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AI in Healthcare DevOps: Leveraging Data Analytics for Continuous Improvement and Innovation
Authors:   Sr Engineer – DevOps and Observability, Humana Inc, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Velishala Sidhartha
Published: February 2025

This research paper aims at investigating the impact of AI to advance healthcare DevOps to reflect on a
state of continual advancement and growth. Using technologies like machine learning and predictive analytics,
healthcare organizations get better system performance, user interest, and organizational capability. In this paper, using
real-world examples and case studies, the assessment of AI tool functions is made to understand how it can offer
feedback loops necessary for repeated and continuous software design and development. It reveals numerous
advantages, including the enhanced system stability and satisfaction received from using it; concurrently, the discussed
obstacles include the compliance with rules prospective for the implementation of AI and the explanation of AI models.
Finally, the use of AI in healthcare DevOps opens door for steady development and unlocking of improved operational
efficiencies.
An Intelligent Routing Frame Work for High Traffic Networks using Deep Learning
Authors:   Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft, USA, Kumari Babita
Published: February 2025

The advent of internet usage and technological advancements has resulted in the exponential growth of
network traffic, further aggravating this problem by presenting significant challenges in multiple aspects, from
managing a network to routing. Traditional routing cannot handle these very high-traffic networks, which causes
bottlenecks and network congestion. In this paper, we present a deep learning-based intelligent routing model to solve
the above problem. In this context, a deep learning algorithm is applied to analyze the network traffic patterns and
predict the routing of data packets assembled at other stations on the fly on the fly. It even dynamically modifies
routing decisions, considering network topology, link capacity, and traffic load. It could be continuous training of the
deep learning model with fresh data or online updates to a pre-trained model so that shifts in network conditions can be
continuously accounted for. We also allow the deep learning model to have some form of memory and use it to learn
from its past decisions. Additionally, the framework will come equipped with a network monitoring system to gather
and filter data to discover potential network problems and proactively take routing decision changes.
OUR GHOSTS WERE ONCE PEOPLE Stories on Death and Dying
Authors: Van Biljon Hester M
Published: February 2025

A book review of OUR GHOSTS WERE ONCE PEOPLE: Stories of Death and Dying
Occupational therapy rehabilitation managers’ perspectives on community integration of persons with spinal cord injuries in Nairobi, Kenya
Authors: Obaigwa Evans Obara , Uys Catharina Jacoba Elizabeth , Govender Pragashnie
Published: February 2025

Introduction:
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) present complex clinical challenges requiring comprehensive rehabilitation management to facilitate adequate community reintegration. Rehabilitation managers are suitably positioned to enforce and enact policy related to holistic rehabilitation intervention, including preparing patients for community integration. However, due to discrepancies within the chain of care systems, they are unable to ensure individuals with SCI in Kenya are discharged to their respective communities fully prepared for effective community integration. Exploring their perspectives may therefore highlight potential barriers or enablers to ensuring more effective community integration for survivors of SCIs.
Methods: A qualitative, descriptive study was conducted via individual interviews with 12 purposively sampled rehabilitation managers. Data were audiorecorded and transcribed and underwent content analysis.
Findings: The study findings revealed inadequacies in the process of spearheading and facilitating community integration of individuals that sustained a spinal cord injury. On the other hand, the study suggested possible strategies to reinforce community integration for individuals with spinal cord injuries by involving all stakeholders in decision making, addressing training gaps, facilitating research programmes and equipping rehabilitation centres with specialised spinal cord units.
Conclusions: Implementing disability policies to minimise barriers to community integration and access to essential services is required. This includes developing clear guidelines on comprehensively managing individuals with spinal cord injuries in the community within the Kenyan context.
Implications for practice
• Occupational therapy managers have a role to play in the facilitation of empowerment strategies aimed at influencing community (re) integration of survivors of SCIs.
• There is the need for the enactment of an effective rehabilitation framework to enforce the role of occupational therapists as a key role player in facilitating community (re) integration.
• Goodwill is required from the governmental political systems and organisations to spearhead the enforcement of the existing disability legislation if the welfare of survivors of SCIs are to be achieved.
FORTRAN IV Program for Sample Normality Tests
Authors: Preston D.A.
Published: February 2025

The improvement of prediction is among the most important goals of any scientific investigation. Yet the results of an investigation will be subject to considerable uncertainty if the supporting data are drawn from a population whose characteristics are incompletely understood. This limitation is particularly common for geologic investigations where populations are, in general, only partially accessible so that their exact nature cannot be determined. Useful numerical approximations of their probability distributions may be derived, however, if the data are drawn in such a manner that they constitute a representative sample of the parent population (see Griffiths, 1967; Griffiths and Ondrick, 1968). Statistical analysis of such data then may improve the predictability of further sampling by suggesting an appropriate a priori probability model for the parent population from which predictive inferences can be drawn. Moreover, once an appropriate model is established for a population, the quality of any sample drawn from that population may be determined easily.
A distinction must be preserved for possible purposes for which samples are statistically analyzed. On one hand, if samples are from a population whose probabilistic nature is known, statistical analysis yields a measure of sample error created by departure from randomness, operator error, and the like. The main problem is identifying the sources of error. On the other hand, if samples are analyzed in order to derive a population distribution model, the sample must be constructed painstakingly to minimize sample error. Poorly constructed samples from populations of unknown distribution will yield completely ambiguous statistical results.
FORTRAN IV Computer Program for Fitting Observed Count Data to Discrete Distribution Models of Binomial, Poisson and Negative Binomial
Authors: Ondrick Charles W. , Griffiths John C.
Published: February 2025

