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Towards learner-centric pedagogies: Technology-enhanced teaching and learning in the 21st century classroom
Authors: La Fleur Jeanette , Dlamini Reuben
Published: October 2022

Effective professional development contributes to improved teacher knowledge and practice as well as deep and meaningful student learning. Despite professional development being cited by the South African Department of Basic Education as a priority goal, teacher professional development activities have been inadequate. In this article, we use a socio-cultural perspective to investigate the pedagogical affordances of digitalisation and technology integration. This study is part of a larger mixed methods study but for the purpose of this article we focus solely on its qualitative results. The aim of the study was to understand teachers' best practices with digital technologies and how these technologies are being used to inform the 21st century classroom and encourage a learner-centric environment. The findings reveal weaknesses in the professional development activities regarding digital technologies and learner-centric pedagogies that are generally episodic, one-size-fits-all events focused largely on technical knowledge. The chief impediment towards learner-centric pedagogies and the implementation of technology-enhanced teaching and learning is the misalignment between teachers' digital abilities and the demands of the 21st century technology-equipped classrooms. Our recommendation is the continual situated professional development of teachers, including the creation of professional learning communities and the harnessing of digital technologies to provide an effective blended approach to teacher learning and instructional delivery in the 21st century.
Face to Face With the Tsars’ Capital: American Diplomats and Urban Spectatorship in Imperial St. Petersburg
Authors: Paulson Svetlana
Published: October 2022

This article examines the American diplomats’ experiences of urban spectatorship in Imperial St. Petersburg. Based on diaries, letters, and memoirs, the author argues that urban spectatorship in the capital of the Tsars differed from its traditional definition coined by Baudelaire and presented new challenges to the Americans. Conducting detached observation was difficult in the city where a pedestrian could unexpectedly become an active participant in a ceremony or event that was part of the Romanov scenario of power. The author argues that US diplomats dealt with this and other challenges successfully and recorded valuable observations about life in St. Petersburg.
Keeping to the Sober Truth: A Jewish Lutheran White Russian in San Francisco
Authors: Bogdan Nina
Published: October 2022

Intrepid Russian American journalist Nadia Shapiro (1897-1989) explored aspects of Russian identity in the interwar American context, and was particularly salient with respect to the acculturation processes facing Russian émigrés arriving in San Francisco from China from 1918 forward. This article explores Shapiro’s experiences, contributions and, specifically, her writings, which also addressed issues of ethnicity and race within the American nativist environment. Her observations, both about the émigré community, as well as the experiences of Russian Americans in Alaska and California, spoke to the processes of Eastern Europeans and Slavs attaining a “state of whiteness” within the American hierarchical racial paradigm.
To the Great Socialist Beyond: Fairhope, the Organic School, and Russia (The Journey of Willard and Helen Edwards)
Authors: Holmes Larry
Published: October 2022

This article explores the intriguing intersection of progressive education and socialism, focusing on the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama, and its connections to progressive educators in the Soviet Union during the 1920s. Founded in 1907 by Marietta Johnson, the school gained international recognition for its innovative approach, attracting prominent figures like John Dewey and Upton Sinclair. Despite its fame, no evidence of direct influence or collaboration with Soviet educators was found. However, the research reveals a fascinating story of Willard Hemenway Edwards, a teacher at the Organic School, who became deeply fascinated with the Soviet experiment and its ideals. The article presents the captivating journey of Willard and his wife Helen Edwards, shedding light on the intriguing dynamics between American progressive education and Soviet socialism during a pivotal moment in history.
Kurak koşullarda bazı ekmeklik buğday genotiplerinin performanslarının GGE Biplot Analizi Yöntemi ile değerlendirilmesi
Authors: YORULMAZ Levent , ÖZKAN Remzi , BAYHAN Merve , YILDIRIM Mehmet , ALBAYRAK Önder , ÖNER Muhammet
Published: October 2022

Günümüzde buğday üretimini ve verimliliğini sınırlayan en önemli faktör kuraklıktır. Buğday üretiminin artırılması için, bölgenin yetiştirme koşullarına uygun, kuraklığa dayanıklı ve adaptasyon gücü yüksek çeşitler geliştirilmesi bitki ıslahçıları için zorunlu hal almıştır. Çalışmada bazı ekmeklik buğday genotiplerinin Diyarbakır koşullarında agronomik performanslarının değerlendirilmesi ve GGE Biplot analizi yöntemi ile bölgeye uygun yüksek verim potansiyeline sahip genotiplerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma, 2018/2019 buğday yetiştirme sezonunda Diyarbakır ilinde Dicle Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesine ait deneme alanında yağışa dayalı koşullarda yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada materyal olarak Uluslararası Mısır ve Buğday Geliştirme Merkezinden (CIMMYT) temin edilen 36 adet ileri kademe ekmeklik buğday hattı ile Empire ve Pehlivan ticari çeşitleri kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın geç kurulması nedeniyle yetiştirme sezonunda yağış miktarı bakımından yaşanan kısmi kuraklık ve sıcaklık stresinin etkisi verim ve verim öğelerini olumsuz etkilemiştir. ZT-18, ZT-19 ve ZT-11 genotiplerinden en yüksek tane verimi elde edilmiş ve 19 genotip ortalama verimin üzerine çıkabilmiştir. GGE biplot analizinin “hangisi-nerede-kazandı” modeline göre, ZT-18 ve ZT-19 genotipleri, tek bir mega çevre ve bir mikro sektörde kümelendikleri için BU, BBS, BTS, BTA ve TV özellikleri bakımından en uygun genotipler olarak saptanmışlardır.
The evaluation of the national garden concept in environmental design projects with scenarios
Authors: ÇİÇEK KURDOĞLU Banu , SEYHAN Seyhan , BAYRAMOĞLU Elif
Published: October 2022

