician communication skills, patient health literacy, and system-level factors such as time constraints and workload. Healthcare organizations and policymakers should prioritize efforts to improve physician–patient communication by addressing the identified factors that influence communication and implementing evidence-based interventions to enhance communication between physicians and patients.
Variation, birth, and death of some slang expressions in the Onitsha environment
Authors:   Department of Igbo & other Nigerian Languages, Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, Nigeria, Okafor Amaka Yvonne
Published: March 2023

The current research work hinges on the variation, birth, and death of some slang expressions in the Onitsha environment. Slang expression is a language style that has various definitions, but one common thing about these definitions is that slang is an informal expression used during an informal communication. Due to its informal nature, variation, birth, and death do occur and that is the crux of this study. Over the years, some researchers have carried out research on slang expressions and some of them rooted their research on the Igbo slang. This spurred the quest to look at the variation, birth, and death of some slang expressions in the Onitsha environment. Data for this work were sourced from the students and the residents of Onitsha. The research portrayed that there are variations in some slang expressions that express female body structure endowment, beauty/handsomeness, sex drive, short of words deeds, and smoking–the birth of new slang expressions, which is the cause of slang variation and the death of slang expressions. The research has it that some of these slang expressions originate from some of the Igbo contemporary songs. Finally, Holmes’ (1) idea that slang expressions are specifically for the young people is not applicable in the Onitsha environment because slang expressions are used by both young and old. In fact, it is gradually becoming a way of communication among people.
Von der Postmoderne zum practice turn: Für ein neues Verständnis des Mensch-Ding-Verhältnisses in der Archäologie
Authors: Stockhammer Philipp Wolfgang
Published: March 2023

Weder die Prozessuale noch die Postprozessuale Archäologie konnten mit ihrem Verständnis des Mensch-Ding-Verhältnisses dem Verflochtensein der Menschen und der Dinge gerecht werden. Beiden liegt die anthropozentrische Annahme zugrunde, dass dieses Verhältnis wesentlich von menschlicher Intentionalität bestimmt ist. Das Ding-Mensch-Verhältnis wird dabei allein vom Menschen her gedacht. Die material culture studies und die workplace studies haben in den letzten Jahren jedoch gezeigt, wie Dinge Handlungen auslösen bzw. selbst Handlungsträger sein können und bieten somit ein empirisches Korrelat zum Habituskonzept Pierre Bourdieus und der Aktor-Netzwerk-Theorie Bruno Latours. Ich denke, dass die Zeit reif ist, den practice turn der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften auch in der Archäologie zu vollziehen. Dies bedeutet kein Verwerfen der prozessualen und postprozessualen Ansätze, sondern deren Ergänzung um wichtige Erkenntnisse: Zwischen Mensch und Ding herrschen komplexe Verflechtungen, die auf gegenseitigen Abhängigkeiten beruhen. Menschen verfolgen mit den Dingen vielfältige Intentionen, fühlen sich aber auch durch die Dinge zum Handeln bewegt bzw. gedrängt. Menschen kommunizieren durch Objekte, aber auch mit Objekten im Rahmen sozialer Praktiken. Im zweiten Teil meines Beitrages zeige ich am Beispiel der Aneignung ägäischer Keramik an der spätbronze- und früheisenzeitlichen südlichen Levante, welche transformative Kraft dem Mensch-Ding-Verhältnis im Rahmen von Aneignungsprozessen erwächst.
Waves of peoples and bringers of culture
Authors: Wiedemann Felix
Published: March 2023

