bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The effect of health promotion on primary health care services: an analysis of primary health care policy
Authors: Olofinbiyi Olunike Blessing
Published: May 2022

Health promotion is the best way to prevent mental illness and other illnesses in the community. However, the high rate of corruption and embezzlement of funds has impeded the effectiveness of health promotion in Primary health care system in Nigeria. More so, health promotion is the best way to alleviate diseases and prevent diseases. However, nearly all the health care workers are aware of the benefits of health promotion but to implement it is the problem.
The aim: to examine the effect of health promotion on primary health care service through the analysis of Primary Health Care policy.
Method: this study was guided by a pragmatic paradigm. The pragmatist paradigm is highly essential to this study because it emphasizes the link between action and truth. It is also ideal for this study as it advocates for mixed methods that are in line with ethnographic research approach to provide the best understanding of a research problem.
Furthermore, pragmatic paradigm was adopted for this study and this paradigm encourages the study to combine two research methods (qualitative and quantitative) to achieve quality research findings. In this study a non-experimental, exploratory-descriptive design was used to analyse the quantitative aspect of the national health policies on primary health care service delivery in Nigeria. While ethnographic method analysed the qualitative aspect of the study perfectly.
Result: out of three hundred respondents, majority of them revealed that bad leadership is the main reason why health promotion is not effective. While majority of the participants opined that we lack good leaders. The study hereby emphasized more on why the Government is not working on the effectiveness of health promotion in PHC and the findings showed that bad leadership is the main factor that is causing the ineffectiveness of health promotion in PHC and when the respondents were questioned on what to do to ensure a more effective health promotion in the community, majority (34.7 %) of the respondents opined that the community members should be involved actively at every stage while (33.3 %) of the respondents revealed that there is need for active involvement of other essential sectors in formulation and implementation of PHC policy to ensure a permanent change.
Conclusion: all things considering, this study shows that poor health promotion in Primary health care is having negative effect on the health of children, adolescents, adults, and old ones. This study here by recommends that the policy makers and the government should eradicate corruption and embezzlement of funds in all sectors especially in primary health care
Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation in young adult
Authors: Abdullaeiv Rizvan , Mamedov Ilgar
Published: May 2022

The aim: to assess the value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of a lumbar herniation disc in young adults.

Material and methods: 27 patients aged 17-21 years (8 girls, 19 boys) were included in our study. During the examination by a neurologist, all patients reported pain in the lower back. The results of the ultrasound investigation were compared with MRI. Ultrasonography (USG) was conducted on a Philips HD 11XE device using a convection transducer in the frequency range 2-5 MHz; MRI - General Electric, Signa HDI, 1.5T.

Results: at the L3-L4 segment, hernia was diagnosed in 2 (7.4±5.0 %) cases, at the L4-L5 segment - in 14 (51.9±9.6 %) cases, and at the L5-S1 segment - in 11 (40.7±9.5 %) cases, respectively. The hernia at the segments of L5-S1 and L4-L5 was diagnosed significantly (P<0.001) more often than at the segment of L3-L4. Median hernia was diagnosed in 12 (44.4±9.6 %) cases, paramedian - in 11 (40.7±9.5 %) cases and posterolateral - in 4 ( 14.8±6.8 %) cases, respectively. The median and paramedian hernia was diagnosed significantly (P<0.05) more than the posterolateral. In ultrasound, only in one case, a posterolateral hernia was interpreted as paramedian

Conclusions: 1) The lumbar hernia are localized at the segments of L5-S1 and L4-L5 significantly (P<0.001) more often than at the other segments; 2) Sciatica is significantly more common in posterolateral localization of lumbar disc herniation; 3) The ultrasonography couldbe used to find out the causes of back pain in young adult
Foreign experience of anti-crisis management of medical institutions
Authors: Shchyrina Katherine , Koshova Svitlana , Parkhomenko-Kutsevil Oksana
Published: May 2022

The main components of the crisis management system of medical institutions were highlighted. Crisis situations will be understood as the inability of medical institutions to provide the population with medical services on time due to lack of various resources.

As a result of catastrophes, natural disasters, armed conflicts, crisis situations arise when medical institutions are not able to fully provide the population with medical services, there is a lack of funding, human and material resources. Ukraine is no exception, as the armed conflict in the East in 2014 and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine confirmed the lack of sufficient labor, logistical resources and financial support to provide quality medical care to the population. In such conditions, there is a need to develop tools, means of overcoming crisis situations in healthcare facilities.

The aim of the article is to systematize the recommendations for Ukraine on the formation of a system of crisis management of healthcare facilities.

Materials and methods of the research. The basis for the study were provided by private clinics for analysis documents of financial and economic reporting for the pre- and post-crisis periods, as well as scientific works of famous Ukrainian and foreign scientists. The research used methods of analysis, comparison, medical and statistical method and system.

The result of the study was an analysis of the state of funding for healthcare facilities in Ukraine and a comparative analysis with the state of funding for such facilities in other developed countries such as Italy, Germany, Sweden, France.