Data may be divided into two distinct types, measurement and count. Measurement data exhibits a continuous range in variation whereas count data varies in discrete steps. The present discussion and computer program is concerned primarily with count data and the positive binomial, Poisson, and negative binomial discrete distribution models.
The types of frequency distributions generated are dependent upon sampling arrangement, measurement technique and distribution of the constituents to be analyzed. Consider a conceptual experiment where the outcome can be thought of as success or failure, for example quartz grain (success) and not quartz grain (failure). Constant probability models such as the positive binomial and Poisson are expected if the following conditions are fulfilled (Student 1919, p. 211):

The chance of a point falling on a particular item is the same for each point.
The chance of a point falling on a particular item is the same for each particular item.
The fact that a point has fallen on a particular item does not affect the chance of subsequent points falling on that item.

According to Student (1919), condition three is often unfulfilled. If a point falling on a particular item, for example a quartz grain, decreases the chance of points falling on quartz grains, the positive binomial discrete-distribution model is expected. The negative binomial distribution model, a noncorrstant probability model, is expected, however, if a point falling on a quartz grain increases the chance of points falling on quartz grains. The negative binomial has been called a contagious or epidemic distribution because the occurrence of cases of a contagious disease is clustered, that is if one case is found the chances of tinding additional cases may be increased. The distribution free statistic chi square (Χ2) may be used to test the similarity of the observed to the expected frequency distribution model.
HIV and Tuberculosis Co-Infection: Mortality Ratios, Death Ratio and Contributing Factors in Rural Area Sindh
Authors: Ubedullah Malik , Ghulam Qadir Rajput , Paras Tunio , Shumaila Rind
Published: February 2025

A major global health concern is the co-infection of HIV/AIDS and TB, which increases rates of morbidity and mortality. The mortality ratios linked to HIV with TB co-infection are examined in this article through an analysis of epidemiological data of one window Service Treatment center in the rural area of Sindh Shaheed Benazir Abad District, This ART Treatment Centre Managed both HIV and TB coinfections in one center called One window Treatment Centre, underlying causes of elevated death rates in PLHIV with TB coinfection, and mitigation techniques. This research Article is based on the mortality ratios & death ratio in HIV with TB Patients of Different genders & age Groups. This research article is Brief Practice Experience research on Patients Living with HIV and having co Infection of TB, The Ratio of TB Co-infection in HIV Positive Clients & their Mortality Ratios, Death Ratio, and Contributing Factors in Rural Areas Sindh among the registered Clints in HIV Treatment & Support Centre Nawab shah. Immunocompetent individuals have a 5% - 10% lifetime risk of tuberculosis, while HIV-positive individuals have a 5% - 15% annual risk of active tuberculosis disease. In the last twenty years, tuberculosis has become a significant opportunistic infection that exacerbates the HIV epidemic globally, especially in Asia and Africa and Poor Countries such as Pakistan. This research is all based on Rural area Pakistan in Sindh province.
Scientific Perspective on Disease “X”
Authors: Dharmendra Kumar
Published: February 2025

A new and mysterious illness, termed Disease X, poses a potential threat to the global population of 8.2 billion people. To date, neither the causative agent of Disease X has been identified, nor has any effective cure or preventive measure been developed. In February 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) included Disease X in its list of «blueprint priority diseases,» symbolizing a hypothetical and unknown pathogen with the potential to trigger a large-scale epidemic. Despite ongoing efforts, the origins and mechanisms of Disease X remain elusive, emphasizing the importance of preparedness.
Virdimura: the first legally accredited female doctor in the history
Authors: Crisafulli Virginia
Published: February 2025