While trying to understand the era they live in, people of the 21st century have also been trying to keep up with the rapid change. Essentially, while trying to adapt to the changes of the era, people are also tested with their success in improving their skills in this subject. While it is now accepted that sustainable life can be achieved with the ability to empathize with the world, which is the whole ecosystem that humans are a part of, the inevitable negativities of the human environment formed by the ego are confronted. Cities are essential physical environments that transmit this effect to rural and natural areas where these negativities are experienced the most. Creation of new green spaces, plans, designs and applications are carried out to increase the services of human, biotic environment and abiotic components to the integrated urban ecosystem. This study examined the concept of the national garden and its applications. Also, its functions and meaning were evaluated with the needs, expectations and spirit of the time. In this context, scenarios were created by a group of students representing generation z in the environmental design project course held with eight 4th grade students of the Landscape Architecture Department. In line with the concept of the nation's garden, scenarios have been developed to serve semantic, syntactic and pragmatic design processes for a determined area. These scenarios are associated with a holistic urban ecosystem.
Detection of genetic identity for hybrid Populus x canadensis trees along the Seyhan River
Authors: ULUĞ Asiye
Published: October 2022

Populus x canadensis hybrids play an important role for the commercial poplar cultivation with good growth performance and adaptability in the world. Hybrid clones introduced the different region of Turkey replaced the native stands of Populus nigra gradually. Along the Seyhan River there are many mature and young hybrid poplar trees despite of less number of P. nigra as a result of hybrid plantations growing near the river. To detect the genetic identity of hybrid trees, 17 microsatellite markers were studied. Out of ten hybrid trees, seven trees had the different genotype. From the results of current study it is seen that hybrid poplar species reproduce at larger distances from the plantation sites and colonize riparian habitat thereby competing for resources with the native P. nigra species and threaten the genetic diversity of the species with genetic pollution via intogression. From the field trip observation and obtained genetic results, conservation of the native P. nigra trees is an important requirements to prevent the reduction of effective population size and population density. Establishing more seed sources of black poplar over the river stretch could provide the establishment of mainly pure black poplar seedlings nearby the parental stands.
Features of the functioning of leksem “corruption”, “corruptive”, “anti-corruption” in modern ukrainian legislation
Authors:   National Academy of Internal Affairs, Stratulat Natalia
Published: October 2022

The article is devoted to the characteristic features of the lexical units of the modern Ukrainian language, which ensure the compilation of normative texts of current national legislation. Given the openness of the legal language, the legal text as an expression of legal opinion is always under the influence of current social reality. Therefore, the content of normative legal acts meets the most important needs of today. Since normative documents undergo corresponding changes under the influence of significant social transformations, the issue of studying legal language (its composition and features) remains important among other areas of modern linguistic science. It is found that today in Ukraine, changes in legislation as one of the communicative and functional branches of the language of law have affected various areas of legal language creation, including the direction that describes anti-corruption activities. It is determined that the language of law as a kind of system is characterized by specific features and a certain language arsenal of means. The attention is focused on the fact that each area of legislation uses the corresponding lexical composition. This also applies to legislation describing the fight against corruption and corruption-related crimes. It is indicated that, since the lexeme “corruption” and its derivatives describe the standards enshrined in the text of the document, the proposed study presents the lexical compatibility of the units under consideration. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the lexical units “corruption”, “corruptive”, “anti-corruption” was carried out on the material of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”: their usage in the legal text was determined, the specifics of their functioning were revealed, the relevant phrases were singled out, the components of which are the analyzed lexemes, their role in the researched regulatory act of anti-corruption legislation is outlined. It was established that the analyzed lexemes often belong to the names of sections and articles of the regulatory document; also rare cases indicate that the units “corruption”, “corruptive”, “anti-corruption” are elements of stable terminological compounds. In addition, the existing variability of word combinations with used verbal signs was recorded.
Subject grammar forms in the semantic-syntactic structure of a sentence
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, Riznyk Serhii
Published: October 2022