Questions as to the origins of different historical peoples and their movements through time and space have always played a vital role in archaeology. Especially late 19th and early 20th centuries archaeologists tried to identify the routes of migration of certain peoples in order to establish ethno-historical cartographies of entire regions. Regardless the historical context to be dealt with, these accounts oft en share some remarkable similarities in representing and narrating migrations. Using the example of German ancient Near Eastern archaeology at the turn of the 20th century the article examines central migration narratives against the background of their political and cultural contexts. The two most important questions of the archaeological debate on migrations in the ancient Near East were the supposed origin and migrations of the ›Semitic peoples‹ and the ethno-historical cartography of ancient Asia Minor. The archaeological accounts show repetitive role patterns which can be identified in different historiographical contexts of the time. Furthermore, striking parallels between the archaeological discourse on migrations in the ancient Near East and theories about the supposed origins of the Jews clearly demonstrate the importance of the contemporary debate on the rising anti-Semitism in this context.
Vom schwierigen Umgang mit der Vorgeschichtsforschung im Dritten Reich. Gedanken anlässlich der Publikation zur Bremer Ausstellung "Graben für Germanien. Archäologie unterm Hakenkreuz"
Authors: Veit Ulrich
Published: March 2023

Besprechung zu:Focke-Museum, Bremer Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte (Hrsg.), Graben für Germanien. Archäologie unterm Hakenkreuz (unter Mitarbeit von Sandra Geringer/Frauke von der Haar/Uta Halle/Dirk Mahsarski/Karin Walter). Begleitschrift zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung des Focke-Museums. Bremer Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte. 10. März bis 8. September 2013. Stuttgart: Theiss 2013. 216 Seiten. Zahlreiche farbige Abbildungen. ISBN 978-3-8062-2673-7.
»Forschungsgeschichte« einmal anders: Soziale, politische und ökonomische Einfl üsse auf Ausgrabungen in ältereisenzeitlichen Grabhügeln Süddeutschlands
Authors: Müller-Scheeßel Nils
Published: March 2023

Über den sozialen und gesellschaftlichen Kontext einer grundlegenden archäologischen Tätigkeit – der Ausgrabung – ist trotz eines in den letzten Jahren verstärkten wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Interesses noch relativ wenig bekannt. Anhand einer ursprünglich nicht wissenschaftsgeschichtlich orientierten Datensammlung zu ältereisenzeitlichen Bestattungsplätzen in Baden-Württemberg und Bayern diskutiert der vorliegende Beitrag die Ausgrabungsfrequenzen und die soziale Herkunft der Ausgräber zwischen 1800 und 2000. Es lassen sich vier Hauptphasen herausarbeiten, die stark mit großpolitischen Ereignissen und schwerwiegenden konjunkturellen Einschnitten (u.a. 1. und 2. Weltkrieg, Weltwirtschaftskrise) korrelieren. Während sich die erste Ausgräbergeneration hauptsächlich aus dem adeligen oder geistlichen Milieu rekrutierte, dominieren ab 1880 Ausgräber mit einem bürgerlichen Hintergrund. Ferner wird deutlich, dass die zwischen Baden-Württemberg und Bayern bestehenden strukturellen Unterschiede auch Auswirkungen auf den Kreis der Ausgräber und ihre zeitlichen Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte hatten. Der Beitrag schließt mit methodologischen Bemerkungen zum Stellenwert fachspezifischer wissenschaftsgeschichtlicher Arbeiten von Historikern und Archäologen.
Annidation und Hominisation
Authors: Padberg Wolfgang
Published: March 2023

Die im letzten Jahrzehnt erzielten Ergebnisse der Paläontologie und der Paläanthropologie, der Prähistorie sowie der Ethologie lassen es als notwendig erscheinen, bestimmte Elemente der bestehenden Theorie über die der Anthropogenese zugrunde liegenden Evolutionsfaktoren zu überprüfen. Gleichfalls müssen die Formen der Produktion, insbesondere der Nahrungsmittelproduktion, in der subhumanen Phase und während des unteren (frühen) Paläolithikums neu konzipiert werden. Aus den Untersuchungen der Australopithecinen und der Horden des Archanthropus ergibt sich:
1. Unter den Evolutionsfaktoren kommt der Annidation bei der Anthropogenese ausschlaggebende Bedeutung zu;
2. Die Theorie der Nahrungsgewinnung mit Hilfe von Fallgruben ist aufzugeben.
Die Ur- und Frühgeschichtsforschung im Rahmen der Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Authors: Guhr Günther , Otto Karl-Heinz , Grünert Heinz
Published: March 2023