Virdimura è stata la prima donna che, nella storia, ha avuto il riconoscimento legale ad esercitare la professione medica. La prova che ciò è realmente avvenuto è conservata all’Archivio di Stato di Palermo, ove è esposto il testo della Licentia Curandi concessa a Virdimura nel novembre del 1376. Ella fu esaminata dagli Augusti Doctori e dal Dienchelele, che la sottoposero ad un esame orale per l’Ars Medica ed a prove pratiche per l’Ars Chirurgica, che superò con maxima laude (Figura 1). La straordinarietà di questa licenza sta nel fatto che Virdimura dettò delle condizioni per accettare questo riconoscimento, e cioè che le cure dovevano essere prestate senza “nulla avere a pretendere”, ai poveri, alle donne, ai bambini, ai disabili ed in particolare ai neurodisabili. E non soltanto questo, ma anche che lo stesso riconoscimento andasse a tutte le donne che da lei avevano imparato l’Ars Medica e l’Ars Chirurgica, in modo tale che le sue allieve potessero esercitare dopo di lei la professione. Questa bimba che nacque già orfana di madre, morta di parto, fu cresciuta solo dal padre, Maestro Uria, figura carismatica, un santone di religione ebraica, che era pronto a curare tutti, anche le persone di diversa religione, anche se poi costretto a pagare un’ammenda (perché per la legge allora vigente, i medici ebrei non potevano curare persone di diversa religione, pena una multa in denaro). Egli non volle dare subito un nome alla bambina, ma solo dopo aver visto un segno. Questo avvenne quando vide le Mura di Catania. Mura forti ricoperte da un muschio morbido e verde. Virdi (morbido come il muschio delicato e verde come la speranza) e Mura (con la forza insita in una fortificazione). Così fin da piccolissima, come se avesse la sensazione che qualcosa li potesse dividere, le insegnò tutto quello che egli aveva catalogato in Libri di Erboristeria, quindi tutte le funzioni curative delle piante, l’arte del rendere felice anche l’anima ascoltando la musica e danzando e sorridendo (bisogna sorridere tre volte al giorno per star bene e 100 volte se un matto inventa una poesia), l’arte del lenire il dolore, di medicare le ferite, di far partorire le donne, di fare piccoli interventi chirurgici (come la cataratta) e quindi anche le anestesie, fino ad arrivare poi all’intervento che ridiede dignità a molte donne (plastica della vagina e ricostruzione dell’imene) e che segnò l’inizio della formazione di una vera e propria Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia (Tabelle 1 e 2)
Hybrid BATCH
Authors: Klose Anselm , Pomraenke André , Fischer Guido , Münch Christoph , Matthies Ernst , Schätzle Günther
Published: February 2025

Wann immer eine Charge eines bestimmten Produkts hergestellt wird, kommt eine Art von Batch-System zum Einsatz, in dem Anlagen hierarchisch strukturiert und automatisiert werden. Mit dem Module Type Package (MTP) für PEAs (Process Equipment Assemblies) ist schon im Engineering ein Teil der Arbeit geleistet. Da die chemisch-pharmazeutische Industrie aber zu einem Großteil aus Bestandsanlagen besteht, die mit nicht MTP-fähigen Prozessleitsystemen orchestriert werden, stellt sich hier die Frage, was es zur Integration von neuen Technologien wie PEAs mit dem MTP benötigt. Insbesondere durch die Integration von vorgetesteten und eindeutig beschriebenen Modulen kann hier das Risiko von neuen Technologien reduziert werden. In diesem Beitrag wird vorgestellt, was es braucht, um bestehende Batch-Systeme und Module mit MTP gemeinsam zu nutzen – das hybrid Batch.
Process-X
Authors: Buss Felix , Enste Udo , Höper Björn , Miny Torben
Published: February 2025

Der Artikel beschreibt eine erste Studie und die Entwicklung eines Show Cases zur Umsetzung kollaborativer Geschäftsmodelle in der Prozessindustrie auf Basis eines Datenraumkonzeptes entsprechend den Zielen der Manufacturing-X Initiative der Bundesregierung. Initiiert durch die NAMUR hat sich zur Erarbeitung von Anwendungsfällen eine Industrieinitiative Process-X gebildet, um Anlagenbetreiber und Systemlieferanten der Prozessindustrie Nutzen und Herangehensweisen zum sicheren und souveränen unternehmensübergreifenden Datenaustausch demonstrieren zu können. Als ein erster Show Case wird dazu der Anwendungsfall eines firmenübergreifenden Dampfmanagements an einem Chemiestandort behandelt.
Evergreen Automation Systems
Authors: Mücksch Christian , Neustadt Andreas
Published: February 2025

Die Konzeption des „Evergreen Automatisierungssystems“ zielt darauf ab, in der Prozessautomatisierung Innovation und effektives Lebenszyklusmanagement zu integrieren. Die Einführung und Beherrschung solcher Systeme sind mit einer Reihe von  Herausforderungen verbunden, die dieser Beitrag detailliert aufzeigt. Die Vision besteht in der Schaffung nachhaltiger und  widerstandsfähiger Automatisierungssysteme, die Effizienzsteigerungen ermöglichen und gleichzeitig den komplexen  Anforderungen moderner Automatisierungsumgebungen entsprechen.
AAS Submodel Generator
Authors: Heitkamp Dennis , Benndorf Gesa
Published: February 2025

