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Research on Digital Display of Nonlinear System Model of Tea Drinking Space in the Song Dynasty Based on Neural Network Technology
Authors: Lu Weiwei , Qi Ruixing , Chen Lingling
Published: September 2022

Tea is the national drink of the Chinese nation. It combines the thoughts of various Chinese schools and has experienced the changes and baptism of successive dynasties and has been spread to this day. It is difficult to achieve the inheritance of tea culture by relying on ordinary display methods. In order to better display the digital effect of the nonlinear system model of the tea space in the Song Dynasty, using digital display, we can design the layout of the tea space in the Song Dynasty through video, audio, and dynamic pictures, which plays an important role in the inheritance of tea culture. This study analyzes the tea drinking space and tea culture and spreads the historical and cultural value of digital display; by comparing the comprehensive performance analysis and cultural extension results under different displays, as well as the desire for knowledge of history and culture, we can make an in-depth exploration. Through the statistical data information, we can conclude that under the function of digital technology, advanced science and technology and digital technology have a good effect in cultural inheritance, they can better promote the spirit of history and culture, and make the torch of history and culture live and pass on from generation to generation.
Research on the Continuous Innovation Driving Mechanism of the Transformation and Upgrading of Traditional Industries
Authors: Zheng Jiliang , Li Yonghui , Tian Manwen , Li Ruxian
Published: September 2022

Innovation-driven transformation and the upgrading of traditional industries is an important task in the present. This paper attempts to further study the existing basis. Based on the perspective of continuous innovation driving, this paper divides the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries into two stages, namely, industrial transformation and industrial upgrading, using the interprovincial data from 2008 to 2019, OLS, HAUSMAN, and SYS-GMM. This paper analyzes the macro- and micromechanism driven by continuous innovation in the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. The results show that in the macromechanism, the innovation drive has a significant positive effect on the transformation of traditional industries but not on the upgrading of industries, entrepreneurship, network capability, and organizational learning, which significantly affect the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.
Application of Rotationally Symmetrical Triangulation Stereo Vision Sensor in National Dance Movement Detection and Recognition
Authors: Jiang DaiLi
Published: September 2022

Information acquisition is an important branch of information science. It is the product of the development and cross-integration of traditional sensing technology and other multidisciplines. It is characterized by the high precision, high speed, integration, and intelligence of information acquisition. An important part of information acquisition, it studies how to acquire the geometric structure and scale information of objects in three-dimensional space. With the continuous development of the level, the acquisition of 3D information has become more and more important in scientific research and industrial production. This paper takes 3D information acquisition technology as the main line. From the perspectives of fusion, effectiveness, physical limit, and measurement efficiency, high-resolution 3D information acquisition techniques are studied. In this paper, the upper and lower limb movements of each behavioral segment are segmented according to the difference. An omnidirectional stereo vision sensor composed of a single camera and two secondary conical mirrors is designed, which solves the problems of large size, narrow field of view, and asynchronous image acquisition of traditional binocular vision sensors, effectively ensuring image perspective. The invariance of projection avoids image distortion caused by curved mirror imaging and reduces the difficulty of subsequent work. The three-dimensional Delaunay triangulation algorithm is used to replace the traditional Poisson reconstruction algorithm to generate the triangular mesh model. The triangular mesh model obtained by the multiview stereo reconstruction algorithm is relatively rough. This article uses Zbrush’s ZRemesher and geometric-divide functions to smooth and simplify the model. The results show that the accuracy of the algorithm proposed in this paper is as high as 89.25% in the motion recognition of body elements. The dynamic mapping method is used to map the texture of the triangular mesh model, so that the realism of the model reaches 91.23%.
Influence of End Milling Process Variables on Material Removal Rate and Surface Roughness of Direct Metal Laser Sintered Inconel 718 Plate
Authors: Parthasarathi N. L. , Veeman Dhinakaran , Dhamodharan Duraisami , Borah Utpal , Ravichandran M. , Natrayan L. , Degife Mammo Wubishet
Published: September 2022

This study intends to optimize the end milling process variables for additively manufactured (AM) Inconel 718 alloy through the direct metal laser sintered (DMLS) method. Surface roughness and material removal rate have been considered as output responses. The end milling experiments were conducted using the design of experiments with an L9 orthogonal array (OA) by varying the process variables like feed rate (mm/min), cutting speed (m/min), and depth of cut (mm). Taguchi technique was used to optimize the process variables. Examination of the variance table is working to regulate each variable’s percentage contribution and significance in end milling experiments. The chip morphology of the DMLS Inconel 718 plate reveals that, at lower cutting speed, irregular and discontinuous chips were formed.
Selection of Optimum Internal Control Genes for RT-qPCR Analysis of Schisandra chinensis under Four Hormone Treatments
Authors: Liu Xiuyan , Zhang Lifan , Yang Shihai
Published: September 2022

