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Sea Defense Strategy Strengthening Through Improving The Readiness of Indonesian Naval Vessel Crew (Study: The Health Office of 1st Fleet Command) E
Authors: Palupi Endah , Suhirwan  , DAR Deni , Suhardono Edi , Sianturi Dohar , Prakoso Lukman Yudho , Bangun Ernalem
Published: March 2021

One of the sea defense strategies in the scope of deterrence is by presenting the Indonesian Navy force in the sea. This demands the readiness of the Indonesian Naval Vessel includes the platform material readiness and its personnel. The Indonesian Naval Vessel unit is generally different from the land unit makes it difficult the crew and need the health manipulation to avoid health problems or diseases that can interfere with their performance. Research errors regarding the implementation of the Indonesian Naval Vessel crew/soldier medical checks at the 1st Fleet Command Health office for readiness in order to support the defense task, the factors that influence and what is the effort supposed to do. The aim of the study was to analyze the implementation of the Indonesian Naval Vessel crew checks at the 1st Fleet Command Health Office what factors influenced and the best strategies implemented to obtain optimal results of the implementation of the Indonesian Naval Vessel crew soldier medical checks. This study uses a qualitative method. The analysis uses the theory of policy implementation from George Edward III. Data were obtained from informants related to the implementation of medical checks for Indonesian Naval Vessel crew in 1st Fleet Command which were then analyzed using qualitative. The results showed that the implementation of medical checks for Indonesian Naval Vessel crew was not optimal. Efforts are being made to coordinate at the planning stage, it is necessary to make a policy that requires Indonesian Naval Vessel crew to carry out medical checks without exception and provide Covid-19 vaccinations. So that soldiers can serve optimally.
Exploratory Learning Environments for Responsible Management Education Using Lego Serious Play
Authors: Gkogkidis Vasilis , Dacre Nicholas
Published: March 2021

Research into responsible management education has largely focused on the merits, attributes, and transformation opportunities to enhance responsible business school education aims. As such, a prominent part of the literature has occupied itself with examining if responsible management modules are inherently considered a non-crucial element of the curriculum and determining the extent to which business schools have introduced such learning content into their curriculum. However, there has been scant research into how to apply novel teaching approaches to engage students and promote responsible management education endeavours. As such, this paper seeks to address this gap through the development of a teaching framework to support educators in designing effective learning environments focused on responsible management education. We will draw on constructivist learning theories and Lego Serious Play (LSP) as a learning enhancement approach to develop a pedagogical framework. LSP is selected due to its increasing application in learning environments to help promote critical discourse, and engage with highly complex problems, whether these are social, economic, environmental, or organisational.
PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN DESA PADA DESA-DESA DI KABUPATEN KAMPAR
Authors: Izzah Daniatul , Taufeni Taufik  , Vera Oktari
Published: March 2021

This study aims to determine the effect of community participation,transparency, accountability, quality of human resources,utilization of information technology and the implementation ofinternal control system on village financial management. Thisresearch was conducted in the village of Kampar Regency. Thepopulation in this study were village officials who worked at thevillage office in Kampar District, amounting to 242 villages. Thisstudy used purposive sampling. The number of samples in this studywere 150 respondents, from each village 5 respondents would betaken with the criteria of the Village Head, Village Secretary, Headof Finance, Section Chief and BPD. The test was carried out usingSPSS 25.0 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 2010. The analysistechnique in this study uses multiple regression analysis. Theresults of this study indicate that: (1) Community participationinfluences the effectiveness of village financial management;(2)Transparency influences the effectiveness of village financialmanagement; (3) Accountability influences the effectiveness ofvillage financial management; (4) The quality of human resourcesinfluences the effectiveness of village financial management; (5)The use of information technology influences the effectiveness ofvillage financial management; (6) The application of an internalcontrol system influences the effectiveness of village financialmanagement.
PENGARUH SIKAP, NORMA SUBYEKTIF DAN KOMITMEN ORGANISASI TERHADAP NIAT UNTUK MELAKUKAN WHISTLEBLOWING
Authors: Angrayni Sindy , Yulistia Resti , Minovia Arie Frinola , Rifa Dandes
Published: March 2021

Everyone can become a whistleblower, but they face an ethical dilemma, whether they have to disclose the fraud that they know or not. The purposes of this study were to examine the effect of attitude, subjective norms and organizational commitment on whistleblowing intention. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using multiple linear regressions. The samples of this study were 85 respondents from BPK RI and BPKP West Sumatera. The results showed that subjective norms have positive effect on the intention of whistle-blowing action, while organizational commitment has no effect on whistleblowing intention. Surprisingly, this study found attitude has negative effect on the intention of whistle-blowing action. It means the better attitude, the lower the whistleblowing intention.
Editorial Vol.2(1)
Authors: Panthi Ananta
Published: March 2021

No abstract available.
Perspective of Women in the Nepalese Economy: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Scope
Authors: Rajkarnikar Rashmee Shilpakar
Published: March 2021