Industry 4.0 concepts use the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) to represent physical and non-physical assets, facilitating  interoperability along the whole product lifecycle. Today, the AAS is barely established in brownfield plants, mainly due to the required manual effort and expert knowledge for setup. This study proposes automated AAS submodel generation, using Large Language Models (LLMs) in order to map data from diverse sources into AAS structures. Experimental results show high accuracy and efficiency. Future work will improve image preprocessing and expand template support.
LESIA UKRAINKA'S EXTRACTS FROM SHEVCHENKO'S WORKS: TOUCHES TO THE COMMENTARY
Authors:   Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Boron Oleksandr
Published: February 2025

B a c k g r o u n d . The parameters of Lesia Ukrainka's familiarity with Taras Shevchenko's works and his role in the writer's biography have been the subject of study by many researchers. At the same time, some issues remain unclear due to the lack of reliable sources. The valuable first publication of Lesia Ukrainka's autograph extracts from Shevchenko's poetry in the Complete Works in 14 volumes was a significant enrichment of the still limited material on this topic. There are no reliable grounds for determining even approximately the time when these pencil notes appeared because the poetess referred to Shevchenko's works quite often throughout her life. The author of the article aims to make some clarifications to the commentary in the aforementioned collection of works, and most importantly to try to find out which edition of Shevchenko's works the poetess used.
M e t h o d s . Traditional textology methods of description and comparison are used.
R e s u l t s . The discrepancies between the text of the poetess's extracts and the modern academic edition of Shevchenko's works in 12 volumes, stated in the commentary of the Complete Works of Lesia Ukrainka in 14 volumes, are quite natural, because in the nineteenth century the compilers of the editions did not yet have all known autographs and other materials at their disposal. The choice of the main text source does not always coincide with the decision of modern textual scholars, etc. At the same time, it is the peculiarities of the quoted texts that make it possible to identify the source of the extracts. Lesia Ukrainka's notes are compared with the texts of the Prague edition of 'Kobzar' of 1876, the Geneva edition of 1890, and 'Kobzar' of 1907.
C o n c l u s i o n s . Based on the fact that the quotations in the extracts, the sequence of works, as well as the peculiarities of the autograph's spelling correspond to the first part of the miniature Geneva edition of 'Kobzar' of 1878, compiled by Hwedir Vovk, it is concluded that this edition (or the stereotypical one of 1881) should be considered the probable source of Lesia Ukrainka's notes.
TARAS SHEVCHENKO'S "THE DIARY" AS AN ARTIST'S CREATIVE LABORATORY: TEXTOLOGY DISCOURSE
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Hnatiuk Myroslava
Published: February 2025

The article examines Taras Shevchenko's Diary as a creative laboratory of the writer from the perspective of modern textual studies. Attention is focused on the genre, thematic and linguistic originality of the text, its experimental nature. The author's creative motivations for writing this text, various states of his soul in the process of comprehending new life realities on the way to the long-awaited freedom, and psychological aspects of creativity are emphasized. Through the prism of the diary text, the peculiarities of Taras Shevchenko's communication with his friends, the exchange of creative plans, artistic texts are revealed, and the moral and ethical principles of creativity are emphasized. The writer's own characterization of this "colorful" and "memorable" book, his initial attempts to keep a diary, and his thoughts on writing as a craft and as creativity are outlined.
The factors of the artist's personal textology, the specifics of his creative work, the peculiarities of the origin and realization of artistic ideas, censorship, publication, and receptive aspects of the history of the text, creative writing techniques and methods, manifestations of the author's creative will, and ontological aspects of creative thinking processes are studied. The author shows Taras Shevchenko's attitude to the publication of his works, their historical fate, the peculiarities of manuscript documents, as well as the involvement of other persons in the creative process, the inclusion of works by other authors in the diary text, which often sound like a kind of accompaniment to various diary plots and impressions that reveal a wide range of the writer's personal experiences and his socio-political beliefs and views.
Digitalization of public administration: benefits and risks
Authors: Chertkov A. N.
Published: February 2025

The paper is devoted to understanding the advantages and risks of digitalization of public administration. The author elucidates the relationship between digitalization and digital transformation of public administration. The author foretells successful digitalization of traditional means of control and the formation of mixed algorithms for human and machine activities in the field of public administration. The paper considers seven benefits (convenience of management activities; acceleration of management communications; simplification of management procedures; the use of big data; fundamentally new accessibility of public authorities and public services; cost optimization; humanization of public administration) and seven risks (expanding the field for bureaucratic manipulation; excessive proactivity of public structures; doubling the procedures for document processing and, above all, reporting; the increasing reliance of public administration on digital technologies; the growth of cybercrime opportunities, including official cybercrimes; «profanation» or fictitiousness of digitalization of public administration; the possibility of loss of subjectivity of humanity management) digitalization of public administration. The author concluded that digitalization does not overcome the substantive shortcomings of public administration, but only aggravates them, providing unscrupulous administrators with new opportunities for misconduct. It is possible and necessary to develop public administration in traditional ways, combining them with the introduction of digital technologies. At the same time, the transfer of administrative decision-making to artificial intelligence seems to be a dangerous and inhuman scenario. The author highlights the decisive role of a person in public administration. One should not impose excessive expectations on artificial intelligence and digital technologies in general, carry out digitalization for the sake of digitalization without visible benefits for society, and even expose humanity to the risks of unpredictable administrative decisions and their consequences.
State policy in protection of the population in wartime
Authors: Shpakovskiy Yu. G.
Published: February 2025