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Identify Causes of Delay and Cost overrun in Residential Construction Projects at Surat Region in India: A Review
Authors:   Civil Engineering Department, BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Panchal Kirtankumar R , Pitroda Dr. J.R , Bhavsar Prof. A. N , Kansara P. J
Published: March 2023

A construction project is deemed successful if it is finished within the timeframe provided. A variety of variables lead to project major failure. Construction delays and cost overruns are two of them. Project delays impede growth in all other connected disciplines. A project delays study was conducted to examine the delay causes, the impact of delays, and techniques for decreasing construction delays. Poor performance measure is a typical concern in building projects, with few projects finishing on time and within budget. According to previous studies (publications), around 90% of construction projects have delays and cost overruns ranging from 5% to 200%. The research includes a literature review as well as a questionnaire survey. A detailed questionnaire survey was used to collect data for this investigation. The building of the urban development project is significantly more challenging due to the large number of players involved. These parties include the client, contractors, architect, suppliers, consultants, and labours. It is essential to figure out whether delay is crucial or not, as identifying the critical delays aids in the implementation of relevant actions at the proper time. The purpose of this research is to assess the various forms of delays as well as the reasons of those delays that are hurting projects in India's Surat area. 8 main groups were responsible for construction delays. The weights of the delay factors and groups were computed and evaluated. An examination of the literature revealed 45 variables that influence delays. The questionnaire was distributed to construction projects. Keywords: Construction, Project, Delay, Cost overrun, Time, Process, Factors, Management, client, contractor, designer, suppliers, consultant and labours, India.
Forest Fire Prediction using Image Processing through Deep Learning
Authors:   SRM institute of technology Chennai, Vamsi Pitta , Chakravarthy Dr. V Deeban , Neelish Immidi N V V L Sai
Published: March 2023

The important advantage of photograph processing from a fire detection device is its predictive software. This fireplace detection gadget can be hooked up nearly everywhere in a commercial building, shopping mall and many different public regions. This device makes use of cameras to come across fires. Therefore, so as to locate fireplace, we do no longer want different sensible. The digicam input machine is processed after which the technique is processed to stumble on fires. Thermal signatures and fireplace lights patterns are detected within the pix to decide if there is a fire and take appropriate action.
Influence of Watering Regimes on Physiological Traits, Growth, Yield, and Capsaicin Content of Chilies
Authors: Jinagool Wanploy , Arom Pimvipa
Published: March 2023

Water stress is a major limiting factor affecting the physiological processes, growth, and productivity of crop plants, including chili. This study evaluated chili plants' responses regarding physiological traits, growth, yield, and capsaicin content under different irrigation levels. The experimental design was a 2x4 factorial in CBD. A pot experiment was conducted on two species of chilies: Capsicum annuum ‘Super-Hot 2’ and ‘Huay-Siiton’ and C. frutescent ‘Prik-Kee-Nu-Suan.’ The plants were irrigated at four watering regimes such as 100%, 80%, 60%, and 40% of maximum water holding capacity (MWHC) after the anthesis through fruit development. Midday leaf water potential (LWPmd) was ranked between -1.30 MPa in 100% MWHC to -2.11 MPa in 40% MWHC indicating the level of water stress. The 40% MWHC caused a drastic decrease in LWPmd and reduced the maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) and growth rate in canopy width. Observed leaf greenness was maximized at 60% MWHC. The irrigation regimes also affected the yield of chili, especially the 60% and 40% MWHC, with a reduced number of fruits/plant, fruit fresh and dry weights, and fruit sizes. In the case of 40% MWHC, the dry yield was too low, and it was impossible to analyze the capsaicin content. The reduced irrigation (80% and 60% MWHC) did not significantly induce the capsaicin content or pungency of the studied chili cultivars. Thus the capsaicin yield of studied chili cultivars was reduced considerably by severe reduction of dry fruit yield under restricted water.
Measuring Planck’s Constant With Compton Scattering
Authors: Humpherys David
Published: March 2023

Measured values of the electron mass and Compton wavelength yield a value of Planck’s constant with a relative standard

uncertainty of 3 × 10−10. This is only slightly larger than the 1.3 × 10−10 relative standard uncertainty in measurements

performed using the Kibble balance. Compton scattering presents an alternative pathway for improving the value of

Planck’s constant.