The article is devoted to the analysis of case forms that implement the subjective meaning in the semantic structure of a simple sentence. The attention is paid to the noun forms of the nominative, vocative, genitive, dative, accusative and instrumental cases of an agent in the Ukrainian sentence. The grammar functions of an agent in different cases are considered, i.e. of a subject in the nominative and vocative cases, of an object in the genitive, dative, accusative and instrumental cases. Background. The analysis of the sentence semantics involves the study of the interaction between its semantic and formal layout. The interrelation between sentence semantic and syntactic structures reveals formal models of predicative grammar constructions. Purpose. The analysed models with subject syntaxemes denoting an agent, an experiencer, an actor, quantity, quality, and a location enable linguists and language learners to determine the grammatical means of expressing substantive (subject) semantics. Methods. In the study of grammatical forms of subject syntaxemes, the structural method is used, in particular, the methods of sentence model transformation and component analysis. In a number of cases, these techniques helped to reveal that a substantive syntaxeme with subject semantics, expressed in the indirect (genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental) case, is regularly transformed into a subject syntaxeme in the nominative case in the grammatical position of the subject. Results. The grammar models considered in the article demonstrate that the semantic subject of the Ukrainian sentence can be expressed by all case forms without preposition. The variety of forms and means of subject expression allows the noun and its equivalents to realize their agent function in a semantic-syntactic combination with predicates of both verbal and its derivative forms (noun, numeral, adjective, adverbial) nature. Conclusion. The main grammar form of expressing subjectivity is the nominative case combined with a predicate of action, state, process, quantitative, qualitative or locative feature. The vocative case regularly denotes the subject of addressed speech, the other morphological forms of subjects (genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental) have a much narrower application in the Ukrainian sentence.
Viver: Um dever ou um direito passível de exercício conforme a autonomia da vontade
Authors: Sturza Janaína Machado , Cézar Lopes Cassionato Fernando
Published: October 2022

O desenvolvimento da medicina permitiu a melhora do bem-estar das pessoas e o aumento da expectativa de vida. Todavia, também houve a permissão, em termos tecnológicos, de se prolongar a agonia de pessoas com doenças terminais e, consequentemente, a agonia dos familiares, levando à “coisificação” do indivíduo humano em detrimento da dignidade humana. O presente artigo tem como objetivo fomentar considerações reflexivas sobre a vida ser definida como um dever ou um direito passível de exercício conforme a autonomia da vontade. Partindo-se do pressuposto de que a existência de respiradores artificiais e de sondas para alimentação pode levar o indivíduo humano à condição de “coisa”, indaga-se, nos casos de prévia manifestação de vontade com discernimento: viver deve ser considerado um dever ou um direito? A partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, seguindo o método dedutivo, verifica-se que a vida tem significação ampla, não podendo ser delimitada como antônimo de morte.
Reform of domestic dental education in the first years of Soviet power
Authors: Maksimov Egor S. , Pashkov Konstantin A.
Published: October 2022

The reform of dental education began in the RSFSR in 1918, when the People's Commissariat adopted a regulation according to which dental schools (secondary educational institutions that trained dentists in pre-revolutionary Russia) were to be closed, and odontological units and departments for pathology and therapy of dental diseases, prosthetic technology, surgery of the jaws and oral cavity were opened at the medical faculties of universities. The establishment of odontological departments did not allow a significant increase in the ranks of odontologists, since students had to spend as much time on studying dentistry as future doctors, and received only the right to practice dentistry and an incomplete medical education. The proposal to revive dental schools to meet the needs of the population in dental care by specialized professionals met with fierce resistance from the head of the dental subsection of the RSFSR People's Commissariat of Health P.G.Dauge, who considered secondary education unacceptable. The article describes the discussion that unfolded on this issue, as a result of which odontological departments were created at the medical faculties of universities, the number of dentists decreased, and the preventive direction proposed by P.G.Dauge, as a method of reducing the country's need for dental specialists, became one of the main ones in Soviet dentistry.
Treatment of narcological patients in the territory of Tatarstan (to the 45th anniversary of the ­Republican Clinical Narcological Dispensary of the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan)
Authors: Shaydukova Lejla K. , Utkelbaev Renat I. , Khaeva Rezeda F.
Published: October 2022

The treatment of patients with alcoholism has a long history in Kazan and refers to the experience of conducting hypnotherapy sessions by the great Russian scientist Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev, which served as the basis for the creation of stress psychotherapy in modern narcology. The provision of narcological assistance in Tatarstan during the Soviet period is associated with the opening of the Republican Narcological Dispensary, which celebrated its 45th anniversary this year. There are three stages in the provision of drug abuse treatment: in the Soviet period (19751991), in the post-Soviet space (from 19912000), and in modern times (after 2000). Each stage is characterized by its own characteristics. The Republican Narcological Dispensary, which received the status of clinical, adequately copes with the task of treating patients with alcoholism and drug addiction, continuing the traditions of Russian narcology.
Capillaroscopic diagnostics of diabetic microangiopathy using artificial neural networks in patients with diabetes mellitus
Authors: Krutikov Evgeniy S. , Zhitova Viktoriya A. , Rudenko Marina A. , Akaev Rustam O. , Burdin Daniil V.
Published: October 2022