Bidirectional relationship between economic development and women's empowerment is one of the issues in this relationship. Economic growth and prosperity is necessary to improve gender inequality by reducing poverty. Another argument assumes that women could play a fundamental role in development. Thus, equality is valuable. Capacity of women is crucial for changing their live positively. This paper explores the scopes, and opportunities provided by the government policies for Nepalese women and analyzed the constraints in implementing the policies based on this authors' two previous studies -- Effectiveness of Gender Responsive Budgeting in Nepal, 2019; and Women's Contribution in Family Economy in Nepal, 2010. Although more than NRs 500 billion of budget is allocated in the programs directly benefitting women, results are not observed as expected. Sustainable economic development is possible only if the women are capable to utilize the resources; capable to control and reap the benefits of economic opportunities; and capable to make strategic decision for changing their lives positively, once they have access to the resources. Once women are capable, there would be no limitation to be involved in economics. Result Based Budgeting (RBB) systems has proven to be a compatible framework for the institutionalization of gender budgeting.
Collier, P. (2008). The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About It, Oxford University Press, USA.
Authors: Paudel Ramesh C.
Published: March 2021

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Peer Review Process in Scholarly Communication and Scientific Publishing
Authors: Khatri Bishnu Bahadur
Published: March 2021

Peer review in scholarly communication and scientific publishing, in one form or another, has always been regarded as crucial to the reputation and reliability of scientific research. In the growing interest of scholarly research and publication, this paper tries to discuss about peer review process and its different types to communicate the early career researchers and academics.This paper has used the published and unpublished documents for information collection. It reveals that peer review places the reviewer, with the author, at the heart of scientific publishing. It is the system used to assess the quality of scientific research before it is published. Therefore, it concludes that peer review is used to advancing and testing scientific knowledgeas a quality control mechanism forscientists, publishers and the public.
Impact of Bridge Construction for Improved Livelihood in Rural Area
Authors: Gautam Susmita
Published: March 2021

Nepal has thousands of rivers flowing over its terrain. It needs many bridges for smooth transportation. In this background, this study highlights impact of road bridges like infrastructures on rural livelihood and importance of the local participation in such infrastructure development programme. The study area as the Zone of Influence of ChirdiKhola is ward no. 7 and 10 of Phalebas Municipality which has 1026 households and 4423 populations. Household survey, focus group discussion, key informant interview, observation techniques were used for collecting primary data whereas secondary data were generated from district profile and table review. This study reveals that the bridge has directly or indirectly played crucial role in increasing the freight volume, decreasing the freight cost, increase in number of peoples seeking health facilities through health centers. Local peoples participated to identify the need of bridge and cooperated during the construction of bridge for effective implementation. Motorable Bridge plays vital role in social upliftment and generating the new ideas of income generations. This study also put some light on how Motorable Bridges are constructed in local levels through different programmes, Departments of Nepal Government and the role of District Development Committees in Motorable Bridge projects.
Peran Mediasi Brand Image Pada Green Promotion, Environmental Consciousness, Information Credibility Terhadap Purchase Decision
Authors: Larasati Qisthi , Wisnalmawati Wisnalmawati , Sugandini Dyah
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACTThis study aims to analyze the effect of green promotion, environmental consciousness, information credibility on purchase decisions mediated by brand image on environmentally-friendly cosmetic products The Body Shop in Yogyakarta. The variables used in this study are green promotion (X1), environmental consciousness (X2), information credibility (X3) purchase decision (Y), and brand image (Z). The population in this study are consumers who use The Body Shop products in Yogyakarta. The total sample in this study was 100 respondents using the convenience sampling technique or also known as accidental sampling and the data collection method using a questionnaire. The data analysis used was SEM (Structural Equation Model) analysis with the SMART PLS 3.2.7 program. By testing the hypothesis, the results of the analysis show that green promotion, environmental consciousness, information credibility has a positive effect on purchase decisions on The Body Shop products in Yogyakarta, and brand image can mediate the variables of green promotion, environmental consciousness, information credibility on purchase decisions. The suggestions for further researchers are because in this study there are still limitations so that further researchers are expected to be able to research with other variables and need to use a wider and more diverse range of respondents to obtain more varied results that can affect purchasing decisions. Keywords: Brand Image, Environmental Consciousness, Green Promotion, , Information Credibility, Purchase Decision.
Figurations of “India” and the Transnational in W.E.B. Du Bois
Authors: Basu Biman
Published: March 2021

Considering the racial movements and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Michael Omi and Howard Winant argue that even if “the movements themselves could disintegrate, the policies for which they fought could be reversed, their leaders could be coopted or destroyed,” the “enduring legacy” of these movements can be described in terms of “racial subjectivity and self-awareness,” which had “taken permanent hold, and no amount of repression or cooptation could change that” (97). In other words, against political and economic losses, they measure an advance in terms of subjectivity and consciousness. In the face of a general skepticism about the sovereign subject and consciousness, whether an enhanced subjectivity can be considered a commensurate outcome of political movements depends on the way in which subjectivity is understood.
Russian Diasporas in the “Near Abroad”: Implications for International Peace
Authors: Kolstø Pål
Published: March 2021