Natural units of length, mass, and time offer viable solutions for improving the values of physical constants. While

extensive values of the Planck units lie beyond the reach of present-day instrumentation, certain product and quotient

pairs of Planck units such as the speed of light can be measured with relatively high precision. Better measurements of

certain unit pairs will improve the value of the gravitational constant.
Bank-specific determinants of non-performing loans in Bhutan: Does business strategy matter?
Authors: Dorji Rinchen
Published: March 2023

The study examines bank-specific determinants of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) of commercial banks in Bhutan using time series data for the quarterly period from 2014 to 2021. Explanatory variables in this study are credit growth, deposit rate, return on equity and capital adequacy ratio. To investigate the relationship between explanatory variables and NPLs, multiple regression analysis is employed. The regression analysis exhibit that credit growth and deposit rate significantly contribute to the growth of NPLs, while return on equity and capital adequacy ratio lowers NPLs. The outcome of this study is relevant to policy makers and regulators, as the findings suggest higher credit growth and increasing cost of funds are more likely to escalate and expose the commercial banks to NPLs. In addition, adherence to regulatory norms reduces the likelihood of default risk. In this regard, investment in productive sectors and business diversification are seen as an alternative to interest income from loans and advances. The outcome of this study is consistent with past studies on the bank-specific determinants of NPLs. The findings from this study will help decision makers and commercials banks in Bhutan to develop an effective credit risk management framework.
Effectiveness of Audiovisual Animation Education as an Effort to Increase Knowledge To Prevent the Risk of Falling Patients in Hospital
Authors: Rusmawati Aprin , Kristyaningsih Putri , Fawzi Alfian
Published: March 2023

Background: The risk of falling is one aspect that needs to be studied in patient safety, especially for patients who have a risk of falling due to weakness or the effects of therapy. It can cause injury, increasing the patient’s long of stay, and patient’s treatment fees. The other effects of this are physical injury including scratch, torn, bruised even it can cause fracture, bleeding and head injury. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of providing audiovisual animation education as an increase in knowledge of efforts to prevent falls in patients in hospitals.Methods: This study uses a quasi-experimental research design with a one group pretest posttest approach without a control group. The research was conducted at Gambiran Hospital. The sampling technique used a purposive sample technique, namely by determining certain criteria. Data were collected using a questionnaire sheet, bivariate analysis using the Paired Sample T-Test with the help of SPSS.Results: Based on the results of statistical tests, it is known that the value of sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 <0.05, meaning that H1 is accepted, it can be concluded that audiovisual animation education is effective as an effort to prevent the risk of falling in patients in the hospital.Conclusion: Animated audiovisual education is very effective to increase respondent’s knowledge in preventing patient fall. With the guaranteed patient safety it will affect patient’s recovery. The guaranteed patient safety can not be separated from the hospital monitoring and family caring to avoid from various risks than can be occured, one of this risk is risk of patient fall. This audiovisual methods is a good method to increase knowledge, because this method involve more sense in learning process, both sense of sight and sense of hearing.
Influence Of Giving Kangaroo Mother Care On Body Temperature and Oxygen Saturation On Low Birth Weight
Authors: Riani Sri Ely , Lumprom Orachorn
Published: March 2023