Background. The widespread prevalence of diabetes and the progressive deterioration of health against the background of this disease substantiate the need for the use of new methods for the early diagnosis of diabetic microangiopathies. The combined use of digital capillaroscopy and deep learning technologies will significantly improve the quality and speed of microvascular disorders diagnostics.
Aim. Development of a system for assessing capillary images based on artificial neural networks, as well as its testing for the early diagnosis of microangiopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Material and methods. 136 patients (59 females and 77 males) with type 1 diabetes mellitus aged 25.826.05 years were examined and divided into two groups: the first group included 65 (47.8%) patients who had no symptoms of diabetic microangiopathies, the second group 71 (52.2%) patients who were diagnosed with one or more diabetic microangiopathies. The control group consisted of 30 practically healthy volunteers. All patients with diabetes melitus, as well as individuals from the control group, underwent сapillaroscopic examination. The resulting images were analyzed using the developed evaluation system based on artificial neural networks. Statistical data processing was performed using the Student and MannWhitney tests (U-test), logistic regression analysis, and ROC analysis.
Results. In patients with diabetes mellitus, there was a decrease in the capillary network density in both groups and the diameter of the arterial sections in the second group. Capillaroscopy using the developed system showed a sufficient level of significance (2=21, p=0.000), high sensitivity (71.43%) and specificity (85.71%). This method can be used in the diagnosis of microangiopathy in diabetic patients.
Conclusion. The combined use of capillaroscopy and neural networks allows to increase the speed and quality of the examination, as well as simplify the interpretation of the resulting images.
Complex treatment of patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis using biologically active peptides
Authors: Neymark Alexandr I. , Davydov Andrei  V. , Kablova Irina V.
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: Increasing the effectiveness of the treatment of chronic bacterial prostatitis is an actual problem of modern urology.
AIM: The aim of the study was to study the effectiveness of complex treatment of patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis using Prostatex.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 94 patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis aged 21 to 45 years. Patients of group I (n = 47) received standard antibiotic therapy (levofloxacin at a dose of 500 mg 2 times a day for 28 days), and patients of group II (n = 47) received standard antibiotic therapy combined with the prescription of Prostatex in the form of rectal suppositories 10 mg once a day.
RESULTS: The overall clinical efficacy of treatment in patients of group II was 2 times higher than in patients of group I. After treatment in patients of group II compared with group I a statistically significant decrease in chronic bacterial prostatitis symptoms according to the NIH-CPSI and IPSS questionnaires was recorded. Eradication of microflora in 91.4% of patients of group II was achieved, there was a significant decrease in prostate volume, an increase in the average volumetric flow rate of urine by 89.8%, normalization of perfusion parameters and the index of microcirculation efficiency.
CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study showed that the use of Prostatex in the complex treatment of chronic bacterial prostatitis patients has a positive effect on the main symptoms of chronic prostatitis, significantly reducing pain, urination disorders and improving sexual function. This therapy helps to reduce the volume of the prostate and the volume of residual urine, restores microcirculation in the prostate gland and can be recommended in this category of patients.
Ambulatory uroflowmetric monitoring: recommendations for implementation in clinical practice
Authors: Shaderkin Igor A. , Shaderkina Viktoriya A.
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: Urodynamic examination is recommended for patients with urinary disorders. In some categories of patients, it can be replaced by performing uroflowmetry in the patients usual home environment.
AIM: development of recommendations for health care managers and urologists on the introduction of ambulatory uroflowmetric monitoring and its use in everyday clinical practice.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: On the basis of the e-health laboratory of the Institute of Digital Medicine of the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, the Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University) developed a unique method of home monitoring of uroflowmetry in male patients with symptoms of impaired urination using the wireless portable uroflowmeter Flowselfi developed in the Russian Federation. Based on experience, recommendations have been developed for the implementation of this method in clinical practice.
RESULTS: Equipment for home uroflowmetry should be reliable, simple, intuitive, affordable, portable, and able to wirelessly communicate with a patients smartphone or tablet for data accumulation and subsequent transmission to a doctor for processing the results. The patient should have preserved cognitive functions and be motivated to perform uroflowmetry, understand its importance in further treatment. The article provides typical instructions for patients and urologists using ambulatory uroflowmetry at home.
CONCLUSIONS: Ambulatory uroflowmetric monitoring (home uroflowmetry, outpatient home uroflowmetry) is a promising method of remote monitoring of patients requiring urination monitoring, including neurogenic and non-neurogenic urination disorders.
Assessing Gender Bias in Paramedic-Provider Patient Handoffs
Authors: Smeltzer Kathryn , Harris Chelsea , Liao Mark , Pettit Katie , Turner Joseph , Sarmiento Elisa
Published: October 2022

