bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pemberitaan Kelangkaan Minyak Goreng Di Media Online Dan Kepanikan Masyarakat
Authors: Siahaan Chontina , Herawati Andi Febri , Adrian Donal
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe social problems faced by society today are related to the scarcity and rising prices of cooking oil to reach 100% more than the previous price. The government is considered less responsive in acting and acting because it is unable to provide good solutions. The issue was also published in a news report in online media. The purpose of the study was to find out the news about the scarcity of cooking oil in online media and public panic. The research method uses descriptive qualitative. Data were collected by observation and in-depth interviews. Withdrawal of informants is done purposive. Data were analyzed using the interactive model of Miles and Huberman which began with data collection, data reduction, data display and Conlusion Drawing. The results of the study show that online media such as Tempo.co and Kompas.com make news related to the scarcity and increase in cooking oil prices to reach 100 percent more than the previous price, which are facts and data that occur in all regions in Indonesia. The scarcity of cooking oil resulted in an unfavorable response from the public, such as showing a sense of disappointment and panic buying.Keywords: Online Media, News, Scarcity of Cooking Oil AbstrakMasalah sosial yang dihadapi masyarakat saat ini ialah terkait dengan kelangkaan dan naiknya harga minyak goreng hingga mencapi 100 % lebih dari harga sebelumnya. Pemerintah dinilai kurang respon dalam bersikap dan bertindak karena tidak mampu memberikan solusi yang baik. Masalah tersebut juga dipublikasikan dalam sebuah pemberitaan di media online. Tujuan penelitian yaitu untuk mengetahui pemberitaan kelangkaan minyak goreng di media online dan kepanikan masyarakat. Metode penelitian menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi dan wawancara mendalam. Penarikan informan dilakukan secara purposif. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan model interaktif Miles and Huberman yang dimulai dengan pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa media online seperti Tempo.co dan Kompas.com membuat berita terkait dengan kelangkaan dan naiknya harga minyak goreng hingga mencapai 100 persen lebih dari harga sebelumnya merupakan fakta dan data yang benar terjadi di seluruh daerah di Indonesia. Kelangkaan minyak goreng menghasilkan respon yang kurang baik dari masyarakat seperti menunjukan rasa kekecewaan dan terjadinya panic buying.Kata Kunci: Media Online, Berita, Kelangkaan Minyak Goreng
Microbiological diversity and biotechnological characteristics of the dominant indigenous lactic microflora in Algerian traditional butter (Dhan)
Authors: Maamar Karim , Zeid Ahmed Fouad , Kihal Mebrouk , Benlahcen Kheira
Published: May 2022

Traditional butter is widely used in pastoral populations in Algeria, thanks to its nutritional value. Several studies have investigated traditional butter produced in Algeria, our study is a contribution to its improvement and valorisation through the phenotypic identification and characterization of lactic acid bacteria responsible for the fermentation of this product. The samples were collected in the regions of Relizane, Oran, Sidi Bel-Abbes and Tindouf. Physicochemical tests make it possible to specify the quality of traditional butter; the pH is 4.5 ± 0.02 to 5.31 ± 0.2, the fat content is 73 ± 0.2 to 83 ± 0.1%, the acid index is 28.05 ± 0.2 to 44.88 ± 0.2 mg KOH.g-1 and the saponification index is 131.85 ± 0.2 to 359.10 ± 0.2 mg KOHg.-1. The microbiological analysis results show that the lactic microflora isolated from butter consists mainly of different genera; Lactobacillus 49%, Lactococcus 20%, Leuconostoc 15%, Enterococcus 11% and Pediococcus 5%. Species identification is based on classical phenotypic characterization; Lb. plantarum 7 isolates (26%), Lb. casei subsp. casei 6 isolates (22%), Lb. casei subsp. rhamnosus and Lb. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus 5 isolates (19%), Lb. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii 4 isolates (14%), Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris 6 isolates (55%), Lc. lactis subsp. lactis 5 isolates (45%), Ln. mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum 5 isolates (62%), Ln. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides 3 isolates (38%), E. faecalis 4 isolates (67%), E. faecium 2 isolates (33%), P. acidilactici3 isolates (100%). They have considerable biotechnological characteristics which allow the constitution of specific starters in the manufacture of Algerian traditional butter.
New occurrence of cetacean stranded on the Algerian West Coast and Associated Threats: (2016-2020)
Authors: BOUSLAH Yahia , Zaidi Raouf , Mesaoudi Mohammed , Maamar Karim , Belmahi Alae-Eddine , Bouderbala Mohammed
Published: May 2022