Conclusions. The main components of the system of anti-crisis management of medical institutions in crisis conditions are: effective leadership, which is provided by managers and management staff; human resources; equal access to basic medicines, vaccines and technologies of guaranteed quality, safety, efficiency; a functioning health information system has been established; financing of healthcare institutions and their financial protection in case of crisis; the process of providing quality, safe and efficient medical services with minimal expenditure of resources. In most European countries, the basic functions of healthcare management (prioritization, financing, service delivery, supply planning, quality control) are decentralized and carried out at the level of regional or local authorities, or regional health insurance funds or trusts
An overview on 1,2,4-triazole and 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives as potential anesthesic and anti-inflammatory agents
Authors: Koval Andriy , Lozynskyi Andrii , Shtrygol' Sergiy , Lesyk Roman
Published: May 2022

The aim. The purpose of this review is to summarize data on the synthesis and structural modification of heterocyclic systems with triazole and thiadiazole fragments in molecules as promising objects in bioorganic and medicinal chemistry.

Materials and methods. The research based on bibliosemantic and analytical methods using bibliographic and abstract databases, as well as databases of chemical compounds.

Results. Modern medicinal chemistry faces many challenges, one of which is the determination of the activity and specificity of therapeutic agents. Recent scientific data showed that triazoles and/or thiadiazoles have broad spectrum of biological activities, in particular antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, anticancer and anticonvulsant. Synthetic research allows to propose a whole number of new molecular design directions of biological active triazole and/or thiadiazole derivatives, as well as to obtain directed library that include hundreds of new compounds. This review is an effort to summarize data of its analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity over the last decade. We summarized and analyzed the series of triazole and/or thiadiazole derivatives and provided data of their structure-activity relationship. For optimization and rational design of highly active molecules with optimal «drug-like» characteristics and discovering of possible mechanism of action SAR, QSAR analysis and molecular docking were summarized.

Conclusions. It has been shown that heterocyclic systems containing fragments of triazole and / or thiadiazole are a significant source of promising analgesic and/or anti-inflammatory agents. It has been established that the mentioned heterocyclic derivatives have a high selectivity of action, low toxicity and an effect commensurate with standard drugs
The influence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with different mechanisms of action on the course of stress reaction, the functional state of kidneys, liver, and heart on the model of acute general cooling
Authors: Shtrygol’ Sergiy , Koiro Olga , Kudina Olesia , Tovchiga Olga , Yudkevych Tetiana , Oklei Denys
Published: May 2022

Inhibitors of the arachidonic acid cascade have significant potential as the agents for the prevention of severe cold injuries. The results of the previous studies have demonstrated the pronounced frigoprotective properties of certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, primarily diclofenac sodium, etoricoxib, darbufelone mesylate, under the conditions of acute general cooling.

The aim of the study: to investigate the effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with various mechanisms of action on the course of the stress reaction, the functional state of the kidneys, liver, and heart using the model of acute general cooling.

Materials and Methods: The experiment was carried out using 35 outbreed male rats weighing 256±5 g. The studied drugs were administered intragastrically 30 minutes before cold injury modelling: diclofenac sodium at a dose of 7 mg/kg, etoricoxib at a dose of 5 mg/kg, darbufelone mesylate at a dose of 20 mg/kg. Acute general cooling was induced by exposure at –18 °C for 2 hours. The efficacy of the studied drugs was evaluated by the values as follows: the body temperature (measured rectally), the course of a stress reaction according to the criteria of “the stress triad”, the functional state of the kidney and liver according to the changes in the blood serum biochemical parameters, the functional state of the heart according to the electrocardiogram.

Results: It was found that etoricoxib and darbufelone mesylate, and especially diclofenac sodium, demonstrate frigoprotective properties, reducing the severity of hypothermia, have stress-protective activity and a beneficial effect on the functional state of the kidneys. All investigated non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs prevent a decrease in myocardial contractility (by the effect on the systolic index) and lengthening of the QT interval caused by acute cold injury. Diclofenac sodium, unlike etoricoxib and darbufelone mesylate, does not enhance the effect of acute general cooling on intraventricular conduction. Under acute exposure to cold, no significant changes in the functional state of the liver were observed, including the groups receiving the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines.

Conclusions: The prophylactic administration of the arachidonic acid cascade inhibitors, especially the non-selective COX-2 inhibitor diclofenac sodium, reduces the severity of the stress response, contributes to the maintenance of the renal and cardiac function. There are no significant changes in the functional state of the liver under conditions of the experiment
Development of a unified approach to the method of identification, quantitative determination of active substances and accompanying impurities in a combined drug by HPLC method
Authors: Rudakova Olha , Gubar Svitlana , Smielova Nataliia , Yaremenko Maksym , Bevz Nataliia , Georgiyants Victoriya
Published: May 2022