Background/Objective: Gender bias is prevalent in the medical workplace and can lead to burnout. Female providers report higher rates of microaggressions, but studies do not describe direct observation of bias in the workplace. Research shows gender bias in physician evaluations but has not evaluated how gender bias affects communication during patient care. This investigation addresses both limitations by observing whether gender bias impacts paramedic-provider communication. We hypothesize that EMS personnel will preferentially communicate with male Emergency Medicine providers during patient hand-off reports. 
Methods: In this study, a blinded observer collected data in real-time while watching interactions between EMS personnel and Emergency Department providers. The observer recorded whether the attending or resident physician received the initial attention and the majority attention of the paramedic and whether the paramedic asked if either the attending or resident physician had questions. Additional questions on the survey regarding EMS communication were documented to keep the observer blinded to the nature of the study. Chi-square analysis was used to determine association between each of four outcomes and provider gender based on four attending-resident groupings (female-female, female-male, male-female, male-male).
Results: Preliminary results of this study show that paramedics preferentially give their first attention and majority of their attention to residents over attendings, regardless of gender. Generally, paramedics did not ask if either attendings or residents had questions. There were no statistically significant differences in likelihood of any of the outcomes based on gender pairings.
Conclusion: Our data do not support the hypothesis that EMS personnel will preferentially communicate with male Emergency Medicine providers during patient hand-offs.
Clinical Impact and Implications: Though gender bias did not affect patient care communication in this study, healthcare workers should be made aware of this potential and educated on how it might appear. Further research should include analyzing gender bias in patient care communication within other medical specialties.
Consumers’ Attitude and Preference toward Fresh Tomatoes in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Authors: Yolanda Gity Maulina , Darwanto Dwidjono Hadi , Ardhi M. Khalifatul
Published: October 2022

Increasing tomatoes consumption which is driven by needs and desires, changes consumers’ tastes and preferences. This study aimed to determine consumers’ attitudes and preferences towards tomato’s attributes. A convenience sampling which consisted of 150 respondents in the Special Region of Yogyakarta was selected for this research. Fishbein’s Multi-attribute was used to analyze consumers’ attitude, and a conjoint analysis was employed to identify consumers’ preferences. According to the findings of this study, consumers have a favorable attitude toward tomato attributes such as freshness, color, firm texture, surface appearance, and taste. Meanwhile, the findings of the conjoint analysis revealed that the color of the tomatoes was the most favored characteristic. The most preferred combination of tomato characteristics was red color, highly fresh, firm texture, spot-free surface look, and sweetness.
Kebencanaan, Islam, dan Partisipasi Masyarakat: Optimalisasi Destana Donoharjo dan Tim Kamboja Menghadapi Wabah Covid-19
Authors: Widigdo Mohammad Syifa Amin
Published: October 2022

Artikel yang ditulis berdasarkan kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan pentingnya peran serta masyarakat dalam upaya menghadapi Wabah Covid-19. Upaya untuk menanggulangi dan menghadapi Pandemi Covid-19 biasanya dipercayakan kepada pemangku kebijakan publik (pemerintah) untuk membuat instruksi dan para pihak yang ahli dan berkecimpung dalam bidang kesehatan (e.g. dokter, perawat, rumah sakit, puskesmas). Tidak banyak yang memperhatikan kiprah dan peran masyarakat yang sebenarnya tidak bisa disepelekan. Melalui program pengabdian KKN-PPM  (Kuliah Kerja Nyata-Pembelajaran Pemberdayaan Masyarakat) UMY, kapasitas dan peran masyarakat dalam menghadapi wabah Covid-19 diperkuat dan digambarkan. Masyarakat dalam hal ini diwakili oleh lembaga yang bernama Destana (Desa Tangguh Bencana) Desa Donoharjo, Ngaglik, Sleman Yogyakarta. Destana Donoharjo yang sedianya dibentuk untuk mitigasi bencana alam, seiring dengan maraknya bencana Wabah Covid-19, lembaga ini juga siaga untuk mencegah maupun menangani bencana wabah yang terus mengganas ini. Selain secara rutin melakukan penyemprotan disinfektan ke tempat-tempat yang potensial menjadi penyebaran virus, Destana juga membentuk Tim Kamboja yang bertugas untuk mengurus jenazah pasien yang terinfeksi Covid-19 hingga ke liang lahat. Keberadaan Tim Kamboja Destana Donoharjo terbukti strategis untuk menjembatani kepentingan keluarga pasien dan ketaatan pada protokol kesehatan yang ditetapkan penyedia layanan kesehatan (healthcare provider).
A retrospective study on the clinical picture of COVID-19 patients associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in India
Authors: Petimani Mahalaxmi S. , Adake Prabhakar , Halemani Susheela Somappa , Kotian Greeshma B.
Published: October 2022

