bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Affectation in the Affect Nation: The Re-arrival of Singapore's Affective Laborers
Authors: Lim Eunice Ying Ci
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Notorious for its ever-changing urban landscape, Singapore has seen plenty of projects in recent years to archive disappearing sites and the stories people have about them. While archival work and collective memory formations are commendable, the affective labor that goes into these projects risks uncritically reproducing existing structures of feeling that fuel the nation's postcolonial triumphalist narrative. This narrative is characteristically dependent on the planned obsolescence of these sites and the nostalgia that neoliberal industries then eagerly monetize. Through a close literary analysis of Charmaine Leung's 2017 memoir 17A Keong Saik Road , this essay builds on Raymond Williams' concept of structures of feeling and Sara Ahmed's notion of affect aliens to make sense of Singapore's affective regimes and interventions. I argue that place-based literature may reclaim the affects that are foundational to Singapore's postcolonial triumphalist narrative from the state's affective determinations. By highlighting the intergenerational, gendered, affective labors of those involved in the sex industry, Leung's recounting of her childhood in this historical red-light district frees the titular Keong Saik Road, the sex workers who formerly inhabited this site, and Cantonese—one of the undermined non-Mandarin Sinitic languages of Singapore—from the existing scripted affective discourses of the postcolonial nation.
British but not a Briton: Anglophilia and Black British Identity Formation in E. R. Braithwaite
Authors: Kundu Anwesha
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This essay re-examines Anglophilia, a quintessential conservative colonial affect, to illustrate how emotional structures that function as modes of psychic colonialism can concurrently produce unanticipated effects. E. R. Braithwaite's best-selling autobiographical novel, To Sir, With Love (1959), is a Windrush account of a Black, middle-class, Caribbean immigrant's life in Britain that, largely due to its explicit Anglophilia, has not garnered much critical attention within a conventional postcolonial framework. I use affect studies to read this text's Anglophilic affiliations as a complicated process of Black diasporic identity formation that questions the simultaneity of race and national belonging. British identity in the mid-twentieth century was understood in highly emotive, racialized terms—such as "civilized," "Christian," or "advanced"—that stood in for explicit references to whiteness. This structure had the effect of appearing to separate Britishness from whiteness in discourses about race and nationality, thus creating a space within which Braithwaite could imagine the possibility of being a Black Briton. Braithwaite's text reveals Anglophilia to be a complex affective structure that, while being invested in ideas of morality, nation, and civilization, can also unexpectedly destabilize prevalent social norms (while reinforcing others) as it participates in the process of denaturalizing automatic assumptions of racial superiority.
Investigating Postcolonial Affective Online Communities: A Computational Analysis of Reader Reviews for Contemporary Nigerian Fiction
Authors: Pardey Hannah
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article approaches postcolonial affect through the combined perspectives of postcolonial and affect studies, audience research, and the digital humanities. It examines more than ten thousand online responses to recent Nigerian diasporic novels with various computer-based methods that bring to the fore the ideologies of emotion informing contemporary postcolonial reading practices. Using a theoretical and methodological framework covering socio-historical, materialist, and linguistic conceptions of community and emotion, this article demonstrates how platforms such as Amazon, Goodreads, and YouTube market postcolonial literary consumption by creating affective online communities of locally and ethnically diversified readers, allowing them to adjust their affective lexicon to the socioeconomic demands of the digital age. The results show that the online distribution and discussion of contemporary Nigerian fiction sideline national, ethnic, and cultural differences in favour of shared middle-class aspirations. Finally, this article illustrates that computational research designs do not exclude but rather invigorate the study of postcolonial issues such as domination, subordination, and exclusion.
The Cedar Project: Racism and its impacts on health and wellbeing among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Prince George and Vancouver, BC
Authors: Sharma Richa , Pooyak Sherri , Thomas Vicky , Zamar David S. , Jongbloed Kate , Pearce Margo E. , Mazzuca April , Cassidy-Mathews Chenoa , Bizzotto Riley N. , Jafari Ghazal , Christian Kukpi7 Wayne M. , Teegee Mary , Schechter Martin T. , Spittal Patricia M.
Published: September 2023

Racism continues to drive health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. This study focuses on racism experienced by young Indigenous people who have used drugs in British Columbia (BC), and predictors of interpersonal racism. Cedar Project is a community-governed cohort study involving young Indigenous people who use drugs in Vancouver and Prince George, BC. This cross-sectional study included data collected between August 2015-October 2016. The Measure of Indigenous Racism Experiences (MIRE) scale was used to assess experiences of interpersonal racism across 9 unique settings on a 5-point Likert scale, collapsing responses into three categories (none/low/high). Multinomial logistic regression models were used to examine associations between key variables and interpersonal racism. Among 321 participants, 79% (n = 255) experienced racism in at least one setting. Thirty two percent (n = 102) experienced high interpersonal racism from police, governmental agencies (child ‘welfare’, health personnel), and in public settings. Ever having a child apprehended (AOR:2.76, 95%CI:1.14–6.65), probable post-traumatic stress (AOR:2.64; 95%CI:1.08–6.46), trying to quit substances (AOR:3.69; 95%CI:1.04–13.06), leaving emergency room without receiving treatment (AOR:3.05; 95%CI:1.22–7.64), and having a traditional language spoken at home while growing up (AOR:2.86; 95%CI:1.90–6.90) were associated with high interpersonal racism. Among women, experiencing high interpersonal racism was more likely if they lived in Prince George (AOR:3.94; 95%CI:1.07–14.50), ever had a child apprehended (AOR:5.09; 95%CI:1.50–17.30), and had probable post-traumatic stress (AOR:5.21; 95%CI:1.43–18.95). Addressing racism experienced by Indigenous peoples requires immediate structural systemic, and interpersonal anti-racist reforms.
The emergence of a suburban penalty during the 1918/19 influenza pandemic in Malta: The role of a marketplace, railway, and measles
Authors: Tripp Lianne , Sawchuk Lawrence A.
Published: September 2023