The collapse of the Soviet Union removed the most important threat to international peace—the confrontation of two nucleararmed superpowers—but, in the process, created some new ones. One of the new sources of interstate instability identified by political analysts was the presence of a Russian population, numbering in the millions, who, without having moved, now found themselves living in non-Russian Soviet successor states. Some feared that mistreatment of these groups by the national and nationalist governments of these new states might trigger military Russian responses. Others surmised that, irrespective of how they were being treated, Russia might use these diaspora communities as stalking horses in a bid for regional hegemony and as an excuse for interference in the domestic affairs of neighbor states.
“We Crossed a Lot of Borders”: Refugee Children of the Greek Civil War
Authors: Danforth Loring M.
Published: March 2021

The evacuation of 28,000 refugee children from villages in northern Greece by the Communist Party of Greece in 1948 was one of the most controversial chapters of the Greek Civil War, a conflict whose traumatic impact has continued to polarize modern Greek society. A bitterly contested aspect of this evacuation was the issue of whether these children were removed with or without the permission of their parents. After a difficult journey to Eastern Europe, the refugees were cared for in “children’s homes” until they were old enough to live independently. Many of them remained in Eastern Europe; some were repatriated to Greece, and some emigrated to Australia or Canada. Also in 1948, another, smaller group of children was evacuated by the Greek government to “child cities” within Greece, where they were cared for until the end of the Civil War, when most of them returned to the villages where they were born.
Proximate Practices? Gender, Diaspora, and the Rise in Black Internationalism
Authors: Baldwin Kate
Published: March 2021

When Langston Hughes set off for Russia in June 1932, he packed a victrola and several records by Louis Armstrong and Ethel Waters. Hughes brought these unwieldy objects at the urging of his friend, Louise Thompson, the organizer of the group of African American artists, writers, and activists with whom Hughes was traveling. Hughes’s attachment, aesthetic and otherwise, to blues and jazz is clearly etched in the work he had produced in the 1920s. His two collections of poetry, The Weary Blues (1926) and Fine Clothes for a Jew (1927), push the apparent limits between modern poetic verse and song verse, fusing modernity and orality. Hughes’ memoir of his Soviet journey, I Wonder as I Wander, underscores the lure of mixtures. In his own sparse prose, Hughes recalls that his victrola created a “social center” wherever he traveled. He recounts how Jews, Russians, Asians, Mongolians, Uzbeks, and “Turkomans” 1 flocked to his room in Ashkhabad (now in Turkmenistan), and explains, “Everywhere around the world, folks are attracted by American jazz. A good old Dixieland stomp can break down almost any language barriers, and there is something about Louis Armstrong’s horn that creates spontaneous friendships” (114).
Invisible Exodus: The Cultural Effacement of Antillean Migration
Authors: Dobie Madeleine
Published: March 2021

In the closing piece of the 1995 essay collection Penser la créolité [Thinking Creoleness], the Guadeloupean novelist Maryse Condé , also one of the volume’s editors, offers her thoughts on the revival of Creole language and culture advocated by the Martinican writers Patrick Chamoiseau and Raphael Confiant and the linguist Jean Bernabé in their 1989 manifesto, Éloge de la créolité [In Praise of Creoleness]. In her commentary Condé articulates in measured terms her view that, as a cultural movement, créolitéremains trapped in an outdated opposition between France and the Caribbean, metropolitan center and tropical margin.
Building the Chinese Diaspora across Canada: Chinese Diasporic Discourse and the Case of Peterborough, Ontario
Authors: Chen Zhongping
Published: March 2021

It has become a vogue for scholars to describe and analyze Chinese migration and migrants under the term “diaspora.” However, most previous studies have focused on the Chinese diaspora in a global, national, or metropolitan context and neglected the diasporic phenomenon as manifested in towns and small cities. A major purpose of this essay, therefore, is to fill the gap in the diasporic scholarship concerning small, localized communities by examining Chinese migration and networks around Peterborough, Ontario, which is about 110km to the northeast of Toronto. Peterborough developed as an incorporated town from 1850 and then as an incorporated city from 1905, and it has long attracted migrants from China. It is typical of the many small urban communities of eastern Canada whose Chinese communities have rarely received scholarly attention. While this essay mainly reports the results of empirical research on the Peterborough case, it also offers a theoretical critique of cultural, ethnic, and especially diasporic studies of the Chinese overseas.
Political “Articulation” in the Diaspora: Media, Language, and “Dialogue” in the Case of Arab-Americans
Authors: Schumann Christoph
Published: March 2021

In the December 1999 issue of the Arab-American magazine al-Hewâr, the Houston-based physician and community activist Dr. Abdel Kader Fustok described the need for dialogue among members of his diaspora as follows:
The Memory of Place: Rebuilding the Pre-1948 Palestinian Village
Authors: Slyomovics Susan
Published: March 2021