Background: The clinical characterization of COVID varies from mild to severe. In the initial phases of the disease, symptoms like fever, cough, and dyspnea can occur. The severity and outcome of COVID vary with preexisting conditions, particularly type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Objective of current study was to assess the clinical presentation and laboratory derangements of COVID-19 patients associated with T2DM.Methods: The present retrospective study was started after the approval of the Institutional Ethics Committee. Various clinical (Sp02, final diagnosis, co-morbidity, and outcome) and biochemical parameters (CBC, LFT, RFT, LDH, Trop I, CK-MB D-dimer, CRP, ferritin levels, RBS, HbA1c) of Covid-19 patients were collected from Central Laboratory and & Medical Record Department of our institution. Patient names were anonymized and data were analyzed. The results are expressed in percentages.Results: A total of 24 COVID-19 patients (with T2DM) details were collected from the medical record department and central laboratory. Out of 24 patients, 16 (66.6%) were male, and the remaining 08 (33.3%) were female. Out of 24, 05 patients had mild covid, 02 were moderate and the remaining 17 suffered from severe COVID. The mean values of oxygen saturation, LDH, D-dimer, Troponin-I, CRP, Ferritin, Procalcitonin, and CK-MB were 76%, 797.3 U/l, 1614.2 ng/ml, 6.93 ng/ml, 72.6 mg/dl, 521.2 µg/l, 2.33 µg/l and 40.59 ng/ml respectively. The average random blood sugar level and glycosylated hemoglobin were 308.8 mg/dl and HbA1c 10.22%. Mean values of 42.5 mg/dl and 1.54 mg/dl were recorded for blood urea and S. creatinine. Regarding liver function test, mean values of 0.87 mg/dl, 0.37 mg/dl, 0.49mg/dl, 344.8U/l, 115.6U/l,108U/l respectively noted for total bilirubin, direct, indirect, SGOT, SGPT and ALP. Regarding patient outcome, 09 (37.5%) patients recovered and 15 (62.5%) died due to COVID. The values of glycosylated Hb and random blood sugar among the 15 patients who died due to covid infection suggested uncontrolled diabetes Mellitus in 7 of them with associated hypertension and died due to septic shock. Conclusions: Though the laboratory mean values of the liver function test and renal function test shows moderate variations the mean values of CRP, LDH, Procalcitonin, and Ferritin which are the acute inflammatory markers are highly disrupted when compared to normal ranges.
Role of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a potential marker to differentiate between pulmonary tuberculosis and community-acquired pneumonia in children
Authors: Mosleh Taskina , Das Nitin , Mutanabbi Mahbub
Published: October 2022

Background: This is often creating challenge to differentiate pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) particularly in children. The neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio (NLR) as an indicator of inflammation has been used in various infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of NLR as a possible marker in differentiating pulmonary TB from CAP.Methods: In this retrospective record based analytic study, conducted from July 2020 to Dec 2021, patient aged 2 months to 18 years diagnosed as pulmonary TB or CAP were enrolled in this study i.e., 155 children after exclusion. The diagnostic ability of NLR in differentiating between pulmonary Tb and CAP were assessed.Results: Out of 155 children, 85 (54.8%) had CAP and 70 (45.1%) had pulmonary TB. Mean values of NLR were significantly lower in patients with TB than in pneumonia (3.16±1.9 vs 5.05±1.2, p<0.000). Total WBC, neutrophil, Hb and CRP were also significantly lower in patients with pulmonary TB. On the other hand, lymphocyte count was significantly higher in children with pulmonary TB in compare to children with pneumonia (p=0.04).Conclusions: The NLR can be used as a useful simple laboratory marker in differentiating children with Pulmonary TB from CAP, especially in resource limited high TB disease burden countries.
Is antegrade K-wire pinning better than retrograde pinning for distal radius fracture? A comparative study
Authors: Keshava Nischay Kenjige , Gedam Prashant N. , Mhaisane Sahil , Naik Ketan , Dakhode Shubham
Published: October 2022

Background: The treatment of distal end radius has undergone tremendous changes over the years due to better understanding of the fracture anatomy, mechanism of injury and development of newer techniques and implants. The objective of treatment of distal end radius fracture is to restore the anatomy and to obtain early function. Percutaneous pinning is a minimally invasive technique to maintain the reduction and prevent re-displacement of the fracture fragments. Sato et al. introduced a technique of fixation for the unstable extra-articular distal radial fractures by manual reduction and antegrade intra-medullary pinning.

Methods: A retrospective study with a sample size of 30, where 15 of the selected patients had undergone antegrade fixation and the rest 15 had undergone retrograde fixation.

Results: Patients were evaluated for functional and radiological outcomes after a mean follow up of one year. No statistically significant difference was found between the two methods.

Conclusions: Both the procedures were effective in managing the distal radius fracture with preservation of fracture hematoma. However soft tissue complications were less in antegrade pinning as compared to retrograde.

 
Repair of avulsion flap injury of heel by multiple point anchorage using Kirschner wires-a case series
Authors: Jain Prateek , Tathe Pankaj , Arora Chandan , Sakharkar Nilesh , Adewar Aniket , Sarode Rohan
Published: October 2022

The heel pad is a dense band of fibrous tissue with complex anatomy. Injuries to heel pad are uncommon but very challenging due to its precarious blood supply. In this study we tried fixing acute heel pad avulsion injuries using multiple Kirschner wires and results were evaluated according to the American orthopedic foot and ankle society hind foot score. Results were excellent for 3 -out of 9 patients and good for 6 patients according to the AOFAHS scoring system. Anchorage of acute heel pad avulsion injuries using multiple Kirschner wires is an effective and reliable treatment modality.
Líneas A y B del Metro de Medellín: luces y sombras de un megaproyecto transformador
Authors: Alberti Juan , Beltrán Real Óscar Mauricio , Juárez Rodrigo , Pereyra Andrés
Published: October 2022