qRT-PCR technology is now one of the commonly used methods to study gene expression levels. The selection of accurate reference gene detection is an essential work before gene expressing analysis. In the current study, 8 candidate internal control genes (ACTIN, TUBA, GAPDH, UBC, MUB, TIP41, APX, and CAPA) were selected, and four statistical algorithms were used to evaluate their stability under different hormone treatments. The results confirmed that when using one internal control genes, TUBA emerged as the first ranking internal control gene in all experimental groups. When using two internal control genes, TUBA and MUB, were the most acceptable internal control genes for the GA3 treatment group; TUBA and GAPDH were identified as internal control genes in the IAA treatment group; TUBA and ACTIN were the most reliable combination in the ZT and ABA experimental groups; TUBA and TIP41 were recommended most suitable control genes in control group. Furthermore, the reliability of the internal control genes was further verified by the expression of GAG, a gene related to the development of Schisandra chinensis. The conclusion of this work will be helpful for the subsequent research on gene expression analysis of Schisandra chinensis.
[Retracted] Analysis of the Correlation between Football Education Environment and Students’ Psychology Health Based on Gauss Characteristics
Authors: Qiao Shu , Huang Gaosong
Published: September 2022

Campus football has become a core content of school physical education. Through football education, we can cultivate students’ sound personality and promote students’ all‐round physical and mental development. At the same time, through psychological skills training methods, we can enrich the educational methods of football skills and provide theoretical reference for promoting educational reform. On the basis of Gaussian features, this paper combines the mixed Gaussian feature model to further describe the relationship between football education and students’ psychology. At the same time, Apriori association rule algorithm in data mining is introduced, and Apriori algorithm is improved in parallel with Hadoop data processing platform. Several parallel association rule algorithms are emphatically studied and analyzed to strengthen the analysis of the relationship between football education and students’ psychology. The results show that the average recognition rate of the correlation between football education and students’ psychology based on Gaussian features is 17.91% higher than that of ordinary results, which obviously improves the correlation recognition result and has a good descriptive ability. Therefore, it has become an important issue for today’s physical education workers to analyze the correlation between football education and students’ psychology in order to cultivate students’ sports and mental health.
Effects of Nursing Care for the Treatment of Patients with Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors: Gao Zhe , Fang Liang , Yin Peiyi , Deng Yan , Pei Mengting , Zhou Tiantian
Published: September 2022

Purpose. In this study, a systematic review and meta-analysis were used to examine the effectiveness of nursing care in the treatment of bladder cancer patients. The platforms of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were used to conduct a thorough literature search. Methods. The searching approach was used to find the fundamental characteristics of 5 studies. Sample size ranged from 52 to 131,852, and total sample size was 151,166. The study was looked up in PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science, with the most recent search being done in July 2022. Utilizing a standardized form, two independent reviewers gathered pertinent information from research that qualified as literature (17). Review Manager 5.3 used the data to examine the literature. Statistics were deemed significant at

p
<
0.05

. Results. We discovered that more bladder cancer patients with T1+T2 tumor stages were receiving nursing care than those with T1+T2 tumor stages were receiving control care (mean difference =1.27, 95% CI: 1.20-1.35,

p
<
0.00001

). The proportion of bladder cancer patients with T3+T4 tumor stage in the nursing care group was lower than the proportion of patients with T3+T4 tumor stage in the control group (mean difference = 1.07; 95% CI: 1.01-1.14;

p
<
0.00001

). The difference between the number of bladder cancer patients receiving radiotherapy in the nursing care group and the control group was not statistically significant (mean difference = 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.99-1.16,

p
=
0.11

). There were fewer patients with bladder cancer receiving chemotherapy in the nursing care group than that in the control group (mean difference = -0.02, 95% CI: -0.0-0.02,

p
<
0.00001

). The incidence rate of patients with bladder cancer with major complications in nursing care group was lower than that of patients with bladder cancer with major complications in control group (mean difference = 0.41 95% CI: 0.18-0.93,

p
=
0.03

). When compared to patients with bladder cancer who had serious complications in the control group, the hospital death rate for nursing care patients had a greater incidence of bladder cancer patients (mean difference = 4.64 95% CI: 4.46-4.82,

p
<
0.00001

). Conclusion. This study demonstrated that the effects of nursing care reduced the incidence rate of chemotherapy and the frequency of severe problems in bladder cancer patients.
Analysis of Nomadic Civilization in Northern Grassland in Plastic Arts Based on Deep Learning
Authors: Zhang Ming Xing , Su Xiao Ming
Published: September 2022