The aim of the work is to develop a method of identification, quantification of acetylsalicylic and ascorbic acids in the combined presence and concomitant impurities in the combined drug in the form of effervescent powder for preparation of oral solution by liquid chromatography and study of validation characteristics.
Materials and methods. ProStar liquid chromatograph with “Varian” spectrophotometric detector. Chromatographic column with a size of 150×4.6 mm, filled with aminopropylsilyl silica gel for chromatography (Supelcosil LC-NH2, “Supelco”) with a precolumn (particle size 3 μm), mobile phase - buffer solution pH 3.2 - acetonitrile P (80:20), elution mode – isocratic; mobile phase velocity – 1.2 ml/min; the detection wavelength is 240 nm.
Results. To determine acetylsalicylic and ascorbic acids by high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection, the optimal chromatographic conditions were selected considering the influence of other active and excipients in the drug. To prove the possibility of applying the proposed technique in the subsequent analysis of the effervescent powder, its validation was performed. The obtained validation characteristics indicate that the method of quantitative determination of acetylsalicylic acid in the studied dosage form corresponds to the parameters: accuracy, precision, linearity ( =0.92≤max =1.60, d=0.19≤maxd=0.51, a=0.17 max a=2.60, r=0.9994 min r=0.9981). In the quantitative determination of ascorbic acid in the combined effervescent powder it is established that the correctness, precision, linearity are performed ( =0.86≤max =1.60, d=0.02≤max d=0.51, a=1.99 max a=2.60, r=0.9997 min r=0.9981).
Conclusions. A new method for the identification, quantification of acetylsalicylic and ascorbic acids in the combined presence and concomitant impurities in the effervescent powder using high performance liquid chromatography has been developed. The validation of the proposed method is carried out and its acceptability for use in pharmaceutical analysis is proved
Results of analysis of epidemological indicators of viral hepatitis c in regions of the world as part of activities to improve pharmaceutical provision for patients
Authors: Nozdrina Almira , Volkova Alina , Cherkashyna Alina , Ovakimian Olga
Published: May 2022

Viral hepatitis affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the most dangerous of which are hepatitis B and C.
The aim of our study was to study the prevalence and incidence of HC in the world and in Ukraine, as well as approaches in pharmacotherapy of HC to further identify effective measures to eliminate HC and improve pharmaceutical supply to patients in HC in Ukraine. The materials of the study were WHO statistical reports, national country reports, national recommendations for pharmacotherapy, the analysis of which was carried out by methods of generalization of information, analytical, comparative method.
Results of the research. According to the WHO segmentation, the most frequent cases of HC are found in the populations of the Nordic-Mediterranean region (15 million cases) and the European region (12 million cases). Four countries in the world account for more than 40 % of all people infected with HC, two of which are in the Nordic-Mediterranean region (Pakistan – 7.2 and Egypt – 5.6 million people, respectively). The incidence of HC in Western Europe is up to 0.5 %, while in Northern Europe it is up to 3.3 %. Currently, the highest number of first-time HC infections in 2019 was registered among the populations of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Finland. The lowest incidence rates were found in Romania, Italy and Greece. It has been established that males aged 20–45 years prevail among those infected with HC.
It was found that the prevalence of HC in Ukraine in 2015 was 3 %, according to 2020 – 5 %, with the annual number of newly recorded cases of HC increases by at least 7 %. According to the gender distribution, the ratio is on average 1.3 patients among men to 1 patient among women.
An analysis of international guidelines for the pharmacotherapy of HC has shown that their latest revisions contain new direct-acting antiviral drugs, namely combinations of drugs such as glecaprevir / pibrentasvir and sofosbuvir / velpatasvir. The standard of HC treatment in Ukraine, approved in January 2021, is more in line with the recommendations of the WHO (2018), AASLD (2019) and EASL (2020) than the 2016 treatment protocol.
Conclusions. The annual rate of HC infection in the world remains very high and is estimated at 1.5 million people. Regular revision and updating of standards of HC treatment with the latest direct-acting antiviral drugs, annual increase in the number of people in the world and in Ukraine who receive timely diagnosis of HCV and its full treatment are effective steps to achieve the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis
Age dynamics of indicators of the microcirculation system in students according to laser dopler flowmetry
Authors: Gorna Оksana , Horban Daria
Published: May 2022

The article is devoted to the problem of studying blood microcirculation in healthy individuals at different stages of ontogenesis.

The aim of the study was to investigate the peculiarities of the skin blood flow in students aged 17-21.

Materials and ways of the research. In order to study the functional state of blood microcirculation the method of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) was used.

Results. Determination of the age dynamics of the tissue blood flow in subjects aged 17-21 years showed that the parameter of microcirculation in the subjects increased from minimal values at 17 years to maximal values at 21 years. In the female subjects, the value of the microcirculation parameter was higher at 17 years than in the male subjects, while the maximum perfusion value for girls was at 19 years and at 20 years in the male subjects. Assessment of the regulatory devices showed that the amplitude value of low-frequency oscillations in females fell at the age of 19 years and in males at 20 years. The maximal amplitude index of vasomotor oscillations was registered at the age of 19 years both for boys and girls. The amplitude of vasomotor oscillations in the high-frequency range varied in both girls and boys. Three types of LDF-grams were identified among the young adolescents: aperiodic LDF-grams, which correspond to normoemic type of microcirculation, monotonous low amplitude LDF-grams, which correspond to hypooemic type of microcirculation, sinusoidal LDF-grams, which correspond to hyperemic type of microcirculation.

Conclusions. As many studies have shown, the heterochronicity of values of blood microcirculation indices is preserved in male and female subjects: in one age section the indices are higher in females, in the other one – in adolescents. This fact reflects the general biological regularity of different maturation of male and female organisms
Presnya: Territory of Innovations in Children Healthcare
Authors: Gorelova Larisa E. , Shelkova Vera N.
Published: May 2022

This article covers the history of children healthcare development in Presnensky district of Moscow. Social projects of Prokhorov Trekhgornaya manufactory, activities of Sofia Children’s Hospital, public charitable organizations, and city authorities together have created unique environment in the region for the successful implementation of innovations in children healthcare in the beginning of the 20 century. Pediatric medical and diagnostic technologies developed at Presnya were fully developed and created the basis for the Soviet children healthcare system. The Union of Pediatricians of Russia Forums have been held in Presnya since 1994. They continue the tradition of innovative development of children healthcare in Russian pediatrics. This article provides new data on the activities of distinguished Russian pediatricians G.N. Speransky and D.E. Gorokhov.
Designing sustainable and resilient water and energy infrastructure for a campus in Rwanda
Authors: Bristow James , Murphy Richard , White Tim
Published: May 2022