The cetacean populations of the Algerian west coast are monitored in terms of relative abundance, demographic and ecological parameters, and death causes by Environmental Monitoring Network Laboratory team (EMNL) throughout the Algerian west coast. A survey of cetaceans stranded along the Algerian west coast (2016-2020) allowed us to record a total number of 52 stranding events, know the appearance frequency of different species, specify the spatio-temporal distribution, and determine some causes of death. The stranding included 08 species: one species of balaenopteridae, one species of physeteridae, one species of ziphidae, and five species of delphinidae. From the stranding data recorded on the Algerian west coast, we can conclude that there are two frequent species: the Delphinus delphis (31%) and Stenella ceoruleoalba (21%) of all stranded cetaceans, two commun species: Ziphius cavirostris (17%) and Tursiops truncatus (11%), two uncommon species: Grampus griseus (8%) and Globicephala melas (6%), and two rare species: Physeter catodon (4%) and Baleanoptera acutorostrata (2%). Stranding events occurred all the year round with the highest frequency in winter n=19 (36,54%) and less in spring n=16 (30,77%). Following post-mortem necropsies on the dead animals, 51,92% (n=27) of cetaceans stranded on the Algerian west coast presented criteria related directly or probably to interaction with fishing gears and boat collision. The other causes of death were not determined (n=25, or 48,08%). The D. delphis and S. ceouleoalba were more vulnerable to human and fisheries interaction.
Assessment of obesity risk factors in Algerian children during COVID-19 lockdown
Authors: DAOUDI Hadjer , Zeghdar Moufida , ROUABAH Abd el kader , ROUABAH Leila
Published: May 2022

COVID-19 is a global pandemic, which has subsequently spread rapidly at all the countries of the world. The first measures taken to limit its spread were the imposition of social distancing and the lockdown. Although these measures are essential, they have important impacts on the behavior of individuals, their health and their lifestyles. The purpose of this study was to know the effect of the confinement on children. We carried out a cross-sectional prospective study on 100 children from the commune of Constantine, Algeria, including 54 boys and 46 girls, aged from 5 to 14 years old. Anthropometric measurements and a validated questionnaire have been completed. Our results showed that lockdown had a negative impact on the physical activity of children (decreased from 79% to 25%). Additionally, daily sitting time in front of TV and computer screens has increased compared to the pre-lockdown period. The frequency of obesity by sex, according to the WHO 2007 z-score references, is more frequent in boys than in girls, whether before or during confinement with a non-significant difference between genders. The high frequency observed of childhood obesity during the lockdown was also associated with eating habits and socio-economic status. This study allowed us to know the negative effects of confinement and its relationship with obesity in children. However, if we really wish to circumscribe the evolution of the phenomenon, it is necessary to act on the various factors identified as each having a share of responsibility in its occurrence.
Morphological and biochemical behavior of the olive tree in semi-arid areas of Algeria
Authors: GHARABI Dhia , Ahmed Bellhabib  , Hassani A
Published: May 2022

In Algeria, as in many agricultural regions of Mediterranean countries, the cultivation of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.) has a very important place in sustainable development, the economy, and the fight against. And the Algerian government has implemented an olive tree planting program with an area of 900,000 ha by 2024. In this context, the objective of this work is to determine the variability of the morphological and biochemical parameters of 10 ten varieties of olive tree of Algerian origin “Hamra, Sigoise, Aimel, Longue de Meliana, Mission, Guergour, Manzanitte Agnoun, Chemllal and Sofiana ”having been the subject of an extension to the level of the semi-arid zone, carried out intensively, under localized irrigation, with controlled fertilizer inputs. The experiment started with on-site morphological measurements of tree height, trunk height and canopy circumference followed by laboratory analyzes by determining leaf area, relative water content and content in chlorophyll pigments. Graphical representations, comparisons of means, minimums and maximums, one-way analysis of variance on the one hand and PCA and AHC on the other hand were established between the studied parameters, in order to assess their variability. The results obtained showed that even if the olive tree is grown under the same growing conditions; varieties behave in different ways. These differences must be taken into account when choosing varieties in the plantation of mono-varietal or multi-varietal olive orchards.
Can we dare to imagine the future?
Authors: Prashad Vijay
Published: May 2022

Faced with the global pandemic, which has been exacerbating the effects of the climate crisis, research institutes have come together to develop alternative approaches. Their ‘Plan to Save the Planet’ draws on experiences and research across continents, from the bottom up. The article explains the background to this initiative, before setting out the 14-point plan that has been compiled jointly to develop a more human future.
COMPARING FUEL-OPTIMAL AND SHORTEST PATHS WITH OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE
Authors: Cihan Ibrahim H.
Published: May 2022

This paper presents a comparison of fuel-optimal and shortest paths of an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) with obstacle avoidance. A nonlinear constrained optimization algorithm is applied to obtain the optimal paths. An initial value problem (IVP) and an inverse-dynamics approach are used separately to determine optimal paths for various scenarios and in order to reduce computation time. While inputs of the optimization algorithm are discrete control variables in the IVP method, discrete state variables are used as inputs in the inverse-dynamics method. The minimized path segments of the geometrical model provide an initial estimation of the heading angle for the aircraft flight mechanics model. The number of variables used by the optimization algorithm has a direct effect upon the optimal accuracy; however, the computation time is inversely proportional to the number of the variables. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed IVP method effectively converges to optimal solutions.
MODEL OF CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEM IN THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN INDIA
Authors: James Sibin , Šatrevičs Vladimirs , Voronova Irina
Published: May 2022