The paper is devoted to the legal analysis of the transformation of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the field of population protection in wartime. The study focuses on the main prerequisites for reforming the civil defense system since the 1990s. The author considers modern problems of the development of civil defense taking into account the experience of the SMO. Today, when there is a SMO and military operations affect not only the border, but also the regions of Russia in the depths of the territory, the question is objectively posed: how much does the civil defense of Russia corresponds to its purpose — the protection of the population, material and cultural values in wartime. A characteristic feature of modern military conflict between states is the lack of a common understanding of the procedures for transition to the state of war. At the same time, the likelihood of military conflicts in a classic form with a typical structure and stages of development remains. In this case, there will be such components of the civil defense as the threatened period, the transfer of the system from peacetime to wartime, the introduction of martial law and the use of civil defense and population protection plans, etc. The author justifies the need to introduce into the set of civil defense measures elements of active protection of industrial facilities from unmanned aerial vehicles, using as a legal basis the regulations of the FSB of Russia on the adoption of a decision to suppress the functioning of unmanned aerial, underwater and surface vessels and vehicles.
Theories of the global world order: expectations and reality
Authors: Grishina T. M.
Published: February 2025

The conflict situation after World War II was variable: from the brink of the outbreak of World War III (the Caribbean crisis of 1962, which became the most dangerous of the crises of the Cold War period) to relative stabilization (the period of perestroika of the era of M. S. Gorbachev, which, as it seemed then, reduced to zero all contradictions between the two sides of the bipolar world). However, the scientific community even then saw the upcoming great transformation of the system of international relations and the global world order, put forward its hypotheses about its course and options for building a future world. The well-known theories of the global world order (I. Wallerstein, S. Huntington, F. Fukuyama), partially implemented, require analysis to identify the level of expected and implementation of the global world order achieved in the transformation, as well as the formation of a new system of international relations, which came into a deep crisis as a result of provocations of Western countries. The analysis will make it possible to evaluate the presented scientific works for the reliability of the forecasts made by their authors, which, in turn, will provide an opportunity to see the trends of formation and development prospects in the XXI century. a new, fairer multipolar world. Based on the presented concepts, it is necessary to develop a new theory of the global world order that meets modern realities, taking into account the realized provisions and potential possibilities for its formation.
Retrospective analysis of the relationship between the frequency of medical emergency calls by patients with bronchial asthma and the concentration of ground-level ozone on the South Coast of Crimea
Authors: Evstafeva Elena V. , Lapchenko Vladimir A. , Dudchenko Leila Sh. , Belyaeva Svetlana N. , Gubin Yuri L. , Evstafeva Irina A.
Published: February 2025

Background: Russian studies still underestimate one bronchial asthma risk factor, namely, the ground-level ozone recognized by the World Health Organization as the second most dangerous toxicant for the respiratory system. It is of particular importance to determine safe levels of ozone exposure, particularly in areas where patients are undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation and conditions are conducive to the formation of elevated ozone concentrations.
Aim: To identify and describe the relationship between the frequency of medical emergency calls by patients with bronchial asthma and the ground-level ozone concentration (GLOC) on the South Coast of Crimea.
Material and methods: The study utilized data from the medical emergency calls in Yalta by patients with bronchial asthma in 2010–2014. The GLOCs for the same period were measured at the Karadag Background Environmental Monitoring Station by optical method using APOA 370 (HORIBA) automatic gas analyzer. The correlation between the number of medical emergency calls and GLOC values was analyzed using Spearman’s correlation coefficient.
Results: The number of medical emergency calls increased from 2010 to 2014, rising from 471 to 661. During the same period, GLOCs exceeding the permissible average annual values were observed. Correlation analysis revealed that ground-level ozone was a significant factor affecting the condition of bronchial asthma patients over the 2010–2014 period, to varying degree. Five statistically significant ( p ≤0.05) and nine tendency-level ( p ≤0.10) correlations were identified between the frequencies of medical emergency calls and the daily average amplitudes of fluctuations and maximal and minimal GLOCs. The greatest number of significant correlations was reported in 2012, which was also a year marked by high amplitudes of GLOC fluctuations in the context of episodes of above-limit single ozone concentration and higher daily averages, similar to 2011. The correlations were positive, with the majority exhibiting a weak association (0.35 ≤Rs ≤0.48). These correlations were not observed during the warm seasons, when GLOC is typically higher, but during the cold season.
Conclusion: The established correlations, when considered alongside reliable international data on the negative effect of ozone on respiratory health, serve to highlight the importance of further research in the region. It is imperative to ascertain the safe GLOC levels, taking into account the concomitant meteorological and technogenic factors of the South Coast of Crimea, which have the potential to significantly modify the effect of ozone on the human body. This will facilitate the development of an early warning system to mitigate the adverse effects of ground-level ozone on asthmatic patients.
Preferred fruit and vegetable consumption and colonic microbiota in young residents of Arkhangelsk
Authors: Kukalevskaya Natalia N. , Bazhukova Tatyana  A. , Sabanaev Michael A. , Grjibovski Andrej M.
Published: February 2025