The Malta 1918/19 influenza experience adds to our understanding of the pandemic by illustrating the importance of suburban populations, their vulnerabilities, and elevated mortality rates. Studies on the socio-geographical variation in the 1918/19 influenza mortality has largely overlooked the suburban experience, and thus the often-hidden heterogeneity of the disease experience is missing. A comparison of mortality rates across the three settlement types (urban, suburban, and rural) for the second wave of the pandemic revealed that there were significant differences across the settlement types (x2 = 22.67, 2df, p <0.0001). There was a statistically significant divide between suburban settlement type versus urban and rural communities. Further, the geographical division of the central suburban region had the highest mortality rate at 4.28 per 1000 living of all suburban regions. A closer examination of the central suburban communities revealed that the town of Birchicara was the driving force behind the elevated influenza mortality, with a rate of 5.28 per 1000 living. The exceedingly high rate of influenza mortality in Birchicara was significantly different from the other suburban communities (Z = 2.915, p = 0.004). Birchicara was notable as both a transmission and burden hotspot for influenza infection because of a unique conflation of factors not observed elsewhere on the island. Foremost, was the pitkali market, which was a produce wholesale distributing centre; second, was the fact that the train station was a central hub especially for Maltese labourers; third, was that the measles epidemic in 1916/17 contributed to elevated childhood influenza deaths because the presence of military personnel and their families. We argue that the interaction of the three factors, and in particular, the measles epidemic with childhood influenza, amounted to a syndemic. Factors associated with urbanization and high rates of infectious diseases, such as overcrowding and infant mortality, did not play a primary role in the syndemic.
Low seroprevalence of Ebola virus in health care providers in an endemic region (Tshuapa province) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Zola Matuvanga Trésor , Mariën Joachim , Larivière Ynke , Osang’ir Bernard Isekah , Milolo Solange , Meta Rachel , Esanga Emmanuel , Maketa Vivi , Matangila Junior , Mitashi Patrick , Ahuka Mundeke Steve , Muhindo-Mavoko Hypolite , Muyembe Tamfum Jean-Jacques , Van Damme Pierre , Van Geertruyden Jean-Pierre
Published: September 2023

Introduction

A serosurvey among health care providers (HCPs) and frontliners of an area previously affected by Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was conducted to assess the seroreactivity to Ebola virus antigens.

Methods

Serum samples were collected in a cohort of HCPs and frontliners (n = 698) participants in the EBL2007 vaccine trial (December 2019 to October 2022). Specimens seroreactive for EBOV were confirmed using either the Filovirus Animal Nonclinical Group (FANG) ELISA or a Luminex multiplex assay.

Results

The seroreactivity to at least two EBOV-Mayinga (m) antigens was found in 10 (1.4%: 95% CI, 0.7–2.6) samples for GP-EBOV-m + VP40-EBOV-m, and 2 (0.3%: 95% CI, 0.0–1.0) samples for VP40-EBOV-m + NP-EBOV-m using the Luminex assay. Seroreactivity to GP-EBOV-Kikwit (k) was observed in 59 (8.5%: 95%CI, 6.5–10.9) samples using FANG ELISA.

Conclusion

In contrast to previous serosurveys, a low seroprevalence was found in the HCP and frontline population participating in the EBL2007 Ebola vaccine trial in Boende, DRC. This underscores the high need for standardized antibody assays and cutoffs in EBOV serosurveys to avoid the broad range of reported EBOV seroprevalence rates in EBOV endemic areas.
Comparative analysis of RNA secondary structure accuracy on predicted RNA 3D models
Authors: Kulkarni Mandar , Thangappan Jayaraman , Deb Indrajit , Wu Sangwook
Published: September 2023

RNA structure is conformationally dynamic, and accurate all-atom tertiary (3D) structure modeling of RNA remains challenging with the prevailing tools. Secondary structure (2D) information is the standard prerequisite for most RNA 3D modeling. Despite several 2D and 3D structure prediction tools proposed in recent years, one of the challenges is to choose the best combination for accurate RNA 3D structure prediction. Here, we benchmarked seven small RNA PDB structures (40 to 90 nucleotides) with different topologies to understand the effects of different 2D structure predictions on the accuracy of 3D modeling. The current study explores the blind challenge of 2D to 3D conversions and highlights the performances of de novo RNA 3D modeling from their predicted 2D structure constraints. Our results show that conformational sampling-based methods such as SimRNA and IsRNA1 depend less on 2D accuracy, whereas motif-based methods account for 2D evidence. Our observations illustrate the disparities in available 3D and 2D prediction methods and may further offer insights into developing topology-specific or family-specific RNA structure prediction pipelines.
The determinants of financial inclusion from the households’ perspectives in Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Ha Son , Ho Chi Minh , Vo Anh The , Vo Duc Hong
Published: September 2023

