bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Implementasi Pendidikan Karakter Melalui Nilai-nilai Kearifan Lokal di Mts Darul Huda Kp. Cimuncang Kabupaten – Tasikmalaya
Authors: Andi Dede , Abid Muhamad , Sunarsi Denok , Akbar Irfan Rizka
Published: November 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menelaah dan menjelaskan bagaimana Implementasi pendidikan karakter melalui nilai-nilai kearifan lokal di MTS Darul Huda Kp. Cimuncang, Desa Karangnunggal, Kabupaten Tasikmalaya. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah kualitatif melalui observasi, pengumpulan data wawancara dan dokumentasi, reduksi data, penyajian data, penarikan kesimpulan, Lokasi penelitian ini berada pada Kp. Cimuncang, Desa Karangnunggal, Kabupaten Tasikmalaya. Hasil dari penelitian adalah pendidikan karakter sudah diterapkan dalam pembelajaran siswa khususnya MTs Darul Huda yaitu dengan tahapan perencanaan dan pelaksanaan. Termasuk di dalamnya adalah proses sosialisasi kepada semua elemen yang berkaitan untuk nantinya melakukan implementasi dengan baik, masih adanya penurunan moral terhadap remaja atau siswa yang disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor lingkungan dan pendidikan berkarakter harus berjalan secara baik dalam aspek kognitif, afektif, maupun psikomotorik dalam mempersiapkan generasi muda bagi keberlangsungan kehidupan masyarakat dan bangsa yang lebih baik di masa depan.
Pengaruh Kualitas Pelayanan terhadap Kepuasan Pelanggan serta dampaknya pada Word of Mouth Jasa Pengurusan Nenkin di CV Speed Nenkin
Authors: Agustin Regita Puji , Suparwo Adi , Yuliyana Wulan , Sunarsi Denok , Nurjaya Nurjaya
Published: November 2021

Tujuan pada penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan serta dampaknya pada word of mouth pada CV Speed Nenkin. Metode yang digunakan adalah survey dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Tipe analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif dan analisis verifikatif. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada pelanggan speed nenkin dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 226 responden. Metode nonprobability sampling dengan teknik purposive sampling adalah teknik sampling yang digunakan pada penelitian ini. Analisis verifikatif menggunakan path analysis. Temuan pada  Penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa kualitas pelayanan berpengaruh langsung dengan positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan. Kualitas pelayanan berpengaruh langsung dengan positif dan signifikan terhadap word of mouth. Kepuasan pelanggan berpengaruh langsung dengan positif dan signifikan terhadap word of mouth. Berdasarkan hasil temuan bahwa perusahaan yang memberikan pelayanan yang terbaik dan berkualitas akan langsung terasa manfaatnya oleh pelanggan sehingga pelanggan dapat menilai bahwa pelayanan yang diberikan memberikan kepuasan dan pelanggan secara alami akan melakukan komunikasi word of mouth. Terdapat perbedaan pada penelitian ini dan sebelumnya, yaitu pada objek penelitian yang berfokus pada industri multilevel marketing dan jasa pengiriman sedangkan penelitian ini berfokus pada jasa pengurusan nenkin.
Pengaruh Media Pembelajaran dan Kemandirian Siswa terhadap Hasil Belajar Mata Pelajaran PPKn SMK Via Medika Ciputat
Authors: Budiyanto Arief , Imbron Imbron , Zaman M. Badru
Published: November 2021

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui mengenai pengaruh dari pengaruh media pembelajaran dan kemandirian siswa terhadap hasil belajar mata pelajaran PPKn siswa. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan survey sebagai instrument penelitian. Data dikumpulkan dari 62 responden yang dijadikan sebagai sample jenuh. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah media pembelajaran tidak berpengaruh terhadap hasil belajar mata pelajaran PPKn siswa hal tersebut dibuktikan dengan nilai Thitung yang lebih kecil dari Ttabel (-0,350<1,667). Sedangkan kemandirian siswa dalam penelitian ini, hal tersebut dibuktikan dengan nilai Thitung yang lebih besar dari Ttabel (4,189>1,667) dengan tingkat signifikan lebih kecil dari 0,05 (0,00<0,05) yang berarti sangat signifikan. Dan untuk hasil uji simultan pengaruh media pembelajaran dan kemandirian siswa terhadap hasil belajar mata pelajaran PPKn siswa terbukti berpengaruh, hal tersebut dibuktikan melalui nilai Fhitung yang lebih besar dari Ftabel (13,497>3,15) dengan tingkat signifikan (0,00<0,05) yang berarti sangat signifikan.
Pengaruh Kepemimpinan, Budaya Organisasi dan Motivasi Kerja terhadap Kinerja Karyawan PT. Tunas Perkasa Tekindo
Authors: Fadli Roni , Hasanudin Hasanudin
Published: November 2021