Background: The composition of colonic microbiota is influenced by environmental factors, including dietary habits. Several studies on dietary habits and nutrition of Arctic residents have been published, but the information on the associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and gut microbiota is scarce.
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of preferred fruit and vegetable consumption on colonic microbiota in young residents of Arkhangelsk, using a sample of students and staff from a medical university.
Material and methods: The study included 90 healthy volunteers (23 men and 67 women) from Northern State Medical University in Arkhangelsk aged 18–45 years with a normal body mass index. Fruit and vegetable consumption was assessed using a questionnaire. Stool samples were collected for molecular genetic analysis of colonic microbiota. Associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and concentrations of 33 microbiota indicators were examined using multivariable median regression, with adjustments made for age, gender, and place of origin.
Results: Vegetables and fruits were consumed daily by 43.33% and 15.56% of respondents, respectively. The most frequently consumed vegetables were tomatoes (77.78%) and cucumbers (80.0%), while only 25.00% consumed potatoes and carrots. Among fruits, apples were consumed most frequently (74.44%), followed by bananas (57.78%) and citrus fruits (41.11%). Significant associations were found between Methanobrevibacter smithii and tomatoes ( p =0.008) and carrots ( p =0.006), between Prevotella spp. and cucumbers ( p =0.032), Blautia spp. and carrots ( p =0.002) and bananas ( p =0.020). Additionally, association was found for Acinetobacter spp. with tomatoes ( p =0.036), potatoes ( p =0.028) and citrus fruits ( p =0.019), Bifidobacterium spp. with potatoes ( p =0.039) and citrus fruits ( p =0.002). Direct association was found between Bacteroides spp. and cucumbers ( p =0.023).
Conclusion: Our findings on the associations between selected fruits and vegetables and microbial concentrations may contribute to the development of personalized and balanced diet to enrich microbiota biodiversity and improve the quality of life of the residents of the North.
Analgesic effect of pulsed electromagnetic therapy in post-infectious neuralgia
Authors: Byalovsky Yuri Yu. , Ivanov Alexey V. , Rakitina Irina S. , Mareeva Marina Yu.
Published: February 2025

BACKGROUND: Chronic post-infectious neuropathic pain is a frequent complication of herpesvirus infections, with post-herpetic neuralgia often affecting the roots of the sciatic nerve.
AIM: To compare the analgesic effects of pulsed electromagnetic therapy with standard treatment in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia of the sciatic nerve.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A double-blind, randomized clinical trial was conducted with 46 patients (18 men and 28 women) who were randomly assigned to two groups. Both groups received traditional physiotherapy treatment. The first group underwent additional pulsed electromagnetic therapy, while the second group received standard rehabilitation. Pulsed electromagnetic therapy sessions were conducted once daily, three times a week, for 20 minutes over eight consecutive weeks. Pain intensity was evaluated using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and daily analgesic dosage was measured before and after the intervention.
RESULTS: Both groups demonstrated a significant reduction in VAS scores and daily analgesic dosages compared to baseline (p 0.001). In the first group, the percentage reduction in VAS scores and daily analgesic dosages was 78.3 and 72.5%, respectively, compared to 63.1 and 65.9% in the second group. A statistically significant difference in VAS scores was observed between the groups (p 0.05), while the difference in daily analgesic dosages did not reach statistical significance (p 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Pulsed electromagnetic therapy significantly improves pain intensity in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, as evidenced by reductions in VAS scores. While changes in daily analgesic dosage suggest a trend toward a stronger analgesic effect of the therapy, this difference was not statistically significant.
Strengthening Social Protection Network in Indonesia: A Comprehensive Analysis of Coverage, Targeting, and Funding towards an Inclusive Welfare State
Authors: Krisnadi Muhammad Faiz
Published: February 2025