This paper sets out the approach, solutions and lessons learned in designing sustainable and resilient water and energy infrastructure for the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture. It showcases the role that decentralised infrastructure and nature-based solutions can play in addressing the demand for infrastructure and food security. It argues there is a need to design for both current and future uncertainty, and to work with and protect the environment. Finally, it discusses the role of knowledge sharing between international and local partners to build and benefit from capability across the project team and ensure appropriate solutions for the context are adopted.
Semi-parametric estimation of the Quintile Share Ratio index of inequality measure for heavy-tailed income distributions with index in the upper half of the unit interval
Authors: Deme El Hadji , Kpanzou Tchilabalo Abozou , Sisawo Ebrima
Published: May 2022

Kpanzou (2014) proposed an asymptotic \(alpha\) stable distribution for the nonparametric Quintile Share Ratio (QSR) estimator in the case of heavy-tailed distributions. It is well known that the heaviness of the distribution tails is controlled by an unknown parameter called tail index. To better understand the behavior of the distribution tail and the inequality of capital incomes, we introduce, in this paper, semi-parametric estimators of the QSR index which take into account the estimation of that tail index, and we study their asymptotic normality. A small simulation is conducted to illustrate the performance of our method.
Geo-Stratified Analysis of Associations Between Socio-Economic Factors and Diabetes Risk
Authors: Redmond Michelle , Bimali Milan , Ablah Elizabeth , Mayes Paigton , Dugan Katelyn
Published: May 2022

Introduction. In 2019, diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. The association between diabetes risk and socio-economic factors in the United States has been examined primarily at the national level; little is known about this association at the regional level. This study examines and compares the association between diabetes risk and previously established socio-economic factors across four geographic regions (South, Midwest, West, and Northwest).
Methods. We analyzed the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data stratified by four geographic regions of the United States. The risk estimates of diabetes associated with previously established socio-economic factors as well as diabetes prevalence were compared across four geographic regions.
Results. There was marked variation in association between diabetes risk and previously established risk factors across the four geographic regions. In the South, rural residency was associated with increased diabetes risk, whereas in the other geographic regions rural residency had a protective effect. In the South, the diabetes risk for males was 22% higher compared to females in the South, whereas the risk for males was 41% higher than females in the Northeast. Independently, age had the strongest discriminative ability to distinguish between a person with diabetes and a person without diabetes, whereas ethnicity, race and sex had the weakest discriminative abilities.
Conclusions. Our findings suggest a higher prevalence of diabetes by race/ethnicity (Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic) and income across all four regions. While rural residency is highest in the South, but protective in other regions. Overall, we found age and income provide the highest predictive ability for diabetes risk.  This study highlights differences in diabetes prevalence in association between previously established socio-economic variables and diabetes risk across four geographic regions. These findings could help public health professionals and policy makers in understanding the dynamic relationship between diabetes and risk factors at the regional level.
Mehlich 2 Solution v1
Authors: Wu Hsin-Mao
Published: May 2022

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[RETRACTED] CELLF by Mikra Review: Ingredients, Side Effects & More!! v1
Authors: by Mikra CELLF
Published: May 2022

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Reimagining the Future of the Sydney CBD: Reflecting on Covid-19-Driven Changes in Commercial and Residential Property Trends
Authors: Quintana Vigiola Gabriela , Cilliers Juaneé , Lozano-Paredes Luis Hernando
Published: May 2022

Covid-19 has led to unprecedented changes in functional structures in our cities. Since the mid-20th century, central business districts (CBDs) worldwide have hosted economic and employment activities, leaving suburbia to home the residential function. However, the global Covid-19 responses have resulted in changes in some urban functions, and it is yet to see if these changes would transpire as temporary or permanent. Some argue that the broad macrogeographical pattern of urbanisation is unlikely to be changed. Still, that significant intra-metropolitan, neighbourhood-level and daily life changes are to become part of the new reality. Thus, this article considered these changes by focusing on property trends in the Sydney CBD to reflect on future trends, urban structures, and associated functions. An evaluative single case study desktop analysis was conducted to investigate commercial vacancy rates and rental prices within the CBD of Sydney (Australia) between 2018 and 2021 to reflect on the Covid-19-drive changes and their implications for urban planners. Findings highlighted that before Covid-19, both residential and commercial markets were growing, with rising rental prices and decreasing vacancy rates. However, commercial vacancies in the CBD have increased, and rental prices have decreased since 2020’s lockdown, stressing the dropping demand for commercial spaces. The residential market experienced a different trend with dropping vacancy rates and increasing rental prices. The data analysed provide an initial understanding of how Covid-19 has impacted the Sydney CBD. It poses some insights into potential future trends and changes in the urban landscape. It highlights the implications that the planning profession should consider in the quest to realise sustainable and resilient cities.
Communicative Interactions: Analytic Review
Authors: Podladchikova L.N. , Shaposhnikov D.G.
Published: May 2022