Penelitian ini adalah penelitian asosiatif, dimana tujuannya adalah untuk mengetahui atau mencari keterhubungan antara variabel independen terhadap variabel dependennya, Populasi dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 100 responden PT. Tunas Perkasa Tekindo. Teknik pengambilan sampling dalam penelitian ini adalah sampel jenuh, dimana semua anggota populasi dijadikan sebagai sampel. Dengan demikian sampel dalam penelitian ini sampel yang digunakan berjumlah 100 responden, Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat pengaruh secara parsial antara kepemimpinan terhadap kinerja yang positif sebesar t hitung 15,723 pada taraf signifikansi 0,000. Terdapat pengaruh secara parsial antara budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja yang positif sebesar t hitung 10,148 pada taraf signifikansi 0,000. Dan pengaruh secara parsial antara motivasi kerja terhadap kinerja karyawan yang positif sebesar t hitung 13,174 dengan taraf signifikansi 0,000. Sedangkan hubungan secara simultan terdapat antara kepemimpinan, budaya organisasi dan motivasi kerja terhadap kinerja karyawan yang positif sebesar f hitung 87,670 dengan taraf signifikansi 0,000.
'Sky' and 'Heavens' in Breton Oral Tradition
Authors: Muradova Anna
Published: November 2021

The aim of this paper is to trace the linguistic development of two terms deriving from IE *nem- in Breton: neñv ‘heavens’ and nemet ‘sacred’. This development, attested from the Old Breton into the modern language, seems, in these two instances, to present a particular example of the Christian influence on the vocabulary of spoken and written Breton. While neñv was integrated in the vocabulary of the priests and was employed to mark the opposition between the heavens and the sky (ModB oabl), nemet disappeared from the language and the notion of ‘holy’, ‘sacred’ was explained by a Latin term sacrum > ModB sakr. The evidence of the two derivates from the stem *nem- can illustrate the influence of the extralinguistic factors on the evolution of the lexemes. The better understanding of the causes of such influence can be a step towards our better understanding of the origin and the function of Latin loanwords in Breton.
The Loss of the Impersonal in Bilingual Speakers of Irish
Authors: Doyle Aidan
Published: November 2021

This article is a brief examination of a phenomenon attested in contemporary Irish, namely, the loss of the impersonal. This formal change in the grammar of the language is taking place in a context of wholesale restructuring of Irish due to the influence of English. The old impersonal of LMI is rapidly giving way to a new passive, one that reflects very faithfully the structure of English. This tendency is not an entirely new one, going back as it does to at least the 19th century. We have suggested that the motive for the change is two-fold: a desire to allow for the expression of agents with passives, and a need to imitate the information structure of English for an audience consisting almost entirely of L2 speakers of English. The first might be considered a motive which might arise language-internally, while the second can only be regarded as due to external pressure.
Introduction
Authors: Stalmaszczyk Piotr , Fomin Maxim
Published: November 2021

Introduction to the first part of the Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium of the Societas Celto-Slavica
Evaluating the Accuracy of Remote Dendrometers in Tree Diameter Measurements at Breast Height
Authors: Ucar Zennure , Değermenci Ahmet Salih , Zengin Hayati , Bettinger Pete
Published: November 2021

An accurate tree diameter (DBH) measurement is a significant component of forest inventory. This study assessed the reliability of remote dendrometers to measure tree DBH. We compared direct caliper measurements (reference measurements) to the remote measurements collected from a laser caliper and a smartphone at 0.5 m, 1 m, and 1.5 m distances from each tree within three forest types (pine, oak, and poplar forests). In general, all remote dendrometers underestimated the mean diameter compared to direct caliper measurements, regardless of forest types and distances. We observed that the mean deviation of direct caliper measurement and smartphone measurement at 1.5 m within a pine forest and oak forest were the lowest (0.3 cm and 0.36 cm, respectively). The deviations between direct caliper measurements and smartphone measurements at a 0.5 m distance, across forest types, were noticeably larger compared to others. An ANOVA test was used to determine whether significant deviations existed between caliper measurements and remote measurements at a specific distance, and among three different forest types. We rejected the null hypothesis, which suggested that there were no statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between tree DBH measurements obtained from the direct caliper measurements and indirect measurements (smartphone and laser caliper) captured at a distance. Then, a post-hoc test was performed to examine which set of estimated deviations was different from the reference data. The results suggested that indirect tree DBH measurements using the smartphone app at 1 m and 1.5 m in certain forest types (pine and oak) were not significantly different from direct tree DBH measurements. Also, our test results mostly indicated no significant difference within each forest, except for measurements using the smartphone app at 0.5 m across all forest types when the smartphone measurements were compared to laser caliper measurements. Although forest characteristics and measurement distance may play an important role in remote tree DBH measurement accuracy, the smartphone app may be used as a practical alternative to direct measurement in measuring the DBH of a tree, which may be a positive development for forestry due to the increased use of smartphones and the availability of a free measure app.
Field Setup and Assessment of a Cloud-Data Based Crane Scale (CCS) Considering Weight- and Local Green Wood Density-Related Volume References
Authors: Starke Michael , Geiger Chris
Published: November 2021