The most important thing to improve the customer service and customer satisfaction is to identify the de-mands to the customer. Automobile industries need to find the significant factors, which will meet the demands of the customer to a greater extent. The present research includes identification of important cyber physical system factors from the factorial analysis. Descriptive analysis used for the data analysis of the survey results. The relations between the important factors were evaluated and model of the cyber physical system factors in the customer satisfaction of automobile industry is suggested. We conclude the Cyber physical systems factor with the important 5 factors such as Safety, Energy-saving, E-receipts, Inbuild Multi-dimensional human machine interactive systems, and Smart Recycle, manufacture and redesign are the crucial aspects in the customer service.
IDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN FACTORS AND USER EXPERIENCE IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Koderi Harikrishnan , Šatrevičs Vladimirs , Voronova Irina
Published: May 2022

The pandemic had caused a worldwide disruption introducing new and extraordinary challenges. Social dis-tancing and new protocols ensuring safety for people derived new models of work environments. Moreover, when we deal with our physical health, introducing new ways to interact and work in this new remote covid workflow it is also essential to take care of our mental health. Globally, due to the new adjusted routines in all aspects had opened a new remote world. The research identified human factors and user experience influencing the remote environments, there is a significant negative relation between stress and user experience while working in a remote environment. High stress levels result in poor user experience. Moreover, the findings also reveal us Human interface in a remote set up is bring-ing the most dissatisfaction and contributes to stress in a human-machine level. Furthermore, the different aspects of stress were also categorised and identified in the study.
KEY ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCES IN ALGERIA, EGYPT AND JORDAN
Authors: Garcia Tobar Fabiola Elisa , Walther Marlen , Sonntag Ralf
Published: May 2022

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the importance of entrepreneurship education at universities in the MENA region using Lehner’s “success factor analysis”. Likewise, the degree of implementation will be investigated. This method is used to investigate the so-called entrepreneurship education topics. 14 international participants from Algeria, Egypt and Jordan were surveyed on the relevance of entrepreneurial skills. The participants are partners of the STREAM project. Lehner’s “success factor analysis” shows that the relevance of entrepreneurial competencies varies by country. This results in a matrix of more successful and less successful competencies. On the one hand, the results show that “self-reliance” is considered very important or at least somewhat important. On the other hand, “communi-cation and interpersonal skills” were ranked as extremely important by all participants. To find out if there is a country specific influence in this study, we will dive deeper into the method described by Lehner to find further explanations.
A new subspecies of the genus Duvalius Delarouzée, 1859 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini) from western Serbia, with a key and an annotated catalogue of Serbian Biharotrechus and Duvalius s. str. taxa
Authors: Ćurčić Srećko , Vesović Nikola , Kuraica Miloš , Bosco Fabrizio , Ćurčić Nina B. , Vrbica Maja
Published: May 2022

Duvalius semecensis tarensisssp. nov. from two subterranean sites situated on Mt. Tara (western Serbia) is described, illustrated and compared with its most related congeners. It is provisionally placed in the subgenus Biharotrechus Bokor, 1922. The new subspecies is characterized by a depigmented, medium-sized body, the presence of reduced eyes, deep and complete frontal furrows, two pairs of discal setae in third elytral striae, as well as by the shape of aedeagus. It inhabits caves on Mt. Tara and is endemic of this mountain. Data on the distribution and bionomy of the new subspecies are given. Its closest relative, Duvalius (Biharotrechus) semecensis semecensis Winkler, 1926, is redescribed and we designated its holotype by monotypy. A key for the identification and an annotated catalogue of Serbian Biharotrechus and Duvalius s. str. taxa are also provided.
L’approche critique au cœur du positionnement de la revue Entreprendre & Innover
Authors: Verzat Caroline , Toutain Olivier , Bornard Fabienne , Jacquemin Amélie , Carré Nathalie
Published: May 2022

Ce numéro sur les approches critiques a été longtemps désiré dans la revue. Après 13 ans d’existence, il voit enfin le jour. C’est l’occasion pour le comité de rédaction d’Entreprendre & Innover de repenser collectivement ce qui l’anime et de s’interroger sur la dimension critique du positionnement de la revue. Le comité de rédaction est composé de 22 chercheurs et 11 experts professionnels de l’entrepreneuriat et de l’innovation et se réunit 4 fois par an. Tous les membres du comité ont participé à la rédaction collective de cette tribune-manifeste, à travers une procédure d’écriture collaborative 1 .
Global model for in-field monitoring of sugar content and color of melon pulp with comparative regression approach
Authors: Kusumiyati Kusumiyati , Hadiwijaya Yuda , Sutari Wawan , Arip Munawar Agus
Published: May 2022

The development of the global model is an important part of research involving the quality prediction of agricultural commodities using visible/near-infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy due to its efficiency and effectiveness. The Vis/NIR was used in this study to develop a global model and to evaluate the sugar content and pulp color, which are the main determinants of ripeness and quality of melons. Furthermore, it also provides a comparison between linear and nonlinear regression using partial least squares regression (PLSR) and support vector machine regression (SVMR), respectively. The model accuracy was determined by ratio of performance to deviation (RPD). The results showed that there were good model accuracy values in some parameters, such as SSC (2.14), glucose (1.59), sucrose (2.31), a* (2.97), and b* (2.49), while the fructose (1.35) and L* (1.06) modeling showed poor prediction accuracy. The best model for SSC was developed using PLSR, while that of fructose, glucose, sucrose, L*, a*, and b* were obtained from SVMR. Therefore, Vis/NIR spectroscopy can be used as an alternative method to monitor sugar content and pulp color of a melon, but with some limitations, such as the low accuracy in predicting certain variables, such as the L* and fructose.
Perturbation properties of fractional strongly continuous cosine and sine family operators
Authors: Huseynov Ismail T. , Ahmadova Arzu , Mahmudov Nazim I.
Published: May 2022