For many years, communicative interactions between people have been the subject of conceptual and heuristic consideration in the frameworks of the psychological and social sciences. About ten years ago, the study of communicative interactions began using the methods of experimental neurosciences. Until now research in this area has focused on the accumulation of various phenomenа and the development of methodology. Basic directions and perspectives of communicative interactions research by means of experimental neuroscience methods and mathematical modeling have been considered.
Hybrid Feature Selection based Classifier for Non Functional Requirements
Authors: Dr. Amardeep Gupta Naina Handa, Dr. Anil Sharma,
Published: May 2022

Feature Selection aims at finding the most relevant features of a problem domain. It is very helpful in improving computational speed and prediction accuracy. However, identification of useful features from hundreds or even thousands of related features is a nontrivial task. In this paper, we introduce a hybrid FS method which combines two FS methods – the filters and the wrappers for NFRs classification. Candidate features are first selected from the original feature set through two filter techniques then the union of these two sets are further  refined by more accurate wrappers. This hybrid mechanism takes advantage of both the filters and the wrappers. The mechanism is examined by primary dataset based on NFRs. Experimental results show that better prediction accuracy can be achieved with a smaller feature set.
An Edge Distortion and CNN-Based Analysis of Blind IQ
Authors: Kontham. Raja Kumar Movva. Rajesh Babu,
Published: May 2022

This paper is for assessing the image quality (IQ) without using an authentic image (original image) which is a type of Blind IQ Assessment (BIQA) model by introducing a technique of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The distortions of edges in the image are considered as features to represent the image feature vector. This approach is justified by the evidence that the subjective evaluation concentrates on image characteristics that radiate from the boundaries and edges that exist with in the image. It was identified in the prior methods that the features are extracted at the time of training or before training by applying sophisticated transformations on the image. In this work, the vertical along with horizontal edge feature maps of the training images are extracted by means of Scharr Kernel (SK) approach. These edge maps subsequently fed into a CNN, which uses non-linear transformations to bring out higher-level features. Regression is then used to link the generated features to the IQ score. To accommodate different sizes of input images, the SPP (Spatial Pyramid Pooling) layer is used in this network. The developed model was evaluated using well-known datasets in the field of IQA. The suggested model's performance reveals that it outperforms previously existing models in context of negligible complexity involvement and feature extraction simplicity.
Otomind: A Text Mining Approach to Automatic Concept Mapping
Authors: Tulasi Appalasamy, Vinesh Thiruchelvam Vinothini Kasinathan, Aida Mustapha,
Published: May 2022

Despite the linear use of PowerPoint presentation slides in classroom and lecture halls, the brain works primarily with key concepts that it links and integrates. This is a big contrast from the typical student behaviour of reading or memorizing the slides.This paper presents a new system that automatically generate a mind map based on a set of keywords and keyphrases extracted from PowerPoint presentation slides. The system takes a text mining approach and relies on a keyphrase   extraction algorithm to extract the keywords and keyphrases. Survey results reflect a rising need of such application as part of educational technologies and the potential benefits are observed and discussed.
KUŞAK HAKLARI BAĞLAMINDA İNSAN HAKLARI ÖLÇEĞİ
Authors: Durul Ferzan , Er Kemal , Solmaz Umut
Published: May 2022

İnsan hakları doğumdan itibaren her insanın sahip olduğu, hiçbir kurum ya da kişinin engel olamayacağı, bir başkasına devredilemeyecek, vazgeçilemeyecek hakları kapsamaktadır. Bu sebepten insanların, onurlu, sağlıklı ve mutlu yaşamaları için hayati öneme sahiptir. Ancak, insan hakları hayati öneme sahip olduğu halde, dünyadaki tüm ülkelerde insan hakları sorunları yaşanmaktadır. İnsan hakları sorunlarını tespit edebilmek için ise, ölçebilmek gerekmektedir. Buradaki çalışmada da, toplumdaki insan haklarıyla ilgili sorunları ölçebilmek amacıyla kuşak hakları bağlamında insan hakları ölçeği (KHÖ) geliştirilmiştir. Ölçeğin geliştirilmesi sırasında, literatür bilgisi doğrultusunda, kuşak haklarının birbirinden ayrılamayacağı ilkesinden hareket edilmiştir. Ölçekte “5”li likert ölçeğine göre hazırlanmış “40” soru bulunmaktadır. Ölçek örneklemi 764 katılımcının anketleri tamamlamasıyla oluşturulmuştur. Ölçeğin geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmaları için, IBM SPSS 25 programıyla Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi (AFA), Lisrel 8.72 programıyla Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (DFA) yapılmıştır. İç tutarlılık güvenirliliğini ölçmek için kullanılan Cronbach Alpha değeri 0,97 bulunmuştur. AFA sonucu ölçeğin “4” faktörlü olduğu bulunmuştur. AFA, DFA analizleri sonuçlarının da gösterdiği gibi, KHÖ, geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracıdır.
RUS GÖNÜLLÜ SAVAŞÇILAR VE RUSYA’DA ÖZEL ASKERİ ŞİRKETLERİN ORTAYA ÇIKIŞI
Authors: Kıllıoğlu Mehmet Erkan
Published: May 2022