When investigating the forwarding process within the timber supply chain, insufficient data often inhibits long-term studies or make real-time optimisation of the logistics process difficult. Information sources to compensate for this lack of data either depend on other processing steps or they need additional, costly hardware, such as conventional crane scales. An innovative weight-detection concept using information provided by a commonly available hydraulic pressure sensor may make the introduction of a low-cost weight information system possible. In this system, load weight is estimated by an artificial neural network (ANN) based on machine data such as the hydraulic pressure of the inner boom cylinder and the grapple position.In our study, this type of crane scale was set up and tested under real working conditions, implemented as a cloud application. The weight scale ANN algorithm was therefore modified for robustness and executed on data collected with a commonly available telematics module. To evaluate the system, also with regard to larger sample sizes, both direct weight-reference measurements and additional volume-reference measurements were made. For the second, locally valid weight-volume conversion factors for mainly Norway spruce (Picea abies, 906 kg m-3, standard error of means (SEM) of 13.6 kg m-3), including mean density change over the observation time (–0.16% per day), were determined and used as supportive weight-to-volume conversion factor.Although the accuracy of the weight scale was lower than in previous laboratory tests, the system showed acceptable error behaviour for different observation purposes. The twice-observed SEM of 1.5% for the single loading movements (n=95, root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 15.3% for direct weight reference; n=440, RMSE=33.2% for volume reference) enables long-term observations considering the average value, but the high RMSE reveals problems with regard to the single value information.The full forwarder load accuracy, as unit of interest, was observed with an RMSE of 10.6% (n=41), considering a calculated weight-volume conversion as reference value. An SEM of 5.1% for already five observations with direct weight reference provides a good starting point for work-progress observation support.
PSICOPATOLOGIA DOS OBJETOS TRANSICIONAIS: O OLHAR DE WINNICOTT PARA A CLÍNICA DAS ADICÇÕES
Authors: Nascimento Gustavo Chiesa Gouveia , Oliveira Márcia Aparecida Ferreira , Soares Ricardo Henrique
Published: November 2021

Este trabalho tem por objeto as contribuições de Donald W. Winnicott acerca do fenômeno das toxicomanias, com o objetivo de apontar os desafios dessa clínica em nossas instituições de saúde. É apresentada uma síntese construída com base no trabalho do autor Décio Gurfinkel acerca do estatuto psicopatológico das adicções, numa perspectiva psicanalítica, para, posteriormente, pensá-lo à luz dos conceitos do processo de maturação de Winnicott. Ao fim, são empregados os conceitos apresentados para problematizar o campo das práticas clínicas. O fenômeno da toxicomania é apontado como extravio dos fenômenos transicionais ante a falha da sustentação ambiental para as experiências de ilusão primária, colocando o foco do trabalho clínico junto a esses usuários na sustentação da própria relação de cuidado, espaço potencial fértil para o sonhar e o simbolismo que se encontram alienados do sujeito adicto. Coloca-se como desafio para as instituições o aspecto tóxico que podem ganhar essas relações.
Der kartellrechtliche ordre public in der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit
Authors: Morbach Rüdiger
Published: November 2021

When a state court has to decide whether to enforce or to set aside an arbitral award, it examines whether the enforcement of the award would violate fundamental principles of the forum - its public policy (ordre public). Competition law provisions that are part of these principles form the state's public competition policy. It comes into play not only during the review of the arbitral award, but affects the arbitral proceedings even before they are initiated. This thesis examines all these effects and their role in ensuring the compliance of arbitral awards with competition law. While it represents the outcome of a Franco-German dissertation project, it takes into account numerous other legal systems as well.
Embracing Technological Change in Higher Education
Authors: Bahja Mohammed , Amin Kuhail Mohammad , Hammad Rawad
Published: November 2021

Access to information has never been easier, thanks to the rapid development of the internet and communication technologies, and the ubiquity of smartphones and other internet-enabled devices. In traditional classroom learning, teachers provide students with various sources of information that are known to be reliable. Nowadays, especially in a post-pandemic era, students increasingly rely on a host of resources available on the internet. Exposure to vast amounts of scattered information could adversely affect students’ learning process. Meanwhile, pedagogical approaches, classroom learning practices, and student learning activities have evolved significantly to cope with contemporary challenges. This study reviews the current learning practices and the technological interventions in a rapidly evolving higher education landscape. In particular, the challenges when integrating technology into higher education are considered in detail and ways put forward for doing so in that context.
Generating Artificial Weather Data Sequences for Solar Distillation Numerical Simulations
Authors: The Nguyen Bao
Published: November 2021

According to the natural geographical distribution, developing countries are concentrated in tropical climates, where radiation is abundant. So the use of solar energy is a sustainable solution for developing countries. However, daily or hourly measured solar irradiance data for designing or running simulations for solar systems in these countries is not always available. Therefore, this chapter presents a model to calculate the daily and hourly radiation data from the monthly average daily radiation. First, the chapter describes the application of Aguiar’s model to the calculation of daily radiation from average daily radiation data. Next, the chapter presents an improved Graham model to generate hourly radiation data series from monthly radiation. The above two models were used to generate daily and hourly radiation data series for Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, two cities representing two different tropical climates. The generated data series are tested by comparing the statistical parameters with the measured data series. Statistical comparison results show that the generated data series have acceptable statistical accuracy. After that, the generated radiation data series continue to be used to run the simulation program to calculate the solar water distillation system and compare the simulation results with the radiation data. Measuring radiation. The comparison results once again confirm the accuracy of the solar irradiance data generation model in this study. Especially, the model to generate the sequences of hourly solar radiation values proposed in this study is much simpler in comparison to the original model of Graham. In addition, a model to generate hourly ambient tempearure date from monthly average daily ambient temperature is also presented and tested. Then, both generated hourly solar radiation and ambient temperature sequences are used to run a solar dsitillation simulation program to give the outputs as monthly average daily distillate productivities. Finally, the outputs of the simulation program running with the generated solar radiation and ambient temperature data are compared with those running with measured data. The errors of predicted monthly average daily distillate productivities between measured and generated weather data for all cases are acceptably low. Therefore, it can be concluded that the model to generate artificial weather data sequences in this study can be used to run any solar distillation simulation programs with acceptable accuracy.
Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in Human Reproduction
Authors: Zhou Weidong , Zhang Teng , Lian Yikai , Zhang Wenjing
Published: November 2021