Perturbation theory has long been a very useful tool in the hands of mathematicians and physicists. The purpose of this paper is to prove some perturbation results for infinitesimal generators of fractional strongly continuous cosine families. That is, we impose sufficient conditions such that $ A $ is the infinitesimal generator of a fractional strongly continuous cosine family in a Banach space $ X $, and $ B $ is a bounded linear operator in $ X $, then $ A+B $ is also the infinitesimal generator of a fractional strongly continuous cosine family in $ X $. Our results coincide with the classical ones when $ \alpha = 2 $. Furthermore, depending on commutativity condition of linear bounded operators, we propose the elegant closed-form formulas for uniformly continuous perturbed fractional operator cosine and sine functions. Finally, we present an example in the context of one-dimensional perturbed fractional wave equation to demonstrate the applicability of our theoretical results and we give some comparisons with the existing literature.
Some generalized fixed point results of Banach and $ \acute{C} $iri$ \acute{C} $ type in extended fuzzy $ b $-metric spaces with applications
Authors: Badshah-e-Rome  , Sarwar Muhammad , Shah Kamal , Abdalla Bahaaeldin , Abdeljawad Thabet
Published: May 2022

In this paper, some generalized fixed point results of Banach and $ \acute{C} $iri$ \acute{c} $ type in the context of extended fuzzy $ b $-metric spaces are established. For authenticity of the aforesaid results a nontrivial supporting example is also provided. Eventually, an application for the existence of a solution for an integral equation is established which shows corporeality of the obtained results. The presented work generalizes some well known fixed point results from the existing literature.
Model and application of farmers' credit risk early warning system based on T-S fuzzy neural network application
Authors: Wang Hui
Published: May 2022

In China, farmers' loan difficulties have become a major problem restricting increases in farmers' incomes and the economic development of rural areas. The existing studies of the management and control of farmers' credit risk have mostly been pre-management, which cannot efficiently prevent and reduce the occurrence of farmers' credit risk in time. This paper uses the T-S neural network model to build a farmers' credit risk early warning system so that formal financial institutions can predict the occurrence of and changes in the farmers' credit risks in a timely manner and quickly undertake countermeasures to reduce losses. After training and testing, a model with a higher degree of fit is used to analyze the credit level of farmers in Shaanxi Province from 2016 to 2018. The results demonstrate that the credit level of farmers in this area is continuously improving, in agreement with the actual situation. The results also show that the prediction accuracy of the T-S fuzzy neural network is high, verifying the rationality of the selection of test samples.
Assessing the safe haven properties of oil in African stock markets amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a quantile regression analysis
Authors: Assifuah-Nunoo Emmanuel , Junior Peterson Owusu , Adam Anokye Mohammed , Bossman Ahmed
Published: May 2022

Using the quantile regression approach to reveal the conditional relationships, the study re-examined the oil-stock co-movement in the context of oil-exporting countries in Africa. The data employed include daily OPEC basket price for crude oil and daily data on stock market indices for six major stock markets of oil-exporting economies in Africa—Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia, from 02 January 2020 to 06 May 2021. We found that crude oil cannot act as safe haven instrument for stock markets in oil-exporting African countries. Notably, the oil-stock co-movement is consistent and more intense at the lower tails only. Investors are encouraged to employ oil as a diversification instrument rather than as a safe haven asset, based on market conditions. Regulators should devise strategies to strengthen the market for crude oil to lessen adverse volatilities during the COVID-19 pandemic by way of mitigating downward returns in African stock markets. The findings of the study offer more interesting economic insights to all classes of investors as well as policymakers in oil-exporting economies in Africa.
INTRODUCTION OF INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION IN COMBATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN UKRAINE
Authors: Baidarova Olha , Udovenko Julia , Chuiko Olena
Published: May 2022

Early detection of and response to the domestic violencenagainst children, provision of security and necessary assistance, remain major challenges for children’s rights protection systems in various countries, including Ukraine. The lack of a systematic interagency collaboration between the institutions responsible for combating domestic violence against children is the most obvious problem in this regard. The article presents the results of data analysis of four focus groups with the participation of 45 employees of different professional institutions, which reflects the main problems and obstacles that hinder effective interagency collaboration. Systematization and generalization of data demonstrate 6 general types of problems within the interagency collaboration: competence of employees; communication and interaction between departments; normative regulation; prevention; level of trust
SOME ASPECTS OF RESEARCH ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF FATHERS IN THE UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN
Authors: Đorđević Marija , Maksimović Jelena
Published: May 2022