Antik Çağ’da Mısırlılardan başlayarak, yakın döneme kadar hemen her imparatorluk yabancı askeri unsurları kendi adına savaştırma yoluna gitmiştir. Kâğıt üzerinde ticaret işletmesi olarak gözüken ama sıklıkla istihbarat ve gizli askeri operasyonlarda kullanılan bu şirketler özellikle 2003 yılında Irak’ın ABD tarafından işgali ve sonrasında sıklıkla gündeme geldikleri için daha fazla bilinir ve tanınır hale gelmiştir. Ordudan emekli edilen veya ettirilen profesyonellerden oluşturulan özel askeri şirket personeli düzenli ordu birliklerinin tabi olduğu kurallara bağlı kalmadan çalıştırılmıştır. Ulusal güvenlik ve çıkarlarını gerçekleştirmek için benzer askeri şirketleri Rusya’da kullanmaya çalışmıştır. Ancak bu noktada Rusya Federasyonu Anayasası ve kanunlarından kaynaklanan bazı kısıtlamalar ortaya çıkmıştır. Rus Anayasası ve Rus Ceza Kanunu paralı askerlik ve özel asker şirketlerin kurulmasına izin vermemiş ve bu türden yapılanmaları ve faaliyetleri kanundışı olarak nitelendirmiştir. Gerek bu nokta gerekse de uluslararası güvenlik şirketleri piyasasına gerek ekonomik sorunlar gerekse de silahlı kuvvetlerinden gelen muhalefet sebebiyle geç kalan Rusya Federasyonu şirketleri pazardan Batılı şirketler kadar pay alamamıştır. Bu çalışmada Rusya’nın olaylara doğrudan müdahil olamadığı durumlarda kullanıldığı gönüllü savaşçı uygulaması ve daha sonra Wagner Grup’la özdeşleşen özel askeri şirketler sistemi kurma girişimlerinin ilk dönemi, 1999-2013 yılları arasındaki dönem açıklayıcı ve kronolojik bir yöntemle açıklanmaktadır.
ETİK LİDERLİĞİN BİLGİ UÇURMA ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİNDE PSİKOLOJİK SERMAYENİN ARACILIK ROLÜ
Authors: Özbezek B. Dilek , Paksoy H. Mustafa , Paksoy Sadettin , Gültekin Veysel Mehmet
Published: May 2022

Son yıllarda yaşanan küresel rekabetle birlikte, liderler bir örgütte sadece güç ve statüye sahip bir kişi değil, aynı zamanda bir mentor, bir motive edici, bir değişim ajanı ve en önemlisi takipçilerinin tutum ve davranışlarını şekillendiren önemli bilgi kaynakları olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı sosyal öğrenme teorisi ve sosyal mübadele teorisinden faydalanılarak, etik liderliğin takipçilerin bilgi uçurma eylemlerini nasıl etkilediğini ve bu etki düzeyine psikolojik sermayenin aracılık edip etmediğini tespit etmektir. Kavramsal ve ampirik araştırma sonuçları etik liderliğin, çalışanlara etik olmayan herhangi bir davranış hakkında seslerini yükseltebilmeleri için gerekli inisiyatifi almalarını sağlayarak, bilgi uçurma niyetini olumlu yönde etkilediğini açıkça göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte, psikolojik sermayenin etik liderlik ile bilgi uçurma arasındaki etkileşiminde kısmi bir aracılık etkisinin olduğu ortaya konmuştur. Elde edilen sonuçlar, gerek etik liderliğin bilgi uçurma eylemini nasıl etkilediği konusunda yeni bakış açılarına işaret edecek olması gerekse iş hayatında bireylerin hedeflere ulaşmasını sağlayan pozitif bir psikolojik kaynak olarak kabul edilen psikolojik sermayenin önemine dikkat çekmesi açısından oldukça önemlidir.
GÜNDELİK HAYAT VE POPÜLER KÜLTÜR YAKLAŞIMLARI ÇERÇEVESİNDEN “K-POP”
Authors: Keskin Alptekin
Published: May 2022

K-Pop, Güney Kore popüler kültür ürünü olarak tüm dünyada gençler arasında hızla yükselen bir müzik türüdür. K-Pop grupları hayranlarının sayısı dünya genelinde sosyal mecraların yardımıyla gün geçtikçe artmaktadır. K-Pop gruplarının belirtilen popülerliğinin, gündelik hayat ve popüler kültür yaklaşımlarınca nasıl açıklanabileceği bu çalışmanın temel amacıdır. Çalışmada belirtilen amaç için ilk olarak popüler kültürün gündelik hayatta bireydeki yansımaları ortaya konacaktır. Daha sonra popüler kültür yaklaşımlarından Frankfurt Okulu ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Okulu’nun popüler kültüre bakış açıları karşılaştırılacak ve her iki yaklaşımın temel parametreleri ile K-Pop’a yönelik bir bakış açısı geliştirilmeye çalışılacaktır. Çalışmanın sonunda K-Pop’un hayranları nezdinde gündelik hayatın birçok kesiminde etkili olduğu belirtilmiştir. Ayrıca K-Pop’un Güney Kore hükümetlerince desteklenen medya endüstrisinin bir ürünü olduğu ortaya konulmuştur. K-Pop’un sosyal medya ağlarının desteği ile tüm dünyada fan kitlelerine ulaştığı, bu yönüyle Frankfurt Okulunca ileri sürülen kültür endüstrisi kavramına yakın birçok tarafının olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. Ancak salt Frankfurt Okulu yaklaşımı ile okunmaya çalışıldığında günümüz bireyinin günlük yaşamının bir parçası haline gelen popüler kültür ürünlerine yönelik alımlama sebeplerini veya başka bir ifadeyle izleyicilerin duygu, düşünce veya tepkilerini “anlama”ya yönelik bir bakış açısının gözardı edileceği sonucuna varılmıştır.
PARİS BARIŞ KONFERANSI'NDA YAHUDİLER VE FİLİSTİN
Authors: Umar Ömer Osman , Yenisu Melek
Published: May 2022