Memorial books, also known as village histories, memorialize a village, a district, a region, or a country that no longer exists. They are compiled by former inhabitants of places lost to the uprooting and dispersal of entire populations by war, systematic persecution, or the redrawing of national frontiers. The custom of creating books to document the destruction of place is to be found among East European Jewish survivors of the Holocaust; among Armenian survivors of the 1915-20 Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, as well as in German-speaking communities in Eastern Europe uprooted after World War II; and among Palestinians turned into refugees by the establishment of the State of Israel. That the genre of “memorial book” continues to be productive is demonstrated by the most recent series to commemorate newly destroyed villages: a projected series of volumes on the Community of Bosnia began with the commemoration of the Bosnian Muslim village of Foca, which was destroyed in April-May 1992.
American Scripts, Canadian Realities: Toronto’s Show Boat
Authors: Sanders Leslie
Published: March 2021

After enduring accusations of racism in Toronto, the Canadian production of Show Boat has won raves on Broadway from Afro-American newspapers.
Adaptive Numerical Modeling of Engineering Problems Using Hierarchical Fup Basis Functions and Control Volume IsoGeometric Analysis
Authors:   ,   University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Kamber Grgo
Published: March 2021

The main objective of this thesis is to utilize the powerful approximation properties of Fup basis functions for numerical solutions of engineering problems with highly localized steep gradients while controlling spurious numerical oscillations and describing different spatial scales. The concept of isogeometric analysis (IGA) is presented as a unified framework for multiscale representation of the geometry and solution. This fundamentally high-order approach enables the description of all fields as continuous and smooth functions by using a linear combination of spline basis functions. Classical IGA usually employs Galerkin or collocation approach using B-splines or NURBS as basis functions. However, in this thesis, a third concept in the form of control volume isogeometric analysis (CV-IGA) is used with Fup basis functions which represent infinitely smooth splines. Novel hierarchical Fup (HF) basis functions is constructed, enabling a local hp-refinement such that they can replace certain basis functions at one resolution level with new basis functions at the next resolution level that have a smaller length of the compact support (h-refinement), but also higher order (p-refinement). This hp-refinement property enables spectral convergence which is significant improvement in comparison to the hierarchical truncated B-splines which enable h-refinement and polynomial convergence. Thus, in domain zones with larger gradients, the algorithm uses smaller local spatial scales, while in other region, larger spatial scales are used, controlling the numerical error by the prescribed accuracy. The efficiency and accuracy of the adaptive algorithm is verified with some classic 1D and 2D benchmark test cases with application to the engineering problems with highly localized steep gradients and advection-dominated problems.
Serum Angiopoietin-1/Angiopoietin-2 at 16-18 Weeks of Gestation to Predict Preeclampsia
Authors: Phupong Vorapong , Tanbirojn Patau , Lertkhachonsuk Ruangsak
Published: March 2021

Objective: To determine whether serum angiopoietin-1/angiopoietin-2 ratio can predict preeclampsia in women at 16–18 weeks of gestation, or not.Material and Methods: This was a prospective observational study that was conducted in pregnant women with gestational age of 16-18 weeks. Serum angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 levels were acquired. The predictive values of these tests were calculated.Results: Data from 269 pregnant women were analyzed. Twenty-two cases developed preeclampsia, and five of these cases had early onset preeclampsia. When the angiopoietin-1/angiopoietin-2 ratio was above 6.2, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values to predict preeclampsia were 50.0%, 72.9%, 14.1% and 94.2%, respectively. When angiopoietin-1 was used to predict preeclampsia, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values were 59.1%, 65.2%, 13.1% and 94.7%, respectively. When angiopoietin-2 was used to predict preeclampsia, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values were 63.6%, 50.2%, 10.2% and 93.9%, respectively.Conclusion: This study demonstrated that serum angiopoietin-1/angiopoietin-2 ratio at 16-18 weeks of gestation was not effective in predicting preeclampsia. However, angiopoietin-2 may be used to predict preeclampsia.
On the circumstances of the transfer of the Lepidoptera collection of Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich to the Zoological Museum in St. Petersburg
Authors: Slepkova N.V.
Published: March 2021

The work examines the circumstances of the transfer of the largest collection of butterflies, collected by Grand Duke Nikolai Romanov for 26 years, to the Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg in 1899–1900. The gift was made on the condition that the collection would retain the name of the donor; that, because of its considerable size, there will be a special custodian; that it would remain untouchable and without resupply, except for the species that may come from the Russian Empire; that it will be available for the work of scientists and professionals interested in the field. Two requirements were added a little bit later. The collection should have been kept in the same cabinets as it was at the Grand Duke’s palace. Otto Hertz was to be left the custodian with the position of senior zoologist. The main sources of the article are the minutes of the meetings of the Physics and Mathematics Department of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, museum reports, books of receipts from the Scientific Archives of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, materials of the St. Petersburg branch of the Archive of RAS and the Russian State Historical Archives.
Mind Support: A Systematic Review of Online Peer Support Platforms
Authors:   University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Stapper Noah , Benavides Jimenez Gema ,   University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Barenco Abbas Yasmin , Homsy King Maya
Published: March 2021