In this era of rapid development, the exchanges between countries are increasing rapidly, which leads to the integration of multiculturalism and its impact on the local culture, making it diluted. Taking the plastic art features of the nomadic civilization in the northern grasslands as an example, the plastic art features of the nomadic civilization are very rich, including color, texture, shape, and local characteristics; the use of traditional methods will lead to poor feature effects, and it is difficult to obtain high-level information. There will also be problems with image recognition. With the hot development of deep learning, for these problems, its advantages and characteristics are introduced and applied to the characteristics of plastic arts, and a deep and shallow network is constructed as its input and feature recognition, which solves the problem of image feature recognition. At the same time, the convolution idea is introduced to enlarge its features, which is more conducive to feature recognition, extraction, and analysis. For the neural network model of deep learning, the traditional optimization algorithm is changed to the Adam optimization algorithm, which solves the problem of decreasing accuracy, improves the accuracy of prediction, and makes it more stable. From the final experimental results, it is not difficult to find that the feature algorithm greatly improves the accuracy rate under different noises, and the time consumption of the algorithm operation is also reduced. The traditional algorithm of the deep learning neural network model is changed to the Adam optimization algorithm, which also improves the prediction accuracy and makes it more stable. In the future development, the unsaturated function can be used as the activation function to optimize or change the model feature algorithm to make the model easier to build and have better training effects.
Test on the Policy Effect of Natural Forest Protection Project Using Double Difference Model from the Perspective of Forestry Total Factor Productivity
Authors: Yin Hui , Cao Yukun
Published: September 2022

As one of the largest forestry ecological protection projects in China, the natural forest protection project has been implemented for 20 years, and great changes have taken place in the natural resources and social appearance of the forest area. This article regards the implementation of the natural forest protection project as a policy impact and makes an objective evaluation of the implementation effect of the policy through measurement and accounting. Based on the panel data of forestry total factor productivity (TFP) in 31 provinces in China from 1997 to 2018, this article uses the double difference model to investigate the impact of the policy impact of natural forest protection projects on the implementation of provincial forestry TFP from the perspective of quasinatural experiment. The results show that the natural forest protection project significantly improves the TFP of forestry in the province where the policy is implemented, and the higher the forest resource coverage, the more significant the provincial impact of policy implementation. From other influencing factors, the reduction of human investment, the rationalization of industrial structure, and the improvement of the level of scientific, technological, and economic development can also effectively mend the TFP of forestry in the region.
Intervention Effects of Okra Extract on Brain-Gut Peptides and Intestinal Microorganisms in Sleep Deprivation Rats
Authors: Wu Jingru , Cao Mingxue , Hu Ming , Gong Yu , Xue Jianming , Yang Yilin , Zhou Hairui
Published: September 2022

Objective. Okra, possessing various bioactive components, is used to treat different diseases. This study sought to estimate the intervention effects of okra extract (OE) on brain-gut peptides (BGPs) and intestinal microorganisms in sleep deprivation (SD) rats. Methods. SD rat models were established using the modified multiple platform method and then treated with normal saline, diazepam tablets, or different doses of OE. Body weight and average daily water consumption of rats were recorded. Depressive behaviors of rats were assessed by the open field test and sucrose preference test. Serum levels of noradrenaline, melatonin, inflammatory factors (IL-1β/IL-6/TNF-α/IL-4/IL-10), and BGP indexes, including gastrin (GAS), motilin (MTL), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), cholecystokinin (CCK), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) were measured by ELISA. Additionally, the DNA relative contents of representative intestinal microorganisms in the collected rat feces were determined using RT-qPCR. Results. SD decreased body weight and average daily water consumption and induced depressive behaviors as well as stress and inflammatory responses in rats. SD rats exhibited lowered GAS, MTL, 5-HT, and VIP but elevated CCK and showed diminished DNA relative contents of Bacteroidetes and probiotics (Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli) but increased Clostridium perfringens. OE at different doses ameliorated the depressive behaviors and mitigated the stress and inflammatory responses in SD rats, raised the serum contents of GAS, MTL, 5-HT, and VIP, reduced CCK level, elevated the DNA relative contents of Bacteroidetes and probiotics, but diminished Clostridium perfringens. OE exhibited similar intervention effects to diazepam tablets (positive control). Conclusion. OE exerts intervention effects on BGPs and intestinal microorganisms in SD rats.
A Novel‐Defined Necroptosis‐Related miRNA Signature for Forecasting the Prognosis of Low‐Grade Glioma
Authors: Lu Zhuangzhuang , Wang Chao , Qu Tingting , Feng Yugong
Published: September 2022

Background. Increasing evidence has shown that necroptosis has enormous significance in the generation and deterioration of cancer, and miRNA molecular markers involved in necroptosis in low‐grade gliomas (LGGs) have not been thoroughly reported. Methods. Using the miRNA data of 512 samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), 689 miRNAs from LGG samples were split into high immunity score and low immunity score groups for analysis. The differential miRNAs related to necroptosis were analyzed by univariate Cox regression analysis. On the basis of the outcome of univariate Cox regression analysis, miRNAs with significant differences were selected to construct a multivariate Cox regression model and calculate the risk score. Then, we evaluated whether the risk score could be used as an unaided prognostic factor. Results. Overall, six differential miRNAs were identified (hsa-miR-148a-3p, hsa-miR-141-3p, hsa-miR-223-3p, hsa-miR-7-5p, hsa-miR-500a-3p, and hsa-miR-200a-5p). Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed, and the c index was 0.71. Then, by mixing the risk score with clinicopathological factors, univariate Cox regression (HR: 2.7146, 95% CI: 1.8402−4.0044, P < 0.0001) and multivariate Cox regression analyses (HR: 2.3280, 95% CI: 1.5692−3.4536, P < 0.001) were performed. The data suggested that the risk score is an unaided prognostic indicator, which is markedly related with the overall survival time of LGG sufferers. Thus, a lower risk score is correlated with better prediction of LGG. Conclusion. In order to achieve the ultimate goal of improving the living conditions of patients, we established prognostic risk model using 6 miRNAs related to necroptosis, which has the ability to predict the prognosis of LGG. It is possible to further enrich the therapeutic targets for LGG and provide clinical guidance for the treatment of LGG in the future.
A NEW BANKRUPTCY FORECAST MODELLING FOR ENERGY COMPANIES
Authors: ÖZPARLAK Gerçek
Published: September 2022

Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, there was a significant increase in company bankruptcies in 2020. In this period, especially the energy sector has been one area where bankruptcies are the most seen. In this context, this study aims to build a model that can predict financially unsuccessful companies that have declared bankruptcy and successful companies operating in the energy sector in the U.S.A. For the study sample, 30 financial ratios of 23 energy companies that declared bankruptcy in the U.S.A. in 2020 and 30 financial ratios of 23 energy companies that were financially successful in the same peri-od were selected. The multiple discriminant analysis (M.D.A.) was chosen to differentiate between the groups. According to the research results, the accuracy rate of the created function was found to be 87.0%. According to the sensitivity and specificity (R.O.C.) results, testing the process’s performance to differ between unsuccessful and successful companies was found to be strong
Revisiting Good Governance: Good Enough Governance and Just Enough Governance Approaches as a Functional Framework for Developing Countries
Authors: DERİCİ TEMEL Nurten
Published: September 2022

The role of the state in development has undergone substantial changes under the influence of the New Institutional Economics. The new school, which grounds the emergence of the state as an institution on rational individual behaviors, assumes that the developmental state is not intervening and restricting but coordinating and developing. Influencing neo-liberal development economists, this view also holds that the complementarities are key between the state, market, and civil society, which shines out the goal of good governance more and more. However, the goal that includes comprehensive institutional reforms is far from being realistic and feasible for developing countries. These countries with limited resources need to rely on the improvement of institutional capacity while implementing economic development policies, considering diverse development stages and unique institution compositions. The present paper addresses the “good enough governance” and “just enough governance” approaches that emerge with the understanding of an effective state in economic development and are shaped around good governance but develop a critical perspective. In this respect, the study explores the significance of organizing the institutional reforms according to the states’ existing institutional capacities and development levels, as well as determining the priorities transparently in the development process.
HUMAN-SPACE RELATIONS AND HOUSING POLICIES: A CONCEPTUAL INVESTIGATION
Authors: ALTINSOY Abdulkadir
Published: September 2022

The perception of space has important reflections on modern architecture, and modern architecture, unlike traditional architecture, is designed based on shelter rather than life. Traditional space, as a difference from modern space perception, refers to a place where people are calm and find peace. Contrary to the shelters produced by current housing policies, traditional spaces are places where tranquility is experienced deeply, and people grasp their reality with all its dimensions. The main purpose of this study is to question the relationship of human existence with space in terms of welfare state housing policies. Another aim of the research is to draw attention to the contrast between traditional space, where life continues with all its serenity, and modern space, which is only a shelter today, and to the different conceptions of life that continue in these places. For this purpose, the research has tried to determine the divergence points of the traditional space perception and the understanding of space of the welfare state housing policies. In this study, which was designed as conceptual analysis, the subject tried to be grounded by comparing the traditional space concept and the concept of space in the modern welfare state perception.
2008 DÜNYA EKONOMİK KRİZİNİN TÜRKİYE’NİN AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ’NE İHRACATI ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ
Authors: AYIK Uğur , ÖZER Hüseyin
Published: September 2022

Tüm dünya ekonomilerini derinden sarsan 2008 dünya ekonomik krizi, ihracatının yaklaşık yarısını Avrupa Birliği (AB) ülkelerine gerçekleştiren Türkiye ekonomisini de olumsuz yönde etkilemiştir. Bu çalışmada 2005:01-2019:12 dönemine ait aylık veriler kullanılarak gerçekleştirilen ekonometrik analizlerle söz konusu etkinin büyüklüğü ve niteliği araştırılmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda öncelikle serilerin durağanlık mertebelerini belirlemek için Phillips-Perron (PP), KwiatkowskiPhillips-Scmidth-Shin (KPSS) ve Zivot-Andrews (ZA) Birim Kök Testleri, ardından değişkenler arasındaki gerek uzun dönemli ilişkiyi gerekse nedensellik ilişkilerinin varlığını araştırmak için sırasıyla Johansen Eşbütünleşme Testi ve Granger Nedensellik Testi uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular genel olarak değerlendirildiğinde, serilerin düzeyde durağan olmadığı ancak birinci farkları alındığında durağan hale geldikleri tespit edilmiştir. Aynı mertebeden durağan I(1) seriler arasında uzun dönemli ilişki bulunamamış fakat tek ya da çift yönlü nedensellik ilişkilerine rastlanmıştır. Serilere uygulanan eşbütünleşme ve nedensellik testlerinin farklı sonuçlar sunması yorumlanarak değerlendirilmiştir.
Book review: Hiroshi Hirabayashi, India: The Last Superpower
Authors: Rana Kishan S.
Published: September 2022