Background: Treatment of Kangaroo Methods has begun to be recommended at this time for women with low birth weight (LBW) babies because the birth of low birth weight babies both premature and dismatur is one of the biggest causes of infant death. This study aimed to analyze the effect of the kangaroo treatment method on changes in body temperature and oxygen saturation in newborn babies.Methods: The research design is a pre-experimental one group pre-and post-test conducted in the perinatology room. The population of this research is the whole LBW in the Perinatology Room of the Soedomo Trenggalek Regional General Hospital. There are 15 newborn babies who meet the inclusion criteria selected as a sample by using Purposive Sampling technique. This research uses observation sheets as instruments. Results of statistical analysis using paired t test. Results: The results showed that there was a significant effect of kangaroo mother care on changes in body temperature and oxygen saturation in newborn babies ie pre temperature obtained mean 36.20C and post temperature obtained mean 370C this shows an increase of body temperature towards normal temperature (p value = 0.000) < value of α of 0.01. While the pre-saturation mean is 90% and the post-95% saturation mean, this indicates an increase in oxygen saturation towards normal (p value=0.000) < value of α of 0.01. Conclusion: The kangaroo treatment method is an effective, easy and inexpensive way to care for a baby with LBW while in hospital or for home treatment. Baby's and mother's skin contact directly on the treatment of kangaroo methods can maintain the stability of body temperature and oxygen saturation. The more often the mother performs kangaroo treatment on the baby then the satability of body temperature and oxygen saturation will be more awake and this will accelerate the process of improving the condition of LBW towards better which can also improve the relationship (bonding) between mother and baby.
Influencia del diésel en el sector agrícola del Cantón Quinindé: Perspectivas económica
Authors: Armendariz Sandoval Santiago Paul
Published: March 2023

Desde que el diésel comenzó a usarse en Ecuador, el estado ecuatoriano a subsidiado el valor de este elemento; el problema se remonta desde el año 1974 y que desde entonces ningún gobierno ha sido capaz de reformar de forma efectiva este inconveniente. Se pretende demostrar a través de fuentes bibliográficas confiables, con sustentos de datos estadísticos otorgados por el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censo medir el impacto que genera el alza de combustible (Diesel) en el sector agrícola del cantón Quinindé durante el periodo 2021. Establecido un tipo de investigación fundamentada que permite conocer los acontecimientos que están sucediendo en la región, los datos recopilados y para ello se empleó la técnica de investigación definida como investigación de campo en la que se recolecta información del campo específico que se desea estudiar, en el caso del presente artículo es el cantón Quinindé. Teniendo en cuanta que cada vez que existe un alza en el precio del combustible principalmente del diésel, se genera un alza de precios en los productos, el sector agrícola siempre es uno de los mayores perjudicados con las alzas de los combustibles, los productos y la inflación suben en proporción del nuevo costo del diésel
Determinación de los factores que perjudican el clima laboral en el sector de las Pymes, Cantón la Concordia
Authors: López Pérez Patricio Javier
Published: March 2023

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo, determinar los factores que dificultan el clima laboral como factor clave en las Pymes de Cantón la Concordia, donde finalmente podemos constatar que las empresas su mayor prioridad es el talento humano dentro de una organización, es esencial para mejorar el entorno laboral, ya que es importante establecer estrategias para reconocer los logros de los empleados. Esto aumentará la motivación y el compromiso del equipo con cada una de sus tareas, los trabajadores tienen la oportunidad de ser productivos y generar un ingreso justo, lo que les permite sobresalir. En este sentido las organizaciones como objetivos es el bienestar de sus empleados que implique todo lo posible para garantizar que los empleados estén seguros, felices y motivados, donde se puedan comunicarse positivamente con todos los compañeros de áreas y jefes, para crear respeto, humildad, sinceridad, empatía y confianza para poder laborar. Al respecto se concluye que gracias al talento humano y a sus esfuerzos, capacidades y conocimientos se logra alcanzar los objetivos, para que una empresa funcione eficaz y eficientemente.
Nuevos desafíos en la contratación de personal: cómo la evolución del proceso de reclutamiento está transformando el mercado laboral
Authors: Mendoza Armijos Hugo Enrique
Published: March 2023

La gestión de captación de capital humano es un tema del cual se tiene poco conocimiento para ello buscamos dar a conocer su evolución y su importancia por el cual es la base, su punto de partida para un camino al crecimiento. Realizada la búsqueda, de libros, artículos y revistas con resultados con respecto a este tema, diferentes criterios y teorías tratan en común que este proceso es importante para mantener la empresa en pie, aunque tengan diversos enfoques cada uno de ellos ha aportado su conocimiento haciendo que sea más fácil la interpretación de estos. Por lo tanto, se puede decir que la contratación de personal no es un tema que pueda ser pasado por alto y tomar a la ligera, tener una estructura y poseer conocimientos actualizados al momento de contratar es vital para reclutar al personal necesario para la empresa, acertar con los conocimientos y habilidades que poseen es una ganancia para la organización.
The Research of Short-term Electric Load Forecasting based on Machine Learning Algorithm
Authors: Wang Yaoying , Sun Shudong , Cai Zhiqiang
Published: March 2023