Provision of mental healthcare is currently limited and not accessible to all those who require it. The nature of this gap in mental health support calls for a solution that is more accessible, affordable and personalized to prevent the exacerbation of mild mental health issues and to offer support as an adjunct to state of the art therapeutics. To this effect, the non-profit mental health foundation “Mind Support” has been set up, an online peer support platform. This paper analyses the approach and solutions offered by this platform for the growing gap in mental health support and demonstrates the benefits and limitations of online peer support in general. Online peer support as provided by “Mind Support” has the advantage of being anonymous and is free of charge making it accessible to everybody. At the same time, “Mind Support” reaps the benefits of traditional peer support options, such as having a more trauma-informed approach rather than an illness-focused one, aiding in the reduction of stigma and welcoming dialogue. The aim of this article is to stimulate the use of online tools to bridge the mental health support gap.
Pengaruh Pendidikan Dan Pelatihan Terhadap Kompetensi Penyuluh Pertanian Di Kabupaten Pasaman
Authors: Afdal Zulhendri  , Henmaidi
Published: March 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis kompetensi penyuluh pertanian di KabupatenPasaman. Menganalisis pengaruh pendidikan dan pelatihan terhadap kompetensi penyuluh pertanian di KabupatenPasaman. Penelitian ini dirancang berbentuk survei dengan penjelasan (eksplanatory research), yaitu menjelaskan pengaruh antara peubah peubah penelitian melalui pengujian hipotesis yang dirumuskan (Singarimbun dan Effendi, 1989) yang dilakukan terhadap populasi penyuluh dengan menggunakan instrumen angket dalam bentuk pertanyaan tertutup dan teknik wawancara dengan pengolahan kuantitatif yang dijelaskan secarakualitatif. Analisis data adalah proses penyederhanaan data kedalam bentuk yang lebih mudah dibaca dan diinterprestasikan seperti dalam bentuk tabel. Data yang telah dikumpul diolah dan dianalisis secara kuantitatif. Uji regresi  linier  berganda  yaitu  pengujian  yang  digunakan  untuk pengaruh antara lebih dari satu variabel bebas terhadap variabel terikat. Regresi linier berganda adalah pengaruh secara linear antara dua variabel independen (X1, X2,….Xn) dengan variabel dependen (Y). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kompetensi penyuluh pertanian di Kabupaten Pasaman rata-rata berada pada kategori sedang, terlihat dari sedangnya enam aspek indikator kompetensi, yaitu: kemampuan komunikasi inovasi‚ kemampuan pengelolaan pembelajaran‚ kemampuan pengelolaan pembaharuan‚ kemampuan pengelolaan pelatihan‚ kemampuan pengelolaan kewirausahaan dan kemampuan pemandu sistem jaringan meskipun satu indikator berada pada kategori tinggi yakni kemampuan pemahaman potensi wilayah,karena Kemampuan pemahaman potensi wilayah kerja syarat mutlak bagi seorang penyuluh
Implementasi Push Notification dan Location Based Service Pada Aplikasi Smart Rekomendasi Wirausaha Untuk Pedagang Makanan Keliling
Authors: Saputra Wahyu , Setiawan Eko Budi , Setiyadi Angga
Published: March 2021

Food mobile traders, especially in the city of Bandung, are currently experiencing difficulties in obtaining permanent buyers and customers. 86 % traders interviewed felt that their income was increasingly decreasing due to the many buyers using online applications. The traders difficult to get buyers and it was difficult to determine the direction of his destination when trading around. Likewise, buyers who want to buy free merchandise find it difficult because they do not know the schedule of the traveling merchants and are not aware of the traders themselves. In this case, the traveling food traders and buyers need an application container that can facilitate the transaction process. Based on the results of alpha and beta tests that have been carried out at the implementation and testing stages, it can be concluded that the development of smart applications recommended by mobile food traders using push notification and location-based service based on android can make it easier for mobile traders to get buyers, and buyers are facilitated in knowing the position of the nearest traveling merchant
Umkämpfte Zivilgesellschaft
Authors: Bringt Friedemann
Published: March 2021

Es lässt sich ein Trend verzeichnen, nachdem gewalttätig rassistische Haltungen sowohl von extrem rechten als auch reaktionär-bürgerlichen Milieus geteilt werden und sich im öffentlichen Diskurs normalisieren. Diese Situation spiegelt wider, was die soziologische Einstellungsforschung seit Jahren attestiert: Zivilgesellschaften sind nicht unbedingt progressiv, demokratisch und gemeinwohlorientiert. Sie können reaktionär, antidemokratisch und aggressiv eigenwohlorientiert sein. Mit Blick auf diese „dunkle Seite der Zivilgesellschaft“ untersucht die Arbeit speziell für solche Problemkonstellationen konzipierte Projekte einer menschenrechtsorientierten Gemeinwesenarbeit (GWA). Dabei werden Gelingensbedingungen für sozialräumliche Veränderungsprozesse zu mehr demokratischer Alltagskultur durch GWA beleuchtet und Vorschläge für deren konzeptuelle Weiterentwicklung entwickelt.
Molecular mechanisms, immune cell infiltration, and potential drugs for prostate cancer
Authors: Yan Yunkun , Mao Xingning , Zhang Qingyun , Ye Yu , Dai Yan , Bao Mengying , Zeng Yanyu , Huang Rong , Mo Zengnan
Published: March 2021