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are newly identified as cell-to-cell communication mediators that carry and transfer various regulatory molecules. Recent studies have shown that EVs play important roles in normal physiology and pathological conditions of human reproduction. In the female reproductive system, EVs in follicular fluid, oviduct fluid, and uterine luminal fluid are considered as vehicles to regulate follicular development, oocyte maturation and mediate embryo–maternal crosstalk to affect embryo implantation and pregnancy. In the male reproductive system, prostasomes and epididymosomes are involved in regulating sperm maturation, motility, capacitation, acrosome reaction, and fertilization. EVs transmitted cargos also play important roles in reproduction-related pathologies, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis, pregnancy complications, male infertility, and gynecological malignant tumors. In view of the important roles in the reproductive system, EVs may be used as biomarkers or therapeutic targets for reproductive abnormalities and related diseases. In this chapter, we sorted EVs in human reproduction through their physical/pathological functions and mechanisms, and listed several EVs as biomarkers and clinical therapeutic applications in the future.
Political Leadership and Financial Emoluments: A Case of Developing Countries
Authors: Aide Okun Daniels , Ose Iyawe Osama
Published: November 2021

The theoretical concept of political leadership would have to be the most elusive and fluid concept of leadership. It has within its authority dominated policies, influenced security- intelligence, shaped intellectual-cultures, inspired citizens-aspirations and has directed the trajectory of nation-states and sovereignties within international governance and global affairs. The political behaviors of developing nations through foreign policies, national interests and diplomacy have been a reflection of the authority of their political leadership; regime after regime. There are no best-kept secret to the fundamental strengths and weaknesses of political Leadership other than the influential impact of the political leader’s self-empowerment, self-leadership and self-legacy. Political Leadership is fundamentally controlled by the polices of choices where decisions meet actions and authoritarian powers redefines humanity. The elusive extent, and fluid depth of political influence through the impact of governance does not measure -up to the assurance of humanity in most developing countries around the world. The political consciousness and idiosyncrasies of most individuals over the years have contributed none or fewer interests to the study, the justification, and the analytical reasoning of the influence of political leadership. This new study and the assertive findings on this chapter are aimed to pragmatically educate, inspire, and reignite the zealousness of visionary leadership, through the consciousness of humanity. The intellectual assertions in this chapter are envisioned to create, expand and illuminate the distinctive reality between of our profound empirical knowledge, theoretical beliefs and interpretive researches on the conceptual understanding of political leadership. The topics in this chapter are aimed to create an endless stream to the consciousness of political leadership and financial gains to the betterment of humanity. It expands the understanding of political leadership through psychological lens beyond the titles, offices and political display of power. Political leadership in developing countries can improve and offer better outcomes in todays world, when humanity meets the consciousness of political leadership in financial prosperity. The societal divisions of ethnicity, wealth and the polarization of political ideologies into sets of beliefs, questions the influential impact of political leadership. As political leaders govern and navigate through their leadership goals, aspirations and visions more often than not, the traits of their ethnic identity, individuality and beliefs constantly create struggles with their understanding and acceptance of humanity as a whole.
John Cage, Henry David Thoreau, Wild Nature, Humility, and Music
Authors: Corsa Andrew J. ,   Center for Environmental Philosophy, The University of North Texas
Published: November 2021

John Cage and Henry David Thoreau draw attention to the indeterminacy of wild nature and imply humans cannot entirely control the natural world. This paper argues Cage and Thoreau each encourages his audience to recognize their own human limitations in relation to wildness, and thus each helps his audience to develop greater humility before nature. By reflecting on how Thoreau’s theory relates to Cage’s music, we can recognize how Cage’s music contributes to audiences’ environmental moral education. We can appreciate the role of music in helping audiences to develop values conducive to environmentally sustainable practices.
Education During the Enlightenment: Women Engaging Critical Inquiry
Authors: Talamante Laura , Abang Jasmine ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: November 2021

Until the late seventeenth-century, French women had limited access to education. This article explores the openings that the Enlightenment provided for reconceptualizing women’s education, and how women used their roles as salonnières and novelists to challenge gendered educational limits. Using the lenses of education and gender norms, we highlight women’s intellectual contributions to the French Enlightenment and the history of ideas and emphasize the role of critical thinking in creating gender equality. With this scholarship, we encourage students to reflect on the history of the Enlightenment and the importance of reading, writing, and critical thinking for tackling present issues of discrimination. Furthermore, for educators, we challenge them to see the benefits of centering marginalized voices in the history of the Enlightenment for what those voices offer, engaging students in critical thinking and education and addressing equity and social justice for both individuals and society at large.
Antiretroviral Therapy in Children and Adolescents: A Look Into Modern Single Tablet Regimens
Authors: Lee Clara , Sapasap Jenna , LaRochelle Joseph , Smith Renata O. , Badowski Melissa E.
Published: November 2021