Hiroshi Hirabayashi, India: The Last Superpower (New Delhi: Aleph, 2021), pp. 203 + xvii, ₹699. ISBN 978-93-90652-34-1 (Translated from the Japanese by Prem Motwani)
Illegal Immigration with Tariff Distortions
Authors: Woodland Alan , Yoshida Chisato
Published: September 2022

We construct and analyse a two-country general equilibrium model in which the home and foreign countries trade two final goods, and legal immigration is restricted. International trade is distorted via tariffs imposed by both countries. Foreign migrants attempt illegal entry to the home country but face a probability of detection and arrest by border patrol of the home country. We examine how stricter border patrol affects the level of illegal immigration, establish conditions under which stricter border patrol reduces successful illegal immigration and determine the welfare implications of this policy change. We also determine the effects on illegal immigration and the welfare of all agents when illegal immigrants increase remittances back to the source country.

JEL Codes: F13, F16, F22.
Saving Household Production-Cum-Consumption Time: Implications for International Trade in Trash
Authors: Van Long Ngo
Published: September 2022

This article revisits Kemp’s and Tran-Nam’s incorporation into trade theory the Gossenian theme that consumption takes time. We show how the substitutability between time-intensive household-produced consumption goods and time-saving commercially produced consumption goods (which save households’ consumption and production time) together with capital accumulation can lead to an increase in trash and international trade in trash. The applicability of the standard gains from trade theorems is shown to be compromised by the externalities associated with international trade in trash between North and South. Under some parameter values, South is better off under autarky than under free trade in trash and the gains from trade by North is not sufficient to compensate South’s loss from trade.

JEL Codes: D13, F18, F13
Trade Data Falsification and Informal Capita Movement: A Study of Bangladesh with Major Asian Trade Partners
Authors: Das Samir Kumer , Biswas Amit K.
Published: September 2022

The imposition of restrictive trade policies and consequent fabrication of foreign trade statistics acts as hindrance for effective policy formulations in the developing countries. This article presents the trade misreporting scenario of Bangladesh in relation to major Asian trade partner countries (China, India and Singapore) between 1973 and 2018 and examines the possibilities of informal capital movements across borders. Using the vector autoregression (VAR) and autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) models, we first build partner-level exercise, followed by a combined panel, and find that spot and forward exchange rates, custom duties and real interest rate differences between foreign and home largely affect trade misreporting rates. Interestingly, we also find that the values of past import under-invoicing might also lead to export under-invoicing and vice versa, a two-way causal relationship.

JEL Codes: F14, F68, C10, C52
Standardised Foods and Compromised Consumers: Can the Repeal of the Three Farm Laws Turn the Clock Back?
Authors: Kumar Richa
Published: September 2022

This article argues that the repeal of the farm laws and even meeting the demand of the protestors to reduce corporatisation of agriculture and enhance the role of the state through expansion of guaranteed procurement is unlikely to bring significant positive transformation for farmers or consumers. Indian agriculture was remade through an industrial logic by harnessing science and technology, not by corporations but by the might of the state in the 1960s during the Green Revolution. Beyond its well-known negative environmental and livelihood impacts, I show how this logic also transformed diets and damaged the health of people. Challenging the tropes of food security, modernisation, efficiency and quality that have been used to justify the perpetuation of this logic, I argue that only by tracing the relationships that have led to the present, can we begin to unravel them and reimagine a healthier and more sustainable agrarian future.
Application of Satellite Remote Sensing and DAPSI(W)R(M) Framework as a Tool to Assess Land Use Impacts on Urban Lakes in Sri Lanka
Authors: Gunathilaka M. D. K. Lakmali , Halwatura Devanmini , Manawadu Lasantha , Munasinghe Dinuke
Published: September 2022

Urban lakes play an important role ecologically and socio-economically but are at great risk due to anthropogenic pressures. The study aimed to analyse the effects of land use and land cover change-induced lake ecosystem degradation in three urban lakes in Sri Lanka using a multi-faceted approach including: (a) satellite remote sensing, (b) geographic information system analysis and (c) a causal framework. A holistic cause–effect human–environment interaction framework (DAPSI(W)R(M)) was applied for the first time in Sri Lanka to identify measures to protect urban lake ecosystems sustainably. Results show that there was significant urban expansion during the study period with the Thalangama Lake being the most impacted regardless of its environmental protected status. Short-term mitigatory measures were proposed to reduce lake degradation, which include control of invasive species, treatment of polluted water, nutrient load monitoring and riparian buffer expansion. Sustainable city planning through the application of site-specific control measures on different scales is envisioned as a long-term solution.
Predicting Potential Change in Land Cover and Its Effect on the Temperature of the Land Surface: A Case Study of Khulna City Corporation, Bangladesh
Authors: Rana Md. Sohel , Sarkar Subrota , Sadat Md. Nazmus , Tabassum Tasnim , Fahim Ashraf Uddin
Published: September 2022