The ability of electric load forecasting become the key to measuring electric planning and dispatching, and improving the accuracy of electric load forecasting has become one hot spot topic of scholars in recent years. The traditional electric load forecasting algorithm mainly include statistical learning algorithm. The electric load forecasting algorithm based on traditional forecasting algorithm, machine learning algorithm and neural network algorithm greatly improve the convergence approximation effect and accuracy. In recent years, the electric load forecasting algorithms based on the deep learning algorithm has greatly reduced the error and improved the measurement accuracy and robustness, such as RNN, GRU, LSTM, DBN, TCN, and so on, as well as the combination algorithm based on deep learning. This paper introduces the classical algorithm of deep learning in electric load forecasting. The main purpose is to explore the error and fitting degree of algorithms established by different algorithms, and provide reference for the selection of forecasting algorithms for various types of electric load forecasting.
A review on magnetorheological elastomers
Authors: Liu Yanxi
Published: March 2023

Magnetorheological Elastomers (MREs) are a type of magnetorheological (MR) material, which is a combination of magnetic particles and a soft elastic matrix. As a new class of intelligent material, MREs possess controllability, reversibility, rapid response as well as stability under magnetic fields. Thanks to these characteristics, MREs have found a wide range of applications in many fields, such as vibration absorbers, absorber isolation, pumps, and soft robots in recent years. All these applications will be discussed in this review. Additionally, this paper will describe the effects of particles, matrices, additives, and synthesis on the performance of MREs.
Effect of feeding hydroponics maize fodder replacing maize of concentrate mixture partially on digestibility of nutrients and milk production in lactating cows
Authors: NAIK P K , DHAWASKAR B D , FATARPEKAR D D , KARUNAKARAN M , DHURI R B , SWAIN B K , CHAKURKAR E B , SINGH N P
Published: March 2023

An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of feeding hydroponics maize fodder by replacing maize of concentrate mixture partially on digestibility of nutrients and milk production in lactating cows. Lactating cows (6) (avg. BW 437 kg, avg. milk yield 8.57 kg) were divided into 2 equal groups i.e. Maize Grain Group (MGG) and Hydroponics Maize Fodder Group (HMFG) based on their body weight and milk yield. Two types of concentrate mixture (CMmaize 100 or CMmaize 50) were prepared. CMmaize 100 contained maize grain 35, rice polish 35, soybean meal 27, mineral mixture 2 and common salt 1 parts by weight. In CMmaize 50, 50% of the maize of CMmaize 100 was replaced partially and it contained maize grain 17.5, rice polish 54, soybean meal 25.5, mineral mixture 2 and common salt 1 parts by weight. Randomly, animals of MGG and HMFG were offered 6 kg CMmaize 100 and CMmaize 50, respectively along with 10 kg fresh conventional green fodder (napier bajra hybrid, CO-3) and ad lib. jowar straw. Besides, animals of the HMFG were offered five kg fresh HMF, sprouted from approximately one kg maize, which has been withdrawn from 6 kg concentrate mixture. The experiment was conducted for a period of 45 days. The fresh yield of the HMF from one kg maize seed was 5â€“6 kg with 12.39% DM content. Feeding of HMF by replacing the maize grain of the concentrate mixture had not altered the DM intake (11.20 vs 11.52 kg/day) and roughage: concentrate ratio (51:49 vs 52:48) of the animals. There was nonsignificant increase in the digestibility of nutrients, nutritive value, milk yield (7.97 vs 8.59 kg/day), 4.0% FCM (8.25 vs 9.31 kg/day), and fat (%) (4.20 vs 4.50) in HMFG than the MGG. The feed conversion ratio (FCR) in terms of DM (1.51 vs 1.40), CP (0.19 vs 0.18) and TDN (1.03 vs 0.96) was better in the HMFG than the MGG. It can be concluded that hydroponics maize fodder can be fed to the lactating cows by replacing maize of the concentrate mixture partially with improvement in the performance of the animals.
Seasonal variation in fatty acid profile in the milk of different species under popularly followed feeding system in India
Authors: SAROJ  , MALLA B A , TRAN L V , SHARMA A N , KUMAR SACHIN , TYAGI A K
Published: March 2023