Various studies have been conducted to measure financial inclusion at the country level. However, measuring financial inclusion at the household level has largely been neglected in the existing literature, particularly for emerging markets such as Vietnam. This study constructs an index of financial inclusion at the household level using the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys (VHLSS) in 2014, 2016, and 2018. We also identify the determinants of financial inclusion from the perspective of Vietnamese households. Our study also utilizes an ordered logit model to examine the effects of the determinants on each level of financial inclusion. Our empirical results reveal three key determinants, including (i) total income per household, (ii) relative income representing the difference between the average income of the province that the household currently lives in and the total income of this household, and (iii) the distance from the household to the nearest bank branch, are crucial factors driving the financial inclusion. While the total income per household positively enhances financial inclusion, relative income appears to reduce the degree of financial inclusion. Besides, distance to the nearest bank branch poses another challenge in achieving the financial inclusion goals in Vietnam in the future.
The Effect of Molasses Application on Soil Biological Indicators and Maize Growth of Different Tillage Soil
Authors: Nugroho Priyo Adi , Prettl Nándor , Kotroczó Zsolt , Juhos Katalin
Published: September 2023

Soil enzyme activity and labile carbon (LC) have long been used as soil health indicators. Soil health can be improved by molasses addition resulting in better plant growth and productivity. The effect of molasses on soil biological activity and plant growth under different tillage soil has not been discussed in many studies in Hungary. We assessed two soil types under different long-term tillage practices: conservation tillage (CT), which leaves 30% or more residue on the soil surface, and conventional-ploughing tillage (PT). A pot experiment with maize as the crop was carried out using the composite soil (0-20 cm) of CT and PT; a randomized block design with four replications was employed. Three levels of molasses concentration, 0 g L-1, 0.05 g L-1, and 0.2 g L-1 were applied. LC, dehydrogenase (DHA), β-glucosidase activity, plant height, and dry weight biomass were measured at the end of the experiment (after eight weeks). The results indicated that LC in CT increased by 7.61-21.23% over the increase in molasses concentration. LC concentration was significantly higher in the CT than in the PT soil. β-glucosidase activity increased along with the increase of molasses concentration by 11.42-30.43% in CT and 16.03-56.67% in PT; however, the significantly different appeared only in PT soil. The molasses application affected the DHA as well. The activity of dehydrogenase increases by 39.49-80.76% and 30.43-50.59%, respectively, in CT and PT. Nevertheless, no significance occurred in the tillage system or the molasses concentration. Our study also found that the different molasses concentrations did not affect the plant height and dry weight biomass in CT and PT. However, applying each molasses concentration in CT markedly escalated the plant height and dry weight biomass compared to PT. The enhancement of soil biological activity and plant growth by the molasses application allows a promising strategy for maintaining the soil health of agricultural land.
Relação Entre a Diversidade de Gênero nos Conselhos de Empresas Brasileiras com a Adesão ao Índice Carbono Eficiente
Authors: Firmino Anderson Luís , Peixoto Fernanda Maciel
Published: September 2023

Objetivo: o estudo investigou a relação entre presença de mulheres nos conselhos de administração de firmas brasileiras e adesão dessas firmas ao Índice Carbono Eficiente (ICO2). Como complemento, o trabalho investigou se a adesão das firmas ao Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE) aumenta a probabilidade de adesão ao ICO2.Método: o método adotado foi a regressão logística, dado que variável dependente (ICO2) é binária. A amostra envolveu firmas brasileiras integrantes do IBrX100 e o período estudado foi de 2011 a 2021. Adotou-se a segmentação dos setores das firmas em duas subamostras: grupo de firmas potencialmente mais poluentes e grupo de firmas potencialmente menos poluentes. Resultados: observou-se uma relação positiva e significativa entre a presença da mulher como presidente do conselho e a probabilidade de a firma aderir ao ICO2. Houve também relação positiva entre adesão ao ISE e ao ICO2. O tamanho do conselho influenciou positivamente a adesão ao ICO2 em todos os modelos, inclusive na amostra geral. Encontrou-se relação positiva entre a presença de mulheres no conselho e a adesão ao ICO2, comprovando a maioria das hipóteses da pesquisa.Contribuições: dentre as contribuições, destaca-se a classificação da amostra em diferentes grupos de setores relacionados à emissão de gases. Este estudo está ligado à três Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) da ONU: igualdade de gênero, inovação e ação contra a mudança climática. Ademais, o estudo é relevante por revelar que o protagonismo das mulheres nos conselhos reflete em práticas sustentáveis e ambientalmente eficientes.
Producción y distribución de largometrajes de ficción en Maranhão: contradicciones de un mercado invisible en Brasil
Authors: Lima Silva Andreia de
Published: September 2023