This study analyzes the challenges and potential solutions for strengthening Indonesia's social protection network towards a welfare state system. Despite recent economic growth, poverty and inequality persist, necessitating a robust social protection network. The purpose is to identify limitations in the current system and recommend ways to transition towards a welfare state. Objectives include analyzing implementation challenges, examining potential solutions, and assessing the implications of proposed recommendations. Employing a qualitative approach, data was collected through literature reviews, government reports, and policy documents using purposive sampling. Findings indicate limitations, including inadequate coverage, targeting, and funding. Recommendations for strengthening the system include expanding coverage, improving targeting mechanisms, increasing funding, and enhancing stakeholder coordination. This study comprehensively analyses the challenges and potential solutions for strengthening Indonesia's social protection network towards a welfare state. Recommendations can inform policymakers and stakeholders in developing effective policies and programs to enhance social protection and improve the lives of vulnerable populations. The study's originality lies in its holistic approach to examining the social protection system in Indonesia and proposing practical solutions for transitioning towards a welfare state.
Transforming Indonesia's Informal Sector: The Role of Industrialization in Manufacturing Industry
Authors: Krisnadi Muhammad Faiz
Published: February 2025

This study analyzes the need for Indonesia's massive industrialization in the manufacturing industry to address the persistent issue of informal employment. Indonesia's economy depends heavily on the informal sector, leading to a high unemployment rate and limited social protection. This study aims to explore the manufacturing industry's potential to create more formal employment opportunities and reduce informal employment. The objectives include analyzing the current state of the manufacturing industry, identifying the challenges and opportunities for growth, and proposing policy recommendations to promote industrialization. A qualitative research approach was used, with data collected through literature reviews, government reports, and library research. The study found that the manufacturing industry in Indonesia has excellent growth potential, given the country's large population, natural resources, and strategic location. However, several challenges include inadequate infrastructure, limited skilled labor, and bureaucratic hurdles. The proposed policy recommendations include improving infrastructure, providing vocational education and training, and streamlining regulations to attract foreign investment. The significance of this study lies in its focus on the potential of the manufacturing industry to create formal employment opportunities and reduce informal employment, which can contribute to poverty reduction and economic development in Indonesia. The study's novelty lies in its comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities for industrialization in Indonesia and the proposed policy recommendations to address them.
Implementation of the ASEAN Way in Resolving the Dispute Conflict between Thailand - Cambodia in 2011
Authors: Utomo Ananda Ramadhanti , Ahmadi Sidiq
Published: February 2025

This research examines the implementation of ASEAN Way in conflict resolution between Thailand and Cambodia regarding the border dispute around the Preah Vihear Temple in 2011. ASEAN is faced with many problems related to disputes in its member countries, one of which is the problem of Thailand and Cambodia. The lack of clarity of the territorial line is one of the causes. Policies have been carried out, one of which is the 1962 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on the Preah Vihear Temple, which caused rejection from the Thai side due to different opinions regarding the layout of the country's territorial boundaries. The ASEAN Way, as a tool of regional diplomacy, will assist member states in mediating conflicts. They should rely on peaceful settlement of disputes, not interfere in the internal affairs of other ASEAN member states, and abandon the use of force. The ASEAN Way is considered "the superior product of cultural similarities among the people of ASEAN". The ASEAN way includes consensus-seeking activities and has formal and informal characteristics. Through the ASEAN Way mechanism with the track - one & track - two diplomacy approach method, it can be a success factor for ASEAN in resolving conflicts between the two disputing countries
Japan-Indonesia Cooperation in Dealing with the Labour Crisis in Japan
Authors: Desyana Annisa , Jatmika Sidik
Published: February 2025

Despite its successful economy, Japan is facing a labour shortage that threatens the country’s economy. This shortage has led the Japanese government to seek solutions to meet its workforce's needs. In contrast, Indonesia, with its large population, is facing problems with labour market imbalances. In response to the problems, Japan began to establish labour cooperation with Indonesia to address Japan’s labour crisis. Indonesia is currently the third-largest labour-sending country to Japan after Vietnam and the Philippines. This is supported by Indonesia’s labour skills that meet the requirements of work in Japan. Moreover, Japan and Indonesia have a similar culture and manner that makes many Indonesian migrant workers interested in working in Japan, as well as the Japanese community, which easily accepts Indonesian workers in Japan. By utilising the concept of international relations through a qualitative method, a literature study is conducted by gathering information through reports, news articles, and journal articles. This research found that Japan-Indonesia cooperation in dealing with the labour crisis in Japan was carried out by revising the immigration policy by the Japanese government to make it easier for Indonesian workers to enter Japan, providing financial assistance and training to Indonesian workers, and establishing a labour cooperation scheme, namely JIEPA and SSW, between Japan and Indonesia. Furthermore, this study found that there is a technical internship cooperation programme between two countries that is harmful to both Japan and Indonesia.
The Twitter Sentiment Analysis of Public Service Innovation: Pandawa BPJS Health Service
Authors: Yuliantini Lisa Sophia , Sukarno Mohamad
Published: February 2025