Birinci Dünya Savaşı sırasında yapılan Şerif Hüseyin-Mac Mahon yazışmaları ve Sykes-Picot Antlaşması Filistin topraklarının üzerinde hem Arap hem de İngiliz-Fransız emellerini gündeme getirmiştir. İngiltere’nin Balfour Deklarasyonu’nu yayınlaması Yahudilere Filistin üzerindeki emellerini gerçekleştirme fırsatı vermiştir. Araplar, Yahudiler ve Fransızlar Paris Barış Konferansı’nda kendi tezleri ile Filistin üzerinde egemenlik kurmak adına mücadele etmişlerdir. Arapları temsilen Konferans’a katılan Faysal ile Dünya Siyonist Örgütü Başkanı Weizmann daha önce Yahudi göçü hususunda hemfikir oldukları için burada aralarında tartışma yaşanmamıştır. Siyonist temsilciler Paris Barış Konferansı’nda Fransa’nın desteğini almaktan çok İngiltere ve ABD’yi ikna etmeye çalışmıştır. Siyonistlerin İngiltere ve ABD’yi ikna ederken kullandığı argümanlar daha çok tarihi açıdan Filistin’in kendilerine ait olduğu ve çeşitli ülkelerde yaşayan Yahudilerin uğradıkları sıkıntılardı. Siyonistlere göre yüzyıllarca Filistin’den ayrı kalan Yahudilerin yurtlarına dönme vakitleri gelmişti. Konferans Faysal tarafından desteklenen, Fransa tarafından tepki gören Siyonistlerin isteğini şimdilik kabul etmemişti. Ancak Siyonistler ilk kez uluslararası bir toplantıda dünyaya Filistin’e geri dönmeye hazır olduklarını duyurmuşlardı.
A Study of Dong-Jin Park’s Pansori Danga “Gwangdaega”: Focusing on Musical Characteristics
Authors: Chung Suin
Published: May 2022

“Gwangdaega,” a Pansori danga (短歌), is a short song written by Jae-Hyo Shin during the late Joseon Dynasty. It is the only lyric that suggests an aesthetic theory about Gwangdaega Pansori. Danga acts as a short prelude that helps the singer relieve his throat and warm up his voice before singing Pansori with a long narrative structure. “Gwangdaega,” a short song translated as “The Song of Clowns,” was handed down only as an editorial; however, Pansori singers began to compose and sing it. The source on which master singer Dong-Jin Park relied when singing “Gwangdaega” in the early 1990s is extant. Dong-Jin Park’s danga “Gwangdaega” presents the four virtues of a clown, the law of the clown’s voice, and a comparison of the eight master singers with writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties of China. The major musical characteristic of “Gwangdaega” is that it utilizes Ujo, Pyeongjo, and Gyemeonjo. The lower vocal range is expanded to a wide range of two octaves and a temporary transposition and modulation four notes higher are also used. In addition, there are cases where the do sound is shed without breaking it and the re sound is floated. An analysis of the cadences employed reveals that the ascending and homophonic cadences are more frequently used than the descending cadence. In all the cadences, mainly do and sol are used as ending sounds, and in the ascending cadence, sounds from re to mi are used. For the Buchimsae, Daemadi-Daejangdan and various Buchimsae were used. Dong-Jin Park’s danga “Gwangdaega” has a musical composition where various tones, melodies, rhythms, and Jagndan Buchimsae are used depending on the content of the editorial. This musical change shows a melodic progression with repetitions of tension and relaxation. Most of the original danga sori consists of Pyeongjo or Ujo; therefore, it is a melody resembling those that is sung with a sunny or calm feeling or a strong and energetic musical motif. Dong-Jin Park later performed “Gwangdaega” with various melodies and Buchimsae. He expresses his artistry through various techniques of Pansori music.
Pansori Master Singer Kim Seong-ok and the Ganggyeong Region
Authors: Choi Hye jin
Published: May 2022

This study examines the Kim Seong-ok family, the progenitor of the Pansori Joonggoje and the Ganggyeong region . Kim provided information in , but no full-scale research has been done. In this article, We examine from various perspectives the status of late 18th and early 19th century Ganggyeong, where Kim Seong-ok lived, and the background of the birth of new pansori music. We examine noble culture in Nonsan, which was the center of Neo-Confucianism, the activities and entertainment culture of the Deogyujeonggye centered on soldiers and the middle class, and the folk culture of Ganggyeong port, centered on the Yongwangje. Although many ports and cities developed along the Geumgang area, by the 19th century, Ganggyeong had become a very prosperous commercial and cultural city. In particular, the nearby Ungpo area was where Kim Seong-ok's wife, Yeosan Song, worked, and Kim Seong-ok and her brothers-in-law Song Heung-rok and Song Gwang-rok were very close. Kim Seong-ok founded Jinyangjo and died early, but Song Heung-rok and Song Gwang-rok left a mark based on this. Kim Seong-ok's son Kim Jeong-geun developed not only Jinyangjo, but also Samgungjeop Jangdan, and developed the school of Joonggoje, while his brother-in-law Song Heung-rok and Song Gwang-rok created a new school of Dongpyeonje after moving to the Honam area. The Kim Seong-ok family has continued the tradition of Joonggoje until modern times as five major pansori artists, following Kim Jeong-geun, Kim Chang-ryong, Kim Si-jun, and Kim Chae-don. Ganggyeong is a region with great significance as the origin of Joonggoje. We need to properly establish the tradition of pansori in the Chungnam region, restore Joonggoje, and revive cultural pride through the study.
The Distinctively Basque Stone Shelters of California’s White Mountains
Authors: Wing Michael R. , Wing Elizabeth H. , Al-Jamal Amin M.
Published: May 2022