El Estado de Maranhão ocupa un escenario peculiar en el mercado cinematográfico brasileño. Las producciones de ficción en forma de largometrajes tuvieron sus primeras incursiones a mediados de la década de 2000. En un marco desarrollado por la investigadora em su disertación, y actualizado hasta 2022, catalogamos veintidós películas, solo seis de los cuales fueron registrados en la Agencia Brasileña de Cine. La principal metodología a utilizar será la recolección e interpretación de datos, además de entrevistas no estructuradas o no estructuradas (Eva Lakatos, 2003). Como principales resultados podemos señalar: en Maranhão el mercado es predominantemente informal con momentos ocasionales de informalidad. La conclusión inicial de nuestra investigación es que el factor económico asociado a la falta de políticas públicas, sumado a la falta de cursos de educación superior en la zona, son los principales impulsores de este incipiente escenario.
El dispositivo penitenciario de la cárcel la Modelo de Bogotá: una revisión desde la comunicación
Authors: Zarta Rojas Fabian Andrey
Published: September 2023

Este artículo se deriva de la tesis de maestría titulada “El dispositivo penitenciario en Bogotá: un estudio sobre la cárcel La Modelo” y se orienta a revisar cómo lo comunicativo se desarrolla dentro del dispositivo penitenciario desde ciertas prácticas cotidianas. Se trabaja con el esquizométodo, que permite la integración de la perspectiva compleja con el contexto y las teorías que rodean la problemática. Se proponen tres ejes de abordaje: (a) el contexto comunicativo en La Modelo de Bogotá; (b) el dispositivo penitenciario; (c) cuerpo y resistencia en la prisión. Desde una perspectiva rizomática, no se pretende agotar el horizonte analítico, sino presentar algunas reflexiones sobre lo comunicativo en el dispositivo penitenciario, y se concluye, entre otras cosas, que las acciones comunicativas fundamentan una estructura sociológica en la que los presos despliegan estrategias comunicativas y corporales para enfrentar el dispositivo penitenciario.
Reflexiones iniciales: renovación de la Política Pública Distrital de Comunicación Comunitaria en Bogotá
Authors: Rodríguez Páez Luis Carlos
Published: September 2023

Este texto expone una reflexión académica sobre el proceso de renovación de la política pública de comunitaria en Bogotá (Colombia) realizada durante 2020 y 2022. Inicialmente, se presentan las consideraciones conceptuales sobre las cuales se cimienta el trabajo en relación con las políticas de comunicación, la comunicación comunitaria y el problemático cruce entre estos conceptos. Luego, intenta describir y analizar las tensiones originadas en el interior de la Mesa Distrital de Comunicación Comunitaria en el marco de la fase preparatoria de la política pública. Y finalmente se sugieren algunas ideas o desafíos producto de la experiencia, que bien podrían ser asumidos en las futuras etapas del proyecto político. Entre ellas cabe destacar la urgente necesidad de redefinir la comunicación comunitaria, a partir de las prácticas ejercidas por los medios comunitarios y el actual momento histórico, porque solo así sería posible identificar el carácter de la comunicación y el sentido de la política pública en el actual proceso de reconstrucción.
Sozialräumliche Unterschiede im Engagement älterer Großstadtbewohner gegen Verkehrslärm? Schlussfolgerungen für eine verteilungs- und verfahrensgerechte Lärmaktionsplanung
Authors: Riedel Natalie , Brunswieck Ramona , Hartig Christina , Moebus Susanne , Jöckel Karl-Heinz , Bolte Gabriele
Published: September 2023

Exposure to transportation noise is a highly prevalent health burden in urban areas. Social-spatially unequal distributions of transportation noise exposure can contribute to health inequalities (distributional environmental justice). Noise action planning according to the EU Environmental Noise Directive is the instrument for noise abatement at the local level. In this context, public participation in terms of procedural environmental justice becomes relevant. Socio-spatial indicators used to describe environmental justice mainly deal with the distributional aspect. The question is to what extent both unequal environmental quality on the one hand and unequal participation on the other can be traced by indicators and spatial units typically used in social monitoring at the local level. Using the distance measure index of German social welfare rates and the local voter turnout in 2014, the socio-spatial distribution of factors of objective environmental quality, subjective noise exposure and engagement against transportation noise among older residents in three major cities in the German Ruhr region was examined. In order to address the observed inequalities within noise action planning, distributional and procedural aspects have to be integrated in noise action planning.
Study Of Selection Of Delivery Assistance By Tbas In Materials In Masadian Village, Menui Sub-District, Menui Islands, Morowali District
Authors: Supriyadi Supriyadi , Azim La Ode Liaumin , Rasma Rasma , Malik Mayurni Fardayana , Saasa Saasa
Published: September 2023