The aim of the study was to evaluate the seasonal variation in fatty acid profile in the milk of different species during summer and winter seasons. Samples were collected in months of summer and winter. Total saturated fatty acids (SFA) content (g/100g of fat) was 13-14% higher in summer than winter in all species. Total monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) concentration (g/100g fat) were 10-12%, 3-4%, 30-40% respectively and, higher in winter than summer. MUFA, PUFA and CLA were considerably altered among seasons and species. It was concluded that PUFA and CLA in milk of different species increased during winter season than summer and this may be attributed to the seasonal availability of green fodder.
Process optimization for the production of ghee residue protein hydrolysates
Authors: MUNIRATHNAMMA V , GUPTA VIJAY KUMAR , MEENA GANGA SAHAY
Published: March 2023

The nutritional potential of ghee residue (GR) still remains untapped. Hydrolysis of proteins is known to decrease allergenicity, improve their functionality, and also induces bitterness. Present investigation was aimed to optimize the production process of GR proteins hydrolysates through two stage enzymatic hydrolysis of 5× ultrafiltered (UF) retentate (12.56% total solids and 8.77% protein). First stage hydrolysis was optimized at 42°C temperature, 8.0 pH using 4% papain with 5 h hydrolysis time (14.48 degree of hydrolysis, %DH). Increased hydrolysis time, significantly increased the DH % without any bitterness in the hydrolysate. Second stage hydrolysis was carried out using three food grade enzymes viz. trypsin (0.2%), alcalase 2.4L (0.25%) and flavourozyme 1000L (0.25%), by adjusting pH of 5× UF retentate to 8.0, 7.0 and 7.0 at 38, 50 and 50°C, respectively. Period of hydrolysis was optimized for each enzyme to 8 h with 26.99, 29.22 and 37.44 (%DH), respectively. Increase in hydrolysis time (optimized 13 h), significantly increased the %DH and bitterness in optimized hydrolysate. Further, period of hydrolysis, type of enzymes and their interaction, significantly effected % DH. Optimized hydrolysate obtained with papain (fist stage hydrolysis), trypsin (0.2%), and flavourozyme 1000L enzymes (second stage) was slightly bitter (3.68 on 4-point sensory scale). This optimized process can be adopted for commercial production of GR protein hydrolysates to meet the ever growing demand of easily digestible foods that will also be helpful to combat the problem of protein energy malnutrition.
Price volatility spillover of Indian onion markets: A comparative study
Authors: SINHA KANCHAN , PANWAR SANJEEV , ALAM WASI , SINGH K N , GURUNG BISHAL , PAUL RANJIT KUMAR , MUKHERJEE ANIRBAN
Published: March 2023

To investigate the interdependence between Indian onion markets in terms of price volatility, the present study was conducted in four different vital onion markets in India, viz. Mumbai, Nashik, Delhi and Bengaluru. The long term monthly data, from March, 2003 to September, 2015 was collected from the website of agmarknet.nic.in. We have employed the VEC-MGARCH model to estimate mean and volatility spillover simultaneously among the different markets and also examined the nature of dynamic correlation using the DCC model. The presence of mean and volatility spillover was found between the markets. This type of significant interaction between the volatility of different markets is highly useful for cross market hedging and for sharing of common information by market participants. The empirical results also suggest for a very close observation on different market behavioral pattern since, “news” in one market may impact other market through the number of interdependencies. Key words: Dynamic conditional correlations, Market behavior, Price volatility spillover