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has undergone rapid urban development and expansion in recent times. These changes, including the change in land surface temperature (LST) throughout the area, have significant long-term effects. This research analysed the effects of land cover changes on KCC’s LST. By using the maximum likelihood classification method, Landsat imagery investigation identified the land cover chart and determined the LST for the years 1999, 2009 and 2019. It was modelled for the simulation of land cover for the year 2029 by using the classification results and applying the multi-layer perceptron Markov (MLPM) models together. It then also modelled the LST for the year 2029 by using three thematic indices and multiple regression analysis. As a result, the KCC urban area grew by 49% between 1999 and 2019. Simulation results have shown that the KCC could possibly experience a temperature range of more than or equal to 26°C in 2029 if the recent pattern persists. For KCC, the average LST for the urban area is projected to be 27°C in 2029. The scenario shown in this article will assist urban planners in quantifying the impact of various LST change-related issues and, thus, in preparing proper strategic measures.
Employees’ Perception of Pay Equity: Study on Vietnam’s State-Owned Enterprises
Authors: Anh Ngo Thi Ngoc
Published: September 2022

This article explores factors influencing the employee perceptions of pay equity during compensation reform in Vietnamese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) since economic reform ( Doi moi) started. A qualitative approach by conducting 43 interviews from selected SOEs and the Vietnam government bodies was used to investigate a research question: What are the factors influencing employee perceptions of pay equity in Vietnamese SOEs? The findings show that in the case of the Vietnamese SOE reform, the perceptions are influenced by both SOEs’ compensation policies and practices and the national culture. This study extends the equity theory by adding new findings from the context of a transitional economy and a reforming process of the SOEs. The present case shows that national culture also greatly influences the perception of pay equity alongside compensation factors.
Benevolent Leader as a Social Entrepreneur
Authors: Chamola Deepak , Dey Ajoy Kumar , Sahay Arunaditya
Published: September 2022

This research, done at the intersection of benevolent leadership style and for-profit social entrepreneurship, examines the research question: How does a benevolent leader, concerned for ecological sustainability, drive a for-profit social enterprise? Adopting a case approach, the phenomenon has been probed within the bounded context of SOS Organics—a for-profit social enterprise—located in a remote village of Uttarakhand state of India. The data was collected from multiple sources and thematic analysis was used to identify themes. The study produced three key findings. First, the study could extract two themes of benevolent leadership—striving for the common good and concern for others. Second, it could extend the understanding of social entrepreneurship by identifying two themes—social value creation and developing innovative business models. Third, it proposed a process framework by capturing the journey of SOS promoters towards the benevolent social entrepreneur over two decades. This study contributes to the literature on the intersection of benevolent leadership and social entrepreneurship by creating a deeper meaning of the constructs. Finally, the study offers suggestions for managers and practitioners to adopt a benevolent leadership style in the social entrepreneurship context to achieve their social mission.
Reclaiming the Body: Marital Rape and Self-sustainability in Meena Kandasamy’s When I Hit You
Authors: Das Joy
Published: September 2022

One of the burning issues of recent times is the domestic violence in forms of psychological tortures, physical assault, marital rape, etc., which are more or less visible in every society. This is the concern that leads this article to negotiate how individual identities get reshaped by the socio-cultural and political practices of the given systems of a society. Within this framework, this article analyses how ‘reclaiming the body’ helps ‘self’-sustenance of the female narrator while still contesting with the violated domestic life under the threat of patriarchal society in Meena Kandasamy’s When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife (2017). In the novel, Kandasamy not only portrays her protagonist as a mere object subjected to patriarchy but also shows the ways of her constructing own ‘self’, more explicitly female subjectivity which this article intends to explore through the theoretical framework of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler’s vision about construction of gender as mere rehearsed performative acts constructed to implement and cherish self-proclaimed supreme patriarchal ‘self’ of the society.
The State and the Madheshi Dalit Women’s Access to Citizenship in Nepal
Authors: Pandey Krishna Prasad
Published: September 2022