Backgroud: Nationally, indicators regarding the coverage of delivery services at health facilities have succeeded in achieving the objectives of the 2017 strategic plan, but in several provinces in Indonesia there are still significant differences regarding the coverage of delivery services, for example, Jakarta has the highest coverage at 102%, then Bali at 97.73 %. Meanwhile, Central Sulawesi Province only had an achievement of 76.18%. Objective: This study aims to find out the description of the selection of birth attendants by dukuns for mothers giving birth in Masadian Village, Menui District, Archipelago District, Morowali Regency. Method: This research has a type of quantitative design with a descriptive approach. The population in this study were all birth mothers assisted by traditional birth attendants in 2022, totaling 40 people. the sample in this study was a portion of mothers who were assisted by traditional birth attendants in 2020 as many as 29 respondents. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling. The research data was processed using descriptive statistical tests. Result: The results showed that 69% of the respondents had low education and 31% had higher education, 62.1% less knowledge of respondents and 37.9% good category, most of the respondents' economic status was 72.4% low economic and 27 high economic .6%, access to health services 100% access is not affordable, and husband/family support 51.7% do not receive family support and 48.3% receive family support. It is suggested to the puskesmas to provide education to the community which aims to increase the knowledge of mothers, husbands and other families so that they are ready and willing to give birth in midwivesKeywords: birth attendant, traditional birth attendant, knowledge, access, family support
Level Of Patient Satisfaction With Pharmaceutical Services In The Outpatient Pharmaceutical Room, Mandiraja Community Health Center 1
Authors: Fitriyani Novita Endang , Dewi Iva Rinia , Octavia Dian Novita
Published: September 2023

Background: Pharmaceutical services are direct and responsible services to patients with the aim of improving the patient's quality of life. Satisfaction is a feeling of pleasure or disappointment that arises after comparing product performance with expected performance. Satisfaction and service are two things that cannot be separated, with the satisfaction of related parties, they can correct each other how far the improvement in the services that have been provided. Measurement of satisfaction uses five dimensions of service quality, namely tangible evidence (Tangible), responsiveness (responsiveness), assurance (assurance), empathy (Emphaty) and reliability (Reliability). Objective: This study was to describe the level of patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services in the outpatient pharmacy room at Puskesmas Mandiraja 1. Methods: The type of research was descriptive using a cross sectional approach with the sampling technique of accidental sampling and data collection using questionnaires. Results: Based on the results of calculations on each research indicator the level of patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services in the outpatient pharmacy room at Mandiraja 1 Health Center is generally categorized as satisfied with the percentage of 75%. The real evidence dimension is 74.15%, the responsiveness dimension is 75.01 %, assurance dimension of 77.44%, the empathy dimension is 75.15% and reliability dimension of 71.07%. Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, the level of patient satisfaction with pharmaceutial services in the outpatient pharmacy room at Puskesmas Mandiraja 1 was in the satisfed category
Ethical and Professional Dilemmas encountered by Doctors in the National Health Insurance System
Authors: Dhanardhono Tuntas , Anggreliana Wian Pisia , Rohmah Intarniati Nur , Bhima Sigid Kirana Lintang
Published: September 2023

Background: The implementation of the National Health Insurance System in Indonesia has not only increased access to medical services but also raised various dilemmas among doctors. Objective: This study aims to analyse various ethical and professional dilemmas among physicians in the National Health Insurance System (NHIS).Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study with a purposive sampling method. A questionnaire was distributed online between June to December 2019 to physicians practicing in Indonesia.Results: Of the 87 doctors who participated in this study, 60.92% were general practitioners and 39.08% were specialists. The inability to maintain professional independence (63.41%) is the most common ethical dilemma faced by doctors with 65.38% of them experienced in advanced level health facilities. Meanwhile, the limitation of adequate medical care in an emergency (25.45%) is the most dilemmatic situation experienced in terms of professionalism with 85.71% occurring in advanced level health facilities.Conclusion: Physicians in Indonesia were deal with various dilemmas while practicing in the NHIS. The high rate of dissatisfaction and the various ethical problems and professional disciplines require a review of the health system to improve the quality of services and maintain the professionalism of doctors.
PROFIL KANDUNGAN MAKRONUTRIEN DAN GULA TAMBAHAN PADA PRODUK SUSU CAIR DAN KONTRIBUSINYA TERHADAP KECUKUPAN HARIAN BATITA
Authors: Asri Yunita Sekar , Anjani Gemala , Afifah Diana Nur , Purwanti Rachma
Published: September 2023

ABSTRAK Latar Belakang: Pelabelan gizi pada produk susu cair di pasaran tidak menggunakan acuan kebutuhan yang sesuai dengan anjuran kecukupan harian batita, sehingga informasi kecukupan kandungan pada produk menjadi kurang tepat.Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kandungan makronutrien dan gula tambahan pada produk susu cair dan kontribusinya sesuai anjuran kecukupan harian batita.Metode: Merupakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif dengan pendekatan observasional secara cross sectional. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara purposive dan memenuhi kriteria inklusi. Total sebanyak 30 sampel meliputi varian plain(n=10) dan berperisa(n=20) didapatkan melalui pembelian produk dari tiga pasar retail di wilayah Tangerang Selatan. Data kandungan makronutrien dan gula tambahan didapatkan melalui label informasi nilai gizi pada kemasan produk. Kandungan makronutrien dan gula tambahan pada sampel dibandingkan dengan kecukupan harian untuk batita.Hasil: Tiap 100ml produk susu cair plain dibandingkan susu cair berperisa memiliki rerata kandungan lemak (4,90±1,84g vs 2,8±0,89g) dan protein (3,02±0,76 vs 2,11±0,48 g). Sedangkan kandungan energi total (59,58±4,44 vs 69,06±10,51 kkal), karbohidrat total (5,04±1,01 vs 10,42±1,77 g), gula tambahan (0,15±0,47 vs 6,11±2,18 g) lebih tinggi pada susu cair berperisa.Simpulan: Secara keseluruhan kontribusi kandungan makronutrien pada produk susu cair tergolong rendah terhadap kecukupan harian batita, namun pada susu cair plain memiliki kecukupan tinggi pada kandungan protein sedangkan susu cair berperisa pada kandungan gula tambahan.
Untargeted metabolomics reveals sour jujube kernel benefiting the nutritional value and flavor of Morchella esculenta
Authors: Wu Fenfang , Li Zhiyuan , Chen Xiaoni , Si Xinlei , Lin Shan
Published: September 2023