This paper discusses a basic construct in the study of contemporary fatherhood – father involvement, focusing on different methodological approaches to studying father involvement in the upbringing of children. The paper emphasizes the great importance of father’s involvement, analyzed effects and causes of (non)involvement. Various aspects of paternity research examined in numerous studies were selected and analyzed in order to suggest a new theoretical and methodological support, inspiration, as well as the directions for further research. The obtained results of the research proved that a variety of methodological approaches could be devised only by understanding the idea of the multidimensionality of the construct of father involvement in the upbringing of children. Some of the most popular quantitative and qualitative approaches and their techniques were highlighted and described in more detail. The paper highlights the limitations of both approaches, stating that a systemic perspective in understanding and in a methodological approach to measuring the involvement of fathers could be perceived as the solution. The data presented in the paper were based on the scientific knowledge. Namely, research methods may have several modalities, comprising a number of research techniques. The presented paper uses the method of theoretical analysis based on literature analysis of various theoretical and empirical findings of the involvement of fathers in the upbringing of children.
Reflections on Islamisation and the Future of the Women’s Rights Movement in ‘Naya’ Pakistan
Authors: Awan Sonia
Published: May 2022

This paper examines how the Islamisation of education is likely to impact the future of the women’s rights movement in Pakistan. Recently, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, or party for social justice) government introduced the Single National Curriculum (SNC), a reform of the education system that enhances the volume of Islamic Studies and wherein Urdu, the national language, is promoted as a parallel medium of instruction. The central argument of this paper is that such developments are regressive and that they could prove detrimental to the women’s rights movement. Historically, the formation of the Women’s Action Forum (1981) and its rising against Zia’s Islamic dictatorship (1983) remains one of the most memorable moments of the women’s rights movement in contemporary Pakistan’s history. But in the decades that followed, the movement began sagging and stumbling. The recent Women’s Marches are evidence that deep ideological divisions running within the movement are impeding the achievement of tangible goals. This is a critical juncture because the implementation of an Islamic curriculum will set off the process of the bottom-up Islamisation of society. Gradually, when everything shall be sorted out ‘according to Islam and Islamic principles’, a large chunk of women’s demands will be simply chucked away as un-Islamic, thus inadmissible. Pakistani society will likely become less tolerant than it is already and the few freedoms that women still enjoy shall be taken away one after the other. This is a gloomy scenario, but it is avoidable. Now could be the time for the movement to focus on defining attainable goals and pushing for the achievement and consolidation of women’s human rights. While the Islamisation of education appears like a potential threat to the movement now, activists might as well make of it an element that reinvigorates the movement from the inside and gives it a new direction and sense of purpose.
“Yes, I am Joseph Bhatti Choohra:” Reading Joseph Bhatti as a Palimpsest
Authors: Bilal Mushtaq
Published: May 2022

This paper explores how Mohammed Hanif’s 2011 novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti challenges the construct of “Pak-ness” (purity), which is at the heart of the idea of Pakistan and Pakistani national identity. I argue that Joseph Bhatti, the father of the eponymous protagonist Alice Bhatti, is an intricate palimpsest of various historical, political, social, and cultural transformations in India (the Aryan invasion, the inauguration of the Varna system, the Muslim conquests of India, the British colonization of India, and the Partition), but more importantly this character brings to the fore the one constant throughout these monumental transformations – the impurity and Untouchability ascribed to the Chuhra people. In addition, the paper shows how the word “Pakistan” too becomes a palimpsest of various cultural archives, semantic reserves, and political transformations: the word “Pakistan” is acronymized in English, made semantically operative through Persian/Urdu to conflate the Pakistani Muslim identity with the notion of purity, which happens to be of Brahman origin.
“The glint of catastrophe”. An Interview with Mohsin Hamid
Authors: Hamid Mohsin , Veyret Paul
Published: May 2022

In August 2020, as the whole world was still reeling from the human and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Paul Veyret interviewed Mohsin Hamid through Zoom at his home in Lahore. The conversation started off with considerations on the limits and politically fraudulent nature of Imran Khan’s “Naya Pakistan”, then embarked upon an exploration of Mohsin Hamid’s four novels, Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Exit West. Hamid develops his view on Pakistani fiction, the different crises the emerging nations are undergoing, and how Sufi philosophy and Italo Calvino underpin his writing.
“A hazy world seen through smoke”: Threshold Effects in Mohsin Hamid’s Moth Smoke
Authors: Jeanniard du Dot Maëlle
Published: May 2022

This article proposes to analyse Mohsin Hamid’s first novel Moth Smoke (2000) through the motif of the threshold. Moth Smoke tells the story of a crime and its judgment through a multiplicity of voices. The novel takes place in spring 1998, as Pakistan’s nuclear tests are about to be launched. In this novel, the notion of threshold unfolds thematically as an expression of Pakistani society’s inherent divisions. It can be both a hindrance and a starting point which echoes the representations of time and the rising tensions of the nuclear events. The anthropological notion of liminality (from limen, the threshold) accounts for the importance of initiation (Van Gennep 1909; Turner 1966) in representations of contemporary Pakistan. The novel resorts to a number of narrative thresholds, whether they stand between the novel and its reader (Genette 1997), or between different parts of the story, displaying Mohsin Hamid’s characteristic use of gaze-shifting and displacement.
The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries
Authors: Laskar Rizia Begum
Published: May 2022

Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries (2008, 2011, 2014) present the character of Butterfly who is immersed in her own luxurious world with hardly a thought about the actual world in which sweeping social and political changes are taking place. Her lopsided, privileged view of the world is balanced by the voice of her husband Janoo who represents the voice of sanity. Yet Butterfly’s vantage point also allows for sporadic self-retrospection and analysis, and these are moments of surprise not only for the reader but also for her immediate family members. This paper argues that Butterfly’s voice which finds itself portrayed through the diary in the series is an insistent one which despite glossing over certain things still allows her to position herself in the changing society. It is this voice which can be posited as the voice of new Pakistan.
Video Introduction to Issue 14
Authors: Waterman David , Veyret Paul
Published: May 2022

This issue of Angles investigates different aspects pertaining to New or Naya Pakistan, especially in contemporary Pakistani Anglophone literature.
Comparison of the Functional Outcome of Posterior Cruciate-Retaining versus Posterior Cruciate-Sacrificing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors: Issrani Mohit Kumar , Kotecha Harsh , Shah Dhruv , Vieira Alfven , Surme Shahish , Agrawal Laksh
Published: May 2022

Background:

Although being debated for many years, the superiority of either posterior cruciate-retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and posterior-stabilized (PS) TKA remains controversial.

Materials and Methods:

We conducted a prospective study on 40 knee replacements which were undertaken at our hospital between July of 2020 and July of 2021 out of which in 30 patients the cruciate ligament was sacrificed and the posterior cruciate ligament was retained in 10 of the knees undergoing surgery. The inclusion criteria were patients of age more than 50 years, with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and Kellgren and Lawrence Grade of 3 and 4. The posterior cruciate ligament was retained if it was structurally intact, fixed flexion deformity of <15° a varus or valgus deformity of <10°. The overall average knee score was 84.9 for posterior cruciate-sacrificing and 74.6 for the CR patients as compared to the preoperative score of 43.9 and 37.6. Functional Knee Score was 97.87 and 98.4 for the CS and CR groups, respectively. The preoperative Functional Knee Score was 37.1 and 37.8 in these groups. The WOMAC Score also showed a marked improvement from 67.7 to 24.6 and 27.4 for CS and CR, respectively.

Results and Conclusions:

Analyzing the total knee scores, the average Knee Society Score for the PS group was 84.90 and that of the CR group was 74.60 and statistical analysis revealed a significant difference in the P value in favor of cruciate-sacrificing prosthesis, signifying that cruciate-sacrificing prosthesis has better functional outcome. The WOMAC Score also showed a marked improvement. In the CS group, it was 24.6, and in the CR group, it was 27.4. Statistical analysis showed a highly significant difference in favor of cruciate-sacrificing prosthesis.
Comparison between Suspensory and Aperture (Tunnel Screws) Fixation of Femoral Component during Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction using Hamstring Tendons
Authors: Pranjal Ankit , Shekhar Sudhanshu , Sinha Arbind Kumar
Published: May 2022

Introduction:

Arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) using an autogenous quadrupled hamstring graft has been the standard of surgical treatment in ACL-deficient knees, particularly in young athletic individuals. There are two widely used methods for graft fixation, namely aperture fixation and suspensory fixation.

Material and Methods:

This prospective randomized single blinded clinical study was carried out with enrollment of 70 patients (35 patients in each group) who underwent simple block randomization process. Group 1 has 35 patients treated with suspensory fixation technique and Group 2 has 35 patients treated with aperture fixation technique.

Result:

It is observed that there is a statistically significant difference between the mode of injury and diagnosis in suspensory method. In the majority of the cases, patients who got injury by road traffic accidents (RTA) was diagnosis by 15 (51.7%) ACL Grade 3 and 3 (60%) ACL Grade 4. It is observed that there is a statistically significant difference between the mode of injury and diagnosis in screw fixation. In the majority of the cases, patients who got injury by RTA was diagnosis by 1 (100%) ACL Grade 2, 15 (51.7%) ACL Grade 3, and 3 (60%) ACL Grade 4.

Conclusion:

Arthroscopy-assisted ACL reconstruction with quadrupled semitendinosus tendon autograft using endobutton and bioabsorbable interference screw is an excellent treatment option for ACL-deficient knees.
Outcome of Cemented Hemiarthroplasty of Hip in Elderly Patients Operated for Neck of Femur Fracture
Authors: Kumar Sudeep , Kumar Anup , Venkata Bramesh Alapati Hari , Charan Teja K. V. , Abdul Razek Mohammed Roshen Abdul , Kumar Ravi
Published: May 2022

Introduction:

Femoral neck fractures are a common entity in elderly patients. This commonly occurs following trivial injury and the insult is compounded by osteoporosis in this age group. Cemented hemiarthroplasty is recommended by several studies and by several registries, due to low comorbidities compared to uncemented hemiarthroplasty. Significantly improved mobility scores, low pain scores make this a treatment of choice.

Materials and Methods:

This study included 108 patients who presented with fracture neck of the femur with an average age of 68.30 years and were operated with hemiarthroplasty by two consultant orthopedic surgeons in a standard operative setting over 5 years with modular bipolar prosthesis using lateral approach (Hardinge approach). Patients on follow-up were evaluated using Oxford Hip Score and Forgotten Joint Score.