The relationship between the state and Madheshi Dalit Womans (MDWs) with reference to the latter’s exercise of citizenship right has long been a contested issue in Nepal due to the latter’s alleged immigrant history and cultural and familial connection with the Dalits of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh of India. The MDWs who are at the lowest social order in Nepal because of their intersecting subordinate identities based on gender, caste, ethnic and class have been systematically excluded from the domain of Nepali citizenship during due course of hill-based national identity formation. Consequently, large number of the MDWs, their spouses and children have remained stateless or struggled hard to obtain citizenship owing to ethnic, caste, gender and class-based exclusion even after insertion of jus soli provisos for a brief period in the 2006 Citizenship Act. On this backdrop, this article, based on qualitative field study in the eastern Tarai, is an effort to explore the intricacies of the citizenshiplessness of the MDWs of Nepal’s eastern Tarai from their subjective experiences. The findings reveal a disappointing picture of citizenshiplessness of the MDW families by virtue of multiple forms of exclusion and also a sustained hierarchy within themselves based on access to different types of citizenship.
Exploring the Potentials of Restorative Justice Mechanisms (SOTP AND COSA) in Treating Child Sexual Offenders in India
Authors: Pal Garima
Published: September 2022

For most restorative justice (RJ) promoters, RJ is consequentialist, philosophical, methodological and political. The efficiency and success of RJ can be drawn from the person’s ability to judge and act (act of regret). Treatment of offenders and their participation to a great extent determines the viability of reducing child sexual abuses (CSA). Programmes such as Sex Offender’s Treatment Programme (SOTP) and Centre for Support and Accountability (COSA) in CANADA, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have proved to be effective in reducing offences of sexual abuse. The programmes focus on accountability, shaming harm and rehabilitation of the offenders, mostly without involving the child victim in the process. A critical question, as to what extent the standards of RJ and international mechanism would be attained in cases of sexual offences against children, considering the nature of offences and the tender age of victim, arises. The objective of this article is to explore the potentials of applying RJ mechanism to cases of CSA in India, keeping in mind the consequentialist and methodological nature of ‘RJ’. The researcher tried to assess RJ responses to CSA and the role of criminal justice professionals in implementing and monitoring RJ processes in cases of child sexual offenses. The research methodology used was doctrinal, and sources of data collection were secondary sources.
Sexuality and psychological well-being in different polycystic ovary syndrome phenotypes compared with healthy controls: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Bahadori Fatemeh , Jahanian Sadatmahalleh Shahideh , Montazeri Ali , Nasiri Malihe
Published: September 2022

Introduction

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. The present study aimed to compare the women with different PCOS phenotypes with the healty group in terms of sexual function, depression, anxiety and quality of life scale.

Materials and methods

The present cross-sectional study was carried out on 192 women with PCOS (classified on the basis of Rotterdam criteria into four categories) and 50 healthy controls. All participants were asked to fill out the valid and reliable questionnaires of FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index), HADS (Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale) and SF-12.

Results

In the HADS questionnaire, phenotype B achieved the highest mean score in anxiety and depression domains, whereas, phenotype B had the lowest mean score in the FSFI and SF-12 quassionnaires. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between the women with PCOS phenotypes and the control grroup in arousal, lubrication, pain, and mean total score of FSFI (P < 0.05). In regression logistic analysis, age, infertility and depression were predictors of sexual dysfunction (P < 0.05).

Conclusion

The results indicated significant differences in terms of sexual dysfunction, depression, anxiety and quality of life in the women suffering from different phenotypes of PCOS compared with the healthy group. These results provide evidence that care and recommendations for improving women’s QoL and sexual function should be considered according to the relevant PCOS phenotypes.
Exploring the relationship between autophagy and Gefitinib resistance in NSCLC by silencing PDLIM5 using ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction technology
Authors: Zhang Yao , Lv Wenhao , Li Hui , Dong Tiantian , Wu Hao , Su Chunhong , Shu Hong , Nie Fang
Published: September 2022

Background

Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) technology is a new drug and gene delivery strategy. This study investigates novel ultrasound (US) sensitive siRNA-loaded nanobubbles (siRNA-NBs) to explore the relationship between PDLIM5 mediated autophagy and drug resistance development using epidermal growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods

US sensitive siRNA-NBs were designed to inhibit the expression of PDLIM5 in gefitinib-resistant human NSCLC PC9GR cells in vitro. The expression of autophagy-related proteins (P62 and LC3-II/I) and autophagosomes in PC9GR cells after PDLIM5 gene silencing were explored.

Results

US-sensitive PDLIM5-targeted siRNA-NBs were effectively delivered into PC9GR cells, inhibiting PDLIM5 expression, increasing LC3-II/I and p62 expressions and increasing autophagosomes in PC9GR cells in vitro.