Nucleosides, organic acids, and amino acids separated from Morchella esculenta are well known for their nutritional value and flavor. However, how to increase their content in a better way has been a challenge. In this study, the effect of adding jujube kernel on the active components of M. esculenta was investigated by untargeted metabolomics using UPLC-MS/MS. A total of 1,243 metabolites were identified, of which 262 metabolites (21.078%) were organic acids and derivatives, 245 metabolites (19.71%) were lipids and lipid-like molecules, and 26 metabolites (2.092%) were nucleosides, nucleotides, and analogues. Subsequently, differential metabolites between groups were screened by the orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis model, which showed that 256 metabolites were identified as significantly different for the positive ion model and 149 for the negative ion model. Moreover, significant differential metabolites (VIP > 1, P < 0.05) in annotation of kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathway were investigated, which showed that ABC transporters were the most commonly observed transporters, followed by pyrimidine metabolism and purine metabolism. The results indicated that the main components of jujube kernel might be conducive to the accumulation of nucleoside organic acids and amino acid metabolites in M. esculenta. These results provide important information for the understanding of more suitable way for cultivation of M. esculenta.
Structural function analysis of shear walls in sustainable assembled buildings under finite element model
Authors: Cao Yaxian
Published: September 2023

With the quick progress of industrialization and urbanization, the construction industry has become one of the largest energy-consuming industries. However, the current prefabricated shear wall focuses on the upgrade of seismic function, with less analysis of the energy efficiency of the overall structure. In this study, a sustainable prefabricated building shear wall that takes into account both energy conservation and stress is first proposed, and then the shear wall is modelled by finite element method (FEM) software. Meanwhile, the force functions of the shear wall model, including concrete strength, axial condensability rate, and aspect rate, and finally the seismic function are verified. The experimental outcomes demonstrate that the maximum difference between the FEM analysis outcomes and the test data is only 10.66%, and the overall difference in the outcomes is relatively small. The larger the aspect rate of the proposed sustainable assembled shear wall model, the better the ductility of the member, and the bigger the axial condensability rate and concrete strength, the lower the ductility of the member. In the seismic function analysis, the maximum layer displacement angles of this shear wall are all less than 1/120, which is in line with the national seismic code. This indicates its good seismic function and provides a methodological reference for the upgrade of the structural function of shear walls.
Exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of stroke in adults: a meta-analysis
Authors: Chang Min Cheol , Chung Seung Min , Kwak Sang Gyu
Published: September 2023

Introduction

Evidence of the adverse metabolic health effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is increasing. However, the impact of PFAS on cardiovascular diseases remains controversial. This meta-analysis aimed to analyze the impact of PFAS on the stroke risk.

Content

Databases were searched for studies published up to November 1, 2022, which report the association between stroke and exposure to at least one of four main PFAS (perfluorooctanoic acid [PFOA], perfluorooctanesulfonic acid [PFOS], perfluorononanoic acid [PFNA], and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid [PFHxS]). Data extraction and quality assessment were performed according to the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

Summary and outlook

Four studies were included in this systematic review. Multivariate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for incident stroke per 1-log unit increment in each serum PFAS were combined in the meta-analysis. The risk of development of stroke was not significantly associated with PFOA, PFOS, or PFNA exposure (PFOA: pooled odds ratio [OR]=1.001, 95 % confidence interval [CI]=0.975–1.028, p=0.934; PFOS: pooled OR=0.994, 95 % CI=0.972–1.017, p=0.601; PFNA: pooled OR=1.016, 95 % CI=0.920–1.123, p=0.752), whereas a moderately lower risk was associated with PFHxS exposure without statistical significance (pooled OR=0.953, 95 % CI=0.908–1.001, p=0.054). PFOA, PFOS, and PFNA exposure showed a neutral association, while PFHxS showed a possible inverse association with the risk of stroke. Therefore, this finding should be interpreted with caution. Further prospective observational studies with PFAS mixture analyses are warranted.
Calling vocatives duration in Libolo Portuguese
Authors: Fernandes-Svartman Flaviane R. , Santos Vinícius G. , González-López Verónica A. , Rodrigues de Moraes Rafael , García Jesús E. , Tasca Gustavo H.
Published: September 2023