BACKGROUND: The molecular mechanisms involved in the prostate cancer and their relationship with immune cell infiltration are not fully understood. The prostate cancer patients undergoing standard androgen deprivation therapy eventually develop castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) for which there is no effective treatment currently available, and the hub genes involved in this process remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: To study prostate cancer systematically and comprehensively. METHODS: Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of prostate cancer were screened in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses were performed. Connectivity Map (Cmap) software was applied to discover potential treatment drugs. A protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis was performed to obtained the hub genes, and the relationship between hub genes and immune cell infiltration was investigated. Next, RNAseq data of hormone-sensitive prostate cancer samples and CRPC samples obtained from TCGA database was further analyzed to identify DEGs. Finally, a PPI analysis was performed to obtain the hub genes. RESULTS: A total of 319 DEGs were identified between prostate cancer samples and normal adjacent samples from TCGA database using comparative analysis. The KEGG pathway analysis showed significant correlations with drug metabolism, metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450, and chemical carcinogenesis. AMACR, FOLH1 and NPY, three hub genes, were found to be upregulated. FOLH1 was positively correlated with CD8+ T cell infiltration. FOLH1, AMACR, and NPY were negatively correlated with CD4+ T cell infiltration. A total of 426 DEGs were identified from RNAseq data of hormone-sensitive prostate cancer samples and CRPC samples using further comparative analysis. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed significant correlations with arachidonic acid metabolism, PPAR signaling pathway, AMPK signaling pathway, and metabolic pathways. The top 10 hub genes in PPI network were screened out, including PPARG, SREBF1, SCD, HMGCR, FASN, PTGS2, HMGCS2, SREBF2, FDFT1, and INSIG1. Among them, SCD and FASN are expected to be the potential therapeutic targets for CRPC. CONCLUSIONS: AMACR, FOLH1 and NPY may be effective therapeutic targets and specific diagnostic markers for prostate cancer. AMACR, FOLH1, and NPY are also closely associated with immune cell infiltration in prostate cancer. Moreover, aminoglutethimide and resveratrol were found to be the promising drugs for treating prostate cancer. The progression of hormone-sensitive prostate cancer to CRPC may be related to arachidonic acid metabolism, PPAR signaling pathway, AMPK signaling pathway, and other metabolic pathways. SCD and FASN are expected to be the potential therapeutic targets for CRPC.
Molecular Characterization of the Begomovirus Associated Satellites Infecting Spinacia Oleracea and Capsicum Annum Plants in Kohat, Pakistan
Authors: Shuja Malik Nawaz
Published: March 2021

Begomovirus is a major and economically important genus of the Geminiviridae family. It comprises a wide range of viruses that infect a number of dicot plants including the horticulture crops, cereal crops, aromatic plants, vegetable crops, medicinal plants and weeds in various regions of the world. This study aims to investigate and correlate the various symptoms of begomovirus / satellites in different plants grown in the vicinity of Kohat, Pakistan. Furthermore, the characterization of the selected virus-associated satellites at the molecular level is also studied. Samples of suspected plants showing begomoviral infection were collected from the Kohat District. Genomic DNA was extracted from the infected plants and subjected to PCR using DNA-1/DNA-2 and Beta01/Beta02 for alpha satellites and beta satellites, respectively. The amplified PCR products were cloned and sequenced commercially. After sequencing, in silico sequence and phylogenetic analysis was also performed. Our study discovered that many plants in the Kohat District display begomovirus and satellite disease symptoms with mild to extreme disease severity. Disease incidence is especially high in okra. Beta satellites were isolated and sequenced from Spinacia oleracea and Capsicum annum plants and they showed more than 90% sequence similarity with chilli leaf curl and tomato leaf curl beta satellites. The existence of betasatellites in spinach and chilli plants was discovered for the first time in the Kohat region. Moreover, the distribution of these highly pathogenic variants of chilli leaf curl and tomato leaf curl betasatellites in the district Kohat has been reported previously.
Potencial dos substratos pó-de-coco e casca de pinus compostada na promoção de crescimento de mudas de umbuzeiro
Authors:   Universidade Federal da Bahia, Neves Orlando Sílvio Caires , Horlle Juliana Carolina Alves ,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avrella Eduarda Demari ,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Paim Luciana Pinto ,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Fior Claudimar Sidnei ,   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Published: March 2021

The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential of the processed coconut fiber (coconut powder) and composted pine bark, isolated and in combination, in promoting the growth of umbuzeiro seedlings. This work was conducted in a greenhouse in a completely randomized block experimental design, with five treatments and four replications. The treatments consisted of the following formulations, in volumetric proportions: 100% pine bark (CP); 75% CP + 25% coconut powder (PC); 50% CP + 50% CP; 25% CP + 75% CP and; 100% PC). The coconut powder substrates or the formulation containing 75% coconut powder + 25% composted pine bark provided Imbu seedlings with higher vegetative quality. The lower density, higher total porosity and higher percentage of available water were the physical characteristics of the substrates that most influenced the growth of Imbu seedlings.
II.-Crónica Internacional
Authors: B. M.
Published: March 2021

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The dawn of a mobile payment scheme: The case of Movii
Authors: León Carlos
Published: March 2021