Single tablet regimens (STRs) have simplified antiretroviral therapy (ART) over the years in the adult human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) population. However, there is still a prevalent need to simplify regimens in children and adolescents living with HIV. Finding the optimal regimen requires a multi-factorial approach due to their complex pharmacokinetic profiles throughout childhood and the challenges and limitations of medication non-adherence in the pediatric population. These challenges include pill size, available formulations, palatability, and caregiver health literacy, which can all affect the proper administration of medications. The complexity of this population implies the importance of customizing everyone's antiretroviral regimen so that the patient and family can successfully adhere to the therapy. The current recommendations for ART in the adult and pediatric populations are similar, yet the use of STRs are limited. The goal of this review was to assess current data on available STRs and determine their utility as ART in the pediatric population.
Creation of a Combination Antibiogram for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Thompson R. Zachary , Sargel Cheryl L. , Moore-Clingenpeel Melissa , Karsies Todd J.
Published: November 2021

OBJECTIVE

This study describes the creation of a combination antibiogram directed toward Pseudomonas aeruginosa to determine the most appropriate empiric antimicrobial regimen(s).

METHODS

P aeruginosa isolates were collected from all sites between January 2013 and December 2017 for patients admitted to the PICU. Patients with cystic fibrosis and isolates from the same site and susceptibility pattern obtained within 30 days were excluded. β-Lactam susceptibilities were determined and compared with the addition of an aminoglycoside or fluroquinolone and summarized in a combination antibiogram.

RESULTS

One hundred ninety-nine P aeruginosa isolates were included for analysis. The addition of a second agent to piperacillin-tazobactam was shown to have the most significant improvement among the β-lactams, with 70% susceptibility as monotherapy and increases to above 90% with the addition of an aminoglycoside or fluroquinolone. The addition of an aminoglycoside or fluroquinolone to cefepime and meropenem increased coverage to above 95%. The addition of a second agent was likely to increase susceptibility of a monotherapy backbone; however, as the susceptibility of the first-line agent decreased, the susceptibility of the second agent needed to be higher to achieve a 95% coverage threshold.

CONCLUSIONS

Our results support use of a second agent to significantly improve the likelihood of appropriate empiric coverage of P aeruginosa. Use of a combination antibiogram may be more beneficial than a simple antibiogram for units with increasing resistance rates, or for coverage of specific resistant organisms.
Development and Validation of a Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Prevention Scale
Authors: Thompson Erika L. , Garg Ashvita , Esser Katharine Collier , Caddy Deborah , Matthes Sarah , Rohr Danielle , Spence Emily E.
Published: November 2021

Objective: School-based child abuse primary prevention programs are delivered across the country; however, a validated measurement tool that is feasible to deliver to students is unavailable. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and validation of a measurement
tool for knowledge and skills related to the primary prevention of child physical and sexual abuse. Methods: Two elementary schools and 404 students participated. Students completed 5 instruments: the Play it Safe!® scale, 2 scales related to abuse prevention,
and 2 unrelated scales. For assessment of the convergent and divergent validity, correlations were estimated and corresponding p-values in SAS version 9.4. Results: For the Play it Safe!® scale, the mean score was 10.87 out of 14 potential points (SD = 2.73; higher
scores = higher knowledge). The internal consistency of the scale was adequate with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.77. We found strong correlations for the 2 convergent validity scales, and weak correlations for the 2 divergent validity scales. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the divergent
and convergent validity of a child abuse primary prevention knowledge scale that can be used in school-settings and can assist in the measurement of primary prevention knowledge.
SVA-SSD: saliency visual attention single shot detector for building detection in low contrast high-resolution satellite images
Authors: Shahin Ahmed I. , Almotairi Sultan
Published: November 2021

Building detection in high-resolution satellite images has received great attention, as it is important to increase the accuracy of urban planning. The building boundary detection in the desert environment is a real challenge due to the nature of low contrast images in the desert environment. The traditional computer vision algorithms for building boundary detection lack scalability, robustness, and accuracy. On the other hand, deep learning detection algorithms have not been applied to such low contrast satellite images. So, there is a real need to employ deep learning algorithms for building detection tasks in low contrast high-resolution images. In this paper, we propose a novel building detection method based on a single-shot multi-box (SSD) detector. We develop the state-of-the-art SSD detection algorithm based on three approaches. First, we propose data-augmentation techniques to overcome the low contrast images’ appearance. Second, we develop the SSD backbone using a novel saliency visual attention mechanism. Moreover, we investigate several pre-trained networks performance and several fusion functions to increase the performance of the SSD backbone. The third approach is based on optimizing the anchor-boxes sizes which are used in the detection stage to increase the performance of the SSD head. During our experiments, we have prepared a new dataset for buildings inside Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia that consists of 3878 buildings. We have compared our proposed approach vs other approaches in the literature. The proposed system has achieved the highest average precision, recall, F1-score, and IOU performance. Our proposed method has achieved a fast average prediction time with the lowest variance for our testing set. Our experimental results are very promising and can be generalized to other object detection tasks in low contrast images.
The leukocyte telomere length, single nucleotide polymorphisms near TERC gene and risk of COPD
Authors: Tacheva Tanya , Zienolddiny Shanbeh , Dimov Dimo , Vlaykova Denitsa , Vlaykova Tatyana
Published: November 2021