This paper aims to study two types of distinct vocatives in absolute position in Portuguese of Libolo (Angola), a barely studied African variety of Portuguese: the initial call and the insistent call. The results reveal that: (i) long postonic syllables characterize the two types of calls; (ii) there is greater variability in the duration of the postonic syllable of insistent calls; (iii) the duration is a robust correlate that distinguishes these two types of vocatives; and (iv) insistent calls are longer, both concerning the total duration of the utterance and in relation to the duration of each syllable (that is, there is an additive effect). These results are supported by statistical analyses. It was proved that the difference in duration between initial and insistent calls in Libolo Portuguese is statistically significant. Furthermore, Bayesian analyses not only conferred greater reliability on the results of the initial analyses, since it is a small dataset, but also provided a greater understanding of the relationship between the two types of vocatives, regarding the greater variability of results of the insistent call.
Static and dynamic analyses of velar palatalization in Chilean Spanish
Authors: Bolyanatz Mariška
Published: September 2023

Some previous sociolinguistic work in Chilean Spanish has claimed that velar palatalization (i.e., production of a word likegente/xente/ ‘people’ as [çen̪.t̪e] or [xjen̪.t̪e]) is a categorical feature of all speakers of this dialect, while other scholars have argued that palatalization of /x/ is conditioned by sociolinguistic factors. The present study comprises a sociophonetic analysis of the production of /x/ across 61 speakers from Santiago, Chile in an effort to acoustically verify one of these two claims. Via the use of static and dynamic analyses of 2,107 tokens of /x/ in diverse phonological environments, this paper demonstrates that among these data, only linguistic factors condition the place of articulation and degree of constriction of /x/. Overall, /x/ palatalization before /e/ appears to be a gradient strengthening phenomenon generalized among the entire sample of Santiago Spanish speakers. Further, I argue that the dynamic analyses are superior both theoretically and methodologically as they allow for more faithful capturing of the variability inherent in the speech signal.
Conflicting standards and variability: Spirantization in two varieties of Uruguayan Spanish
Authors: Gilbert Madeline
Published: September 2023

Most sociolinguistic work on variation focuses on how rates of occurrence or mean measurements differ between speech communities and speakers. However, speakers and communities also differ in variability – that is, in dispersion around the mean. The current study investigates the effects of speech style and multilingualism on variation and variability, by measuring the degree of intervocalic /bdɡ/ spirantization in spontaneous and careful speech. Data come from two varieties of Uruguayan Spanish, one monolingual (Montevideo) and one in contact with Brazilian Portuguese (Rivera). The results from a variation analysis confirm expected linguistic and social effects on gradient spirantization. An analysis of variability shows that, at the group level, careful speech is more variable than spontaneous speech, and the data from Rivera is more variable than that from Montevideo. Variability at the individual level differs slightly, suggesting that the group-level variability arises from between-speaker variability and within-speaker variability in different contexts. I propose that multilingualism in Rivera may heighten variability because contact with Portuguese provides a wider range of available pronunciations, and that careful speech may increase variability because the available pronunciations are subject to conflicting standards that are most active in this style.
Effects of enriched environment on the expression of β-amyloid and transport-related proteins LRP1 and RAGE in chronic sleep-deprived mice
Authors: Yuan Ren , Yisen Zhang , Xiu Wang , Wei Tang , Wei Wang
Published: September 2023

Sleep plays an important role in the learning process and memory consolidation, and sleep deprivation (SD) leads to inadequate memory consolidation and plays an important role in brain development and plasticity. SD increases β-amyloid levels while impairing cognitive function. We explored the effect of enriched environment (EE) on β-amyloid and transporter protein LRP1 and receptor for advanced glycosylation end-products (RAGE) expression in chronic sleep deprived mice. We randomly divided mice into four groups (n = 10), the standard environment group (Ctrl group), the sleep deprivation group (SD group), the enriched environment intervention group (EE group), and the sleep deprivation plus environmental enrichment intervention group (SD + EE group). A modified multi-platform SD model was used to sleep deprive the mice for 19 h per day. Five hours of EE intervention was performed daily in the EE group and the SD + EE group, respectively. The behavioral measurements of mice were performed by Y-maze method and new object recognition; the expression levels of Aβ1-42, LRP1, and RAGE in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of mice were measured by immunofluorescence; the expression levels of LRP1 and RAGE in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus were detected by Western blot. The results showed that EE could effectively ameliorate the effects of SD on cognitive impairment, reduce SD induced Aβ deposition, and decrease the expression of RAGE, while increase the expression of LRP1.
Formation of a new paradigm of socio-economic development of civil society
Authors:   Odesa Polytechnic State University, Kulinska Anzhela , Tkach Kostyantyn ,   Odesa Polytechnic State University
Published: September 2023

Ensuring the democratic development of any country, in particular, depends on the relationship between such subjects as civil society and the state. Civil society contributes to the democratization and legal processes of state formation by establishing the material and spiritual independence of a person from the state, obtaining a legal guarantee of independence and protecting the private and public interests of people. However, civil society to a certain extent depends on the state and cannot acquire developed forms in conditions of political violence. Therefore, productive relationships between civil society and the state are the main factor in stable democratic development, and their violation will lead to alienation and political impotence of the people. Moreover, a democratic society cannot work and develop effectively without legal support. In this regard, the value of the formation of a new paradigm of the socio-economic development of civil society lies in ensuring the sovereignty and equality of the people, which is a key source of the formation of power, which is the guarantor of the realization of the rights and freedoms of the individual and the subordination of state structures to legal norms.
Trends and Features of FinTech Management Processes Evolution During the Global Pandemic
Authors:   National Technical University ", Makarenko Anastasiya ,   Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", Tataryntseva Yuliia ,   National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", Kochetova Tatiana ,   National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"
Published: September 2023