El Metro de Medellín es el resultado de un largo proceso de planificación llevado a cabo en la ciudad de Medellín ubicada en el Valle de Aburrá, en el departamento de Antioquia, en Colombia. La selección de los terrenos necesarios para el desarrollo de un sistema de transporte masivo comenzó a darse en 1950, no obstante, fue recién en 1977 que surgió un proyecto concreto para la construcción de un tren metropolitano, en el Plan Metropolitano de Medellín. Este documento aboga que las líneas A y B del Metro de Medellín han transformado orgánicamente el transporte de la ciudad. Sin embargo, para ello la sociedad debió asumir costos mayores a los esperados; algo usual en proyectos complejos. En las etapas iniciales de desarrollo, los líderes que impulsaron este megaproyecto asumieron riesgos sustantivos para viabilizarlo políticamente. La planificación se llevó a cabo con un enfoque cerrado, con casi nula participación de la sociedad, y, con el fin de avanzar rápidamente, se hicieron estudios de poca profundidad antes de la contratación. También se cometieron errores evitables, especialmente en la gestión de riesgos inicial y en la estructuración contractual debido, principalmente, a la falta de experiencia en proyectos de esta naturaleza. Como contrapartida, se ha producido una mejora continua de los resultados obtenidos debido a la creciente profesionalización en la gestión del capital humano y la muy destacable política de la Cultura Metro la cual es transversal, en la actualidad, a todas las áreas de gestión de la empresa. A continuación, se desgranan las lecciones aprendidas y buenas prácticas recabadas en cada etapa, de modo de presentar las luces y sombras de este megaproyecto profundamente transformador.
EU - China relations and data governance policies: the role of civil societies in overcoming geopolitical challenges in cyberspace
Authors: Nalbantoğlu Cem
Published: October 2022

EU and China are the global powers that can affect and alter international relations at the political, economic, and societal levels. While the EU shapes the foreign policy in Europe, China has a critical role in Asian politics. In Asia-Europe interregionalism and interregional relations, the EU-China relations are essential in consolidating global and regional stability. However, in the current political conjuncture, the security issues in cyberspace challenge both actors. Hence, cybersecurity and digitalization policies are a potential conflict area in EU-China relations. As the impact of technological and digital developments increases on the global political economy, global powers are developing policies to breast the tape in technological development. The European Commission has set “A Europe fit for the digital age” as one of its priorities for the 2019-2024 term. Meanwhile, since 2015 China has been promoting the Digital Belt and Road Initiative to foster digital connectivity among the Belt and Road countries. However, big data analytics are important in developing new technologies, especially in digital connectivity, automation, and robotics. In this context, data governance has become a geopolitical concept in international relations. Consequently, differences between China’s and the EU’s approach to data – access, process, and collection – may result in geopolitical confrontations. In this paper, we argue that both actors should involve civil society in the policymaking process to address the dynamics of information technologies, cooperate on adapting a global approach and avoid geopolitical confrontations. Civil society organizations can help the actors understand the underlying risks in cybersecurity and form a non-conflicting approach in data governance frameworks. Furthermore, while investigating the EU and China’s data governance models, we shed light upon the role of civil society organizations in addressing the potential risks and opportunities in cyberspace. Finally, we conclude our paper with policy recommendations for China and the EU to cooperate in cyberspace by involving civil society organizations.

Received: 18 May 2022Accepted: 25 July 2022
Brief overview of the factual and onto-epistemological developments of the idea of “civil society” in Japan
Authors: Malo Mario
Published: October 2022

In the context of post-industrial societies, there are few resources left to ordinary citizens to respond to the totalizing logic of systemic dynamics characterized by the expansion of economic and formal subjectivity. Likewise, the damage done to the environment and the increasing incidence of natural disasters, both driven by anthropogenic action, make a more complex response from society necessary and, in turn, pose the need to find collective answers to transnational issues. This global situation leads us to consider how civil society can generate community cohesion, leverage common interest and respond to environmental problems. After several ethnographic investigations focused on social change in Japan, we identified some things that, together with the shocking initial images spread globally after the catastrophe of March 11, 2011 in Tōhoku, have helped us take the pulse of the associative Japanese world. These images highlighted some of the fundamental characteristics of Japanese civil society, contributing to the spread throughout the world of a series of constructs that are as typical of a society socially exemplary as they are culturally totalizing. It might seem the eleven years that have elapsed since the Triple Disaster of March 2011 in Japan have provided us with a broad perspective from which to interpret the dynamics of Japanese civil society and public administration in the face of these events. However, we consider that the analysis of socio-historical developments that embody Euro-Atlantic modernity, with indigenous cultural constructs and with globalization, is essential. For this reason, in this article, from the perspective of intellectual history and historical sociology, we will analyse the adaptability of the concept of civil society in Japan and a whole series of social processes that have been gestating for decades and whose development is brought together in entities of great factual importance for the future.