Results:

The mean Oxford Hip Score was 39.46 suggestive of satisfactory joint function which may not require any further treatment. The mean Forgotten Joint Score was 83.46 suggestive of high degree of forgetting artificial joint.

Conclusion:

A very high Oxford Hip Scores and very high Forgotten Joint Scores after surgery suggests that the patients have retained or regained their independence and are doing good. This goes on to suggest that in spite of advancements in surgical techniques and implants for osteosynthesis, hemiarthroplasty done in indicated cases gives a good functional outcome and a lasting solution for these fractures.
Silent Hypoxia in Coronavirus disease-2019: Is it more dangerous? -A retrospective cohort study
Authors: Sirohiya Prashant , Elavarasi Arunmozhimaran , Sagiraju Hari Krishna Raju , Baruah Madhusmita , Gupta Nishkarsh , Garg Rohit Kumar , Paul Saurav Sekhar , Ratre Brajesh Kumar , Singh Ram , Kumar Balbir , Vig Saurabh , Pandit Anuja , Kumar Abhishek , Garg Rakesh , Meena Ved Prakash , Mittal Saurabh , Pahuja Saurabh , Das Nupur , Dwivedi Tanima , Gupta Ritu , Kumar Sunil , Pandey Manisha , Mishra Abhinav , Matharoo Karanvir Singh , Mohan Anant , Guleria Randeep , Bhatnagar Sushma
Published: May 2022

Background:

Hypoxia in patients with COVID-19 is one of the strongest predictors of mortality. Silent hypoxia is characterised by the presence of hypoxia without dyspnoea. Silent hypoxia has been shown to affect the outcome in previous studies.

Methods:

This was a retrospective study of a cohort of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection who were hypoxic at presentation. Clinical, laboratory and treatment parameters in patients with silent hypoxia and dyspnoeic hypoxia were compared. Multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to identify the factors predicting mortality.

Results:

Among 2080 patients with COVID-19 admitted to our hospital, 811 patients were hypoxic with SpO2 <94% at the time of presentation. Among them, 174 (21.45%) did not have dyspnoea since the onset of COVID-19 symptoms. Further, 5.2% of patients were completely asymptomatic for COVID-19 and were found to be hypoxic only on pulse oximetry. The case fatality rate in patients with silent hypoxia was 45.4% as compared to 40.03% in dyspnoeic hypoxic patients (P = 0.202). The odds ratio of death was 1.1 (95% CI: 0.41–2.97) in the patients with silent hypoxia after adjusting for baseline characteristics, laboratory parameters, treatment and in-hospital complications, which did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.851).

Conclusion:

Silent hypoxia may be the only presenting feature of COVID-19. As the case fatality rate is comparable between silent and dyspnoeic hypoxia, it should be recognised early and treated as aggressively. Because home isolation is recommended in patients with COVID-19, it is essential to use pulse oximetry in the home setting to identify these patients.
О продолжении решений линейных уравнений
с аналитическими коэффициентами
Authors: Shananin Nikolai Alekseevich
Published: May 2022

Старший символ выделенного в заметке класса
линейных дифференциальных уравнений с аналитическими коэффициентами
определяет в касательном пространстве расслоение,
на каждой интегральной линии которого росток обобщенного решения
в одной из точек однозначно определяет ростки решения
во всех остальных точках. Рассматриваются случаи голономного и
неголономного индуцированных распределений.
Библиография: 8 названий.
Hate speech, Censorship, and Freedom of Speech: The Changing Policies of Reddit
Authors: Nakajima Wickham Elissa , Öhman Emily
Published: May 2022

This paper examines the shift in focus on content policies and user attitudes on the social media platform Reddit. We do this by focusing on comments from general Reddit users from five posts made by admins (moderators) on updates to Reddit Content Policy. All five concern the nature of what kind of content is allowed to be posted on Reddit, and which measures will be taken against content that violates these policies. We use topic modeling to probe how the general discourse for Redditors has changed around limitations on content, and later, limitations on hate speech, or speech that incites violence against a particular group. We show that there is a clear shift in both the contents and the user attitudes that can be linked to contemporary societal upheaval as well as newly passed laws and regulations, and contribute to the wider discussion on hate speech moderation.
Credit, Fiscal Policy, and Income Inequality: Empirical Study from Indonesia
Authors: Maulidi Teguh Rochmat , Dawood Taufiq C. , Miksalmina Miksalmina
Published: May 2022

This paper investigates the relationship between credit, fiscal policy and income inequality in Indonesia. Annual data collected from Central Statistic Bureau is used from 2010 to 2020. The analytical method of this research is Genralized Least Square (GLS) to examine the relationship between variables. The results show that credit positively and significantly affects income inequality. Local government spending which is a proxy for fiscal policy has a significant and positive effect on income inequaity. The inflation variable has a significant positive effect on income inequality. However, the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GDRP) per capita has a significant negative effect on income inequality. Based on these findings, it is recommended that the government be able to maintain the momentum of the increasing trend of economic growth by providing the right stimulus, among others by providing access to credit that is easier to reach for the low-income class. In addition, local government expenditure allocations should be better allocated to provide benefits for increasing community income, such as social assistance in the form of direct assistance or free job training by utilizing job training centers tailored to each region's potential.
Indonesian Stock Price Prediction using Deep Learning during COVID-19 Financial Crisis
Authors: Prasetyo Dian Angga , Rokhim Rofikoh
Published: May 2022