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow obstruction and is associated with chronic local and systemic inflammation and oxidative stress. The enhanced oxidative stress and inflammation have been reported to affect telomere length (TL). Furthermore, a number of SNPs at loci encoding the main components of the telomerase genes, TERT and TERC have been shown to correlate with TL. We aimed to explore the leukocyte TL and genotypes for single nucleotide polymorphisms, rs12696304 (C > G) and rs10936599 (C > T) near TERC in COPD cases and matched healthy controls using q-PCR technologies. Successful assessment of TL was performed for 91 patients and 88 controls. The patients had shorter TL (17919.36 ± 1203.01 bp) compared to controls (21 271.48 ± 1891.36 bp) although not significant (p = 0.137). The TL did not associate with the gender, age, spirometric indexes, smoking habits but tended to correlate negatively with BMI (Rho = − 0.215, p = 0.076) in the controls, but not in COPD patients. The genotype frequencies of the SNPs rs12696304 and rs10936599 were compared between patients and controls and the odds ratios (OR) for developing COPD were calculated. The carriers of the common homozygous (CC) genotypes of the SNPs had higher risk for COPD, compared to carriers of the variants alleles (rs12696304 CG+GG vs. CC; OR: 0.615, 95% CI [0.424–0.894], p = 0.011 and for rs10936599 CT+TT vs. CC OR = 0.668, 95% CI [0.457–0.976], p = 0.044). Analysis on the combined effects of the TERC rs12696304 (C > G) and rs10936599 (C > T) genotypes, CC/CC genotype combination was associated with higher risk for COPD (p < 0.0001) and marginally lower FEV1% pr. in patients with GOLD II (p = 0.052). There was no association between the SNP genotypes and TL. In summary, our results suggest that COPD patients may have shorter TL, and rs12696304 and rs10936599 near TERC may affect the risk of COPD independently of TL.
Environmental changes in Yellow River Delta with terrace construction and agricultural cropping
Authors: He Dongxiao , Chu Jianmin , Yang Hongxiao
Published: November 2021

Background

Crude flats in delta areas are often saline–alkaline and unsuitable for agricultural cropping. In the 1990s, people residing in the Yellow River delta constructed terraces on the flats for agricultural development. Herein, we investigated environmental changes resulting from this agricultural development and evaluated whether the current land use is effective and sustainable.

Methods

We sampled soil and weeds from croplands, terrace slopes, and crude flats within the delta terrace landscape. The measured soil properties included soil salinity, pH, total N, total P, and organic matter in different lands and soil layers: 0–10, 10–20, and 20–30 cm. The surveyed weed characteristics were the biomass of roots and rhizomes, species composition, life form, cover and height. These indices were statistically verified by different land types and soil layers.

Results

Soil salinity in the terrace crop lands was found to have reduced to <4 g·kg−1, whereas in the crude flats, remained >6 g·kg−1. Soil pH in the terrace croplands was surprisingly increased to >9 ; meanwhile, organic matter content decreased drastically, which is significantly different from that observed in the case of terrace slopes and crude flats. Total N and P content in the terrace crop lands were seemingly unchanged on averages but at the depths >20 cm, they reduced unavoidably. Plant underground organs were relatively scarcer in the croplands than in the other lands. Weeds grew well on the terrace slopes but were insufficient in the croplands. Overall, terrace construction is effective for developing coastal saline flats for agricultural use, but the traditional land use in the Yellow River delta has caused chronic soil degradation that is against a sustainable productive industry.
Transcriptome analysis and functional identification of GmMYB46 in soybean seedlings under salt stress
Authors: Liu Xun , Yang Xinxia , Zhang Bin
Published: November 2021

Salinity is one of the major abiotic stress that limits crop growth and productivity. We investigated the transcriptomes of salt-treated soybean seedlings versus a control using RNA-seq to better understand the molecular mechanisms of the soybean (Glycine max L.) response to salt stress. Transcriptome analysis revealed 1,235 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) under salt stress. Several important pathways and key candidate genes were identified by KEGG enrichment. A total of 116 differentially expressed transcription factors (TFs) were identified, and 17 TFs were found to belong to MYB families. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these TFs may be involved in salt stress adaptation. Further analysis revealed that GmMYB46 was up-regulated by salt and mannitol and was localized in the nucleus. The salt tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis overexpressing GmMYB46 was significantly enhanced compared to wild-type (WT). GmMYB46 activates the expression of salt stress response genes (P5CS1, SOD, POD, NCED3) in Arabidopsis under salt stress, indicating that the GmMYB46 protein mediates the salt stress response through complex regulatory mechanisms. This study provides information with which to better understand the molecular mechanism of salt tolerance in soybeans and to genetically improve the crop.
Kajian Implementasi Universal Design Pada Interior Perpustakaan Umum di Balai Pemuda Kota Surabaya
Authors: Valentine Airin , Ardana I GN. , Thamrin Diana
Published: November 2021