Received: 31 May 2022Accepted: 25 July 2022
Digitalni denar
Authors: Krajšek Luka
Published: October 2022

V zadnjem času smo z razvojem kriptovalut in stabilnih kovancev, ki jih izdajajo zasebna podjetja, priča revolucionarnim spremembam na področju monetarnega in finančnega sistema. Centralne banke so zaznale, da nove oblike plačilnih sredstev pomenijo sistemska in regulatorna tveganja. V želji po ohranitvi ključnih lastnosti trenutnega sistema, kot sta varnost in stabilnost, ter vključitvi v finančni sistem čim večjega števila ljudi, ki nimajo ali imajo omejen dostop do finančnih storitev, so na nove trende odgovorile z razvojem digitalnih valut. Za vzpostavitev novega sistema je treba zgraditi potrebno tehnično infrastrukturo in definirati pravni okvir. Pred implementacijo sistema je treba izvesti stresne teste, s katerimi se ugotovijo morebitne pomanjkljivosti.
Vpliv razvoja umetne inteligence na človeka in pravo
Authors: Pastirk Gal
Published: October 2022

Tehnološki napredek je omogočil, da se inovativni procesi neprestano izboljšujejo. Računalniki niso več le orodje, ampak sprejemajo lastne odločitve v postopkih delovanja. Zaradi tega se upravičeno pojavljajo pomisleki o tem, kje so meje umetne inteligence in ali bo sploh še ostalo kaj prostora za človečnost. Vprašanje, ki ostaja odprto, je, v kolikšni meri nas lahko umetna inteligenca nadomesti? Nam bodo sodili stroji? Bo umetna inteligenca ustvarila vrhunska avtorska dela, ki bodo presegla našo inovativnost? Na odločevalcih je, kakšen kompromis bodo države sprejele med ceno zasebnosti in tehnološkim napredkom, ki ga razvoj umetne inteligence prinaša. Hkrati pa bo večjo pozornost treba nameniti zasebnosti podatkov, spletni varnosti in (ne)pristranskosti algoritmov. Na koncu ostaja ključen človeški faktor, ki se bo problema moral lotiti interdisciplinarno in začrtati meje, do kod lahko umetna inteligenca seže.
Celovita informacijska rešitev
Authors: Milošič Tomi , Ravnak Izak
Published: October 2022

Pri pisanju smo se osredotočili na podjetje Comtron d.o.o. in njegov celovit informacijski sistem TRONoffice. Predstavili smo podjetje Comtron d.o.o. in njegove delovanje skozi čas ter podjetje ustrezno klasificirali na podlagi njegove velikosti, nato smo se poglobili v pomen celovitih informacijskih sistemov ter pogledali prednosti in slabosti sistema podjetja, kot tudi ERP-sistemov na splošno. Svoje področje smo razširili tako, da smo pogledali tudi ekonomski vidik ERP sistemov. Primerjali smo stroške izbranih ERP-sistemov Microsoft Dynamics 365 in TRONoffice. Na koncu smo zapisali svoje ugotovitve in možnosti nadaljnjega raziskovanja na področju ERP-sistemov.
Distance Learning During the Pandemic Era: Online Learning Experiences of State Madrasah Tsanawiyah Students During Covid-19 in Indonesia
Authors: Sihombing Adison Adrianus , Fatra Maifalinda
Published: October 2022

Online learning policies serving as the answer to the world of education during the COVID-19 pandemic period raise some problems to students. They find it difficult to understand learning materials because the teacher's explanation is very limited, so many tasks and teachers cannot supervise the students. As a result, students are quickly getting bored with learning activities at home, they cannot directly meet their classmates; and this condition is getting worse due to the fact that their homes are less supportive to their learning activities. This research is aimed at studying the State Madrasah Tsanawiyah Students’ experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic era from March to July 2020. A descriptive qualitative analysis method was employed. The primary data were obtained from the results of observations and open questionnnaires sent to 42 the madrasah tsanawiyah students from Sidoarjo, Malang, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Aceh, and Padang Panjang. The secondary data were taken from online news about the distance learning. It was found that the distance learning for madrasah tsanawiyah students was troublesome experiences due to inadequate facility and infrastructures in the internet quota, smart phones, laptops, and also unsupporting home environment and improper the teaching techniques. However, some students were happy with this distance learning because it may give them new experiences, learning with a laptop or a mobile phone is exciting, it may improve the literacy in technology, it is flexible in terms of time, and it is not necessary for them to go to schools. It is recommended that the government improve the quality of the internet services, give more internet assistance quota, and hold training for the teachers on online learning.
Confucian’s Revival and a Newly Established Confucian Institution in Purwokerto
Authors: Eko Putro Moh Zaenal Abidin
Published: October 2022

Two decades after the abolishment of the banning of Chinese cultural expression publicly in Indonesia’ Post-Reformasi, studies on the institutionalization of Indonesian Chinese including Confucians in Indonesia seem to have been very few if it compared with that of Indonesian Chinese’ freedom expression and state perceived Confucians in general. This paper portrays the revival of Confucians in Indonesia happened in Purwokerto City (Banyumas), Central Java of Indonesia, by looking at the establishment of a new Confucian organization, namely Perkumpulan Rohaniwan Agama Khonghucu Indonesia (Parakhin, or Association for Confucianism clerics in Indonesia). Based on a qualitative research, this paper explores the narration behind the establishment of Parakhin. The paper shows that the democratic society and democratic climate of Indonesia enable any society including Confucian to align with the freedom of expression albeit potentially violating the essential concept, that is loyalty and filial piety that are very salient in Confucianism.