Mobile wallets replicate physical wallets on a mobile device, in which users can store different payment instruments (e.g., cards, transfers) to make mobile payments. As the mobile wallet is adopted, a mobile payment scheme emerges, with its users as elements in a network of transfers. In this article, I study the mobile payment scheme of Movii— the first fintech firm in Colombia operating under a financial non-banking license for electronic deposits and payments. Based on a unique dataset of bilateral transfers between Movii’s mobile wallet users, I build, visualize and analyze Movii’s network, daily from November 18, 2017, to November 25, 2020. Besides the anticipated increase in the number of users and the value of transfers, the visual and quantitative complexity of the network of transfers increases over time. This increase in complexity is likely to be linked to the adoption of Movii’s mobile wallet, which results in users finding new ways to use mobile payments beyond person-to-person transfers, including person-to-business and business-to-business. Also, results suggest the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the evolution of Movii’s mobile payments scheme.
Therapeutic results and prognostic factors of stage III NSCLC: a population-based study in Tunisia
Authors: Hergebue K. , Mejri N. , Berrazega Y. , Rachdi H. , El Benna H. , Labidi S. , Boussen H.
Published: March 2021

Background: Prognostic factors are crucial to guide patient’s selection through therapeutic decisions and outcome prediction. Aim: To investigate prognostic factors associated with improved survival in stage III non-small cell lung cancer. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed clinical data of 88 stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients treated between 2010–2017. Multidisciplinary evaluation prior to therapy onset was mandatory. Univariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression were performed to identify factors associated with survival. Results: Median follow-up was 28 months, 56% of patients experienced recurrence. Median overall survival (OS) was 19 months. On univariable analysis, improved OS correlated with younger age (p = 0.011), better performance score (ECOG PS < 2) (p < 0.01), absence of weight loss (p = 0.019) and smaller tumor size (≤ 7 cm) (p = 0.005). OS was improved in patients receiving therapy planned by multidisciplinary meeting compared with those who did not (p < 0.01), in those with resected tumors (p = 0.001), responding to therapy (neoadjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.034) and concurrent chemoradiation (p = 0.001), as well as those with lower neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (p = 0.026) and lower platelet-lymphocyte ratio (p = 0.003). Postoperative adjuvant therapy increased OS (64 vs 24, p = 0.025). Longer recurrence-free interval, locoregional failure and better perfomance status at recurrence were good prognostic factors for OS. Multivariate analysis showed that only upfront surgery followed by adjuvant therapy (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.61; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.38–0.96; p = 0.034), adherence to multidisciplinary team decision (HR = 0.26; 95% CI 0.15–0.47; p < 0.01) and tumor size > 7 cm (HR = 2.31; 95% CI 1.29–4.13; p = 0.005) were independent prognostic factors affecting OS. Conclusions: Optimal therapeutic strategy and adherence to the decision provided by the multidisciplinary evaluation of patients played an important role in stage III non-small cell lung cancer outcome.
Immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorders and lymphoid neoplasms in post-COVID-19 pandemic era
Authors: Gluzman D.F. , Zavelevich M.P. , Philchenkov A.A. , Koval S.V. , Bezhenar T.O.
Published: March 2021

The 2017 revision of WHO Classification of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues contains separate chapters on the immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorders. In this mini-review, the brief description of pathological, immunophenotypical and clinical features of lymphoid neoplasms associated with primary immune disorders, HIV infection, those arising in post-transplant setting and other lymphoproliferative disorders (excluding those induced by radiation) is given. The heterogeneous spectrum of these lymphoid malignancies is specified by the nature of those factors that are capable to induce immune suppression or chronic antigenic stimulation of immune system. Taking into account the full swing of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and our ignorance of the ability of this virus to induce the sustained stimulation of immune system, we could not exclude the high risk of autoimmune diseases and lymphoid neoplasms in the long-term post-pandemic period. In this context, the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2  as well as some recently reported cell receptors for SARS-CoV-2 cell entry should be considered as far as some of them (CD147, CD26) could be tumor-associated antigens.
Assessment of radiation exposure in the settlements located in Stepnogorsk area
Authors: Ibrayeva D.S. , Aumalikova M.N. , Ilbekova K.B. , Bakhtin M.M. , Kazymbet P.K. , Ibrayeva Sh.S. , Zhumadilov K.Sh.
Published: March 2021

The Stepnogorsk area Northern Kazakhstan has a long history mining activities. Mining activities have lots of environmental and health impacts. The aims of this study were to characterizing the general radiological situation of the area and evaluate radiation exposure by scenarios in settlements. In this study radiological assessment was performed for critical group living in the territory contaminated with radionuclides; working and studying at school located on territory former mining site. The annual dose burden is 2.5 mSv y−1 in Zavodskoy, 1.9 mSv y−1 in Kvartsitka and 3.6 mSv y−1 in Aqsu; and exposure from radon is around 11 mSv y−1 at the ground floor, and for teachers - up to 12 mSv*y−1. At settlements, however, under the hypothesis that all food contaminated with radionuclides and vegetables is cultivated locally in the territories with high background level, exposure from ingestion is 9.1 mSv y−1 in Zavodskoy, 8.3 mSv y−1 in Kvartsitka and 11.5 mSv y−1 in Aqsu. The combined effects of environmental problems have culminated into health problems. There are such possibility of the higher prevalence of cardiovascular, digestive and respiratory systems so it is necessary to evaluate or protect people living in Stepnogorsk area.
Effect of Non-Coding Region RNA Gene XIST (X-Inactive Specific Transcript) on Human Breast Cancer
Authors: Umar Liya Agustin
Published: March 2021