This research paper aims to use the deep learning model Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) for the stock prediction model under the financial crisis of COVID-19. The financial impact of the COVID-19 has brought many of the world's indexes down. The impact of the financial crisis is even riskier for an emerging country such as Indonesia where foreign investors tend to take out their investments in emerging countries in financial crisis events. The application of deep learning in financial time series applications such as stock price prediction has been researched extensively. This study used the (Bidirectional LSTM) BiLSTM model which is a variation of the LSTM model to predict stock closing price. The stock prediction is applied to a selected company from the Indonesian stock market using historical prices. The model is then evaluated using metrics Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) and Symmetric Mean Absolute Percentage Error (SMAPE). A graphical comparison between the actual price and predicted price of the stock is charted to study the stock price movement. To study the impact during COVID-19 on the stock prices, an intervention analysis is conducted along with the Wilcoxon model. The stock price prediction model can forecast the price of stocks before and during the financial crisis with minimal error. The intervention analysis result showed that health sectors have a positive effect while other sectors such as transportation, finance, information technology, and entertainment have a negative effect during the financial crisis of COVID-19. Being able to analyze and study the stock price movement of stocks is beneficial to investors in understanding the impact of the financial crisis on some industries and the behavior of certain stocks or industries under the circumstances which can lead to alternate investment strategies and decision making.
Konzeption des Hoheitlichkeitsbegriffs unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bedeutung im Freizügigkeitsrecht
Authors: Fuhrimann Florian
Published: May 2022

An den Hoheitlichkeitsbegriff werden in diversen Rechtsgebieten viel-fältige Rechtswirkungen geknüpft. Gesetzgebung, Rechtsprechung und Lehre haben dem Begriff bis anhin jedoch keine scharfen Kontu-ren zugewiesen. Vielmehr wird das kontradiktorische Begriffspaar «hoheitlich» und «nicht hoheitlich» nicht selten aufgrund uneinheitli-cher Abgrenzungskriterien ausgelegt, was Verwirrung stiftet und zu inkonsistenten wie auch unbefriedigenden Resultaten in der Rechts-anwendung führt. Paradigmatisch offenbart sich die Abgrenzungsfrage zwischen «ho-heitlichem» und «nicht hoheitlichem» Handeln im Freizügigkeitsrecht: Auf nationaler Ebene umfasst der Geltungsbereich des Binnenmarkt-gesetzes «jede nicht hoheitliche, auf Erwerb gerichtete Tätigkeit». Zur Frage, welche Tätigkeiten im Sinne des im Binnenmarktgesetz nieder-gelegten Souveränitätsvorbehaltes zugunsten der Kantone als hoheit-lich aufzufassen sind, äussert sich das Gesetz jedoch nicht weiter, weshalb dessen Inhalt durch Auslegung zu ermitteln ist. Bei der Aus-legung von integrationsausschliessenden Bereichsausnahmen sind die Reflexwirkungen äquivalenter Ausnahmebestimmungen in bestehen-den bilateralen Freizügigkeitsvereinbarungen der Schweiz mit der EU, im unionalen Freizügigkeitsrecht und gar im multilateralen Freizügig-keitsrecht von eminenter Bedeutung und – nicht nur aus rechtswissen-schaftlicher, sondern vor allem auch aus politischer Perspektive – von besonderem Interesse. Diese spannenden Interdependenzen zwischen den einzelnen Ebenen des Freizügigkeitsrechts geben den unmittelba-ren Anstoss zur vorliegenden Untersuchung. Die Arbeit beleuchtet Entwicklung und Funktion des Hoheitlichkeits-begriffs im gegenwärtigen Staatsrecht und exzerpiert dabei insbeson-dere dessen Bedeutung im Bereich des Freizügigkeitsrechts. Sie grenzt so den Spielraum des facettenreichen Begriffs ein, wodurch ein Bei-trag zur gebotenen Klärung geschafft werden soll. Daneben zeigt sie die verschiedenen Anwendungsschwierigkeiten auf und präsentiert einige Lösungsmöglichkeiten.
Being-in-Danger: Being, Precarity, and Potential – Theoretical Speculations on the Palimpsestic Naked Body
Authors: Tembo Kwasu D.
Published: May 2022

This article provides speculative theorization on the relationship between concepts of ‘nakedness’ and the human body. It focuses on the theoretical value of the palimpsest as a symbol through which to parse the various ways that the human body can be marked, inscribed, read and reread. In so doing, this article attempts to speculate on the manner in which being, in relation to onto-existential precarity and danger, is fluid, mutable, alterable, as well as some theoretical consequences thereof. It opens by describing the theoretical significance of the palimpsest before moving on to speculating on its relationship to the onto-existential ‘nudity’ of embodied being. It closes with some further speculations on whether or not the precarity of embodied being subtends forms of being that do not require embodiedness in order to be.