This study is a sentiment analysis of the Pandawa government service innovation. Pandawa is an administrative service innovation using the WhatsApp application by the Health Social Security Administration Agency (BPJS) of the Republic of Indonesia. The Pandawa service innovation received many positive and negative responses from communities on the official Twitter account @BPJSKesehatanRI. This is interesting to study in measuring the quality-of-service innovation for the Pandawa based on sentiment analysis of the responses of the communities. This study aims to measure the quality of Pandawa service innovation based on sentiment analysis of the responses of the user community from BPJS Kesehatan. The research method in this study is descriptive qualitative by utilizing the Nvivo 12plus application in processing data. The data is then presented in the form of crosstab analysis and word cloud analysis. The primary data source for this study was obtained from comments from the Pandawa users on the official Twitter account @BPJSKesehatanRI and secondary data sources from literature studies, journals, and online mass media. The results of the study show that the Pandawa service innovation has not been implemented optimally. This is based on the results of sentiment data processing which shows a negative response of 70%, a positive 18%, and a neutral 12%. The data shows that the Pandawa is very slow in response, replied by robots, service is not complete, and it is considered that the Pandawa makes it difficult for the community to get service. The high results of negative sentiment in this study hope to become a reference for study material in improving the quality of the Pandawa service innovation so that users can optimally benefit from the ease of administrative services innovation based on the WhatsApp application.
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Waiver Proposal for Global Health Equity in COVID-19 Pandemic: The Challenges and Dynamics
Authors: Lintania Nabiila Putri , Maulana Zain
Published: February 2025

The TRIPS waiver is a proposal by India with South Africa submitted to the WTO. The Proposal contains certain exceptions to the applicable TRIPS Agreement. This Waiver Proposal was submitted because of the inequity conditions between rich and poor countries accessing health products in eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to analyze the success of the TRIPS Waiver in fighting for equity distribution of global health facilities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic from the start of the pandemic to the end of 2022 by examining the challenges and dynamics of the proposal submission process at the WTO. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method by reviewing literature or secondary data. In analyzing the challenges and dynamics of the TRIPS Waiver Proposal process at the WTO, the authors use the norm life cycle concept and find results that the internalization of norms has not been fully formed because the domination of big countries of WTO members have not agreed on all aspects of the TRIPS Waiver proposal, or it can be said that the TRIPS Waiver Proposal has not been fully agreed upon as a new norm in overcoming global health inequity. Even though the supporting tipping point has exceeded 1/3, full support is needed for the success of the TRIPS Waiver Proposal, as voting in the WTO is based on consensus. The novelty of this research is the use of the norm life cycle concept in the implementation process.
Validity and Reliability in Autonomy Needs Scale for Student
Authors: A’zam Muhammad Nazif , Husna Aftina Nurul , Qomariyah Laili
Published: February 2025

The need for autonomy is how the individual thinks that his behaviour comes from himself without being influenced by others. The formation of autonomy was influenced by seven aspects, namely freedom, initiative, self-confidence, responsibility, self-assertiveness, decision-making, and self-control. The purpose of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the scale of autonomy needs that are made. This article also to explain specifically about the need for autonomy because there are not many articles that explain about autonomy needs of student. This research involved 92 students from various cities and universities to become subjects. The questionnaire consists of 60 items designed to assess aspects of freedom, initiative, self-confidence, responsibility, self-assertiveness, decision-making and self-control. This questionnaire has five alternative answers, namely 1 for "Strongly Disagree", 2 for "Disagree", 3 for "Somewhat Agree", 4 for "Agree", and 5 for "Strongly Agree". The results of this study indicate that it takes three rounds to find the level of validity and reliability on this scale with Cronbach's alpha of 0.937 and the number of items as many as 22 item. This research is expected to provide insight regarding the need for autonomy and it is hoped that research on the scale of this need for autonomy can be further developed in subsequent studies.
The Effect of Transparency and Accountability of the Financial Reports of LAZISMU Yogyakarta on Public Trust in Donating
Authors: Farida Mun , Safitri Teti Anggita
Published: February 2025

With accountability and transparency of financial reports that are carried out by amil zakat institutions, especially LAZ, this gives the public freedom to evaluate performance and gives trust to Muzakki and the public about what has been carried out by Amil Zakat Institutions. Obstacles that impede the development of zakat institutions in managing zakat funds are due to the problem of the lack of understanding of the community or muzaki in understanding the importance of zakat in shared welfare, as well as the lack of trust in zakat institutions. Low awareness of taxpayers, trust in BAZ and LAZ and Muzaki behavior that is still short-term, decentralized, and interpersonal oriented. The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the influence of the Transparency and Accountability of LAZISMU's reports on the trust of the people of Yogyakarta City. The analytical method used in this research is descriptive variable to analyze the data by describing the data that has been collected from the respondents' answers to the items in the questionnaire. As well as inferential statistical analysis to show the relationship between the research variables. The data analysis technique used in this study is Multiple Regression Analysis to test whether or not the influence of the two independent variables (X1 and X2) has on the dependent variable (Y). based on the results of the research hypothesis on the variable transparency and accountability of financial statements using the F test has a positive and significant influence on public trust in donating to Lazismu Yogyakarta City.