Perpustakaan  sebagai  fasilitas  publik  dikunjungi  oleh  berbagai  lapisan  masyarakat  termasuk  anak-anak  dan  masyarakat  yang memiliki  kebutuhan  khusus.  Oleh  karena  itu,  aksesibilitas  dan  penyediaan  fasilitas  perlu  memperhatikan  tujuh  prinsip  universal desain (TPUD). Universal Desain digunakan untuk merancang suatu produk/fasilitas agar semua orang dapat memanfaatkan tanpa harus melakukan proses adaptasi secara khusus. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis penerapan TPUD serta mengusulkan solusi desain yang dapat diterapkan pada interior Perpustakaan Umum Balai Pemuda. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan  pengumpulan  data  memakai  metode  observasi,  wawancara,  dan  dokumentasi. Data yang diperoleh diolah secara deskriptif analitik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari 13 ruang yang ada dalam Perpustakaan Balai Pemuda, hanya dua ruang saja yang memenuhi  tujuh  prinsip  universal  desain,  sedangkan  11  ruang  lainnya  masih  baru  menerapkan  beberapa  prinsipnya  saja  sehingga membutuhkan solusi desain yang didasari oleh TPUD. Solusi desain yang diusulkan terdiri atas: (1) mengubah desain yang mudah digunakan  bagi  pengunjung  dengan  kursi  roda,  anak-anak,  dan  lansia;  (2)  mengubah  tata  letak  fasilitas  yang  tersedia  agar  lebih efektif;  (3)  menambah  keterangan  pada  signage  untuk  memperjelas  informasi;  (4)  menambah  sistem  keamanan  pada  ramp  dan stopkontak;  (5)  menambah  desain  toilet  khusus  difabel;  serta  (6)  mendesain  ulang  area  wastafel  yang  dapat  digunakan  oleh pengunjung dengan kursi roda dan anak-anak.
Perancangan Produk Interior Premium Berbasis Optimasi Penerapan Karakteristik Fisik Kayu Kelapa
Authors: Anggoro Yunivia , Santosa Adi , Junica P. Celline
Published: November 2021

Perancangan ini bertujuan untuk mengolah sumber daya alam yang jumlahnya masih berlimpah di Indonesia dan menjadikan kayu kelapa sebagai material substitusi kayu-kayu di pasaran yang mulai langka. Metode perancangan yang digunakan terdiri dari delapan tahap.  Empat  tahap  pertama  adalah  memahami  material,  eksplorasi  joint,  mendesain  konektor  besi,  dan  melakukan  tes  terhadap kestabilan  konektor  tersebut.  Setelah  ditemukan  desain  konektor  besi  terbaik,  tahapan  berikutnya  adalah  mendesain  produk, merealisasikan produk, memasarkan produk, dan melakukan evaluasi. Hasil perancangan berupa tiga set produk interior yang terdiri dari  tiga  belas  produk  mulai  dari  mebel,  aksesoris,  hingga  elemen  interior.  Optimasi  yang  telah  dilakukan  menghasilkan  produk interior yang tidak hanya menawarkan desain yang premium, namun juga memiliki ketahanan produk yang juga baik.
Effects of gratitude intervention on mental health and well-being among workers: A systematic review
Authors: Komase Yu , Watanabe Kazuhiro , Hori Daisuke , Nozawa Kyosuke , Hidaka Yui , Iida Mako , Imamura Kotaro , Kawakami Norito
Published: November 2021

Objectives

Gratitude intervention, which requires participants to engage regularly in brief activities designed to cultivate a sense of gratefulness, is known as one of the most effective positive psychological interventions. Although numerous meta-analyses and systematic reviews have been conducted on gratitude intervention, no studies have focused on the working population. This study aimed to systematically summarize the effectiveness of gratitude interventions on workers’ mental health and well-being.

Methods

Systematic search was conducted in February 2021 using five databases. Eligible studies included randomized controlled trials implementing gratitude activities among healthy workers and measuring mental health or well-being indicators and original articles or thesis in English.

Results

Nine out of 1957 articles met the inclusion criteria. Eight studies adopted gratitude list interventions, showing a significant improvement in perceived stress and depression; however, the effects on well-being were inconsistent. Interventions with gratitude list four times or less did not report significant changes in any outcomes.

Conclusions

Most gratitude interventions incorporated a gratitude list, and some studies included gratitude activities as a part of the combined program. On the other hand, no studies focused on only behavioral gratitude expression among workers. Gratitude interventions might be effective in improving mental health, but their effects on well-being remain unclear. The total number of gratitude lists and reflections might influence the effect on mental health and well-being; however, due to the high heterogeneity of the studies, further studies are needed.
Lightweight and Highly Heat‐Resistant Microcellular Polyetherimide/Barium Titanate/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites with High Dielectric Permittivity and Low Dielectric Loss
Authors: Xiang Xiaolian , Ma Zhonglei , Jing Jiayao , Guo Borui , Zhang Menghui , Jiang Ruochu , Shao Liang
Published: November 2021