X chromosome is a sex chromosome found in both women and men. The inactivation of the X chromosome is linked to a non-coding region of RNA known as the XIST gene (X-inactive specific transcript). This gene is located in the X inactivation center (XIC X-inactive center). The XIST gene is a region that belongs to the RNA group, non-coding transcripts (NCT), also known as microRNA. Breast cancer (Breast Cancer) is a type of cancer that commonly affects women, but men can develop breast cancer, but the chances are small, about 1 in 1000. Breast cancer is a cancerous neoplasm that is malignant, and occurs in the mammary gland. The presence of a specific XIST gene on the X chromosome and the prevalence of breast cancer, which is mostly in women, raises the idea that there is an influence of this gene on breast cancer (breast cancer) in the epigenetic process. The XIST gene related to microRNA has an opportunity to be looked at because certain microRNAs have a greater or lesser level (concentration) in cancer cells than normal cells. This is a new opportunity to continue to be developed as a consideration for a new treatment method involving gene therapy.
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi’nin ‘Etsiz Yağsız Tecrübeli Yemekler’ Adlı Kitabındaki Gastronomik Eğilimler Üzerine Bir İnceleme
Authors: ÇEKİÇ İbrahim , CANBOLAT Cihan
Published: March 2021

Tarihsel süreçte insanlar yaşadıkları bölgelerin fiziki, sosyal ve ekonomik özellikleri doğrultusunda çeşitli beslenme tarz ve şekilleri ortaya koymuşlar; dolayısıyla bir yeme içme kültürü oluşturmuşlardır. Bu bağlamda toplumların sosyal kodlarının çözümlenmesinde mutfak kültürünün apayrı bir yeri olduğu söylenebilir. Bu çalışmada, 1919 yılında Mütekaid lakaplı Hüseyin Hüsnü adlı bir yazarın telif ettiği “Etsiz Yağsız Tecrübeli Yemekler” adlı Osmanlıca eserdeki yemek reçetelerinden yola çıkılarak döneme ve dönemin şekillendirdiği beslenme şekline ışık tutulmuş; dolayısıyla beslenme stratejileri ile sosyal ve ekonomik unsurlar arasındaki ilişkinin yönü ve boyutu ortaya koyulmuştur. Ayrıca söz konusu reçetelerde kullanılan ikame ürünler, önerilen pratikler ve tezyin usullerinden yola çıkılarak dönemin gastronomik eğilimleri ile ilgili bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır.
Turist Rehberliği Öğrencilerinin Mesleki Eğitime Yönelik Görüşleri: Balıkesir Üniversitesi Örneği
Authors: ŞAHİN Seda , ERDEM Mervenur
Published: March 2021

Turist rehberleri, kişilerin ziyaret ettikleri yer ile ilgili, tarihi, arkeolojik, mitolojik, kültürel bilgiler veren, en az bir yabancı dil bilen yol göstericilerdir. Turist rehberlerinin pek çok alanda bilgi sahibi olması ve gidilen yöreyi en doğru şekilde tanıtmaları gerekmektedir. Turist rehberleri ayrıca ülkesel ve bölgesel açıdan katkı sağlayan bir yapıya sahiptir. Turist rehberlerinin ziyaretçilere doğru ve faydalı bilgiler verebilmesi için ise nitelikli bir eğitim sürecinden geçmeleri gerekmektedir. Bu açıdan turist rehberliği eğitimi alan öğrencilerin mesleki eğitime yönelik görüşlerinin belirlenmesi turist rehberliği eğitimine katkı sunarak nitelikli rehberlerin yetişmesini sağlayacaktır. Yapılan araştırmada yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu aracılığıyla öğrencilerin turist rehberliği eğitimine yönelik görüşlerinin ve beklentilerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Balıkesir Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi Turizm Rehberliği Bölümü’nde eğitim görmekte olan birinci, ikinci, üçüncü, dördüncü sınıf ve birinci, ikinci öğretim öğrencilerinden en az 10 öğrenci ile görüşme yapılması hedeflenmiştir. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formunu cevaplamaya istekli olan toplamda 84 öğrenciyle araştırma gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler kodlama ve içerik analizi yöntemleriyle çözümlenmiştir. Analizler sonucunda 17 kategori ve kategorilerde yer alan 197 ifade belirlenmiştir. Analizler sonucu elde edilen bilgilere göre turist rehberliği öğrencilerinin mesleki eğitime yönelik olumlu görüşlere sahip olduğu, fakülte ve TUREB’e yönelik uygulamalı eğitim, ders içeriklerinin çeşitlendirilmesi ve nitelikli bir yabancı dil eğitimi beklentisinde oldukları belirlenmiştir.