Nowadays functioning of the national economy demands the country inclusion in the global processes of financial technology management. This article summarizes the key approaches to understanding the evolution of the use of financial technologies during the global pandemic. The growing influence of financial technologies on all spheres of life and economy is proved. Conclusions are drawn from the results of the research on the benefits of financial technologies application, in particular during the COVID pandemic.
Mortality, patient-reported outcome measures, and the health economic burden of prosthetic joint infection
Authors: Xu Yangqi , Huang Tony B , Schuetz Michael A , Choong Peter F M , _ _
Published: September 2023

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most devastating complications for a patient following arthroplasty.

This scoping review aims to evaluate the burden of PJI on individual patients and the healthcare system regarding the mortality rate, patient-reported quality of life, and healthcare resource utilisation.

Patients with PJI have up to a five-fold higher mortality rate than those who have undergone an uninfected primary arthroplasty. There is an increased use of ambulatory aids and reduced joint function scores in patients with PJI. Global quality of life is poorer, specifically measured by the EQ-5D. Direct hospitalisation costs are two- to five-fold higher, attributed to surgery and prostheses, antibiotics, and a prolonged inpatient stay.

There is an immense clinical and health economic burden secondary to PJI worldwide. This is expected to rise exponentially due to the increasing number of primary procedures and an ageing population with comorbidities

Improving preventative and treatment strategies is imperative for patients and the healthcare system.
DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIALS BASED ON CASE-BASED LEARNING ON STATISTICS
Authors: Fauzia Dewi Nur , Sobiruddin Dindin , Khairunnisa Khairunnisa
Published: September 2023

This research is motivated by the limited use of mathematics teaching materials in schools. This research aims to develop teaching materials based on Case-Based Learning on Junior High School statistics in Grade VIII. This teaching material has systematically arranged using Case-Based Learning steps. The Teaching Materials were developed to consist of 3 learning activities: 1)  Data Analysis, 2) Mean, Median, Mode, and 3) Range and Quartile. The research method used is the research and development method with the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) development model. Teaching materials go through the validation and limited trial stage on five aspects: content feasibility, language, presentation, graphics, and Case-Based Learning. The results showed that the teaching materials developed have Very Valid criteria based on the Validator's assessment. It is getting a V Aiken coefficient of 0.8890, while the students' responses resulted in 82.33% on very feasible criteria. So we can conclude that the Case-Based Learning teaching materials on Statistics material are suitable to be used as a support for learning mathematics in schools.
PENGEMBANGAN E-MODULE AUDIOVISUAL BERBASIS SMARTPHONE UNTUK SISWA SMP/MTS PADA MATERI SEGITIGA DAN SEGIEMPAT
Authors: Subekti Yusmia Rika , Syafri Fatrima Santri , Sari Resti Komala
Published: September 2023

Pengembangan dalam penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan e-module audiovisual berbasis smartphone pada materi segitiga dan segiempat yang efektif. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian pengembangan (Research and Development). Model pengembangan yang digunakan dalam pengembangan ini adalah model ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation). Subjek penelitian uji keefektifan membuka 31 orang peserta didik dan 1 orang guru matematika. Berdasarkan uji pada uji keefektifan diperoleh hasil 88,4% dengan Kriteria “Sangat Efektif”, dan dengan nilai rata-rata uji sudah di atas 75 atau sesuai KKM. Dari hasil penelitian tersebut dapat dikatakan bahwa pengembang e-modul ini telah memenuhu Kriteria yang valid,
PROFIL KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR ALJABAR DITINJAU DARI GENDER
Authors: Hafidzoh Zhilal , Rohaeti Titi , Lusiyana Desy
Published: September 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan berpikir aljabar peserta didik yang ditinjau dari gender dalam menyelesaikan soal-soal dengan materi relasi dan fungsi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif deskriptif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan : 1) Tes kemampuan berpikir aljabar lalu dipilih dan dikategorikan pada kategori tinggi, sedang dan rendah dengan masing-masing kategori memenuhi gender laki-laki dan perempuan, 2) Wawancara untuk pemeriksaan keabsahan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa subjek dengan kemampuan berpikir aljabar tinggi dengan gender laki-laki mampu memenuhi keseluruhan indikator dan kemampuan berpikir aljabar tinggi dengan gender perempuan belum mampu memenuhi keseluruhan indikatornya. Sedangkan subjek dengan kemampuan berpikir aljabar sedang dengan gender laki-laki maupun perempuan sebagian besar sudah memenuhi indikatornya. Subjek dengan kelompok berpikir aljabar rendah belum mampu memenuhi sebagian besar indikator kemampuan berpikir aljabarnya.Kata kunci: matematika, kemampuan berpikir aljabar, gender