Dielectric materials with lightweight, high heat resistance, high dielectric permittivity, and low dielectric loss are highly desirable for dielectrics. Herein, lightweight and highly heat‐resistant microcellular polyetherimide/barium titanate/multiwalled carbon nanotube (PEI/BaTiO3/MWCNT) nanocomposites with high dielectric permittivity and low dielectric loss are fabricated via the efficient physically microcellular foaming method. The resultant microcellular PEI/BaTiO3/MWCNT nanocomposites with the BaTiO3/MWCNT content of 8 wt% exhibit a high dielectric permittivity of 18.7 and a low dielectric loss of 0.35 with a low relative density of 0.26. Owing to the heterogeneous cell nucleation effect, the microcellular PEI/BaTiO3/MWCNT nanocomposites present much more uniform cellular structures with larger cell density and smaller cell size compared with the microcellular PEI. The physically microcellular foaming slightly decreases the dielectric permittivity and dramatically decreases the dielectric loss of the nanocomposites. Compared with the solid and microcellular PEI/BaTiO3 nanocomposites, the microcellular PEI/BaTiO3/MWCNT nanocomposites exhibit dramatically increased dielectric permittivity with low filler content. The results indicate that the lightweight and highly heat‐resistant microcellular PEI/BaTiO3/MWCNT nanocomposites with high dielectric permittivity and low dielectric loss have excellent potential for dielectrics in areas such as aerospace, electronics, and military engineering.
Lattice Orientation Heredity in the Transformation of 2D Epitaxial Films
Authors: Xu Xiangming , Smajic Jasmin , Li Kuang‐hui , Min Jung‐Wook , Lei Yongjiu , Davaasuren Bambar , He Xin , Zhang Xixiang , Ooi Boon S. , Costa Pedro M. F. J. , Alshareef Husam N.
Published: November 2021

The ability to control lattice orientation is often an essential requirement in the growth of both 2D van der Waals (vdW) layered and nonlayered thin films. Here, a unique and universal phenomenon termed “lattice orientation heredity” (LOH) is reported. LOH enables product films (including 2D‐layered materials) to inherit the lattice orientation from reactant films in a chemical conversion process, excluding the requirement on the substrate lattice order. The process universality is demonstrated by investigating the lattice transformations in the carbonization, nitridation, and sulfurization of epitaxial MoO2, ZnO, and In2O3 thin films. Their resultant compounds all inherit the mono‐oriented crystal feature from their precursor oxides, including 2D vdW‐layered semiconductors (e.g., MoS2), metallic films (e.g., MXene‐like Mo2C and MoN), wide‐bandgap semiconductors (e.g., hexagonal ZnS), and ferroelectric semiconductors (e.g., In2S3). Using LOH‐grown MoN as a seeding layer, mono‐oriented GaN is achieved on an amorphous quartz substrate. The LOH process presents a universal strategy capable of growing epitaxial thin films (including 2D vdW‐layered materials) not only on single‐crystalline but also on noncrystalline substrates.
Liquid Gating Meniscus‐Shaped Deformable Magnetoelastic Membranes with Self‐Driven Regulation of Gas/Liquid Release
Authors: Liu Jing , Xu Xue , Lei Yi , Zhang Mengchuang , Sheng Zhizhi , Wang Huimeng , Cao Min , Zhang Jian , Hou Xu
Published: November 2021

Liquid gating membranes have been demonstrated to show unprecedented properties of dynamicity, stability, adaptivity, and stimulus‐responsiveness. Most recently, smart liquid gating membranes have attracted increasing attention to bring some brand‐new properties for real‐world applications, and various environment‐driven systems have been created. Here, a self‐driven system of a smart liquid gating membrane is further developed by designing a new sytem based on a liquid gating magnetoelastic porous membrane with reversible meniscus‐shaped deformations, and it is not subject to the complex gating liquid restriction of magnetorheological fluids. Compared with other systems, this magnetic‐responsive self‐driven system has the advantage that it provides a universal and convenient way to realize active regulation of gas/liquid release. Experiments and theoretical calculations demonstrate the stability, the nonfouling behavior, and the tunability of the system. In addition, this system can be used to perfectly open and close gas transport, and the gating pressure threshold for the liquid release can be reduced under the same conditions. Based on the above capabilities, combined with the fast and 3D contactless operation, it will be of benefit in fields ranging from visible gas/liquid mixture content monitoring and energy‐saving multiphase separation, remote fluid release, and beyond.
Low‐Threshold, Highly Stable Colloidal Quantum Dot Short‐Wave Infrared Laser enabled by Suppression of Trap‐Assisted Auger Recombination
Authors: Taghipour Nima , Whitworth Guy L. , Othonos Andreas , Dalmases Mariona , Pradhan Santanu , Wang Yongjie , Kumar Gaurav , Konstantatos Gerasimos
Published: November 2021

Pb‐chalcogenide colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are attractive materials to be used as tuneable laser media across the infrared spectrum. However, excessive nonradiative Auger recombination due to the presence of trap states outcompetes light amplification by rapidly annihilating the exciton population, leading to high gain thresholds. Here, a binary blend is employed of CQDs and ZnO nanocrystals in order to passivate the in‐gap trap states of PbS‐CQD gain medium. Using transient absorption, a fivefold increase is measured in Auger lifetime demonstrating the suppression of trap‐assisted Auger recombination. By doing so, a twofold reduction is achieved in amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) threshold. Finally, by integrating the proposed binary blend to a distributed feedback (DFB) resonator, single‐mode lasing emission is demonstrated at 1650 nm with a linewidth of 1.23 nm (0.62 meV), operating at a low lasing threshold of ≈385 μJ cm–2. The Auger suppression in this system has allowed to achieve unprecedented lasing emission stability for a CQD laser with recorded continuous operation of 5 h at room temperature and ambient conditions.