Basque and French shepherds in California’s White Mountains built dry stone shelters that persist today. Despite French names
carved on logs associated with a few of these structures, the typical pattern for these shelters is Basque: they closely
resemble the cabañas pastoriles (shepherd’s huts) of Bizkaia. A square floor plan with walls about one meter high enclose
a single chamber. The stone work is carefully laid to make one wall face. A narrow doorway, often in a corner, faces downhill
in any direction except west and can be flanked by low stone “spurs”. A fireplace is usually built into the south wall. Boulders
too large to move are usually in the western wall or northwest corner. Metal, glass, wood, bone or leather artifacts are present.
Typically Basque arborglyphs (carvings in aspen trees) are found nearby at lower elevations. It is unclear whether the White Mountains
shelters originally had roofs.
Optical aptasensor for in situ detection and quantification of methylxanthines in Ilex guayusa
Authors: León Intriago Briggitte Alexandra , Montero Oleas Andre Cristina , Mollocana Yánez Diana Sofía , Calderón Carvajal Diana Joella , Torres Proaño María de Lourdes
Published: May 2022

The present work pursued the development of a system to detect and quantify methylxanthines in Ilex guayusa. The system, called IPMA (In situ Plant Metabolite Aptasensor), is based on an optical aptasensor that integrates a DNA complex and a porphyrin (NMM IX). IPMA's ability to detect known amounts of theophylline and caffeine in solution and infiltrated in guayusa's leaves was evaluated. The detection limits determined were: 0.25 mM for theophylline in solution, 0.1 mM for caffeine in solution, and 130 mM for caffeine in I. guayusa leaves. These results demonstrate the potential of IPMA to detect and quantify metabolites of interest directly from biological samples. Developing this type of tool will provide a wide range of applications such as the in situ determination of physiological stress in plants and the characterization of plant varieties with a higher content of compounds of pharmaceutical or food interest.
Generación de maíces especializados para mejorar la salud y nutrición en México
Authors: Preciado-Ortiz Ricardo Ernesto , Vázquez-Carrillo María Gricelda
Published: May 2022

Gracias a la gran diversidad genética de maíz existente, a través del tiempo se ha practicado selección hacia maíces con texturas, sabores, aromas y usos específicos. En la actualidad, esta selección sigue siendo vigente tanto por los productores, como por los investigadores quienes aprovechan los avances tecnológicos para asistir la selección de manera eficiente, e identificar maíces con características específicas, por lo que es posible  “confeccionar” maíces bio-fortificados, especializados y con calidad de acuerdo a las principales formas de consumo, utilización y aprovechamiento; que aporten mayor valor agregado y que permitan desarrollar componentes bio-activos y alimentos funcionales. Así mismo para la selección de maíces con mayor digestibilidad que impacten y hagan más eficiente la producción pecuaria. La interacción interdisciplinaria de los programas de mejoramiento genético de maíz con grupos de investigación especialistas en disciplinas relacionadas con la tecnología de alimentos, pueden generar maíces especializados y bio-fortificados que contengan compuestos bio-activos, y nutraceuticos. El programa de maíz del INIFAP, en la región del Bajío, en México, ha implementado diversas estrategias para: a) generar maíces mejorados que incrementen la producción y reduzcan costos de cultivo que incrementar la rentabilidad del cultivo en diversas regiones productoras de maíz en México; b) seleccionar maíces bio-fortificados, bio-activos y funcionales con mayor valor agregado, que tengan un impacto en la salud y nutrición de los consumidores, así como un impacto en los sectores pecuario y agroindustrial; c) desarrollar fuentes de germoplasma que contribuyan a reducir riesgos de factores bióticos y abióticos causados por el cambio climático.  Con miras a lograr incidir en las estrategias descritas anteriormente, se ha enfatizado en el desarrollo de germoplasma de maíz enfocado a implementar líneas de investigación enfocadas a: generar maíces con alto contenido de aceite; de grano blanco con calidad nixtamalero-tortillera; de grano amarillo; de alta calidad de proteína (QPM); pigmentados; palomeros (Pop Corn); calidad pozolera; calidad para elote; de calidad forrajera; resistentes a fusarium y a la contaminación con Aflatoxinas; entre otras. En el presente manuscrito se presentan los avances y logros obtenidos en estas líneas de investigación. Con base en la información presentada es posible decir que estamos al frente de grandes retos y oportunidades en la investigación interdisciplinaria de maíz en Latinoamérica. Que nos permitirá desarrollar materiales genéticos que además de buscar hacer frente a riegos inminentes de producción, podamos seleccionar maíces diferenciados, bio-fortificados, que aporten mayor valor agregado y que permitan desarrollar componentes bio-activos, alimentos funcionales y desarrollo de nuevos productos.