Conclusions

Using UTMD, US-sensitive siRNA-NBs have the potential as an ideal delivery vector to mediate highly effective RNA interference for NSCLC cells. Furthermore, PDLIM5 plays a role in the autophagy-mediated resistance in gefitinib-resistant PC9GR cells.
Strategies for cost-effectiveness analysis of rehabilitation for older patients with acute heart failure
Authors: Sakai Kotomi , Momosaki Ryo , Hoshino Eri
Published: September 2022

The prevalence of heart failure (HF) is increasing in the ageing world population, and its burden on the medical and health economic fields is enormous. Rehabilitation is an essential component of the nonpharmacological treatment of patients with HF; however, its efficacy and cost-effectiveness for patients with acute HF remain unclear. A trial assessed the cost-effectiveness of acute cardiac rehabilitation among older adults. Herein, we discussed strategies for the cost-effectiveness analysis of acute cardiac rehabilitation using the rehabilitation therapy in older acute heart failure patients trial.
Success and failures in MRSA infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Kavanagh Kevin T. , Cormier Lindsay E.
Published: September 2022

Private sector facilities in the United States have experienced a resurgence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) hospital-onset infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, which eliminated all gains that were achieved over the last decade. The third quarter of 2021, the Standardized Infection Ratio for hospital onset MRSA bloodstream infections was 1.17, well above the baseline value of 1.0. In contrast, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been able to maintain its mitigation efforts and low rates of MRSA hospital-onset infections through the second quarter of fiscal year 2022 (Mar. 31, 2022), the most recent available data. The difference may be explained not only by the VHA’s use of uniform mitigating policies which rely on active surveillance and contact precautions, but also on the VAH’s ability to maintain adequate staffing during the pandemic. Future research into MRSA mitigation is warranted and this data supports the need for healthcare system transformation.
Illegal waste fly-tipping in the Covid-19 pandemic: enhanced compliance, temporal displacement, and urban–rural variation
Authors: Dixon Anthony C. , Farrell Graham , Tilley Nick
Published: September 2022

Objective

Illegal dumping of household and business waste, known as fly-tipping in the UK, is a significant environmental crime. News agencies reported major increases early in the COVID-19 pandemic when waste disposal services were closed or disrupted. This study examines the effect of lockdowns on illegal dumping in the UK.

Method

A freedom of information request was sent to all local authorities in the UK asking for records of reported incidents of fly-tipping for before and after the first national lockdown. ARIMA modelling and year-on-year comparison was used to compare observed and expected levels of fly-tipping. Urban and rural local authorities were compared.

Results

A statistically significant decline in fly-tipping during the first lockdown was followed by a similar increase when lockdown ended. The effects largely cancelled each other out. There was pronounced variation in urban–rural experience: urban areas, with higher rates generally, experienced most of the initial drop in fly-tipping while some rural authorities experienced an increase.

Conclusion

Waste services promote compliance with laws against illegal dumping. When those services were disrupted during lockdown it was expected that fly-tipping would increase but, counter-intuitively, it declined. This enhanced compliance effect was likely due to increased perceived risk in densely populated urban areas. However, as lockdown restrictions were eased, fly-tipping increased to clear the backlog, indicating temporal displacement.
Pharmacogenomics implementation in cardiovascular disease in a highly diverse population: initial findings and lessons learned from a pilot study in United Arab Emirates
Authors: Al-Mahayri Zeina N. , Khasawneh Lubna Q. , Alqasrawi Mais N. , Altoum Sahar M. , Jamil Gohar , Badawi Sally , Hamza Dana , George Lizy , AlZaabi Anwar , Ouda Husam , Al-Maskari Fatma , AlKaabi Juma , Patrinos George P. , Ali Bassam R.
Published: September 2022

Background

Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing has proved its utility and cost-effectiveness for some commonly prescribed cardiovascular disease (CVD) medications. In addition, PGx-guided dosing guidelines are now available for multiple CVD drugs, including clopidogrel, warfarin, and statins. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) population is diverse and multiethnic, with over 150 nationalities residing in the country. PGx-testing is not part of the standard of care in most global healthcare settings, including the UAE healthcare system. The first pharmacogenomic implementation clinical study in CVD has been approved recently, but multiple considerations needed evaluation before commencing. The current report appraises the PGx-clinical implementation procedure and the potential benefits of pursuing PGx-implementation initiatives in the UAE with global implications.

Methods

Patients prescribed one or more of the following drugs: clopidogrel, atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, and warfarin, were recruited. Genotyping selected genetic variants at genes interacting with the study drugs was performed by real-time PCR.

Results

For the current pilot study, 160 patients were recruited. The genotypes and inferred haplotypes, diplotypes, and predicted phenotypes revealed that 11.9% of the participants were poor CYP2C19 metabolizers, 35% intermediate metabolizers, 28.1% normal metabolizers, and 25% rapid or ultrarapid metabolizers. Notably, 46.9% of our cohort should receive a recommendation to avoid using clopidogrel or consider an alternative medication. Regarding warfarin, only 20% of the participants exhibited reference alleles at VKORC1-1639G > A, CYP2C9*2, and CYP2C9*3, leaving 80% with alternative genotypes at any of the two genes that can be integrated into the warfarin dosing algorithms and can be used whenever the patient receives a warfarin prescription. For statins, 31.5% of patients carried at least one allele at the genotyped SLCO1B1 variant (rs4149056), increasing their risk of developing myopathy. 96% of our cohort received at least one PGx-generated clinical recommendation for the studied drugs.

Conclusion

The current pilot analysis verified the feasibility of PGx-testing and the unforeseen high frequencies of patients currently treated with suboptimal drug regimens, which may potentially benefit from PGx testing.